Talk:Grace Slick
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[edit] Silver Spoon question
Has anyone heard any background on the silver spoon piece. I love the song and have always wondered what inspired the song. 169.3.168.209 16:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Common Misconception
Almost everyone I know mistakes Janis Joplin for Grace in many of Grace's songs. Is this common, that many people think Joplin wrote and sang those songs, or is it just my town?
- I think it's because those people know very little about the late 60's pop culture. Their reasoning is as simple as "female singer of hippie songs = must be Janis Joplin, (because it's the only female hippie I know of)". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.122.19.48 (talk) 03:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] title
The title "Manhole" means exactly what you think it means. (Jack Haddad 02:58, 29 November 2005 (UTC))
[edit] shot through with errors
1. STUDENT LIFE: Grace was not (even according to her own autobiography) a good student and did not earn high grades.
2. STUDENT LIFE II: While we may debate the merits of Finch as a prestigious school, UMF certainly wasn't at the time. Even Grace says she went strictly because it was a "party school."
3. DEFINED BY DRUGS: Grace's alcohol problems have been well publicized, but she has never had a drug addiction problem. See above re: "significant academic accomplishment"
4. ROCK FRIENDSHIPS: If you define "friendship" VERY VERY loosely, then Slick had friendships with Joplin and Morrison (apart from the Doors/Airplane European Tour, I'm not sure she ever saw Morrison again). See Grace's autobiography and Knowles's biography.
5. JUST PLAIN UNINFORMED: I quote, "She once allegedly planned to lace the punch at Tricia Nixon's White House wedding with LSD. A former classmate of Nixon's, Slick didn't attend the wedding, though she was invited."
This event had nothing to do with Tricia Nixon's wedding. Grace was invited to the White House for tea as a former Finch graduate (Tricia also attended Finch; Grace was invited under her maiden name of "Wing"). Slick took Abbie Hoffman as her "date" for the event and was planning to spike RICHARD NIXON'S teacup only with LSD. Slick and Hoffman were denied admittance; RMNixon did not attend in any event.
I love Grace and am not adding these comments in an attempt to do anything but set the record straight. unsigned edit by 05:13, 8 January 2006 UTC 64.12.116.7
[edit] close to you
- As I understand it, Slick was extremely close to Joplin. Not so much Morrison, but Joplin was a close friend. Jumbo Snails 03:28, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] lyric error
Apparent lyric error on Volunteers, corrected from "soul" to "sold". (June 17th, 2006) [24.85.244.16]
[edit] unreferenced
This article is badly in need of citations for its many claims. Wasted Time R 03:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] other work
I'd like for some Grace Slick fan who can code HTML better than me to add a section on her painting career, which she's on tour with now. She has an exhibit today (Sat Jan 13, 2007) at Tyson's Galleria in McLean, VA, according to the Washington Post. I'll throw in some links below, feel free to edit them (and this comment) as you see fit. SSC Counterculture Meets Mall Culture for Grace Slick The Ex-Acid-Rock Singer Peddles Her 'Alice' Art By Sue Kovach Shuman, Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 13, 2007; C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011202321.html http://digital50.com/news/items/PR/2007/01/04/CLTH128/jefferson-airplanes-grace-slick-at-wentworth-galleries-in-boston.html
Interested in citing Jazzy Spies from first season of Seasame Street (1969) as work by Grace Slick. Any thoughts? Ozga 13:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I renamed "Chart Toppers" section, or whatever, to Artistic Accomplishments, to make room for this factoid, as well as the other many many accomplishments I'm sure others will want to include. I didn't think it should go in "Career", since that is a well constructed biography, and might not be the place for an open presentation of facts. I'm not so happy about the title "Artistic Accomplishments", pretty bland. Maybe other people have better ideas. Ozga 14:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know who directed, or may have been the creative force behind her 1980 music video for Dreams? As someone stated elsewhere, there needs to be a special support group for all people who have seen it! Nightmares is more like it!
[edit] Art Work
I can provide info on her work as a visual artist. I've been to a couple of her shows and have two of her limited edition paintings, so I know about that. I just need to know what kind of detail you guys think would be appropriate. (I tend to get wordy.)Nmolik (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)Nancy
[edit] Extensive Revision
I have just spent considerable time straightening out this article, where I had the knowledge and ability, but it still needs further clean-up: More references and in-article citations, for example. Will someone who actually knows about Grace Slick and Wikipedia please finish the work I started?
Thank you
Rhampho1949 17:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Is she born in the city of Chicago or Evanston?
Which is it? In the infobox it says her origin (birth) is in Evanston, Illinois but in the article it says she was born in "Chicago". Evanston is a township/suburb in the northside of Chicago that has their own Mayor, schools, and police force. It's a part of the "Chicago metropolitan area" like Tinley Park, Harvey, Skokie, and Niles but they're not part of the city government of Chicago. Thanks ahead for any answers. --Pilot expert (talk) 11:37, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No one seems to know where Grace was born
Grace herself doesn't know. She said she just makes it up when it comes time to fill in the blanks on forms, though she does know that her parents' house was in Highland Park when she was born. Should we just change the info box to "Chicago area" or "Metro-Chicago"? Nmolik (talk) 17:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)Nancy
[edit] Starting to do some edits
I'm going to start trying to make some editorial edits with the html code, clean up the references, and try to use some other references outside of nndb, who have been very, very wrong in the past in their information.
I'm also going to add in some information about Grace's visual art since I have some decent knowledge on that. Nmolik (talk) 14:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Nancy
