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She and her roommate Linda, a strikingly handsome dark-haired girl who prefers to be last-nameless, have decorated it with a loving carelessness, covering walls with posters and photographs and cartoons, the floor with Oriental rugs, and every available space with Victoriana and assorted bric-a-brac, including Charley (the Siamese fighting fish in a wine bottle) and George (Janis's dog and best friend).

1969 February 23, Michael Lydon, “Every Moment Site Is What She Feels; The Janis Joplin philosophy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025

Accenting the evening’s bi-coastal theme (Kelly and last-nameless Lach representing the Greenwich Village “anti-folk” scene, locals Milo Binder and Marvin Etzioni representing the L.A. new--don’t call it “nu"--folk scene), Kelly offered his own “California Blues"--essentially a wily update of Woody Guthrie’s cynical “Do Re Mi” saga of coolin’ in Cali.

1989 January 10, Steve Hochman, “POP MUSIC REVIEW : Bicoastal Anti-Folk of Kirk Kelly at Gaslight”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021

Cindy, an athletic, and unusually American-looking, model from Illinois, was the only other girl to commonly go last-nameless.

2003 April 7, Alex Williams, “We Three Queens”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2007