{"product_id":"open-city-no-70-sept-20-26-1968-bukowski-notes-l-a-s-secret-political-police-quicksilver-messenger-service-ravi-shankar-procol-harum","title":"OPEN CITY No. 70, Sept. 20–26, 1968 — Bukowski Notes, L.A.'s Secret Political Police, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Ravi Shankar, Procol Harum","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.\" Bukowski gets drunk with Jensen, a famous writer whose work bores him, and is taken to meet Marlowe at the house of L, a celebrated literary figure with a German shepherd named Poopoo and a $250 guitar on the porch swing. Marlowe arrives — Japanese, black shiny pants, white jacket, bowing — and the evening escalates through a parade of literary credentials, dropped wallets, and broken arms, until the whole thing collapses in magnificent chaos and Bukowski heads back toward warm Southern California, the Revolution not arriving fast enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe front cover leads with John Bryan's investigation into the LAPD's Metropolitan Squad — the city's secret political police, modeled on Nazi intelligence structures and dedicated to surveilling and suppressing political dissidents — in striking hot pink and black two-color. Interior includes a wide-ranging critique of the contemporary rock scene, photographic coverage of the LA Sheriff's Department, and concert listings for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Sons of Champlin, and Ace of Cups. Advertisements include the Ravi Shankar Chappaqua soundtrack featuring William S. Burroughs, Ornette Coleman, and Allen Ginsberg, and a full-page advertisement for Procol Harum's Shine On Brightly. Full broadsheet format, 22.5\" x 15.5\", hot pink and black spot color on cover, black and white throughout interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProvenance: Mailing label on front cover addressed to John E. Bryan, 22420 Edgecliff Drive, Euclid, Ohio — the editor's father at his home address.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis one is in nice shape with slightly uneven folds. Pages stick out slightly on the right and bottom. The biggest flaw is probably the top and bottom of the vertical fold where the pages are a little crumbled around the fold. The pages are white and the color is still fairly vibrant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47888000123045,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20250810_162041_-_Copy.jpg?v=1780687306","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/open-city-no-70-sept-20-26-1968-bukowski-notes-l-a-s-secret-political-police-quicksilver-messenger-service-ravi-shankar-procol-harum","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}