Helix Vol. I No. 7 July 7, 1967 With Grateful Dead ad: Seattle show with Daily Flash opening; at City Park "Electric Be-In"

[JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle] [GRATEFUL DEAD] DORPAT, Paul with John Cunnick, Walt Crowley, et al.

Edité par Helix, Seattle, 1967

A propos de cet article

Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. . Front and rear covers printed in color. A crisp copy with minimal toning to inner leaves. An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (transformed into a weekly from September 1969), notable for a page of ads dominated by the Grateful Dead, listed as playing two Seattle shows. One was at the Eagles Auditorium, established as the fraternal organization's Aerie #1 in the early 1900s, with the Daily Flash and the Magic Fern opening. The other Grateful Dead appearance is listed as an "Electric Be-In" at the city's prominent Golden Gardens beachfront park. This issue features William Ward's cover illustration of women holding a torch, and Walt Crowley's rear cover illustration titled "Needle" with Jesus crucified on a hypodermic syringe, both printed in color.In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship. A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. [FOR VOLS. I - III:] Early issues are increasingly scarce. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Helix Vol. I No. 7 July 7, 1967 With Grateful Dead ad: Seattle show with Daily Flash opening; at City Park "Electric Be-In"
• Éditeur: Helix, Seattle
• Date de parution: 1967
• Reliure: Tabloid Newspaper
• Illustrateur: William Ward and Walt Crowley (cover illustrators)
• Édition: First Printing.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Alternative Societies and Sects
  • Graphic Arts, Printing and Design
  • Music
  • Journalism
  • Pacific Northwest Americana