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  Jeans and a t shirt

5 Goldstar Member Reviews

Meaghan

Although this particular exhibit was rather limited the museum itself is so cool! If you are a music lover you will totally dig it! They've got everything from wardrobe to simulators, pictures, letters, lyrics and interactive activities. They also have a great little gift shop which was a bit overpriced but nevertheless available

Written on Apr 26 2010

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Philip M.

We bought tickets really not for this temporary exhibit, but to go to the museum for the first time. I had set aside three hours to go through it, and the other three people going couldn't understand why I would need so much time. The minute we got there we knew we would need to come back. If you're as much a music junkie as I am, one can easily spend a day to going through every yummy interactive station available. Parking at the site is $24 so we drove around for a couple of minutes and found parking at a $5 lot an easy two block walk away. The Joplin exhibit was good. They had some of her original art from high school and poignant original letters from her to her family, and played video of some of her live performances in their very nice 200 seat auditorium. Since then I've become a member of the museum.

Written on May 17 2010

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the exhibit itself was rather small....the museum itself is incredible!!!!! we got lost in there for several hours, I highly recommend it

Written on Apr 26 2010

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MIchael Campofiori

Very good! Like a Minature Rock-n Roll Hall of Fame :-) Loved the the videos of Janis on Dick Cavvett show.

Written on May 19 2010

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More Information About Strange Kozmic Experience

Website

http://www.grammymuseum.org/interior.php?section=exhibits&page=ske

Description

"Forty years later, the music of The Doors, Joplin, and Hendrix still resonate in rock circles and popular culture, an enduring testimony to the power and freedom of 1960s rock," said Museum Executive Director and music historian Robert Santelli. "Provocative, counter-cultural, and experimental, these artists stirred senses and celebrated personal freedom like never before, so we're pleased to offer fans the rare opportunity to engage with them again in such a personal way."

Rising from distinctly different backgrounds yet united by a common love of the blues and rock and roll, Hendrix, Joplin, and The Doors made music that revolutionized and energized rock's most fertile and provocative period: the 1960s. The untimely deaths of Jimi Hendrix (Sept. 18, 1970), Janis Joplin (Oct. 4, 1970), and Jim Morrison (July 3, 1971), all at the age of 27 and within one year of each other, marked the end of a decade unmatched in free-spirited and experimental creativity. To this day, the losses are still being felt: Hendrix stands unsurpassed as the greatest electric guitarist of all-time; Joplin's heightened dimension of blues singing has yet to be matched; and never has a band brought poetry and artistic sophistication to blues and rock the way The Doors did. Strange Kozmic Experience explores how these artists became icons, where they took music, and why their art still resonates.

Bringing together more than 60 diverse artifacts and 30 rare photographs never before displayed together in Los Angeles, the exhibit features holdings from the Doors Music Co, the Morrison and Courson Families, the Janis Joplin Estate, Experience Hendrix L.L.C., Experience Music Project, Jampol Artist Management, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Hard Rock International, and other private collections. Visitors will see a wide-ranging array of items, including:
•    Joplin's custom-painted 1965 Porsche 356c Cabriolet
•    Morrison's poetry books
•    Handwritten lyrics and letters
•    Iconic wardrobe pieces
•    Original paintings by Joplin
•    Instruments used during some of the 1960s most important performances and recordings
•    1960s ephemera, including ticket stubs, concert posters, fan memorabilia
•    Instruments and lyrics from blues influencers Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Odetta, Albert King, Howlin' Wolf, and B.B. King
•    Photographs from iconic 1960s photographers, Joel Brodsky, Jim Marshall, Elliott Landy, Lisa Law, Eddie Kramer, and more
•    Seminal 1960s poster art
   
Artifacts will be accompanied by an exciting selection of biographical films and archive footage. Archived talk show interviews with The Doors, Joplin, and Hendrix will also be on display, made available with the assistance of the Paley Center for Media.

About the Ticket Supplier: The GRAMMY Museum

The GRAMMY Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative process; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY(r) Awards, the premier recognition of recorded music accomplishment.