{"product_id":"open-city-no-39-jan-24-29-1968-bukowski-in-the-charity-ward-jimi-hendrix-at-the-shrine-linda-ronstadt","title":"OPEN CITY No. 39, Jan. 24–29, 1968 — Bukowski in the Charity Ward, Jimi Hendrix at the Shrine, Linda Ronstadt","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn issue of the Los Angeles underground weekly, featuring Charles Bukowski's \"Notes of a Dirty Old Man.\" Subtitled \"Violent as Vesuvius, I flame,\" the column is a fictionalized account of Bukowski's near-fatal 1954 hospitalization at LA County Hospital, where he spent nine days being treated for a bleeding ulcer, received nine pints of blood and glucose, and nearly died. His father arrived drunk with a whore (Jane Cooney). A priest appeared at his bedside as he hemorrhaged through the night. He survived and was driving a truck a week later. This hospitalization, widely considered a turning point in his life, preceded his return to writing poetry in earnest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe front cover carries one of the paper's most confrontational images — a raised middle finger bearing a swastika and a caricature of LBJ on the fingertip. Interior includes a full-page concert advertisement for Jimi Hendrix and the Soft Machine with the Electric Flag and Blue Cheer at the Shrine Auditorium, February 10. The back cover carries a full-page KPPC radio advertisement listing Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, Hearts and Flowers, and Fred Neil among others. Large tabloid format, 17\" x 11\", black and white throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProvenance: Mailing label on front cover addressed to John E. Bryan, 22420 Edgecliff Drive, Cleveland, Ohio — the editor's father at his home address.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis one is in rough shape starting with a six inch tear on the right side of the hortizontal fold. The tear continues in the inside pages, but smaller around 4 inches. The page edges stick out and have tears. Very fragile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47884772999333,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20250809_095239_-_Copy.jpg?v=1780586603","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/open-city-no-39-jan-24-29-1968-bukowski-in-the-charity-ward-jimi-hendrix-at-the-shrine-linda-ronstadt","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}