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Help me remember the underground press

Discussion in 'Remember When?' started by Tex Huesca, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. Tex Huesca

    Tex Huesca Member

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    Hello, can you help me research into the names of underground titles of the sixties. Do you know why their creators chose those following names (for a start):
    The Rag, The Blue Bus, Brown Shoes, The Chicago Seed, Raisin Bread, Candle, The Cauldron?
    Tex
     
    Tex Huesca, Oct 31, 2006
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  3. mtv_not_bullets

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    Perhaps "Brown Shoes" came from the Frank Zappa song-- "brown shoes don't make it, quit school, why fake it?"
     
    mtv_not_bullets, Nov 2, 2006
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  5. Roffa

    Roffa Senior Member

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    On this side of the pond we had things like Oz, It and Ink. "Oz" is short for Australia, homeland of editor Richard Neville; IT was for "International Times", and had a picture on the masthead of Clara Bow, the original "It girl".
     
    Roffa, Dec 21, 2006
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  7. woodsman

    woodsman Senior Member

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    You should look for a book called The Paper Revolutionaries-The rise of the underground press, by Larry Leamer, published in 1972.

    It's been out of print for a long time but is a common item in the used books on Amazon.com.

    It should answer a lot of your questions about the underground press in the 60's and early 70's.
     
    woodsman, Apr 14, 2008
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  9. catman2130093

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    We had one in Atlanta "The Great Speckled Bird"
     
    catman2130093, Sep 17, 2010
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