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The Organ.

Title
The Organ.
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[Berkeley, Calif. : Himalayan Watershed Properties, c1970-

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v. 1, no. 1 (July 1970)-v. 1, no. 9 (July 1971)TextPermit needed Berg Coll+++ Counterculture O74 1970 v. 1, no. 1 (July 1970)-v. 1, no. 9 (July 1971)Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Crumb, R.
  • Donahue, Don.
  • Fedele, Frank.
  • Flash, Jack.
  • Garcia, Jerry, 1942-1995.
  • Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
  • Irons, Greg, 1947-1983.
  • Jacopetti, Roland, 1937-
  • King, B. B.
  • Lewis, Jerry Lee.
  • Lupoff, Richard A., 1935-2020.
  • Lydon, Susan Gordon, 1943-2005.
  • McDonald, Joe, 1942-
  • Pearlstein, Howard.
  • Silver, Sam.
  • Van der Leun, Gerard, 1945-
  • Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021
  • Wilson, S. Clay, 1941-2021.
  • Winokur, Scott.
  • Lost Planet Airmen (Musical group)
Publication Date
Vol. 1, no. 1-
Description
v. : ill.; 43 cm.
Alternative Title
The Organ (Berkeley, Calif.)
Subjects
Note
  • Title from cover.
  • Focus on counterculture, exploring sexual practices and social attitudes toward them, with articles by and about counterculture notables, contemporary politics, rock and blues musicians; several issues with poetry.
  • Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, collages, psychedelic drawings, and cartoons by R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Greg Irons, and others, often including naked men and women.
  • Published by Christopher Weills, and edited by Gerard van der Leun, Jon Stewart, and Howard Pearlstein.
  • V. 1, no. 2 with incorrect date ("September, 1984") on front cover.
  • Tabloid newspaper format, folded, with color-printed wrappers
  • V. 1 no. 1 includes interview with Allen Ginsberg by Gerard Van der Leun, featuring a discussion of Timothy Leary's arrest on drug charges; v. 1, no. 2 with article by Jon Stewart on Taos communes; v. 1, no. 3, with article by Jack Flash on film director Kenneth Anger, and interview with blues guitarist/singer B. B. King by Sam Silver; v. 1, no. 4 features articles and personal narratives about child-birth, and an interview with film director Paul Morrissey by Scott Winokur; v. 1, no. 5 with articles on the New Right and on "The Canonization of Ayn Rand" by Jon Stewart, and an article on John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and primal scream therapy by Roland Jacopetti; v. 1, no. 6 includes an interview with members of the rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen by Dick Lupoff; v. 1, no. 7 with an article by Jon Stewart on the election of radical politicians in Berkeley and an interview with rock singer/song writer "Country" Joe McDonald with Sam Silver; v. 1, no. 8 contains articles on motorcycles and American culture, an interview with rock guitarist Jerry Garcia by Frank Fedele, an article on H. P. Lovecraft by Dick Lupoff, and an interview with Melvin Van Peebles by Howard Pearlstein; v. 1, no. 9 with articles and a comic strip on heroin use in the U.S. armed services, an article on the destructive effects of heroin use on the counterculture, an interview with Jerry Lee Lewis by Dick Lupoff, and a poem by Gary Snyder ("Control Burn").
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Numbering (note)
  • Issue for July 1971 lacks vol. numbering, but constitutes v. 1, no. 9.
Call Number
Berg Coll+++ Counterculture O74 1970
ISSN
0742-2431
LCCN
sc 83008204
OCLC
9560068
Title
The Organ.
Imprint
[Berkeley, Calif. : Himalayan Watershed Properties, c1970-
Numbering
Issue for July 1971 lacks vol. numbering, but constitutes v. 1, no. 9.
Access
Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Local Note
Berg Collection holds the full run of the periodical, v. 1, no. 1 (July 1970)-[v. 1, no. 9] (July 1971).
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Added Author
Crumb, R. Contributor
Donahue, Don. Contributor
Fedele, Frank. Interviewer
Flash, Jack. Interviewer
Garcia, Jerry, 1942-1995. Interviewee
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Interviewee
Irons, Greg, 1947-1983. Artist
Jacopetti, Roland, 1937- Contributor
King, B. B. Interviewee
Lewis, Jerry Lee. Interviewee
Lupoff, Richard A., 1935-2020. Contributor
Lupoff, Richard A., 1935-2020. Interviewer
Lydon, Susan Gordon, 1943-2005. Contributor
McDonald, Joe, 1942- Interviewee
Pearlstein, Howard. Interviewer
Pearlstein, Howard. Editor
Silver, Sam. Interviewer
Van der Leun, Gerard, 1945- Contributor
Van der Leun, Gerard, 1945- Editor
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021, interviewee.
Wilson, S. Clay, 1941-2021. Artist
Winokur, Scott. Interviewer
Lost Planet Airmen (Musical group)
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+++ Counterculture O74 1970
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