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(2/?) — Articles by counter-culturalist #PaulKrassner and music reviewer #RobertChristgau help settle you in for the reading ahead, alongside a review for the exciting new #ElectricCircus club in NYC. (at Bonnett's Book Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBoGzARnrnU/?igshid=xoqnl5acy1zg

Paul Krassner, countercultural ringmaster and leader of the Yippies, dies at 87 He was a standup comedian encouraged by Lenny Bruce, a biting satirist celebrated by Kurt Vonnegut, and a swashbuckling drug enthusiast who took a “trip” with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, dropped acid before testifying at the Chicago Seven trial, and “ingested those little white tabs” with Groucho Marx in Beverly Hills. In those heady years of 1960s radicalism and experimentation, Paul Krassner was also an irreverent ringmaster of the counterculture, known for battling censorship and decency laws, coining the term “Yippie” to describe his anarchic cohort, and founding the Realist, an influential magazine of satire and social criticism. An FBI agent once described him in a letter to Life magazine as “a raving, unconfined nut,” a phrase that Mr. Krassner gleefully adapted for the title of his memoir. “The FBI was right,” comedian George Carlin later said. “This man is dangerous — and funny, and necessary.” #paulkrassner #thankyou #rip #restinparadise #restinpower #yippies #staylifted #holysmokes #holysmokescrafts #hightimes #rawlife #rawlife247 #cannabis #oneman #breal #massroots #cannabidiol #cbd #thc #mmj #highlife #highsociety #hemp #ismokecannabis #medicalcannabis #highamerica #medicalmarijuana #cannabislaws #420 #420daily (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0QwBAaB5KB/?igshid=1weko58ubsv3j

I’ve always considered The Realist to be a zine forebearer and Krassner to be a true hero. In this little volume we get his coverage of the Patty Hearst and Harvey Milk trials plus an interview by Terry Bissom. Righteous! #paulkrassner #pattyhearst #harveymilk #therealist @quimbysbookstorenyc (at Quimby's Bookstore NYC)