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  • The exhibit is a must-see, with memorabilia including Grace Slick's fringe vest, Madonna's gold bustier, Meg White's striped drum, Britney's 2000 VMAs outfit, trippy Stevie Nicks chiffon, a flippy wig from the B-52s, a fake fur from Siouxsie Sioux, Kim Deal's bass, a Supreme's minidress bought off-the-rack on Rodeo Drive.

    S.X. Rosenstock: Women Who Rock: LA Stories from the Rock Hall of Fame's New Show S.X. Rosenstock 2011

  • I mean, they sang, but, you know, the closest thing to a rock singer - a real rock singer that we had was Grace Slick, and I certainly didn't have Grace Slick's voice.

    Patti Smith And Robert Mapplethorpe: Kindred Spirits 2010

  • Smuggling the finger into London was accomplished with the help of Slick's friend, Stewart, vacationing in India with his wife Gloria, who apparently hid the traveling finger in her lingerie case for the flight to London.

    Yeti Finger: After 50 Years, DNA Says It's Just Human 2011

  • The exhibit is a must-see, with memorabilia including Grace Slick's fringe vest, Madonna's gold bustier, Meg White's striped drum, Britney's 2000 VMAs outfit, trippy Stevie Nicks chiffon, a flippy wig from the B-52s, a fake fur from Siouxsie Sioux, Kim Deal's bass, a Supreme's minidress bought off-the-rack on Rodeo Drive.

    S.X. Rosenstock: Women Who Rock: LA Stories from the Rock Hall of Fame's New Show S.X. Rosenstock 2011

  • I mean, they sang, but, you know, the closest thing to a rock singer - a real rock singer that we had was Grace Slick, and I certainly didn't have Grace Slick's voice.

    Patti Smith And Robert Mapplethorpe: Kindred Spirits 2010

  • In early 1967, Grace Slick's ambulance-siren voice on Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" ignited a psychedelic-rock revolution that put San Francisco on the map.

    She Went Chasing Rabbits Marc Myers 2011

  • When I reminded him of those tough days at Guadalcanal when he had to lift the front of his bulldozer to ward off Japanese bullets, Slick's only comment was regret his all black engineering unit never received any recognition for their work.

    Slick Surratt's Legacy of Joy Fay Vincent 2010

  • Slick was sent the invitation by a former Finch "suite mate" of Slick's (who was "in charge of passing judgment on each alumna's character -- or lack thereof"), over protestations from "other Finchettes."

    White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick 2010

  • In John D'Emilio and Estelle Freedman's history of American sexuality, an aircraft named Slick's Chick's serves as an example of official attempts to "boost morale and encourage heterosexual fantasy in the sex-segregated military."

    Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

  • Slick was sent the invitation by a former Finch "suite mate" of Slick's (who was "in charge of passing judgment on each alumna's character -- or lack thereof"), over protestations from "other Finchettes."

    Chris Weigant: White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick 2010

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