...AND THE STRANGEST PLACE I'VE EVER DANCED IS...

"In a passenger plane at 30,000 feet. I had hidden an 8-foot snake in a basket, but it escaped. The captain even came out looking for it. There was a pandemonium. For my apology, I danced. Everybody became happy and I think TWA sold quite a lot of liquor that night!"
--Jodette

"In my early days, I did a bellygram in a meat packing freezer."
--Tamalyn Dallal

"Once I was asked to dance for a woman in a coma. They told me my performance was (and this is the truth!) "stirring."
--Romnea

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Another of Jodette's many stories in the book, (this is story about a Celebrity/Dance relationship)
"BELLY LAUGHS," by 'Rod Long'

JOPLIN'S EYELASH

AMONG THE PERKS OF LIVING IN AMERICA IN the sixties were the generous quantities of beads and fringe -- what more could a bellydancer want?
"I made my own clothes," enthuses Jodette in her lilting, musical accent, "One of my favorites was a fabric called "eyeLASH." It's a type of rainbow material, you can see it on the "Rolling Stone" magazine." We can?
"Yes, I make one rainbow eyeLASH outfit for Janis Joplin and she wear it when they take her picture for the cover of "Rolling Stone."
Janis not only enjoyed Jodette's undulations, she really liked her outfits. In conversation she found out that Jodette made clothes.
"She loved what I had on because it was groovy and mod," Jodette recalls.
And Janis wasn't the only one who hired Jodette to make outfits.
"I made a few shirts for Jimi Hendrix. He would always put it on and parade back and forth onstage," she remembers. And he always said 'Thanks!'"
Jodette and her mother moved to Sacramento, where they lived together. As were the times, furniture was minimal. People just came to other people's homes and became part of the floor. Sometimes without the benefit of something to smoke.
Janis Joplin had stopped by one afternoon to look at some patterns for a pair of bellbottoms. As was the style, the pants had cuffs that could float a family of three to Alcatraz Island.
"Janis came into the living room, sat on the floor, rolled a joint, and had a cup of Turkish coffee," Jodette remembers.
Jodette mentioned that her mother could look into the bottom of an empty cup and tell the future.
Intrigued, Janis quickly finished her coffee and Jodette's mother cast her third eye into the abyss of the cup bottom. Moments later, she turned away as if she'd seen a ghost.
In Arabic, she murmured to Jodette that Janis Joplin's life was going to be a short one.
"Well, what's my future look like?" Janis was anxious.
"Your life will be beautiful...like a flower," Jodette's mother said with a sad smile. "Like a flower." (Maybe because flowers have short lives?)
Six months later, Janis Joplin was dead.

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There are so many stories in the book, "Belly Laughs, by Rod Long," that will have you laughing until your belly aches!
"I couldn't put it down!" -- Lorrie, Web Author.
Only $14.95 plus shipping and handling. You won't waste a penny by purchasing this book. Here are some of the chapter titles to give you an idea of the fun inside this hilarious book!

Once Upon a Nightmare (Madonna) -- Tamalyn Dallal
Byron the Boa (Parts I and II) -- Amaya
Jodette's Most Excellent Adventures - The Bugs -- Jodette
Am I Glamorous Now? - Red Veils on a Mima Mound -- Jasmine
Yakuza with a Yen for Noora -- Noora
A Posse of Perverts -- Tamalyn Dallal
Aretha Franklin's Bloomers -- Najwa al Qamar
Michael Jackson's Salton Sea Zoo Party -- Mesmera
Pharaoh's Toe -- Jodette
Paola and the Priest -- Paola
Close Encounters of the Ridiculous Kind -- Stefania
Colombian Drug Lords and Toledo, Ohio -- Dianna
Saddam Hussein's Fantastic Actor -- Daleela Morad
World Peace Made Easy -- Jawahare
Enter My Web (said the spider to the fly) -- Phara
Trail of the Artist Formerly Known as Prince -- Ranajma Dameshe

Many, Many More Titles are available..but you will just have to buy the book to find out about them! Contact Jodette to purchase your copy today!