Berkeley Barb: vol. 8, #16 (#192) April 18-24, 1969: Shake the Quake, Stay High by Scherr, Max, editor - 1969

Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1967. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, small hole on front wrap, misfolded, else good condition. Articles on a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. at UC Berkeley, The Black Arts Festival, the Monterey Pop Festival, and more.

Berkeley: The Berkeley Barb, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., newsprint, folded tabloid, illus., misfolded, evenly toned, edgeworn, front wrap lightly foxed, small section torn out of rear wrap with no loss of text. Cover features a full page comic by Gilbert Shelton of "The Freak Brothers' favorite 14-year-old runaway... Little Orphan Amphetamine." First news story in issue recounts the SF police entrapping and arresting 40 gay men in the Macy's men's room. A full page article with photos describes the "underground White House", the alternate command center 60 miles west of DC. Rest of issue is the usual mix of short news items, opinion, and sex ads.

Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, address label and light foxing on front wrap, else good on newsprint. Includes a story on Judy Clavir and Stew Albert, who had been accused of the bombing of the Capitol, plus articles on the struggle between Eldridge Cleaver and Huey Newton for leadership of the Black Panthers, Ruchell Magee, a new production of The Boys in the Band, and more, plus a message from the New York 21, a satirical news release from the Yippies announcing a purge of members including Spiro Agnew, Albert Einstein, Shirley Temple, Kil Il Sung and "everyone over six feet tall," and various news and plenty of sex ads of the era.

Berkeley: The Berkeley Barb, 1966. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid, illus., worn, evenly toned, pen notation on front wrap, rear wrap stained, faint stains on two pages, a reading copy only. Berkeley Barb was the longest lasting Berkeley underground paper. Includes Paul Krassner on LSD, "Folk Scene" column on Otis Redding, film column on Kenneth Anger, and more.

Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1967. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, front wrap foxed, scattered foxing throughout. Cover story on undercover drug agents, plus an article on the Black Panthers, an interview with Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders of the Fugs, and more.

Berkeley: Max Scherr, 1970. Newspaper. 22p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, photos, ads, features, reviews, listings, personals, columns, evenly toned, mild wear, address label on front wrap, otherwise very good on newsprint. Includes an article on Timothy Leary, underground comix, assorted news, and the usual classifieds and sex ads in the back.

Berkeley: The Berkeley Barb, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns; evenly toned, dampstain on front wrap which bleeds through to next few pages, else good condition. Articles on a work strike at Folsom prison, the trial of Los Siete de la Raza, Timothy Leary, the Gay Liberation Front's plan for a mass movement of gay people to Alpine County, and more.

Berkeley: The Berkeley Barb, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns; evenly toned, light handling wear, else very good condition. Articles on the establishment of the Gay Liberation Front, Vietnam, and more, a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comic, and the usual sex ads and classifieds in the back.

Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1967. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, address label on front wrap, else very good on newsprint.

Berkeley: The Berkeley Barb, 1969. Newspaper. 27p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, edgeworn, front wrap beginning to split at fold, else very good on newsprint. Cover photo of naked hippies in Golden Gate Park, plus articles on MC-5, the end of the SF State Strike, and more.