Helix Vol. IX No. 5, August 28, 1969 with Grateful Dead interview; Sky River Rock Fest ad at rear.
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Bevis, Walt Crowley. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 24 including covers. Light dampstain along fore-edge top corner, sight age-toning to edges, otherwise a fresh copy. Very Good+. Item #8874 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.
An issue of the Seattle hippie rag with articles on challenges the organizers of the 2nd Sky River Rock Fest were facing, on recent workforce layoffs at Boeing, and an interview with the Grateful Dead. Rear cover features a color ad for the Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair.
Price: $125.00