Punk Poster: Benefit Search & Destroy DILS UXA CRIME SLEEPERS Food/Films MABUHAY Thur. May 11 9:00
[San Francisco]: [Search & Destroy], [1978]. First Printing. Loose single sheet. Poster for for the show organized to benefit Search & Destroy fanzine. Poster measures 11.5" x 17.25" on white photocopy stock Light-to-heavy wear to edges, and with a thin drip of red paint on left edge. A war-torn copy, for sure, with evidence of having been both posted on a telephone pole and, with tape residue on verso, an apartment wall; but that it survived at all is notable. Good-. Item #12480 With high production standards and, importantly, an insider’s awareness of a hyper-critical scene in which bunkum was immediately recognized and derided, the fanzine not only documented the lively San Francisco scene, but was filled with dispatches from West Coast cities from Vancouver down to San Diego. Loaded with intelligent writing and excellent photography. Vale’s interests in the breadth of underground bohemia is evidenced by occasional fine art, film and literary coverage – of the latter, William Burroughs and J. G. Ballard received generous coverage. Vale later founded the magazine RE/Search, which has transitioned into an extant publishing house.
Named after the Stooges song, and occasionally appended with New Wave Cultural Research or just New Cultural Research, Search & Destroy was founded by V. Vale with seed money provided by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- $100 from each.
Price: $150.00