Item #6109 Helix Vol. III No. 1 February 15, 1968 Featuring Jimi Hendrix Article by Tom Robbins. JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle, Tom ROBBINS, John Cunnick Paul Dorpat, Walt Crowley.
Helix Vol. III No. 1 February 15, 1968 Featuring Jimi Hendrix Article by Tom Robbins
Helix Vol. III No. 1 February 15, 1968 Featuring Jimi Hendrix Article by Tom Robbins
Helix Vol. III No. 1 February 15, 1968 Featuring Jimi Hendrix Article by Tom Robbins

Helix Vol. III No. 1 February 15, 1968 Featuring Jimi Hendrix Article by Tom Robbins

Seattle: Helix, (1968). Paul Dorpat (cover illustration). First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 20 including covers. Front and rear covers printed in color. Slight age-toning to edges, else a bright, fresh copy. Very Good+. Item #6109

An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (weekly from September 1969) featuring an article by Tom Robbins in which he grouses about Hendrix playing in Seattle at a Pat O'Day concert, rather than a Boyd Grafmyre production at the Eagles. (A popular Seattle deejay, O'Day was thought to be an L7 bubblegum promoter, whereas Grafmyre had experience promoting shows from the hippie scene.) At the time, Robbins' literary renown was three year's away; his first novel, Another Roadside Attraction, was published 1971. Another article reviews the Fugs performance at Eagles Auditorium.

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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