Helix Vol. VI No. 10 March 6, 1969: Sky River Mud Bath Scene; Article Announcing Rally to Save the Pike Place Market; Muddy Waters Interview
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Walt Crowley. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 24 including covers. Front and rear covers and center spread printed in color. A well preserved copy with just the slightest edge-wear and age-toning. Very Good. Item #6717 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. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
A solid issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) featuring an interview with Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), and articles on city politics (Lorenzo Milam), a rally to save the Pike Place Market and a center spread, in color, advertising a benefit for Helix at the Eagles Auditorium with a line-up including Black Snake, Floating Bridge, the Youngbloods, Juggernaut, and others, another ad offers the famous nude poster of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Price: $40.00