Hot Town Survival in the City; a Festival of Interdependence. July 4th Weekend (1970) Event Poster

No Place, No publisher, 1970. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley, 1970. Perhaps issued by the New Morning Commune, although no inclination of such is given on the poster. Single sheet, light blue paper stock. 17 by 22 inches. Illustration by Lars Svendsgaard. A poster advertising a festival at Ho Chi Minh (Willard) Park in Berkeley, featuring workshops, music, food and theatre. Urging people to "bring your collectives' vision to Hot Town," it appears this "Interdependence" festival hoped to gather a people from a variety of communes and activist circles from the Berkeley area. Ho Chi Minh Park (Willard Park) was used by activists in the area to organize and protest the Vietnam War. GOOD condition. Really, what could one expect from a poster appealing to a cross section of activists and hippies? General wrinkling and faint creasing to the poster, both large and small. Uneven fading, toning and minor soiling. Lower right corner torn off from the poster, with staple holes and tearing at the other corners. Street corner fresh!. Good .

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Book number: 018774

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Posters Social Movements

The Last Horizon. Beatles Blacklight Poster

Medina, OH, Pro Arts Inc, 1971. Unbound. Single sheet, 48 by 23 inches. A blacklight poster using a variety of fluorescent colors. Depicts the members of the Beatles as Mount Rushmore, a weeping Statue of Liberty, a few dinosaurs that are dwarfed by mushrooms and other things one would expect to find on a trip with the Beatles. VERY GOOD condition. Minor curling. Light bumping and scuffing along the edges. A few small wrinkles and creases. A few very small tears along the extremities. Very Good .

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Book number: 018939

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Posters

Lay Down I Think I Love You Counterculture Hippie Pinback

New York, Big Store. Unbound. no date, presumed early 1970s. Big Store and MacDougal Street address on New York on the curl. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Hippie pinback with a free love sentiment. GOOD+ condition. Lower portion of the printing rather faded. Minor rubbing. Good .

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Book number: 019301

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Let's Legalize Pot Pinback

New York, Big Store, Producer. Unbound. no date, presumed early 1970s. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Neon green background with black lettering voicing a pro-marijuana opinion. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor rusting on the reverse. Very Good .

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Book number: 019189

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Alvaro (artist)

Rock on! Blacklight Poster

Los Angeles, Platt Posters. Unbound. no date, perhaps early 1970s. 34 by 22 ½ inches. Blacklight poster depicting a man and woman dancing to a jukebox, although reflecting a scene perhaps from the 1950s (woman is wearing bobby socks, man wearing leather jacket and greased hair). GOOD condition. Poster stored rolled, thus heavy curling. Some toning and minor edgewear. Good .

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Book number: 016304

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Posters

Various Authors

Culture Sculpture. A Magazine of Human Factors Art and Engineering. Winter 1985. Volume 1, Issue 2

San Francisco, Kerista Consciousness Church, Publisher, 1985. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 36 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Second issue of this publication produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian commune that originated in New York and combined a practice of poly-fidelity with counterculture and pop-psychology in an effort to create an open community. With many pieces that reflect on the philosophies, beliefs and psychology espoused by the commune, including "intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac;" "Kerista Religious Life;" "telepathic inspiration," etc. VERY GOOD condition. General toning and minor soiling to the covers. Minor staining and wrinkling. Very Good .

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Book number: 018395

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

The Storefront Classroom. An Ecotopian Newspaper. February-March, 1981. Volume 8, Issue 6

San Francisco, Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1981. Wraps. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An issue of this newspaper produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian community established in the 1960s (add info). The byline on this differs from other issues, declaring the paper ecotopian as opposed to utopian, perhaps embracing some of the ideals put forth in the popular 1970s novel of the same name. This month with articles on how the brain works, backyard hydroelectric power, a car that runs on wind and sun, female orgasms, etc. With many pages of ads. GOOD condition. General browning. Minor soiling. Some wrinkling along the extremities. Good .

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Book number: 013144

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

Various authors

Utopian Eyes. Visions of the Future. Autumn 1979. Vol. 5 Issue 4

San Francisco, Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1979. Wraps. Side stapled newsprint wraps, illustrated. 48 pp. Photos, illustrations and ads throughout. An issue of this newspaper/journal produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian commune that originated in New York and combined a practice of poly-fidelity with counterculture and pop-psychology in an effort to create an open community. This issue with a look at paranoia, Ulabian Earthianism, the Abacus method of holistic loneliness abatement and sexual attitude restructuring, University of Utopia, various self-help style columns on psychology, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and light curling to the piece. Faint foxing and spotting. Small tear to the lower front cover. Good .

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Book number: 013195

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

Various authors

Utopian Eyes. A Journal of Futuristic Social Psychology. Autumn 1980. Vol. 6 Issue 4

San Francisco, Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1980. Tabloid. Side folding newsprint wraps, illustrated. Tabloid format. 16 pp.Illustrations and ads throughout. An issue of this newspaper/journal produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian commune that originated in New York and combined a practice of poly-fidelity with counterculture and pop-psychology in an effort to create an open community. This issue with pieces on the Kerista Planetary Peace Plan; the Gestalt-O-Rama Growth Co-op; various self-help style columns on psychology, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and some wrinkling to the piece. Faint dampstaining along the upper fore edge when opened. Good .

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Book number: 013376

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

Various authors

Utopian Eyes. A Journal of Futuristic Social Psychology. Winter 1981. Vol. 7 Issue 1

San Francisco, Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1981. Tabloid. Side folding newsprint wraps, illustrated. Tabloid format. 16 pp.Illustrations and ads throughout. An issue of this newspaper/journal produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian commune that originated in New York and combined a practice of poly-fidelity with counterculture and pop-psychology in an effort to create an open community. This issue with pieces on the prototype ecovillage proposed by the Kerista Research Institute Proposal; a lengthy column on the use of gestalt psychology; a column on sexual attitude restructuring; various self-help style columns on psychology, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and some wrinkling to the piece. Some creasing at the corners. Faint dampstaining along the upper fore edge when opened. Good .

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Book number: 013412

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

Various authors

The Utopian Classroom. An Journal of Do-It-Yourself Mental Health. Autumn 1982. Volume 10, Issue 3

San Francisco, Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1982. Wraps. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An issue of this newspaper produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian community established in the 1960s, originating in New York and combining a practice of poly-fidelity with counterculture and pop-psychology in an effort to create an open community. This issue with a pieces on a Kerista study of social skills development in early childhood, abacus yenta services, responsible hedonism-pleasure in utopia, etc. With many pages of ads (18 pages of a directory on where to find things). GOOD condition. General browning. Minor soiling, some foxing and spotting. Some wrinkling along the extremities. Good .

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Book number: 013496

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn

No author given

Bobby Sherman Blacklight Poster

Memphis, TN, Compass Points, Publisher. Unbound. no date. 33 ¼ by 21 ¾ inches. Untitled blacklight poster of musician Bobby Sherman. GOOD condition. Poster stored rolled. Horizontal crease along the top portion. A few other creases and wrinkles present, with several small cracks in the ink. Good .

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Book number: 016098

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Posters

No author given

There Is an Energy That Makes You Alive. Guru Maharaj Ji Is the Perfect Master. Event Handbill/Flier

No Place, No publisher, 1971. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Cambridge, MA: 1971. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Peach colored paper. Small photo of Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat) in the lower center. A flier for an event held at the MIT Student Center on February 18, 1971. While Prem Rawat is the focus of the flier, the fine print indicates it was his disciple, Mahatma Ji Fakiranand who was to speak. Fakiranand gained some notoriety after a 1973 incident where journalist Pat Halley threw a shaving cream pie in the face of Guru Maharaj Ji. Fakiranand was accused of subsequently beating the journalist with a hammer, although the story has fluctuated over time. The flier features a mantra/aphorism at the top, and urges people to "Please come-what can you lose but your unhappiness?" GOOD+ condition. Minor fading, wrinkling and creasing. Good .

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Book number: 018012

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers

Gregory, Roberta; Yeh, Phil; Priestley, Terry; DeContreras, Don; Ricketts, Lynn; Borrego, Phred; Schenck, Brad; Luth, Tom D. Jam

Jam. A New Album of Fables. No. 1. Spring 1977

Los Alamitos, CA, Fragments West, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Black and white cartoon and comic strip style illustrations throughout. A collection of comic strip style work, being short pieces for presumably a juvenile audience, giving a somewhat modern twist on fables and fantasy stories. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and wrinkling to the covers, with minor soiling and discoloration. Some curling to the magazine. Interior toned. Good .

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Book number: 014317

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Comics

Leigh

Typed Letter to the Editor of the Rat Subterranean News. (Down with "Up with People")

No Place, No Publisher, 1968. Unbound. No date, 1968. Single sheet, typed, single side only. A letter to the underground paper, RAT Subterranean News, addressing Up With People, Sing Out and the Moral Re-Armament (MRA). The author, Leigh, was a member of the group, discharged for, in her words, "being too sexy." Leigh castigates the group and society in general, as being morally bankrupt and seeking to produced brainwashed, homogenized people. The letter begins, "Dear Rat, Somewhere, this very night, an innocent, pure American Teeny-Bop of the Future is being indoctrinated into the emotional bureaucracy of Moral Re-Armament," and continues "A little over a year ago I was in among that fresh, scrubbed-faced crowd of dumb 'jocks' who are not getting any and trite society belles who pray nightly that they never will." A succinct and well-written perspective on the clash of cultures in the late 1960s. GOOD condition. Heavy browning and offsetting to the paper, with general wrinkling, minor soiling and staining. Minor wear along the extremities. Good .

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Book number: 013117

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn