America is a country ready to be taken in fact longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom to see...
The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
To her audience Janis Joplin has remained a symbol artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.
