Pleased to announce the second update to the
REALIST ARCHIVE PROJECT, an ongoing Internet archive
for Paul Krassner’s fantastic counterculture magazine
“The Realist” (1958-1974; 1985-2001). Four issues a
month until the archive is complete. Posted with
Permission. Our thanks and regards to Paul Krassner.

Main Archive URL: http://www.ep.tc/realist

For July / FOUR NEW ISSUES / Details:

1) REALIST Issue #26 – May 1961
http://www.ep.tc/realist/26

FEATURING: Television as a Cause of Disease, An
IMPOLITE INTERVIEW WITH HUGH HEFNER, For the
Separation of Church and Sex, and Rumor of the Month.

Rare early snapshot of Hefner at his cockiest;
predicts he will still be single and swinging into
elder age. Quote: “I hope to still be very much a
young man–psychologically, at least–when I’m sixty.
Maybe physically, too. Charlie Chaplin fathered a
child when he was 70. And I’ll have all those
‘Playmates of the Month’ around to keep my interest
up.”

Also includes a searing and very funny Adolf Eichmann
joke on page two. And note the article “Television as
a Cause of Disease”. A great early 1961 issue.

2) REALIST Issue #58 – April, 1965
http://www.ep.tc/realist/58

FEATURING: Dick Gregory in Mississippi, AN IMPOLITE
INTERVIEW WITH WOODY ALLEN, and Three Authors in
Search of Obscene Literature.

If you enjoyed the filthy cartoon character sex from
the Disneyland Orgy then you’ll get a genuine
overloading kick out of the Tijuana Bible flavored
EXHIBIT A. The Woody Allen interview is everything you
want it to be – and then there’s the Dick Gregory
article, with cameos from Sammy Davis Jr, Muhammad
Ali, and Sonny Liston. Of particular note, this might
be one of the last articles to ever refer to Malcolm X
in the present tense; as he was assassinated as the
issue went to press, see Editor’s note on Page 24.

3) REALIST Issue #69 – September 1966
http://www.ep.tc/realist/69

FEATURING: The Whitey Survival Manual, The Day the
Supreme Court Banned Vaseline, AN IMPOLITE INTERVIEW
WITH TIMOTHY LEARY, The Fag Battalion, and A JUNKIE
HEX FOR CITY DWELLERS.

Issue 69, almost a pun in itself, is a delight of
offensive content. Featuring “Mind Over Martyr” and
“The Fag Battalion” – both of which prompted letters
from canceling subscribers in Issue 74’s letters page
(see http://www.ep.tc/realist/74/02.html) However, the
absolute treat here is “A Junkie Hex for City
Dwellers” – immediately my favorite piece of heroin
artwork from any comic or magazine of the 60s. Very
cool interview with Timothy Leary, too.

4) REALIST Issue #84 – November, 1968
http://www.ep.tc/realist/84

Issue Number 84 – FEATURING: The CASE OF THE COCK-SURE
GROUPIES (with Cynthia Plastercaster), The Trial of
Abbie Hoffman’s Shirt (with the US Government),
REPORTER AT SMALL, and Crime and the Bedside Manner.

I love this issue. Contains “The Case of the Cock-Sure
Groupies” – one of the earliest articles on Groupies,
which is referenced on the back cover of the widely
sampled and bootlegged 1969 “Groupies” Documentary LP.
Are you getting the key word here? The other notable
piece is “The Trial of Abbie Hoffman’s Shirt” – which
reads like satire but isn’t. Not only was Abbie
Hoffman charged with a crime for wearing a shirt that
resembled a US Flag, he was also given hepatitis from
a filthy needle while under govt custody. A document
of absurd government harassment from one of the most
tense times in US history. Proudly posted for July
4th.