{"product_id":"open-city-no-49-apr-5-11-1968-bukowski-notes-blood-sweat-and-tears-h-rap-brown-lbj-withdrawal","title":"OPEN CITY No. 49, Apr. 5–11, 1968 — Bukowski Notes, Blood Sweat and Tears, H. Rap Brown, LBJ Withdrawal","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn issue of the Los Angeles underground weekly in the full broadsheet format, featuring Charles Bukowski's \"Notes of a Dirty Old Man.\" The column is built around Red, a young road drifter Bukowski has fallen in with — beastly cruel, beastly inhuman. Red runs a grim operation on an old woman, charges by the piece, keeps moving, never stays. Over beers he lays out his road philosophy: two pairs of pants, a razor under the belt, a white shirt rinsed in the sink, a strip necktie, a little icepick in an elastic strap halfway up the arm — always ready, a white collar job among the shits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in the immediate aftermath of President Johnson's surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election, the cover responds with sardonic glee. Interior features a substantial interview with Blood Sweat and Tears founder Al Kooper, and a letter written from jail by civil rights militant H. Rap Brown. A two-page photo spread documents sculptor Bill Spater's guerrilla exhibition at Long Beach State College. An interior full-page photograph captures a naked man being arrested at Venice Beach. 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 Bryan Sr., father of Open City editor John Bryan, and a newspaper man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe paper is a bit aged on this one with rubbing. The page edges stick out on the right side, leading to small tears and folds. There is a small hole on the left of the horizontal fold \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47898268663973,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20250809_142612_8470172c-6f35-484b-a740-6183ce18f541.jpg?v=1781018392","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/open-city-no-49-apr-5-11-1968-bukowski-notes-blood-sweat-and-tears-h-rap-brown-lbj-withdrawal","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}