Janis Joplin encounter was brief and unpleasant. Caserta suspected that the reason for Joplin's foul mood was that Morgan had abandoned her earlier that day after having spent less than 24 hours with her. Caserta did not see or communicate by phone with Joplin again, though she later claimed she had made several attempts to reach her by phone at the Landmark Motor Hotel and at Sunset Sound Recorders. Caserta and Seth Morgan lost touch with each other, and each decided independently to abandon Joplin on Friday night, October 2. Joplin mentioned her disappointment (over both of her friends bailing out of
Howard Alk edited several of the group's films, including "American Revolution 2" (1969) and "The Murder of Fred Hampton" (1971). Alk was a longtime friend and collaborator of Bob Dylan, whom he met in 1963. The two worked together on the films "Eat the Document", "Hard Rain", and "Renaldo and Clara". Alk also worked on "Janis", "Festival", "Luxman Baul's Movie" and other films. Alk was a heroin user. In January 1982, Alk was found dead at Rundown Studios, Dylan's studio in Santa Monica, California. Although the coroner ruled his death an accidental heroin overdose, various sources report his death to be a