Hammond Guthrie:
“Art Kunkin founded the L.A. Free Press quite literally "underground" from the basement of The Fifth Estate coffeehouse in Hollywood...Reading the weekly Free Press offered the greater LA underground access to community services, a
place to hook up and THE NEWS! Presented with an editorial awareness based on reality -What Impact Did The Freep Have On You In The 60s and 70s? Send Us Your Testimonial And We Will Print It! Post Your Comments To Our Website www.losangelesfreepress.com neatly wrapped between Charles Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," Dr. Hip's medical/sexual advice, and the thoughts of writers such as Hugh Romney (Wavy Gravy) and Gene Youngblood. et al.
Acid (lsd) was still legal and Lenny Bruce was still being arrested. General's Hershey Bar and Wastemoreland stood proudly with thousands in MacArthur Park raging against the war machine and Century City was soon to explode. Young though I was, I was there during the small window of time -- shadows passing in the (up all) night heading down Fairfax to the Free Press Bookstore. A place to feel perfectly safe within a brewing social maelstrom.
...Now, as it was in the 60's, it is again essential that dissent and truth not be constrained by editorial hypocrisy. Yes!, ‘Time Has Come Today,’ and Art Kunkin is again stepping up to the plate. Support your local Free Press.
Hammond Guthrie is an artist and the author of “AsEverWas: Memoirs Of A Beat Survivor.”
Thursday, July 5, 2007
An Editorial Awareness Based On Reality
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I want to thank the Free Press and The Fifth Estate for building my character and teaching me so much during those turbulent teen years in Hollywood.
The Fifth Estate was my anchor and the friends I made and the chess games I played, the music and the conversations still resonate in my heart.
I was a confused and drifting teen,and never quite understood how important that time was in shaping the United States. It makes me sad that after all the pain of those years it seems we have learned nothing and we have lingered in this Iraq war for soooo long. While baby boomers like myself, who were so vocal as teens against the Viet Nam war remain silent today. Are we worn out, disillusioned, or is it because we need a beacon light like the LA free press to revive the vision we once had for a better world???????
Anyway, thank you Free Press for getting us through those years and I pray you will lead this generation to look outward instead of inward as you did for my generation.
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