The poster for a performance run by San Francisco's legendary and outrageous Cockettes, opening on New Year's Eve 1972 at the Palace Theatre (Columbus and Powell streets). Les Etoilés du Minuit (the stars of midnight) had a run from Dec. 30 to Jan. 8 with various guest performers including Danny Kaye, "That Lady," and Olivia de Havilland. Performances began at midnight. With a drawing by John Flowers in the style of Jean Cocteau. Flowers did the drawings in "The Official Cockettes Paper Doll Book". The stars on the poster are.....
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The "Special Surprise Issue" (No. 5) of Oz Magazine, one of the rare oversized fold-out posters published for only a few issues. This edition the iconic "Plant a Flower Child" poster designed by Martin Sharp. Oz was an independently published, alternative/underground magazine associated with the international counterculture of the 1960s. First published in Sydney, a parallel version was published in London starting in 1967. The Australian magazine was published until 1969 and the British version until 1973. The back rails against the "Alf Conspiracy," "...a bizarre cult of grey, short-haired.....
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A poster commemorating 100 years of struggle for Puerto Rican independence. The Puerto Rican flag is shown framed in bullets. On September 23, 1868 the Lares uprising was the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico. Text in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. Published by OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America, with their logo in the lower right. OSPAAAL was established in Cuba in 1966.

Condition: Fair, with overall waviness to poster likely from previous moisture; some edgewear and chips.....
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An event poster for a lecture by William Kunstler, the civil rights activist and lawyer for the Chicago Seven, on April 8, 1970 at the McMillin Theater (now renamed the Miller Theater) at Columbia University in New York City. The Chicago Seven were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden and Lee Weiner. They were charged by the U.S. government with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot, along with other charges related to the anti-Vietnam War protests during the.....
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The rare overisze (17.5" x 22.5") poster for the Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts in Seattle (Moore Theatre) and Portland (Pine Street Theatre) on March 30 and April 1, 1988. A relatively early Chili Peppers poster and concert tour supporting their third studio album, the tour was known as the "Uplift Mofo Party Tour." Featuring the band photo including D.H. Peligro, also the longtime drummer for The Dead Kennedys, who performed with the Chili Peppers for less than a year. An almost identical poster design was used for Dec. 29.....
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The poster for the Japanese girl band Shonen Knife headlining a four-band bill at Satyricon in Portland on August 17, 1998. The openers were Michael Shelley, Joypop Turbo and Nite Time Love Friends. Poster design by Guy Burwell who designed many posters for Berbati's and Satyricon in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Condition: Fair, with the usual (several) holes, tears and creasing from being stapled to a telephone pole.
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The concert poster for the Gashuffer, Crackerbash and Thrill Hammer at the Blue Gallery on May 19 either in 1989 or 1990. Poster design by Mike King (Crash Design). Crackerbash featured Sean Croghan, Scott Fox on bass, and drummer Doug Nash (later Teddy Miller on drums). Thrill Hammer (later Thrillhammer) was Dave Triebwasser (Pond) on drums, Pete Krebs (Hazel) guitar and vocals, and Ben Munat (Rotor/Satyricon booker) on bass. The Blue Gallery was a punk/rock club and art gallery run by Tim Brooks in NW Portland for a few years.....
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The poster for an Empty Records band Showcase at Satyricon on August 7, 1998 featuring Steel Wool, the Weird Love Makers and Jr. High. Poster design by Guy Burwell who designed many posters for Berbati's and Satyricon in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Condition: Fair/Good, with the usual holes, tears and creasing from being stapled to a telephone pole.
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The concert poster for Pigmy Love Circus, Nervous Christians, Dead Moon and Hog Wild at at the PDX Underground club on April 13, 1991.

Condition: Fair/Good, with the usual staple holes and wear from being stapled to a telephone pole; slight discoloration around edges of poster likely due to being stapled on top of another poster whose color has bled."
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A flyer for a 1979 concert at The Earth in Portland, Oregon featuring the Wipers, Neo Boys, Monitors and Ice-9.

Condition: Fine, like new.
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The poster for Queens of the Stone Age at Berbati's Pan in Portland on May 12, 2000. Poster design by Guy Burwell who designed many posters for Berbati's and Satyricon in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A relatively early show for Queens of the Stone Age, who formed in 1996. The cheerleader on the poster is so excited his shoes have come off and his underpants are showing. A Mike Thrasher production, sponsored by The Rocket magazine.

Condition: Good/Fair, with the usual holes, tears and creasing from being stapled.....
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The Deluxe Edition of Daniel Clowes' cult classic Ghost World, published in a signed and numbered edition of 500 copies by Fantagraphics in 1997. This copy number 481.

Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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An aerial view of San Francisco in 1912 as "the Exposition City". The Panama-Pacific International Expo was held in the city in 1915. This edition was "reproduced (in) 1968 by First Savings and Loan Association from the original lithograph in the collections of the Society of California Pioneers. Commemorating the opening of the First Savings Building, California at Sansome (street), San Francisco." Printed along the bottom lower left and lower right are "Copyright By North American Press Ass'n 1912 Hearst Bldg. S.F." and "Pingree-Traung Co. Lith. S.F." An uncommon map.....
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