Invitation to a party on Abbie Hoffman's Lower East Side, New York, roof to benefit the legal defense of The Chicago 8 [which became the Chicago 7 after the case against Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial], held June 7th, [1969], from midnight until dawn. ... [details]
Two-color screenprinted flyer / poster published and distributed by the Youth International Party (Yippie!) advertising the [Festival of Life] held in Chicago, August 25 - 30, [1968]. Flyer reads "Yippie! Chicago Aug 25-30" against a stream of conscious list of words and names of people including Arlo Guthrie, Phil Ochs, The Fugs, Pete Seeger, Bread and Puppet Theater, Paul Krassner, Ed Sanders, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Milton Glaser and many others. [details]
Program published by in conjunction with "The Academy Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant," a drag show, held at Town Hall, New York University, February 20, 1967. Flyer documents the patent that would become the film, "Queen," 1968, by Frank Simon. ... [details]
A collection of three pieces of ephemera published and distributed by the Youth International Party (Yippie!) in [1968]. Includes: a two-page mimeographed announcement of plans for a "Festival of Life," a protest and free festival to be held in Chicago August 25-30, [1968]; a two-color screenprinted flyer / poster for the [Festival of Life] that reads "Yippie! Chicago Aug 25-30" against a stream of conscious list of words and names of people; and a mimeographed flyer titled "Bags Yippies Can Get Into in Your Hometown" with a bulleted list of ways Yippies could participate in growing the Yippie movement and ways to prepare for the "Festival of Life" in Chicago. [details]
Issue No. 84 of the periodical "The Realist," edited by Paul Krassner. Contents include: "The Case of the Cock-Sure Groupies," about Cynthia and Dianne Plaster Caster by Ellen Sander; "The Trial of Abbie Hoffman's Shirt," by the United States Government; "The (White) Protestant Restoration," by Larry Josephson; "Editorial Giggles;" "Reporter at Small," by Robert Wolf; and "Crime and Bedside Manner," by Saul Heller. [details]
Booklet / program for First International Psychedelic Exposition [F.I.P.E.] held at The Martha Washington Hotel, New York, September 14, 1967. Exhibitors, artists, and speakers included presidential candidate Louis Abolafia, Andrew Kent, Trina Williams, Paul Krassner, I-Kon, Peter Stafford, Marc-Paul Ben Avrauhum, Mark Margolis, Peter Max, Peter Fosso, Robert Selby, Lawrence LeClair, Charles Giuliano, Martin Carey, and many other individuals, organizations, and businesses. ... [details]
Three page press release for the "Festival of Life," a protest and free festival offering a "living, cultural, spiritual alternative" to the life style of "the National Death (Democratic) Convention in Chicago" organized by the Youth International Party (YIP) or "Yippies" held August 25 - August 30, [1968] in Chicago, IL, coinciding with the Democratic National Convention. ... [details]
Poster published in conjunction with Peace Illumination Walk from Washington Square Park to Midtown Manhattan organized by The Veterans and Reservists to End the War in Vietnam held December 23, [1966]. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jim Buckley. Essays "Screw You: 'American Morality - Nixon Style'," by Al Goldstein; "I'm Available & You Can Fuck Me... Here's How!" by Sylvia Stern; "Fuck Is a Many Splendored Word," by Allan Ball; illustration by Peter Bramley; "What a 'Friend' We Have in Jesus," by Samuel Knight; "Sex Scene: Playmen's Playthings," edited by Bruce David; "Rumpleforeskin: Rampant Realism," by Paul Krassner; "Shitlist," by Jim Buckley; "Raunchy Rejects," by Mala Droit; "Homosexual Citizen: Shangri-La for Fairies," by Lige & Jack; "Fuckbooks: One-Eyed Hag Gives Hash Head Head," by Michael Perkins; "Dirty Diversions: Horny Days Are Here Again," by Al Goldstein; "Naked City," by Anthony Gambino; "Mail Order Madness," by John Milton. [details]
Issue edited by Jim Buckley. Essays "Screw You: Porn and the Mafia," by Jim Buckley; "Sex Scene: Mayfair Melodies," edited by Bruce David; "Shitlist," by Al Goldstein; "Raunchy Rejectcs," by Mala Droit; "Rumpleforeskin: Is Billy Graham a Shitsucker?" by Paul Krassner; "Fuckbooks: How Much Meat Would a Beatnik Beat if a Beatnik Could Beat Meat?" by Michael Perkins; "Screw Goes to Market: Prosthetic Aesthetics," photos by Pete Dvarackas and Marc Carrier; "Dirty Diversions: Fellini with a Hardon," by Al Goldstein; "Naked City," edited by Anthony Gambino; "Mail Order Madness," by John Milton. [details]