so did janis joplin and i guess to an extent lady gaga does. that's her spectacle. it's a freak show, entertaining to much waf. in many cases they're going through hell. what we find with the 27s is they're self-destructive and their life is a kind of long suicide. >> i think also there's this issue of romanticizing their lives and maybe even their deaths. did you find that? >> well, yes, i mean certainly by dying at 27, you make a big statement and you your memory is per pet yeaed through the generations. i mean, would we have remembered brian jones? would we have remembered jim morrison if they had lived into middle age and old age and if they lost their looks, become middle ainged, became boring, endless comeback tours? they may have faded away but we remember them as young people in their prime. these stars made some of the greatest rock music of the past 40, 50 years. think of the doors. "riders on the storm," janis joplin "me and bobby magee," the rolling stones "paint it black," amy winehouse. it's great music snug howard sounes. i hope there are no more memb

>> i hope it's not as much of a whitewash as the janis joplin show, which made you think that janis just had an occasional cocktail, was a really nice gal who always showed up on time. and occasionally was a little depressed. >> "theater talk" is made possible in part by... >> from new york city, this is "theater talk." i'm susan haskins. >> and i'm michael riedel of the new york post. and we're already laughing because we have a very, very funny panel that we put together. >> and we're back for a very, very funny season on broadway. exactly. we're going to take a look ahead at what is coming at us on broadway and off-broadway this fall season, with a panel of distinguished experts in the field of theater journalism. we begin with jesse green -- >> where are they? >> who has been promoted now. you are now, if i'm not mistaken, the chief drama critic for new york magazine. >> well, there's only one, so saying "chief" isn't really very significant. >> i have to ask you, jesse, though, you're known to be very, very friendly with a lot of people in the theater world. how are you going to be

. >>> janis joplin has a star on the walk of fame. the texas native moved here to san francisco back in the '60s. she died in 1970 of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. >>> how about this? actress michelle pfeiffer says she once blocked to a cult. the cult believes that humans can survive on some [ indiscernible ] alone. she was in her 20s and first moved to l.a. she told the daily telegraph who met a couple like personal trainers. they put her on a strict diet and were very controlling. pfeiffer said she realized she was in a cult while helping her husband research another cult for a movie role. >>> breaking news out of new jersey. the gunman inside of paramus mall is found dead. we'll have a live report from the scene coming your way. >> reporter: rohnert park is gearing up for its megacasino. i'm mark kelly. how this new space could affect traffic. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, november 5th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> he paused for a second and just looked inside the store. i just froze. >> police say the gunman at a popular new jersey mall is dea

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses is unspoken but governed by the yakusa. >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring g

the tes native o in >>> singing legend janis joplin got a star on the walk of fame today. her siblings accepted the honor on her back. the texas native moved to san francisco in the 1960s, of course. she died of a heroin overdose at age 26. >>> actress michelle pfeiffer says she was once in a culture. >> a cult believes humans can live on sunlight alone. she told the daily telegraph when she moved to los angeles she met a couple that were kind of like personal trainers. they put her on a strict diet and were very controlling. she realized she was in a cult while helping her first husband research another cult for a movie role. and aaron rodgers injures >> can somebody live on sun alone? >> you could try. wouldn't last very long. >> i can live on coors light alone. >> there you go. >> be a lot of fun trying. >>> john madden reacting to the bully scandal in the nfl. i'm dennis o'donnell and aaron i'm dennis o'donnell and aaron rodgers injures hi,,,,,,,,,, overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty

the tes native o in >>> singing legend janis joplin got a star on the walk of fame today. her siblings accepted the honor on her back. the texas native moved to san francisco in the 1960s, of course. she died of a heroin overdose at age 26. >>> actress michelle pfeiffer says she was once in a culture. >> a cult believes humans can live on sunlight alone. she told the daily telegraph when she moved to los angeles she met a couple that were kind of like personal trainers. they put her on a strict diet and were very controlling. she realized she was in a cult while helping her first husband research another cult for a movie role. and aaron rodgers injures >> can somebody live on sun alone? >> you could try. wouldn't last very long. >> i can live on coors light alone. >> there you go. >> be a lot of fun trying. >>> john madden reacting to the bully scandal in the nfl. i'm dennis o'donnell and aaron rodgers injures his shoulder on monday night football, how bad? we'll tell you next. avoid bad weather. [ whispers ] get eight hours. ♪ [ shouts over music ] turn it down! and, of

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses is unspoken but governed by the yakusa. >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, for instance, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemi

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, part of our business is unspoken, but governed by the -- >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. arcades, gambling, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess caves, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring girls who find their every uttering f

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, there are quite a lot of businesses up spoken, but gofred by the -- >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. arcades, gambling, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring girls who find their every

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses is unspoken but governed by the yakusa. >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess caves, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring g

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses is unspoken but governed by the yakusa. >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hoe stes cafes, where a lonely overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring

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>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs. i've seen moon for the misforgotten, considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life. it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses is unspoken but governed by the yakusa. >> the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, where a lone li overworked salary man can find the attention of cute seemingly adoring

janis joplin and the grateful dead put san francisco at the center of an evolving music scene. the beatles didn't even sellout candlestick. >> i'm not sure why there were 5,000 empty seats, but it was a damn large park. >> reporter: he was a young reporter in oakland, and used his press pass to watch the show from the press box. >> george harrison was wearing white socks. that kind of stood out for me. >> reporter: security was even more elaborate. with the band brought to the stage in an armored car. >> i had front row seats behind home plate. they had their guitars on, and started waving to the fans. paul was right by us. >> they just blitzed through their nine or ten songs and they were done. >> reporter: this is one of the only films of the concert, and the sound quality is poor. >> the girls scream their heads off, and we got to stand right beneath the stage, which was sort of a raised platform in the field, and they were singing, and you couldn't hear them singing because the stadium noise was so loud. >> reporter: just like that, it was over. they were whisked away. >> w

janis joplin and the grateful dead put san francisco at the center of an evolving music scene. the beatles didn't even sellout candlestick. >> i'm not sure why there were 5,000 empty seats, but it was a damn large park. >> reporter: he was a young reporter in oakland, and used his press pass to watch the show from the press box. >> george harrison was wearing white socks. that kind of stood out for me. >> reporter: security was even more elaborate. with the band brought to the stage in an armored car. >> i had front row seats behind home plate. they had their guitars on, and started waving to the fans. paul was right by us. >> they just blitzed through their nine or ten songs and they were done. >> reporter: this is one of the only films of the concert, and the sound quality is poor. >> the girls scream their heads off, and we got to stand right beneath the stage, which was sort of a raised platform in the field, and they were singing, and you couldn't hear them singing because the stadium noise was so loud. >> reporter: just like that, it was over. they were whisked away. >> w

. >>> the late singer janis joplin gets a star on the hall of fame. a ceremony featured an appearance of clyde davis and the performance of me and bobby mcgee. >> i'm waiting to hear it. darn, in my head i hear it. >>> it's certainly warmer than yesterday. will we see near spring-like temperatures? >> bob has the updated first warning weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> reporter: i'm meteorologist chelsea ingram live with the wjz mobile weather lab here where temperatures are around 56. we have a little rain in the forecast. bob has those details now in your exclusive first warning weather forecast >> a big warm up compared to yesterday. this time yesterday we were in the low to mid 40s. right now we're in the mid to upper 50s. it looks like it's going to get warmer tomorrow. 57 right now at the airport. there is apparently no wind. dew point 57%. dew points way up. very dry air came in yesterday. the barometer at 30.54. currently 50 cumberland, 58 ocean city and a mild 63 in easton. there was some more areas of sunshine east of u

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. >> but you cite janis joplin. >> i do. >> who said being black for a while make me a better white, which might apply to some of the characters in this book. and, i mean, that's beyond cringe-worthy. it's the idea that you can dabble a little bit. and, again, this is something i found quite a bit as well, you can dabble a little bit, you can enter this world, you know, you can dip in, you can dip out and ultimately retain your whiteness and your privilege and your benefits. and that was one of the criteria that i used to distinguish between those who kid -- did that, the elvis presley take a little bit, and then get whiter and white or as the money rolls in versus, you know, a more longstanding commitment. so surely there's a place even if history may not have judged them for us to potentially apply judgment, or no? >> yes. i'm not saying we can never judge and, certainly, these women are here for their readers and for people to sort of make judgments about, and i do. there is a woman in this book, fannie hurst, who i judge pretty harshly. fannie hurst, as far as i'm concerned, went