lost in the archives

In 2008, Noel and Julian were interviewed by The Times and asked for "secrets to their success."

The founders of Jane, an underground network in Chicago, US that assisted people in getting abortions. From the left moving right: Martha Scott, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Abby Parisers, Sheila Smith and Madeline Schwenk.

Martha Scott was 19 in 1965, when her friend's sister became pregnant and Scott helped her find a doctor to perform an abortion. The group connected individuals seeking abortions with doctors, and later, performed abortions themselves. Their clients were informed they were not doctors, but doing abortions themselves allowed them to keep costs low. They made people aware of the services through signs with slogans like "'Pregnant? Don't Want to Be? Call Jane." The group operated for seven years and performed an estimated 11,000 abortions; no deaths were ever reported.

Quote from Scott: "You're messing around inside somebody else's body. It's not necessarily given that you won't do harm. It wasn't perfect, by any means. But we were dealing with women who really didn't have other options."

Quote from Galatzer-Levy: "I hadn't had so much as a speeding ticket [when I joined]. But abortion really was the front line, it was where women were dying."

Robert Plant and BP Fallon, 1973

BP Fallon recalls staying in a hotel in Chicago when a group of female fans tracked down Plant to his hotel suite and burst through the door, only to be confronted by the sight of Fallon and Plant quietly playing Monopoly in face cream. “We’re trying not to laugh so the gunk won’t crack,” says Fallon. “We continue our solemn game of Monopoly… our visitors shuffle about uncomfortably, wondering what the hell had happened to sex and drugs and rock’n’roll. ‘Let’s go,’ one of them says. ‘It wasn’t like this with David Bowie.’”

this summer is being an apocalypse, i hope you're staying hydrated and enjoying the soft breeze. take breaks as much as needed!

with much love,