OZ 45
Please be advised: This collection has been made available due to its historical and research importance. It contains explicit language and images that reflect attitudes of the era in which the material was originally published, and that some viewers may find confronting.
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Contents: Large rectangular format, cover by John Hurford. John Entwistle ad. Mandala graphic. ‘The Big Ice Cream Cone in the Sky’ - review essay and extracts from Baba Ram Dass’s Be Here Now. ’Our Mutant Brothers’ text and cartoon by Greg Irons .’Dr Leary the Cosmic Whore’ - Tim Leary interview. ‘Brotherhood of Breath – the art of contemplating your navel’. ‘What is My Secret Identity?’ short story by Morris Lurie. ‘144’ – Phil Cohen discusses a book by Samuel Fuller and asks what went wrong with London’s biggest & most sensational squat. ‘Watney’s Hash’ – Jock Young takes a sober look at the dope smokers revolutionary pipe dream. ‘A Revolutionary Structure’ – Grahame Caine talks about his Eco House. ‘Don’t Just Stand There Say Spray Something’ – Geoff Lawes on resistance through graffiti. ‘The Black Australia Policy’ – interview with Bobbi Sykes, a militant black Australian. The Stoke Newington 8 + illustration by Roy Knipe. IT, Frendz & Pink Fairies ads.Centrespread graphic. Ads for Follow-Up and Jeffrey gay mags. Four More Years – illustrations from ‘Dick! The Nixon Era’ by Ed Badajos. Book reviews: The Paint House by Susie Daniel & Peter McGuire, After the Planners by Robert Goodman. Film reviews of Deliverance, Groupies, Dynamo and The Assassination of Trotsky. LP reviews: Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, John & Yoko’s Sometime in New York City, The Band’s Rock of Ages and Vindicator by Arthur Lee. 2p OZ mail order ad. Cozmic Comics ad. Ad for bound volumes of Ink. ‘Bingo With Erections’ – Madeleine Francis on group sex and interview with Henry Charles+ photos from Screw. ‘What About Socrates? What About Him? – extracts from Ken Rubinstein’s manuscript about ‘involution’ and the dark side of CIA-ridden Greece + Josh Thomas illustration. ,’If You Were the Only Girl in the World and I Was the Only Passport’ – article + world map. ‘Kiss Me Deadly’ – article on necrophilia reprinted from Screw. Back cover ad for Dracula magazine.