OPEN CITY No. 13, July 28–Aug. 3, 1967 — Bukowski Notes, Detroit Riots, Nina Simone, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Butterfield Blues Band

An issue of the Los Angeles underground weekly, featuring Charles Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man." The column opens with young people reading his poems aloud at a party, then follows a predawn Hollywood Boulevard encounter with a woman in pink panties and dark stockings, through a night of drinking and a jealous older man named Frank, ending with Bukowski waking in a strange bed with $7 still in his pocket.

The front cover leads with exclusive on-the-ground reporting from the Detroit riots, arguing the uprising was an inevitable response to systemic racism. Also featured is a detailed account of the LAPD's crackdown on Griffith Park Love-In attendees. The back cover listings include Nina Simone, Dick Gregory and Wes Montgomery at the Shrine Auditorium, and Simon and Garfunkel at the Hollywood Bowl. An insert from John Wilcock's Other Scenes includes an illustrated guide to marijuana paraphernalia. Large tabloid format, 17" x 11", black and white throughout.

Provenance: Mailing label addressed to John Bryan Sr. at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio — the editor's father at his place of work.

This copy has splits down the spine and small tears to the page edges. Some light browning.