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The 2016 additions include monographs and serials by Griffin and collected by Griffin. These can be found in boxes 331 to
345. The additions also include materials that were interfiled in the following series and subseries: correspondence, subject
files (chiefly photographs), performance files (chiefly photographs), art (photographs and collages by Tony Scibella, Justice
Howard, and Dennis Olanzo Callwood), writings about Griffin (a clipping), acting files (photographs), and memorabilia (chiefly
photographs and a DVD).
Partial purchase and gift of S.A. Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta, 2014. Additions from Griffin and Perrotta, 2016.
[Identification of item], S.A. Griffin Collection of Underground Poetry, Scott Wannberg, and The Carma Bums (Collection 2248).
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Kelly Besser with assistance from Rebecca Bucher, in consultation with Genie Guerard, and with supervision from
Megan Hahn Fraser, 2016. Additions processed by Rebecca Bucher, with supervision by Kelly Besser, 2017. Monographs cataloged
by Josh Fiala. Rehousing of artwork by Octavio Olvera. Digitization of audiovisual materials by Allison Whalen under supervision
from Yasmin Dessem, with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Biography, Biography/History notes, and
artwork descriptions written by S.A. Griffin and edited by Kelly Besser and Rebecca Bucher.
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S.A. Griffin (Steven Allan Griffin), born March 16, 1954, is a poet, performance artist, publisher, and actor. After graduating
from high school in 1972, Griffin voluntarily entered the United States Air Force as an administration specialist and was
honorably discharged in 1976. In 1978, Griffin relocated to Los Angeles from San Francisco with a scholarship to attend the
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Workshop. Griffin's awards for his work on stage and on camera include a Dramalogue Award and
a Kari Award.
In 1982, Griffin became involved with poetry when he began attending open poetry readings at the Water Espresso Gallery in
Hollywood. During this time he became active in the punk scene as a poet and performance artist, appearing at various Southern
California venues such as The Lhasa Club, Anti-Club, X=Art, Al's Bar, Safari Sam's and Club Lingerie. In the mid-1980s, Griffin
became directly involved in DIY publishing as a staff member of
Shattersheet, and in 1988 he established Rose of Sharon Press with the publication of
Sharktalk by Doug Knott. In 1989 Griffin was named Best Performance Poet by Wanda Coleman in the
LA Weekly.
In addition to a deep level of involvement in the community through writing, publishing, performing, and hosting poetry events,
Griffin extensively collected the publications, artwork, and related ephemera of Los Angeles poets. These materials relate
to Venice West, the Los Angeles Beat poetry scene named after the café owned and operated by Stuart Z. Perkoff from 1958-1962,
and the Denver, Colorado Beat scene to where many Venice West Beats migrated. He also collected materials related to influential
poets such as d.a. levy, Kurt Schwitters, Jack Micheline, Tony Scibella, and Charles Bukowski. With Alan Kaufman, Griffin
edited
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999).
In 1985, Griffin and fellow poets Michael Lane Bruner, Doug Knott, and Mike M. Mollett formed The Lost Tribe. From 1985-1988
and in 1992, the group performed poetry in choreographed routines both locally and on tour. In 1989, the group underwent a
philosophical shift and transformed, joined by Scott Wannberg (and occasionally Bobbo Staron and Ellyn Maybe), into The Carma
Bums, a traveling improvisational performance group. The Carma Bums performed until 2009. From 1995-1996, Griffin and punk
musician-poets Iris Berry and Pleasant Gehman formed White Trash Apocalypse, in Gehman's words, "a spoken word tour…treated…like
a rock'n'roll tour," which toured the United States and Canada. In 2010, Griffin went on tour with The Poetry Bomb, a decommissioned
bomb purchased by Griffin and filled with poetry at readings throughout the country, intending to "foster disagreements…the
cornerstone of our democratic system." Since 2007 Griffin has performed with the punk-jazz improvisational group The Lofty
Canaanites, composed primarily of members of Saccharine Trust.
Griffin studied film acting and cold reading with Jeremiah Comey and performance technique with Scot Kelman. From 2005 to
2013, Griffin taught film acting and cold reading at the American Film Institute, and since 2012, Griffin has taught film
acting and cold reading for Jeremiah Comey. Since 2010, Griffin has served on the curatorial board for Beyond Baroque, and
in 2011 Griffin was the first recipient of Beyond Baroque's Distinguished Service Award.
Griffin continues to live and work in Los Angeles. He is married to Lorraine Perrotta, a librarian and veteran member of The
L.A. Mudpeople. Griffin has a son, Spencer, from a previous marriage to Sharon Grish.
The S.A. Griffin collection of underground poetry, Scott Wannberg, and The Carma Bums ranges from circa 1950 to 2015. The
collection includes writings by Griffin in manuscript and published form; an extensive collection of books, largely related
to the Venice West and Denver Beat poetry scene, as well as other Beat and Meat School poetry; zines and magazines, which
are both poetry and punk related and largely published in the greater Los Angeles area; and manuscripts of authors Griffin
published or befriended. The collection also includes clippings and ephemera Griffin collected related to Southern California's
punk scenes and poetry communities. Correspondence in the collection relates to Griffin's poetry work and involvement in the
mail art community. The collection also contains files related to poetry readings and performances given by Griffin's poetry
groups such as The Carma Bums which include flyers, road books, and audiovisual recordings. Materials related to Griffin's
acting career include materials on the Act Fast 5 strike, scripts, and audiovisual recordings. The collection includes Griffin's
art collection, featuring art by Griffin, Tony Scibella, Charles Bukowski, Earl Newman, and many others. Memorabilia in the
collection includes American flag remnants from d.a. levy's grave, memorial programs, and t-shirts from bookstores and bands.
The collection also includes the papers of Scott Wannberg, which range from circa 1969 to 2014. Bequeathed to Griffin, Wannberg's
papers include Wannberg's manuscript writings and book collection, correspondence, memorabilia, and artwork.
Griffin , S. A.
Perrotta, Lorraine M.
box 1, box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 331, box 332, box 333
Writings by Griffin
circa 1980-2015
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Scope and Content
Writings by Griffin include published and unpublished manuscript writings, including proofs and galleys, monographs, and serials
featuring Griffin's writings.
box 1, box 2, box 3, box 4
Manuscripts
Scope and Content
The published and unpublished manuscript writings by Griffin include proofs and galleys and are organized in chronological
order.
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box 1, folder 1-2
Typescripts
circa 1980s
Scope and Contents
Materials include typescripts of Griffin's poems and a play.
box 1, folder 3-6
True Blue manuscripts
1982, 1985
Scope and Contents
The title page reads
True Blue: A tale of love colorful and true. . . For Sharon From Steve. These folders contain an annotated typescript, the original manuscript, a final bound manuscript
printed on blue paper, and publisher correspondence concerning this children's book manuscript.
box 1, folder 7-9
"Where Streets Collide - Pigstreet"
1983, 1984
Scope and Contents
Folders contain an early annotated typescript entitled, "City of the Jealous Gods - Pigstreet" and two annotated typescripts
for Griffin's poetry/play which was performed during the months of January and February 1984 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
evenings at the Figtree Theatre in Hollywood located at 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90038. Performance flyers
included with the typescripts publicize the preview as January 12th with words and music of Doug Knott, S.A. Griffin, and
Bobbo Staron.
box 1, folder 10
S.A. poems
1984-1992, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2012
Scope and Contents
This folder includes typescripts and photocopies of poems such as "Whorehunter," "Suddenly Down," "Walt Whitman's Beard,"
"Love Came Home Late Last Night and Fell Asleep in Front of the Television," "Legacy to the Poor of L.A.," "The Cat Knows,"
"A Reason to Live," "carma bums rules of the road/'04," and "The Collage Is Unforgiving."
box 1, folder 11-13
"Long Distance" and other poems
1984-2013
Scope and Contents
Typescripts, some of which are annotated, include the following: "The Revolution," "Poetry Is A Drunk Animal Mounting The
Moon," "Poetry Is Fucking," "It Was A Good Day," "President of Nothing," "Bukowski To The Curb," "Let The Music Name You,"
"Hollywood Bus Stop 1979," and "Kill All White People." Folder 12 contains Griffin's speech for the "Tribe Must President"
Out of Historical Necessity which he performed with The Lost Tribe.
box 2, folder 1
Notes
1985 March 8
Scope and Contents
Stream of consciousness style writing and sketches.
box 2, folder 2
Poetry
1985-1995
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed poems which include "There Is A River," "I Felt You In My Morning Coffee," and "Remember These Words."
box 2, folder 3
S.A. Griffin Poetry
1986
Scope and Contents
A collection of poems which include "Pigstreet," "Bad Poetry," "Football And Beer," "Paperwork,"and "The America Poem."
box 2, folder 4
Poems
1987
Scope and Contents
This folder contains an annotated version of "Other Side Of The Television."
box 2, folder 5-6
Poetry
1988-2004
Scope and Contents
Poems include "The Next Bukowski," "On The Work Of Burroughs," and "A Strange Peace (for Misty Mallory)."
box 2, folder 7-9
Poetry Notebooks
circa 1989-1994
Scope and Contents
Four spiral bound notebooks filled with Griffin's handwritten poetry, notes, and sketches.
box 2, folder 10
Group poem
1992 February 29
Scope and Contents
A twenty-eight page group poem entered and printed on leap day at Bruce Morasch's s.r.o. poetry and beer party at the West
Los Angeles Poetry Palace. Contributing writers included S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg.
box 2, folder 11
"#128" poem
1992
Scope and Contents
A poem written in pencil on a white piece of cardboard.
box 3, folder 1
L.A. Riot poem draft
1992 April 29
Scope and Contents
Eleven pages of Griffin's handwritten poetic response to the uprising in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict.
box 3, folder 2
Cannabis Cup journal
Scope and Content
Journal contains writing, art and ephemera from Griffin's trip to Amsterdam with Tony Scibella.
box 3, folder 3
Heaven galleys
1993 April
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One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
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Scope and Content
In addition to galleys for
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance, this folder contains a floppy disk, an original paste-up flyer for the book's release, and a black and white Jeffoto photo
of Griffin wearing his Rip Griffin's Truck Travel Centers t-shirt.
box 3, folder 4
S.A. Griffin poetry
1993-2001
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
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Scope and Contents
Poems include "Hate for Breakfast," "Music For Shredding Metal By Candlelight (for Kurt Cobain)," "The Soft Poetic/Easter
Hill (for Janice Ugland)," and "(Untitled) Poem For A Sudden Stranger." This folder also contains a floppy disk labeled "S.A.
Griffin Poetry: This Has Everything."
box 3, folder 5
Burt Lancaster...poem
1993-2001
Scope and Contents
Computer print-out of "Burt Lancaster And The 12 Year Old Bottle of Booze" poem for Rafael RJ Alvarado's birthday. Authors
cited for this poem are as follows: S.A. Griffin, Doug Knott, Mike M. Mollett, Lorraine Perrotta, Blakeslee Stevens, and Scott
Wannberg.
box 3, folder 6-7
12 Kisses...galleys
1994
Scope and Contents
Folder contains
12 Kisses To The Universe For J.W. McCullough galleys and manuscripts of poems included in this chapbook published in memory of J.W. McCullough by Griffin's Rose of Sharon
Press.
box 3, folder 8-11
Duckwalking...typescripts
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
Folders contain five annotated typescripts of
Duckwalking Thru The Apocalypse which includes the following poems: "Food Shopping," "A Blessing For The Arts," "A House Divided," and "At The Spanish Drag
Queen Place on Santa Monica Blvd."
box 3, folder 12
Walt Whitman's...galleys
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
Paste-up boards and galleys for
Walt Whitman's Beard, a chapbook published by Rose of Sharon Press in celebration of National Poetry Month at the University of Southern California.
A final copy of this artifact dedicated to the memory of Allen Ginsberg is included and contributors writers are the following:
Laurel Ann Bogen, Millicent Borges, Dennis Cruz, S.A. Griffin, Doug Knott, Jeff McDaniel, Ellyn Maybe, Patricia Wagner, Scott
Wannberg, and Pam Ward.
box 3, folder 13
(Exploding Text)...galleys
1997
Scope and Contents
(Exploding Text) On the Work of Burroughs was created for the May 10th Tribute to Allen Ginsberg at Beyond Baroque. The exploding text from Ginsberg's piece, "On Burroughs
Work" was altered and added to by S.A. Griffin, Mike Bruner, Olly Ruff, David Rhaesa, Derek Beaulieu, Marie Countryman, Michael
Stutz, and James Stauffer.
box 3, folder 14
Big Belly anthology
circa 1998
Scope and Contents
The cover describes this as a "spontaneous anthology of L.A. and S.F. poets assembled at the attic on the eve of scattering
jack micheline's ashes over brown bag farm." Contributors include: S.A. Griffin, Tarin Towers, Alan Kaufman, Rafael FJ Alvarado,
Hank Hyena, St. Theresa Stone, Eugene Ostachevsky, Bucky Sinister, Doug Knott, Katie Degentesh, and Kathleen Wood.
box 3, folder 15
Wedding vows
1998
Scope and Content
Three pages of vows written by Griffin for the wedding of Rob Zabrecky and Tommy at the Old Griffith Park Zoo, August 8, 1998.
Zabrecky was a member of Possum Dixon, a magician and an actor. Griffin met Rob through Pleasant Gehman when they did a gig
at the Pik Me Up Cafe around 1992. Griffin tailors the ceremonies to suit the couple even these vows have not fundamentally
changed since he performed his first wedding in 1995 for Eric Brown and Tori Williams. According to Griffin, each set of vows
is altered with personal questions and other slight additions so that it remains unique. For more information on Griffin's
wedding performances please consult the subject files for Universal Life Church and Temple of Man.
box 3, folder 16
"The Edge Generation"
1999
Scope and Contents
This piece may be located in its published form in Box 15. It was published in (Sic) Vice & Verse, Issue 7, June-July 1999,
One Year Anniversary Issue.
box 3, folder 17
The Dear Lady...typescripts
1999, undated, 2007
Scope and Contents
This folder contains the following poems: "My Dear Lady Night (for Philomene Long)," "New Year's Party," and "The Vision."
These typescripts include Griffin's annotations.
box 3, folder 18
Re)verb submission
2003 June 25
Scope and Contents
Griffin's submission to Re)verb includes a letter and typescript of his work entitled, "This One (The Bald Headed Mouse)."
box 4, folder 1
The Carma Bums...paste-up boards
2004 May
Scope and Contents
Paste-up boards for The Carma Bums'
Armageddon Outta Here! chapbook. This chap was written and produced by The Carma Bums: Doug Knott, Mike Mollett, Mike Bruner, S.A. Griffin, and
Scott Wannberg.
box 4, folder 2
T's Mile High Parade galleys
2004 October 20
Scope and Contents
Folder contains galleys for
T's Mile High Parade chapbook published by Black Ace/Temple of Man.
box 4, folder 3
Reflections...submission
2005
Processing Information
Original manuscript was photocopied due to mold damage. Original was removed from the collection and it was replaced by the
facsimile.
Scope and Contents
Folder contains "Reflections of A Mind Corrupted By A Nightmare Childhood & Congenital Dysfunction" manuscript and correspondence
from The Editors of The Atlantic Monthly.
box 4, folder 4-6
Numbskull Sutra galleys
2007
Scope and Contents
Folders 4 and 5 contain galleys for
Numbskull Sutra, a collection of Griffin's poetry edited by John Dorsey and David Smith for Rank Stranger Press. Folder 6 contains a handwritten
"Numbskull Sutra (for Mark Hartenbach)" manuscript and a typescript of this piece in addition to the following excerpt from
Hartenbach's "land of nod": "i am the numbskull sutra/ to be read then destroyed/ i am the gospel truth/ that will never make
it/ through the editing process."
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box 4, folder 7-10
Black Ace Book 8 galleys
2007
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Scope and Contents
Black Ace Book 8 is dedicated to Tony Scibella, published by S.A. Griffin for Temple of Man, and edited by John Macker, Marsha Getzler, and
S.A. Griffin. The manuscript includes work by Scibella, Todd Moore, Saul White, Jack Micheline, Stuart Z. Perkoff, James Ryan
Morris, Philomene Long, John Thomas, Frank T. Rios, Steve Wilson, Ellyn Maybe, Diana di Prima, Ed Ward, and Marcia Ward among
others. Folders 8-10 contain art work, digital files, and correspondence concerning this publication.
box 4, folder 11
Poems
2007-2011
Scope and Contents
Poems include "Walking the Line," "what it is (for Todd Moore's 70th)," "27 Years in El Lay," and "Rivers (for Langston Hughes)."
box 4, folder 12
American Garbage Head script
2011 June 16
Scope and Contents
Griffin wrote and annotated this script based on
Confessions of An American Garbage Head by Mark Hartenbach.
box 4, folder 13
"Flowers" poem
undated
Scope and Contents
This one page poem is handwritten in black ink on lined paper.
box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 331, box 332
Monographs
Scope and Content
The monographs featuring Griffin's writings include the writings of The Lost Tribe, The Carma Bums, and White Trash Apocalypse.
Books from S.A. Griffin's library that were originally donated with the papers have been individually cataloged in the UCLA
Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching the Special Coll/Archive SPAC "SALA" using the Advanced
search tab in the Library catalog, or keyword searching "Books from the Library of S.A. Griffin".
box 11, box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 333
Serials
Scope and Content
Serials featuring Griffin's writings, which include serials that he published, have been organized alphabetically by title
of publication.
Biography/History
The first publication Griffin worked with was
Shattersheet, edited and published by Jim and April Burns out of the Valley. Jim walked into Al's one night giving away free issues to
introduce the zine to everyone. Mike Bruner and Griffin responded immediately and volunteered to do whatever Jim wanted.
Shattersheet was important because not only did it publish poetry, but it was the first publication, to Griffin's knowledge, that published
a fairly comprehensive listing of poetry events in and around Southern California. Just previous to this Griffin had worked
at Medicus, a local printing broker. With Jim and April, wanting to learn everything he could about DIY/small press, Griffin
did much of the same tasks: cut and paste, inputting on the ancient Mac used primarily for word processing, collating/folding,
distribution, collections, and some editing. Working with
Shattersheet Griffin got to know the local community and became very familiar with Scott Wannberg's work long before they met and became
friends. Wannberg's book
The Electric Yes Indeed!, officially published by Shelf Life Press and with initial editing and publishing by Jim, became the second book Griffin
had published.
As
Shattersheet was waning,
The Moment was on its way up, in Griffin's opinion inspired by the local success of
Shattersheet.
The Moment was edited and published by Kevin Bartnof, Chris Behling and Eric Lyden, who were more Gonzo in their approach. With
The Moment, Griffin was introduced to a deeper Beat dynamic, and in time was introduced to Allen Ginsberg and Jack Micheline, among
others. In Griffin's words, "the Carma Bums got directly plugged into
The Moment since we fit directly into what it was they were all about."
Griffin became friends with Rafael FJ Alvarado, a regular of the old Onyx, when he disrupted a reading that Griffin was conducting
at The Onyx Cafe on Vermont. Eventually, Alvarado and Griffin would publish and edit
(Sic) Vice & Verse, first as the broadside
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, then as a periodical. Griffin worked directly with Michael Simmons and Rachel Kusher.
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box 11, folder 1
Poetry Sheet. Los Angeles.
1983 November
Scope and Contents
"Fuck You, Remember When I Said I Loved You" appears on the back page.
box 11, folder 1
Poetry Sheet, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1984 January
Scope and Contents
"Pigstreet" appears on the front page.
box 11, folder 2
Artfax. Los Angeles.
1985
Scope and Contents
"Pigstreet" and "The America Poem" are flagged within this issue.
box 11, folder 3
The Drawing Board, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1986 Spring
Scope and Contents
"The America Poem" appears on page 11.
box 11, folder 4
Nude Erections, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1986
Scope and Contents
"how many times have I" is flagged within this issue.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 8. Canoga Park.
1986 April
Scope and Contents
"Paperwork" appears on page 3.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 9. Canoga Park.
1986 May
Scope and Contents
"There Is No There There" appears on page 7.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 10. Canoga Park.
1986 June
Scope and Contents
"I was born with bombs" appears on page 3.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 11. Canoga Park.
1986 July
Scope and Contents
"global ratings war spins" appears on page 5.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 12. Canoga Park.
1986 September
Scope and Contents
"Congratulations!" appears on page 3.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 17. Canoga Park.
1987 February
Scope and Contents
"the man operating" appears on page 2.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 19. Canoga Park.
1987 April
Scope and Contents
"They say" appears on page 10.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 22. Canoga Park.
1987 July
Scope and Contents
"pain" co-authored with Mike Bruner appears on page 2.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 23. Canoga Park.
1987 August
Scope and Contents
"in the wild blue" appears on page 5.
box 11, folder 5
Shattersheet, no. 24. Canoga Park.
1987 September
Scope and Contents
"The America Poem" appears on page 4.
box 11, folder 6
Rattler, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1987
Scope and Contents
"Football and Beer" appears on page 11 and "Bad Poetry" appears on page 12.
box 11, folder 7
Water Row Review, v. 1. Los Angeles.
1987
Scope and Contents
"who during this moment" appears on page 33.
box 11, folder 8
Data File. Los Angeles.
1987
Scope and Contents
The Nude issue features "At the meercat nudist club" on page 3.
box 11, folder 8
Data File. Los Angeles.
1987
Scope and Contents
The Open issue features "One mile $5 Exacta" on page 19.
box 11, folder 8
Data File. Los Angeles.
1988
Scope and Contents
The Rubberstamps issue features "Why is it that the stars are suddenly a whirling" on page 19.
box 11, folder 8
Data File. Los Angeles.
1988
Scope and Contents
The Time issue features "my 86 year old grandfather" on page 18.
box 11, folder 9
Anthology of 1st Year of The Poecentric Lounge, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1987 March-1988 March
Scope and Contents
"Pigstreet" appears on page 25 and "This Apartment That We Live In Hung By The Letter 'F'" appears on page 27.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 7. Woodland Hills.
1988 Summer
Scope and Contents
"I have seen the shouting hallelujahs" appears on page 6 and "we dreamed in big cars" appears on page 11.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 8. Woodland Hills.
1988 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Reasons Why Some People Don't Like My Poetry" appears on page 4.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 9. Woodland Hills.
1989 Winter
Scope and Contents
Griffin is featured on the front and back cover with Sholom "Red" Stodolsky at Baroque Bookstore, formerly located at 1643
N. Las Palmas in Hollywood. "Another Fucking L.A. Car Poem" appears on page 7.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 10. Woodland Hills.
1989 Spring
Scope and Content
"So If They Ever Name The Streets" appears on page 5.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 12. Woodland Hills.
1990 Spring
Scope and Contents
"So Even Italian Mobsters Can Become Songs" appears on page 33.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 13. Woodland Hills.
1990 Fall
Scope and Contents
"It Is Not About Homosexual Art In Ohio, 7 Dirty Words In Florida, Abortion, Liberty Or If Aids Had Five Letters There Might
Be A Cure & We Don't Burn Our Flags Here Anymore" appears on page 17.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 14. Woodland Hills.
1991 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Let Us Pray That The Legs Of War Are Shattered Long Before The Music Of Collapsing Cities" appears on page 18.
box 11, folder 10
The Moment, no. 15. Woodland Hills.
1997 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Suddenly Down" appears on page 9.
box 11, folder 11
Harp. Glenwood Springs.
1995 Winter
Scope and Contents
HARP Four Rivers Arts Journal was a quarterly journal edited by John Macker and circulated throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado, and in other states.
"For Red: Two Birds Still Flying" appears on page 15. Additionally, three photocopies of Griffin's "12 Kisses To The Universe
- for J.W. McCullough" published in
HARP are contained in this folder.
box 11, folder 12
Pearl, no. 15. Long Beach.
1992 Spring/Summer
Scope and Contents
Pearl magazine was founded in 1974 by Joan Jobe Smith while she was an undergraduate at California State University, Long Beach.
This issue was edited by Smith, Marilyn Johnson, and Barbara Hauk. "There's Always Fear In All Of Your Love Songs" appears
on page 13.
box 11, folder 12
Pearl, no. 24. Long Beach.
1996 Fall/Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue was edited by Joan Jobe Smith, Marilyn Johnson, and Barbara Hauk. "12 Kisses To The Universe (For J.W. McCullough)"
appears on page 19.
box 12, folder 1
Saturday Afternoon, no. 3. Hollywood.
1987 Summer
Scope and Contents
"there are black Santas" appears on page 134.
box 12, folder 2
Saturday Afternoon, no. 6. Los Angeles.
1990 Winter
Scope and Contents
"Golden Years" appears on page 79.
box 12, folder 3
Saturday Afternoon, no. 8. Los Angeles.
1992 Winter
Scope and Contents
"Poet's Drink" appears on page 7. Journal includes "Lyres Make Better Lovers" bumper sticker.
box 12, folder 4
Saturday Afternoon, no. 10. Los Angeles.
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
"12 Kisses To The Universe (For J.W. McCullough)" appears on page 3.
box 12, folder 4-5
Saturday Afternoon, no. 12. Los Angeles.
1997
Scope and Contents
"The Late Show" appears on page 85. Folder 4 journal includes a note from its Publisher and Editor, Cynthia Walker.
box 12, folder 5
Saturday Afternoon, no. 14. Los Angeles.
1999
Scope and Contents
"The Bad Thing" appears on page 134. Journal cover photo of a young boy smoking a cigarette at the Zero Zero Club in Hollywood
by Gary Leonard.
box 13, folder 1
Rock City News, v. 6, no. 15. Los Angeles.
1989
Scope and Contents
Folder includes clippings of T. Adam Boffi's column, "Rock Guard'N." This column is devoted to love and includes "At The Core
Of Love."
box 13, folder 1
Rock City News, v. 7, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1990
Scope and Contents
Folder includes clippings of T. Adam Boffi's column, "Rock Guard'N." This column is devoted to Los Angeles and includes excerpts
from "Pigstreet."
box 13, folder 2
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Of The Arts, v. 4, no. 2. Denver.
1989 June-July
Scope and Contents
"Pigstreet" appears on page 8.
box 13, folder 3
Stick, v. 1, no. 2. Black Hawk.
1989 July
Scope and Contents
"While Making Copies At The Xerox Place In West L.A." appears on page 35.
box 13, folder 4
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 March 23
Scope and Contents
"Saw Another One Flip Today" appears on the back page.
box 13, folder 4
A Piece Of Paper, v. 1, no. 3. Glendale.
1990 July 20
Scope and Contents
"Etc." appears on the front page.
box 13, folder 4
A Prank Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 August 2-3
Biography/History
Lou Mensch, the owner, booked The Carma Bums for a gig on that year's tour at Father's Office, and also gave them a few bucks
to land and eat somewhere. According to Griffin, back then Father's Office had sawdust on the floor and folks were still smoking
cigarettes. The Carma Bums hung out there a lot in the late 1980s and early 1990s drinking pitchers of Grant's Russian Imperial
Stout. They played Spades endlessly while they talked and planned (at times).
Scope and Contents
"My farts are" appears on the front page. This issue was created at Father's Office in Santa Monica and in addition to beer
stains, includes pieces by Rafael RJ Alvarado, S.A. Griffin, and Scott Wannberg.
box 13, folder 4
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 August 3
Scope and Contents
"There Are No Seat Belts In The Cadillac" appears on the back page. This issue is dedicated to The Carma Bums for their No
Seat Belts Tour of Words and includes pieces by Doug Knott, Scott Wannberg, Mike M. Mollett, and S.A. Griffin.
box 13, folder 4
A Piece Of Paper. S. El Monte.
1991 February 15
Scope and Contents
"I Have Seen The Shouting Hallelujahs" appears on the back page.
box 13, folder 4
A Piece Of Paper. S. El Monte.
1991 March 15
Scope and Contents
"So If They Ever Name The Streets" appears on the back page.
box 13, folder 5
OnTarget, no. 2. Glendale.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"You Could Measure My Passion With A Stick" from
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 5
OnTarget, no. 4. Glendale.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"Poetry Is A Drunk Animal Mounting The Moon" appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 5
OnTarget, no. 5. Glendale.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"Driving Fast Down Olympic With Jesus Feet" appears in this issue which is signed by many of the contributors.
box 13, folder 6
OnTarget, no. 7. Venice.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"She Was A Voluptuous Hand Grenade Waiting For A Decent Guy To Come Along And Pull Her Pin" appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 6
OnTarget, no. 8/9. Venice.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"Hate For Breakfast" appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 7
OnTarget, no. 10/11. Hollywood.
circa early to mid 1990s
Scope and Contents
"Bukowski To The Curb" appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 8
Dribble Rag, no. 1. Woodland Hills.
1989
Scope and Contents
"At The Core Of Love" appears in this issue.
Biography/History
Dribble Rag was edited and published by Christopher Behling. Behling was born on December 9, 1965 and died on September 11, 1994.
box 13, folder 8
Dribble Rag, no. 2. Woodland Hills.
1990
Scope and Contents
An excerpt from "Pigstreet" and "I Ate Fig Newtons Until I Puked" appear in this issue.
box 13, folder 9
Verve, v. 2, no. 2. Simi Valley.
1990 Winter
Scope and Contents
"The Mexican Orange Merchant" appears in this issue.
box 13, folder 10
Wajlemac, no. 9. Larkspur.
1990
Scope and Content
"One Night In San Francisco" appears within the "Like, Poetry and Fiction, Man" section.
box 13, folder 11
The Hollywood Review, no. 1. Santa Monica.
1991 Spring
Scope and Contents
"I Ate Fig Newtons Until I Puked" appears on page 79.
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 1. Hollywood.
1991 May 24
Scope and Contents
"Coverbeauty Has It All" appears on the back page. Rafael RJ Alvarado describes this publication as a broadsheet zine in "A
(Sic) History" published in the June 1998 Premiere Issue. This particular issue is contained within Box 17, folder 5.
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 2. Hollywood.
1991 June 14
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 3. Hollywood.
1991 June 21
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 4. Hollywood.
1991 June 28
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 5. Hollywood.
1991 July 5
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 6. Hollywood.
1991 July 12
Scope and Contents
"Golden Years" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 7. Hollywood.
1991 July 26
Scope and Contents
"I Ate Fig Newtons Until I Puked" appears on the front page.
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 8. Hollywood.
1991 August 30
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 9. Hollywood.
1991 September 6
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 10. Hollywood.
1991 September 13
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 11. Hollywood.
1991 September 20
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 12. Hollywood.
1991 September 27
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 13. Hollywood.
1991 October 4
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 14. Hollywood.
1991 October 11
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 15. Hollywood.
1991 October 18
Scope and Contents
"All The Questions Had Made Me Allergic To The Answers" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 1
(Sic) Weekly Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 16. Hollywood.
1991 October 25
Scope and Contents
"Kiss Of Death" appears on the back page next to a "Cum & Pray" stamp. A packaged lubricated Sheik condom is stapled to this
AIDS issue.
box 14, folder 2
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 17. Los Angeles.
1992 March 13
Scope and Contents
"So If They Ever Name The Streets" appears on the front page.
box 14, folder 2
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 18. Los Angeles.
1992 March 27
box 14, folder 2
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 19. Los Angeles.
1992 June 12
box 14, folder 2
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 20. Los Angeles.
1992 June 26
Scope and Contents
"The World Cried Itself To Sleep Again Last Night While The News Was Busy Shaving" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 1. Hollywood.
1993
Scope and Contents
"The Monster" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 2. Hollywood.
1993 April 15
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 3. Hollywood.
1993 May 5
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 4. Hollywood.
1993 May
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 5. Hollywood.
1993 May 31
Scope and Contents
"The Revolution" appears on the back page. This is the Memorial Day (A Grave Issue).
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 5. Hollywood.
1993 June 20
Scope and Contents
"Poetry Is A Drunk Animal Mounting The Moon" appears on the back page. This is the Kurt Schwitters' 106 Birthday Issue designed
by mail artist Leslie Caldera aka CT/Creative Thing and represents issue no. 6. This folder also includes correspondence concerning
this issue from CT to Griffin.
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 7. Hollywood.
1993
box 14, folder 3
(Sic), v. 2, no. 8. Hollywood.
1993 September 23
Scope and Contents
"Remember These Words" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 1. North Hollywood.
1996
Scope and Contents
"Cunt Pussy Dick Cock Fuck Poem" appears on the front page.
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 2. North Hollywood.
1996 December 5
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 3. North Hollywood.
1997 January 25
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 4. North Hollywood.
1997 March 12
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 5. North Hollywood.
1997 May 11
Scope and Contents
"At The Core Of Love" appears on the back page.
box 14, folder 4
(Sic), v. 3, no. 6. North Hollywood.
1997 August 16
box 14, folder 5
The Fold. San Francisco.
1991 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue was edited by Kathi Georges and includes "Kiss Of Death."
box 14, folder 6
Purple Patch, no. 61. West Bromwich.
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
"There Is Always Fear In All Of Your Love Songs" appears on page 3.
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 2. Hollywood.
1991 June
Scope and Contents
"I Ate Fig Newtons Until I Puked" appears in this issue.
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 3. Hollywood.
1991 September
Scope and Content
"One Night In San Francisco" and "Our Son Was Born With An Old Man's Eyes" appear in this issue.
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 4. Hollywood.
1991 October
Scope and Contents
This issue includes an interview with Griffin about The Carma Bums.
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 5. Hollywood.
1992 September
Scope and Contents
This issue includes excerpts from Pleasant Gehman's "Rock 'N Roll" diaries and features Griffin's "Love Came Home Late Last
Night And Fell Asleep In Front Of The Television."
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 6. Hollywood.
1993 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features "I Was Abducted By Aliens" by S.A. Griffin, correspondent.
box 14, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 7. Los Angeles.
1993
Scope and Contents
This issue includes an interview with the L.A. Mudpeople by S.A. Griffin.
box 14, folder 8
Black Ace Book, no. 2, Los Angeles.
1992
Scope and Contents
"The World Cried Itself To Sleep Again Last Night While The News Was Busy Shaving" appears on page 84.
box 14, folder 8
Black Ace Book, no. 4, Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
"12 Kisses To The Universe (For J.W. McCullough)" appears on page 145. Also published in this issue is a letter to the editor
from Charles Bukowski and a note to Griffin from Tony Scibella which reads, "I know u didn't want to use the J.W. poem again
but I felt it was necessary."
box 14, folder 9
Black Ace Book, no. 7, Los Angeles.
2002
Scope and Contents
"2001" appears on page 5. This folder includes correspondence from Marsha Getzler and proofs of Griffin's work.
box 14, folder 10
Dance Of The Iguana, v. 1, no. 3, Los Angeles.
1992
Scope and Contents
"To Swim Below The Surface Of The Water Where The Rain Is Never Felt But Always Welcome" appears on page 23.
box 14, folder 10
Dance Of The Iguana. Los Angeles.
1992 Autumn
Scope and Contents
"This Music Is A Strange Language" appears on page 7.
box 14, folder 11
New Observations, no. 87. New York.
1992 January/February
Scope and Contents
"So If They Ever Name The Streets" appears on page 14.
box 14, folder 12
in remembrance, no. 10. Studio City.
1993
Scope and Content
"The World Cried Itself To Sleep Again Last Night While The News Was Busy Shaving" appears in this issue which is signed by
publisher, Jenny Soup.
box 15, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 2, no. 3. Whittier.
1993 Summer
Scope and Contents
"You Could Measure My Passion With A Stick," "The Revolution," and "Poetry Is A Drunk Animal Mounting The Moon" appear in
this issue.
box 15, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 2, no. 4. Whittier.
1993 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Remember These Words" appears on page 50.
box 15, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 1. Whittier.
1994 Winter
Scope and Contents
"Variations On Sonnet Of Shakespeare" and "Fuck You, Remember When I Said I Love You" appear in this issue.
box 15, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 4. Whittier.
1994 Fall
Scope and Content
"Hate For Breakfast" appears on page 47.
box 15, folder 2
Flipside, no. 87. Pasadena.
1993 December/1994 January
Scope and Contents
"Hate For Breakfast" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 3
Flipside, no. 90. Pasadena.
1994 June/July
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 33 1/3 rpm stereo soundsheet slip recording of "disbelief" by Stanford Prison Experiment.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
"12 Kisses To The Universe (For J.W. McCullough)" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 3
Flipside, no. 92. Pasadena.
1994 October/November
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 33 1/3 rpm stereo soundsheet slip recording of "Monkey Drunk" by Cop Shoot Cop.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
"Bukowski To The Curb" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 3
Flipside, no. 95. Pasadena.
1995 April/May
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 33 1/3 rpm stereo soundsheet slip recording of "Stop For A Moment" and "Expanding" by Funeral Oration.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 4
Flipside, no. 98. Pasadena.
1995 October/November
Scope and Contents
"Insomnia (For Rocco)" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 4
Flipside, no. 100. Pasadena.
1996 February/March
Scope and Contents
"I Have No Poem For You Today" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 4
Flipside, no. 103. Pasadena.
1996 August/September
Scope and Contents
"Sad Poem For A Dysfunctional Planet Caught In The Crossfire Of A Brief Childhood" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 5
Flipside, no. 105. Pasadena.
1997 January/February
Scope and Contents
"Suddenly Down" appears in the poetry section.
box 15, folder 6
Brain Child, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
"I Looked At Lorraine And I Felt" appears in this issue. The featured Artist of the Month is Diane Gamboa who presents 10
pen and ink drawings. Other contributors include Barbara Mendes, Butt Trumpet, Trina Robbins, Ken Tao, Simone Gad, Vinzula
Kara, and The L.A. Mudpeople.
box 15, folder 7
Mobius, v. 8, no. 1. St. Claire Shores.
1994 Spring/Summer
Scope and Contents
"Love Came Home Last Night And Fell Asleep In Front Of The Television" appears on page 42. This poetry magazine is signed
by Editor Jean Hull Herman and includes correspondence to Griffin.
box 15, folder 8
NoHo, v. 2, no. 8. North Hollywood.
1994 October
Scope and Contents
"There Is Always Fear In All Your Love Songs" appears on page 12.
box 15, folder 9
Zuzu's Petals Quarterly, v. 3, no. 2-3. Allentown.
1994-1995 Winter/Spring
Scope and Contents
"Poetry Is A Drunk Animal Mounting The Moon" appears on page 56.
box 15, folder 10
Sure, no. 10. Oak View.
1994
Scope and Content
"FOR RED Two Tough Birds Still Flying" appears on page 59 of this Charles Bukowski newsletter.
box 16, folder 1
Blue Satellite, v. 1, no. 1. Venice.
1994 September
Scope and Contents
"Bukowski To The Curb" appears in this issue.
box 16, folder 1
Blue Satellite, v. 1, no. 2. Venice.
1995 February
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears in this issue. This issue was copy edited by francEyE.
box 16, folder 2
Blue Satellite, v. 2, no. 1. Venice.
1995 September
Scope and Contents
"The Race Gets A Little Long In The Turn" appears in this issue.
box 16, folder 2
Blue Satellite, v. 2, no. 2. Venice.
1996 February
Scope and Contents
Within this issue, The Sacred Beverage Press announces their first ever book featuring The Carma Bums and includes a special
Bums section with "Hell The Love Song (For Bob Flanagan)" along with work from Mike Bruner, Doug Knott, Mike M. Mollett, and
Scott Wannberg.
box 16, folder 3
Blue Satellite, v. 3, no. 1. Venice.
1996 September
Scope and Contents
"A Blessing For The Arts" appears in this issue.
box 16, folder 4
Campus Circle, v. 4, no. 9. Beverly Hills.
1995 February 7
Scope and Contents
"Food Shopping" appears on page 29.
box 16, folder 5
The Grindstone, v. 2, no. 2. Studio City.
1995 August/September
Scope and Contents
"Smells Like Love" appears on page 21.
box 16, folder 6
Spillway, v. 2, no. 2. Huntington Beach.
1995
Scope and Contents
"12 Kisses To The Universe (For J.W. McCullough)" appears on page 39.
box 16, folder 6
Spillway, no. 5. Huntington Beach.
1996
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears on page 41.
box 16, folder 7
Coyote Suitcase, no. 1. Berkeley.
1996
Scope and Contents
This publication was privately issued in conjunction with the Bancroft Library exhibit and symposium celebrating "Ferlinghetti,
City Lights, and the Beats in San Francisco: From the Margins to the Mainstream," on April 12, 1996. "Love Came Home Late
Tonight And Fell Asleep In Front Of The Television" appears on page 41.
box 16, folder 8
Freedom Isn't Free, no. 4. Orange.
1996
Scope and Contents
"Remember These Words" appears in this issue.
box 16, folder 9
Citadel. Los Angeles.
1996 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Suddenly Down" appears in this Los Angeles City College publication signed by David Lovins.
box 16, folder 10
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, v. 15, no. 1. San Francisco.
1996 Summer
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears on page 6 of this issue dedicated to the memory of Richard Louis (Tet) Tetenbaum who died on the
evening of June 2, 1996.
box 16, folder 11
Fuck This Shit, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1996 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Long Distance" appears in this spoken word anthology.
box 17, folder 1
Epicenter, v.4, no. 1. Riverside.
1997
Scope and Contents
"Leaving God For Another Woman" appears on page 20.
box 17, folder 2
Babylon's Hot City On Parade. West Hollywood.
1997
Scope and Contents
"Coffeehouse Etiquette" appears on the inside of the back cover.
box 17, folder 3
Chiron Review, no. 52. St. John.
1997 Winter
Scope and Contents
"Suddenly Down," "I Have No Poem For You Today," and "There Is A River" appear on page 6.
box 17, folder 4
Damaged Goods, v. 1, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1997 September/October
Scope and Contents
Griffin's praise for Christopher Felver's
Angels, Anarchists & Gods appears in the Book Review section.
box 17, folder 4
Damaged Goods, v. 1, no. 5. Los Angeles.
1998 February/March
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "Onword" column appears on page 48.
box 17, folder 4
Damaged Goods, v. 1, no. 6. Los Angeles.
1998 April/May
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "Onword" column concerning Jack Micheline appears on page 45.
box 17, folder 5
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1998 June
Scope and Contents
This Premiere Issue features includes "Orgy For World Peace," Griffin's interview with proprietor Farrell Tim Blake and Griffin's
column "Onward" in which he describes Ellyn Maybe's
The Cowardice Of Amnesia as "something original that demands the attention, respect, and love of all." This folder also contains galleys for this issue.
box 17, folder 5
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1998 August/September
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "Onword" column chronicles the lives of coffeehouses and clubs such as The Water Espresso Gallery, Lhasa Club, the
Pik Me Up Cafe, and The Onyx. "The Bad Thing" appears on page 42.
box 17, folder 6
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1998 October/November
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a piece by Pleasant Gehman about her trip to Burning Man and Iris Berry's "Punk Rock Royalty." This folder
also contains galleys for this issue.
box 17, folder 6
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1998 December/1999 January
Scope and Contents
"It Was A Good Day" and "Bye Bye Baroque: Farewell To A Hollywood Icon: Red Stodolsky 1916-1998" appear in this issue. Griffin's
"Onward" column describes his trip with Tony Scibella to the 11th Annual High Times Cannabis Cup. This folder also contains
galleys for this issue.
box 17, folder 7
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 5. Los Angeles.
1999 February/March
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a piece on The American Hotel and Pleasant Gehman's "How I Spent My Winter Vacation."
box 17, folder 7
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 6. Los Angeles.
1999 April/May
Scope and Contents
Bob Flanagan's "Love Is Still Possible In This Junky World" and Sherman Alexie's "The War Of The Mice" appear in this issue.
This folder also contains galleys for this issue.
box 17, folder 7
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 7. Los Angeles.
1999 June/July
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "Onword" column discusses The Edge Generation and "There Is A River" appears on page 49.
box 17, folder 7
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 8. Los Angeles.
1999 August/September
Scope and Contents
This issue includes an interview with Sherman Alexie by Juliette Torrez and introduces the column "Notes From A Medium Brown
Girl" by Michele Serros.
box 17, folder 7
(Sic) Vice & Verse, no. 9. Los Angeles.
1999 November/December
Scope and Contents
This issue includes Pleasant Gehman sharing "More Lurid Tales" about The Zero Zero Gallery, Linda Gamboa's "Sweet Sunshine
On Skid Row," and Vinzula Kara's "Kitten With A Whip" comic which speaks to gentrification.
box 17, folder 8
Angry Thoreauan, no. 23. Hollywood.
1998 December
Scope and Contents
"We Are Born Falling" appears on page 34. This issue also includes an interview with John Gilmore, author of
Severed: The True Story of The Black Dahlia Murder. Copies of
Angry Thoreauan covers may be found in box 194.
box 17, folder 8
Angry Thoreauan, no. 26. Hollywood.
2000 December
Scope and Contents
"In The Fat Wild Moment Beats The Unquenchable Yes" appears on page 19.
box 17, folder 9
Scat. Los Angeles.
1999
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears on page 60 of University High School's literary magazine. In addition to student poetry, this issue
also includes work by Ellyn Maybe, Jeffrey McDaniel, Rafael F.J. Alvarado, and Scott Wannberg.
box 17, folder 10
1999 Poetry Calendar. La Jolla.
1999
Scope and Contents
"I Have No Poem For You Today" appears on page 102.
box 194, folder 1, box 18, folder 1
The Fool, no. 1. Venice.
2000 January 1
Scope and Contents
Box 18: According to Chief Fools, S.A. Griffin and James Stauffer, this publication is the print arm of Holy Fools Week --
Big Beat Roadshow Vortex 2000 at the Big Intersection of Wichita, Kansas from September 26 through October 1, 2000. This holiday
issue features a collage cover by Griffin and Dafydd McKaharay's "Gabba Gabba Howl!": X New Yorker Rides the Beat/Punk Connection."
This folder also contains the galleys for this publication.
Box 194: This box contains the layout boards for printing this issue.
box 194, folder 2, box 18, folder 2
The Fool, no. 2. Venice.
2000 March 12
Scope and Contents
This issue was published in conjunction with Jack Kerouac's birthday and Holy Fools Week -- Big Beat Roadshow Vortex 2000
and features Bibbe Hansen's "Jan Kerouac Remembered" and "Last Words: Broctman's Memorial Hospital June 24, 1974," a transcript
of Stuart Z. Perkoff's final hour with Philomene Long. The folder includes galleys for this publication.
box 18, folder 3
Grit, no. 1. San Pedro.
2000
Scope and Contents
"Table Talk" appears in this issue edited by RD Armstrong.
box 18, folder 4
The Butcher's Block, v. 1. Rockaway Beach.
2000 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Suddenly Down" appears in this volume edited and published by David Greenspan.
box 18, folder 4
The Butcher's Block, v. 4. Rockaway Beach.
2002 Winter
Scope and Contents
"365 Words About Los Angeles" appears in this volume edited and published by David Greenspan.
box 18, folder 4
The Butcher's Block, v. 6. Rockaway Beach.
circa 2004
Scope and Contents
"There Is" appears in this volume edited and published by David Greenspan.
box 18, folder 5
Lummox Journal, v. 7, no. 4. San Pedro.
2001 April
Scope and Contents
"2001" appears in this issue edited by Raindog.
box 18, folder 5
Lummox Journal, v.10, no. 4. San Pedro.
2004 July/August
Scope and Content
"The Buk" appears on page 7.
box 18, folder 5
Lummox Journal, v. 11, no. 3/4. San Pedro.
2005 May/June/July/August
Scope and Contents
"Love Poem For My Wife" appears in this issue edited by Raindog.
box 18, folder 6
Staplegun Press, no. 13. Birmingham.
2001 Fall
Scope and Contents
"365 Words About Los Angeles" on page 11.
box 18, folder 7
Ecstatic Peace, no. 1. Florence.
2001 March
Scope and Contents
"2001" appears in this poetry journal edited by T. Moore. Contributors include Kim Gordon, Mike Watt, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston
Moore.
box 18, folder 8
The Mercury Reader, no. 2. Denver.
2002 June
Scope and Contents
This is a Denver Poets Guild/Temple of Man production in which "Memory Snapshots" and "Savage Jets Sword The Sky" appear on
page 6.
box 18, folder 8
The Mercury Reader, no. 13. Denver.
2003-2004 Winter
Scope and Contents
This is a Denver Poets Guild/Temple of Man production in which "The Ballad Of Victor Bent (For Tony Scibella)" appears on
the second to last page.
box 18, folder 9
St. Vitus Press & Poetry Review, no. 5. Albuquerque.
2004
Scope and Contents
"Everything Is All Right In Time Even Death" appears on page 4 in this publication edited by Theron Moore and Todd Moore.
box 18, folder 9
St. Vitus Press & Poetry Review, no. 6. Albuquerque.
2005 Fall
Scope and Contents
"The Apes Of Wrath" appears in this publication edited by Theron Moore and Todd Moore.
box 18, folder 10
Mad Blood, no. 2. Evergreen.
2003 October
Scope and Contents
"Variations On Sonnet Of Shakespeare," "Fist Of Love," "Natural Selection," and "Beat Cocktail" appear in this issue.
box 18, folder 11
The-Hold.com, no. 1. Deptford.
2003 January
Scope and Contents
This underbeat journal is signed by editor/publisher Cait Collins and includes "New Year's Party" and "Talking Pictures,"
Griffin's interview with Michael Montfort.
box 18, folder 11
The-Hold.com, no. 2. Deptford.
2003 July
Scope and Contents
"The Edge Generation" and "In A Pig's Eye" appear in this underbeat journal edited and published by Cait Collins.
box 19, folder 1
Bottle, no. 1. Leesburg.
2003
Scope and Contents
"Fist Of Love" appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts of Bottle of Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 1
Bottle, no. 2. Bear.
2004
Scope and Contents
"The Ballad Of Victor Bent (For Tony Scibella)" appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts
at Bottle of Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 1
Bottle, no. 3. Dover.
undated
Scope and Contents
"Weapons of Mass Destruction" appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts at Bottle of
Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 2
Bottle, no. 4. Dover.
circa 2006
Scope and Contents
"Throwing Glass At Brick Houses" appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts at Bottle
of Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 2
Bottle, no. 5. Dover.
circa 2007
Scope and Contents
"Asphodel, That Greeny Bookstore" appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts at Bottle
of Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 2
Bottle, no. 6. Dover.
circa 2009
Scope and Contents
"Fear, Inc." appears in this "all broadside" magazine, designed and printed by Bill Roberts at Bottle of Smoke Press.
box 19, folder 3
Beat Scene. Coventry.
2004 March
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "Talking Pictures: An Interview with Michael Montfort" appears on page 24 of this special Charles Bukowski issue.
box 19, folder 4
Mystery Island Magazine, v. 1, no. 1. Sacramento.
2004 Summer
Scope and Contents
"There Is" appears on page 14.
box 19, folder 4
Mystery Island Magazine, v. 1, no. 5. Sacramento.
2005 Summer
Scope and Contents
"The Right Kind Of Eyes" appears on page 16.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 1. Los Angeles.
2005 August 16
Scope and Contents
"The Emperor Is Stark Raving Naked" appears on the back side.
Biographical / Historical
These broadsides were edited and published by Griffin via his Rose of Sharon Press. Like
(Sic) Vice & Verse, these were distributed by hand across town. They were left at coffeehouses, bookstores, or any workable distribution location.
Additionally, these were mailed across the country and others would drop them off at similar venues in their neighborhoods.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 2. Los Angeles.
2005 September 23
Scope and Contents
This is the "Burning Bridge" issue.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 3. Los Angeles.
2005 October 29
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to the life and work of d.a. levy.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 4. Los Angeles.
2005 November
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Tony Scibella, Jack Micheline, and Cait Collins and includes poems by each writer. It features
photos of Cait Collins and Linda Bukowski and a collage by Griffin.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 5. Los Angeles.
2005 December
Scope and Contents
"Weapons of Mass Destruction" appears on the front side of this Rose of Sharon publication and the back features a photo of
Frank T. Rios by Pegarty Long.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 6. Los Angeles.
2006 January
Scope and Contents
The Butcher, S.A. Griffin wishes A.D. Winans a Happy 70th!
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 7. Los Angeles.
2006 February
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work by Tammy F. Trendle, Romella D. Kitchens, Pris Campbell, and Teka-Lark
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 8. Los Angeles.
2006 April
Scope and Contents
This "Venus In The Badlands" issue features work by Frank T. Rios, Amanda Oaks, John Dorsey, John Macker, Beka Parrish, Todd
Moore, and Elizabeth Wagstaff Williams.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 9. Los Angeles.
2006 July
Scope and Contents
This issue was created by Griffin (Los Angeles) and C. Allen Rearick (Cleveland).
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 10. Los Angeles.
2006 August
Scope and Content
This issues features "Buk" and a collage by Griffin, "Love" by Ann Menebroker, and "Bukowski Poem" by Bob Flanagan.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 11. Los Angeles.
2006 October 27-29
Scope and Contents
"Throwing Glass At Brick Houses" appears on the back side of this special Rabbits Over Clevyland issue dedicated to Lady Bree
Bodnar.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 12. Los Angeles.
2008 June 20-22
Scope and Contents
"What It Is" for Todd Moore's 70th appears on the back side of this special Unregulated Word: A Summer Accident (Kansas City,
Kansas) issue.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 13. Los Angeles.
2011 March
Scope and Contents
John Dorsey's "The Death Of Language (For Todd Moore and S.A. Griffin)" and "Don-Cor-nigga-leoni" by Billy Burgos appear on
the back side of this broadside.
box 19, folder 5
Meat, no. 14. Los Angeles.
2013 August 19
Scope and Contents
This broadside is dedicated to the work of Scott Wannberg and includes the following poems: "Dance It As If You Mean It,"
"Be Kind To Your Open Wound Week," "34 Brand New Concoctions," and "Don't Go Into Your Mind Without Being Accompanied By An
Adult."
box 19, folder 6
Zen Baby, no. 13. Santa Cruz.
2005
Scope and Contents
Griffin's "American Babylon" collage appears on the back cover and "There Is" appears on the inside of the back cover.
box 19, folder 6
Zen Baby, no. 14. Santa Cruz.
2005
Scope and Contents
A review by Griffin and John Dorsey of Todd Moore's
The Dead Zone Trilogy appears in this issue.
box 19, folder 6
Zen Baby, no. 18. Santa Cruz.
2006
Scope and Contents
This issue includes Griffin's memorial for Tracy Thielen of Tracy and The Hindenburg Ground Crew. Thielen's mother Sally was
a regular at the Water Espresso Gallery.
box 19, folder 7
Poems-For-All, no. 489. Sacramento.
2005 January
Scope and Contents
This PFA is a miniature book containing "The Apes Of Wrath."
Biographical / Historical
The Poems-For-All (PFA) project began in March 2001 with the publication of The Bells of The Cherokee Ponies by poet and small
press publisher d.a. levy who sparked what became known as The Mimeograph Revolution, which involves outsiders and underground
writers publishing on their own terms by any means possible. Richard Hansen describes the PFAs as "Little books, scattered
like seeds. That is, they're given away, left around, thrown about the place for people to find. Free. Always free."
box 19, folder 8
Open Wide Magazine, no. 18. Chester.
circa 2005
Scope and Contents
"Call & Response," Griffin's work written in direct response to A.D. Winans' "A Call To Poets" appears on page 29.
box 19, folder 9
Poesy, no. 28. Santa Cruz.
2005 Spring
Scope and Contents
"There Is A River" appears in this issue.
box 19, folder 9
Poesy, no. 31. Santa Cruz.
2006 Spring
Scope and Contents
"A Poet's Drink" appears in this issue.
box 19, folder 9
Poesy, no. 34. Santa Cruz.
2006-2007
Scope and Contents
"Confessions Of A Door To Door Autographed Outlaw Bible Salesman" appears in this issue.
box 19, folder 9
Poesy, no. 39. Santa Cruz.
2012
Scope and Contents
"Let The Music Name You (For Scott Wannberg, 1953-2011)" appears in this issue.
box 19, folder 10
Poetry For The Masses, v. 1, no. 1.
2005 April
Scope and Content
"Everything Is All Right In Time Even Death" appears in this issue.
box 20, folder 1
The Flatlands, no. 1. Toledo.
2005 Spring
Scope and Contents
"James Dickey Was Never A Pickled Half-Sheep Preserved In A Jar" appears in this issue.
box 20, folder 2
The Rise and Fall of the Harbor Area, no. 4. San Pedro.
2005 May-August
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from an interview with Mike Watt appear on page 26 and Griffin's film review of
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minuteman appears on page 46. The cover features a photo of Charles Bukowski by Linda Lee Bukowski.
box 20, folder 3
The Rise and Fall of the Harbor Area, no. 5. San Pedro.
2005 September-December
Scope and Contents
An interview with Raymond Pettibon who designed the cover and part one of Griffin's interview with Saccharine Trust appear
in this issue.
box 20, folder 3
The Rise and Fall of the Harbor Area, no. 6. San Pedro.
2006 January-April
Scope and Contents
Part two of Griffin's Saccharine Trust interview and Iris Berry's memorial piece for Vandals singer Stevo (Steven R. Jensen)
appear in this issue.
box 20, folder 4
Eighty-Six Magazine. San Diego.
2005 January
Scope and Contents
"Finger Fucked By The Gods" appears on page 20.
box 20, folder 4
Eighty-Six Magazine. San Diego.
2006 February
Scope and Contents
"Elvis Changed My Life On The Big Screen At The Fox Theatre In Downtown Richmond, CA" appears on page 11.
box 256
The Brickbat Revue, Los Angeles.
2006 March
Scope and Content
Griffin is the feature poet for this quarter-annual broadsheet.
box 20, folder 5
No Spring Cleve, no. 6. Cleveland Heights.
2006
Scope and Contents
"The Sun Is The Sun Is The Sun" appears in this Green Panda Press publication for d.a. levy and Cleveland.
box 20, folder 6
Fearless, no. 63. Lancaster.
2006
Scope and Contents
"The Unspeakable Journey Into The Future" appears on the second page of this issue.
box 20, folder 7
Desert Shovel Review, v. 1, no. 1. Santa Fe.
2006
Scope and Contents
"This Is Where (For Dave Alvin's Big 5-0)" appears on page 60.
box 20, folder 8
The Seed, v. 1, no. 2.
2006 January-March
Scope and Contents
"The Apes Of Wrath" appears on page 14.
box 20, folder 8
The Seed, v. 1, no. 3.
2006
Scope and Contents
"Weapons Of Mass Destruction" appears on page 14.
box 20, folder 9
ArtCrimes, no. 21. Cleveland.
2006 July
Scope and Contents
"I Choose Not To Believe In War Holy Or Not" appears on page 34 of this final issue.
box 20, folder 10
"remark." no. 45. Windsor.
2006 May
Scope and Contents
"A Sixteen Year Old Rain Floods The Room With Far Off Future Flowers" and "A Million Years Ago & Now (For David Lerner)" appear
in this issue.
box 20, folder 10
"remark." no. 53. Windsor.
2007 March
Scope and Contents
"Numbskull Sutra (For Mark Hartenbach)" appears in this C. Allen Rearick issue.
box 20, folder 11
words dance, no. 9. Cherry Tree.
2006 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Reflections Of A Mind Corrupted By A Nightmare Childhood & Congenital Dysfunction" appears on page 18 of this publication
made and arranged by Amanda Oaks.
box 20, folder 11
words dance, no. 10. Cherry Tree.
2006 Fall
Scope and Content
"One Night In San Francisco" appears on page 26 of this publication made and arranged by Amanda Oaks.
box 20, folder 11
words dance, no. 11. Cherry Tree.
2007 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Patriot Poem" appears on page 23 of this publication made and arranged by Amanda Oaks.
box 20, folder 12
Hard Fic, no. 1. San Diego.
circa 2007
Scope and Contents
"What It Is" appears in this issue. Box 333 includes numbers 5 and 27 of 100.
box 20, folder 13
The Quirk, no. 1. Warsaw.
circa 2007
Scope and Contents
"Numbskull Sutra (For Mark Hartenbach)" appears in this issue. Folder contains correspondence to Griffin from Editor Kaveh
Akbar.
box 21, folder 1
Zygote In My Coffee, no. 3. Kettering.
2007 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Man With The Hole In His Stomach" appears on page 13.
box 21, folder 1
Zygote In My Coffee, no. 4. Kettering.
2007 Summer/Fall
Scope and Contents
"Big Kiss Before The Big" appears on page 38.
box 21, folder 2
Falling Star, v. 6, no. 2. Thousand Oaks.
2007 August
Scope and Contents
"The Queen Of Meat" appears on page 13 and chronicles Griffin's journey with Cait Collins to Bukowski's grave site.
box 21, folder 3
GPP Reader. Worldwide.
2007
Scope and Contents
The Guerrilla Poetics Project published selections from its poets such as Griffin's: "Everything Is All Right In Time Even
Death," "This Place Of Love You Make," "Lady," and "One Night In San Francisco."
box 21, folder 4
Tears in the Fence, no. 47. Ashburton.
2008 Spring
Scope and Contents
"A Beautiful Disgrace In Time (For Pris Campbell)" appears on page 26.
box 21, folder 5
Letterhead, v. 2. Buffalo.
2008
Scope and Contents
"What It Is" appears on page 95.
box 21, folder 6
Dark Star Dust, no. 1.
2008 February
Scope and Contents
This zine was compiled by Exene Cervenka while she was living in Missouri. "Throwing Glass At Brick Houses" appears in this
issue.
box 21, folder 7
Chiron Review, no. 86. St. John.
2009 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta on the cover, poems by Griffin, and an interview with Griffin by Yama Lake.
box 21, folder 8
Conversations, v. 5. Pollock Pines.
2009 May
Scope and Contents
Griffin's interview with B.L. Kennedy begins on page 69.
box 21, folder 8
Found & Lost Magascene, v. 1, no. 0. Los Angeles.
circa 2010
Scope and Contents
"Walt Whitman's Beard" and "Letter To An Over-Dosed Poet" appear in this issue along with work by A.D. Winans, Charles Plymell,
Jack Micheline, Scott Wannberg, Wallace Berman and Michael Leon.
box 21, folder 9
Found & Lost Magascene, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 2010
Scope and Contents
"Open Communique From A Wounded World To The President Of The United States" appears in this issue alongside work by Mike
Watt, The Carma Bums, Frank T. Rios, and Charles Plymell.
box 22, folder 1
The Mas Tequila Review, no. 1. Albuquerque.
2010 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Walt Whitman's Beard" appears on page 57.
box 153, folder 1
SIC, no. 1. Venice.
2011 April
Scope and Content
This broadside was published by Rafael FJ Alvarado at Beyond Baroque. "Throwing Glass At Brick Houses" appears on the front
side.
box 22, folder 2-3
Malpais Review, v. 3, no. 1. Placitas.
2012 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Let The Music Name You (For Scott Wannberg, 1953-2011)" appears on page 222.
box 333, folder 2
Maintenant, no. 3. New York.
2009 Spring
Scope and Content
"Night of Mayhem" and "Beautiful Blessings" appear on page 33.
box 22, folder 4
Maintenant, no. 6. New York.
2012
Scope and Contents
"I Saw Jesus Hanging With Mohammed" appears on page 63.
box 333, folder 2
Maintenant, no. 9. New York.
2015
Scope and Content
"The Digital Kind" appears on page 81.
box 333, folder 3
Maintenant, no. 10. New York.
2016
Scope and Content
"Presidential Candidate Upside Down Cake" appears on page 122.
box 22, folder 5
The Mas Tequila Review, no. 7. Albuquerque.
2013 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Sketch Of Two Older Women As Naked Lunch & One Young Man Surfing The Silver Shadow Of The Sunset Strip" appears on page 16.
box 22, folder 6-7
The Lowdown. Ellison Bay.
2013
Scope and Contents
Griffin's collages and poetry are published throughout this literary arts journal edited by Robert M. Zoschke (RMZ). RMZ's
inscription to Griffin reads, "Hey S.A.--Your work makes the book work..."
box 22, folder 8
Moon & Sun Review, no. 1. Venice.
2014 Spring
Scope and Contents
"You Hate" appears in this issue.
box 333, folder 4
Edgar Allan Poet, no. 3. Sherman Oaks.
2015
Scope and Content
"Los Angeles in the Rain" appears on page 43, "Kitten with a Whip" appears on page 166, and "Ubiquitous Freud" appears on
page 176.
box 333, folder 5
MILK, no. 3/4. Los Angeles.
2015
Scope and Content
"Kitten with A Whip" appears in this issue.
box 333, folder 6
AMASS, issue 59, no. 3, v. 20. Los Angeles.
2016
Scope and Content
"The Invisible Hand Discusses the Future of the World" appears on page 35.
box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67, box 68, box 69, box 70, box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78, box 79, box 80, box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86, box 87, box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92, box 93, box 94, box 95, box 96, box 97, box 98, box 99, box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106, box 107, box 108, box 109, box 110, box 111, box 112, box 113, box 114, box 115, box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120, box 121, box 122, box 123, box 124, box 125, box 126, box 127, box 128, box 129, box 130, box 131, box 132, box 133, box 134, box 135, box 136, box 137, box 138, box 139, box 140, box 141, box 142, box 143, box 144, box 145, box 146, box 147, box 148, box 149, box 150, box 151, box 152, box 153, box 154, box 155, box 156, box 157, box 158, box 159, box 160, box 161, box 162, box 163, box 164, box 165, box 166, box 167, box 168, box 334, box 335, box 336, box 337, box 338, box 339, box 340, box 341, box 342, box 343, box 344, box 345
Writings collected by Griffin
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
SERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be
required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your
visit.
Scope and Content
Writings collected by Griffin include monographs, largely related to the Venice West and Denver Beat poetry scene, other Beat
poetry, and underground poetry from the greater Los Angeles area; serials, which include poetry and punk related zines and
magazines; manuscripts sent to Griffin for publication, as well as proofs and galleys; clippings and publications referencing
Griffin or his performance groups; and subject files of people and places in the poetry and punk communities.
box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67, box 68, box 69, box 70, box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78, box 79, box 80, box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86, box 87, box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92, box 93, box 94, box 95, box 96, box 97, box 98, box 99, box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106, box 107, box 108, box 109, box 110, box 111, box 112, box 113, box 114, box 115, box 334, box 335, box 336, box 337, box 338, box 339, box 340, box 341, box 342
Monographs
Scope and Content
The monographs, which are organized alphabetically by last name, largely relate to the Venice West and Denver Beat poetry
scene, other Beat poetry, and underground poetry from the greater Los Angeles area which include Charles Bukowski's own collection
of foreign editions of his work, which Linda Bukowski gave to Griffin. Many of the monographs are small press or independently
published chapbooks.
Books from S.A. Griffin's library that were originally donated with the papers have been individually cataloged in the UCLA
Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching the Special Coll/Archive SPAC "SALA" using the Advanced
search tab in the Library catalog, or keyword searching "Books from the Library of S.A. Griffin".
box 343, box 344, box 345, box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120, box 121, box 122, box 123, box 124, box 125, box 126, box 127, box 128, box 129, box 130, box 131, box 132, box 133, box 134, box 135, box 136, box 137, box 138, box 139, box 140, box 141, box 142, box 143, box 144, box 145, box 146, box 147, box 148, box 149, box 150, box 151, box 152, box 153
Serials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SUBSERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
The serials, which are alphabetized by title, are comprised of poetry and punk related journals, zines and magazines, including
Bachy,
Obras,
Puppet Terror,
Rats With Keys,
The Rise and Fall of the Harbor Area,
Spiegelman's Mailart Rag, and
Sunset Palms Hotel.
box 116, folder 2
51%, v. 2, no. 1. Costa Mesa.
1996 September
box 116, folder 1
2B, no. 14. Chicago.
1999
box 116, folder 3
Abraxas, no. 44/45. Madison.
2006
box 116, folder 4
Accent. Urbana.
1957 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed by Diane di Prima on page 111 where her "Poem" appears.
box 116, folder 5
Adam Bedside Reader, v. 1, no. 47. Los Angeles.
1971 October
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a Special Charles Bukowski Samplers and the cover model's chest is signed by Hank.
box 116, folder 6
The Adventures of Principal X.
undated
box 116, folder 7
Alcatraz, no. 2. Santa Cruz.
1982
box 116, folder 8
Aldebaran Review, no. 4. Berkeley.
1969 May
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work by Douglas Blazek, Lyn Lifshin, Emilie Glen, and Alta. It was printed at Noh Directions Press by
John Oliver Simon and Richard Krech. According to the title page, "Contents are not copyright since that would imply a willingness
to employ pig penal system, but they are guarded and will not be misused."
box 116, folder 9
Alpha Beat Press. New Hope.
undated
Scope and Contents
This Post Beat Independent Broadside is published monthly by Ana and Dave Christy and features Mark Hartenbach's "Chili, Cornbread,
and The Blues."
box 116, folder 10
American Film, v. 13, no. 2. New York.
1987 November
Scope and Contents
This issue features Mickey Rourke, Charles Bukowski and the making of Barfly.
box 116, folder 11
American Splendor Special: A Step Out of the Nest, no. 1. Milwaukie.
1994 August
box 116, folder 11
American Splendor: Music Comics. Milwaukie.
1997 November
box 116, folder 11
American Splendor: Odds & Ends. Milwaukie.
1997 December
box 116, folder 12
The Amphibian, v. 1, no. 1. Reseda.
1990 October/November
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work by Lisa Neal, Marcia Arrieta, Kris McHaddad, and Lyn Lifshin.
box 116, folder 13
Angerbox, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1999 April
box 116, folder 14
Angry Thoreauan, no. 11. Anaheim.
1994 November
Processing Information
Copies of Angry Thoreauan covers may be found in box 194.
box 116, folder 14
Angry Thoreauan, no. 12. Anaheim.
1995 February
box 116, folder 14
Angry Thoreauan, no. 15. Anaheim.
1995 November
box 116, folder 14
Angry Thoreauan, no. 16. Anaheim.
1996 March
box 116, folder 14
Angry Thoreauan, no. 17. Anaheim.
1996 July
box 117, folder 1
Angry Thoreauan, no. 18. Anaheim.
1996 December
box 117, folder 1
Angry Thoreauan, no. 21. Hollywood.
1998 May-June
box 117, folder 1
Angry Thoreauan, no. 22. Hollywood.
1998 September-November
box 117, folder 1
Angry Thoreauan, no. 24. Hollywood.
1999 April
Scope and Contents
This issue features Rev. Randall Tin-ear's "My Laugh At The LAPD" and "Fuck Work!" his interview with Unamerican Activities
co-founder James.
box 117, folder 2
Angry Thoreauan, no. 25. Hollywood.
1999 August-September
Scope and Contents
This issue's theme is Coprology and includes a "Talkin' Shit with the Muffs" interview.
box 117, folder 2
Angry Thoreauan, no. 27. Los Angeles.
2000 November
box 343, folder 1
ANTE, v. 4, no. 2-3. Los Angeles.
1968
box 117, folder 3
A*PALzine, v. 1, no. 6. San Gabriel.
1993 July
box 117, folder 4
APO-33: A Metabolic Regulator, no. 1. San Francisco.
1966
Scope and Contents
This bulletin distributed by City Lights is "A Report on the Synthesis of the Apomorphine Formula" by William S. Burroughs.
box 117, folder 5
Arcade: The Comics Revue, v. 1, no. 3. Berkeley.
1975 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed on the cover by Charles Bukowski and features his "Bop Against The Curtain" on page 29 with illustrations
by R. Crumb.
box 117, folder 6
Arcanum, no. 3. Denver.
1989 March
box 117, folder 7
Arshile, no. 11. Los Angeles.
1999
box 117, folder 8
Art & Scope. Oneonta.
1998 Fall
box 117, folder 8
Art & Scope. Oneonta.
1999 Spring
box 117, folder 8
Art & Scope. Oneonta.
1999 Fall
Scope and Content
This Millennium Edition is signed by Editor-In-Chief David Greenspan.
box 117, folder 9
Art Fax, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1985 November
Scope and Contents
This punk rock zine was created by Mike M. Mollett.
box 117, folder 10
Art Gallery of South Australia. Adelaide.
1991
Scope and Contents
This catalogue for the
Milton Moon Retrospective was written by Christopher Menz, Associate Curator of Australian and European Decorative Arts.
box 193, folder 1
Arthur, v. 1, no. 13. Gaithersburg.
2004 November
box 193, folder 1
Arthur, v. 1, no. 24. Gaithersburg.
2006 September
box 117, folder 11
Artillery, v. 3, no. 5. Los Angeles.
2009 May/June
box 117, folder 11
Artillery, v. 6, no. 6. Los Angeles.
2012 Summer
box 117, folder 12
Art:Mag, no. 23. Las Vegas.
2000
box 117, folder 13
Art-Rite, no. 18. New York.
1978
box 117, folder 14
Ashes. Denver.
1981 September
Scope and Contents
This Howling Dog Press monthly features Yr Daily Ace by John Loquidis with drawings by Steve Wilson. The dedication reads:
To all the hookers of Denver without whom there wld have been no one to talk to -- & ain't that bad or good.
box 117, folder 15
Athena Louise Replies.
circa 1990s
Scope and Content
This zine prints problems and replies from Athena Louise such as Problem: Allow alcohol at least in the backyard! Reply: This
is a problem you should discuss with the management. Jabberjaw, Los Angeles.
box 117, folder 16
Aversion, no. 6. Chatsworth.
1986 Fall/Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue features a review of Henry Rollins at Bebop Records and Scott Wannberg's "They Got."
box 117, folder 17
AziMuth, no. 2. New Haven.
2001 Fall
box 118, folder 1
Bachy, no. 8. West Los Angeles.
1976
Biography/History
This poetry journal was published and edited by Papa Bach aka John Harris, along with a changing cast of others including
Leland Hickman.
Scope and Contents
This semiannual journal is "dedicated to the discovery of previously unpublished artists of worth." Publisher John Harris
states, "We publish all kinds of material -- except sentimental, academic, or metaphysical bullshit."
box 118, folder 1
Bachy, no. 9. West Los Angeles.
1977
box 118, folder 1
Bachy, no. 10. Los Angeles.
1977
Scope and Contents
This issue's silver cover features a photo of a woman in shades standing inside a Los Angeles party house.
box 118, folder 2
Bachy, no. 11. West Los Angeles.
1978
Scope and Contents
This issue features multiple works by Wanda Coleman, including "Male Order Catalog" in which she references Sir Lady Java
circa 1969 as the world's most famous female impersonator.
box 118, folder 2
Bachy, no. 12. West Los Angeles.
1978
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Holly Prado and the article, "Poetry in Los Angeles Since 1945: Part One" by Alvaro
Cardona-Hine.
box 118, folder 3
Bachy, no. 14. West Los Angeles.
1979
Scope and Contents
This issue contains William Mohr's review of Bob Flanagan's
The Kid Is The Man and a collection of Wanda Coleman's poems including "Flight Of The California Condor/Wind Sistuh Blooded Eyes/Mind Full Of
Flesh" for "Los Angeles -- you at my jugular."
box 118, folder 3
Bachy, no. 16. West Los Angeles.
1979
Scope and Contents
This issue features "Feel The Leather," an interview with Wanda Coleman and collections of poetry by Coleman, John Thomas,
and Kate Braverman.
box 118, folder 4
Bachy, no. 17. West Los Angeles.
1980
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with John Rechy, "The Relentless Pursuit of Integrity" and three selections from
Pablo!, his unpublished novel completed when the author was eighteen.
box 343, folder 1
Bachy, no. 18. Los Angeles.
1981
box 118, folder 5
Back Off, v. 1, no. 3. Gardena.
1991 May
Scope and Contents
An advertisement for Mondo Video when it was located at 639 Channel Street in San Pedro appears in this issue.
box 118, folder 6
Bagazine, no. 2. San Francisco.
2007
Scope and Contents
Contributors to this "Assemblage - Bagism - Happening" include Charles Bukowski, Bill Roberts, Billy Childish, and F.N. Wright.
box 118, folder 6
Bagazine, no. 4. San Francisco.
2010
Scope and Content
Contributors to this "Assemblage - Bagism - Happening" include Billy Childish, Johnny Brewton, and Richard Krech.
box 119, folder 1
Bagozine, Cleveland
Scope and Content
No. 29 (2004 October), no. 39 (2005 August), no. 40 (2005 September).
box 119, folder 2
Bart Simpson's Creepy Crawly Tales, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1999
box 119, folder 3
Basura, no. 1. Laguna Beach.
1992
box 119, folder 3
Basura, no. 3. Laguna Beach.
1993 July
Scope and Content
A letter from zine creator, Bob Basura to S.A. Griffin may be found inserted between page 32 and 33.
box 119, folder 3
Basura, no. 4. Laguna Beach.
1993 November
box 119, folder 3
Basura, no. 5. Laguna Beach.
1994 May
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a letter to Bob, the zine's creator, from Jen Hofer.
box 119, folder 4
Bathtub Gin, no. 17. Erie.
2005 Fall/Winter
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 217. Venice.
1988 February
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 269. Venice.
2003 November
Scope and Content
This issue includes "Elegy for Tony Scibella" by Bill Fleeman. Scibella died of a heart attack on October 28.
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 270. Venice.
2003 December
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 272. Venice.
2004 February
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 293. Venice.
2006 February
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 310. Venice.
2007 August
Scope and Contents
This issue contains an 8 1/2" x 11" black and white photocopy of a photo of Philomene Long and John Thomas alongside the following
text: "We open a door/To where/There is no road/We take it."
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 350. Venice.
2010 December
box 119, folder 5
Beachhead, no. 371. Venice.
2012 September
box 119, folder 6
Beacon Review, v. 3, no. 1. Seattle.
1984 Summer
box 119, folder 7
The Beat Journals, v. 2. Coventry.
1995 September
Scope and Contents
This volume contains "Jaggernaut," a short story by Charles Bukowski.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 2. Coventry.
1988 Mid Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue features the Neal Cassady jail letters.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 3. Coventry.
1988 Autumn
Scope and Contents
This issue features Rhoda Ryder's story.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 4. Coventry.
1988 Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue features Jim Burns on Lester "Prez" Young.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 7. Coventry.
1989 Summer/Autumn
Scope and Contents
This issue features a rare Jack Kerouac interview.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 8. Coventry.
1989
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Carolyn Cassady.
box 119, folder 8
Beat Scene, no. 9. Coventry.
1989
Scope and Contents
This issue features Charles Bukowski holding a cat on the cover and includes interviews with William Burroughs, Lydia Lunch,
and Jack Micheline.
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 15. Coventry.
1992
Scope and Contents
This issue includes Charles Bukowski's "Husk," Beat Scene flyer No. 1, given away to subscribers with this issue.
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 16. Coventry.
1993
Scope and Contents
This issue contains an interview with Ann Charters and a feature on Beat Women.
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 17. Coventry.
1993
Scope and Contents
This issue contains an interview with Professor Eric Mottram and a feature on The Fugs.
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 18. Coventry.
1994 January/February
Scope and Contents
This issue contains an interview with Carolyn Cassady and a feature on Mal Dean.
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 20. Coventry.
1994
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Charles Bukowski and contains a pink chapbook inserted between the cover and the table of contents.
This chap is number 11 of 75 and is signed by Bukowski. The cover art is a headstone with 1992 on it. The text is excerpted
from a letter Bukowski wrote to Ann Menebroker on November 23, 1966
box 119, folder 9
Beat Scene, no. 43. Coventry.
2003 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue contains a feature on Bukowski and The FBI and a profile piece on Kulchur, a 1960s Beat magazine.
box 119, folder 10
Beat Scene, no. 48. Coventry.
2005 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue contains a feature on the Six Gallery and a piece on the Naropa University archives alongside a photo of William
Burroughs and Anne Waldman at the Naropa University at Boulder, Colorado in 1975.
box 120, folder 1
Beatitude, no. 17. San Francisco.
1960 October-November
Scope and Contents
This issue was published by City Light Books and according to the editors, "MANUSCREEDS WILL NOT BE RETURNED even if accompanied
by the usual return-postage scene. (The stamps will be unlicked and used for evil purposes.) The following are a few of the
contributors: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Lenore Kandel, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Leroi Jones.
box 120, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 5. Hollywood.
1989 Summer
Scope and Contents
Ben is God: The L.A. Newsletter #B is inserted into this issue.
box 120, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 11. Hollywood.
1990-1991 Winter
Scope and Contents
This Obsession and Bad Habits theme issue includes an interview with Glen Meadmore of Pedro, Muriel and Esther, a drag queen
speed metal parody band.
box 120, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 12. Hollywood.
1991 April
Scope and Contents
This Censorship theme issue includes an interview KXLU General Manager Colin Sicc and an interview with Stuart Sweezey and
Brian King of Amok Books.
box 120, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 13. Hollywood.
1991 May
Scope and Contents
This Broke theme issue features The Ben Encyclopedia of Broke: An A-Z guide of tips, scams, techniques, and the like for getting
by with a less-than-impressive cash flow.
box 120, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 16-17. Hollywood.
1991-1992 December-January
Scope and Contents
This Gross theme issue contains a performance artists piece which features Bob Flanagan, Kembra Pfahler, Curtis York, Annie
Sprinkle, Johanna Went, Lisa Suckdog, Deen Swaydon, Frank Moore, and Karen Finley.
box 120, folder 3
Ben Is Dead, no. 18. Hollywood.
1992 March-April
Scope and Contents
This Glamour themed issue features cover Supermodel Sean deLear, lead singer of Glue. An interview with the band appears on
page 24.
box 120, folder 3
Ben Is Dead, no. 19. Hollywood.
1992 June-July
Scope and Contents
This "themeless" issue contains various features on the riots or uprising following the Rodney King verdict. The cover photo
is of a sidewalk with "Bad Cop No Donut" graffiti.
box 120, folder 4
bender, v. 1, no. 1. South Pasadena.
1997
box 120, folder 5
Best Buy Comics. San Francisco.
1979 February
Scope and Contents
These stories and comic strips are by R. Crumb.
box 120, folder 6
Best Poems of 1962, v. 15. Palo Alto.
1963
box 120, folder 7
Beyond Baroque, no. 7. Venice.
1996
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to the memory of Bob Flanagan and William Bitting.
Biography/History
Bob Flanagan was a poet, performance artist and Modern Primitive pioneer who influenced Griffin as a poet and performance
artist. Flanagan was a long time facilitator for Beyond Baroque's Wednesday night writing workshop. When Flanagan passed away,
Griffin went to the open poetry reading at Beyond Baroque where he was spanked while he read as tribute to Flanagan's poetry
and performance.
box 120, folder 7
Beyond Baroque, v. 26, no. 2. Venice.
2004
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Hubert Selby, Jr. in Memorium, April 26, 2004.
box 120, folder 7
Beyond Baroque, v. 28, no. 2. Venice.
2006
Scope and Contents
This "Truth, Etc." issue is dedicated to Gary Webb, Hunter S. Thompson, and H.R. Shapiro.
box 120, folder 8
Beyond Baroque 802, v. 11, no. 2. Venice.
1980 Spring
Scope and Contents
This gay and lesbian theme issue is dedicated with love to David Goodstein, creator of "The Advocate Experience."
box 120, folder 9
Beyond Baroque NeWLetterS, v. 5, no. 5. Venice.
1974 September
Scope and Contents
The cover features Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1974) at Papa Bach's in addition to poems by Blakeslee Stevens and Neeli Cherry
(aka Neeli Cherkovski).
box 120, folder 10
Beyond The Blackout, no. 1. Hollywood.
1984 June
Scope and Contents
This issue features interviews with The Cramps and John Waters.
box 120, folder 11
Big Cigars, no. 3. Washington D.C.
1988 Winter
box 120, folder 12
The Big Issue, no. 8. Venice.
1998
box 120, folder 13
Big Two-Hearted, v. 3, no. 1. Iron Mountain.
1988 Winter/Spring
box 120, folder 14
Bizarre Sex, no. 10. Princeton.
1982
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog, no. 1. Aurora.
1971 February
Scope and Contents
This "Modern Literature" catalog features a cover design by the Secret 6 and contains two poems by Larry Eigner.
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog. Los Angeles.
1992 Spring
Scope and Contents
This "Beat & Other Lit" catalog includes a letter from Rose Idlet and Tony Scibella printed on the inside of the cover.
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog, no. 11. Los Angeles.
1993-1994 Winter
Scope and Contents
This "Beat & Other Lit" catalog includes a letter from Rose Idlet and Tony Scibella printed on the inside of the cover.
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog, no. 13. Los Angeles.
1996
Scope and Contents
This "Beat & Other Lit" catalog includes a letter from Rose Idlet printed on the inside of the cover. Gabrielle Idlet is the
guest cover artist for this issue.
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog, no. 14. Los Angeles.
circa 1998-1999
Scope and Contents
This "Beat & Other Lit" catalog includes a letter from Rose Idlet printed on the inside of the cover. Gabrielle Idlet is the
guest cover artist for this issue.
box 120, folder 15
Black Ace Books Catalog, no. 15. Los Angeles.
circa 2003
Scope and Contents
The introduction to this "Beat & Other Lit" catalog was written by Tony Scibella. According to a note inside the cover, Scibella
had just finished the catalog, fell ill for a few weeks, and died on October 28, 2003.
box 121, folder 1
Black Cross Magazine, no. 3. Long Beach.
1997
Scope and Contents
The submission directive tells artists to "Send a SASE and a nude photo (cute art chicks only)."
box 121, folder 2
Black Messiah, no. 1. Ellensburg.
1981
Scope and Contents
This is a Henry Miller tribute issue signed by Editor John Bennett.
box 121, folder 3
Black Rose, v. 1, no. 3. Boston.
1979 Fall
Scope and Contents
Editorial Collective member Marty Blatt briefly explains why he is an anarchist in the first six pages of this issue.
box 121, folder 3
Black Rose, v. 1, no. 4. Boston.
1979 Winter
Scope and Contents
An annotated Black Rose envelope is inserted between page 3 and 4 of this issue. The addressee label reads: William J. Margolis
1507 Cabrillo Avenue Venice, CA 90291.
box 121, folder 3
Black Rose, v. 2, no. 5. Boston.
1980 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue includes Richard Mandel's "Politics of Disease: Cancer in a Metastatic Society."
box 121, folder 3
Black Rose, v. 2, no. 6. Boston.
1980 Summer
Scope and Contents
This "No Index" issue considers the following: "Why Do We Suppose Our Rose is Black? Or Lucubrations on a Theme."
box 121, folder 3
Black Rose, v. 2, no. 7. Boston.
1981 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features Paul Avrich's "An Anarchist Life: Mollie Steimer (1897-1980)."
box 121, folder 4
Blasts!, no. 2. San Francisco.
circa 1996
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to spirituality and includes work by Camilla Smith, Aram Saroyan, Scott Wannberg, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
box 121, folder 5
Blood and Ink. Northridge.
1991
Scope and Contents
These Inkspots were created on the 7th floor Sierra North, California State University, Northridge (CSUN).
box 121, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 4, no. 1. Venice.
1997 September
Scope and Contents
This literary journal edited by Amelie Frank and Matthew Niblock and published by The Sacred Beverage Press includes work
by Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, francEyE, Scott Wannberg, and Viggo Mortensen.
box 121, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 4, no. 2. Venice.
1998 February
Scope and Contents
This literary journal edited by Amelie Frank and Matthew Niblock and published by The Sacred Beverage Press includes work
by Ellyn Maybe, Laurel Ann Bogen, Marcia Cohee, Scott Wannberg, and Erica Erdman.
box 121, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 5, no. 1. Venice.
1998 September
Scope and Contents
This literary journal edited by Amelie Frank and Matthew Niblock and published by The Sacred Beverage Press includes work
by Hope Alvarado, Kathleen Hietala, Scott Wannberg, and Ellyn Maybe.
box 121, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 6, no. 1. Venice.
1999 September
Scope and Contents
This literary journal edited by Amelie Frank and Matthew Niblock and published by The Sacred Beverage Press includes work
by francEyE, Robert Wynne, Sarah Maclay, and Maggie Smith.
box 121, folder 7
blue star, no. 1. Echo Park.
undated
Scope and Contents
This is the first edition of Trinie Dalton's literary magazine.
box 121, folder 8
Blue Unicorn, v. 7, no. 3. Kensington.
1984 June
box 121, folder 9
Blue Window. Santa Monica.
1986 Fall/Winter
Scope and Contents
This premier edition includes an interview with Allen Ginsberg and poetry from Wanda Coleman, Charles Bukowski, Jack Grapes
and Holly Prado.
box 121, folder 9
Blue Window. Santa Monica.
1987 Spring/Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue includes poetry from Wanda Coleman, Maureen Hurley, Charles Bukowski, and Ron Koertge.
box 121, folder 10
Bowery, no. 35. Denver.
1983
Scope and Contents
Bowery/West: The Gathering Tribe is a Black Ace/Croupier/Temple of Man anthology of west coasters in celebration of Bowery
birthday No. 15. The cover design is by Stuart Z. Perkoff. Adjacent to the title page is a photo of Croupier Press Editor
James Ryan Morris. There is a letter printed near the end of this publication from Black Ace Editor Tony Scibella.
box 122, folder 1
Brainchild, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
This coloring book/catalogue edited and published by Gail Zone includes work by Barbara Mendes, Simone Gad, and Vinzula Kara.
box 122, folder 1
Brainchild in Babylon. Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
This coloring book/catalogue edited and published by Gail Zone includes work by Diane Gamboa, Exene Cervenka, and Jenny Lens.
box 122, folder 1
Brainchild, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1995 February
Scope and Contents
This
Brainchild in Love coloring book/catalogue edited and published by Gail Zone includes work by Barbara Mendes, Diane Gamboa, Vinzula Kara, and
Simone Gad.
box 122, folder 1
Brainchild Art Productions.
1995 Summer
Scope and Content
This art coloring book, poetry and prose publication edited by Gail Zone includes work by Mary Fleener, Vinzula Kara, Katie
Soljak, as well as an advertisement for Exene Cervenka's Silverlake store You've Got Bad Taste.
box 256
The Brickbat Review, Los Angeles.
2006 October
Scope and Content
The feature poet for this quarter-annual broadsheet is Wanda Coleman.
box 122, folder 2
B.S.B., v. 1, no. 3. Long Beach
1993 December
box 122, folder 3
Building/Burning/Man. San Francisco.
1993 Summer
box 122, folder 4
Buk Scene, no. 1. Montreal.
2009
Scope and Contents
This publication includes works inspired by Charles Bukowski and includes three postcards designed and signed by Jocelyne
Desforges.
box 122, folder 5
Bukowski Review, no. 4. Long Beach.
2006 Spring/Summer
box 122, folder 6
Bull Horn, v. 3, no. 3. East Palo Alto.
1990 March
box 122, folder 7
Burnside Review, v. 4, no. 1. Portland.
2008
box 122, folder 8
But Is It Art, v. 1, no. 4. Altadena.
1987 April
box 122, folder 9
Butcher Shop Press Catalogue. Oneonta.
2001 January
box 122, folder 10
The Butcher's Block, v. 3. Oneonta.
2001 Spring
box 122, folder 11
Buzz. Boulder.
1992 May/June
Scope and Contents
This issue features
PULP by Charles Bukowski.
box 122, folder 12
Caffeine, v. 1, Woodland Hills
1992 - 1994
Scope and Content
no. 1. (December 1992), no. 2. (April 1993), nos. 4-5 (1993), nos. 6-7 (1994)
box 122, folder 13
Caffeine, v. 1, Woodland Hills
1994 - 1995
Scope and Content
Nos. 8-10 (1994), nos. 11-12 (1995).
box 123, folder 1
Caffeine, v. 1, Woodland Hills.
1995 - 1996
Scope and Content
No. 13 (1995), nos. 14-15 (1996).
box 123, folder 2
California Pop, no. 4. Orange.
2002
box 123, folder 3
Carbomb. Silverlake.
1997 December
box 123, folder 4
Carp, no. 4. Albuquerque.
1997 February
box 123, folder 5
Cat's Eye, v. 2, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1985 Fall
box 123, folder 6
The Cauldron, no. 1. Silver Lake.
1995
box 123, folder 6
The Cauldron, no. 2. Silver Lake.
1995
box 123, folder 7
Cement Squeeze, no. 10. Tempe.
1998 Fall/WInter
box 123, folder 8
Cerebus, no. 163. Ontario.
1992 October
box 123, folder 9
Change Links. North Hollywood.
1997 April
Scope and Contents
A poem by Ellyn Maybe appears on page 2.
box 123, folder 10
Charles Bukowski Society Yearbook. Oldenburg.
2009
box 123, folder 10
Charles Bukowski Society Yearbook. Oldenburg.
2010
box 123, folder 11
The Complete Cheech Wizard, v. 2. San Francisco.
1987
box 123, folder 12
Chicago Review, v. 12, no. 1. Chicago.
1958 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features ten San Francisco poets including Burroughs, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg and Kerouac.
box 123, folder 12
Chicago Review, v. 12, no. 3. Chicago.
1958 Autumn
box 193, folder 3
Chiron Review, v. 8, no. 4. St. John.
1989 Winter
Scope and Content
The cover of this issue is inscribed to Griffin and kissed by Justice Howard.
box 123, folder 12
Chiron Review, no. 53. St. John.
1998 Spring
box 123, folder 13
Chiron Review, no. 54. St. John.
1998 Summer
box 123, folder 13
Chiron Review, no. 55. St. John.
1998 Autumn
box 123, folder 13
Chiron Review, no. 66. St. John.
2001 Autumn
box 193, folder 3
Chiron Review, no. 87. St. John.
2009 Summer
box 123, folder 14
The City. San Francisco.
1991 August
box 123, folder 15
City Lights Review, no. 2. San Francisco.
1988
box 124, folder 1
Coagula, no. 4. Huntington Park.
1992 October
box 124, folder 1
Coagula, no. 10. Huntington Park.
1993
box 124, folder 2
Collegian, v. 126, no. 7. Los Angeles.
1992 May 13
box 124, folder 3
Colorado Modern, v. 1, no. 4. Denver.
2004 August
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a feature on Beat artist, Steve Wilson.
box 343
CONJUNCTIONS, no. 21. Annandale-on-Hudson.
1993
Scope and Content
The Credos issue.
box 124, folder 4
Convergence. North Hollywood.
1994 August
box 124, folder 5
A Conversation With Ann Menebroker. Pollock Pines.
2007
Scope and Contents
This publication is part of the
Rattlesnake Interview Series: #1 from Rattlesnake Press.
box 124, folder 6
Conversations, v. 1. Pollock Pines.
2007 October
box 193, folder 4
The Coventry Reader, Cleveland Heights.
1988 Summer
Scope and Content
v. 1, no. 1. (Summer 1988); v. 1, no. 3. (Winter 1988), v. 2, no. 2. (Summer 1989)
box 124, folder 7
CQ, v. 12, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1985
box 124, folder 7
CQ, v. 13, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1986-1987 Winter
box 124, folder 8
Cranial Malfaction, v. 1, no. 1. Chicago.
1992 September
box 124, folder 9
The Crash Update. San Francisco.
1991 December
box 124, folder 10
Crazy Hip Groovy Go-Go Way Out Monsters, no. 29. New York.
2003
box 124, folder 10
Crazy Hip Groovy Go-Go Way Out Monsters, no. 32. New York.
2004
box 152, folder 1
Creem, v. 1, no. 3. New York.
1992 March
Scope and Content
The Cramps are featured on page 10.
box 343, folder 4
Crisis Chronicles, no. 85. Cleveland.
2016
Scope and Content
2016 Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology.
box 124, folder 11
Crying Macho Man. Playa Del Rey.
2007
box 124, folder 12
Culture, v. 5, no. 4. Corona.
2013 October
box 124, folder 13
Cups
Scope and Content
V. 2, no. 4 (1992 April); v. 3, nos. 1, 5, 6, 7 (1993).
box 124, folder 13
Cups. San Francisco.
1994 September
box 124, folder 13
Cups. San Francisco.
1994 October
box 124, folder 13
Cups. San Francisco.
1995 February
box 124, folder 13
Cups. San Francisco.
1995 March
box 124, folder 14
Cups, no. 74. San Francisco.
1996 August/September
box 124, folder 14
Cups, no. 75. San Francisco.
1996 October
box 124, folder 14
Cups, no. 76. San Francisco.
1996 November
box 124
Cups, no. 77. San Francisco.
1996 December
box 124, folder 14
Cups, no. 78. San Francisco.
1997 January
box 124, folder 15
Da' Fold, v. 1, no. 11. San Francisco.
1991 Summer
box 124, folder 16
Damaged Goods, v. 1, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1997
Scope and Contents
This magazine is published and edited by Tracey Lee Williams.
box 124, folder 17
Data File. Los Angeles.
circa 1987
Scope and Contents
This pleasure and pain theme issue was compiled by Richard Meade.
box 125, folder 1
David Lovins' Comic Book, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1995
Scope and Contents
The cover is signed, "To S.A. You missed a great time at Jumbo's Clown Room. David Lovins. November 28, 1995."
box 125, folder 2
Denali. Eugene.
1987 Winter
box 125, folder 3
Dert! Box, no. 8. Los Angeles.
1993 August
box 125, folder 4
Desperado, v. 1, no. 3. San Francisco.
1970 October
box 125, folder 5
Dishwasher, no. 11. Arcata.
undated
Scope and Contents
This is one of the final issues of Dishwasher Pete Jordan's zine.
box 125, folder 6
Dog Show. Los Angeles.
undated
Scope and Contents
This is Jula Bell's zine. Bell is a former member of the following bands: Bulimia Banquet, Nip Drivers, and Bobsled.
box 125, folder 7
Don't Blame Cleveland. Cleveland.
2005
box 125, folder 8
Dope Comix, no. 4. Princeton.
1981
box 125, folder 9
Dork, no. 8. Corona.
undated
box 125, folder 9
Dork, no. 9. Corona.
undated
box 125, folder 10
Double Bill. Toronto.
1991
Scope and Contents
Contributors and creators of this Canadian punk rock zine include Jena von Brucker, G.B. Jones, Johnny Noxema, Caroline Azar,
Rex, and Diesel Mechante.
box 125, folder 11
The Dragon's Tooth, v. 18. Birmingham.
1993
box 125, folder 12
The Drawing Board, no. 2. San Francisco.
1986
Scope and Contents
S.A. Griffin served as staff for this publication which features poet Mike Bruner.
box 125, folder 13
Driver's Side Airbag, no. 41. Los Angeles.
undated
box 125, folder 13
Driver's Side Airbag, no. 42. Los Angeles.
undated
box 125, folder 14
Drul, no. 1. Metairie.
July
box 125, folder 15
Dumb Angel Gazette, no. 4. Los Angeles.
circa 2004
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed to S.A. Griffin by Editor and Publisher Brian Chidester.
box 125, folder 16
Durable Goods, no. 20. Painted Post.
2010
Scope and Contents
This microzine was created by Aleathia Drehmer. The folder includes DG bookmarks and correspondence to Griffin from Drehmer.
box 125, folder 16
Durable Goods, no. 26. Painted Post.
2010
Scope and Contents
This microzine was created by Aleathia Drehmer. The folder includes DG bookmarks and correspondence to Griffin from Drehmer.
box 125, folder 17
Dust 12, v. 3, no. 4. Paradise.
1969 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to d.a. levy.
box 193, folder 6
The EARTH ROSE, no. 1. Santa Monica.
Scope and Content
The cover of this Meat Poetry Tabloid is signed by editor Steve Richmond and contributor Charles Bukowski.
box 153, folder 2
EARTH, no. 2. Santa Monica.
1966
Scope and Content
This publication is edited by Steve Richmond, includes work by Charles Bukowski, and the first page is signed bv Bukowski.
box 125, folder 18
East Village Sampler. New York.
2004
Scope and Contents
This issue includes comics by Jennifer Blowdryer and Nick Zedd.
box 125, folder 18
East Village Comix Sampler, no. 2. New York.
2004
Scope and Contents
This issue includes comics by Jennifer Blowdryer, Saint Reverend Jen, and Cristy C. Road.
box 193, folder 7
Easy Reader, v. 17, no. 5. Hermosa Beach.
1986 September 4
box 125, folder 19
EBNO, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1991 January
box 125, folder 19
EBNO, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1991 February
box 343, folder 5
Edgar Allan Poet Journal, no. 1. Sherman Oaks.
2013
box 343, folder 5
Edgar Allan Poet Journal, no. 2. Sherman Oaks.
2014
box 125, folder 20
Ego, no. 5. San Francisco.
1982 December-1983 January
box 125, folder 21
Electrum, no. 29. Santa Ana.
1983 Spring
box 125, folder 21
Electrum, no. 30. Santa Ana.
1983 Summer
box 125, folder 21
Electrum, no. 33. Santa Ana.
1984 Summer
box 125, folder 22
Element Dogz, no. 1. Burbank.
1999 Summer
box 125, folder 23
Elk, no. 14. Los Angeles.
2007 May
box 126, folder 1
The Epic Rites Journal, no. 1. Sherwood Park.
2010
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Todd Moore.
box 126, folder 2
Epicenter, v. 3, no. 1. Riverside.
1996
box 126, folder 3
Espresso Bar. Pasadena.
1992
box 126, folder 4
Exquisite Corpse Annual, no. 1. Conway.
2009
Scope and Contents
This issue edited by Andrei Codrescu includes "Loba Poetics & More" by Diane Di Prima.
box 126, folder 5
Falling Star Magazine, v. 3, no. 1. Thousand Oaks.
2004 Spring
box 126, folder 5
Falling Star Magazine, v. 5, no. 2. Thousand Oaks.
2006 Fall
box 126, folder 6
Famous Potatoes, v. 1, no. 4.
1979
box 126, folder 7
Fat, v. 1, no. B. Canoga Park.
1993 December
box 126, folder 8
Fearless, no. 62. Lancaster.
2005
box 126, folder 9
Feminist Majority Foundation Report. Cambridge.
1992
box 126, folder 10
Fervent Valley, no. 3. Placitas.
1973 Spring
box 126, folder 11
Fiction, no. 2. Tempe.
1997 Summer
box 126, folder 12
Fig Tree & Pool, v. 1, no. 1. Hollywood.
1987 February
Scope and Contents
This issue includes and advertisement for The Lhasa Club.
box 126, folder 13
Film Comment, v. 23, no. 4. New York.
1987 August
Scope and Contents
This issue includes an interview with Charles Bukowski.
box 126, folder 14
Filmforum. Los Angeles.
1993 Fall
Scope and Contents
This calendar features Ron Athey on the cover.
box 126, folder 15
Filth, no. 19. San Francisco.
1995 November
box 126, folder 15
Filth, no. 20. San Francisco.
1995 December 22
box 126, folder 15
Filth, no. 23. San Francisco.
1996
box 126, folder 16
Fingerpaints, v. 1, no. 1. Long Beach.
1990
box 126, folder 17
Fiz, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1992 September/October
Scope and Contents
This issue features Bulimia Banquet's Jula Bell, Ethyl Meatplow's Carla Bozulich, The Red Aunts' Terry, and an interview with
Sonic Youth.
box 126, folder 17
Fiz, v. 1, no. 6. Los Angeles.
1993 March/April
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with a 70s groupie, Patter of Snatch and Bad Egg Salad, and an L.A. zine scene tribute.
box 126, folder 17
Fiz, v. 1, no. 8. Los Angeles.
1993 September/October
Scope and Contents
This issue features the Muffs, Pat Fear and White Flag, Iris Berry's "100 Women," and Popdefect.
box 126, folder 18
Fizz, no. 5. Seattle.
1995
Scope and Contents
This issue features the Muffs and Butt Trumpet's Bianca.
box 127, folder 1
Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets, v. 2. Fresno.
1992 Autumn
Scope and Contents
This is a Chicano Writers and Artists Association (CWAA) publication created out of California State University (CSU) Fresno's
English Department under faculty advisor Reuben Sanchez.
box 127, folder 2
Flipside, no. 83. Pasadena.
1993 March/April
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 33 1/3 rpm stereo soundsheet slip recording of "Antonio Baka Guy" by Shonen Knife.
Audiovisual materials in this collection require the production of reference surrogates. To access audiovisual materials you
must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 127, folder 2
Flipside, no. 84. Pasadena.
1993 May/June
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 33 1/3 rpm stereo soundsheet slip recording of "China Latina" by CELL.
Audiovisual materials in this collection require the production of reference surrogates. To access audiovisual materials you
must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 127, folder 2
Flipside, no. 108. Pasadena.
1997 September/October
box 127, folder 3
Fluff 'n' Nutter, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1999 September/October
box 127, folder 4
The Fold, no. 1. San Francisco.
1991 Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed by an assistant editor, "Rah, Rah Bums...Scott Larson."
box 127, folder 5
Freak Brothers, no. 1. San Francisco.
1980
box 127, folder 6
Free Lunch, no. 9. Laguna Niguel.
1992 Winter
box 127, folder 7
Free People's Voice. Indianapolis.
1991 May
box 127, folder 8, box 153, folder 3
Free Thought, v.2, no. 1. Encinitas.
2000 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue is a Charles Bukowski retrospective in tribute to his 80th birthday.
box 127, folder 9
Freedom Isn't Free, no. 6. Orange.
1997
box 127, folder 9
Freedom Isn't Free, no. 7. Orange.
1998
box 127, folder 10
Fringe Festival. Los Angeles.
1987
box 127, folder 11
From BMC to NYC. Asheville.
2010
Scope and Contents
This catalog traces "The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967)."
box 127, folder 12
Fruit Cup, no. 0. New York.
1969
Scope and Contents
This Beat publication includes contributors such as Ginsberg, Burroughs, Ferlinghetti, Plymell, Mary Beach, Joyce Mansour,
Tuli Kupfurberg, Abbie Hoffman, Rochelle Owens, Janine Pommy-Vega, Susan Brustman, and Suzanne Frank.
box 127, folder 13
Fuck This Shit, v. 1, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1997 June
Scope and Contents
This theme of this issue is "Death and Taxes and other inevitable shit."
box 127, folder 13
Fuck This Shit, v. 2, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1998 Summer
Scope and Contents
This Beauty themed issue includes the following note from Editor E.C. Archibeque, "Some of these poems may have appeared other
places, but we don't know and we don't care."
box 127, folder 14
Fux! Magascene, no. 1. San Francisco.
1965
Scope and Contents
This issue was edited, published and signed by Bob Branaman. It includes work from the following: Lenore Kandel, Charles Plymell,
Ruth Weiss, George Herms, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
box 127, folder 15
Galeria Otra Vez. Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
This issue was produced by Arturo Urista for Self Help Graphics and includes drawings and "A Letter To Pete Wilson" by Guillermo
Gomez-Pena.
box 127, folder 16
The Galley Sail Review, v. 8, no. 3, issue no. 29. Berkeley.
1987-1988 Fall/Winter
box 127, folder 17
Gauntlet, v. 1, no. 15. Springfield.
1998
Scope and Contents
This issue features a religious series of photographs by Justice Howard and the cover is signed by Howard.
box 128, folder 1
Genesis West, v. 1, no. 1. Burlingame.
1962 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to the memory of Mom Chung (1889-1959) and the inside cover is signed William J. Margolis.
box 128, folder 2
Gestalt, v. 2, no. 1. Bowling Green.
1989
box 128, folder 3
Give Me Some More, v. 1. Los Angeles.
undated
Scope and Contents
This publication was created by The Loopers from Japan, Miyuki Otomo and Kiyomi Okiayu who were regulars at The Onyx Cafe.
box 128, folder 4
Give Out Sheet Series. East Windsor.
2005
box 128, folder 4
Give Out Sheet Series. East Windsor.
2005
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One audiocassette entitled Experimental Tape New Jersey (ETNJ) #2.
Audiovisual materials in this collection require the production of reference surrogates. To access audiovisual materials you
must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 128, folder 4
Give Out Sheet Series. East Windsor.
2006
Scope and Contents
This includes Mark Sonnenfeld's
Zine Workers.
box 128, folder 4
Give Out Sheet Series. East Windsor.
2007
Scope and Contents
This includes Mark Sonnenfeld and Joseph Verrilli's "Bra Head."
box 128, folder 4
Give Out Sheet Series. East Windsor.
2008
Scope and Contents
This issue includes "stupid stories" by Mark Sonnenfeld.
box 128, folder 6
The Golden Age of Los Angeles Poetry. Santa Monica.
1982 Fall
Scope and Contents
This is a Momentum Press catalog.
box 128, folder 7
Green Panda Press, v. 1, no. 4. Cleveland Heights.
2004 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue contains poems by Larry Smith edited by Bree.
box 128, folder 7
Green Panda Press, no. 5. Cleveland Heights.
2005
Scope and Contents
This issue edited by Bree for Daniel Thompson, Jim Lowell and the lore of Cleveland.
box 128, folder 7
Green Panda Press. Cleveland Heights.
2005
Scope and Contents
This is an issue of Snippets, "one-liners dreampt, found, misheard, remembered, impressed upon."
box 128, folder 8
Green Zero, v. 1, no. 1. Lancaster.
1990 Spring
box 128, folder 9
Grove: Contemporary Poetry and Translation, no. 2. Claremont.
1975 Winter
box 128, folder 10
Guild of Book Workers Journal, v. 33, no. 1. New York.
1995 Spring
box 128, folder 10
Guild of Book Workers Journal, v. 33, no. 2. New York.
1995 Fall
box 128, folder 11
Habit-Forming Poems. Los Angeles.
2009
box 128, folder 12
Haggard and Halloo, no. 12. Long Beach.
1998 February
box 128, folder 13
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, v. 12, no. 2. San Francisco.
1993
Scope and Contents
This issue features Ina Cumpiano on the cover.
box 128, folder 14
Half-Truth, no. 8. Los Angeles.
1992
Scope and Contents
This issue features Keith Morris of the Circle Jerks on the cover and includes a short story by Charles Bukowski.
box 128, folder 14
Half-Truth, no. 16. Los Angeles.
1993
Scope and Contents
This issue features "Further Musings" by Charles Bukowski.
box 128, folder 14
Half-Truth, no. 20. Los Angeles.
1994 August/September
box 128, folder 14
Half-Truth, no. 22. Los Angeles.
1996 Spring
box 128, folder 15
Hand Guns and Hard Liquor, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
This zine includes the following contributors: Justice Howard, Eric Brown, Jay Sosnicki, Rev. Al, and Rafael FJ Alvarado.
box 128, folder 16
Hanging Loose, no. 11. Brooklyn.
1970 Late Summer
box 128, folder 17
The Harbinger, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1994 Summer
Scope and Contents
This is the newsletter for the AMOK Bookstore.
box 128, folder 18
Hedwig. Woodland Hills.
circa 1995
box 129, folder 1
Henry Moore at Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd. London.
circa 1986
box 129, folder 2
Here Doesn't Come The Flying Fuck! Sunland.
undated
box 129, folder 3
High Times, no. 340. New York.
2003 December
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with musician/composer/author Dave Amram.
box 129, folder 4
Highwire Daze, no. 58. Burbank.
1998 June/July
box 129, folder 5
Hip Magazine, no. 1. Los Angeles.
undated
box 193, folder 6
Ho, no. 0. Los Angeles.
1991 August
box 129, folder 6
Ho!, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1993
Scope and Contents
This comix publication edited by Marcel DeJure features the work of Onyx regulars and includes "What's Going On!" by Josue
Menjivar, Bill O'Mahoney's interview with Beck, "Xenopata" by Gash, and back cover illustration by Mark Durham.
box 129, folder 6
Ho!, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1993 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue is the Super-Ultra-Mega-Special Heavy Metal Edition.
box 129, folder 6
Ho!, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1999
Scope and Content
This issue includes work by the following artists: Nora Keyes, Dame Darcy, Camille Rose Garcia, Amos, Mark Gash, and Mark
Durham.
box 193, folder 6
lahoja, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1991 December
box 129, folder 7
The Hollywood Kids Street Gossip, v. 2, no. 26. Los Angeles.
1985
Scope and Contents
This issue presents "it's flaming!" in honor of the publication's 1 and 1/2 year birthday. An advertisement for Griffin's
BOSS show appears in this issue.
box 129, folder 7
The Hollywood Kids Street Gossip, v. 2, no. 26. Los Angeles.
1985
box 129, folder 8
The Hollywood Star Magazine, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1979
Scope and Contents
This magazine features a story on Elvis Presley's bisexuality and Charles Manson's discussion about sex cult celebrities.
box 346
The Holy eARTh, Santa Cruz.
1982
box 129, folder 9
Homeless Writers Forum, v. 2. Los Angeles.
1994 October
box 129, folder 9
Homeless Writers Forum. Los Angeles.
1995 Spring
box 129, folder 9
Homeless Writers Forum. Los Angeles.
1996
box 129, folder 10
The Hooligan. Denver.
1999
Scope and Content
This issue features Skye Barker's interview with Steve Wilson.
box 129, folder 11
Honk If Yer Horny, v. 3, no. 69. Hollywood.
1992
Scope and Contents
This issue features photos of the band by Jeffoto and lyrics by Canya Fuck'er (Pleasant Gehman) and other band members to
songs such as "Oh My Darlin' 69" and "Everybody's Fuckin' My Baby."
box 129, folder 11
Honk If Yer Horny: A Touch of Class. Hollywood.
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
This is a fifteen month triple XXX rated pin-up calendar which includes "country music without the o" history for almost every
day of each month. All photos by Jeffoto. Text and layout by Pleasant Gehman.
box 129, folder 12
Horseshit, no. 1. Hermosa Beach.
1965
box 129, folder 12
Horseshit, no. 2. Hermosa Beach.
1967
box 129, folder 12
Horseshit, no. 3. Hermosa Beach.
1968
box 129, folder 12
Horseshit, no. 4. Hermosa Beach.
1970
box 129, folder 13
Hot City. West Hollywood.
1996 Fall
box 152, folder 2
Huckster's Pitch, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 1985
box 129, folder 14
Humble Propaganda. Reseda.
circa 1999
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Henry Rollins.
box 129, folder 15
Hup, no. 1. San Francisco.
1987
Scope and Contents
Art and stories by R. Crumb.
box 129, folder 15
Hup, no. 2. San Francisco.
1987
Scope and Contents
Art and stories by R. Crumb.
box 129, folder 16
Hustler, v. 3, no. 6. Columbus.
1976 December
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Charles Bukowski.
box 129, folder 17
Image, v. 13, no. 1-2. St. Louis.
1985
box 129, folder 18
The Inch. Sacramento.
2007 November
Scope and Contents
This is a little magazine associated with the Poems-For-All series. This issue features Phil Goldvarg: Zapatista Poet and
includes a tribute to Queen of Bohemia, Philomene Long (1940-2007).
box 130, folder 1
I Want A Poem To Be Hard Like A Bullet. Fort Worth.
1992
Scope and Contents
This is a Todd Moore fanzine by Robert W. Howington.
box 130, folder 2
In Remembrance. Studio City.
1987
Scope and Content
According to Editor Jenny Soup, this publication is a grave collection of poetry, collage, and reviews.
box 130, folder 2
In Remembrance, no. 6. Studio City.
undated
box 130, folder 2
In Remembrance, no. 7. Studio City.
undated
box 130, folder 3
Infinite Degree of Freedom, no. 2. Denver.
1989
box 130, folder 4
Inkshed, no. 20. Hull.
1991 Spring
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 2, no. 1. Whittier.
1993 Winter
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 2, no. 2. Whittier.
1993 Spring
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 2, no. 3. Whittier.
1993 Summer
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 2. Whittier.
1994 Spring
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 3. Whittier.
1994 Summer
box 130, folder 5
Insomnia, v. 4, no. 1. Whittier.
1995 Spring
box 130, folder 6
Instant Classics, v. 1. New York.
1989
box 130, folder 7
Instant Pussy, no. 4. Albuquerque.
2006 March
Scope and Contents
This zine by Misti Rainwater-Lites combines porn and poetry. In her letter from the editor she writes, "This issue contains
a poem about a punk rock guy (Mr. Spent Meat) getting sucked off by Courtney Love. It doesn't get much more exciting than
that."
box 130, folder 7
Instant Pussy, no. 12. Albuquerque.
2006 December
box 130, folder 8
InterBang, v. 1, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1996 February
box 130, folder 8
InterBang, no. 7. Venice.
1998 Summer
box 130, folder 9
Intimate Apparel. Oakland.
1990
Scope and Contents
The Figurative Art of Beatrice Wood catalogue.
box 130, folder 10
Invisible City, no. 3. San Francisco.
1983
Scope and Contents
This publication features writing from Robert Crosson, John Thomas, and Paul Vangelisti.
box 343, folder 6
Io, no. 2. Cape Elizabeth.
1971
Scope and Content
This is a reprint of an issue originally published in Amherst in 1966.
box 130, folder 11
Itchy & Scratchy Comics, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1993
box 130, folder 12
The Ja Ja Circle. Denver.
2001 April
Scope and Contents
This Marija Cerjak Society Flesh Poetics magazine published by Motchka Press documents the Underground 2001.
box 130, folder 13
The Jacaranda Review, v. 3, no. 2. Denver.
1988 Fall/Winter
Scope and Contents
This publication, funded by the Graduate Students Association and the Department of English at the University of California,
Los Angeles, includes an extensive L.A. Poetry Supplement.
box 130, folder 14
The Jackleg, v. 1. Los Angeles.
1995
box 130, folder 15
Ja'p, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1987 October/November
Scope and Contents
This Journal of Quantum 'Pataphysics is edited and published by Nigey Lennon and the Los Angeles Institute of Quantum 'Pataphysics.
box 131, folder 1
Joseph Stella. Washington, D.C.
1990 Fall
Scope and Contents
This
Joseph Stella: Paintings and Works on Paper catalog is published by the Pensler Galleries.
box 131, folder 2
Journal For The Protection Of All Beings, no. 1. San Francisco.
1961
Scope and Contents
This "Love-Shot" issue is edited and signed by Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and David Meltzer.
box 131, folder 2
Journal For The Protection Of All Beings, no. 2. San Francisco.
1968
Scope and Contents
This "On The Barricades: Revolution & Repression" issue was published on Bastille Day.
box 343, folder 7
Jóvenes en Resistencia zines. Los Angeles.
circa 2013
box 131, folder 3
Kamini Press Catalogue. Stockholm.
2012 January
box 131, folder 4
The Kerouac Connection, no. 30. Menlo Park.
2000 Fall
box 131, folder 5
The Kerouac Rag, no. 1. Torquay.
1999-2000 Winter
box 131, folder 6
Key-Z Productions Catalog. Eugene.
1998
Scope and Contents
Key-Z Productions is dedicated to the work of Ken Kesey and the Merry Band of Pranksters.
box 131, folder 6
Key-Z Productions Catalog. Eugene.
1999
Scope and Contents
Key-Z Productions is dedicated to the work of Ken Kesey and the Merry Band of Pranksters.
box 131, folder 7
Kill Poet broadsides. San Diego.
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a series of signed
Viva La Poem broadsides for the following writers: Cat Benitez, Amelie Florence, Elly Portnoy, Brad Burjan, David Smith, Kalamity J, Jason
Neese, and Jamie Neese.
box 131, folder 8
Kombat. Indianapolis.
1995 Fall
box 131, folder 9
The Kyoto Review, no. 7. Kyoto.
1976 Spring
box 131, folder 10
L.A. Driver, v. 1, no. 2. North Hollywood.
1989 Fall
box 131, folder 10
L.A. Driver, v. 3, no. 1. North Hollywood.
1991-1992 Winter Solstice
box 131, folder 11
L.A. Star. Los Angeles.
1992 March
Scope and Contents
This unauthorized newspaper features Justice Howard on its cover and includes an interview with Llana Lloyd, "Glitter Goddess"
of the Sunset Strip.
box 193, folder 10
L.A. Weekly, v.11, no. 32. Los Angeles.
1989 July 14-20
box 153, folder 4
L.A. Weekly, v.16, no. 32. Los Angeles.
1996 July 5-11
Scope and Content
This issue features the "found" Bukowski poems.
box 193, folder 10
L.A. Weekly, v. 30, no. 51. Los Angeles.
2008 November 7-13
box 131, folder 12
Laguna Poets Series, no. 81. Laguna Beach.
1998
Scope and Content
This issue features Rick Lupert's
Lizard King of the Laundromat and is inscribed to Griffin by Lupert.
box 131, folder 12
Laguna Poets Series, no. 122. Laguna Beach.
1999
Scope and Content
This issue features Doug Knott's
Holding Pattern and is inscribed to Griffin by Knott.
box 131, folder 12
Laguna Poets Series, no. 207. Laguna Beach.
2001
Scope and Content
This issue features Paul Suntup's
A Boy and His Blowtorch and is inscribed to Griffin by Suntup.
box 131, folder 13
Lame Brain, v. 1, no. 5. Chicago.
1986 October
box 131, folder 14
Left Bank Distribution Catalog. Seattle.
1997
box 131, folder 15
Lemon Fingers Emerge, no. 2. Long Beach.
undated
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of Los Angeles area poetry.
box 131, folder 15
Lemon Fingers Emerge, no. 3. Long Beach.
undated
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of Los Angeles area poetry.
box 131, folder 16
Leon Golub -- New Paintings Catalog. New York.
1963
Scope and Contents
This catalog is from Golub's exhibition at the Allan Frumkin Gallery.
box 131, folder 17
Letra Nova. Anaheim.
1994
box 131, folder 17
Letra Nova, no. 5. Anaheim.
1995 May-June
box 131, folder 18
The Liar, no. 6. North Vancouver.
1990
box 153, folder 5
LIFE, v. 47, no. 12. Chicago.
1959 September 21
Scope and Content
This issue features "Squaresville U.S.A. vs. Beatsville" on the Venice West scene.
box 131, folder 19
Live Wild Or Die! Portland.
circa 1989
box 131, folder 20
Living Batch News. Albuquerque.
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
This newsletter for the Living Batch Bookstore includes a preview for The Carma Bums, No Seat Belts Tour of Words in store
show on August 24th with Ellyn Maybe, S.A. Griffin, Mike Bruner, Doug Knott, Bobbo Staron, and Scott Wannberg. This folder
also contains two Living Batch Bookstore bookmarks.
box 131, folder 21
Loca, no. 11. Monterey Park.
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
This magazine was created by Queen Felicia Dominguez and Princess Gwynne Garfinkle.
box 131, folder 22
Los. Los Angeles.
1992 April
box 131, folder 23
Los. Los Angeles.
1992 June
box 131, folder 23
Los. Los Angeles.
1993 June
box 131, folder 23
Los. Los Angeles.
1993 November
box 131, folder 23
Los. Los Angeles.
1994 Spring
box 131, folder 23
Los. Los Angeles.
1998 Winter
box 131, folder 24
Los Angeles. Los Angeles.
1993 October
Scope and Contents
This issue features a story on the pulse of Beat culture in present day Los Angeles.
box 132, folder 1
Los Angeles 1956. Los Angeles.
circa 1990
box 132, folder 2
Los Angeles Independent, v. 66, no. 16. Los Angeles.
1998 October 21
Scope and Contents
This newspaper features a cover story on the closing of The Onyx Cafe.
box 193, folder 9
Los Angeles Reader, v. 16, no. 23. Los Angeles.
1994 March 18
box 193, folder 9
Los Angeles Reader, v. 16, no. 25. Los Angeles.
1994 April 1
box 132, folder 3
Los Angeles Theatres, v. 1, no. 9. Los Angeles.
1993 September 30-October 14
box 132, folder 4
Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles.
1981 January 18
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a clipping of Yoko Ono's "In Gratitude" letter and a copy of "A Love Letter From John And Yoko To People
Who Ask Us What, When, And Why."
box 153, folder 6
Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles.
1997 April 6
Scope and Content
The death of Allen Ginsberg is featured on the front page.
box 153, folder 7
Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles.
2013 November 24
Scope and Content
The death of Wanda Coleman is featured on the front page.
box 132, folder 5
Los Angeles Times Magazine. Los Angeles.
1987 March 22
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a feature on Charles Bukowski.
box 343, folder 8
Lost Glove, v. 1, no. 1. Cambridge.
1977
box 132, folder 6
Louis Stern Fine Arts. West Hollywood.
1999
Scope and Contents
This is a catalog for
Pol Bury: Fountains and Other Intriguing Works.
box 132, folder 7
Love Works. Los Angeles.
1998 Summer
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 1-2. San Pedro.
1995 November
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 3-4. San Pedro.
1997 April
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 5, no. 8. San Pedro.
1999 August
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 5, no. 7. San Pedro.
1999 September
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 6, no. 4. San Pedro.
2000 April
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 6, no. 8. San Pedro.
2000 August
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 7, no. 3. San Pedro.
2001 March
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 8, no. 7. San Pedro.
2002 July
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 12, no. 1. San Pedro.
2006 January/February
box 132, folder 8
Lummox Journal, v. 12, no. 6. San Pedro.
2006 November/December
box 132, folder 9
Mad Blood, no. 3. Evergreen.
2004 June
Scope and Contents
Griffin's collage,
Wash Before Using is on the cover and five more collages are featured inside.
box 132, folder 9
Mad Blood, no. 5. Evergreen.
2006 August
box 132, folder 10
Magazine, v. 13, no. 1. Venice.
1983 Winter
Scope and Contents
This is a publication of the Beyond Baroque Foundation.
box 132, folder 10
Magazine, v. 14, no. 1. Venice.
1983/1984 Winter
Scope and Contents
This is a publication of the Beyond Baroque Foundation.
box 132, folder 11
A Magazine Of Paragraphs, v. 1, no. 3. Holyoke.
1987 Winter
box 132, folder 12
Maintenant, no. 4. New York.
2010 Spring
box 132, folder 13
Malpais Review, v. 2, no. 3. Placitas.
2011-2012 Winter
box 132, folder 14
Malpais Review, v. 2, no. 4. Placitas.
2012 Spring
box 133, folder 1
Malpais Review, v. 3, no. 2. Placitas.
2012 Autumn
box 133, folder 2
Malpais Review, v. 3, no. 3. Placitas.
2012-2013 Winter
box 133, folder 3
Malpais Review, v. 4, no. 3. Placitas.
2013-2014 Winter
box 343, folder 9
Malpais Review, v. 5, no. 4. Placitas.
2015
box 343, folder 9
Malpais Review, v. 6, no. 1. Placitas.
2015
box 344, folder 1
Malpais Review, v. 6, no. 2. Placitas.
2015
box 133, folder 4
Mano-Mano/2. Denver.
1971 July
Scope and Contents
This is issue no. 10 of Bowery Press and is dedicated to Kenneth Patchen.
box 133, folder 5
Manroot, no. 6/7. San Francisco.
1972 April
box 133, folder 6
Marc Snyder: In Black and White. North Canton.
2005 October 24-November 12
Scope and Contents
This catalog is from Snyder's exhibition at the Kent State University Stark Main Hall Gallery.
box 133, folder 7
Martin the Satanic Racoon, no. 2. Hollywood.
1999
box 133, folder 8
The Mas Tequila Review, no. 8. Albuquerque.
2014 Winter
box 133, folder 9
The Mask Returns, no. 1. Milwaukie.
1992 October
box 133, folder 10
The Match! no. 89. Tucson.
1994 Summer
Scope and Contents
This anarchist journal's cover headline reads, "Situation -- Hopeless."
box 133, folder 11
Memoirs of the Coffee Shop Society, v. 1. Costa Mesa.
1989 January
Scope and Contents
These written words by Steven La Ponsie are presented by Bacon and Eggs Publishing.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 1. Denver.
2002 May
Scope and Content
This is a sample issue with a note on the inside cover from the secret 6.
Biographical / Historical
The Mercury Reader is a collective endeavor by The Denver Poets Guild to promote, present and preserve the poetry and art
of Denver.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 3. Denver.
2002 July
Biography/History
This issue and those thereafter are marked as "a denver poet guild/temple of man production."
Scope and Content
This inside cover of this issue features a reproduction of a cartoon of Jimmy Morris, Tony Scibella, Steve Wilson and Stuart
Perkoff at the Ogden Bookstore by John Fish, 1971. The inside cover also includes a letter from the gang of 5.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 4. Denver.
2002
Scope and Content
This is the slam issue.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 5. Denver.
2002 August
Scope and Content
This is the Denver Poet's Day issue.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 6. Denver.
2002 Sept
Scope and Content
This issue is edited by Stan Astrovsky and the inside cover features a black ace and a letter from the gang of 4. The black
ace appears on all issues hereafter.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 7. Denver.
2002 October
Scope and Content
This poetry seance issue is edited by Wally Mason and features poems of or to dead persons.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 8. Denver.
2002 November
Scope and Content
This issue features a photo of Wanda Witwiky's colt named Black Ace in the winner's circle after winning the three year old
championship at Centennial Race Course.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 10. Denver.
2003 August
Scope and Content
This is the Poet's Day issue.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader, no. 14. Denver.
2004 June
Scope and Contents
This is a Mermaid Springs Special Edition.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader. Denver.
2003 Halloween
Scope and Contents
This is the Poetry Seance Issue.
box 133, folder 12
The Mercury Reader. Denver.
2003 November
Scope and Contents
This is the Tony Scibella Memorial Issue. Griffin's
Lady broadside is printed on neon green paper and inserted in the center of this publication.
box 134, folder 1
Metro Bookmark. Los Angeles.
1997 April
Scope and Contents
These series includes the following poets: Sesshu Foster, Adrienne Su, Patty Sue Jones, Laura Stickney, J. Raul Plasencia,
Leo Padilla, Terry Wolverton, Ruben Martinez, and Janet Sternburg.
Biographical / Historical
This series of seven bookmarks was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to celebrate National Poetry
Month and encourage people to use Metro Bus and Metro Rail when traveling to their public libraries. This set was sent to
Griffin by Eric Brown.
box 134, folder 2
Mezzotints By Sir Frank Short. London.
1974 February 14-March 1
Scope and Contents
This is the catalog for the
Mezzotints by Sir Frank Short after Four Paintings by G.F. Watts exhibition at Hartnoll & Eyre.
box 134, folder 3
MICA, no. 3. Santa Barbara.
1961 June
Scope and Contents
This issue was edited and published by Helmut Bonheim and Raymond Federman.
box 134, folder 4
The Mile High Underground, v. 1, no. 6. Denver.
1967 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by James Ryan Morris. The cover design is by Tony Scibella.
box 134, folder 5
Miscellaneous Man, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1968 Summer
Scope and Contents
The New Los Angeles Quarterly of Literature & Art is edited by William J. Margolis with Associate Editor Tony Scibella. The
Miscellaneous MANifesto is printed on the inside cover with a dedication to The Lady. The table of contents is signed by contributor
John Thomas, 1968.
box 134, folder 6
MOCA Cleveland. Cleveland. Santa Monica.
2003
Scope and Contents
This catalogue for the
Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens exhibition was published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and Perceval Press, Los Angeles. Contributors include
Billie Joe Armstrong, Carrie Brownstein, John Doe, Leonard Nimoy, and Deborah Harry.
box 134, folder 7
Modern Man, v. 11, no. 3-123. Skokie.
1961 September
Scope and Contents
An article on Venice West appears on page 38.
box 134, folder 8
The Moment, no. 2. Woodland Hills.
1987 March
Scope and Contents
The masthead describes this publication edited by Chris Behling, Kevin Bartnof and Eric Lyden as "A Randomly Published L.A.
Journal Of The Arts."
Biography/History
This Gonzo type Los Angeles DIY Xerox poetry/lit zine from the late 1980s-mid 1990s was edited and published by San Fernando
Valley poets Kevin Bartnof, Chris Behling and Eric Lyden. Like
Shattersheet just before it,
The Moment included listings of venues and readings. When Griffin met editor Eric Lyden at a Poeccentric Lounge reading in downtown
L.A., Lyden recruited him to submit poetry and Griffin then volunteered to work on staff doing whatever was needed.
box 134, folder 8
The Moment, no. 4. Woodland Hills.
1987 July
Scope and Contents
This issue focuses on L.A.'s homeless population.
box 134, folder 8
The Moment, no. 5. Woodland Hills.
1987 November
box 134, folder 8
The Moment, no. 6. Woodland Hills.
1988 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features Henry Rollins "one tough guy" on the cover.
box 134, folder 9
Momentum, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1974 March
Scope and Contents
This issue published by Century City Educational Arts Project includes work by Linda King, Lee Mallory, and William Mohr.
box 134, folder 10
Monterey Poetry Review, v. 1, no. 2. Santa Cruz.
2005 Summer
box 134, folder 11
Moody Street Irregulars, no. 15. Clarence Center.
1985 Spring
Scope and Contents
This is the Music Issue II of this Jack Kerouac newsletter.
box 134, folder 11
Moody Street Irregulars, no. 16-17. Clarence Center.
1986 Summer
Scope and Contents
This is the
On the Road Issue of this Jack Kerouac newsletter.
box 134, folder 11
Moody Street Irregulars, no. 18-19. Clarence Center.
1987 Fall
Scope and Contents
This is the Ketchup Too! Issue of this Jack Kerouac newsletter.
box 134, folder 11
Moody Street Irregulars, no. 20-21. Clarence Center.
1989 Spring
Scope and Contents
This is the 10th Anniversary Memorial Issue of this Jack Kerouac newsletter with tributes for George Montgomery, John Clellon
Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and Ed Chaput. This folder also contains correspondence from Editor Joy Walsh to Griffin.
box 134, folder 11
Moody Street Irregulars, no. 27. Clarence Center.
1992 Spring
Scope and Content
This "Special Poetry Issue" features
Visions of Kerouac on the cover.
box 134, folder 12
Moravagine 2, no. 4. Denver.
1984
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by John Macker.
box 134, folder 13
Mountain Cat, no. 2. Denver.
1980
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by Jess Graf.
box 134, folder 14
Mouseion, no. 4. Bournemouth.
2005 May
box 134, folder 15
Mr. Kite's Leaf, v. 1, no. 1. Pacific Palisades.
1988 February 29
Scope and Contents
The Lost Tribe and The Ringling Sisters are previewed as upcoming shows at the Hippodrome.
box 134, folder 16
The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, v. 25, no. 1. New York.
1957
Scope and Contents
This bulletin is for sculptor David Smith's exhibition at the MOMA.
box 134, folder 17
The Musophobist, v. 1, no. 1. Tilton.
2012 May 6
box 134, folder 18
MUST, no. 1. Painted Post.
2009
box 134, folder 18
MUST, no. 2. Painted Post.
2009
box 134, folder 18
MUST, no. 3. Painted Post.
2009
box 134, folder 18
MUST, no. 5. Painted Post.
2009
box 134, folder 18
MUST, no. 6. Painted Post.
2009
box 134, folder 19
Mute On The Floor, v. 4, no. 1. San Francisco.
1992
box 134, folder 20
My Rules: Photozine. Beverly Hills.
1982
Scope and Contents
Glen E. Friedman self-published this photozine which documents the Los Angeles punk scene and features Darby Crash of the
Germs on the cover.
box 134, folder 21
Neal Cassady, v. 1. Vashon.
1995
Scope and Contents
This biography was compiled by Tom Christopher and covers 1926-1940.
Biography/History
Neal Cassady is a writer, performance artist, legendary driver, and American myth. Cassady was a central character in
On The Road and other titles by Jack Kerouac. Cassady was also a central character in
Howl by Allen Ginsberg and one of Ginsberg's lovers during most of Cassady's life. Additionally, Cassady was a central character
in
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. Cassady drove the car with Jack Kerouac and then drove the bus with Ken Kesey. Cassady is the author of The
First Third (City Lights).
box 134, folder 21
Neal Cassady, v. 2. Vashon.
1998
Scope and Contents
This biography was compiled by Tom Christopher and covers 1941-1946.
box 134, folder 22
The Neverending Page, v. 1, no. 14. Huntington Beach.
1996
box 135, folder 1
New Magazine, v. 8, no. 1. Venice.
1977 January
Scope and Contents
This is a Beyond Baroque publication published by George Drury Smith. Exene Cervenka served on the editorial staff for this
Poetry-In-The-Schools-Issue. The cover features a young school girl smoking a cigarette.
box 135, folder 1
New Magazine, v. 8, no. 7. Venice.
1977 December
Scope and Contents
This Beyond Baroque publication published by George Drury Smith features "The House Sitter" and "A Weekend" by Nellie Hill.
box 135, folder 1
New Magazine, v. 8, no. 3. Venice.
1977 May
Scope and Contents
This Beyond Baroque publication published by George Drury Smith features a piece on journal writing by Holly Prado which she
presented at the conference, "The Diary, the Journal, the Autobiography."
box 135, folder 2
The New Censorship, v. 2, no. 3. Denver.
1991 June
Scope and Contents
This issue is devoted to the poems and drawings of Charles Bukowski.
box 135, folder 2
The New Censorship, v. 2, no. 12. Denver.
1992 March
Scope and Contents
This issue features a short story set in Los Angeles by Thomas R. Peters, Jr., owner of the Beat Book Shop in Boulder.
box 135, folder 2
The New Censorship, v. 3, no. 1. Denver.
1992 April
Scope and Contents
This second anniversary issue features poems and drawings by Charles Bukowski. The cover is signed by Bukowski.
box 135, folder 3
A New Iron Column, no. 3. Anaheim.
1984 Fall
Scope and Contents
ANIC is a Black Banner publication of The Creative Anarchists of America.
box 135, folder 4
The New Jerker. Los Angeles.
1995 October 2
Scope and Contents
This parody of The New Yorker was created by David Lovins of the Onyx Cafe scene.
box 135, folder 5
The New Press, v. 9, no. 3. Flushing.
1993 Summer
Scope and Contents
The cover features Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading in New York.
box 153, folder 8
The New York Times, v. 146, no. 50,754. New York.
1997 April 6
Scope and Content
The death of Allen Ginsberg is featured on the cover.
box 153, folder 9
The New York Times, v. 146, no. 50,874. New York.
1997 August 4
Scope and Content
The death of William S. Burroughs is mentioned on the front page.
box 135, folder 6
Next...Calendar. Long Beach.
1998 November and December, 1999 January - July
Scope and Content
Duplicate calendars may be found in
The Next...Magazine correspondence file.
box 135, folder 7
Next...Magazine, v. 1, nos. 1-12. San Clemente and Long Beach.
1994 March - 1995 February
Biography/History
This poetry periodical created by G. Murray Thomas and the late Lawrence Schultz focused on Southern California poetry and
performance, specifically Slam poetics.
box 135, folder 8
Next...Magazine, v. 2, nos. 1-12. Long Beach.
1995 March - 1996 February
Scope and Content
April issue features an interview with poet D Knowledge. June issue features an interview with Pleasant Gehman on travel,
dive bars, punk rock, and poetry. December issue features Pleasant Gehman's White Trash Apocalypse Tour Diary.
box 135, folder 8
Next...Magazine, v. 2, no. 8. Long Beach.
1995 October
box 135, folder 9
Next...Magazine, v. 3, nos. 1-5, 7-10, 12. Long Beach.
1996 March - July, September-December, 1997 February
Physical Location: Volume 3, Issues 6 and 11 are located in the Writings About Griffin subseries.
Scope and Content
May issue features a D Knowledge interview with The Watts Prophets. October issue features Ellyn Maybe interviewed by Boomer
Maverick. Ellyn discusses her first reading in November of 1988 at Midnight Special Bookstore. She signed up as Ellyn "Maybe
I'll read."
box 135, folder 10
Next...Magazine, v. 4, nos. 1-12. Long Beach.
1997 March - 1998 February
Scope and Content
February issue features Beyond Baroque Director Fred Dewey on the cover with the Beyond Baroque Archives.
box 135, folder 11
Next...Magazine, v. 5, nos. 1-8. Long Beach.
1998 March - October
Scope and Content
June issue features an interview with four-time National Slam Champion Patricia Smith. July issue features an interview with
Henry Rollins. August issue features an interview with Miranda July. September issue features an interview with Jerry Quickley.
October issue is the final one.
box 344, folder 2
Next...Magazine. Long Beach.
1999 March - July, September - December
box 135, folder 12
Niggermancer, no. 4. Los Angeles.
undated
Scope and Contents
The goddess on the cover of this Mark Durham publication announces, "It's the end of grey, baby."
box 136, folder 1
Night, no. 44. New York.
1999
box 136, folder 1
Night, no. 45. New York.
2000
box 136, folder 2
Nightflight. Los Angeles.
1995
Scope and Contents
This
L.A. Weekly publication is a guide to Los Angeles at night.
box 136, folder 3
NK, no. 1. Kittredge.
2009 June
box 136, folder 4
No Shit, no. 11. Hollywood.
1986 October
Scope and Contents
This issue features cover art and cartoons by Alexis Arquette.
box 136, folder 4
No Shit, no. 17. Hollywood.
1987 November 28-January 31
Scope and Contents
This issue features interviews with Guns N' Roses, Faith No More, and Stiv Bator from The Lords of the New Church.
box 136, folder 5
NoHo Magazine, v. 1, no. 6. Granada Hills.
1993 June
box 136, folder 5
NoHo Magazine, v. 1, no. 12. Granada Hills.
1993 December
box 136, folder 6
Nomad, no. 2. Culver City.
1959 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features Jack Micheline's "To Be A Poet Is To Live And Die" and "Bowery Black."
box 136, folder 7
Nuthing Sacred, no. 1. Hollywood.
1991 May
Scope and Contents
Jay Sosnicki's "No Bullshit Magazine of People and Perception" announces "
The Moment is gone. So it's up to us to pick up the slack.
Nuthing Sacred will be published bi-monthly to air voices of L.A. poets. No pay. Labor of love." This folder contains correspondence from
Sosnicki to Griffin and three
Nuthing Sacred stickers.
box 344, folder 3
Oakland Review, no. 2. Oakland.
circa 2016
box 136, folder 8
Obras, v. 11, no. 4. Venice.
1980 Winter
Scope and Contents
This Beyond Baroque Foundation publication is the Los Angeles Cross Cultural Issue edited by Manuel "Manazar" Gamboa, designed
by Jack Skelley, and copyedited by Lydia Vidana. Contributors include Wanda Coleman, Doris Davenport, Blake Latimer, Odie
Hawkins, Susan Anderson, Trinidad Krystal, and Luis Rodriguez.
box 136, folder 9
Off the Beaten Path, v. 2. Eagle Rock.
2009 December
Scope and Contents
This publication contains tales from The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles.
box 136, folder 10
OK Magazine. Los Angeles.
1979 Spring
Scope and Contents
This publication is created by the Nihilist Press and features work by the Cooperative Nihilist Housing Project.
box 136, folder 10
OK Magazine. Los Angeles.
1979 Summer
Scope and Contents
This publication is created by the Nihilist Press and features punk rock art by James Stark and a preview of the Nihilist
Festival of the Arts coming to Los Angeles in December.
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget, no. 1. Glendale.
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This publication of "poetry, small..er..short stories, conspiracies" is presented by The Grassy Knoll Coffeehouse and edited
by Anderson Stone. It begins with a From The Knoll letter by Stewart Eddins, Co-Proprietor of The Grassy Knoll.
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget, no. 3. Glendale.
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This issue contains a piece of correspondence from Anderson Stone who mentions the journal's distribution at The Grassy Knoll,
the Onyx, and the Onyx/Echo coffeehouses.
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget, no. 6. Glendale.
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work from Pam Ward, Estrellita Mendez, Gina East, and Scott Wannberg.
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget: The Monthly. Hollywood.
1995 January
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work by Eric Brown and Erica Erdman.
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget: The Monthly. Hollywood.
1995 February-March
box 136, folder 11
OnTarget: The Monthly. Hollywood.
1995 November
Scope and Contents
This issue publicizes the dial a poem Daily WORD (213) 980-DIAL and suggests readers attend the Ellyn Maybe and francEyE reading
on December 15 at Beyond Baroque.
box 136, folder 12
One Dog Press. Davis.
1996 December
Scope and Contents
This is the Sacramento Valley's home-grown poetry monthly.
box 136, folder 13
One Hundred Suns, no. 2. Long Beach.
1994 Spring
Scope and Contents
This is a photocopy of this issue's cover.
box 136, folder 14
One Little Ball. Los Angeles.
1993 Spring
box 136, folder 15
Onion, no. 1. Sepulveda.
1975 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue of poetry and short writing was published by The Sepulveda Unitarian-Universalist Society.
box 136, folder 16
Onthebus, no. 6 and no. 7. Sepulveda.
1991 Winter/Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features poetry and letters from Charles Bukowski, an interview with Joyce Carol Oates, and poems by Wanda Coleman.
box 137, folder 1
Open City, no. 259. San Francisco.
undated
Scope and Contents
This Bring Back the Sixties! 35th Anniversary Issue includes R. Crumb's
I Remember the Sixties insert. The cover is signed by editor/publisher John Bryan.
box 137, folder 2
Orange Mosquito, v. 3, no. 1. Pasadena.
1995
box 137, folder 3
Oui, v. 10, no. 9. New York.
1981 September
Scope and Content
This issue includes a profile on Charles Bukowski and is signed "Good Job U Motherfucker" to the author from Bukowski.
box 137, folder 3
Oui, v. 13, no. 4. New York.
1984 April
Scope and Contents
"The Lion" by Charles Bukowski appears on page 70.
box 137, folder 3
Oui, v. 13, no. 6. New York.
1984 June
box 137, folder 4
Oui, v. 13, no. 7. New York.
1984 July
Scope and Contents
"The Fight" by Charles Bukowski appears on page 82.
box 137, folder 4
Oui, v. 13, no. 10. New York.
1984 October
Scope and Contents
"What Happened To The Loving And Laughing Girl In The Gingham Dress" by Charles Bukowski appears on page 72.
box 137, folder 4
Oui, v. 14, no. 1. New York.
1985 January
Scope and Contents
"I Meet The Master 2" by Charles Bukowski appears on page 72.
box 137, folder 4
Oui, v. 14, no. 8. New York.
1985 August
Scope and Contents
"The Action" by Charles Bukowski appears on page 74.
box 137, folder 5
Ouija Madness, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 1981
Scope and Content
This issue includes an interview with The Unclaimed, "The Hong Kong Cafe 1979" by Allison Anders, and art by Vinzula Kara.
box 137, folder 5
Ouija Madness, no. 2. Los Angeles.
circa 1982
Scope and Contents
Contributors include Wanda Coleman, Scott Wannberg, Laurel Ann Bogen, Bob Flanagan, Jack Skelley, and Charles Bukowski.
box 137, folder 6
Out Loud. Santa Monica
Scope and Contents
This is a monthly listing of Los Angeles area poetry events edited and published by Carrie Etter via Midnight Special Bookstore.
1989 May, November. 1990 February, May, July - November. 1991 January, February, April, July. 1992 June. 1993 June.
box 137, folder 7
Ovundum, v. 1. Huntington Beach.
1988 December
Scope and Contents
Andy Takakjan's publication of poetry, fiction, and essays appears monthly. This issue's focus is "Words and Things" by Alexander
Laurence.
box 137, folder 7
Ovundum, v. 2. Huntington Beach.
1989
Scope and Contents
This issue's focus is "Orange" by Gil Fuhrer.
box 137, folder 7
Ovundum, v. 3. Huntington Beach.
1989
Scope and Contents
This issue's focus is "Name" by Donald Grose.
box 137, folder 8
Pangloss Papers, v. 3, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1984 October
box 137, folder 9
Panik, v. 1, nos. 4, 11. Long Beach
1988 August and undated
box 137, folder 10
Paranoid Bachelor Guy, no. 2.
1994 August
box 137, folder 11
Passion Press, no. 1. Austin
1982 May
Scope and Contents
This publication, edited by Ed Ward, includes fiction by Stuart Z. Perkoff, and poems by Marcia Ward and James Ryan Morris.
box 137, folder 11
Passion Press, no. 4. Denver
1983 Spring
Scope and Contents
Contributors include Larry Lake, Ed Ward, Tony Scibella, and John Macker.
box 137, folder 11
Passion Press, no. 5. Denver
1988 April
Scope and Contents
Contributors include Larry Lake, Ed Ward, Tony Scibella, and John Macker. This issue features an In Memoriam section for The
Rt. Rev. Robert Alexander, The Temple of Man (1923-1987).
box 137, folder 12
Peace News. San Francisco.
circa 2001
Scope and Contents
This newspaper reflects on the aftermath of September 11th and features a letter to editor/publisher John Bryan from Charles
Bukowski about "Peace, Baby."
box 138, folder 1
Pearl, no. 10, 12-14. Long Beach
1990 - 1991
box 138, folder 2
Pearl, no. 16, 17, 22. Long Beach
Scope and Content
No. 16 (1992 Fall); no. 17 (1993 Spring); no. 22 (1995 Fall/Winter).
box 344, folder 4
Penguin Modern Poets, no. 5. London.
1970
Scope and Content
This issue features Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Allen Ginsberg. It is a reprint of an issue originally published
in 1963.
box 138, folder 3
People, v. 56, no. 13. New York.
2001 September 24
box 138, folder 4
Le Petit Sphinx: The CoffeeHouse Review, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 1958
Scope and Contents
This Beat publication features poetry, art, and a coffeehouse directory.
box 138, folder 4
Le Petit Sphinx: The CoffeeHouse Review, v. 1, no. 5. Los Angeles.
circa 1958
Scope and Contents
This issue features a photo of a young Morgan Freeman on page 24 captioned Late Scene at the Sickitchen Art Mart and Zodiac
Coffee House.
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1989 December 15
Scope and Contents
This is a multilingual publication of poems and short prose by local poets edited by Berndt Rieger.
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 January 5
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 January 26
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 February 9
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 March 16
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 March 23
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Eagle Rock.
1990 May 4
Scope and Content
For this issue, the masthead changed to "Poetry and Prose Each Week For L.A. Coffeehouses." Additionally, the editor of record
is now Rafael FJ Alvarado.
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Eagle Rock.
1990 May 11
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 July 13
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 July 27
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 August 10
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 August 24
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 September 7
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 September 14
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 September 21
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. Glendale.
1990 September 28
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. El Monte.
1991 February 22
Scope and Contents
For this issue, the masthead reads, "Seminal Life Press presents . . ." and the editor is now Brian Ha.
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. El Monte.
1991 March 1
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. El Monte.
1991 March 8
box 138, folder 5
A Piece Of Paper. El Monte.
1991 June 28
box 138, folder 6
Phony Lid Publications. Los Angeles.
2001 Summer/Fall
Scope and Contents
This catalog announces the release of Griffin's collection of poems,
Unborn Again.
box 138, folder 7
Picturing Gotham. New York.
1996
Scope and Contents
This Hirschl & Adler Galleries catalog is for this exhibition of
New York City through the Eyes of Its Artists.
box 138, folder 8
Playboy, v. 19, no. 12. Chicago.
1972 December
Scope and Contents
This issue features poetry by Lawrence Durrell and Robert Graves and an interview with Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
box 138, folder 9
Poesflesh, v. 1, no. 2. Pittsburgh.
1991 October
box 138, folder 10
Poesy, no. 18. Santa Cruz.
2002 Fall
box 138, folder 10
Poesy, no. 29. Santa Cruz.
2005 Summer
box 138, folder 10
Poesy, no. 32. Santa Cruz.
undated
box 139, folder 1
Poetry, v. 60, no. 11. Chicago.
1942 May
box 139, folder 1
Poetry, v. 67, no. 5. Chicago.
1946 February
box 139, folder 1
Poetry, v. 81, no. 6. Chicago.
1953 March
box 139, folder 1
Poetry, v. 84, no. 1. Chicago.
1954 April
box 139, folder 1
Poetry, v. 84, no. 2. Chicago.
1954 May
box 139, folder 2
Poetry, v. 84, no. 4. Chicago.
1954 July
box 139, folder 2
Poetry, v. 84, no. 6. Chicago.
1954 September
box 139, folder 2
Poetry, v. 85, no. 1. Chicago.
1954 October
box 139, folder 2
Poetry, v. 85, no. 2. Chicago.
1954 November
box 139, folder 2
Poetry, v. 85, no. 3. Chicago.
1954 December
box 139, folder 3
Poetry, v. 85, no. 5. Chicago.
1955 February
box 139, folder 3
Poetry, v. 85, no. 6. Chicago.
1955 March
box 139, folder 3
Poetry, v. 86, no. 1. Chicago.
1955 April
box 139, folder 3
Poetry, v. 86, no. 2. Chicago.
1955 May
box 139, folder 3
Poetry, v. 86, no. 3. Chicago.
1955 June
box 139, folder 4
Poetry, v. 91, no. 3. Chicago.
1957 December
box 139, folder 4
Poetry, v. 99, no. 1. Chicago.
1961 October
box 139, folder 5
The Poetry Conspiracy, v. 6.8. San Diego.
1996
box 139, folder 6
Poetry Flash, no. 242. Berkeley.
1993 May/June
Scope and Contents
This Poetry Review and Literary Calendar for the West features an interview with Jessica Hagedorn and a preview of literary
cabaret BEAT.
box 139, folder 7
Poetry LA, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1981 Spring/Summer
Scope and Contents
This publication is signed by Laurel Ann Bogen.
box 139, folder 8
Poetry News, no. 6. Venice.
1981 March
Scope and Contents
This Beyond Baroque Foundation publication presents a calendar and reviews of Southern California readings and publications.
Contributors include Dennis Cooper, Alexandra Garrett, and Amy Gerstler.
box 139, folder 8
Poetry News, no. 10. Venice.
1981 July
box 139, folder 8
Poetry News, no. 14. Venice.
1981 November
box 139, folder 9
Poetry Sheet, no. 9. Eugene.
1985
Processing Information
These were removed from publisher Regan Lee's correspondence with Griffin for placement within this series.
box 139, folder 9
Poetry Sheet, no. 10. Eugene.
1985
box 139, folder 9
Poetry Sheet, no. 11. Eugene.
1986
box 139, folder 10
Poets & Writers, v. 16, no. 1. New York.
1988 January/February
box 140, folder 1
Poets & Writers, v. 18, no. 5. New York.
1990 September/October
box 140, folder 1
Poets & Writers, v. 19, no. 1. New York.
1991 January/February
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Clarence Major.
box 140, folder 1
Poets & Writers, v. 19, no. 2. New York.
1991 March/April
box 140, folder 2
Poets & Writers, v. 19, no. 4. New York.
1991 July/August
box 140, folder 2
Poets & Writers, v. 21, no. 6. New York.
1993 November/December
Scope and Contents
This issue includes the feature "Zora Neale Hurston and Eatonville: A Friendship of 100 Years."
box 140, folder 3
poetsfeet, v. 3, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1991 March
box 140, folder 4
Point, v. 2, no. 1. Denver.
1991 Winter
box 140, folder 4
Point, v. 2, no. 2. Denver.
1991 Spring
box 140, folder 5
Poison Ivy. Los Angeles
1994 Summer - 1995 Summer/Fall
Scope and Contents
The premiere issue of this literary magazine by women is edited and published by Leslie Price. 1995 Summer/Fall issue features
interviews with Wanda Coleman and Pleasant Gehman.
box 140, folder 6
Potpourri & Roses, v. 1, no. 7. Los Angeles.
1999 June/July
box 140, folder 7
Presa, no. 1. Rockford.
2005 Fall
box 140, folder 7
Presa, no. 2. Rockford.
2006 Winter
box 140, folder 8
ProFUN Magazine. Los Angeles.
undated
Scope and Contents
"Poster Wars" by Eddie Rivera and Benjamin Krepack chronicles the arrest of two members of The Intelligence in Chinatown for
posting band flyers. This article focuses on the LAPD abuse of punks and mentions venues such as Madame Wong's and the Hong
Kong Cafe.
box 152, folder 3
Publik Enema, no. 3. Long Beach.
undated
box 140, folder 9
PUG, no. 0. Hollywood.
1994
Scope and Content
This collection of "art werk" by Louie Metz is signed to Griffin by Metz.
box 140, folder 10
Pulse, no. 1. Tucson.
1968 November
Scope and Contents
According to editor Norman Moser, this broadside will be published every few weeks via Illuminations Press.
box 140, folder 11
Puppet Terror, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
2002 Spring
Scope and Contents
This magazine edited by Pleasant Gehman, Iris Berry, and Shawna Kenney is for anyone who's ever been terrorized by or terrorized
others with puppets.
box 140, folder 12
Pure Filth, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1991 January
Scope and Contents
This L.A. punk rock magazine features poetry by Justice Howard and Billy Childish as well as interviews with Jack Baker and
The Mummies.
box 140, folder 13
Rabble-A Pamphlet Series, no. 2.
1998 January
Scope and Contents
This pamphlet contains a novel excerpt by Linda Janakos and poems by Doren Robbins.
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 23. Vancouver.
1994 December
Scope and Contents
This coffee, jazz, and poetry zine was written and silk screened one page at a time on 1950s Gestetner duplicating machines
by Ralph Alfonso. This folder also contains a letter to Griffin from Alfonso with a black and white photo of Alfonso and friends.
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 45. Vancouver.
1997 April-March
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 48. Vancouver.
1998 January
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 49. Vancouver.
1998 March
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 51. Vancouver.
1999
box 140, folder 14
RALPH, no. 52. Vancouver.
1999
box 153, folder 10
Rampike. Toronto.
1990
Scope and Content
The cover features "10 Gauge City" by William S. Burroughs.
box 141, folder 1-2
Rats With Keys. Los Angeles.
circa 1984-1993
Biographical / Historical
According to Griffin, this zine was created and distributed randomly by Eric Brown and a group referred to as the Nadeau crowd
because many of them lived in a house at the end of Nadeau Court in South Central Los Angeles. Many members were UCLA or USC
film students, artists, and writers.
Rats was a DIY zine created by the group. Everyone contributed anonymously. Griffin, Scott Wannberg, and Mike M. Mollett were
a few of the contributors. The Nadeau crew ultimately evolved into the core of Los Angeles Cacophony when Rev Al arrived on
the scene.
Scope and Contents
These folders contain thirteen issues of this anonymous zine.
box 141, folder 3
Rattle, v. 2, no. 1. Sherman Oaks.
1996 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Aleida Rodriguez and begins with Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart."
box 141, folder 4
The Rattler, no. 1. Hollywood.
1982 May
Scope and Contents
This publication edited by Heather Susan Haley includes contributions from Irene Carlson, Exene Cervenka, Michael Pace, and
Sadie Woods.
box 141, folder 4
The Rattler, no. 2. Hollywood.
1983 May
Scope and Contents
This issue includes work by the following: Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Michael Hyatt, Doug Knott, Mike M. Mollett, Suzanne Gardner,
and Gary Leonard.
box 141, folder 4
The Rattler, no. 3. Los Angeles.
circa 1985
Scope and Contents
This issue includes the following contributors: Robin Carr, Vicki Jade, Victor Noel, Thea Other, and Anni Jackson. There is
a
Cult of the Face broadside within an envelope inscribed "For You" which is tucked inside this issue. The broadside attribution is Piepol/Nexus,
copyright 1985.
box 141, folder 5
Rattlesnake Review, no. 19. Pollock Pines.
2008
box 141, folder 6
Read, no. 18. Los Angeles.
1989
box 141, folder 7
Read A Banned Book. Chicago.
1998
Biographical / Historical
This catalog was created for the the seventeenth annual celebration of the freedom to read in honor of Banned Books Week 1998.
box 141, folder 8
Readymaid. Los Angeles.
1999
box 153, folder 11
Real Deal Magazine, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1989
Scope and Content
This folder also contains "The Real Deal Man Questionnaire" which includes questions about jail time, killing and raping women,
homosexuality and racial slurs.
box 141, folder 9
The Realist, no. 100. Venice.
1986 January-February
Biographical / Historical
This publication is edited by Paul Krassner and published bi-monthly. However, according to subscription information, "It
may go monthly but don't time your menstrual periods by us yet."
box 141, folder 9
The Realist, no. 101. Venice.
1986 May-June
box 141, folder 9
The Realist, no. 111. Venice.
1990 Winter
box 141, folder 9
The Realist, no. 114. Venice.
1990 Fall
box 141, folder 9
The Realist, no. 120. Venice.
1992 Summer
box 141, folder 10
The Realist, no. 141. Venice.
1999 Spring
box 141, folder 10
The Realist, no. 142. Venice.
1999 Autumn
box 141, folder 10
The Realist, no. 143. Venice.
2000 Spring
box 141, folder 11
Real Life Comix, no. 2. Los Angeles.
circa 1985
Scope and Contents
The inside cover is signed by Bob Clark.
box 141, folder 12
Real Life In A Big City, no. 20. Los Angeles.
1989 September
Scope and Contents
This issue features the infamous Sophia Loren side-eye photo with Jayne Mansfield's cleavage on the cover.
Biographical / Historical
This zine is published monthly by editrix Debi Dip.
box 141, folder 12
Real Life In A Big City, no. 27. Los Angeles.
1990 June
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with the Miracle Workers
box 141, folder 12
Real Life In A Big City, no. 38. Los Angeles.
1991 May
Scope and Contents
The Complaint Department's focus in on Club Lingerie. This rant is entitled, "How To Get Kicked Out Of A Club You Don't Want
To Be At Anyway."
box 141, folder 13
Real Stuff, no. 2. Seattle.
1991 March
Scope and Contents
This Dennis P. Eichhorn comic includes reader correspondence from Charles Bukowski.
box 193, folder 12
The Real World Press, v. 1, no. 1. Santa Cruz.
1993 August 25
Scope and Content
This folder includes correspondence from publisher Daniel Yaryan, producer of
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts.
box 193, folder 12
The Real World Press, v. 1, no. 2. Santa Cruz.
1993 October
box 193, folder 12
The Real World Press, v. 1, no. 3. Santa Cruz.
1993 November
box 141, folder 14
Red Dancefloor, v. 1, no. 4. Canoga Park.
1991 March
Scope and Contents
This issue features poets from the Iguana Cafe, also known as Iguanaland, a Los Angeles venue, bookstore, and cafe where the
poetry community hosts readings, performances and open mike nights.
box 141, folder 15
Red Hot Mama, no. 2. Fullerton.
1998 Summer
box 142, folder 1
Redtape, no. 7. New York.
1992
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to David Wojnarowicz and features work from Wojnarowicz, Julie Ducet, Holly Anderson, Maggie Estep,
and Gregory Corso.
box 142, folder 2
Remark, no. 53. Kircubbin.
2007 April
Biographical / Historical
Remark was started by Justin Barrett in 1988 and taken over by Kathleen Paul-Flanagan in 2005.
box 142, folder 3
Renaissance, v. 1, no. 2. San Francisco.
1962
Scope and Contents
This magazine is edited by John Bryan.
box 142, folder 3
Renaissance. St. Augustine.
undated
box 142, folder 4
RE/Search, no. 8/9. San Francisco.
1984
Scope and Contents
This issue published and edited by Andrea Juno and V. Vale is focused on the work of J.G. Ballard.
box 142, folder 4
RE/Search, no. 13. San Francisco.
1991
Scope and Contents
This issue published and edited by Andrea Juno and V. Vale is focused on the work of "Angry Women" such as Kathy Acker, Diamanda
Galas, Bell Hooks, Sapphire, Annie Sprinkle, Lydia Lunch, and Wanda Coleman.
box 142, folder 5
REVUE, v. 2, no. 3. Loveland.
1992 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features "Into the Light: The Intrinsic Nature of Angelo de Benedetto" by Marcia Ward. This article is signed to
Griffin by Ward.
box 142, folder 6
Richmond Guide. Richmond.
1972
Scope and Contents
This is the Richmond (Surrey) Chamber of Commerce Yearbook.
box 142, folder 7
Richmond Rockets Girls. Richmond.
2012
Scope and Contents
This is the swimsuit calendar signed to Griffin by many of the dancers who appear within.
box 142, folder 8
The Rise And The Fall Of The Harbor Area, no. 7. San Pedro.
2006 May-August
Scope and Contents
This issue features an early history of San Pedro Punk as well as Hank's Ghetto, poems by Charles Bukowski.
box 142, folder 8
The Rise And The Fall Of The Harbor Area, no. 9. San Pedro.
2007 January-April
Scope and Content
This issue features an interview with Keith Morris as well as Hank's Ghetto, poems by Charles Bukowski.
box 142, folder 9
The Rise And The Fall Of The Harbor Area, no. 11. San Pedro.
2007 December
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Joel Morales of Dios Mal Os as well as Hank's Ghetto, poems by Charles Bukowski.
box 142, folder 9
The Rise And The Fall Of The Harbor Area, no. 13. San Pedro.
2009 May-August
Scope and Contents
This issue features an interview with Todd Congelliere of Recess Records as well as Hank's Ghetto, poems by Charles Bukowski.
box 142, folder 10
Rising. London.
undated
Scope and Content
Nos. 19, 21, 22.
box 143, folder 1
River Visions. Los Angeles.
2000 June
Scope and Contents
This catalog is presented by The Arroyo Arts Collective for an exhibit of photographs, documentation and video of the April
29-30 artists' installations along the Los Angeles River. The L.A. Mudpeople entertaining children appear on page 15.
box 143, folder 2
Rocks Off, v. 2. Los Angeles.
circa 1988
box 143, folder 3
Rocky Mountain Arsenal of the Arts, v. 4, no. 1, 3-5. Denver.
1989 Spring - 1990 September/October
box 143, folder 4
Rohwedder, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1988 Spring
Scope and Contents
This is the Latin America issue.
box 346
Rolling Stone, no. 215. San Francisco.
1976 June 17
Scope and Content
This issue features a story on Bukowski.
box 153, folder 12
Rolling Stone, no. 717. New York.
1995 September 21
Scope and Content
This issue memorializes the death of Jerry Garcia (1942-1995).
box 152, folder 4
Rolling Stone. Hamburg.
1996 October
Scope and Content
This issue includes a feature story on Charles Bukowski.
box 152, folder 5
Ronald A. Wilford Presents Marcel Marceau and His Partner Pierre Verry. New York.
1977
box 143, folder 5
Rosebud Forum, v. 1, no. 4. Denver.
1987 Winter/Spring
box 143, folder 6
Rough Draft, no. 51. San Francisco.
1990 December
Scope and Contents
This is the official organ of the San Francisco Cacophony Society.
box 143, folder 7
Royal Vagrant Review, v. 1, no. 2. Chattanooga.
1997
box 143, folder 8
RR, no. 1. Gardiner.
1991
Scope and Contents
This zine was mailed to Griffin by its creator, mail artist R. Saunders.
box 143, folder 9
The Rusty Truck, no. 1. Poplar Bluff.
2010 Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed to Griffin by F.N. Wright.
box 152, folder 6
The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento.
2011 August 23
Scope and Content
Griffin's son, Spencer, is featured on the front page of the "Living Here" section.
box 143, folder 10
St. Vitus's Dance, v. 1, no. 3. Albuquerque.
2003
Scope and Contents
This magazine is edited by Theron Moore and Todd Moore. It is dedicated to S.A. Griffin and
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.
box 143, folder 10
St. Vitus's Dance, v. 2, no. 1. Albuquerque.
2004
Scope and Content
This issue includes work from the following writers: Tony Scibella, Gerald Locklin, RD Armstrong, Todd Moore, and Theron Moore.
box 344, folder 5
sam i am newsletter, v. 3, no. 3 and 4. Encino.
1990
box 143, folder 11
San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio.
1988
Scope and Contents
This catalog was created for
The Poetic Object exhibition. It is inscribed to Griffin from Lorraine Perrotta.
box 143, folder 12
San Fernando Poetry Journal, v. 12, no. 3. Northridge.
undated
box 143, folder 13
San Francisco Review, v. 1, no. 8. San Francisco.
1961 March
Scope and Contents
Three poems by Charles Bukowski appear in this issue.
box 143, folder 14
San Joaquin Review, v. 1, no. 1. Fresno.
1993 Spring
box 152, folder 7
Santa Cruz Weekly, v. 3, no. 41. Santa Cruz.
2012 February 8-14
Scope and Content
Wanda Coleman's appearance at
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts is featured on page 25.
box 153, folder 13
Santa Monica Mirror, v. 1, no. 22. Santa Monica.
1999 November 17-23
Scope and Content
The front page of the Life & Arts section features an interview with Scott Wannberg.
box 143, folder 15
Satan Gone Wild, no. 1. Watertown.
2004
Scope and Contents
The cover of this comic is signed "Satan Loves S.A. Griffin" by Robert Steven Rhine.
box 143, folder 16
Saturday Afternoon Journal, no. 13. Los Angeles.
1998
Scope and Contents
This Flashback themed book is dedicated to "William S. Burroughs, Jerry Garcia, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Timothy Leary,
Michael O'Donoghue, Jerry Rubin, Terry Southern, Frank Zappa, and especially Richard M. Nixon, without whom none of this would
have been necessary."
box 143, folder 17
Sauls. Santa Monica.
1984
Scope and Contents
This catalogue is for an exhibition of painting, sculpture and drawings at the Gille Mansillon Gallery. It is signed to Griffin
"with love and specially for lovely wife."
box 143, folder 18
Savages, no. 1.5. San Diego.
1991 August 18
box 143, folder 19
Scavenger, no. 4. La Jolla.
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
This art and poetry magazine was produced and edited by Michael Dormer, Lee Teacher, and Jeanie Dormer. It was published by
the Pour House, which is featured on the back cover as San Diego's first and finest coffee house.
box 143, folder 20
Scraps of Paper, no. 5. Fremont.
1998 Winter
box 143, folder 21
Scream, v. 4, no. 1, whole number 6. Raleigh.
1989
Scope and Contents
This magazine features "Bukowski the Great" by Carroll Credle and two poems by Bukowski. This folder contains two copies,
both of which are signed by Bukowski on the title page.
box 144, folder 1
Sculpture Gardens Review, v. 1, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1989
box 144, folder 2
Second Coming, v. 5, no. 1. San Francisco.
1977
Scope and Contents
Edited and published by A.D. Winans, this special Charles Bukowski, A.D. Winans, Ed "Foots" Lipman issue is dedicated to the
memory of the late Ed Lipman.
box 144, folder 3
Second Coming, v. 18, no. 3.
undated
Scope and Contents
This broadside serial features "the boll-weevil blues" by Tom House.
box 144, folder 4
The Seed, v. 1, no. 4.
2006
box 144, folder 5
Social Comment Comics, no. 1.
1999
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed by Jim Caron.
box 144, folder 6
Sewage, no. 3. San Diego.
1991 December 13
box 144, folder 7
Sex & Guts, no. 3. Glendale.
2001
Scope and Contents
This magazine of "cruel and unusual entertainment" is edited by Gene Gregorits and Lydia Lunch and signed by Gregorits.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 1. North Hollywood.
1985 September
Biography/History
Griffin designed the layout/atomic clock for this "hands on" DIY Xerox newsletter/calendar. He describes his duties as "whatever
they needed" from cut & paste up to inputting on the text, editing, distribution and collection, collating and folding.
Scope and Content
This premiere newsletter/calendar includes a letter from Shatterproof Press which states its desire to provide a complete
guide to poetry events in Los Angeles since its "poetry scene has become as large and varied as that of New York or San Francisco."
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 2. North Hollywood.
1985 October
Scope and Content
This issue features a piece on L.A. rock poets such as Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Chris D., Drew Steel, and Henry Rollins.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 3. Canoga Park.
1985 November
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 4. Canoga Park.
1985 December
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 5. Canoga Park.
1986 January
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 6. Canoga Park.
1986 February
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 7. Canoga Park.
1986 March
Scope and Content
Laurel Ann Bogen's review of Henry Rollins'
Two Thirteen Sixty One is divided into the following parts: Part I - I AM NOT AFRAID OF HENRY ROLLINS and Part II - THIS IS NOT ART.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 13. Canoga Park.
1986 October
Scope and Content
This issue includes an announcement for The Lost Tribe performance at X=Art Gallery in West Hollywood.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 14. Canoga Park.
1986 November
Scope and Content
The back cover features "The Luck of the Way" by Charles Bukowski.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 15. Canoga Park.
1986 December
Scope and Contents
"On Poetry, The Proletariat & Al's Bar" is a review of Jack Hirschman and Richard Meltzer. Charles Bukowski's "nothing's free,
not even the sun..." appears on page 10.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 16. Canoga Park.
1987 January
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 18. Canoga Park.
1987 March
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a flyer for a
Shattersheet Reading Series event at BeBop Records in Reseda and a Charles Bukowski's "their night" on the back cover.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 20. Canoga Park.
1987 May
Scope and Contents
This newsletter includes flyers for readings at Bono Fortuna restaurant in Santa Monica, Beyond Baroque in Venice, and Bebop
records in Reseda.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 21. Canoga Park.
1987 June
Scope and Contents
Scott Wannberg's "ballad of wounded dog" appears on page 11.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 25. Canoga Park.
1987 October
Scope and Contents
A directory of venues across Los Angeles appears on page 7 and Wanda Coleman's "Stone Rock Lady" is printed on the back cover.
box 144, folder 8
Shattersheet, no. 26. Canoga Park.
1987 November-December
Scope and Contents
This newsletter includes a piece about the Shatterproof Press Poetry Gathering in Elysian Park during which and award was
presented to Griffin for "precise management of THE ATOMIC CLOCK and his excellent leadership in the fight to control BULLSHIT."
box 144, folder 9
Shithappy, no. 1. Los Angeles.
circa 1990s
Biographical / Historical
This anarchist punk zine is created by Adam Bregman who found inspiration to create this publication after his column in his
high school paper was censored because he advocated that the students organize and revolt against the school administration.
box 144, folder 9
Shithappy, no. 2. Los Angeles.
circa 1990s
Scope and Content
This issue features "Riot L.A!," "Masturbation is Liberation," and "Destroying the Workplace."
box 144, folder 9
Shithappy, no. 3. Los Angeles.
circa 1990s
box 144, folder 9
Shithappy, no. 3. Los Angeles.
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This issue includes Bregman's "I Ran For Mayor Of L.A." and "The Bears."
box 144, folder 9
Shithappy, no. 4. Los Angeles.
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This issue contains "A Long Convoluted Guide To L.A." complete with illustrations and clip art.
box 144, folder 10
Shocking Illustrated. Los Angeles.
undated
box 153, folder 14
SHOW, v. 3, no. 7. New York.
1963 July
Scope and Content
This issue features "Visions of Gerard" by Jack Kerouac.
box 144, folder 11
(sic). Los Angeles.
1991
Biographical / Historical
The creator of this publication ceased publishing after he found out about Griffin's publication of the same name.
box 153, folder 15
SIC, no. 2. Venice.
2011 May
Scope and Content
This broadside was published by Rafael FJ Alvarado at Beyond Baroque.
box 144, folder 12
Sidewalk Visions, v. 1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1989-1990 Winter
Biographical / Historical
This publication is funded by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.
Scope and Contents
This publication consists of poetry and prose by Los Angeles' homeless.
box 144, folder 12
Sidewalk Visions, v. 1, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1990 Spring
box 144, folder 13
The Silt Reader, no. 1. Orange.
2000
Scope and Content
This publication is edited by Robert Roden and Barton M. Sauders and published by Temporary Vandalism Recordings.
box 144, folder 13
The Silt Reader, no. 6. Orange.
2004
box 144, folder 14
Simone Gad. Fresno. Santa Monica.
1992
Scope and Contents
This catalog documents two of Gad's solo exhibits:
TV Trays and Chairs at the Fresno Museum of Contemporary Art and
Self Portraits and Movie Stars at the Robert Berman/B-1 Gallery.
box 144, folder 15
Siren's Silence, v. 1, no. 4. Philadelphia.
1997 December/January
box 144, folder 16
Six-Pack, no. 3. Bear.
circa 2004-2005
Scope and Contents
This pack includes signed work by the following poets: Ronald Baatz, justin.barrett, Richard Krech, Adrian Manning, R. Reed
Nesbitt, and F.N. Wright.
Biographical / Historical
These Bottle of Smoke Press packs of six miniature broadsides were designed and letterpressed by Bill Roberts for friends
of the press.
box 144, folder 16
Six-Pack, no. 4. Bear.
circa 2004-2005
Scope and Content
This pack includes signed work by the following poets: Gary Aposhian, Geoffrey M. Barber, Karl Koweski, t.l. kryss, Ann Menebroker,
and Charles Plymell.
box 144, folder 16
Six-Pack, no. 4. Bear.
circa 2004-2005
Scope and Contents
This pack includes signed work by the following poets: Christopher Cunningham, Henry Denander, Nathan Graziano, C. Allen Rearick,
Mark Terrill, and Scott Wannberg.
box 144, folder 17
Slut Mag, no. 4. New York.
1991 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed by Justice Howard and includes The Official
Slut Mag Bookmark and Ruler.
box 144, folder 18
Small Press Review, v. 38, no. 3-4 (398-399). Paradise.
2006 March-April
box 144, folder 19
Smegma, no. 3. New York.
1979
Scope and Contents
This magazine printed by Tower Press is focused on sex and includes a sheet of
Smegma stickers.
box 144, folder 20
The Smith, no. 28. New York.
1973
Scope and Contents
This special issue contains
Only Just Above The Ground by Stuart Z. Perkoff. It is inscribed to John Thomas: "Dear John, More words to add to the pile. Love, Stuart."
box 144, folder 21
Smut, v. 1, no. 1. Canoga Park.
undated
Scope and Contents
This issue features poetry by Juliette Torrez and short story "Muffdivers" by Sushi.
box 144, folder 22
Sonic Soul's Retina, no. 10. Phoenix.
1996 January-February
box 144, folder 22
Sonic Soul's Retina, no. 17. Baltimore.
1997 March-April
box 145, folder 1
Spazz, v. 1, no. 6. Reseda.
1993 September
box 145, folder 1
Spazz, v. 1, no. 12. Reseda.
1994
box 145, folder 2
Specimen 73. Pasadena.
1973
Scope and Contents
This catalog edited by Paul Vangelisti features 12 poets for the season 1973-1974. According to Vangelisti's introduction,
"Their work sustains what I find are the most serious questions about the craft and song implicit in the words we inhabit
here in Los Angeles. Poets include the following: Stuart Z. Perkoff, Charles Wright, Holly Prado, Charles Bukowski, Alvaro
Cardona-Hine, Ronald Koertge, Barbara Hughes, Jack Hirschman, Robert Peters, Gerda Penfold, Paul Vangelisti, and John Thomas.
box 145, folder 3
Spiegelman's Mailart Rag, v. 1, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1985 September
box 145, folder 3
Spiegelman's Mailart Rag, v. 1, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1986 December
Scope and Contents
This cover of this issue includes a note from Lon Spiegelman to Griffin.
box 145, folder 4
Spillway, v.1, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1993 Summer
Biographical / Historical
Spillway: A New Direction in Poetry was published by Bombshelter Press. Jack Grapes founded this press with the goal of publishing poems by Beyond
Baroque Workshop members.
box 145, folder 4
Spillway, no. 6. Los Angeles.
1997 Fall/Winter
box 145, folder 5
Squawk, no. 44. Cambridge.
1991
Scope and Contents
This magazine of the Naked City Coffeehouse features an interview with Marian Streetpeople.
box 145, folder 6
Staplegun Press. Birmingham
1999 - 2002
Scope and Content
No. 7. (Summer/Fall 1999), no. 9. (Spring/Summer 2000), no. 11 (Spring 2001), no. 12 (Summer 2001), no. 14 (Summer 2002).
box 193, folder 13
Star. Tarrytown.
1989 May 2
box 145, folder 7
Stew Art, no. 2. San Diego.
1991 November 11
Scope and Contents
This punk feminist zine describes itself as "a special little space for poems, art, and miscellaneous thought."
box 145, folder 8
Stick, v. 1, no. 1-2 Golden
1989 January, 1990 January
box 145, folder 9
Sticky Green's Zine. nos. [1] - 3, Los Angeles
undated
box 145, folder 10
Stiletto, no. 1. Kansas City.
1989 April
Scope and Contents
This issue includes the work of Diane DiPrima, William Burroughs, Denise Low, Andrei Codrescu, Gloria Vando, Michael Rapier,
Anne Waldman, and David Ray. It is illustrated with drawings from the late James Dean Pruner and contains an in memoriam piece
for Pruner by Tony Allard.
box 146, folder 1
Still Breathing, v. 1-3. Los Angeles
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
This zine by Robin Rumack is published by Madhouse Publishing and features poems, wit, art, sarcasm, short stories, essays,
a review or two, and guest artists.
box 344, folder 6
Street Art and Contemporary Art. Beverly Hills.
2015 September 30 and October 1
box 146, folder 2
A Student's Guide to Protesting. San Francisco.
1993 August
box 146, folder 3
STUFF, no. 2. Pittsburgh.
1998 November
box 146, folder 4
Stupid Comics, v. 1, no. 2. Orange.
2003 October
Scope and Content
Both copies of this comic book are accompanied by a DJ Z-Trip compact disc entitled
For Those About To Vote We Salute You. The liner notes explain that this mix was originally performed live at the Root Down in Los Angeles shortly before the start
of the war.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two Compact Discs (CDs).
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for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 146, folder 5
Subculture Magazine, no. 4. Whittier.
1994 September/October
Scope and Contents
This bimonthly journal dedicated to Latino culture, music and lifestyle is published and edited by Steve Martinez and includes
features on El Grito, Joe Servantez, JV the "Nayba'Hood Queen," and Proposition 187, the "Save Our State" initiative.
box 146, folder 6
Suitcase, v. 1, no. 1-2. Los Angeles.
1995
Scope and Contents
This "journal of transcultural traffic" is signed to Griffin by founder/editor/designer Babak Nahid.
box 146, folder 7
Sulfur, v. 2, no. 1, issue 4. Pasadena.
1982
box 146, folder 7
Sulfur, v. 10, no. 2, issue 27. Pasadena.
1990
box 146, folder 8
Sunset Palms Hotel, v. 1, no. 2. Santa Monica.
1973 Summer
Biographical / Historical
Michael C. Ford's Mt. Alverno Press published nine issues of Sunset Palms Hotel between 1973 and 1983.
Scope and Contents
Michael C. Ford edited this issue with Bill Yaryan and Colman Andrews. This issue features "more used cars and more racket
gals exposed." The title page features the following words from James Jameson: "The Sunset Palms hotel/ Or the Hollywood Psalms
hotel/ Or the smell of hell motel/ Go tell your name/ Los Angeles."
box 146, folder 8
Sunset Palms Hotel, v. 1, no. 3. Santa Monica.
1973 Winter
Scope and Contents
This charted and uncharted territories issue includes travelogues by the following: Ahmos Zu Bolton III, Eloise Klein Healy,
Manuel Bandeira, Douglas Blazek, and Ronald Koertge.
box 146, folder 8
Sunset Palms Hotel, v. 2, no. 4. Santa Monica.
1974 Spring
Scope and Contents
This Electric Academic issue includes poems from the following guests: Luis Campos, Wanda Coleman, Eloise Klein Healy, Tom
Waits, Alison Sky, and Ronald Koertge. This issue features pen and ink drawings on the cover and within by Charles Bukowski.-
box 146, folder 8
Sunset Palms Hotel, v. 2, no. 5. Santa Monica.
1974 Summer
Scope and Contents
This Murder in the Academy issue is dedicated to Stuart Z. Perkoff and includes work by Harry E Northup, Liza Williams, Michael
McClure, Miriam Simos, and William Pillin.
box 146, folder 8
Sunset Palms Hotel, v. 3, no. 6. Santa Monica.
1975 Summer
Scope and Contents
This Silent Movies issue is dedicated to the memory of Lawrence Lipton and includes work by Bob Greenfield, F.A. Nettlebeck,
Bill Morrison, Gerald Locklin, Charles R. Hockett, Brad Darby, and Lyn Lifshin.
box 146, folder 9
Sushi By The Pool, no. 2. Canoga Park.
undated
box 146, folder 10
Swill. Claremont.
undated
Scope and Contents
Swill is a publication produced by students of Pomona College.
box 146, folder 11
Synaesthesia, no. 4. Hickory.
1991
box 146, folder 12
The Tale Of: "God To The Rescue Of The Earth!" no. 1. Los Angeles.
1991 January 20
box 146, folder 13
Tales From The Zone. Los Angeles.
1991 - 1999
Biographical / Historical
This is the official newsletter of the L.A. Cacophony Society. According to the front page, the Society's members state the
following: "We are the new merry pranksters providing an escape hatch for people caught up in the grid of modern life. The
Cacophony Society has no rules and no leaders. You may already be a member!"
Scope and Content
1991 (January and July/August), no. 4 (undated), no. 6 (1991 December), no. 10 (1992 April), no. 14 (1992 August), no. 16
(1992 October), no. 20 (1993 February), no. 29 (1993 November), no. 30 (1993 December), no. 32 (1994 February), no. 43 (1995
January), no. 47-48 (1995 May-June), no. 56 (1996 February), no. 63 (1996 October), no. 64 (1996 November), no. 71 (1996 June),
no. 86 (1998 September), no. 87 (1998 October), no. 98 (1999 September).
box 147, folder 1
A Taste Of Justice, v. 1, no. 1. Hollywood.
1990 Summer
Scope and Contents
Poems by Justice Howard.
box 147, folder 1
A Taste Of Justice, v. 1, no. 2. Hollywood.
1990 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Memoirs While Reaching Up To Play Handball On The Curb" by Justice Howard.
box 147, folder 2
Tears In The Fence, no. 44-46, 48-49. Blandford Forum
circa 2007-2009
box 147, folder 5
Testicle Pressure, v. 8, no. 1. Rego Park.
1994 August
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One audiocassette.
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for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
This zine is accompanied by a Propulsion Records Exploitation audiocassette.
box 147, folder 6
Theatre Historical Society of America, no. 14. Elmhurst.
1987
box 147, folder 6
Theatre Historical Society of America, no. 30. Elmhurst.
2003
box 147, folder 7
the-hold.com, no. 35. Deptford.
2000 August
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Michael McNeilley.
box 147, folder 8
Third Lung Review, no. 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17-19. Conover
1988-90, 1994-97
Biography/History
Third Lung Review began as an annual publication that coincided with the Third Lung Press Poetry Contest.
box 148, folder 1
This Is Important, no. 10. Los Angeles.
1985
Biographical / Historical
Illuminati is Peter Schneidre's small press handle. According to Griffin, Schneidre published hundreds and hundreds of quality
titles in his time.
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by F.A. Nettelbeck and published by Illuminati. It contains work by John Levin, Susan Osterman, Jack
Micheline, Ron Androla, Mitchell Rhodes, and Todd Moore.
box 148, folder 2
Thought, no. 1.
2000 April
Scope and Contents
This publication features an excerpt from a history paper written by a cat on LSD.
box 148, folder 3
Thought For Food, editions 3 and 4. Los Angeles.
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
This zine was created by Exene Cervenka.
box 148, folder 4
Time, v. 73, no. 6. Chicago.
1959 February 9
box 148, folder 4
Time. New York.
2001 September 11
box 148, folder 5
Tits & Clits, no. 7. Berkeley.
1987 November
Scope and Contents
This comic was created by Joyce Farmer and Mary Fleener.
box 344, folder 7
TO, v. 1, no. 1. Narberth.
1992
box 344, folder 7
TO, v. 1, no. 2. Narberth.
1993
box 148, folder 6
Tobey C. Moss Gallery. Los Angeles.
2005
Scope and Contents
This catalog is the
From George Herms With Love exhibition of Assemblage, Collage, and Prints from the last of the Los Angeles "Beat" Culture. This catalog is signed by
George Herms.
box 148, folder 7
Toltec Poetry Review. North Hollywood.
1990 July/August - November/December
Scope and Contents
This program/journal focuses on "Free, Positive, Constructive, and Supportive" poetry workshops at the Lankershim Arts Center.
box 148, folder 8
Too Much Coffee Man Full Color Special, no. 1. Austin.
1996 July
box 148, folder 9
Tortilla, v. 2. Maywood.
1994 Winter
Biographical / Historical
Tortilla is a non-profit publication created and funded by Aida Salazar. It is published and distributed quarterly,
Scope and Contents
This is a Chicano/Lation based publication with contributors such as Eddie Torres, La Malinche, Sly, Ricardo Nathaniel Santos,
Heather Gonzalez, Alma Rosa Alvarez, and Ruth Razo.
box 148, folder 10
Traffic Report. Santa Monica.
1998 April
Scope and Contents
This 18th Street Art Complex publication includes a feature on Self Help Graphics and work by Luis Alfaro, Pleasant Gehman,
Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Barbara J. Genovese, Ellyn Maybe, and Eric C. Wat.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 1. North Coventry.
1993 Spring
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication includes writing by Charles Bukowski, Jack Micheline, Charles Plymell, and John Montgomery.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 2. North Coventry.
1993 Summer
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication includes writing by Charles Bukowski, Jack Micheline, Jack Kerouac, and Anne Waldman.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 3. North Coventry.
1993 Late Summer
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication is a Jack Kerouac Special issue.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 4. North Coventry.
1993 Autumn
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication is the Carolyn Cassady interview issue.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 5. North Coventry.
1994 early
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication includes writing from Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and Philip Whalen.
box 148, folder 11
Transit, no. 7. North Coventry.
1996 November
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication features writing by Diane di Prima, A.D. Winans, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, and Edie Kerouac Parker.
box 148, folder 12
Transit, no. 9. North Coventry.
1999 Winter
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication features writing by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane di Prima, Gerald Nicosia, Janine Pommy Vega, and Linda King.
box 148, folder 12
Transit, no. 10. North Coventry.
2002 Spring
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication features writing by Charles Bukowski, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman, Aram Saroyan, Charles Plymell, A.D. Winans,
Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and Billy Childish.
box 148, folder 12
Transit, no. 11. North Coventry.
2002 Summer
Scope and Contents
This
Beat Scene publication features writing by Michael McClure, Joanne Kyger, Janine Pommy Vega, Charles Plymell, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
box 148, folder 14
Tsunami, v. 2, no. 2. Venice.
1989 Spring
Scope and Contents
Tsunami is published by Earthquake Press and includes writing from Amy Uyematsu, Cherry Jean Vasconcellos, Marcia Cohee, and Denise
Dumars.
box 148, folder 14
Tsunami, v. 3, no. 1. Venice.
1990 Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue features "The Next Wave" in which the editors discuss the last fifteen years of poetry in Los Angeles.
box 148, folder 14
Tsunami, v. 3, no. 2. Venice.
1990 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue features work from Paula Thompson, Regina Rocca, Laurel Ann Bogen, Michael C. Ford, Lisa D. Chavez, and Ellyn Maybe.
box 148, folder 15
Turning The Tide, v. 27, no. 1. Culver City.
2014 January-March
Biographical / Historical
This journal is published by the Inter-Communal Solidarity Committee.
box 193, folder 15
TV Click. Portland.
1989 October 15-21
box 152, folder 8
Twin Palms Publishers. Santa Fe.
1993
box 148, folder 16
Under Pant, v. 2.
1999
Scope and Content
Poems and illustrations by Paddy Campanaro.
box 148, folder 17
The Understated, no. 3. Los Angeles.
2002 March
box 148, folder 18
The ULC News, v. 36, no. 5. Modesto.
1998 Fall
Scope and Contents
This Universal Life Church (ULC) newsletter is published quarterly from the ULC's international headquarters in Modesto, California.
box 149, folder 1
The Unquiet Desperation, v. 1, no. 13.
2007 May
box 149, folder 3
UnTV, no. 1. Glendale.
1992 Fall
box 149, folder 4
Up On The Roof, v. 1, no. 4. Denver.
undated
Biographical / Historical
Up On The Roof is the magazine of the Urban Peak Creative Writing Workshop.
box 149, folder 5
Urban Explorer, v. 2, no. 1. Culver City.
1994 January
Scope and Contents
This issue includes a feature on Abbot Kinney's Venice.
box 149, folder 6
URTHKIN, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1978 March
Biographical / Historical
This issue is edited and published by Larry Ziman and typed by Gertrude Dwyer.
box 149, folder 7
Vacancy, no. 3. Valparaiso.
2006 Summer
box 149, folder 8
Vagabond, v. 1, no. 2. Rosemead.
1999 Spring
box 149, folder 9
Vagabond White Paper, no. 5. Santa Monica.
circa 1983
Scope and Contents
This issue features Bern Porter interviewed by Phil Nurenberg. It is signed by Nurenberg, "a fan of The Tribe," to Mister
and Missus Mike Bruner.
box 149, folder 10
Veins, v. 1, no. 1. Philadelphia.
1994 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue features "Remnants of Labor Day" and "Anything Baby" by L.A.'s Punk Hostage Press pioneer Iris Berry.
box 149, folder 11
Venice Thirteen, v. 1, no. 1. Venice.
1994 Spring
Biographical / Historical
This is a communal project printed by Bayrock Press which contains the work of thirteen members of the Venice Poetry Workshop.
Scope and Contents
This issue is signed by Luis Campos.
box 149, folder 12
Verve, v. 2, nos. 1-3; v. 3 nos. 1-4. Simi Valley
1990 Spring - 1991 Winter
box 149, folder 14
Vice Versa, v. 4, nos. 1-3; v. 5, nos. 1-3. Chicago
1989-1990
Biographical / Historical
This "zine of the times" published poetry and short stories.
box 149, folder 15
Village View, v. 6, no. 31. Los Angeles.
1992 March 6-12
Scope and Contents
This issue features a cover story on Harry Crews.
box 149, folder 16
Violent Virgins, no. 16. Pittsburgh.
undated
Scope and Contents
This issue features poems in dialogue by Rane Arroyo and Paul Weinman.
box 150, folder 1
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 1. Newhall.
1983 Spring
Scope and Contents
This is a new quarterly published by Los Angeles Poets' Press (LAPP). According to the editorial poem, this publication is
"a magazine of poetic persuasions & uncharted visual adventures." The Coordinating Editor for this issue is Luis Campos.
box 150, folder 1
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 2. Newhall.
1983 Summer
Scope and Contents
This issue features Coordinating Editor Richard J. Weekly.
box 150, folder 1
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. A. Newhall.
1984 June
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by Richard J. Weekly and features poems by John "Jack" Brander. It is signed to Griffin by Brander.
box 150, folder 1
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 4. Newhall.
1984 June
Scope and Contents
This issue's Coordinating Editor is Tina Megali.
box 150, folder 1
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 5. Newhall.
1984 Fall
Scope and Contents
This issue's Coordinating Editor is Richard J. Weekley.
box 150, folder 2
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 8. Newhall.
1986 Spring
Scope and Contents
Coordinating Editors for this issue are Richard J. Weekley and Tina Landrum Megali.
box 150, folder 2
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 9. Newhall.
undated
Scope and Contents
Coordinating Editor for this issue is Jerry Danielsen.
box 150, folder 2
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 10. Newhall.
1987
Scope and Contents
This issue is edited by Richard J. Weekley, Rina Landrum Megali, and Jerry Danielsen with assistance from Spiritual Advisor
Heidi York.
box 150, folder 2
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 11. Newhall.
1987
Scope and Contents
Coordinating Editor for this issue is Jerry Danielsen.
box 150, folder 2
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 12. Newhall.
1988 Spring
Scope and Contents
Coordinating Editors for this issue are Richard J. Weekley and Tina Megali. The cover features a graphic for "Wind and Water
and Stone" by Octavio Paz.
box 150, folder 3
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 13. Newhall.
1989 Winter
Scope and Contents
The Coordinating Editor for this issue is Tina Megali.
box 150, folder 3
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 14. Newhall.
1989
Scope and Contents
The Coordinating Editor for this issue is Heidi York.
box 150, folder 3
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 15. Newhall.
1990 Winter
Scope and Contents
The Coordinating Editor for this issue is Jerry Danielsen.
box 150, folder 3
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 16. Newhall.
1990 Spring
Scope and Contents
Richard J. Weekley is the Coordinating Editor for this issue dedicated to William Stafford.
box 150, folder 4
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 17. Newhall.
1990 Fall
Scope and Contents
The Coordinating Editor for this issue is Donald McLeod.
box 150, folder 4
VOL. NO. Magazine, no. 18. Newhall.
1991 Fall
Scope and Contents
The Coordinating Editor for this "Between a Poet & a Hard Spot" issue is Donald McLeod.
box 150, folder 5
Warner Grand Theatre. San Pedro.
2001 January
Scope and Contents
This program was published for the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the theatre.
box 150, folder 6
Water Row Books Catalogue, no. 72. Sudbury.
1997
Biography/History
Water Row Books is a bookseller and publisher specializing in Beat books, graphix, used/new/rare, and avant-garde literature
since 1982.
box 150, folder 6
Water Row Books Catalogue, no. 73. Sudbury.
1998
box 150, folder 7
Weak, no. 3. Santa Cruz.
undated
box 344, folder 8
West Coast Poetry Review, issue 12, v. 3, no. 4. Reno.
1974
box 150, folder 8
Westways, v. 100, no. 1. Santa Ana.
2008 January/February
Scope and Contents
This issue's cover feature is on L.A.'s historic movie palaces.
box 150, folder 9
Whoreson Dog, no. 1. Pasadena.
1993 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue edited by Mark Thorpe and Dennis Nishi includes the following writers: Lyn Lifshin, Marael Johnson, Gerald Locklin,
Bill Mohr, Todd Moore, Belinda Subraman, Bayla Winters, Michael C. Ford, and Charles Bukowski.
box 150, folder 10
Wicked Mission, no. 3. Moreno Valley.
undated
box 150, folder 10
Wicked Mission, no. 3.5. Moreno Valley.
undated
box 150, folder 11
Wildflowers, v. 10. Woodstock.
2009 Summer Solstice
Scope and Contents
This Woodstock mountain poetry anthology includes work by Lee Ann Brown, Andy Clausen, Hettie Jones, Louise Landes Levi, Thurston
Moore, Marc Olmsted, and Janine Pommy Vega. This issue is signed by Olmsted.
box 344, folder 9
William Blake: Book Illustrator, v. 1. Normal.
1972
box 150, folder 12
WIRE, v. 10. Highland Park.
1990 Fall/1991 Winter
Scope and Contents
This issue In Memoriam: Lorri Jackson (1962-1990) and Thomas McGrath (1916-1990).
box 151, folder 1
The Word. Richardson.
1997 January
box 151, folder 2
Words Dance, no. 13.
2013 Summer
Scope and Contents
This poetry mag edited by Amanda Oaks and includes writing by A. Razor, Carrie Rudzinski, John Dorsey, and Shinji Moon.
box 151, folder 3
Work, no. 1. Granada Hills.
circa 2004
Scope and Contents
This zine is signed to Griffin by Xerox cover artist Rob Zabrecky.
box 151, folder 4
The Wormwood Review, v. 29, no. 1, issue 113. Stockton.
1989
box 151, folder 4
The Wormwood Review, v. 30, no. 1, issue 117. Stockton.
1990
box 151, folder 5
The Wormwood Review, v. 36, no. 3, issue 143. Stockton.
1996
Scope and Contents
This issue features Gerald Locklin's
The Last Round-Up.
box 151, folder 6
Xylophone, no. 2.
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Tony to Griffin is inserted into this issue.
box 151, folder 7
Young and Stoned, no. 2. Los Angeles.
undated
box 151, folder 8
Zap Comix, no. 8. San Francisco.
1975
Scope and Contents
This issue features cover art by R. Crumb.
box 151, folder 8
Zap Comix, no. 10. San Francisco.
1982
Scope and Contents
This issue features illustrations by R. Crumb.
box 151, folder 8
Zap Comix, no. 11. San Francisco.
1985
Scope and Contents
This issue features illustrations by R. Crumb.
box 151, folder 9
Zeal Magazine, v. 1, no. 2. Long Beach.
1999 Spring
Scope and Contents
This issue includes features on Wicca, the one day heroin detox phenomenon, and Russians in L.A.
box 151, folder 9
Zeal Magazine, v. 1, no. 4. Long Beach.
1999 Fall
box 151, folder 10
Zen Baby, no. 19. Santa Cruz.
circa 2008
Scope and Contents
This zine by Christopher Robin features a photo of Griffin on the inside of the back cover with the following caption: "S.A.
Griffin Gets Kinky ZB Zine & Stumpfucker Calvacade."
box 151, folder 11
Zendik Farm. Boulevard.
circa 1988-1990
Scope and Contents
This is the official publication of the Zendik Farm Arts Commune. This folder contains three issues.
box 151, folder 12
Zip Code, no. 1-3. Northampton
1989
box 151, folder 13
Zomoid, v. 1, no. 7. Los Angeles.
1984
box 151, folder 13
Zomoid, v. 3, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1984
box 151, folder 14
Zygote In My Coffee, no. 2. Kettering.
2006 Fall
box 151, folder 14
Zygote In My Coffee, no. 100. Kettering.
2008
box 151, folder 15
ZYZZYVA, v. 15, no. 1. San Francisco.
1999 Spring
box 154, box 155, box 156, box 157, box 158, box 159
Manuscripts
circa 1965-2012
Scope and Content
These manuscripts, which are organized alphabetically by author, include poetry submissions by writers such as Wanda Coleman,
Laurel Ann Bogen, francEyE, and Todd Moore sent to Griffin for consideration for
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and periodicals Griffin published, as well as drafts and galleys of materials published by Rose of Sharon Press. Some folders
include correspondence to Griffin and ephemera shared with him.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SUBSERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 154, folder 4
Alvarado, Rafael FJ
1989-1993
box 154, folder 10
Bender, Skie
1988 August
Scope and Contents
This folder also includes manuscripts by Kathi Georges and Tony Vaughan.
box 154, folder 11
Bennett, John
2000 January
box 154, folder 12
Bogen, Laurel Ann
2000, undated
box 154, folder 14-15
Brewer, Jack
1991, undated
Biography/History
Griffin met Jack Brewer at an X=Art show that they were both booked on and have remained friends. For many years Brewer would
improvise on guitar while Griffin worked the words. Brewer created The Lofty Canaanites sometime in the early 2000s, an improvisational
punk/jazz band with Joe Baiza, Steve Reed, and Bob Lee with Brewer and Griffin as the front men. Bob Lee was replaced by Brian
Christopherson for future incarnations.
box 154, folder 16
Brown, Eric
1992, undated
box 154, folder 18-20
Bruner, Michael Lane
undated, 1992, 1996, 2005
Biography/History
Michael Lane Bruner is a friend of Griffin's who he met at The Water Espresso Gallery during the early 1980s in Hollywood.
Bruner, Griffin, Doug Knott, and Mike M. Mollett created The Lost Tribe. Later, with Bobbo Staron and Scott Wannberg, they
reformed as The Carma Bums. Still working together, most recently as The Lost Bums (Bruner, Griffin, Knott, and Mollett) they
created a CD of readings and spontaneous raps produced by Bruner
The Lost Bums: Ozark Revelations (2016) and forthcoming
The Hideous Bible (Rose of Sharon). Griffin published and edited Bruner's book
Natural Geographics (Rose of Sharon) in 2014. Bruner is now the head of admissions at Georgia State University. While working towards his double
Masters at the University of Washington, Seattle in 1994, Bruner would bring The Carma Bums into the new frontier of the Internet
via the tech department at the university resulting in The Carma Bums International Superhighway Tour of Words, considered
the first poetry website of its kind featuring original writing, graphic images, and hyperlinks.
box 154, folder 24
Cherkovski, Neeli
1988
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a copy of "Charles Bukowski Notes On A Dirty Old Man" with Cherkovski's annotations and edits. This document
is signed by Cherkovski.
box 154, folder 27-28
Cohee, Marcia
1993, undated
box 155, folder 1
Cohol, Alan
1988
Scope and Contents
This folder also contains a manuscript by Jerry Gordon.
box 155, folder 2
Coleman, Wanda
undated
Scope and Content
In addition to "South Central Death Trip," this folder contains four "unpublished" poems.
box 155, folder 12
Field, Edward
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 155, folder 15
Ford, Michael C.
circa 1989
box 155, folder 18-21
francEyE
1989, 1998, 2006, 2008
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Folder 21 contains one 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
Folder 18: francEyE or Frances Dean Smith included correspondence and photos with her poems (1998).
Folder 19: "Hermosa Beach Reading" manuscript (1989).
Folder 20: Book manuscript for Rose of Sharon Press (2006).
Folder 21: Galleys for
Call and digital text proof (2008).
box 155, folder 22
Freedman, Allen J.
undated
box 155, folder 26
Nelson, Gary
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder also contains a photo for Griffin signed by Nelson.
box 155, folder 28
Gehman, Pleasant
1994, 1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
In addition to her bio, this folder contains submissions such as "White Trash Apocalypse" and "The Girl Next Door."
box 156, folder 4
Griffin, Spencer Lane
1997
Scope and Contents
This folder contains galleys for
When Is The Future?
box 156, folder 6
Herrmanson, Briggs
undated
box 156, folder 18-23
Knott, Doug
1986-1988, 1991-1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007-2008, 2011-2012
box 156, folder 24
Koertge, Ron
1998
Scope and Contents
This folder contains photocopies of Venice West photos. The annotations on the photocopies are by Griffin.
box 157, folder 4
Lewis, Ben Porter
1998, undated
box 157, folder 5
Lewison-Snyder, Juanita
2010
box 157, folder 15
Mason, Keith Antar
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 157, folder 18
Maxwell, Ann Marie
1991, circa 2001
Scope and Contents
This folder contains Maxwell's manuscript,
Affair with a Viper: The Unexpurgated, True Story of Neal Cassady & Anne Murphy.
box 157, folder 19
Maybe, Ellyn
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 157, folder 22
Meloan, Mike
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a story Meloan read at John Martin's retirement party/Charles Bukowski's birthday party in Linda Bukowski's
backyard in San Pedro.
box 157, folder 23
Mickenburg, Risa
circa 1997
box 157, folder 25
Mollett, Mike M.
circa 1994
box 157, folder 27
Moore, Todd
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
In addition to poems, this folder contains a floppy disk labeled
Outlaw Bible and a photo of Moore outside in front of wall tagged
DILLINGER.
box 157, folder 36
Nicosia, Gerald
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder contains his play about Jack Kerouac, "Jack in Ghost-Town."
box 158, folder 1
Northup, Harry E.
1978, 1991, undated
box 158, folder 4
Pliura, Vytautas
1993, 1998
box 158, folder 5
Plymell, Charles
circa 1999
Scope and Contents
This folder includes Plymell's "Cool Hobohemian's 1950's Bennies From Heaven Poem" printed on the back of an image of Plymell
in Kansas in 1952. This image is inscribed to Griffin and signed by Plymell.
box 158, folder 9
Pommy Vega, Janine
1999
Scope and Contents
This folder also includes work by Andy Clausen.
box 158, folder 10
Prado, Holly
1998, undated
box 158, folder 11
Ridenour, Alan
undated
Scope and Contents
Ridenour signed his "Class Clown" poem, Reverend Al.
box 158, folder 12
Rios, Frank T.
2002, undated
Scope and Contents
This folder includes collages and a
Memoirs of a Street Poet flyer for his book release and reading at Sponto Gallery.
box 158, folder 13
Robbins, Doren
circa 1998
box 158, folder 14
Robertson, Bill
2009
Biography/History
Robertson knew francEyE and began communication with Griffin after she passed in order to obtain copies of her book
Call, which Griffin edited and published on his Rose of Sharon Press.
box 158, folder 17
J.S.
undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts include a poem and academic pieces on Tony Scibella and John Fante.
box 158, folder 19
Schmeeckle, Roger
1989
Scope and Contents
Materials include his poem inspired by The Carma Bums.
box 158, folder 23
Sic
1998-1999
Processing Information
Five Norton AntiVirus floppy disks for Windows 95 and one America Online for Windows disk labeled and moved to the Digital
Archivist's media library.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fifty-seven 3.5 inch floppy disks and four iomega Macintosh formatted Zip Disks.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Biography/History
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse was a small press broadside, cum magazine published and edited by Rafael FJ Alvarado and S.A. Griffin. Originally a broadside,
in time becoming an alt lit poetry, art, lit, music magazine in 1998 with hook or crook distribution around the country. Alvarado
and Griffin had a falling out over the magazine after the 8th issue when Griffin gave it all to him. Griffin completed the
editing for the 9th issue without credit before his departure.
Scope and Contents
Materials include poems, art work, Zip disks and floppy disks.
box 159, folder 5-6
Stevens, Blakeslee
1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1999, undated
box 159, folder 12
Thomas, John
1990
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a piece Thomas wrote about the popularity of his poetry among the "idle rich."
box 159, folder 14
Tomas
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder contains "A Black Man With A Message" poem.
box 159, folder 16
Trendle, Tammy
circa 2006
Scope and Contents
This folder includes annotated proofs of
Interchangeable Goddesses, published by Griffin's Rose of Sharon Press.
box 159, folder 17
Trzyna, Christine
undated
box 159, folder 18
Various submissions
undated
box 159, folder 22
Walsh, Joy
1987
Scope and Contents
This folder includes correspondence between Griffin and Walsh concerning
Moody Street Irregulars.
box 159, folder 23
Wannberg, Scott
1989
Scope and Contents
This folder contains typescripts and art for Wannberg's
The Electric Yes Indeed, published by Griffin on Shelf Life Press.
box 159, folder 24-26
Ward, Ed
1990, 1998, 2003
Scope and Contents
Folder 24: Correspondence and submissions for
SIC and
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.
Folder 25: Correspondence and stills from the movieo,
The First Time.
Folder 26: Bound Xerox of Ward's manuscript, "Lucy & Eddie."
box 159, folder 30
Wilson, Jessica M.
2012
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a manuscript of "Marie Morrison," inscribed to Griffin and signed by Wilson.
box 160, box 161, box 152, box 153
Writings about Griffin
Scope and Content
These articles about Griffin are organized alphabetically by folder title and contain press about Griffin's work as a writer,
performer, and publisher, ranging in topic from his Rose of Sharon small press imprint to The Carma Bums and The Poetry Bomb.
box 152, folder 9
Alibi, v. 19, no. 17. Albuquerque.
2010 April 29-May 5
Scope and Content
An interview with Griffin "Or How I learned to stop worrying and love The Poetry Bomb" appears on page 18.
box 193, folder 1
Arthur, v. 2, no. 28. Glendale.
2008 March
Scope and Content
Griffin's
Numbskull Sutra is featured on page 48 on Thurston Moore's top 40 of 2007.
box 160, folder 1
Asheville Citizen-Times clipping
circa 2010
Scope and Contents
Poetry Bomb preview piece with color photo of Griffin and Elsie.
box 193, folder 2
BAM, v. 20, no. 7, issue 430. Pleasant Hill.
1994 April 8
Scope and Content
Griffin's "Open Ended It" at the Onyx Echo is featured on page 16.
box 160, folder 2
Ben Is Dead, no. 15. Hollywood.
1991 October/November
Scope and Contents
A review of the Diamond Dada show at Al's Bar with MC S.A. Griffin appears on page 8.
box 160, folder 3
Bukowski Memorial clipping
1994
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Times color photo clipping of Griffin pouring beer into a metal cup at the Charles Bukowski memorial outside To The Curb bookstore
in Downtown. This folder also contains a color photocopy of Griffin at Bukowski's grave site.
box 160, folder 4
The Carma Bums clippings
1989-1995
box 152, folder 10
Chiron Review, no. 86.
2009 Spring
Scope and Content
Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta appear on the cover.
box 160, folder 15
Libercal. Los Angeles.
1984 February
Scope and Contents
Where Streets Collide is promoted on page 7.
box 160, folder 7
Conversations, v. 5. Pollock Pines.
2009 May
Scope and Contents
A conversation between B.L. Kennedy and Griffin appears on page 69 of this
Rattlesnake Interview Series.
box 193, folder 5
Drama-Logue, v. 17, no. 18. Hollywood.
1986 May 1-7
Scope and Content
Griffin's work for the Great Peace March is featured on the back cover.
box 160, folder 8
Duckwalking...review
2003
box 160, folder 9
Dusty Dog Reviews, no. 14-15. Mill Valley.
1993
Scope and Contents
A review of
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance appears on page 3.
box 160, folder 10
Flipside, no. 85. Pasadena.
1993 July/August
Scope and Contents
A review of
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance appears in the Book Review section.
box 160, folder 11
HARP, no. 44. Glenwood Springs.
1993 November
Scope and Contents
John Macker's review of
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance appears on page 6.
box 160, folder 12
Home Planet News, v. 14, no. 1, issue 54. High Falls.
2006 Spring
Scope and Contents
A.D. Winans' review of
Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel appears on page 7.
box 160, folder 13
"How to write a love poem"
circa 2007
box 160, folder 14
"Howl to the Bard" clipping
1997
box 153, folder 16
L.A. Weekly clipping
1992 September 18-24
box 160, folder 16
LIVE At My Place, v. 3, no. 4. Los Angeles.
1988 April
Scope and Contents
Griffin is featured in a "Poets For P.E.N. Fundraiser" article on page 11.
box 193, folder 8, box 160, folder 17
Los Angeles Alternative, v. 5, no. 33. Los Angeles.
2006 July 14-20
Scope and Contents
Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta are featured on the cover and interviewed along with Pleasant Gehman and Ellyn Maybe about Griffin's
work and the poetry scene in Los Angeles.
box 153, folder 17
Los Angeles Reader, v. 12, no. 44. Los Angeles.
1990 August 17
Scope and Content
A feature on The Carma Bums appears on page 20.
box 153, folder 18
Los Angeles Reader, v. 16, no. 18. Los Angeles.
1994 February 11
Scope and Content
Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta are featured on the cover sharing a hot dog at Original Tommy's, 2575 Beverly Boulevard for
"Merrill Shindler's Guide to Anti-Romantic Dining."
box 153, folder 18
Los Angeles Reader, v. 18, no. 40. Los Angeles.
1996 July 12
Scope and Content
A feature on The Carma Bums appears on page 18.
box 152, folder 12
Los Angeles Times clipping
1994 March 21
box 160, folder 18
The Lost Tribe promo
1986
Scope and Contents
An image of The Lost Tribe appears on page 24 of this issue of
Element Magazine.
box 160, folder 19
The Miskatonic Quarterly, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1998 Spring
Scope and Content
This issue features Griffin's recollection of his missing time experience.
box 160, folder 20
Natural Awakenings, no. 1.
2010 May
Scope and Contents
This issue previews The Poetry Bomb's arrival in Wilmington at Pomegranate.
box 160, folder 21
Next...Magazine, v. 2, no. 6.
1996 August
Scope and Contents
The Carma Bums are featured on the cover and and an interview with them appears on page 8.
box 160, folder 21
Next...Magazine, v. 3, no. 11.
1997 January
Scope and Contents
An image of Griffin reading at Jazzbeat appears on page 5.
box 193, folder 11
Oakland Tribune. Oakland.
1977 July 3
Scope and Content
Griffin is featured for his role as Tony in
West Side Story.
box 160, folder 22
O.C. Register clipping
1993 March 11
Scope and Contents
This clipping was sent to Griffin by Lee Mallory.
box 160, folder 23
O.C. Register clipping
2001 June 5
Scope and Contents
This clipping previews Griffin's performance at The Gypsy Den Cafe and Reading Room in Costa Mesa.
box 153, folder 19
O.C. Weekly, v. 1, no. 39. Costa Mesa.
1996 June 7-13
Scope and Content
A feature on The Carma Bums appears on page 22.
box 160, folder 24
Outsider Writers Interview/Online
2007
Scope and Contents
Griffin discusses
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Bukowski, The Lost Tribe, The Carma Bums, White Trash Apocalypse, New Word Order, Venice West, and The Lady.
box 160, folder 25
The Poetry Bomb clippings
2010
Scope and Contents
The New Yorker,
Los Angeles Times, and KCET clippings concerning Griffin's five-week U.S. tour with Elsie, The Poetry Bomb which he describes as a "weapon
of mass discussion."
box 160, folder 26
Poetry Flash clipping
1995 September
Scope and Contents
Preview for Griffin's reading at When Words Collide: The First Annual Long Beach Spoken Word Festival.
box 160, folder 27
"Poetry, The Internet, and The Process of Collaboration"
2008 July 10
Scope and Contents
Griffin is interviewed by Diana Bonebrake.
box 161, folder 1
Rattlesnake Review, no. 17. Pollock Pines.
2008 Spring
Scope and Contents
Numbskull Sutra is reviewed by B.L. Kennedy on page 40.
box 161, folder 2, box 152, folder 11
Reviews
1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2009
box 161, folder 3
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, no. 66. Tenerife.
2013
Scope and Contents
An interview with Griffin, "Small Press Legends: S.A. Griffin" appears on page 155.
box 161, folder 4
Secrets of the Luxor Pyramid clippings
circa 1997
Scope and Contents
Reviews of Griffin's performance as Dr. Osiris.
box 161, folder 5
Small Press Review, v. 35, no. 7-8, issues 366-367. Paradise.
2003 July-August
Scope and Contents
A review of
Duckwalking Thru the Apocalypse appears on the front page.
box 161, folder 6
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, v. 2, no. 2. Santa Cruz.
2012 February 12
Scope and Contents
"Sparring Spotlight On S.A. Griffin" appears on page 45 alongside his "Occupy" collage. This piece features Griffin's partial
lists "off the top of his head" for the following: Some Folks No Longer With Us, Artists, Bands/Musicians, Bookstores, Cable
Access, Cafes, Clubs, Libraries, Theatres as Reading Venues & Backyards Where Things Happened, Films/Docs, Mag/Zines, Party
Line, Poetry Workshops, Performance, Photographers, Radio, Reading Series & Opens, Records Labels, and Record Stores.
box 193, folder 14
The Taos News. Taos.
1989 August 24
Scope and Content
The Carma Bums are featured in the "Tempo" section.
box 161, folder 7
Taproot Reviews
circa 1993
Scope and Contents
Review of
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance with correspondence from Steve Hartmann.
box 161, folder 8
Unborn Again press release
2001 March 13
box 152, folder 13
The Union Prospector
2010 May 27
Scope and Content
A preview of The Poetry Bomb appears on page 5.
box 161, folder 9
Wajlemac, no. 9. Larkspur.
1990
Scope and Contents
Review of
A One Legged Man Standing On Hollywood Blvd. Smoking A Cigarette appears in the "Like Poetry and Fiction Man" section.
box 162, box 163, box 164, box 165, box 166, box 167, box 168
Subject files
1973-2014
Scope and Content
The subject files on poets, musicians, performance spaces, bookstores, small presses, and organizations contain clippings,
photographs, and ephemera Griffin collected and are organized alphabetically by subject.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SUBSERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
SUBSERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 162, folder 1
Alfonso, Ralph
1997-1999
Scope and Content
Biography and clippings.
Biography/History
Ralph Alfonso is a writer, publisher, and musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada involved in the Canadian punk scene. Alonso
is editor and publisher of
Ralph Magazine, a Beat, pop, and poetry fanzine and he also founded Bongo Beat records and books.
box 162, folder 2
Amsterdam
1993
Scope and Content
Amsterdam hotel brochure, coffeeshop guide, maps, and city profiles.
Biography/History
Tony Scibella and S.A. Griffin took a trip to the Cannabis Cup in 1998, in Griffin's words, "to be in the one place on Earth
where smoking pot was openly celebrated." Scibella and Griffin stayed at the Lucky Mother's Inn and had (Sic) Vice & Verse
journalist identification cards made to try to crash the Cup. They failed to get in, but when they did make it to the free
to public Cannabis Cup pot expo with the identification displayed, many of the attendees were convinced that they were Feds
from the United States. Since neither had the money to pay for passes to the Cup, they ended up spending the majority of their
time walking around Amsterdam stoned, or hanging at the Lucky Mother's where Scibella shared tales of his beatnik glory.
box 162, folder 3-4
Asphodel Book Shop
1996, 2005, 2006
Scope and Content
Copies of the store's catalogue and Griffin's
Asphodel, That Greeny Bookstore (for Tessa Lowell) broadside.
Biography/History
This bookstore in Cleveland, Ohio was owned and operated by Jim Lowell. Lowell was in the mimeo revolution and a friend of
d.a. levy's. Lowell was arrested by narcotics police for distributing obscene literature, and books by levy and others were
confiscated.
Griffin's broadside was created for Tessa Lowell, wife of Jim Lowell for a Rabbits Over Clevyland event honoring d.a. levy.
box 162, folder 5
Beyond Baroque
1984, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2014
Scope and Content
Programs, Harry E. Northup's history of the literary center, clippings, Mark Savage signed Los Angeles Poets photograph, The
Ongoing Dancer Certificate for Richard Modiano, August 2007
Beachhead, and Amelie Frank's annotated award speech.
Biography/History
The Beyond Baroque Literary Art Center is located at 681 Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. It was established by George
Drury Smith in 1968 and has become the premiere place for poets and poetry in Southern California. Griffin has been on the
advisory board since the early 1990s and a member of the curatorial board since 2010. In 2011 he became the first recipient
of Beyond Baroque's Distinguished Service Award.
box 162, folder 6
Black Ace Books/Bowery Press
Scope and Content
Bowery Ace Black Cat Bowery postcards, correspondence to Tony Scibella, copies of typescripts, copies of Black Ace catalogues,
and copies of Scibella's covers:
Later Poems (Bowery 57) and T
urning For Home (Bowery 33).
Biography/History
Black Ace Books: Tony Scibella's bookstore in North Hollywood, California, Denver, Colorado, and Silver Lake. It is also the
publishing imprint created by Tony Scibella as well as the title used for the Venice West / Temple of Man poetry anthology,
Black Ace. Black Ace Books is presently located on Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake, owned and operated by Rose Idlet, Scibella's
former partner. Scibella and Idlet operated Black Ace Books the last few years he was alive at the Silver Lake location. According
to Marsha Getzler, Black Ace spins off of Tony's book
Ace Is Black of Course (Bowery 22) with illustrations by Bill Dailey.
Bowery Press (Bowery Gallery): This imprint was created by Larry Lake of Denver, Colorado. Lake was part of Venice West and
lived in L.A./Venice at one time. Lake co-edited
Mile High Underground with James Ryan Morris and published over 50 numbers in his Bowery series.
box 162, folder 7
Bogen, Laurel Ann
circa 1990
Scope and Content
Programs and postcards for readings and performances including an announcement for
...The Burning: New and Selected Poems, 1970-1990 signed by Bogen.
Biography/History
Laurel Ann Bogen is a friend and an influence on Griffin as a performer and poet. Bogen read her poem "Origami: The Unfolding
Heart" at Griffin's at marriage to Lorraine Perrotta in Griffith Park, September 9, 2000.
box 162, folder 8
Bottle of Smoke Press
Scope and Content
Letterpress items include the following: Bill R. Roberts, Editor Bottle of Smoke business card and a prospectus: All the Wild
Thoughts announcement, as well as a promotional announcement for Gerard Malanga's "Tomboy and Other Tales."
Biography/History
Bill Roberts' small press imprint. Roberts originally worked out of Delaware and presently works out of Wallkill, New York.
Roberts has published Griffin's work in various formats such as
Duckwalking Thru The Apocalypse, all issues of his Bottle anthology, coasters, and
The Poetry Bomb broadside by Ellyn Maybe. Roberts' focus is on work from the Beat era, alternative, mimeo (d.a. levy), Charles Bukowski,
and others. He makes books by hand using an old letterpress with moveable type. Griffin used Roberts' mimeo machine to make
the on-the-spot publications that resulted from Rabbits Over Clevyland (Mac's Backs Books, Cleveland, OH, 2006) and Sal Mimeo
And The Revolution (The Book Collector, Sacramento, CA, 2007).
box 168, folder 1, box 162, folder 9-14, box 163, folder 1-6
Bukowski, Charles
Scope and Content
Box 162: Everything Bukowski including broadsides about Buk, birthday remembrances, postcards, stickers,
Celebrating Bukowski at The Huntington program signed by Neeli Cherkovski, signed poems, signed photographs, signed Paget Press catalogues, Black
Sparrow Press catalogues, Jeffrey H. Weinberg Books catalogues, and
Under the Influence catalogue with photographs by Michael Montfort.
Box 163: More Bukowski materials including Postal Worker USPS stamps, Black Sparrow Press postcards, bookmarks, birthday cards,
posters, clippings, photographs by Michael Montfort, and clippings.
Box 168: Black Sparrow press publicity materials including Charles Bukowski matchbooks.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, Charles Bukowski was an early, important, and lasting influence on his work and a one-man revolution
in post- World War II poetry. Not to be confused with Beat era writers, Bukowski is considered the Godfather of what might
be "meat" or "confessional" poetics.
box 163, folder 7-8
Bukowski, Linda
1996, 2003, 2009
Scope and Content
Linda's color photographs of Griffin and Perrotta, a poem for Lorraine by Linda, President Linda Lee Bukowski's The Charles
Bukowski Foundation stationary, and Owner Linda L. Beighle's Dewdrop Inn business card.
Biography/History
Linda Bukowski is Charles Bukowski's widow who oversees his literary estate. Linda was a friend of Griffin and his wife Lorraine
Perrotta, 1994-2011.
box 163, folder 9
Burroughs, William S.
1993, 1998
Scope and Content
Christopher Felver Beat postcard, UCLA Library select bibiliography, Giorno Poetry Systems catalogue, and
Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts LACMA mailer.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, William S. Burroughs is a cut & paste, original issue Beat writer, innovator, and dream machine prophet
of punk who is a big influence.
box 163, folder 10
The Carma Bums
1990, 1994, 1995
Scope and Content
Mike M. Mollett's "Brief & Non-Expurgated Preliminary History of The Carma Bums", Why We Need To Have A Meeting (Meetings),
and "We Firemen Spray Gasoline" typescript for The Carma Bums Tour of Words 1990.
Biography/History
Performance poetry group created by S.A. Griffin in the summer of 1989 after a trip to Denver where he was on location as
a guest star for a Perry Mason movie of the week
Case of The All Star Assassin. The Carma Bums were conceived to only exist on the road as part poetry, performance, Dada and a lot improv / happening.
The original group was Michael Lane Bruner, S.A. Griffin, Doug Knott, Bobbo Staron, and Scott Wannberg. They invited Laurel
Ann Bogen to be part of the original group, but according to Griffin she declined, saying that she'd "done her time sleeping
on floors." They brought on Ellyn Maybe to open for them. Mike M. Mollett joined the group in 1990. Bobbo Staron dropped out
after 1992. The Carma Bums toured the U.S. and Canada, 1989-2009. In 1994 they travelled to the University of Washington,
Seattle for a week to create The Carma Bums International Superhighway Tour of Words. The Carma Bums mostly toured in Griffin's
1959 Cadillac Farther. The group disbanded after Scott Wannberg's death on August 19, 2011. The Carma Bums are the subject
of the documentary
The Luxurious Tigers of Obnoxious Agreement.
box 163, folder 11
Cohen, Leonard
2009
Scope and Content
"Leonard Cohen: One of Those Guys" Sore Dove Press Release postcard for Robert Humphrey's tribute to Cohen's history as a
poet, novelist, songwriter, and Zen Buddhist.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, Leonard Cohen was a powerful poetic influence about the same time that Griffin began to read Charles
Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and the Beats. Earlier influences would include Carl Sandburg, Edgar Allan Poe, William Ernest Henley,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rod McKuen, and Rudyard Kipling.
box 163, folder 12-13
Coleman, Wanda
2005, 2013
Scope and Content
Poetry Society of America program which honors Coleman, Lhasa Club reading flyer, interviews, and memorial compilation which
includes clippings and "She" poem for Coleman by Austin Straus.
Biography/History
Wanda Coleman was a friend and early supporter of Griffin's work as both a poet and a performer. Coleman named Griffin the
Best Performance Poet for
The LA Weekly in 1989. An influence and mentor to countless young poets and writers, Coleman was mentored by John Thomas and close to Philomene
Long at her death.
box 163, folder 14
Corso, Gregory
1959, 2001
Scope and Content
Corso's 2001
Time Magazine obituary and a clipping from a 1959
Time Magazine which features a photograph of "Beatniks" Corso, Ginsberg and Orlovsky.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, Gregory Corso was a big poetic influence and quite possibly his favorite of the Beat poets. Griffin
considers his Corso's poem "Bomb" one of the most important poems of the 20th Century.
box 163, folder 15
Crews, Harry
Scope and Content
Short film script by R. Bruce Dickson based on the novel
Car by Harry Crews.
Biography/History
Harry Crews was a Southern writer and literary influence on Griffin. Griffin never met him but got to know him through his
friend Bruce Dickson who was working with Crews on a screen adaptation of Crews's story
Car at his death.
box 163, folder 16
Dada
Scope and Content
Articles on Dada and Futurism, postcards, and a piece on The Variety Theatre which includes a phone list of members.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, "Dada is what makes the art wheels and process spin." Griffin was brought into the mail art network
and introduced to Dada ideas by Mike M. Mollett.
box 163, folder 17
Death Row Last Meal Requests
Scope and Content
Last meal requests for Gary Gilmore and other prisoners who were executed.
Biography/History
This human account of what death row inmates request for their last meals was given to Griffin by Peter Lownds.
box 163, folder 18
Drehmer, Aleathia
2007
Scope and Content
Postcards, a brochure, and business cards for the co-editor of
Zygote in My Coffee.
Biography/History
Aleathia Drehmer edited and published Durable Goods, a small, handmade poetry broadside / handout.
box 163, folder 19
Dutton, Doug
2008 March 30
Scope and Content
Text of Doug Dutton's remarks at Dutton's Brentwood Books' closing party.
Biography/History
Doug Dutton owned Dutton's Books in Brentwood where Scott Wannberg worked. According to Griffin, Dutton was an avid supporter
of small press and big personal support for Wannberg.
box 163, folder 20
Exit, Deborah
Scope and Content
Reviews and Lhasa Club gig flyers and for "poet rocker" Deborah Exit.
Biography/History
Deborah Exit (Deborah Sweet) was a poet, performance artist, and producer who ran X=Art during the 1980s in West Hollywood.
X=Art was a floating performance venue featuring musicians, artists, performance artists, and poets all on the same show.
Today Dr. Deborah Sweet is a practicing therapist.
box 163, folder 21
francEyE
2008
Scope and Content
Flyer for publication of
Grandma Stories and color copy of Diana Bonebrake's painting
The Joy Theatre, New Orleans 2006 which was used for the cover of FrancEyE's
Call published by Rose of Sharon Press.
Biography/History
francEyE was a poet, supporter of poets and poetry, and friend of Griffin's. She is the mother of Marina Bukowski, Charles
Bukowski's only child. Griffin edited and published her book Call, the last book to be published for her while she was alive
and the only book published during her life to have color covers and be perfect bound.
box 163, folder 22
Gehman, Pleasant
undated
Scope and Content
A White Trash Apocalypse photograph and book reviews, clippings, and flyers for Burlesk a Go-Go, Honk if yer Horny, The Ringling
Sisters, and
The Underground Guide To Los Angeles.
Biography/History
Pleasant Gehman is a poet, writer, journalist, performance artist, belly dancer, actress, singer, L.A. punk progenitor, and
friend of Griffin's. Gehman was one of the original Go-Gos and a member of the Screaming Sirens, Ringling Sisters, and Honk
if Yr Horny. Gehman created White Trash Apocalypse in 1995 with Iris Berry and S.A. Griffin.
box 163, folder 23
Ginsberg, Allen
1997, circa 2010
Scope and Content
Allen Ginsberg's America commemorative program, a color copy of a Ginsberg photograph, and publicity materials for
Howl.
Biography/History
Allen Ginsberg was a Beat poet 20th century icon. In the late 1980s Griffin asked Ginsberg what he thought poetry might be.
After about three hours of discussion while waiting for his plane at LAX the conclusion was: candor. Griffin believes, "Ginsberg
changed the world with his public reading of Howl, its subsequent publication and landmark trial. There is no Beat movement
without him."
box 163, folder 24
The Grassy Knoll
Scope and Content
A reading flyer and call for journal submissions and a copy of The Grassy Knoll's quarterly journal
onTarget, edited by Anderson Stone.
Biography/History
The Grassy Knoll was a thrift store, coffee shop, and performance venue located on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake during
the 1990s. Griffin read and performed poetry downstairs in the basement, primarily in conjunction with Anderson Stone's poetry
serial
On Target.
box 163, folder 25
Griffin, Spencer
Scope and Content
Poems, artwork, scholastic writing assignments, and various school assignments by Griffin's son.
Biography/History
Spencer Griffin is Griffin's only child by his second wife, Sharon Grish Griffin. Spencer was born in Santa Monica, California
on December 29, 1987 and diagnosed as autistic by Dr. BJ Freeman (UCLA) in 1990. Griffin's brother and sister Robin and Robert
were diagnosed as "mentally retarded" when they were about 1-2 years old, and it was later suggested that they were more than
likely misdiagnosed at the time, both of them quite possibly on the autism spectrum. When Dr. Freeman explained to the Griffins
why she considered Spencer to be autistic, Griffin believed he too must be autistic. Sharon and S.A. have since concluded
that Spencer has Asperger's. Griffin is deeply proud of his son, who graduated from Village Glen High School in Sherman Oaks,
attended Glendale Community College and Pasadena City College, and received his AA from American River College. Spencer received
his BA from UC Davis in 2015 with a major in linguistics. He plays guitar and writes music and poetry. Griffin published
When Is The Future? (Rose of Sharon, 1997) for him when he was ten years old.
box 164, folder 1
Herms, George
1965
Scope and Content
A
Spring Visions exhibition Stryke Gallery flyer and color copies of collages.
Biography/History
George Herms was an assemblage artist, performance artist, and poet.
box 164, folder 2
H.I.P.
2009
Processing Information
City of Los Angeles certificates for H.I.P. may be found in Box 168, Folder 14.
Scope and Content
A Hollywood Institute of Poetics (H.I.P.) events calendar.
Biography/History
The Hollywood Institute of Poetics was created by S.A. Griffin and Rafael FJ Alvarado. The acronym was originally meant as
a joke on "hip" culture. Individuals from H.I.P. were honored by the city of Los Angeles for their work within the community.
box 164, folder 3
Hoffberg, Judith Ann
2009
Scope and Content
Memorial program; memorial stamp set by Creative Thing; and a color photograph of Mike M. Mollett, Griffin, Hoffberg, and
"CT" Caldera, "with a little bit of Lon Spiegelman."
Biography/History
Judith Hoffberg was a librarian, mail artist and friend to Griffin. Hoffberg co-founded ARLIS and supported a global community
of mail artists.
box 164, folder 4-5
Holy Fools Week
Scope and Content
Correspondence, notes, address list, and Los Angeles County Registrar Fictitious Business Name Statements.
Biography/History
A failed attempt at creating a week-long Beat happening in Wichita, Kansas, 1999-2000. Griffin partnered with San Francisco
poet and performance artist James Stauffer after the two met on the BEAT-L listserv in the mid 1990s, which was created by
Bill Gargan out of SUNY New York. Holy Fools Week was centered around Charles Plymell, one of the major voices on the Beat-L
and one of the Vortex Beats, which included Bob Branaman, Bruce Conner, Stan Brakhage and Dave Haselwood. Griffin and Stauffer
worked on the project daily for a year and published two issues of
The Fool, a magazine created to promote and reflect the event, but ultimately they could not raise the capital to fund the event.
box 164, folder 6-7
Homeless Writers Coalition
1990, 1994, 2000, 2001
Scope and Content
Poetry, clippings, event flyers, Homeless Writers Forum publication, articles, and a copy of
The Word issue #1.
Biography/History
This coalition was established in the 1990s as a creative collective of Los Angeles homeless poets, writers and filmmakers
to address the homeless in America by promoting the creative community among the homeless. Griffin was brought onto the board
by poet Robert Chambers.
box 164, folder 8
Howard, Justice
undated
Scope and Content
A handwritten poem by Howard; a flyer for an exhibition of her photography; and a copy of Outlaw, a profile on Howard by John
Gilmore.
Biography/History
Justice Howard is a poet, writer and photographer. Howard and Griffin co-authored
Without Skin (1989), a rare chapbook that includes photos and poetry with a cover by Justice Howard.
box 164, folder 9
Iguana Cafe
1989, 1993
Scope and Content
Event calendars.
Biography/History
The Iguana Café was a major gathering place in North Hollywood for musicians, poets and the off-beat from the late 1980s until
its closing in 1995. It was owned and operated by Tom Ianello at 10943 Camarillo Street where The Carma Bums began their 1990
No Seat Belts Tour of Words. Regular performers included Tracy Theilen, Dan Bern, and Matthew Mars. Poets that met and performed
there regularly included Erica Erdman, Amelie Frank, Carlye Archibeque, Allen J. Freedman (one of the Water Espresso Gallery
regulars), and Uncle Don Fanning.
box 164, folder 10
Kaufman, Bob
Scope and Content
One color "Bagel Shop Jazz" calendar page.
Biography/History
Bob Kaufman is a legendary San Francisco Beat poet. Kaufman was friends with San Francisco poets Jack Micheline and A.D. Winans
and influenced their work.
box 164, folder 11
Kenney, Shawna
2000
Scope and Content
Clippings and a press release for
I Was A Teenage Dominatrix.
Biography/History
Shawna Kenney is a writer, journalist, and author of
I Was A Teenage Dominatrix. A friend of Griffin's, he officiated her marriage to Rich Dollinger in Malibu, close to where the last scene from the original
Planet of The Apes was shot. Kenney is a vegan activist presently writing for
Vice.
box 164, folder 12
Kerouac, Jack
Scope and Content
Excerpts from
On The Road scroll typescript, flyer, postcard, program, and article about the original manuscript.
Biography/History
Jack Kerouac is a legendary Beat writer and poet who influenced Griffin's writing and thinking. Griffin considers
On The Road one of the most important books he has read.
box 164, folder 13
Kerouac, Jan
1989, undated
Scope and Content
Obituary clippings; obituary memo by Doug Knott; and photocopies of her correspondence, photos and recipes.
Biography/History
Jack Kerouac's daughter and only child, Jan Kerouac was a writer who authored
Trainsong,
Baby Driver, and
Parrot Fever. Griffin was supposed to be on a panel with her at the Bancroft Library in 1995, but she was too ill to attend and died soon
after in 1996.
box 164, folder 14
Kesey, Ken
2006
Scope and Content
Clipping concerning the restoration of Kesey's 1939 International bus dubbed
Further.
Biography/History
Ken Kesey was a writer, performance artist, and progenitor of the Merry Pranksters who influenced Griffin as a writer, thinker,
and performance artist.
box 164, folder 15-18
Knott, Doug
Scope and Content
Clippings; poetry articles; color photographs of Griffin and Perrotta; bios for The Carma Bums; and writings by Knott, Mike
M. Mollett, and The Carma Bums.
Biography/History
Doug Knott is Griffin's friend and performance partner who was born and raised in Florida and relocated to San Francisco and
Marin before permanently moving to Los Angeles in the early 1980s. Knott is a lawyer, poet, writer, performance artist, and
actor who performed with the following: The Lost Tribe, Wounded Theatre, Dead Beats, The Carma Bums, and Lost Bums. Griffin
met Knott at The Water Espresso Gallery in the early 1980s. Knott created a long running series of punk variety shows for
The Lhasa Club in the 1980s, and in the 1990s he co-founded the Famous-Knott Salon with Cheri Famous.
box 164, folder 19
Krech, Richard
Scope and Content
Poetry by Krech and a "My Other Vehicle Is The Mahayana" bumper sticker.
Biography/History
Richard Krech of Berkeley, California is a criminal defense lawyer, poet, and activist. Griffin published and edited
3 by Richard Krech (Rose of Sharon, 2008), a folded broadside.
box 164, folder 20-22
The L.A. Mudpeople
Scope and Content
Photographs, flyers, and clippings.
Biography/History
This performance group founded by Mike M. Mollett in 1988.Originally called The Mudmen, they later changed their name to The
L.A. Mudmen, and today they exist as The L.A. Mudpeople. These urban nomads describe themselves as "primal, curious and innocent
but not stupid. Non-verbal and often silent. Slow-moving and deliberate, discovering wonderful moments in the places most
people by-pass, overlook or step thru [sic]. Mudpeople are liberated without the concept of time, hurry and stress. Mudpeople
live in contrast to a frenetic world." Over the years, the group's membership has included aerobics instructors, artists,
actors, publishers, gardeners, teachers, access cable hosts, George and Peggy DiCaprio, and Griffin's wife, librarian Lorraine
Perrotta, who has been a member of the Mudpeople for over 20 years.
box 164, folder 23
Lennon, John
Scope and Content
A copy of "A Love Letter From John and Yoko To People Who Ask Us What, When, And Why" and a transcript of a three-hour interview
conducted with John and Yoko Ono Lennon at the request of the RKO Radio Network.
Biography/History
Griffin considers John Lennon a working class hero.
box 164, folder 24, box 168, folder 2
levy, d.a.
Scope and Content
Box 164: Rabbits Over Clevyland coasters printed by Bill Roberts of Bottle of Smoke Press, rabbit drawing by Tom Kryss, "a
belated touche for d.a. levy" by Kent Taylor, photocopy of The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle, and d.a. levy birthday
bash flyer.
Box 168: Two copies of
Speaking for the dumb which includes poems by levy and a piece by Griffin on publishing via his small press imprint, Rose of Sharon Press.
Biography/History
Mimeo revolutionary d.a. levy from Cleveland, Ohio influenced Griffin's thinking, publishing, and writing. With Bree Bodnar
of Cleveland, Griffin co-produced Rabbits Over Clevyland in 2006 as tribute to not only levy, but levy's mimeo revolution
cohort and friend, poet and artist Tom Kryss. Griffin produced an on the spot mimeo book collectively written by the poet
attendees of the event in the basement of Mac's Backs Books in Cleveland using publisher Bill Roberts's mimeo machine. The
cover features an original silk-screened rabbit created by Tom Kryss for the books and the images were screened in Jake and
Cindy Marx's front room in Cleveland. The rabbit is Kryss's signature image, a symbol of "rabbits everywhere" reflecting levy's
ethic to "cover the city (of Cleveland) with lines (of poetry)" in service of this cultural revolution.
box 164, folder 25
The Lhasa Club
1987
Scope and Content
An article on the closure of the Lhasa Club
Biography/History
The Lhasa Club (1982-1988) was a Hollywood punk / performance venue owned and operated by Jean-Pierre Boccara and his partner
Anna Mariani. Griffin produced a number of events there and was a regular reader and performer at the club which was connected
to The Water Espresso Gallery via a common hallway. Griffin considers The Water and The Lhasa as a home for The Lost Tribe.
box 164, folder 26
Locklin, Gerald
undated, 1998-2002, 2009
Scope and Content
Black and white photographs of Locklin, correspondence, and poems.
Biography/History
Gerald Locklin is a poet, writer, and a former Long Beach State professor who served as the poetry editor for
Chiron Review since 1989.
box 164, folder 27
Long, Philomene
Scope and Content
Poetry reading flyers, memorial cards, Beyond Baroque Memorial Tribute program, holiday cards from Long and John Thomas, photographs
of Long and Thomas, "Smaller Than A Breadbox" by Thomas, poetry by Long and a copy of the
Beachhead with headline, "Venice Loses Its Poet Laureate -- Philomene Long, RIP."
Biography/History
Philomene Long was a Venice West poet and filmmaker; Poet Laureate of Venice, California; The Queen of Bohemia; Stuart Z.
Perkoff's last lover; and John Thomas's wife and widow. Griffin describes his friend as an escapee from the nunnery, who lived
her life dedicated to the poem.
box 165, folder 1-4
Micheline, Jack
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One CD.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Poems, drawings, paintings, photographs, watercolors, performance flyers, clippings,
Jack Micheline in Amsterdam CD, J
ack Micheline: Poet Of The People typescript by A.D. Winans, and This Cat Eats Everything postcards.
Biography/History
Jack Micheline was a poet and artist who was part of the San Francisco Beat Renaissance. His first book,
River of Red Wine (1958), contains a forward written by Jack Kerouac. Griffin met Micheline through his association with The Moment and ended
up producing some of his last shows in Los Angeles.
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry happened because of Micheline's passing. A Beat poet and street poet, Micheline is also considered an "outlaw" poet. Micheline
was a friend of A.D. Winans and Bob Kaufman. After Micheline's death, Winans worked with the city of San Francisco to name
a street after Micheline.
Give America A Break: A Tribute To Jack Micheline, a two LP set produced by San Francisco's Unrequited Records (2014) includes a track by Griffin.
box 165, folder 5
Mollett, Mike M.
Scope and Content
Michael Mollett matchbook, The Wedding Ceremony of Dee Balson and Michael Mollett program, ZTZU flyer, poems and S.A. Griffin's
Nuthing Sacred interview with Mollett and Lorraine Perrotta of the L.A. Mudpeople, and "After the Break In" by Mollett and
Michael Bruner.
Biography/History
Mollett is a poet, mail artist, Dadaist, performance artist, and Griffin's friend and performance partner. Founder of The
L.A. Mudpeople, Mike M. Mollett was a member of The Lost Tribe, The Carma Bums and The Lost Bums. Mollett brought Griffin
into the worlds of Dada, Fluxism and mail art, which influenced Griffin's views of art and the creative process. Griffin met
Mollett at The Water Espresso Gallery Wednesday night open readings. In 1980 Mollett established ZtZu with artist Neal Taylor.
box 165, folder 6
Moore, Shanna
Scope and Content
Poems by Moore and a letter from Tony Scibella.
Biography/History
Shanna Baldwin-Moore is a Venice Beat poet and a collagist, one of the original Venice Beats. A Washington state native, in
1956 after graduating high school she migrated to Southern California where she lived and attended Pasadena City College.
Eventually Baldwin-Moore moved to Venice where she met Venice West poet James Ryan Morris at the Carousel, a gay bar on the
Venice Boardwalk where Jimmy scored drugs. In 1961 Baldwin-Moore relocated to Seattle with Morris, where she gave birth to
their daughter Danette (Leos) Costello. According to Baldwin-Moore, Morris began public drug debates with Timothy Leary in
Seattle. The debates ultimately took Morris to Denver around 1965 where he met Diana, whom he married. Soon after Morris settled
in Denver, many of the Venice West poets followed him there, where the Venice West Beat scene continued to flourish. Morris
died in Denver in 1978. In 1970, Baldwin-Moore moved to Hawaii, where, as of 2016, she still writes.
box 165, folder 7
Moore, Todd
Biography/History
Todd Moore was a Southwestern poet and writer originally from Illinois. Moore dedicated much of his poetic life to writing
his John Dillinger opus. During an interview with Griffin for an Onword podcast, Moore claimed that his Dillinger opus was
about three-quarters of a million words. Moore has his own section in the
Outlaw Bible of American Poetry edited by Griffin. A few years after the publication of the Outlaw Bible in 2004, Moore and fellow New Mexico poet Tony Moffeit
established what they called the "outlaw" school of poetics. In the aforementioned podcast interview Moore stated that the
Outlaw Bible influenced the establishment of outlaw poetics. Moore was a cornerstone and regular contributor to The Outlaw Poetry Network
(France) online. Moore was a friend who, according to Griffin, had one of the biggest and most important Bowie knife collections
in the world.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, poems, flyer for a reading with Griffin in Santa Fe, and the cover for Moore's Dillinger's Thompson.
box 165, folder 8
Morris, James Ryan
Scope and Content
Memorial reading flyer for JRM at the Temple of Man, black and white photograph of Jimmy, and clippings concerning his funeral.
Biography/History
James Ryan Morris (aka Jimmy, JRM, Jimbo) was a Beat poet who joined Tony Scibella and others in the 1960s as part of the
Venice West Writers Group in California. In 1967, soon after Morris settled in Denver, many of the Venice West poets followed
him there, where the Venice West Beat scene continued to thrive. While in Denver, Morris wrote and performed poetry, dabbled
in publishing and put out The Mile High Underground, an alternative newspaper. When Morris died in Denver in 1978, his funeral
was held at Dory Hill Cemetery near Black Hawk where Scibella and Frank T. Rios presided at the free-form ceremony. According
to the Denver Post, friends of Morris and mourners at the ceremony said that in spite of the apparent causes, "what killed
Morris was society's declination to support writers and artists."
box 165, folder 9
Morrison, Barbara
Scope and Content
Memorial programs, a copy of Griffin's "There Was A Tree" poem for Barbara Morrison, and a color copy of a photograph of Morrison.
Biography/History
Barbara Morrison was a friend of Griffin's and a supporter of the performance scene and the arts in Los Angeles. Morrison,
a former flight attendant who collected art and people, lived off Sunset Boulevard at the entrance to the Mt. Olympus neighborhood.
Morrison was briefly married to performance artist and actor Bill Morrison and she was a friend of Victoria Looseleaf and
John Fleck.
box 165, folder 10
Morrison, Jim
Scope and Content
A highlighted photocopy of Morrison's An American Prayer.
Biography/History
Around 1981, Griffin spent a year of his life running with cast of
Morrison: The Rock Opera as the Rock 'n Roll DJ/Host, a show directed and produced by Alan Graham. Graham was married to Jim Morrison's sister Anne
at the time. Dave Brock, the show's lead Morrison, still tours and performs as Jim Morrison. The show brought Griffin into
the world of Jim Morrison and the Doors and provided him with a world-class education. The cast appeared in a promo on an
early segment of MTV backing Jamie Seagal (Janis Joplin) singing Ball & Chain.
Morrison: The Rock Opera opened and ran for about a week at Gazzari's on The Sunset Strip. During that year Griffin spent much time with Jimy Graham
who portrayed Jimi Hendrix in the show. After the show broke up, Jimy became a member of The Babylon Warriors.
box 165, folder 11
Murphy, Merilene M.
Scope and Content
One memorial program for Murphy.
Biography/History
Merilene M. Murphy was a Los Angeles poet and friend of Griffin's who died from brain cancer. Murphy supported poets and poetry
and created Telepoetics in the early 1990s which she broadcast / linked from her house on Wilton Avenue, just south of Franklin
Avenue in Hollywood.
box 165, folder 12-17
The Onyx Cafe
Biography/History
The Onyx Cafe (Next Door to Vista Theatre), 4471 Sunset Drive, 1982-1988
The Onyx Cafe/Sequel, 1802-1804 N. Vermont Ave., 1989-1998
The Onyx Echo, 1866 Glendale Blvd., 1992-1994
The Onyx Cafe was open close to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Onyx was owned and operated by John Leech who first opened
it with his partner, Fumiko Robinson. Griffin curated a number of poetry series at the Onyx Sequel including Angina and Slow
Train and debuted his video/performance
Act of Kindness there. Griffin produced and staged Open Ended It performances, which included Jack Kerouac's Birthday Party, at the Echo.
Beck was an Onyx regular and used to open for some of the poetry shows. Owner John Leech said that his goal with the Onyx
was to create a venue to promote art and artists, as well as create a meeting space. The following were some of the artist
regulars: Gronk, Anthony Ausgang, Van Arno, Louis Metz, Barry Markowitz, Stacey Lande, Andy Takakjian, Steve LaPonsie, Manuel
A Campo and Lucas Reiner. Additionally, poet Steve Abee, musician Michael Whitmore, performance artist Mo Figuls, and artist
Stacy Lande were a few who worked there over the years. Michael Whitmore and Michael Carpenter assisted Leech with the cafe's
daily operations. Leech was a friend and surrogate father to many who called the Onyx home. At Thanksgiving and Christmas,
Leech would close the doors and open to the regulars, providing a free feast for all. There were also many backyard BBQs behind
The Onyx on Vermont. The Onyx closed in 1998. Griffin attempted to produce an Onyx reunion a number of times, but Leech refused
to allow it. Finally, in 2008, Leech agreed to allow Griffin to produce a ten-year anniversary gathering on October 11, 2008
at the Tribal Cafe in Echo Park, owned and operated by Joshua Jose, a former regular at The Onyx. When Leech passed away in
March 2009, his memorial was held at the Tribal Cafe.
Scope and Content
Flyers, photographs, posters, articles, postcards, John Leech memorial programs, Mark Edward Gash memorial folder, artwork,
some onyx names/events list, and poetry.
box 166, folder 1
Outlaw Bible
1997-1999
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Three 3.5 inch floppy disks.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, royalty statements, lists of contributors, publication reading flyers, erratum notes, introduction typescript,
and floppy disks of submissions.
Biography/History
Griffin co-edited this book with Alan Kaufman. This book happened as a result of Griffin's relationship with San Francisco
Beat poet Jack Micheline. When Micheline passed away, Griffin eulogized him in his Onword column for
Damaged Goods, a Los Angeles based underground / small press lit-poetry serial edited and published by Tracy Lee Williams. The piece was
picked up and published online at BookZen.com, where another friend of Micheline's, Alan Kaufman, read it and then began an
email correspondence with Griffin. During the course of their correspondence Griffin said that he had always wanted to create
an "anthology of California poets like Jack who never got their due in life." Alan responded, "Me too," and they were on.
Kaufman had a connection with a literary agent who pitched the project which was then picked up by Neil Ortenberg at Thunders
Mouth Press in New York. Ortenberg's only caveat was that the project had to be an anthology covering the national scene with
six weeks to create it from start to finish. The book ended up taking over a year to execute online via email and telephone
with Griffin in Los Angeles, Kaufman in San Francisco, and Ortenberg in New York.
box 166, folder 2
Out Loud
1992-1993
Scope and Content
Three copies of this free monthly Los Angeles poetry calendar and an Out Loud Town Meeting Agenda with the objective to reach
a consensus on the appropriate community response to the discontinuance of the calendar.
Biography/History
A poetry newsletter published and edited by Carrie Etter with listings covering poetry venues and events in Southern California.
box 166, folder 3
Perkoff, Stuart Z.
Scope and Content
Cover for How It Is, Doing What I Do, photograph of James Ryan Morris and Tony Scibella, "we carry our crises within our heads"
Croupier Press Poetry Card Series #6, Only Just Above The Ground dedication card to Tony Scibella, Frank Rice, and James Ryan
Morris, clipping with photograph of an 18-year-old Perkoff leaving Manhattan Selective Service headquarters with deputy marshals,
and Tony Scibella's invitation from Frank T. Rios to a 20th anniversary memorial reading for Perkoff at Beyond Baroque.
Biography/History
Stuart Z. Perkoff is a Venice West poet. Perkoff, Tony Scibella, and Frank T. Rios referred to the brotherhood they developed
as "The Holy Three" and "The Secret Six." Many consider Perkoff a spiritual, poetic center of Venice West.
box 166, folder 4-5
Pettibon, Raymond
1999-2000, undated
Scope and Content
Readings from Scripts by Raymond Pettibon event materials include biographies of readers and copies of scripts, Santa Monica
Museum of Art promotional mailer for this reading, and a Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Raymond Pettibon exhibition
program.
Biography/History
Raymond Pettibon is an artist whose work is associated with with punk rock in Los Angeles.
box 166, folder 6
Pipeline Theater
Scope and Content
Correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service, Pipeline, Inc. History and Narrative, list of grants received, Scott Kelman
biography, and clippings.
Biography/History
Pipeline Theatre is where Griffin saw Susan Block (now sexologist Dr. Susan Block), Wanda Coleman, and Bob Flanagan perform
together. According to Griffin, this was a seminal experience for him where Coleman and Flanagan's performance revolutionized
his thinking and showed him what was possible with the performance of poetry. Owned and operated by Scott Kelman, The Pipeline
would later move and reestablish itself as the Wallenboyd at the corner of Wall & Boyd streets in downtown Los Angeles. Kelman
wrote, directed and produced performance and theatre, and also taught performance there. Kelman taught and directed John Fleck,
Kedric Robin Wolfe, The Lost Tribe, and Deborah Oliver. Mike Bruner worked directly with Kelman as his assistant director
before Bruner moved to Louisiana for academic pursuits. Through Griffin's performance study with Scott Kelman, he received
the mantra of process: deliberation and empathy.
box 166, folder 7
Plymell, Charles
Scope and Content
Signed photographs of Plymell, promotional post cards, poems, and clippings.
Biography/History
Charles Plymell is a Vortex Beat poet, writer, and collagist from Wichita, Kansas considered part of the last wave of original
Beats to be a part of the San Francisco renaissance. Plymell once roomed with Neal Cassady on Gough Street in San Francisco.
Plymell is the author of
Last of The Moccasins,
Trash Kultur In America, and
Apocalypse Rose. Friends with Mike Watt, Thurston Moore and Grant Hart, Plymell lives with his wife Pamela in Cherry Valley.
box 166, folder 8
Pop Defect
Scope and Content
Full color "Not Just Another Grrrl Group" promotional poster and a copy of Weird!, the band's tour zine.
Scope and Content
This Indie surf punk band trio formed in Seattle, Washington in 1980 and reestablished themselves in Los Angeles. The band
was central to the Nadeau scene during the 1990s and are the subject of the documentary
Live With This. They disbanded after a final gig in Seattle in November 2001.
box 166, folder 9
Punk Hostage Press
Scope and Content
Promotional book mark, Iris Berry sticker, A. Razor sticker, "Publishing ransom notes until the punk gets it..." post cards,
and a flyer for the release of Berry's spoken word CD, "Collect Calls."
Biography/History
Punk Hostage Press was established by Iris Berry and A. Razor and is now owned and operated solely by Berry. Punk Hostage
published Griffin's
Dreams Gone Mad With Hope in March 2014. Punk Hostage has published many authors from Los Angeles and San Francisco including Pleasant Gehman, Jack
Grisham, Rich Ferguson, Dennis Cruz, Hannah Wehr, Joel Landmine, Susan Hayden, A.D. Winans, Danny Baker, Lee Quarnstrom, and
Yvonne de la Vega.
box 166, folder 10
Rios, Frank T.
1974
Scope and Content
"The Mask" Croupier Press Poetry Card Series No. 2 signed by Rios.
Biography/History
Frank T. Rios is a Venice West Beat poet and collagist. Originally from the Bronx, Rios was on the run when he hitchhiked
to Venice in 1954 and stayed with a few friends. He returned to New York, did some time, got involved in the poetry scene
in the Village, and then returned to Venice in 1959 where he formed a poetic alliance and lifelong friendship with Stuart
Z. Perkoff and Tony Scibella (The Holy Three, The Secret Six). Rios lives with his wife Joyce Castagnola in Los Angeles.
box 166, folder 11
Rodriguez, Luis J.
2013-2014
Biography/History
Luis J. Rodriguez is a poet, writer, activist, Green Party candidate for California Governor (2014), founder of Tia Chucha
Press (1988), co-founder of Tia Chucha Centro Cultural (2003), and second Los Angeles Poet Laureate (2014).
Scope and Content
Clippings and Luis J. Rodriguez For Governor campaign brochures.
box 166, folder 12
Rose of Sharon Press
1989
Scope and Content
Invoices for Scott Wannberg's The Electric Yes Indeed, S.A. Griffin's A One Legged Man Standing Casually On Hollywood Boulevard
Smoking A Cigarette, and Bobbo Staron's My Name Is Trouble record.
Biography/History
Griffin's small press imprint was established with the publication of
Sharktalk by Doug Knott (1988). In 1989 Rose of Sharon produced
My Name Is Trouble by Bobbo Staron, his only foray into the recording world. Recent publications as of 2016 include
Call by francEyE (2009),
An Interview With Ted Berrigan by John Dorsey (2012), and
Natural Geographics by Michael Lane Bruner (2014). The name Rose of Sharon is taken from the Song of Solomon from the Bible; the end of
The Grapes of Wrath where Rosasharn feeds the starving stranger with "the milk of human kindness," breast milk meant for her stillborn child;
and Griffin's son Spencer, whose mother's name is Sharon.
box 166, folder 13
Rosenthal, Rachel
1994
Scope and Content
A copy of Rosenthal's "Animal-Human Hybrid Images In The Western World."
Biography/History
Rachel Rosenthal is a Los Angeles performance artist and teacher. Linda Sibio, a Water Espresso Gallery regular, became one
of Rosenthal's most well known students. Another Rosenthal student and Water Gallery regular was Alan Pulner.
box 166, folder 15
Schell, Ronnie
Scope and Content
Clippings, photocopies of photographs, and images of Richmond.
Biography/History
Ronnie Schell was an actor and comedian from Richmond, California who became famous in the 1960s as Gomer Pyle's buddy on
Gomer Pyle: USMC. Schell was an ongoing source of inspiration for Griffin as a child growing up in Richmond and seeing someone from his hometown
on television. Later in life as a professional actor, Griffin began to see Schell at commercial calls and struck up a friendship
that lasted a few years.
box 166, folder 16
Scibella, Tony
Scope and Content
Photograph of Venice West Cafe Expresso sign, post card for a John Macker performance, signed poems, email print outs of "Song
For Tony" by Shanna Baldwin and "LOL," Scibella's last poem to Baldwin, flyers for Scibella's collage show at the Ennui Gallery
and his D-Day Reading at Black Ace Books.
Biography/History
Venice West poet, artist, publisher, editor, and mentor and friend of Griffin's, Scibella is author of
The Kid In America (Black Ace Books 6, Passion Press-Temple of Man 2000), a memoir of his life in Venice West as a poet and artist. Scibella
wrote and edited the Venice West section of the
Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. The last few years he was alive he had become a regular at the Sunday open readings hosted by Ben Porter-Lewis and Milo
Martin at The Onyx Cafe. Scibella was living above the Onyx Cafe when he passed away in 2003.
box 166, folder 17
Shatterproof Press
circa 1980s, 2013
Biography/History
Shatterproof was a DIY-Xerox small press operation founded in the San Fernando Valley by poets Jim and April Burns. Shattersheet
was a poetry serial that covered the Southern California scene during the 1980s. Published and edited by Jim and April Burns,
Shattersheet was a seminal publication that not only published up and coming poets alongside established and well known poets
but also was the first periodical of its kind to include listings of poetry and performance venues. Griffin volunteered and
worked on staff doing cut and paste-up, editing, collating/folding, distribution, and collections. Shatterproof is where Griffin's
own publishing and editing began.
Scope and Content
Correspondence to Griffin from Kevin Jacobs, Shatterproof Press history, flyers, stationery, and clippings.
box 166, folder 18
Slim Chance
Scope and Content
Two professional black and white photographs of Slim Chance.
Biography/History
Gary Christopherson (Chris, Slim Chance) was the bass player for Mad Daddys and The Cramps. When Lorraine Perrotta and Griffin
started dating in February 1991, Christopherson and his wife Barbara Burns were Perrotta's roommates on Lexington Avenue
in West Hollywood, where Griffin officiated Chris and Barbara's marriage some years later. After leaving The Cramps, Christopherson
never played in another band. As of 2016, he has been working as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS).
box 166, folder 19
Spiegelman, Lon
Scope and Content
After Tourism Comes Spiegelmisim manifesto and stickers, mail art article, and Spiegelman memorial brochures.
Biography/History
Lon Spiegelman was a mail artist, Fluxist, Dadaist, artist, and friend who influenced Griffin's work. Griffin's first mail
art party was at Spiegelman's place on Elevado in Silver Lake, which included Mike M. Mollett (who rented a room in Lon's
house), Richard Meade, Leslie Caldera (Creative Thing) and others. Griffin's mail art name at the time was Cowboy Steve. In
time he began using the Dada "X" which he co-opted from Kurt Schwitters' Merde as "SA/DA/DA/DA."
box 166, folder 20
Staron, Bobbo
Scope and Content
Flyers for shows at Mama Pajama and Highland Grounds.
Biography/History
Griffin met Bobbo Staron at The Water Espresso Gallery during the Wednesday night open readings. Griffin performed with Staron
on countless shows from the mid 1980s into the early 1990s and produced his album
My Name Is Trouble (ROS-101, 1989). Staron was also one of the founding members of the Carma Bums in 1989. Staron, a friend of Griffin's wife
Lorraine Perrotta from Spotswood, New Jersey, introduced Griffin and Perrotta at a wedding on the Queen Mary in Long Beach
in September 1990. However, Griffin was still married at the time and thought nothing of it. Through a series of circumstances,
which sprung from a poetry performance Griffin's at a downtown loft, the two met months later in February 1991 after he had
separated from his second wife Sharon Grish in September 1990 and had moved into his apartment at 2053 N. Vermont Avenue.
box 167, folder 1-2
Stodolsky, Sholom "Red"
Biography/History
Red (Shalom Stodolsky) owned and operated Baroque Book Store (1972-1998) at 1643 N. Las Palmas Avenue just south of Hollywood
Boulevard. Baroque Book Store was referred to as the "University of Red's" by some poets and customers, and Red as "Brooklyn
Red" by his friend Charles Bukowski. Red was friend and bookman mentor to Griffin. Griffin met Red in the early 1980s when
Griffin went looking for books by and about the Beats and Charles Bukowski. With some monetary assistance from his friend
Z (Mark Zarem) Griffin designed and created a bronze plaque to honor Red and the bookstore. The plaque was placed on the outside
wall on what would have been Red's 95th birthday, May 21, 2011.
Scope and Content
Baroque Book Store receipt and envelopes, black and white photographs of Red at the store, color photograph of Red and Charles
Bukowski, Baroque Book Store "I'd Rather Be Reading Bukowski" bumper sticker signed by Bukowski, obituary clipping, memorial
programs, and Bukowski's "Red" poem signed by Stodolsky.
box 167, folder 3
Takakjian, Andy
Scope and Content
Exhibition cards and original signed art works by Takakjian.
Biography/History
Andy Takakjian is an artist, graphic artist, writer, and publisher (Atmus). Griffin first met him when Takakjian was living
in Orange County. A longtime friend, Takakjian created the cover for Griffin's first book,
A One Legged Man Standing Casually On Hollywood Blvd. Smoking A Cigarette. Takakjian was deeply involved in the Onyx Cafe creating art, flyers, and signage for many functions, and he also contributed
as an artist and graphic designer for many projects produced by Griffin.
box 167, folder 4
Tia Chucha's
Scope and Content
Flyer and a brochure for Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore.
Biography/History
This bookstore and cultural center in Sylmar was co-founded by Luis J. Rodriguez in 2003.
box 167, folder 5
Townes, Jimmy
Scope and Content
Color photograph and photocopies of Townes performing at the Water Gallery.
Biography/History
Jimmy Townes (James Maston Townes, 1946-2004) was a poet, musician, performance artist, and photographer who Griffin met at
the Water Espresso Gallery. Townes took the 8x10 photo of The Lost Tribe standing on the stairwell at a downtown gig in 1985-86.
Townes was a regular at many poetry readings and Griffin would sometimes improvise with him and his Trance Band. Born in Texas,
Townes lived in New Orleans and Los Angeles until the late 1990s when he and his wife moved to New Mexico, where he took his
own life in 2004.
box 167, folder 6
Vaughan, Tony
Scope and Content
Flyers for art, music and Vaughan's memorial event.
Biography/History
Tony Vaughan (June 15, 1947 - September 27, 2008) was a poet, artist, novelist, and musician.
box 167, folder 7
Vega, Janine Pommy
Scope and Content
Correspondence to Griffin and her press kit.
Biography/History
Janine Pommy Vega is the author of numerous books and chapbooks since 1968. She has recorded her poems and a memoir of the
Beats for Audio Literature's spoken word version of Women of the Beat Generation. Vega has performed extensively with her
band Tiamalu in English and Spanish on campuses, in museums, cafes, nightclubs, and migrant workers' camps. Additionally,
Vega has taught creative writing, conducted poetry workshops, and done poetry performances for and with incarcerated individuals
since 1976.
box 167, folder 8-11
Venice West/Temple of Man
Scope and Content
Folder 8: Photographs, Griffin's Temple of Man Certificate of Ordination signed by Frank T. Rios and Tony Scibella, Temple
of Man information newsletter, photocopy of a George Herms letter, Temple of Man Reverend Robert Alexander's marriage ceremony
script, copy of Larry Lake's "A Marry Quest," and "Humanness Always Comes First," article. Photographs include photographs
of Tony Scibella, Ed Ward, a reunion at Sponto Gallery, and photographs at Marsha Getzler's.
Folder 9: Venice of America Poetry Journal, Frank T. Rios and Tony Scibella "Two For Her" Poetry Series at The Temple of Man
postcards, correspondence to Griffin from Marsha Getzler, The Story of My Life by Sam Scibella, "Rememberings" and "In Memorium"
by Julianne Scibella for Tony Scibella, Tony Scibella's handwritten bios of James Ryan Morris, Frank T. Rios and Stuart Z.
Perkoff, and Black Ace graphics.
Folder 10: Tony Scibella's "Venice West" typescript, Beat Portraits (excerpts) of Stuart Z. Perkoff, Frank T. Rios, Tony Scibella
and Philomene Long by John Thomas, memorial writings for Tony Scibella, The Mercury Reader Tony Scibella Issue, and photocopies
of photographs of Scibella as well as his collages.
Folder 11: Publicity post cards for Mary Kerr's documentary, Swinging in the Shadows.
Biography/History
Venice West is an association given to the artists, musicians, and poets who lived in Venice, California during the 1950s-1960s
when it was a "Slum by the Sea." Venice West was created by Abbott Kinney in the late 19th century to become a "beach community
that would foster a cultural renaissance...on the shores of the Pacific," which he modeled after Venice, Italy. The Temple
of Man is a non-profit started by Robert "Baza" or "Bob" Alexander (1923-1987) in San Francisco, California in 1960 as a center
for "poetry, jazz and art." The Temple of Man moved to Venice, California in 1968 and still thrives in Los Angeles with a
national membership. Poet and writer Ed Ward of Denver wrote a piece detailing the genesis of the Temple of Man wherein he
recalls Stuart Z. Perkoff's incarceration, "a friend of Stuart's, the artist/poet/printer Robert Alexander, visited the prison
[the Penitentiary at Terminal Island] but was told that visitors - other than family (father, son, brother, wife, etc) or
chaplains - were not allowed. And so for this very pragmatic reason - among other less pragmatic reasons such as his interest
in art, poetry, community and ritual - Baza founded The Temple of Man in 1960, a non-profit religious organization. To visit
an incarcerated friend."
box 167, folder 12
Wannberg, Scott
Scope and Content
A flyer for Wannberg's Juice! The Musical reading and book signing at Dutton's Brentwood and clippings. Also includes photographs
of Wannberg with Paige Smith and others.
Biography/History
A founding member of the Carma Bums who spent most of his life working at Dutton's Books in Brentwood, Scott Wannberg was
a prolific poet who employed surrealism, wit, humor, irony, history, music, and politics in his work. He cited Walt Whitman,
Charles Bukowski, and William Carlos Williams as major poetic influences. He also mentored many younger poets and writers.
His interests in music, history, and cinema were accompanied with encyclopedic knowledge of them. He would often write poems
for visiting authors on reading tours coming through Dutton's and created correspondences with many writers including historian
Page Smith, with whom he was close. His mentors at San Francisco State were Stan Rice and Daniel J. Langton.
Griffin and Wannberg began their close friendship sometime in 1987. Griffin published Wannberg's second book
The Electric Yes Indeed! (1989), and continued publishing Wannberg's work until 2009 when Perceval Press began publishing Wannberg's work beginning
with
Strange Movie Full of Death. Wannberg was friends with many of the film celebrities, recording artists, directors and writers who frequented Dutton's.
Director and writer David O. Russell wrote the part of Bic Shottinger for him in
I Heart Huckabees. Ed Harris gave him the part of Fat Wallis in
Appaloosa, but Wannberg's health prevented him from participating.
Wannberg's deteriorating health, Dutton's closing, the death of both of his parents, and struggling finances all contributed
to Scott relocating in August of 2008 near his uncle Kenneth Wannberg, a music editor and film composer, in Florence, Oregon,
where he passed away three years later in August 2011.
box 167, folder 13
The Water Espresso Gallery
Scope and Content
Set of Water Expresso Gallery post cards featuring Mike Bruner, Johnny Forever, S.A. Griffin, Leah Really, and Bobbo Staron
(1985). This post card set was produced by Leah Really and Steve Wolfe. This folder also contains a flyer for a show at the
Water Gallery and an open reading at The Lhasa Club.
Biography/History
The Water, owned by artist Frederick Sauls and managed by Bill Murphy, was located at 1110 N. Hudson Avenue with its entrance
on Santa Monica Boulevard. This was the first place where Griffin read poetry in public outside of an academic setting. Responding
to an ad in Dramalogue, Griffin began attending the Wednesday night open readings at The Water sometime in 1981. The Water
was across the street from the Kit Kat Klub, a strip club that during the punk era doubled as a performance venue for acts
like The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Water was part of a complex in the arts building owned by Sauls that also housed The Lhasa
Club and The Figtree Theatre. At the time, there were very few places to read poetry for those involved in what could be called
the alternative or underground poetry scene, which is why these poets often opened for bands, or read between bands as they
set up. Griffin met the future members of The Lost Tribe and Bobbo Staron at the Water. Other Wednesday night open reader/performers
included Leah Really, Linda Sibio, Alan Pulner, Jimmy Townes, Johnny Forever, Janet Klein, Steve Wolfe, Salmon Murphy, and
Ben Downing. The Wednesday night open was originally hosted by a soft-spoken man named Benjamin who didn't last long after
attendance began to increase. The hosting duties were picked up by Ben Downing, a gentle giant of a man who had come to Los
Angeles to be an actor. Tired of struggling to make ends meet as an actor, Downing returned to his home in Arkansas where
he worked as a journalist. Griffin continued to correspond with Downing until he received a letter from Ben's mother in which
she shared that Ben had been struck and killed by a car as they were walking down the road together. After Downing, the evenings
were hosted by Leah Really and then Doug Knott. About this time, Knott began producing and hosting a long running series of
punk variety shows at The Lhasa Club called "Doug Knott Presents."
box 167, folder 14
White, Saul
Scope and Content
Exhibition cards, correspondence to Marsha Getzler concerning White's memorial, copies of White's poems and a clipping on
The Temple of Man's Reverend Bob Alexander.
Biography/History
Saul White (1932-2003) was a Venice West abstract expressionist and jazz poet. Born in New York, White moved to Los Angeles
in 1945 and attended Fairfax High where he befriended Wallace Berman who was considered by many to be an artistic and spiritual
center of the Venice West scene. After serving during the Korean War, White attended Otis Art Institute on a fellowship. In
the mid 1950s he rented a storefront in Venice on Ocean Avenue that became a gathering place for artists including Edward
Kienholz and John Altoon. In 1957 White was part of a series of readings with Kenneth Patchen and Kenneth Rexroth at the Los
Angeles Jazz Concert Hall, accompanied by Shorty Rogers' jazz band. White relocated to New York in 1958 where he became a
fixture in the Greenwich Village art scene. There he met and became friends with Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. In the
early 1960s White was invited to live and work with de Kooning in East Hampton where he helped build de Kooning's studio.
In time he returned to Los Angeles. Producing work to the end, Saul had a studio in San Pedro where he left behind a legacy
of work. His son Aaron White, by his former wife and artist Michele White, is an artist living in Denver.
box 167, folder 15
White Trash Apocalypse
Scope and Content
Performance flyers, tour itinerary, photographs and clippings.
Biography/History
Iris Berry (Bikini Atoll Berry Gabor), Pleasant Gehman (Gamma Ray Gehman Gabor) and S.A. Griffin (Sunny Meltdown Riviera)
came together in October 1995 to create performance poetry ensemble White Trash Apocalypse (WTA). According to Griffin, Berry
and Gehman wanted to go on the road and decided that he should be the third wheel and the driver. The group name was derived
from a poem of the same name by Gehman. Berry and Gehman donned their rhinestone tiaras and faux leopard coats while Griffin
wore vintage polyester and bright colored Hush Puppies. Joining them on their 1995 tour as their official photographer was
Gehman's boyfriend at the time Jeffoto (Snaps Reactor), who had relocated from Boston to be a part of the Carma Bums' 1991
Nowhere Tour of Words and never left. S.A. Griffin drove his burgundy 1971 Buick Riviera for the White Trash Apocalypse Words
On Wheels 1995 Tour of Words. WTA jokingly referred to themselves as "The Veets," a pun marrying Velveeta cheese and The Beats
to reflect their goal as poets and performers to reach the "highest cheese possible." WTA opened for The Geraldine Fibbers
at the Hotel Congress in Tucson, Arizona. Partying in the hotel after the gig, they were given their mission by one of the
Fibbers to find the "Hope Rhinestone" which they stumbled upon at the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The trio continued
to perform together and tour as White Trash Apocalypse throughout 1995-1996.
box 167, folder 16
Wilson, Steve
Scope and Content
Exhibition flyers, mailers, catalogue, Mile High and Underground post cards, clippings a biography of Wilson.
Biography/History
Venice West artist, poet and bookman, Steve Wilson was born in Long Beach but spent the majority of his life living and working
in and around Denver, Colorado where he passed away in 2012. Friends with Griffin, Wilson was a major influence on many within
the Venice West mindset as a poet, artist and thinker. At one time Wilson co-owned the Ogden Bookstore in Denver with friends
Tony Scibella and Stuart Z. Perkoff.
box 167, folder 17
Winans, A.D.
Scope and Content
Winans' autobiography inscribed to Griffin, clippings, A Green Bean Press Sampler, a signed copy of Winans' Eulogy For Bob
Kaufman, A.D. Winans On A.D. Winans, and the 24th street irregular press "A Call To Poets" pamphlet.
Biography/History
A.D. Winans is a San Francisco, California Beat poet and writer and publisher and editor of Second Coming Press. Winans was
close to Jack Micheline and Bob Kaufman and has become a major voice in the small press poetry world in the United States
and in Europe. Griffin began a friendship with Winans after
Beat Scene compared their work in a review for
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance (Rose of Sharon, 1993).
box 167, folder 18
Wright, F.N.
Scope and Content
Art work by Wright on envelopes, color photocopy of Wright's personalized stationery, promotional flyers for Wright's novel,
The Whorehouse, correspondence to Griffin from Wright's daughter, Lisa Brandenburg, Wright's memorial card and the following
works: Bukowski And More!, Black & White, The City of New Orleans, The American Scene, Trout Fishing With Richard Brautigan
And Bukowski.
Biography/History
F.N. Wright (1940-2012) was a Los Angeles poet, artist, and writer. Among his most well known books is
Whorehouse (1978), a memoir based on his time working for Wherehouse Records. German translator and literary agent Carl Weissner, who
represented Charles Bukowski, also translated and represented Wright. Wright, an Illinois native and Navy veteran of the Vietnam
War, was an avid biker all his life and was considered an "outlaw" poet and writer. He lived the last years of his life in
a trailer park close to the Rock Store in Cornell where family and friends held his memorial. A friend of Kenneth and Miriam
Patchen, Wright wrote much of his work on Kenneth's typewriter, given to him by Miriam after her husband's death, and Griffin
sees Kenneth's, influence reflected in Wright's art. Wright and Griffin were friends the last few years of Wright's life,
reading together at Beyond Baroque.
box 167, folder 19
Zen Baby
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Christopher Robin to Griffin, color photograph of Robin in Oklahoma, flyers, and clippings.
Biography/History
The DIY-Xerox poetry zine out of Santa Cruz, California is edited and published by transgender poet, writer and publisher
Christopher Robin. Robin is friends with poet Brian Morrissey who edits and publishes
Poesy, and Oakland poet and writer Joe Pachinko who republished Lenore Kandel's
Love Book (Superstition Press, 2003).
box 167, folder 20
ZTZU
Scope and Content
L.Alien bumper sticker, Western Front publication, Off Centre Centre performance flyers, images of ZTZU marriage, No Baggage
piece signed by Mike M. Mollett, On The Fringe flyer, First Annual Turkey Show flyers, Dear Dada letter by Mike M. Mollett
and Neal Taylor, clippings, ZTZU bumper sticker, Witches Bruise image of ZTZU at the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles, and
a flyer On Not Signing Art.
Biography/History
Dada idea and art gallery created by Mike M. Mollett and Neal Taylor in 1980.
box 169, box 170, box 171, box 172, box 173, box 174, box 175, box 176, box 177, box 178
Correspondence
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Scope and Content
Correspondence, which has been organized by the last name of the sender, relates to Griffin's poetry work. Correspondence
also reflects his involvement in the mail art community and includes commemorative stamps for the Los Angeles punk band X
with photography by Michael Hyatt.
box 169, folder 1-30
Abner - Bruner
1990-2012
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Jay Alamares, Beyond Baroque, Laurel Ann Bogen, Diana Bonebrake, Bob Branaman, Jack
Brewer, and Michael Lane Bruner.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two DVD films by Bob Branaman.
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audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 170, folder 1-24
Buckingham - Creative Thing
1970-2010
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Charles Bukowski, Linda Bukowski, Center for Bukowski Studies, Exene Cervenka, President
William Jefferson Clinton, Wanda Coleman, and Cait Collins.
The Charles Bukowski folders contain original art work and poetry signed by Hank as well as photos from his wedding to Linda
Lee. Some of these Bukowski materials were given to Griffin by Tony Scibella and Red Stodolsky.
The Creative Thing (aka Leslie Caldera) folder contains mail art including commemorative Wallace Berman stamps, X commemorative
stamps with photography by Michael Hyatt, and a 2010 Gallery 1331 Calendar by M. Hyatt and Exene Cervenka. The X calendar
is signed to Griffin by all of the the band members.
box 171, folder 1-38
Critical Mass - Franklin
1980-2013
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Soheyl Dahi, Susannah Devereux, Diane di Prima, Elms Lesters, EZTV, fans, Rich Ferguson,
francEyE, and Amelie Frank.
The Elms Lesters Painting Rooms invitation to a Charles Bukowski exhibition includes a facsimile of Hank's California Driver
License.
Also includes collected exhibition mailers, including from Beyond Baroque, Cafe Club Fais Do-Do, Lhasa Club, Does Your Mama
Know?, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and Gasoline Alley.
box 172, folder 1-32
Gainer - Herndon
1968-2013
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Pleasant Gehman, Giorno Poetry Systems, Sharon Griffin, Spencer Griffin, and Richard
Hansen.
Pleasant Gehman's folder includes a U.F.O. and space alien themed note concerning Griffin's contribution to
The Underground Guide to Los Angeles and photos from Burning Man, 1998.
box 173, folder 1-37
Hietala - Locklin
1983-2013
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One audio cassette.
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audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Justice Howard, Craig Ibarra, Rosemary Idlet, Jeffoto, Alan Kaufman, Mary Kerr, Linda
King, Doug Knott, Marie Lascu, and Gerald Locklin.
The Marie Kazalia folder contains an audiocassette for Leah Angstman's Open Mic On The Road project.
box 174, folder 1-30
Lollapalooza - Mollett
1985-2013
Scope and Content
This box includes correspondence from Long Road Books, Tessa Lowell, Lummox Press, Eric Lyden, John Macker, Mike Maggio, Milo
Martin, Mary Jane, J.W. McCullough, Ann Menebroker, Richard Modiano, and Mike M. Mollett.
The Long Road Books folder contains poems by Ginsberg, a copy of Kerouac's
Pull My Daisy, a Jack Hirschman poem for Stuart Z. Perkoff, and an envelope addressed to Tony Scibella which contains photocopies of letters
written by Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, Ed White, and Larry Lake.
The Mike M. Mollett folder includes a commemorative piece for Wounded Theatre, The Lost Tribe, and The Carma Bums.
box 175, folder 1-42
Mom - Rios
1985-2013
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two 3.5 inch floppy disks.
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Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Todd Moore, Gerald Nicosia, Harry Northup, Amanda Oaks, Lorraine Perrotta, Tom Peters,
Charles Plymell, Holly Prado, Kevin Ring, and Frank T. Rios.
The Rios folder contains poetry and floppy disks that he sent to Tony Scibella and Griffin.
box 176, folder 1-40
Robertson - Soup
1975-2013
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One 3.5 inch floppy disk.
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Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Kell Robertson, Christopher Robin, Frederick Sauls, Anna Scibella, Tony Scibella, State
Senator Adam B. Schiff, George Drury Smith, and Joan Jobe Smith.
The Frederick Sauls folder includes a holiday card with a painting by Sauls.
The Tony Scibella folder includes collages on postcards by Scibella and a floppy disk.
box 177, folder 1-29
Spiegelman - Ward
1980-2014
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two 5.25 inch floppy disks.
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desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Lon Spiegelman, Anderson Stone, Neal Taylor (aka Skooter), Temple of Man, Universal
Life Church, and Ed Ward.
The Lon Spiegelman folder includes his six page manuscript on mail art and two floppy disks.
Ima Ten's folder includes her "liberated woman" chain letter and codes for foul and abusive language in the work place.
The Universal Life Church (ULC) folder includes Griffin's Ordained Minister certificate, credentials and and ULC booklets.
The Ed Ward folder contains Tony Scibella memorial cards and a postcard to Pleasant Gehman.
box 178, folder 1-21
Watts Towers Art Center - Zuniga
1986-2014
Scope and Contents
This box includes correspondence from Michelle White, Blair Wilson, Steve Wilson, A.D. Winans, David Yaryan, Robert M. Zoschke,
and ZTZU.
The Michelle White and Steve Wilson folder contains art works by White and Wilson.
box 114, box 179, box 180, box 181, box 182, box 183, box 184, box 185, box 186, box 187, box 188, box 189, box 190, box 191, box 192, box 194, box 195, box 196, box 197, box 198, box 199, box 200, box 201, box 202, box 203, box 204, box 205, box 206, box 207, box 208, box 209, box 210, box 232, box 252, box 253, box 260, box 262, box 330
Performance files
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materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
The performance files, which are organized alphabetically by file title, reflect Griffin's tours with The Lost Tribe and the
Carma Bums. They also relate to poetry readings and punk performances and include ephemera such as flyers, event calendars,
posters, programs, and performance notes. The files also include scripts, Venice West flyers and negatives, road books, and
audiovisual recordings.
box 179, folder 1
2010: A Beyond Baroque Odyssey program
2010 November 6-7
Scope and Contents
This Benefit for Beyond Baroque was produced by Rafael FJ Alvarado and Griffin. This program is signed by George Drury Smith,
Harry E. Northup, and Richard Modiano.
box 179, folder 2
The Acid Whore House program
undated
box 179, folder 3
An Act of Kindness flyer and notes
undated
Scope and Content
Griffin's notes for the performance written on the back of a James Brown postcard, photographs, a flyer for the film, and
photocopies of articles on parking.
box 179, folder 4
Al's Bar flyers
undated
Scope and Contents
This folder includes a flyer for Theoretical with Faith No More, Brian Grillo's Lock Up, Primus, and MC Ms. Vaginal Creme
Davis, Black Woman.
box 179, folder 5
Annie Sprinkle Post-Post Porn Modernist program
1993 June
Scope and Contents
In addition to Sprinkle's Highways program, this folder includes one Trojan lubricated latex condom and The Annie Sprinkle
Aphrodite Award for Sexual Service to the Community which is signed by Sprinkle and adorned with the Prostitutes of New York
(P.O.N.Y.) Union labia.
box 195, box 196, box 197, box 198, box 199, box 200, box 201, box 202, box 203, box 204, box 205, box 206, box 207, box 208, box 209, box 210, box 330, box 331
Audiovisual materials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Box 195: Eleven VHS tapes and one audio cassette tape.
Box 196: Four VHS tapes and four U-matic tapes.
Box 197: Twenty-two audio cassette tapes.
Box 198: Twenty-three audio cassette tapes.
Box 199: Twenty-three audio cassette tapes.
The following audiovisual materials will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Box 200: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 201: Thirteen VHS tapes and one Betamax.
Box 202: Eight VHS tapes and three U-matic tapes.
Box 203: Seven 8 mm video tapes, seven audio cassette tapes and six VHS tapes.
Box 204: Eighteen CDs, nine DVDs, two 8 mm video tapes, and three 7 inch 45 rpm records.
Box 205: Forty-eight CDs, eight audio cassettes, and seven DVDs.
Box 206: Twelve audio cassette tapes, nine DVDs, ten CDs, and one VHS tape.
Box 207: Twenty-three audio cassette tapes.
Box 208: Thirty CDs, eighteen DVDs, and two audio cassettes.
Box 209: Twenty-three audio cassettes.
Box 210: Thirteen VHS tapes.
Box 330: Nine VHS tapes and one DVD.
Box 331: Thirty-four VHS tapes, sixteen audio cassette tapes, one DV cassette, one MTR audio cassette.
Biography/History
Box 202 and 210: EZTV was founded by the late writer, director and producer John Dorr as the first establishment to produce
and promote original made for video content in Los Angeles. Dorr was a friend of Griffin's and early supporter of his work
as an actor casting him in Rimbaud In L.A. and Approaching Omega in a part written for Griffin by Dorr.
Scope and Content
Box 195: Key-Z Productions Can You Pass The Acid Test? and Neal Cassady In The Backhouse On The Road, The Poets documentary
by Hassan Jamal, Viggo Mortensen and The Carma Bums' The Luxurious Tigers of Obnoxious Agreement, Griffin's Tumbleweed in
a Box with Scott Wannberg and Iris Berry, Stuart Z. Perkoff Memorial, JJ Villard's The Son Of Satan and 4 Other Short Films,
Mary Kerr's Swinging In The Shadows: Venice West and the LA Scene demo, River Alchemy featuring The L.A. Mudpeople, Undying
Love Unending: Jack Micheline, Kei Kunihiro Spoken Vocal, and an audiocassette played at the J.W. McCullough memorial.
Box 196: Act of Kindness, Griffin's Insensitive Naked Man poem and interview, The Carma Bums' The Tribe Must Be President,
Act of Love, Best of BOSS, Best of BOSS Vol. I, and Jack Micheline at Nadeau House.
Box 197: Lost Tribe [Opening Song], Lost Tribe [End Song], Phone Machine #1, Phone Story of Carma Bums 1991 Tour of Words,
Phone Story of Carma Bums 1991 Tour of Words, KXLU Lost Tribe Show, Griffin and Ken Sargent's Breakout (Everything is Alright),
More Hal Burns, Phone Machine #2, Phone Machine #3, Phone Machine #4, The Carma Bums/Lost Tribe, The Carma Bums in Albuquerque,
The Carma Bums Performance Discussion at Lorraine's, Onword 2/23/1992 to 3/1/1992, Onword 3/5/1992 to 3/8/1992, Onword 2/2/1992
to 2/9/1992, Onword 2/2/1992 to 2/9/1992, Onword 3/22/1992 to 3/31/1992, Onword 4/15/1992, The Carma Bums, Onword with the
LA Cacophony Society, Morgan and the Lady Chained to the Mast, and Onword with Ellyn Maybe and Blakeslee Stevens.
Box 198: Hugh Phukovsky Wordcore, Bukowski Reads His Poetry [Takoma Records 1980], Sachharine Trust [Bass Lines], Sachharine
Trust [Bass Lines], Zendik Farm Band [The Loser], Nine Cloud KXLU, Yellow Untitled-This Side [Voice Message from Emily], Waco,
Laurel Ann Bogen The Rat City Variations, Past Lives, Fuzzy Doodah, Beat America, Duke McVinnie, Bukowski Reading, Ken Tao's
Alchemical Orchestra Just Lack Charisma, Laurel Ann Bogen Do Iguanas Dance Under the Moonlight, Ellyn Maybe A Day in the Life
of the Working Poor Xylophone Player, Tazza Café, Montfort Interview #1, Montfort Interview #2, So If They Ever Name, The
Sensitive Side of Jack Brewer, Joseph Richard Brewer Shit Gets Heard, Bobbo Staron My Name Is Trouble, Atomic Adagio, and
Bobbo Staron.
Box 199: Jack Micheline, Williams Carlos Williams/Saccharine Trust, Sebastin Cabot and Other Stuff / William Burroughs, Jack
Kerouac on Beat Generation, Mike Bruner 1984, Jack Micheline MVD Boulder, Blakeslee Stevens American Hotel/Humanesque, Fred
Neil Live, Scott Wannberg, Jack Brewer, Diane DiPrima Interview with Marie Kazalia, Stuart Z Perkoff / James Ryan Morris,
Mike Meloan, Bob Branaman, Lon Spiegelman Mail Art Interview, Scott Wannberg 10/1994, Scott Wannberg 1991, Scott Wannberg
#3, Scott Wannberg 07/24/1996, Scott Wannberg 06/24/1991, Mike Mollett Mudpeople Interview, and Neal Cassady.
Box 200: VHS tapes include Bukowski at Bellevue, Sheree's Reflections on Bob Flanagan, and The Best Hotel on Skid Row.
Box 201: The bulk of these video tapes document The Carma Bums.
Box 202: These video tapes document the Boss Poetry series that Griffin produced at EZTV.
Box 203: Tapes include Open Ended It at the Onyx / Echo, The Ringling Sisters Benefit, Cabaret X, and onTarget Live at The
Grassy Knoll.
Box 204: Materials include Beat Scene recordings of Charles Bukowski reading and a President K "In Acapulco" 45 rpm record
allegedly obtained from an F.B.I. file and gifted to Griffin by Looseleaf.
Box 205: The bulk of the CDs are marko x recordings. Audio cassette tapes include S.A. Griffin with Jack Brewer "Believe in
the Love" and Tracy & the Hindenburg Ground Crew "Margaret Dumont."
Box 206: DVDs include Venice West and the LA Scene, A History Lesson Part I: Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984, Poetic Hoohaw,
If I Scratch, If I Write, and Meeting Mr. Mumps. This box also contains "The Bust" Tracy & the Hindenburg Ground Crew music
video in which Griffin performs the role of Chief Whitman.
Box 207: Tapes include Rhino Records' Hollyword, Charles Bukowski's Run With The Hunted, and the Cassette Gazette Special:
Charles Bukowski recorded by Nola Express, 1970.
Box 208: DVDs include Mary Kerr's Temple Ghosts, Goldmouth and other films by Robert Branaman. CDs include the Scott Wannberg
Memorial at Beyond Baroque, Todd Moore readings, The Carma Bums No Seat Belts Tour of Words 1989 at the Living Batch, James
Ryan Morris with Larry Lake Denver Poets Day 1978, The Kid in America Tony Scibella Live at Cafe Nepenthe 1979, John Thomas
Our Life, F.N. Wright The Homerecordings, Poetry by Frank T. Rios, Rodeo for the Sheepish Ellyn Maybe, 13 Poems Stuart Z.
Perkoff, Black Angeles with Wanda Coleman and Michelle T. Clinton, and High Priestess of Word by Wanda Coleman.
Box 209: Tapes include Another Fucking Hippie w/ Ken Tao's Alchemical Orchestra, Black Girl, Fuzzy Doodah, S.A. Griffin on
KXLU, and Laurel Ann Bogen in Vulnerable Street.
Box 210: Tapes include Tales of Ordinary Madness, Jim Rose Circus Side Show, and the EZTV videocassette Polly Perverse Strikes
Again! with S.A. Griffin.
Box 330: VHS tapes include Tumbleweed in a Box in three parts, onTarget Live at THE GRASSY KNOLL tape 1, John Dullaghan Reels
Tape #4, Further, Further On, and KEY-Z Productions Still Kesey! and The Merry Pranksters Part One. Includes a DVD of the
UK and Hackford Bukwoski documentaries.
Box 331: VHS tapes include Peace March Night Lhasa; Micheline Memorial; Bukowski by Taylor Hackford; Mudpeople; Jack Micheline
Reads; Swinging in the Shadows Venice West and the LA Scene; Tumbleweed in a Box; Night of the Living Sidemen by Doug Knott;
L. Aliens, The Looseleaf Binder Report...; Approaching Omega; untitled performance footage; Ed and Marcia Ward's Robber Sly...;
Tony Goodstone Poetry in Performance; Smokin' the Chronic in Amsterdam; S.A. Griffin - "Ban This Art;" The Looseleaf Report;
Bygone Dayz by Bob Branaman; Wig Rodeo by Marcel de Jure; Cowboy Poets by Kim Shelton; Possum Dixon "Radio Comet;" Bookmark
The Ordinary Madness of Charles Bukowski; Venice West and the LA Scene Demo; Psychic Defuse Train for Ex-Lovers; Poetry Slipped
on a Banana; Robert Greenfield Show...; The Charles Bukowski Tapes Master; Heaven is One Long Naked...; Greenfield Code...;
and The Carma Bums 1990. Cassettes include Onword Radio promos, Background music, Hotel Bums Bookstore Open, Hal (Bus Repair),
Graveyard Sante Fe, Meeting Pixel, If I had the Money..., Hotel, Head Bolts Cards, Penny Lane, Psychic Reading for S.A., Eldridge
Cleaver, and Bus movement. DV cassette is Tumbleweed Film and Info. MTR audio cassette is Esay (S.A. Griffin).
box 195, case 1
Kei Kunihiro Spoken Vocal yrlsc_2248_195_001
1997
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:50:51)
Language of Material: Material is in Japanese
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from conatiner: "1) Kerouac Fest Lowell, 2)Boston, 3)San Fernando Valley, 4) Newport Beach La (Recommended)"
box 195, case 2
Swinging in the Shadows Venice West and the LA Scene yrlsc_2248_195_002
2002
Creator: Kerr, Mary
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:09:20)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Demo"
box 195, case 3
Stuart Z Perkoff Memorial yrlsc_2248_195_003
1994 June 24
Creator: Long, Philomene, 1940-2007
Creator: Raven Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 1:39:11)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Content Note: filmed at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA. Memorial hosted by Philomeme Long.
box 195, case 4
River Alchemy featuring The L.A. Mudpeople yrlsc_2248_195_004
2001 August 12
Creator: Solar Video Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:27:30)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Out and About with Roger Martin-Ep #176 WAYS OF THE RIVERS Arts and Environment of the Niger
Delta. RIVER ALCHEMY Featuring the L.A. Mudpeople"
box 195, case 5
The Son of Satan and 4 Other Films yrlsc_2248_195_005
undated
Creator: Villard, JJ
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:24:43)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "To Linda B, From JJV [includes JJ Villard's address, phone number, and email] jjvillard@hotmail.com,
1716 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara CA 93101, 805 432 0390. "
box 195, case 6
Undying Love Unending: Jack Micheline yrlsc_2248_195_006
1998 March 3
Creator: Cloud House Poetry Archives
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 2:03:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Content note: Memorial for Jack Micheline
box 195, case 7
Neal Cassady In The Backhouse On The Road yrlsc_2248_195_007
1990
Creator: Key-Z Productions
Creator: Key-Z Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:46:19)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "This production contains vintage footage filmed in the proime of the 1960s. You can now listen
to Cassady's raps, watchi his moves, and discover for yourself why he was called the fastestmanalive!"
box 195, case 8
Can You Pass The Acid Test yrlsc_2248_195_008
1990
Creator: Key-Z Productions
Creator: Key-Z Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:51:53)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Featuring: the Merry Pranksters, The Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Wavy Gravy, Owlsy,
The Fugs and the Happenings of the Acid Test"
box 195, case 9
The Luxurious Tigers of Obnoxious Agreement yrlsc_2248_195_009
1997 July 6
Creator: Carma Bums
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 1:28:29)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "2nd Version"
box 195, case 10
The Poets yrlsc_2248_195_010
1995
Creator: Guerilla Filmaker Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 1:47:41)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Content Note: features poets Robert Chambers, Keith Mason, Steve Abee, Luis Rodrigues, Eben Eldridge, Ruben Martinez, Murilene
Murphy, Hassan Jamal, S.A. Griffin, and Ellyn Maybe
box 195, case 11
Griffin's Tumbleweed in a Box with Scott Wannberg and Iris Berry yrlsc_2248_195_011
2002 April 5
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:06:10)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 195, case 12
J.W. McCullough yrlsc_2248_195_012
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:17:11)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 1
Act of Kindness yrlsc_2248_196_001
1993 April 15
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Creator: Rose of Sharon Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:49:13)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 2
Griffin's Insensitive Naked Man poem and interview, The Carma Bums, Tribe Must Be President yrlsc_2248_196_002
undated
Creator: Victoria Looseleaf
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:56:16)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 3
Act of Love yrlsc_2248_196_003
1993 February 12
Creator: Carma Bums
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:27:03)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 4
Jack Michelin at Nadeau House (B) yrlsc_2248_196_004
1994 March 13
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 U-matic; Duration: 0:27:18)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 5
Best of Boss yrlsc_2248_196_005
1985 October 28
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 1:02:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Fish Karma, Lauren Ann Bogen, Doug Knott, Michael Mollett, Linda Sibio, EZTV, 'Best of Boss;"
box 196, case 6
Jack Michelin at Nadeau House (A) yrlsc_2248_196_006
1994 March 13
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 U-matic; Duration: 32:40:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 196, case 7
Best of Boss Volume I yrlsc_2248_196_007
1985 December 17
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Creator: Bruner, Michael
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 U-matic; Duration: 0:48:46)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 1
Onword 3/5/1992 to 3/8/1992 yrlsc_2248_197_001
1992 March 5-8
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:57:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "Onword 3/5/1992 with Rats with Keys, Eric Brown, Bill Mahoney, Randy Horton; 3/8/1992 with S.F.
Folks, Kathi Geores, Domimique Lowell, Bucky Sinister, Alexander Lawrence, John Lange"
box 197, case 2
Onword California with the LA Cacophony Society yrlsc_2248_197_002
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:02:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 3
Onword Ellyn Maybe and Ron M. yrlsc_2248_197_003
1992 March 24-April 9
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 2:00:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "3/24/1992 Ellyn Maybem Blakeslee Stevens, Johnny Speed; 4/9/1992 S.A. Griffin, Grandpa Speed"
box 197, case 4
Onword 3/22/1992 to 3/31/1992 yrlsc_2248_197_004
1992 March 22-31
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 2:00:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "Onword 3/19/1992 with Doug Knott, Mike Mollett, Dave, Rafael; 3/31/1992 with Ron Maxson, Vic
Day"
box 197, case 5
Onword 2/23/1992 to 3/1/1992 yrlsc_2248_197_005
1992 February 23-March 1
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:55:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "Onword 2/23/1992 with Laurel Ann Bogen; 3/1/1992 J.W. McCullough, L.A. Cacophony Society, Blakeslee
Stevens, Max Roach"
box 197, case 6
Onword 4/15/1992 yrlsc_2248_197_006
1992 April 15
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:59:29)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Manazar Gamboa, Naomi, Heather Haley, St. Theresa Stone, Ron Maxson, Johnny Speed"
box 197, case 7
Onword 2/2/1992 to 2/9/1992 yrlsc_2248_197_007
1992 February 2-9
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:55:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "Onword 2/2/1992 with Scott Wannberg, Mike Mollett, Doug Knott; 2/16/1992 with Jack Brewer, taped
2/12/1992"
box 197, case 8
The Carma Bums yrlsc_2248_197_008
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:53:09)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 9
Phone Story of Carma Bums 1991 Tour of Words yrlsc_2248_197_009
1991 August 19
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:02:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "The movie as told by Skie Bender and Kwin Jacobs, Mike Mollett"
box 197, case 10
The Carma Bums in Albuquerque yrlsc_2248_197_010
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:31:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 11
More Hal Burns yrlsc_2248_197_011
1991 August 9
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:33:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Trasncribed from container: "Con. 9A Cards Corn Dog 1 Underrg 9B Sync Audio"
box 197, case 12
KXLU Lost Tribe Show yrlsc_2248_197_012
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:00:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 13
The Carma Bums/Lost Tribe yrlsc_2248_197_013
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:21:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 14
Carma Bums Performance Discussion yrlsc_2248_197_014
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:02:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "Performance discussion at Lorraine's with C.B.s"
box 197, case 15
Lost Tribe (Opening Song) yrlsc_2248_197_015
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:00:53)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Transcribed from container: "All on side A. B-blank"
box 197, case 16
Lost Tribe (End Song) yrlsc_2248_197_016
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:40:34)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 17
Morgan and the Lady Chained to the Mast yrlsc_2248_197_017
1905 June 5
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Creator: Sargent, Ken
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:12:29)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 18
Breakout (Everything is Alright) yrlsc_2248_197_018
1985
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Creator: Sargent, Ken
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:04:45)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 19
Phone Machine #4 yrlsc_2248_197_019
undated
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:15:53)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 197, case 20
Phone Machine #1 yrlsc_2248_197_020
1990-1991
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:48:23)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
List of all voice messages with names and dates included on container
box 197, case 21
Phone Machine #2 yrlsc_2248_197_021
undated
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:54:46)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from insert: "Corny ballads and crazy things on their way to France"
box 197, case 22
Phone Machine #3 yrlsc_2248_197_022
undated
Creator: Griffin, S.A., 1954-
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:43:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 198, case 1
So If They Ever Name yrlsc_2248_198_001
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:32:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Content note: jazz music and spoken word compilation
box 198, case 2
Past Lives yrlsc_2248_198_002
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:24:34)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 198, case 3
Tazza Café yrlsc_2248_198_003
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:39:41)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 4
Nine Cloud KXLU yrlsc_2248_198_004
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:32:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 5
Atomic Adagio yrlsc_2248_198_005
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:11:52)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 6
Joseph Richard Brewer Shit Gets Heard yrlsc_2248_198_006
1993
Creator: Brewer, Joseph
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:00:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
From the Grand Rapids Corporate Territory
box 198, case 7
Waco yrlsc_2248_198_007
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:27:09)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 8
Beat America yrlsc_2248_198_008
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:18:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Corso, Henry Miller, Kesey, Cassady, Grateful Dead, Snyder, Ferlinghehi, Kerouac Poems, Burroughs, Ginsberg
box 198, case 9
Montfort Interview #1 yrlsc_2248_198_009
2002 December 6
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:56:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from insert: "SA Griffin Interview for Beat Scene Magazine England [content:discuss Linda King and relationship
with Bukowski]"
box 198, case 10
Montfort Interview #2 yrlsc_2248_198_010
2002 December 6
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:23:12)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from insert: "SA Griffin Interview for Beat Scene Magazine England"
box 198, case 11
Bukowski Reading yrlsc_2248_198_011
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:32:16)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 12
Bukowski Reads His Poetry (Takoma Records 1980) yrlsc_2248_198_012
1980
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:39:40)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 198, case 13
Laurel Ann Bogen The Rat City Variations yrlsc_2248_198_013
1993-1995
Creator: Bogen, Laurel Ann
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:27)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 14
Duke McVinnie yrlsc_2248_198_014
1992
Creator: McVinnie, Duke
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:12:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 15
Fuzzy Doodah yrlsc_2248_198_015
1995
Creator: Beat Not Beat Music
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:16:23)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 16
Jay Sosnicki 3rd Eye Dropper yrlsc_2248_198_016
1996
Creator: Jay Sosnicki
Creator: Nuthing Sacred
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:22:45)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 17
Zendik Farm Band (The Loser) yrlsc_2248_198_017
1989
Creator: Zendik Farm Band
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:46:57)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 18
Hugh Phukovsky Wordcore yrlsc_2248_198_018
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:24:48)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Ferlinghetti 1978, Kerouac Poems; Burroughs; Ginsberg. Corso; Henry Miller; Kesey; Cassady/Grateful
Dead; Snyder"
box 198, case 19
Sachharine Trust (Bass Lines) yrlsc_2248_198_019
undated
Creator: Sachharine Trust (Musical Group)
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:06:08)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "2 songs"
box 198, case 20
Ellen Maybe A Day in the Life of the Working Poor Xylophone Player yrlsc_2248_198_020
1991
Creator: Pinsker, Ellyn
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:59:48)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Recorded live at Iguana Café, UCLA, and in artist's room"
box 198, case 21
The Sensitive Side of Jack Brewer yrlsc_2248_198_021
undated
Creator: Brewer, Jack
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:31:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 22
Bobbo Staron My Name Is Trouble yrlsc_2248_198_022
1989
Creator: Staron, Bobbo
Creator: Rose of Sharon Records
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:29:49)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 23
Bobbo Staron Big Time Demo yrlsc_2248_198_023
1992
Creator: Staron, Bobbo
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:17:03)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 198, case 24
Yellow Untitled-This Side (Voice Message from Emily) yrlsc_2248_198_024
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:18:27)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "This Side"
box 198, case 25
Ken Tao's Alchemical Orchestra Just Lack Charisma yrlsc_2248_198_025
1994
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:01:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Fall 1994"
box 198, case 26
Laurel Ann Bogen Do Iguanas Dance Under the Moonlight yrlsc_2248_198_026
1984
Creator: Bogen, Laurel Ann
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:40:53)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Recorded live at Al's Bar"
box 199, case 1
Scott Wannberg 1991 yrlsc_2248_199_001
1991
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:25:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 2
Scott Wannberg #2 yrlsc_2248_199_002
1991 June 24
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:19:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 3
Scott Wannberg #3 yrlsc_2248_199_003
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 2:03:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 4
Scott Wannberg 08/1994 yrlsc_2248_199_004
1994 August 1
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:33:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 5
Scott Wannberg yrlsc_2248_199_005
1995 May 27
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:02:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 6
Scott Wannberg 07/24/1996 yrlsc_2248_199_006
1996 July 24
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:21:21)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 7
Scott Wannberg 10/1994 yrlsc_2248_199_007
1994 October 1
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:31:26)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 8
Stuart Z Perkoff / James Ryan Morris yrlsc_2248_199_008
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:33:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 9
Mike Bruner 1984 yrlsc_2248_199_009
1984
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:13:27)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 10
Mike Mollett Mudpeople Interview yrlsc_2248_199_010
1993 July 1
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:19:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 11
Bob Branaman yrlsc_2248_199_011
1999 December 6
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:34:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Content note: Interview for magazine with SA Griffin about Branaman's work. Transcribed from container: "Sweet Lorraine"
box 199, case 12
Jack Micheline 1982 yrlsc_2248_199_012
1982
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:45:28)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 13
Jack Micheline MVD Boulder yrlsc_2248_199_013
1983
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:51)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 14
Blakeslee Stevens American Hotel/Humanesque yrlsc_2248_199_014
1985-1986
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:58:20)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 15
Lon Spiegelman Mail Art Interview yrlsc_2248_199_015
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:00:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Content note: interview about international mail art movment, culture, and private archives
box 199, case 16
Sebastin Cabot and Other Stuff/William Burroughs yrlsc_2248_199_016
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:31:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 17
Fred Neil Live yrlsc_2248_199_017
1980 June 1
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:58:12)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcrbied from container: "Fred Neil/Tony Scibella "Prettiest Train" "The Kid in America" at Café Nepenthes [Side 2] "The
Kid in America" continued Live at the Elephant"
box 199, case 18
Mike Meloan yrlsc_2248_199_018
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:59:55)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Content note: Meloan and Frank On Buk, Et Al
box 199, case 19
Diane DiPrima Interview with Marie Kazalia yrlsc_2248_199_019
2002 April 4
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:13:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 20
Neal Cassady yrlsc_2248_199_020
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:23:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 199, case 21
Jack Brewer yrlsc_2248_199_021
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:33:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Jack Brewer poetry master copy. Jack Brewer Poetry tape + Standup"
box 199, case 22
Williams Carlos Williams/Saccharine Trust yrlsc_2248_199_022
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 1:18:00)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Content Note: Last 4 minutes of side A and most of side B include live recording of Saccharine Trust concert. The recording
is mostly the band talking before and in between songs rather than recordings of the actual songs, introduced as the "first
Saccharine Trust bootleg". At 01:20:00 music program recorded off KXLU, poor quality with distortion and crackle with gain
change in the middle
box 199, case 23
Jack Kerouac on Beat Generation yrlsc_2248_199_023
undated
Physical Description: 1 sound recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:58:53)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 203, case 1
onTarget Live at the Grassy Knoll tape 2 yrlsc_2248_203_001
undated
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:10:48)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Content note: features a poetry reading by S.A. Griffin
box 203, case 2
Cabaret X yrlsc_2248_203_002
2002
Creator: Franchot, Pascal
Creator: Stevens, Steve
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 1:18:19)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Cabaret X is an extreme documentary that explores the real lives of bizarre people and performers
who live in Los Angeles. Transcribed from container: "Executive Producer- Steve Stevens. Produced by Anouk Steinke, Pascal
Franchot. Co-producer- James Mathers. Associate Producers- Bill Swann, Tim Stone, Jill Andre, Richard Franchot, Jason Michael.
Music Supervisor- Peter McCabe. Composer- Bal. Edited by Pascal Franchot, Steve Schmidt. Director of Photography- Helge Gerull.
Written and Directed by Pascal Franchot.
box 203, case 3
Cappucino: The Second Cup yrlsc_2248_203_003
1994
Creator: Moss, Sheridan
Creator: Exit Productions
Physical Description: 1 video recordings(1 VHS; Duration: 0:54:31)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: "Produced by Moss Sherian. Assistant Producer, Makr Henson. Production Assistants, Peter Coca,
Mike Lesczynski. Video Director, Shawn VanEeckhuotte. Directed by Moss Sherian" Content Note: features readings by Christian
E. Elder, Mona Jean, John McCullough, William McLain, Matthew Niblock, Reverend Victoria, Dana A. Snow, and Cynthia Toronto"
box 179, folder 6
Bad Day flyer
1986 July
Scope and Contents
This flyer announces an exclusive engagement at the Lhasa Club for this short guerrilla western film by Modi Frank and Exene
Cervenka. The film salutes Southern California's roots-rock and cow-punk scenes and features Dave Alvin, Michael Blake, Kevin
Costner, and John Doe.
box 114, folder 2
Beat posters
Scope and Content
Posters include the following: John Thomas, Amiri Baraka, Black Ace Books, The Beat Book Shop, Denver Poet's Day, Poetic Hoohaw
And Spring Trip (PHAST), A Gathering Of The Tribes For A Human Be-In, Santa Cruz Poetry Festival, The Return of the Outlaw
Poet: Charles Plymell, Philomene Long's "The Beats: An Existential Comedy," Meet The Beats portraits (Kerouac, Ginsberg and
Burroughs) by R. Crumb, The Beats in San Francisco: From The Margins To The Mainstream, Frank T. Rios In The Biberman Exhibition,
and Lenore Kandel's
The Love Book.
box 179, folder 7
Beat Screening List
2004
Scope and Contents
This folder contains The Beat Movement on Film comprehensive annotated screening list by Ray Carney compiled for the
Whitney Museum Beat Culture and the New America Show.
box 179, folder 8
Bebop Records posters
1985-1989
Scope and Contents
This folder contains color posters for performances at Bebop Records located at 18433 Sherman Way, Reseda and a CD-R of digital
poster images.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One CD-R.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Biography/History
BeBop Records was owned and operated by Richard Bruland and Rene Engel. BeBop Records was located across the street from The
Country Club in Reseda. According to Griffin, during its operation (1982-1990), BeBop was one of the premiere punk, poetry
and performance venues in the Los Angeles area. The first band to play there was Los Lobos. In August 1989 The Carma Bums
performed there for the first time anywhere. After the show, The Bums loaded up the '59 Cadillac outside the front door of
BeBop, baptized it with a bottle of Coca-Cola across the bow and then hit the road for their Carma Bums 1989 No Seat Belts
Tour of Words to Denver, Colorado where the idea for the Bums was born.
box 179, folder 9
Bella Lewitzky Dance Company program
1978 January 13
Scope and Contents
This Chabot College program is signed by Lewitzky.
box 179, folder 10
Bomb script
2001 February 25
Scope and Contents
This folder contains the script for "Man As Bomb: Gregory Corso Celebrated," Griffin's adaptation of Gregory Corso's "Bomb"
which he arranged and directed for theatrical presentation at Corso's Skylight Books memorial.
box 179, folder 11
Book Bound flyer
circa 2001
Scope and Contents
This flyer announces an evening in Echo Park to celebrate the release of
Unborn Again with Griffin, Ellyn Maybe, and Scott Wannberg.
box 179, folder 12-13
BOSS Video EZTV
1985
Scope and Contents
Materials include flyers, press releases, scripts, performance schedules, and mailing lists for Griffin's BOSS performance
space at EZTV, 8547 Santa Monica Boulevard.
box 179, folder 14
Bukowski - Tamarind Theatre
1996 July
Scope and Contents
Materials include a press kit for the production of Bukowski's "Decline & Fall" at the Tamarind Theatre and poetry read by
Griffin next door at Birds.
box 179, folder 15
The Cacophony Society Zone Show flyer
2012 February
box 114, folder 3, box 179, folder 16-35, box 180, box 181, box 182, box 183, box 184, folder 1, box 194, folder 7, box 253
The Carma Bums materials
1989-1998
Biography/History
Box 253: The piece on the left is the original art for the front of The Carma Bums T shirts for our 1991 Start From Zero Secret
Tour of Words where the Bums toured Southern California/San Diego/Tiajuana with 30 people following them. The pot smoking
Cadillac (which is the perimeter of the piece) was part of the flyer created for the Bums by artist Stuart Ellis for their
1989 No Seat Belts Tour of Words. Dale Sedenquist created the caricatures and placed them in the middle along with the text.
The other side is a flyer from one of the shows signed by The Carma Bums and many of those that followed them throughout the
tour. This piece was framed by L.A. performance artist Michael Perrick.
Scope and Contents
Box 114: The Carma Bums No Seat Belts Tour of Words 1990 posters and 1992 Lost Tour of Words posters.
Box 179: Folders include flyers, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera for The No Seat Belts Tour of Words, The Start From
Zero Secret Tour of Words and The Nowhere Tour of Words. This box contains Eric Brown's The Diego Chronicles created during
the Start From Zero Secret Tour of Words and illustrated by Scott Wannberg. Photos from the 1991 Nowhere Tour of Words, the
great bus debacle by Jeffoto and slides by Kip Duff. These color slides are of the three day bus painting party at the 18th
Street Art Complex in Santa Monica.
Box 180: Folders include correspondence, Twisted Tour of Words flyers and art, Cadillac service receipts, notes, photographs,
proof sheets, poems, and a flyer and photos from their Slave To Love show at The Drawing Room Studios and Gallery. Photographs
are from tours including the International Super Highway, The No Seat Belts Tour of Words, and the Twisted Tour.
Box 181: The Carma Bums road book with contributions from all members for the No Seat Belts Tour of Words and the Start From
Zero Secret Tour of Words.
Box 182: The Carma Bums road book for the 1996 Twisted Tour of Words.
Box 183: The Carma Bums road book which includes ephemera from The Lost Tribe.
Box 184, Folder 1: Photographs from Act of Love, negatives, and from San Diego with Candye Kane.
Box 194: Copies of The Carma Bums Lost Tour of Words 1992 flyers by Blair Wilson.
Box 253: The Carma Bums 1991 Start From Zero Secret Tour of Words framed piece.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Box 179: One CD-R of The Carma Bums Armageddon Outta Here! tour photos, May 2004.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 184, folder 2
Church of the Everlasting Dada cards
box 184, folder 3
City of the Jealous Gods program
1983
Scope and Contents
Folder contains one program for this rock 'n roll performance poetry theatre with Doug Knott, Griffin, Bobbo Staron, and Sparky
Slade at the Fig Tree Theatre.
box 184, folder 4
D-Day Riffle flyer
circa 1974
Scope and Contents
A Don't Tell No One Kugelman and Bent production with works and readings from Steve Wilson and Tony Scibella.
box 184, folder 6
Diamond Dada programme
1991
Scope and Contents
The official 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of dada at Al's Bar where Griffin performed and emceed. Includes photograph
proofs.
box 184, folder 7
Do You Believe in the Love? booklet
2008 October 12
Scope and Contents
Booklet documents the marriage ceremony of William and Raugust performed by Griffin.
box 184, folder 8
Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore celebration flyer
circa 1995
Scope and Contents
Folder contains flyer and coupon for a free cookie with purchase of cup of coffee.
box 184, folder 9
Electronic Cafe International calendar
1991
Biography/History
The Electronic Cafe was founded in 1984 by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, operating out of the 18th Street Arts Complex
in Santa Monica. The Carma Bums did a broadcast there on New Year's 1990. Griffin did a few solo shows out of the Electronic
Cafe that reached Europe and the Biosphere. Galloway and Rabinowitz were community supporters of small press and performance
artists regionally and worldwide.
box 184, folder 10
An Evening of Poetry...flyer
1990 June 20
Scope and Contents
Poetry flyer for Griffin and Cynthia Toronto at the System M Cafe-Gallery in Long Beach.
box 184, folder 11
An Evening with Ken Kesey program
1990
Scope and Contents
Program for Kesey's performance at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Visitors "enter and venture aboard the bus 'Further' in a multimedia
recreation of The Merry Prankster's legendary 1964 bus trip across the continent."
box 184, folder 12
Event photographs
1994-2006
Scope and Content
Photographs are from readings and events such as a road trip to San Francisco to perform at The Marilyn Monroe Theater, Beat
Hotel, a Beyond Baroque poetry reading at In-n-Out Burger, Follywood Bowl, Vesuvios, and a reading at Carlye Archibeque's.
box 184, folder 13
Exhibition programs
1993-1994, 2013-2014
box 184, folder 14
Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles flyers
2005 March 19
Scope and Contents
This folder contains flyers designed by Andy Takajian for the Hunter S. Thompson reading produced by Griffin and Michael Simmons
at Skylight Books. Los Angeles writers reading HST include the following: Griffin, Iris Berry, Michael C. Ford, Dough Knott,
Mike M. Mollett, Blakeslee Stevens, Philomene Long, and Scott Wannberg.
box 184, folder 15
Ferlinghetti, City Lights and the Beats in San Francisco...symposium materials
1996 April 12-13
Scope and Contents
This symposium at the University of California, Berkeley features Griffin for Beat Legacies: Younger Writers Influenced by
the Beats and the Homage to Ferlinghetti poetry reading with Michael McClure, Diane di Prima, David Meltzer, and Jack Micheline.
box 184, folder 16
Film and video release flyers
Scope and Contents
This folder includes flyers for The Irish Vampire Goes West with Philomene Long, Lyn Lifshin: Not Made of Glass, The Beach,
and Naked World.
box 184, folder 17
Five poems sent to Uncle Don
1990 May
Scope and Content
Tale of the Iguana from Uncle Don's (almost) dead letter file.
box 184, folder 18
Fringe Festival event calendar
1987
box 184, folder 19
George Herms: The Artist's Life program
2011 February
box 184, folder 20
Glaxa Studios "Attic" flyers
1996 January 21
Scope and Contents
Griffin performed poetry and stories at this event.
box 184, folder 21
Grand Passion readings calendar
box 185
Griffin flyer binders
Scope and Content
Box 185: This box contains three binders created by Griffin which are filled with performance flyers.
The Lost Tribe Binder includes flyers, photos, scripts, and ephemera generated by The Lost Tribe. This binder contains flyers
for White Trash Apocalypse and Griffin shows/readings at the Lhasa Club, the AntiClub, The Iguana Cafe, The Figtree Theatre,
Highland Grounds, the Onyx, Jacks Sugar Shack, Beyond Baroque, Dutton's, Al's Bar, Bebop Records, The Grassy Knoll, and Gorky's.
A flyer and a memorial card for Brendan Mullen (1949-2009) are also included in this binder.
The blue binder includes flyers, photographs and clippings from The Carma Bums tours, flyers for When Words Collide, onTarget,
Insomnia Magazine, Onyx/Echo, Downtown Lives!, Act of Kindness, Cattle Eyes, Soul Speak, The Onyx, Open Ended It, Penny Lane
Coffee Shop, Beyond Baroque, Shatterproof Press, ZTZU, The Water Gallery, Rattler, The Poecentric Lounge, The Pik-Me-Up, Shelf
Life Press, Best Of BOSS, EZTV, Electronic Cafe International, The Iguana Cafe, Gaga Coffeehouse, Zatar's, Sam's Book City,
The Grassy Knoll, Griffith Park Love-In, Spaceland, The Ground Zero, KingKing, Beauty Bar, Kill Radio, Hollywood Mogul's,
El Carmen Cafe, Glaxa Studios, Skylight Books, The Palace, The Shortstop, Stories Books, Mr. T's Ballroom, and Rabbits Over
Clevyland.
The Lady binder includes flyers for the Water Gallery, Bebop Records, Numbskull Sutra Tour of Words, Merilene Murphy Tribute
at Beyond Baroque, Sacred Grounds, Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading at To The Curb Bookstore, The Iguana Cafe, The Onyx,
Pink's Famous Chili Dogs, Madame Wong's, Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, Al's Bar, Poetry at SPARC, Raji's, Zero One, Hollywood
Mogul's, Lulu's Alibi, The Blue Saloon, Laundromat Poetry Reading at Wash-O-Rama, Anticlub, Glaxa Studios, Lhasa Club, Mr.
T's Bowl, Iguana Cafe, Hells Gate, Whisky A Go-Go, Sam's Book City, Harold's Place in San Pedro, Golden Apple, The Jabberjaw,
The Masque Preservation Society, Sponto Gallery, Art Works Inc., The Bridge, Cafe NELA, The Grassy Knoll, Largo Cafe, and
Cinco de Mike Watt.
box 114, folder 4
Griffin posters
Scope and Contents
Griffin performance posters include the following: Sal Mimeo & The Process Rebels Without Applause Tour of Words, The Post
Beats, Dream Lions, Skylight Books: Stanza & Deliver!, The Poet's Voice, A Soul Stands Up, See Thru Deja Vu All Over Again,
Rise, ya dang Phoenix! Benefit for Victor Balogh, Downtown Lives! '97 Poetry Under the Stars, Santa Cruz Poetry Festival,
Tribe, Poetry Out Loud, This Cat Eats Everything Memorial Reading for Jack Micheline, Girls Gone Wild, Vermin on the Mount,
The Poetry Bomb Tour of Words 2010, New Word Order Poetry Tour, The Moment, The Poets, Southern California Poetry Invasion!,
So Much Is Burning, and YOU Shut Your Mouth! A Patriot Act.
box 186, box 187
Griffin road books
Scope and Contents
Box 186: This book contains collage, clippings, stickers, writing by other poets, drawings, photos, and other ephemera.
Box 187: The small book with a photo of Spencer Griffin on the cover contains photos of the Riviera ride, writing about medicinal
marijuana, clippings and notes. The larger book with a Joker and a feather on the cover includes an image of Walt Whitman,
poems, postcards, poetry, photos, stickers, drawings by Scott Wannberg, and notes from other poets.
box 188, folder 1
Heaven...flyer
circa 1993
Scope and Contents
Flyer for
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance book signing at The Drawing Room with belly dancing by Pleasant Gehman.
box 188, folder 2
Holy Fools Week letters
1999
Scope and Contents
Organizational letters from Chief Fools Griffin and James Stauffer for participants in the Holy Fools Week Big Beat Roadshow
Vortex 2000 gathering in Wichita, Kansas.
box 188, folder 3
Howl clippings
2010 October
Scope and Contents
This folder contains documentation of Griffin reading Ginsberg's
Howl at the Sunset 5 screening of Howl in Hollywood.
box 252
Jack Kerouac's Birthday Party art
1996 March
Scope and Content
This piece was created during Jack Kerouac's Birthday Party, a performance that Griffin curated and directed.
Biography/History
During this performance, Griffin and his crew invaded George Herms' art class. Herms was not there but showed up at the end.
Griffin was inspired in part by Breton wherein he had the L.A. Mudpeople deliberating while the artists drew the poets writing
and the poets wrote about the artists capturing them so that everyone absorbed the entire event as art and words.
box 188, folder 4
Karen Finley program
1991
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a UCLA Center for the Performing Arts program for Finley's
We Keep Our Victims Ready.
box 188, folder 5
Kick Out the Verse...photograph
2007
box 188, folder 6
Kill Radio photographs
2004
box 188, folder 7
LA LA Land II: The Event program
1994
box 260
L.A.'s Best promo
2001
Scope and Content
One mounted promotional poster for Griffin's "L.A.'s Best . . . Voices of the West" reading with Roni Walter at the Autry
Museum of Western Heritage.
box 188, folder 8
The Last of the Knotts program
circa 1996
box 188, folder 9
LAVA Literary Salon: A Charles Bukowski Evening flyer
box 188, folder 10-11
Lee Mallory flyers
1999, 2000, 2005
box 188, folder 12-13
levy fest materials
2005-2006
Scope and Contents
Materials include a bookmark, a poster, and
Sometimes City Undercovers chapbooks.
box 188, folder 14
Los Angeles Independent Literary Publishers Conference program
1997 October
Scope and Contents
The program opens with introductions from Fred Dewey, Beyond Baroque, and Griffin, Rose of Sharon Press.
box 188, folder 15-24
The Lost Tribe materials
Scope and Contents
Materials include scripts, set lists, flyers, bumper stickers, book art, mock up for book, wedding invitations, photographs,
and negatives.
Biography/History
This poetry performance group was created in 1985 by Michael Lane Bruner, S.A. Griffin, Doug Knott, and Mike M. Mollett. The
formation of the group emerged out of the Wednesday night open readings at The Water Espresso Gallery, as a response to the
punk expression and performance happening at the time. A well-rehearsed, crack performance ensemble complete with costumes,
props, and only one rule: no work performed was written for performance. The Tribe only choreographed and performed work written
as poetry for the page. The Tribe's stated goal was to elevate poetry to something more accessible as entertainment. The Lost
Tribe appeared regularly in clubs throughout California. They appeared twice on television as contestants on The Gong Show:
winning with the lowest score ever (8) on their first appearance and gonged off during their second appearance. The Tribe
was never influenced by, or had anything to do with, slam poetics. Slam is a competition and competitive poetry was not a
part of The Lost Tribe's work.
box 188, folder 25
Mad Daddy's press kit
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
This folder contains clippings, signed band photos, a mini-photo album, a ticket stub, small band posters, and a CD entitled
Get yer ta tas out!
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One CD.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 188, folder 26
Magica Sexualis flyer
1992
box 188, folder 27
Mile High and Underground
2009 June
Scope and Contents
All materials relate to this celebration of art and printed word from Denver's Bohemian/Beat scene -- 1965-1987. Words and
art were included from Saul White, Steve Wilson, Tony Scibella, Frank Rios, Stuart Perkoff, Ed and Marcia Ward.
box 189, folder 2
Mud Wrestling program
1993 July 4
Scope and Contents
All female mud wrestling program for Fourth of July party with Sluts for Hire and Pop Defect.
box 189, folder 3
Music Never Stops KPFK New Year show photographs
2003, 2004
Language of Material: English.
box 189, folder 4
The Naked Word flyers
1994 July 26
box 189, folder 4-5
National Poetry Month materials
1997, 2001, 2005
Scope and Contents
Materials include a
Walt Whitman's Beard chapbook on Griffin's Rose of Sharon imprint from the 1997 celebration at the USC Doheny Library which includes work from
Laurel Ann Bogen, Millicent Borges, Dennis Cruz, S.A. Griffin, Doug Knott, Ellyn Maybe, Jeff McDaniel, Patricia Wagner, Scott
Wannberg, and Pam Ward. These folders also contain posters and flyers from this event and others.
box 189, folder 7-8
NWO Tour of Words materials
2005
Scope and Contents
Folder 6 contains flyers for Griffin's New Word Order Alive in '05 Tour of Words with Iris Berry, John Dorsey, and Scott Wannberg.
Folder 7 contains a drawing of John Dorsey in Santa Cruz entitled "Poet Con Huevos."
box 189, folder 9
On the Road anniversary photos
2001 April 22
Scope and Content
Photographs of a party at Griffin's and a reading at Short Stop Bar. Among those photographed includes John Cassady. Also
includes photographs from a Big Sur road trip celebrating the 50th anniversary.
box 189, folder 10
Onword photos
1992
Scope and Contents
Photographs from Griffin's radio show which was recorded on the 17th floor of a location now called Sunset Vine Tower. Photos
of the recording session and celebration BBQ feature Jon Longhi, Kathi Georges, Dominique Lowell, Bobbo Staron, Bill Mahoney,
Kip Duff, Bucky Sinister, Doug Knott, Eric Brown, John Ramirez, Elizabeth Herndon, Lorraine Perrotta, and Tomas who ran the
board for the show.
box 189, folder 11
Open Ended It flyers
1995 March 12
Scope and Content
Two flyers for Griffin's event on Jack Kerouac's birthday at the Onyx/Echo.
box 189, folder 12
Philip Levine programs
1994 September 13
Scope and Contents
Two Philip Levine with David St. John Pacific Design Center "readings and conversations" programs signed by Levine.
box 189, folder 13
Pigstreet images
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of negatives and proof sheets from a performance of Pigstreet.
box 114, folder 5, box 262, box 194, folder 7
Posters
Scope and Content
Box 114: Performance posters include the following: Popdefect, Lucha Va Voom, Club Sucker, The Drums Inside Your Chest, Echo
Park Arts Festival, The Onyx, Harold's Place in San Pedro, Beyond Baroque, Bad Day, Poetry With Legs, Timothy Carey Film Festival,
d.a. levy birthday bash, ZTZU, Club Gidget at The Shamrock, 40 Watts of Sue Carpenter, H.S.T. Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles,
Charles Bukowski, Poems for All, and Prospero's Pit.
Box 194: Posters include the following: Scott Wannberg poetry at Dutton's, Poetry Out Loud at GAGA Coffeehouse, Poems For
All Mimeo Gathering, The Millennium Cabaret, 101 International Mail Art Show, When Words Collide, and Southern California
Poetry Invasion.
Box 262: Posters include the following: Poems Live with Ed Ward, Denver Poets Day, Ken Kesey's Acid Test, and Neal Cassady
In The Backhouse.
box 189, folder 14
Poesia Para la Gente bookmark
circa 2011
Scope and Contents
This bookmark features Rolando Ortiz's "When The Devil Comes Around My Town" for this program under the Avenue 50 Studio's
monthly La Palabra Poetry.
box 189, folder 15-23, box 194, folder 7
The Poetry Bomb materials
2010
Scope and Contents
Box 189: The Poetry Bomb Couch Surfing Across America Tour of Words folders include a copy of the sign in sheet for shows,
photos of Griffin and the Bomb by Neal Taylor (aka Skooter, aka Pope John Paul George Ringo I), a wooden scrapbook decorated
with a red rose design full of poems, poetry from inside the Bomb, correspondence, flyers, postcards, and a road book which
includes writing, photos, drawings, business cards, maps, stickers, signatures, and stamps. A few of the photos of Griffin
and Elsie (The Bomb) are signed by Griffin and Taylor. Also includes photographs from a Huntington visit.
Box 194: One black and white Poems For All Poetry Bomb poster signed by Richard Hansen.
box 190, folder 1
Poetry and performance flyers binder
Processing Information
These pages were removed from a mint green binder for the purpose of preservation.
Scope and Contents
Flyers include Psychedelic Illuminations, Dance of the Iguana, Rios + Macker + Scibella reading, Beelzebub Books Beatnik,
LA Cacophony Society MISSING!, Circle in the Square, and 5th Street Dick's Coffee Company.
box 190, folder 2
Poetry In Motion bio sheet
2014 January
Scope and Contents
Biographies of performers for Eve Brandstein's Poetry In Motion show, Bad Boys & Women Who Live Through Them featuring eight
poets, including Griffin.
box 190, folder 3
Poetry and performance flyers
box 190, folder 4
Poetry Slipped On A Banana script
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
Griffin's script for a performance he conceived and directed which was performed at the Barnsdall Art Park Theatre. The cast
which included Lorraine Perrotta as "The Artist" is listed on the back of the script.
box 190, folder 5-6, box 191, folder 1
Rabbits Over Clevyland materials
2005, 2006
Scope and Content
Box 190, Folder 5: Materials include levyfest programs, Griffin's
clevyland calling...,
Meat no. 3, d.a. levy and the cleveland scene catalog, levy's roses that (for gene) broadside, a copy of rabbits over clevyland
"chicken soup for tessa lowell," a limited edition Rabbits Over Clevyland photo book with photos by Bill Roberts and a DVD-R
of Ken Petrochuk's "if i scratch, if i write" levy film.
Box 190, Folder 6: Print outs of blog posts for the Rabbits Over Clevyland 2006 events produced by S.A. Griffin and Bree Bodnar.
Box 191, Folder 1: This photo album documents the production of rabbits over clevyland "chicken soup for tessa lowell" created
at mac's backs basement, October 29, 2006.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One DVD-R.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 190, folder 7
Riverwood Poetry Festival programs
2009 June 24-28
box 190, folder 12
Sam's Book City flyers
1996
box 190, folder 13
Santa Cruz Poetry Festival preview
2012 February 12
box 190, folder 14
Saul White: A Memorial Exhibition program
2003
box 190, folder 15
Set times
Scope and Contents
Set times for a performance which begins with guest host Tequila Mockingbird.
box 190, folder 16
Skychurch 2000 press release
1999
box 232, folder 1
Tumbleweed Weed In A Box stills
box 232, folder 2
Unknown Tour of Words road book
2006
Scope and Content
This road book from Griffin's tour with John Dorsey, Ellyn Maybe, and Scott Wannberg includes writing by all and drawings
by Scott.
box 232, folder 3
Venice West flyers
Scope and Content
This folder contains flyers for To the Beach and Back: Return of the Kid in America, an evening of readings from new books
by Griffin, Philomene Long, Frank T. Rios, Tony Scibella, and John Thomas. This event was held at the Sponto Gallery, the
site of the old Venice West Cafe.
box 232, folder 4
Venice West negatives
1964
Scope and Content
One small box contains a black and white negative strip with photos of the Venice West Cafe.
box 232, folder 5
Venus in the Badlands photos
2006
Scope and Content
Venus In The Badlands, New Mexico photos by OutlawPoetPix.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One CD-R.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 232, folder 6-7
Where Streets Collide materials
Scope and Content
Materials include flyers, a program and performer resumes for this theatre piece based upon a one act play "Pigstreet" by
Griffin. This piece was directed by Griffin and Peter Flynn and featured Doug Knott, Bobbo Staron, and Griffin.
box 183, box 232, folder 8
White Trash Apocalypse materials
Scope and Content
Box 183: This box contains the White Trash Apocalypse (WTA) road book for Griffin's Words On Wheels tour with Iris Berry and
Pleasant Gehman.
Box 232: This box contains a photographs and a WTA press kit which includes performer bios and photographs for the Words On
Wheels tour.
Biography/History
Iris Berry, Pleasant Gehman, and S.A. Griffin toured the southwestern U.S. as White Trash Apocalypse during October 1995 in
Griffin's 1971 Buick Riviera. Iris Berry is a Los Angeles punk progenitor, poet, publisher, and friend of Griffin's. Along
with Gehman, Berry lived at the Hollywood punk house Disgraceland and was one of the Ringling Sisters. Griffin officiated
at Berry's wedding to Tony Malone. Iris Berry currently operates Punk Hostage Press.
box 192, box 252, box 260
Window cards
Scope and Contents
Window cards and lobby posters for theater and dance performances.
box 194, folder 3
Woodpussy poster
Scope and Content
One poster from Club Sucker, a Sunday afternoon punk rock beer bust at The Garage on Santa Monica Boulevard hosted by Ms.
Vaginal Creme Davis.
box 232, folder 9
Words, Well, Spoken: Songs, Too, True program
Scope and Content
This program is for Michael Lane Bruner's night of "West Coast Performance Poetry." In addition to Bruner, performers include
Doug Knott, Griffin, Michael M. Mollett, Bobbo Staron, Scott Wannberg, and Laurel Ann Bogen.
box 252, box 194, folder 3
X posters
undated, 2008
Biography/History
Box 194: These posters were produced by John E. Miner and Jessee Viduarre's Voxpop Press. Griffin attended these performances
as a guest of Diana Bonebrake.
Scope and Content
Box 194: Two silkscreen X posters from the band's shows at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood.
Box 252: One 31st Anniversary tour poster (2008).
box 168, box 191, box 194, box 236, box 245, box 246, box 249, box 252, box 257, box 260, box 262, box 263, box 280, box 281, box 282, box 283, box 284, box 285, box 286, box 287, box 288, box 289, box 290, box 291, box 292
Memorabilia
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be
required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your
visit.
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Memorabilia includes flag remnants from d.a. levy's grave, t-shirts from bookstores and bands, photographs, and memorial programs.
box 168, folder 13
Art Detox bag
Scope and Content
One brown paper bag with ART DETOX stencil on it. Images of Griffin using this work may be found in the Poetry Bomb materials.
Biography/History
Vittore Baroni created these bags for a show in Eagle Rock called pLAyLAnd, where the Poetry Bomb made its first appearance
before Griffin began the tour in April 2010.
box 168, folder 14, box 281, box 282
Awards and certificates
1979-1988, 2007-2011, undated
Scope and Content
Box 168: Awards for Griffin, Lorraine Perrotta, and Spencer Lane Griffin which include signed certificates from Gloria Molina
and Eric Garcetti.
Box 281: Griffin's K-12 and college certificates of achievement.
Box 282: Birthday walk certificates signed by Mike M. Mollett and a blank Certificate of Upgrade to Complete Asshole.
box 168, folder 15
Stodolsky plaque form
2011
Scope and Content
Silicone negative of plaque form designed by Griffin to commemorate Red Stodolsky's Baroque Bookstore located at 1643 North
Las Palmas Avenue.
Biography/History
Sholom "Red" Stodolsky founded and operated Baroque Bookstore aka The University of Red from 1972 until his death in 1998
at the age of 82. Griffin created the plaque in tribute to Red, a major bookman in Hollywood and Los Angeles. According to
Griffin, among others, Red's shop was influential and essential for hardcore Bukowski fans, young punkers, poets, and writers.
box 168, folder 16
Fireside poet prints
Scope and Content
Portraits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes mounted on black cardboard.
box 191, folder 6
Wannberg calendar
2012
Scope and Content
This Scott Wannberg Memorial and Celebratory Calendar was created by Janet Zarem and includes photos of Scott and copies of
his poems. It is dedicated to S.A. Griffin and Lorraine Perrotta, Scott's friends, Scott's tribe, Scott's family, Scott's
Guardian Angels.
box 194, folder 9
American flag remnants
2005
Scope and Content
Four American flags of various sizes and states of disrepair.
Biography/History
Griffin picked up these flag remnants by d.a. levy's grave on October 29, 2005, levy's birthday. The tattered flag was used
as original art for the cover of
Sometimes City undercovers which Griffin created at the 2005 Levyfest in Cleveland, Ohio. Griffin used the intact flag to create center piece art.
box 194, folder 10, box 281, box 282
Photographs
Scope and Content
Box 194: This color photograph of an "ON WORD" California personalized license plate was a gift from Bowerbird Intelligentleman
aka Bruce Morasch.
Box 281: Photographs include Griffin's father; S.A. and Lorraine Perrotta at Linda Bukowski's house with cat Sutra; the Al's
Bar urinals by Gary Leonard; Leonard's portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. in Beverly Hills; a signed black and white promotional
glossy of Alex Trebek; Charles Bukowski's grave site; Tony Scibella, Gayle Davis, Michelle White, Ed Ward, and Griffin at
the Mercury Cafe; Sahid's trip to Catalina; and his Onyx farewell party. Photographs also include a trip to San Francisco,
photographs of Scott Wannberg, Ike's farewell, Spencer Griffin's college graduation, Griffin's face paint, negatives of Griffin's
apartment, Scott's birthday party, Griffin and Tony Scibella at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, Griffin's trip to the Marilyn
Monroe Theatre in San Francisco, Tony Scibella's memorial, and apartment photographs.
Box 282: Photographs include S.A. and Lorraine Perrotta by Mike M. Mollett, Michelle White and Steve Wilson by Marcia Ward,
Robin Griffin by Sandy Pimperton, and S.A. with Allen Ginsberg.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Box 281: One CD-R.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 236
S.A. Griffin Water print
1985
Scope and Content
One large framed black and white print for part of a postcard series created for the Water Espresso Gallery, formerly at the
corner of Santa Monica and Hudson. Griffin hand wrote a piece of his longer poem "Pigstreet" on this print.
Biography/History
Griffin was a regular at The Water beginning with the Wednesday night poetry open, the first place he ever read publicly in
L.A. (1981-1982) This is where Griffin met Mike Bruner and Bobbo Staron. Bruner would become a founding member of The Lost
Tribe and The Carma Bums, Staron a founding member of The Carma Bums. The Water was owned by artist Frederick Sauls who owned
the entire building which included The Lhasa Club and Figtree Theatre.
box 245
LACMA Berlin Wall piece
2009 November
Scope and Content
This box contains a piece of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) "Berlin Wall" from the 20th anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall.
Biography/History
According to Griffin, at one point during the exhibition, against the wishes of the museum, the crowd executed a successful
art rebellion to "tear down that wall." This piece exists as a remnant from this action.
box 246, folder 1
Woodstock plaque
1994
Scope and Content
One limited edition commemorative plaque from the 25th Anniversary of the music festival. Framed memorabilia includes a silver
medallion, a ticket, and a VIP laminate.
box 249
Liberace bag
Scope and Content
One white vinyl bag with zipper and golden Liberace signature piano logo. The right hand corner reads: Hansen House, Hollywood
1515 N. Vine Street/Hollywood, Calif. 90028.
Biography/History
This bag was gifted to Griffin by Karl Ellis who was working for Barry Manilow at the time. Ellis was an actor/artist who
made money working as an assistant and artist for Barry Manilow in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ellis created a logo that
Manilow used on one of his albums. Ellis lived with his older lover, Jack Pierce, an actor and director. Early on during the
epidemic, Ellis passed away from AIDS.
box 257
On the Road scroll poster
Scope and Content
Poster of Jack Kerouac's
On The Road scroll.
box 260
Lobby cards
2005-2006
Scope and Content
One Skylight Books Mourning Becomes Electric promotional lobby card signed with drawings by both Bruce Wagner and James Ellroy
for their book tour during which they read from each other's work (2006) and one Skylight Books promotional lobby card for
Pam Tent's book tour about her life as a "Fabulous Cockette" (2005).
box 262
S.A. Griffin birthday posters
Scope and Content
This box contains two posters for Griffin's birthdays as well as posters for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and the Los Angeles
International Film Exposition 10th Anniversary.
box 194, folder 7, box 252, box 263, box 281
Music posters
Scope and Content
Box 194: One black and white poster of Richie Havens, signed by Havens, one of Griffin's favorite singer/songwriters.
Box 252: One full color Spring Awakening cast poster signed by all from a performance at the Pantages Theatre where Griffin
took his son Spencer for his 20th birthday.
Box 263: Punk, rock, and metal posters include the following: The Minutemen, The Cramps, Sonic Youth, Rocky Horror, Girlschool,
Hanoi Rocks, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and a Rolling Stones promo for a Germany gig that never happened.
Box 281: Hollywood Poseur poster featuring punk rock fashion such as extra skinny ties, tite black jeans, knife earrings,
wraparound sunglasses, bondage straps, band buttons, studs, spikes, and wristbands.
box 280
Arm cast
circa 1999
Scope and Content
Fake arm cast from a benefit organized by Johnette Napolitano for Pleasant Gehman at the Whiskey a Go Go. The cast is signed
by all performers including Napolitano, members of Concrete Blonde, and Possum Dixon.
box 281
U.S.A.F. book
Scope and Content
One United States Air Force Basic Military Training graduation book signed by Griffin's fellow trainees.
box 281, box 282
Ephemera
Scope and Content
Box 281: Business cards, postcards, and name cards include those of Reverend S.A. Griffin of Dynasty of Divine Love and Tolerance,
Reverend Mike Cronin, a Ken Kesey calling, Reserved for Arthur Saxon, Metro Poet, Zamorano Club Guest, Stop Nuclear Weapons
Testing Now!, and a vintage How Am I Doing?
This box also contains the following: No Vote Left Behind Kerry/Edwards 2004 bumper sticker created by Griffin, a Kill Radio
sticker, and a color photocopy of Jon Howard's Beat American flag guitar rag signed by Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, and
William S. Burroughs.
Box 282: Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing in America coasters, James Weldon Johnson USPS postcard, BillyBobaPalooza name badges,
The Moment bumper sticker, a black X arm band from an L.A. gig, protest flyers, d.a. levy rabbits over clevyland coasters, a piece of
the Dalai Lama's mandala, an
Angry Thoreauan Magazine syringe, and a Museum of Death membership brochure.
box 281, box 282
Memorial programs
Scope and Content
Box 281: Programs for the following: Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Patchen, and Larry Lake.
Box 282: Programs for the following: Saul White, Tony Scibella, Michael Montfort, Philomene Long, and Lawrence Chandler Leigh.
Included with the Tony Scibella memorial card are photographs from Tony Scibella's memorial.
box 282
Astro-Forecast
2000-2001
Scope and Content
A bound astrology forecast for Griffin by Rockie Horoscope.
box 282
Mousepad
Scope and Content
One "I Choose Not To Believe In War Holy Or Not" mousepad.
box 282
Medical marijuana documents
Scope and Content
Medical marijuana documentation includes letters of recommendation from attending physicians for Griffin's use of cannabis
for medical purposes and Griffin's verification card.
box 283, box 284, box 285
Audiovisual materials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your
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Box 283: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 284: Eight VHS tapes, 4 Hi-8 video tapes, and 2 audio cassettes.
Box 285: Twelve audio cassettes, 6 DVDs, and 1 CD-R.
Box 331: Three VHS tapes.
Scope and Content
Box 283: Titles include Visiting...With Huell Howser, Things That Aren't Here Anymore, Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater: A
Conversation With Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Popdefect Live With This (Adrift In America), The Henry Miller Odyssey, and Zimmerman
& Markman MoveOn.org Debate.
Box 284: Titles include Aunt Nellie's 90th Family Reunion, Paiz Video Memories, Happy 40th, Spencer's 6th B-day, Spencer's
7th B-day, Teddy the Kitty, and Classic Beverly Hills Auto Tour.
Box 285: Titles include Father's Day Speech, Sesame Street Songs, Dad #1, Fully Awake: Black Mountain College, i (heart) huckabees,
Memories of Scott, Tanka: An Animated Vision of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and Audio Shoes.
Box 331: Titles include Cousin S.A. Griffin's 50th Birthday Bash and Steve and Lorraine's Wedding.
box 286, box 287, box 288, box 289, box 290, box 291, box 292
T-shirts
Scope and Content
Box 286: Pale Rider, Cool As Ice, Beyond Baroque, The Other Side, Space Ark Gallery, and the Onyx.
Box 287: SAG, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Perry Mason, Candide, and Monsters.
Box 288: The Ringling Sisters, Born To Be Bad, Santa Cruz Poetry Festival, The Lummox Journal, Ken Kesey, The 1996 Carma Bums
Twisted Tour of Words, The 1991 Carma Bums Start From Zero Secret Tour of Words, and The Carma Bums 1992 Lost Tour of Words.
Box 289: University High School Coffeehouse/Poetry Reading, Writings on the Wall: Spoken Word Festival, Word Avenue 50 Studio,
4 Words Written Spoken, Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, Next...The Guide To SoCal Word Art Events, Save the Books, and The Carma
Bums Start From Zero Secret Tour of Words 1991.
Box 290: AFTRA, National Lampoon's Joy of Sex, Mambo! Films, Insomnia, 2010: A Beyond Baroque Odyssey, Festival of Masks,
LACC 1992 Readathon, and The Ringling Sisters.
Box 291: Bukowski, Tribe, Beat-L, Vesuvio Cafe, Jack Brewer and Bazooka, Team Bukowski Black Sparrow Press, Downtown Lives!
1997, I'd Rather Be Reading Bukowski, and WWC.
Box 292: The Onyx Cafe, LACC Readathon 1990, 666 Princess of Hollywood, Kblt, No Fucking Way, White Trash Apocalypse, I Rocked
With KLOS, Damaged Goods, Rip Griffin's, and Morrison.
box 168, box 194, box 211, box 212, box 213, box 214, box 215, box 216, box 217, box 218, box 219, box 220, box 221, box 222, box 223, box 224, box 225, box 226, box 227, box 228, box 229, box 230, box 231, box 245, box 256, box 262
Acting career materials
Scope and Content
Materials related to Griffin's acting career, which are organized chronologically, include materials on the Act Fast 5 strike,
programs, photographs, contracts, press kits, clippings, scripts, posters, resumes, and audiovisual recordings.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 194, folder 8, box 168, folder 3-4, box 211, box 212, box 213, box 214, box 215, box 216, box 217, box 218, box 245, box 256, box 262
Files
circa 1970s-2014
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Box 217: Seven CDs of Griffin's headshots.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Biography/History
Box 245: Glenn Dubose is Griffin's acting mentor and friend. Dubose was one of Griffin's teachers at Chabot College, Hayward,
California (1976-1978). Griffin worked as Dubose's assistant during his second year at Chabot. Dubose directed Griffin in
The Birds (Hoopoe),
Gypsy (Cigar), and
Candide (Candide).
Scope and Content
Box 168: Folder 3 contains two copies of The Chronicle which publicizes the musical
Innocents Abroad. Folder 4 contains a black and white photo of Griffin with Tamara Morgan during a rehearsal for
The Physicists at Chabot College, Hayward. Morgan played Nurse Monika and Griffin, Mobius.
Box 194: Posters for productions in which Griffin performed include
Ladies In Retirement,
Guys & Dolls, and
Fiddler On The Roof.
Box 211: This box contains scripts, programs, clippings, binders of Griffin's work at Chabot College, and photographs of Griffin
in
Fiddler On The Roof and
Guys & Dolls at Macon Little Theatre.
Box 212: This box contains contracts, programs and scripts such as
No Scratch,
Medea,
Dying For It, and
Innocents Abroad.
Box 213: This box contains
Pale Rider and
Let It Ride press kits, acting contracts, royalty records, and clippings.
Box 214: This box contains acting resumes and scripts for
Alien Nation,
Baywatch,
Matlock,
Red River Rats,
Cool As Ice, and Secrets of the Luxor Pyramid "Timestorm." The Luxor files include a press kit, wrap party photos and ephemera, a Douglas
Trumbull bio, and a black and white photo of Griffin on set which is signed by Trumbull. This box also contains photographs
and a drawing of Griffin on the set of
The Korean War in China and a poem Griffin wrote for the directors, cast and crew.
Box 215: This box contains an album of photographs from September-November 2000 when Griffin was the part of the first group
of SAG actors to work in China for the China Central Television (CCTV) series
The Korean War in which Griffin portrayed General Matthew B. Ridgway.
Box 216: This box contains correspondence, photos, scrapbooks and press releases related to Act Fast 5, a rank and file grass
roots movement of working actors who conducted a rolling fast as a protest against the Association of National Advertisers
(ANA) and the Association of American Advertising Agencies (AAAA). The action began on August 1, 2000 and included the following
members: James Arone, S.A. Griffin, Peaches Johnson, Raymond O'Connor, and Jerri Zucchi.
Box 217: This box contains digital head shots; Euphrates scripts; and a Writers Guild of America, West Inc. certificate of
registration for Griffin's
American Garbage Head screenplay.
Box 218: This box contains scripts, flyers, copies of Griffin's filmographies, photographs from various productions such as
Griffin as Marvin Gardens from
Alien Nation, and headshots.
Box 245: Two mounted photographs of Griffin from Chabot College performances directed by Glenn Dubose. The first is Griffin
as Candide and the second is Griffin as Hoopoe, King of the Birds in Aristophanes'
The Birds (1977-1978).
Box 252: Mounted black and white photograph of Griffin as a bank robber in a short film early in his career (1985).
Box 256: One black and white ride film trilogy storyboard for the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, inscribed to Griffin by Director
Douglas Trumbull (1993 February). This box also contains an Associated Chabot Thespians poster for Lovers and Other Strangers.
Box 262: Film posters from Griffin's career include the following:
Cool As Ice,
No More Baths,
Red Velvet, and
Vegas Vacation.
box 219, box 220, box 221, box 222, box 223, box 224, box 225, box 226, box 227, box 228, box 229, box 230, box 231
Audiovisual materials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
THE FOLLOWING BOXES CONTAIN AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible
digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your
visit.
Box 219: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 220: Six U-matic tapes and two VHS tapes.
Box 221: Six U-matic tapes and one VHS tape.
Box 222: Eleven audio cassettes, three VHS tapes, one DVD and one 8-track cassette tape.
Box 223: Thirteen VHS tapes.
Box 224: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 225: Thirteen VHS tapes.
Box 226: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 227: Fourteen VHS tapes.
Box 228: Nine DVDs, four VHS tapes and two U-matic tapes.
Box 229: Thirteen VHS tapes and one 8 mm video tape.
Box 230: Six 16 mm film reels, five Betamax tapes, and one VHS tape.
Box 231: Five 8 mm film reels and four 16 mm film reels.
Scope and Content
Box 219-220: Tapes include Let It Ride, Matlock, Designing Women, and Twins.
Box 221-222: Tapes include Alcohol Awareness, Apple Thematic Campaign "Going to Work," Black Coffee, and radio spots.
Box 223-224: Tapes include Perry Mason, Take Willy With 'Ya, Schwepps 2000, Deadly Care, Melrose Place, and acting class.
Box 225-226: Tapes include commercials, Father Dowling Mysteries, and Las Vegas.
Box 227-228: Materials include Days of Our Lives, Matlock, Air, Act Fast 5 Screen Actors Guild, Innocents Abroad, Play Date,
and Luxor.
Box 229-231: Tapes include No More Baths!, Pale Rider, S.A. Griffin Promo, Twins, Cool As Ice, Luxor, and Act Fast 5 Strike
2000.
box 114, box 168, box 191, box 193, box 194, box 233, box 234, box 235, box 236, box 237, box 238, box 239, box 240, box 241, box 242, box 243, box 244, box 245, box 246, box 247, box 248, box 249, box 250, box 251, box 252, box 254, box 255, box 256, box 257, box 258, box 259, box 260, box 261, box 262, box 264, box 265, box 266, box 267, box 268, box 269, box 270, box 271, box 272, box 273, box 274, box 275, box 276, box 277, box 278, box 279
Artwork
Scope and Content
Griffin's art collection, which is organized alphabetically by last name, features art in the form of collages, drawings,
paintings, mail art, mixed media, and other formats by Griffin, Tony Scibella, Mark Cheka, Frank T. Rios, Charles Bukowski,
Earl Newman, Aida Cynthia DeSantis, Tomata du Plenty, Steve Wilson, and other artists.
box 258
Ajamian, Edward
1980s
Scope and Content
This framed black and white photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge was a gift to Griffin from his friend, a regular at the Onyx.
box 268
Arno, Van
1993 July
Scope and Content
One framed painting of a tribal sacrifice.
Biography/History
Arno was a friend of Griffin and a regular at the Onyx.
box 114, folder 7, box 240
Ausgang, Anthony
late 1990s
Biography/History
Ausgang was a good friend of Griffin and one of the Onyx Cafe regulars.
Scope and Content
Box 114: Limited edition signed full color print.
Box 240: Framed comic strip gifted to Griffin and signed by Ausgang (late 1990s).
box 246, folder 3, box 248, box 274
Bonebrake, Diana
2006, 2008, circa 2010
Scope and Content
Box 246: One small painting (circa 2010).
Box 248: These two paintings entitled
Griffin's Blues were given to Griffin for his birthday (2008).
Box 274: This painting of blue skies and trees was used on the back cover of Griffin's book
Numbskull Sutra (Rank Stranger Press, 2007).
Biography/History
Diana is the wife of DJ Bonebrake from the Los Angeles punk band X.
box 257
Bosveld, Jennifer
2005
Scope and Content
One
To Choose color print which features a series of watercolors by David Chorlton and text by Bosveld. This piece is signed by both artists.
Biography/History
Jennifer Bosveld (1945-2014) was the publisher/editor of Pudding House Publications, known for their "Greatest Hits." After
she published Griffin's Greatest Hits in 2007, they remained in communication. This piece was a gift from her. Bosveld also
published numerous works by Mark Hartenbach's including "Confessions of An American Garbage Head" which is the source material
for Griffin's screenplay "American Garbage Head."
box 114, folder 7, box 238
Branaman, Bob
undated, 2007, 2010-2012
Biography/History
Branaman is an artist, filmmaker, and part of the Vortex Beat group, considered the last legitimate wave of Beats to migrate
west to San Francisco. This group included Michael McClure, Bruce Conner, Charles Plymell, and Stan Brakhage. Branaman resides
in Santa Monica and is the art curator for Beyond Baroque. Previously, he lived in San Francisco during the late 50s and early
60s, and then he migrated to Big Sur where he helped establish the Esalen Institute.
Scope and Content
Box 114: Four signed silkscreen prints, one painting, and a collage (undated).
Box 238: Eight signed silkscreen prints. Two of these are titled
They Bounce and
Bob & The Girls (undated, 2010). The other six silkscreens were produced for various shows at Beyond Baroque such as Sparring With Beatnik
Ghosts Family Values X-Mass Party, Michael McClure's 80th Birthday, Kerouac, Waiting for Jack, Wanted, and Branaman's Art
Show (2007, 2011, 2012).
box 248
Buckingham, David
2007
Biography/History
This piece was gifted to Griffin in 2010 when Buckingham was helping with The Poetry Bomb.
Scope and Content
This small metal piece entitled
Teardrop is engraved to Griffin by Buckingham.
box 233, folder 1-2, box 255
Bukowski, Charles
Biography/History
Box 255: Artist and writer Linda King picked this piece up off Bukowski's floor when she lived in the same complex as him
on Delongpre in Hollywood. Bukowski lived in #1 and she lived in #3. King was a major character in Bukowski's novel,
Women, and in Taylor Hackford's documentary,
Bukowski. More information may be found within King's provenance note attached to the back of the frame.
Scope and Content
Box 233: Two pen and ink drawings, one of which includes the following typed words: "It was nice to know that I wasn't alone
in this world poems."
Box 255: One framed painting with letter of provenance attached to the back and signed by Linda King on October 18, 2011.
box 239
Callwood, Dennis Olanzo
2016 May 28 - June 25
Scope and Content
This "The World of Naked John" small poster is signed by John A. Mozzu (Naked John) Haphazard.
box 233, folder 4
Campanaro, Paddy
Scope and Content
This folder contains one color print of a three dimensional piece Campanaro made for a year when there was no World Series.
box 233, folder 2
Cano
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One Paintings by CANO CD.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 168, folder 5, box 244, box 245
Cheka, Mark
1956, 1958, 1966, 1968
Biography/History
Mark Cheka (1923-2004) was an artist, filmmaker, actor, and the first manager for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
Cheka brought on Herb Cohen and together they managed the band during its early period. Cheka was part of the Venice West/Temple
of Man collective and he married Stephie (Stephanie) Sacker (1941-2008) who was also Venice West/Temple of Man and a waitress
at the original Ash Grove.
Scope and Content
Box 168: Three abstract ink drawings, one of which includes watercolor and collage (1966, 1968).
Box 244: One abstract painting on board (1958).
Box 245:
Side Trip, an abstract painting on board (1956).
box 252
Cohen, Robert Carl
2006
Scope and Content
Two Impeach Bush posters.
box 233, folder 3
Collins, Cait
2001
Scope and Content
One color photo of Charles Bukowski's gravesite.
box 257
Conal, Robbie
1988, 2000
Scope and Content
This box contains two posters: "It Can't Happen Here" of George H.W. Bush and another of Abbie Hoffman for
Steal This Movie.
box 249
Creative Thing
1990
Scope and Content
A framed International Mail Art Show poster signed by Creative Thing aka Leslia Caldera
box 258
Cronin, Mike
1995
Scope and Content
One painting of peppers by Griffin's friend, a regular at the Onyx.
box 193, folder 17
Dare, Michael
1986
Scope and Content
One color photograph of The Lost Tribe is signed by all members.
box 194, folder 4
Davis, Gayle
Scope and Content
Three drawings by Tony Scibella's wife, including two nudes of Scibella.
box 194, folder 7
deJure, Marcel
1993
Scope and Content
Original poster created for the opening of Griffin's video
Act of Kindness.
Biography/History
Marcel deJure was a regular at the Onyx. He created this poster for Griffin's videofilm billed as "the first movie made esspressly
for coffee house consumption." This performance features Griffin, Groovy Lovechild Lorraine Perrotta, Jeffoto, Channing Hansen,
Eric Brown, and Rafael F.J. Alvarado feeding quarters into parking meters on a two block stretch of Hollywood Boulevard on
April 15, 1993.
box 246, folder 2, box 251, box 247
DeSantis, Aida Cynthia
undated, 1992, circa 1990s, early 1990s
Scope and Content
Box 246: One framed piece entitled
Family Crest (undated).
Box 247: One framed piece entitled
Black Cat with a Crazy Tail (1990s).
Box 251: This framed piece for Griffin includes the following inscription: "He was like a dog" (1992).
Box 276:
All I Ever Wanted Is In Your Eyes assemblage (early 1990s).
Biography/History
Artist and photographer DeSantis or "Cindy Pop" (1958-2013) gifted these works to Griffin and created the art for Griffin's
second book which he self-published on his small press imprint. DeSantis was a good friend and in residence at the Santa Monica
18th Street Arts Complex for sixteen years.
Box 251: This box contains the framed original art for the cover of Griffin's second book,
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance (Rose of Sharon Press, 1993).
box 233, folder 5
DKA-JoMo
2010 April
Scope and Content
One sheet of "S.A. Griffin & Lorraine" stamps.
box 243, folder 3-7, box 233, folder 6
du Plenty, Tomata
1999-2000
Biography/History
Tomata du Plenty (David Xavier Harrigan: 1948-2000) was the lead singer and founder of The Screamers in 1975, a seminal L.A.
punk/electropunk band, considered one of the first. Tomata also contributed to
(Sic) Vice & Verse, a periodical zine that Griffin co-edited and published.
Scope and Content
Box 233: One benefit flyer for
(SIC) Vice & Verse and one
Don't Bring Your Momma in here boy, We done Run Out of Priests painting (1999).
Box 243: A series of five watercolor and/or acrylic paintings:
Anne, Charlotte + Emily Bronte,
William Faulkner In Hollywood,
Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Jean Toomer, and
Frank Sinatra (1999-2000).
box 233, folder 7
Durham, Mark
Scope and Content
Three black ink drawings, two of which are on napkins from the Onyx Cafe.
box 233, folder 8
Filipski, Jeff
1989
Scope and Content
One color print of
sam & irene.
box 256, box 233, folder 9
Fish, John N.
circa 1970s, 1971, 1972, 1977, 2000
Biography/History
John Fish (1946-2003) was part of the Venice West/Temple of Man group. Fish created many art works and covers for Black Ace,
Croupier Press, Bowery, and Temple of Man publications (all Venice West/Temple of Man collectives). Fish created the illustrations
for Stuart Z. Perkoff's
Eat The Earth (Black Ace/Bowery, 1971), the cover for Stuart Z. Perkoff's
Kowboy Pomes (Croupier Press, 1973), and the cover for Tony Scibella's
Big Trees (Black Ace/Bowery, 1973). Fish's art may also be found in many of the Venice West/Temple of Man chapbooks and broadsides.
Scope and Content
Box 233: One cover for Tony Scibella's book
Big Trees (Black Ace/Bowery, 1972); an original flyer for a reading at Black Ace Books in L.A. featuring Scibella and Frank T. Rios
(1977); and a copy of a cartoon featuring James Ryan Morris, Scibella, Steve Wilson, and Stuart Z. Perkoff from their Denver
days when they all ran the Ogden Bookstore. This cartoon was used in Black Ace 8, the Infinity Issue for Scibella.
Box 256: One signed
Palette No. 3 print created in Denver (2000) and one color painting of Tony Scibella (1970s).
box 239
Folgar, Carlos
2011
Scope and Content
Two oversize black and white Free Foley flyers, one of which is for a reading at Ave 50 Studio featuring Griffin, Annette
Cruz, Billy Burgos, and others.
box 252
Forbes, Alan
1997
Scope and Content
One gig poster for the Chrome Cranks, Lazy Cowgirls, and Murder City Devils at the Kilowatt in San Francisco.
box 168, folder 6
Gad, Simone
2003, 2005
Scope and Content
White Trash Courtesan Kelly Webb collage and painting created as an homage to Annie Sprinkle.
box 168, folder 7
Geebles, Nib
2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
Scope and Content
Four calendars illustrated by Nib Geebles (aka Gordon Henderson) with the following themes:
Foxy Ladies,
Rising Price of Pleasure,
Deep Sea Adventure, and
That Time Forgot.
box 243, folder 1-2
Gehman, Pleasant
circa 1997-1999
Scope and Content
Two acrylic on board paintings:
Velma + Roz and
Wake Up.
box 240
Grego
2001
Scope and Content
A framed painting by the Texas Blues folk artist.
box 247, box 260
Griffin Jr., Robert Leroy
2010, 2012
Scope and Content
Box 247: This box contains two paintings on plywood. The first is of Natalie Wood and the second is of
Dad, Robert Leroy Griffin, Sr. (2010).
Box 260: This box contains a painting on paper of three red birds, a blue sky, and a smiling sun (2012).
Biography/History
Robert (Rob) is one of Griffin's younger brothers. Robert is a twin to Griffin's sister Robin. Both siblings create art. Robert
lives in Fresno, where he's lived nearly his entire adult life. Robin lives in Hayward, CA.
box 168, folder 8, box 114, folder 6, box 191, folder 2-3, box 194, folder 5, 8, box 233, folder 10-28, box 235, box 237, box 238, box 239, box 240, box 241, box 244, box 250, box 252, box 257, box 260, box 273
Griffin, S.A.
1971-1972, 1974, 1980s-2014
Biography/History
Box 237: Morrison was a major supporter of the arts in Los Angeles during her lifetime. She was close to performance artist
John Fleck, LA Times dance critic Victoria Looseleaf, and many others.
Box 241: The following is Griffin's stream of consciousness description of some of the elements found within this piece: "Tony
was born/died in October (riding horse #10). He was also an avid track guy/gambler. Black Ace represents Venice West/Temple
of Man/The Lady/process. Idealized nude female/The Lady ... and Tony loved the women, so this image was really just for him.
The couple getting married is a photo of Lorraine and I from our wedding which Tony officiated. One of Stuart Z. Perkoff's
most well known poems, "Coop" was written for Gary Cooper as he was dying from cancer, a friend of Stuart's. George Washington,
the father of our country is smoking weed, Tony smoked weed. Andy Warhol is peering thru along with a soup can above representing
the Ferus Gallery/Wallace Berman. Tony was a veteran of the Korean War where he lost hearing in one ear working the cannons.
Crowds of people from history on the left. "
Box 250: Griffin created this Presidential Campaign Sticker Head in 2005 out of leftover bumper stickers that he designed
and printed in support of the Kerry-Edwards campaign of 2004. Griffin fashioned this sticker art birthday present for former
Lost Tribe member and Carma Bum, Mike M. Mollett to resemble a "mud head" donned by members of a wandering tribe Mollett founded
in 1988 called The Mudmen. Later they changed their name to The L.A. Mudmen and today they exist as The L.A. Mudpeople.
Box 252: Griffin created the Territory of Pointillist Mongrels poster using Mark Hartenbach's art for a show he produced and
curated for Hartenbach at Beyond Baroque. According to Griffin, he "Jackson Pollacked" the Mike Kelly Art Gallery at Beyond
Baroque with Richard Modiano and Danny Baker in preparation for this event.
Scope and Content
Box 114: Work includes pen and ink drawings such as S.A. Griffin's
Twisted Cadillac and collage including the cover for
The Fool,
I Bow In Roadside Gravel, and
Lady for Tony Scibella.
Box 168:
This Season's Greetings collage features Eartha Kitty.
Box 191: Two separate mail art pieces. The first was mailed to Lorraine Perrotta at the Getty Center Library Serials Department
soon after their first date on February 17, 1991. The second is a large envelope created for Perrotta and mailed to her in
April of 1994.
Box 194: Folder 5 contains a banner for the Onyx Cafe founder John Leech's Memorial at Tribal Cafe. Folder 8 contains graphite,
pastel and ink drawings including the Twisted Cadillac.
Box 233: Collages, Elmer Pud prints, drawings which include the Twisted Cadillac, and photographs which include the "I choose
not to believe in war holy or not" billboard and the billboard in process.
Box 235: Two sticker art envelopes created by Griffin over a period of years to carry poetry to his gigs.
Box 237: Griffin spray painted this mannequin and gifted it to Barbara Morrison, a major supporter of Los Angeles art. Upon
Morrison's request, the mannequin was returned to Griffin after her death (late 1990s).
Box 238: Better Angels poster for a poetry reading/opening for an art show Griffin produced/curated at Beyond Baroque for
Diana Bonebrake. This poster is signed by all the participants including Diana's husband DJ Bonebrake (2008).
Box 239: PEACE banner created for John Leech's memorial at the Tribal Cafe (2009).
Box 240: Self portrait created with acrylic/oil on canvas while Griffin was stationed at Warner Robins Airforce Base and living
in Macon, Georgia (1974).
Box 241:
For Tony collage framed within an old booze mirror that Griffin found on the street. When Tony Scibella died, Griffin created this
piece for him (2003).
Box 244: Framed
Monster Says Yum To Bad Thinking Fluxist collage on canvas using stickers, covered in clear packing tape (1998).
Box 250: Presidential Campaign Sticker Head (2005).
Box 252: Three silkscreen posters created by Griffin. Two of these posters are for events at Castro Valley High School and
one is for a production of
Stop The World I Want To Get Off in Hayward, California (1971-1972). This box also contains two laminated pieces created for a ZtZu Gallery group show, one
of which is entitled
Elvis Is Dead (1983) and one Territory of Pointillist Mongrels poster (2013).
Box 257: One piece of art created with Lorraine Perrotta at Jack Micheline's memorial at Brown Bag Farms where they scattered
his ashes in Petaluma (1998).
Box 260: This poster features a photograph of Tony Scibella by Sarge. This poster was created by Griffin for a Beyond Baroque
show he produced for a screening of Mary Kerr's film Swinging In The Shadows.
Box 273:
Zero Parade fluxist collage created with stickers and packing tape (2001).
box 168, folder 9
Griffin, Spencer Lane
1992, 1997
Scope and Content
Three ink and colored pencil works by Griffin's son when he was a child, including a father's day cake recipe which includes
ingredients such as one million french fries, ten cans of cat food, and a half a cup of sand.
box 233, folder 29
Gronk
1992
Scope and Content
Two Table Napkin Calendars which feature a selection of work from the Onyx/Sequel 1991 Napkin Art Competition judged by Gronk.
The unsigned calendar is one of the first ten printed and the other is signed by artists. This calendar's cover and the month
of June are signed by Asco artist Glugio Gronk Nicandro.
box 233, folder 30
Hartenbach, Mark
2011, 2013
Scope and Content
This folder contains drawings and collages.
box 249
Hasekian, Harry
1992
Scope and Content
This painting was created in 1992 and sold to Griffin on September 14, 2009.
Biography/History
Harry Hasekian (1954-2009) was a regular at the Hothouse Coffeehouse in the Valley and at the Onyx Cafe. A friend of Griffin,
S.A. bought this piece from him with some of his early Screen Actors Guild (SAG) retirement money. At the time of purchase,
Hasekian was living at his father's house, which was being sold or possibly foreclosed upon. Hasekian was depressed at the
time because he was on the verge of homelessness. Griffin found out years later that Hasekian committed suicide within a few
months of selling him this piece.
box 193, folder 17
Hopkins, Jesse
1992, 2001
Scope and Content
This folder contains three black and white photos of Beat Night at the Onyx Cafe and one black and white photo of Griffin
and Elaine Smith in his 1959 Cadillac
Farther outside the Psychobabble parking lot.
box 257, box 193, folder 16, box 233, folder 31, box 246, folder 8
Howard, Justice
1998
Scope and Content
Box 193: This folder contains one black and white
Femme Fatale calendar signed by Howard and a black and white still photograph of a woman in fish nets and high heels.
Box 233: This folder contains one color photo signed to Griffin by Howard and a flyer for her photography.
Box 246: Five Justice Howard black and white portraits of Griffin and Howard Photographs by Howard with Howard shots assisted
by Griffin (1989).
Box 257: This color poster of Howard on a motorcycle is inscribed to Griffin.
Biography/History
Justice Howard was a good friend of Griffin's in the late 80s/early 90s when she was making her living primarily as a writer.
Howard was a model for numerous skin and biker mags. She co-wrote a chapbook with Griffin entitled
Without Skin (1989). Later, Howard established herself as a professional photographer.
box 234, folder 1
Hyatt, Michael
1983
Scope and Content
The
1984 Calendar of Olympic Games, Music & Orwellian Dates by Hyatt, Exene Cervenka and 53 Mail Artists From Around The World.
box 269
Icarus
1999
Scope and Content
This painting of freeways and palm trees was framed by the artist.
Biography/History
This work was commissioned for Griffin's 45th birthday. Icarus was one of the Onyx regulars who still lives above where the
Onyx used to exist.
box 271
Ingala, Rocco
1998
Biography/History
Ingala owns and operates Angel City Books in Venice. He named this work after a poem of Griffin's, which he printed in an
issue of
Insomnia. Ingala published and edited this periodical during the 1990s when he had Insomnia Books in Whittier.
Scope and Content
One framed abstract oil on canvas painting entitled
Love Came Home Late Last Night And Fell Asleep In Front of The Television.
box 257
James, Rich
1998
Scope and Content
Photographic poster entitled
El Nino Hits the Ocean Beach Pier.
Biography/History
Photograph/poster by Griffin's cousin. The James Gang are his cousins who moved to Ocean Beach in the 1970s to establish a
silkscreen/T-shirt business. They printed all the T-shirts for The Carma Bums, levyfest and 2010: A Beyond Baroque Odyssey.
After the crash of 2008 they had to sell their business.
box 248, box 266, box 193, folder 17
Jeffoto
1991, 1995
Biography/History
Box 266: Griffin lived at 2053 N. Vermont Ave. between 1990-1999 just up the hill from the Onyx Cafe. He had beads on the
door between the kitchen and dining room. Jeffoto came to Los Angeles with Barnum and a few others from Massachusetts to go
on the 1991 No Girlfriends Tour of Words.
Scope and Content
Box 193: Four black and white photos from The Carma Bums 1991 Nowhere Tour of Words, the great bus debacle and eight color
photos from the 1995 White Trash Apocalypse Words On Wheels Tour.
Box 248: Framed color photograph of Pleasant Gehman for the cover of her book,
Princess of Hollywood.
Box 266: Framed
Billy Barnum in S.A.'s Los Feliz Apartment black and white photograph (1991).
box 252, box 254
Kara, VinZula
1993, 1994 February 11
Scope and Content
Box 252: This
Cupid's Aim Izz True painting was a gift from the artist to Griffin (1994 February).
Box 254: Framed painting entitled
In The Wee Hour 3:00 in the Morning After Hours (1994).
Biography/History
VinZula Kara is a Los Angeles artist, musician and DJ who was also a regular at The Onyx.
box 235
Kesey, Ken
1992
Scope and Content
Two
Further On! virtual reality calendars signed by Kesey.
box 259
Lande, Stacy
early 1990s
Scope and Content
One framed painting of Griffin as Harry T. Weasel from
A Soul Stands Up.
Biography/History
Artist Stacy Lande was a barrista and regular at The Onyx Cafe. Her painting of Griffin is based on Harry T. Weasel, a character
he played in
A Soul Stands Up by Tomas Bliss at L.A.C.E. Lande was one of the actresses in the play. Other performers included Ron Athey, Goddess Bunny
and Kari French.
A Soul Stands Up was a play about an armless, legless girl (Tomas) who dreams of being a dancer. Griffin also officiated at Lande's wedding.
box 238
La Ponsie, Steve
1988
Scope and Content
Screen prints of bacon, eggs, coffee and toast.
Biography/History
La Ponsie was an artist and regular at the Onyx cafe. He gifted this piece to Griffin who knew him since the 1980s when he
was living in Orange County.
box 234, folder 2
Livingston, Bill
Scope and Content
One black and white signed print of
The Happy Goat.
box 234, folder 3-5, box 168, folder 10
mail art
Biography/History
Griffin's mail art logo started out as an "X" with "SA/DA/DA/DA" since he lifted it from Kurt Schwitters'
Merz magazine and his "X" with "DA/DA/DA/DA" when Griffin was deeply involved in the mail art community during the early 1990s.
Griffin's logo morphed into "SA/LA/DA/DA" by the mid to late 1990s, and ultimately into "SA/LA/LA/LA." The present incarnation
of the logo is on one of the fins of the Poetry Bomb as a tribute to Dada and its influence on whatever it is Griffin thinks
he is doing. Additionally, this "SA/LA/LA/LA" logo was used by UCLA Library Special Collections as the bookplate graphic for
Griffin's collection of monographs, chapbooks, and broadsides.
Scope and Content
Box 168: This folder contains mail art created by many artists including Creative Thing, Skooter (aka Neal Taylor), ZTZU,
and L.Alien.
Box 234: These folders contains mail art from Salamanca, Spain sent to Griffin requesting Schwitters' stickers, Griffin's
plates for Richard Meade's
Data File publication, and Griffin's Kurt Schwitters SA LA DA DA stamps and stickers.
box 238
Martinez, Edward
Scope and Content
A painting of Martinez's partner, Leonard Silva.
Biography/History
Martinez was Griffin's best friend at Castro Valley High School. Together, they created and silkscreened all the posters for
school events between 1971-72.
box 256
Mayorga, Steven J.
2012
Scope and Content
"Blind Justice" Bukowski Sexiest Man Alive! signed print 1/30.
box 247
McCullough, J.W.
1993
Scope and Content
One framed collage entitled
Won't Stop Til We Lick It (1993).
Biography/History
J.W. (John William) McCullough (1948-1994), a Vietnam Army veteran, was a performance artist, poet and artist from Pennsylvania.
He was directed to Griffin via Denver and the Venice West/Temple of Man connection: Ed Ward. J.W. spent the last few years
of his life in Los Angeles. The 1994 Northridge earthquake activated McCullough's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder during which,
he went on a binger and was found dead February 24, 1994. During McCullough's life, Griffin published some of his poems in
(Sic) Vice & Verse broadsides and after his death he published
12 Kisses To The Universe (Rose of Sharon Press, 1994), an anthology/tribute by poets from Los Angeles, Colorado and Pennsylvania who knew the late
artist.
box 168, folder 10, box 234, folder 6, box 238, box 260, box 275
Metz, Louis
1992-1994, 2001, 2010
Biography/History
Box 238: This weekend long relaunch for Beyond Baroque was produced by S.A. Griffin and Rafael FJ Alvarado. The weekend included
a marathon reading and panel moderated by S.A. Griffin which included Wanda Coleman, Harry Northup, Bill Mohr, and Beyond
Baroque founder George Drury Smith.
Box 260: This black and white piece was used as the cover art for the first issue of
(Sic) Vice & Verse when it went from broadside to periodical. The color painting was used as the cover for Griffin's book
Unborn Again (2001, Phony Lid Press).
Scope and Content
Box 168: Two copies of the "A Nuclear Family" artwork designed by Metz for Griffin's Unborn Again cover.
Box 234: Black and white photocopies of Metz's comix and a color photo copy of the art for Unborn Again.
Box 238: Poster for 2010: A Beyond Baroque Odyssey. Poster is signed by the artists and many of the poets and panelists.
Box 260: "A Nuclear Family" study for the larger color piece of the same name (1992).
Box 275: "A Nuclear Family" color painting signed by Metz and dated March 6, 1994.
box 246, folder 5
Micheline, Jack
circa 1990s
Scope and Content
One small framed painting (circa 1990s).
Biography/History
Jack Micheline (1929-1998) was born in New York as Harold Martin Silver. Micheline was a Beat poet and artist from San Francisco.
His first book
River of Red Wine and Other Poems (1958) included an introduction by Jack Kerouac. Griffin produced shows for Micheline in Los Angeles the during the last years
of his life. Micheline's death was the inspiration for what would become
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunders Mouth, 1999), co-edited by Griffin.
box 277
Mollett, Mike M.
mid 1980s
Scope and Content
One "Reagan X" piece from a series Mollett created using liquitex acrylic with multiple xerox prints on paper on cotton canvas.
This work is gray, black and white with a pale yellow Reagan "X" through the middle.
Biography/History
This work hung in Griffin's apartment at 2053 N. Vermont Ave. #8 from 1990-1999.
box 239
Montano, Randy
2010
Scope and Content
Banner created for Griffin's Poetry Bomb Couch Surfing Across America Tour of Words 2010.
Biography/History
Montano was part of the Nadeau/
Rats with Keys group.
box 193, folder 17
Montfort, Michael
Scope and Content
One black and white photograph of Charles Bukowski driving.
box 278, box 279
Newman, Earl
1960, 1963
Scope and Content
Box 278: Framed
Venice West Cafe silkscreen. This piece features the inside of the cafe and its community. It includes the cafe's address and hours: #7 Dudley
Ave., Venice, Ca. from dusk to dawn every nite. This original print is signed and dated by Newman (1963).
Box 279: Framed
The Gas House silkscreen. This black, red and white print features the building's exterior columns and the following text: Gas House, Venice,
California, Blue Horn Jazz, Venice West Coffee House, Galerie Nico, The Icon, Gallery, Venice and Pottery by ISH (1960). It
is signed by Newman and numbered 23/50.
Biography/History
The Gas House was a gift from Griffin's friend writer, Brian Chidester who received it from Newman. Griffin purchased the
Venice West Cafe (1963) print from eBay.
box 234, folder 7
Olmstead, Marc
2012
Scope and Content
One signed print of
Jack Kerouac from the Poetry Festival Santa Cruz, February 12, 2012.
box 252, box 234, folder 8
O'Neill, Dan
undated, 2010 February
Biography/History
O'Neill created
Air Pirates Funnies (1971) in which he positioned Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse in various sexual positions performing sex acts.
He was sued for pornography for this work, went to court, won and settled for court costs while agreeing to cease use of these
characters. After this lawsuit, he created
Mouse Liberation Front (MLF) which still exists today. Additionally, O'Neill works with the Mitchell Brothers in San Francisco and created
Odd Bodkins, a nationally syndicated cartoon which he continues to produce.
Scope and Content
Box 234: One Mouse Liberation Front (MLF) ink drawing.
Box 252: One piece of original art for the Poetry Bomb project (2010).
box 244, folder 1-2, box 262, box 234, folder 9
Onyx Cafe
1990, 1992, 1998
Scope and Content
Box 234: This box contains works from Onyx regulars such as photographs by Hank T. Ripper, napkin art by VinZula Kara, an
ink drawing by Victor Balough, photographs by Paul Posadas, and an original Andy Takakjian flyer for the This Cat Eats Everything
spoken word event hosted by Griffin with Scott Wannberg, Ellyn Maybe and Jack Micheline.
Box 244: Two signs from the Onyx Cafe's original location on Sunset Place next to the Vista Theatre (1980s, 1988). One sign
is John Leech's call for artists and the other is the May 24 closure sign which requests that patrons add names to the cafe's
mailing list. Additionally, this box also contains a promotional sign created by Andy Takakjian (folder 3, mid 1990s).
Box 262: Poster from the Favio Castan exhibition at the Onyx gallery (circa 1998).
box 252
Patchen, Kenneth
1965
Scope and Content
One poster designed by Patchen for his paintings exhibition at the Glade Gallery in New Orleans.
box 247
Perrick, Michael
2000 September
Scope and Content
One framed
Wedding Collage.
Biography/History
This piece was a marriage present gifted to Griffin by his friend, Perrick, an actor, artist, performance artist, and member
(Crimebo the Crime Clown) of the Los Angeles Cacophony Society.
box 194, folder 6, box 257
Perrotta, Lorraine
1973, 1998
Scope and Content
194: One original linoleum block silkscreen executed at South River High School, New Jersey.
257: One piece of art created with S.A. Griffin at Jack Micheline's memorial at Brown Bag Farms where they scattered his ashes
in Petaluma.
box 194, folder 3
Pettibon, Raymond
Scope and Content
One black and white Club Gidget flyer for a gig at The Shamrock, 4600 Hollywood Boulevard.
box 191, folder 5
Prina, Stephen
1986 November 16
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Ten 7 inch 45 rpm records singles.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Scope and Content
Prina's work consists of a copy of Billboard Magazine, a list of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 Singles for the week ending
November 22, 1986, and a 7 inch 45 rpm record single for each song. The issue of Billboard and the records are embossed with
a SJP stamp which reads "From the Library of Stephen Prina."
box 234, folder 10
Ravenswood, Linda
Scope and Content
One signed photocopy of an ink drawing.
box 235, box 114, folder 7
Rios, Frank T.
Scope and Content
Box 114: One collage by Rios.
Box 234: Collage inscribed to Griffin, "Thank God there are enough words. Love, Frankie."
box 193, folder 17
Ripper, Hank T.
2003
Scope and Content
One black and white photograph entitled
Vice of a woman in fish nets smoking and drinking coffee on the curb.
box 234, folder 11
Roberts, Bill
1987
Scope and Content
One postcard entitled
Henry Denander: "Scureza" designed and letterpress printed by Roberts in Dover, Delaware.
box 236
Russell, Emu
1979
Scope and Content
One desert landscape oil painting which Russell donated to Hollywood's oldest show business group, the Masquers Club. Griffin
retrieved this piece from the club as it was being torn down.
box 234, folder 12
Sandoval, Cris
Scope and Content
One black and white photograph of Mauro Werneck Monteiro's poem "Oh Mother, Oh Earth" painted on the window of a tattoo parlor.
box 234, folder 13, box 193, folder 17
Savage, Mark
1997, 2002
Scope and Content
Box 193: One color photograph of hundreds of poets in front of Beyond Baroque for Savage's
Souls & Passions, Portraits of Los Angles Poets exhibition.
Box 234: Nine photographs of Griffin, many of which are signed by Savage, and one CD-R of digital images.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Box 234: One CD-R.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 234, folder 14
Schuster, Carl
2004 Xmas
Scope and Content
Still from an Xmas Eve video by Griffin's friend Carl who is sobbing. The still captures a man lying dead in the middle of
the street from a gang hit in Los Feliz, one block west of Vermont between Franklin and Hollywood. Griffin's words provide
description on the back of the still.
box 234, folder 15
Schwartz, Steven Jay
1991 October
Scope and Content
One color photograph, two negatives, and a slide of Griffin in airbrush psychedelic face paint. As a performance, Griffin
wore the paint all day to gauge what sort of response he would get and, according to him, it generally brightened people's
days.
box 114, folder 7, box 234, folder 16-18, box 246, folder 4, 6, 7, box 248, box 258, box 265
Scibella, Tony
1958, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1999-2000
Biography/History
Poet and artist Tony Scibella (1932-2003) along with poet/artists Stuart Z. Perkoff and Frank T. Rios were the three poet/progenitors
who helped establish the Venice West scene. Scibella helped Perkoff open the Venice West Cafe painting the word "expresso"
on the front glass instead of "espresso." Scibella was a close friend and mentor to Griffin. On September 9, 2000, Scibella
officiated Griffin's wedding to Lorraine Perrotta next to the Griffith Park merry-go-round. A bookman of the old school, Scibella
helped establish Ogden Bookstore and Kugleman & Bent Books in Denver and Black Ace Books in Los Angeles. Scibella published
and edited the first editions of the Black Ace anthologies.
Box 248: This piece was a gift to Griffin from Ray Hoffman (Majestic Litho) who printed Black Ace 8. Hoffman printed many
editions of Black Ace an was an old friend of Scibella's. Griffin published Black Ace 8 with Marsha Getzler and John Macker.
Box 258: This collage was a gift from Tony in 1998 after Griffin completed work on
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. This piece is part of a series of collages that Scibella created using nudes from skin magazines. He had a show for the
finished work downtown at the Victor Clothing Building, the historic site of Kent Twitchell's
The Bride and Groom mural.
Box 265: This piece was a gift to musician Fred Katz, a jazz musician/composer who wrote the soundtrack for
Bucket of Blood. Griffin won this on eBay and drove to Orange County to pick it up late one night toward the end of Katz's life when he was
divesting himself of property. There is a Venice trolley token embedded in the piece.
Scope and Content
Box 114: One signed Jack Dragna collage.
Box 234: A western themed collage created on the inside of a Black Ace Book 3 cover, It's Odds On That I Will Go To The Track
Forever collage, a signed D-Day collage, and a Sunday Here: No Poems Today/ collage.
Box 246, Folder 4: Framed untitled collage with the following text: "Life is a Bargain. What Ever the Price. Pay it" (2000).
Box 246, Folder 6: Collage (circa 1959-1962). The back of the collage is cardboard addressed to Sam Scibella 113 Vista, Venice,
California.
Box 246, Folder 7: Abstract art in black crayon on cardboard, signed (1965).
Box 248: Framed watercolor entitled "So We Come To The End Of The Journey" (1975).
Box 258: Framed "Whole Wheat Sponge" collage of naked ladies inscribed to Griffin (1982). Also in Box 258 are five color facsimiles
of paintings and collages by Tony Scibella. Possible titles of these include: I am The Loser (1998); Simone #6 (1999); Wonderly
(1999); it's odds on that u lose...I will go to the track forever (1999); Don't Forget, Don't Ever Forget (1999).
Box 265: This framed painting signed by Scibella includes the following inscription on the back: "Peace, Peace (We Too Shall
Rest) SZP For Fred A Prince Of Peace (1958 April).
box 191, folder 4
Scibella, William
2004
Scope and Content
This collage was created for Griffin's 50th birthday by Tony Scibella's son Billy.
box 264
Sexton, Karen
1992
Scope and Content
Pastel and tempura painting on paper created by for the book release party at 18th Street Complex in Santa Monica for Griffin's
Heaven Is One Long Naked Dance (Rose of Sharon Press, 1993).
box 234, folder 19-21, box 261
(SIC)
1995
Scope and Content
Box 234: These folders contain art work for Griffin's
(SIC) Vice & Verse publication by the following artists: Louis Metz, Mark Durham, Andy Takakjian, Anthony Ausgang, Victor Balough, Vinzula Kara,
Marcel DeJure, Guy Pohlman, and Jim Caron. Folder 19 includes Durham's original art work for
America and AIDS Poems by Blakeslee Stevens and his flyer for the Unghh erotic performance show Griffin produced at the Onyx. Folder 21 includes
labels for Griffin's (SIC) Beer, The Poet's Choice.
Box 261: Six pack of (SIC) Beer. The label art is by Andy Takajian. Griffin soaked the labels off of Fat Weasel beers and
then pasted Takakjian's on the bottles (1995).
box 234, folder 22
Sinister, Bucky
Scope and Content
Black and white photograph of Sinister's "Cockroach Karma" written in chalk on a sidewalk off Belmont Avenue.
box 193, folder 17
Smith, Christopher
Scope and Content
One black and white photograph of Jack Kerouac's gravesite.
box 234, folder 23
Snyder, Marc
2003
Scope and Content
This orginal linocut was included in "Bottle #1", a collection of broadsides produced by Bottle of Smoke Press. All of the
poets in the collection are depicted in the print. In order they are David Barker, Anne Menebroker, Bradley Mason Hamlin,
Dan Fante, A. D. Winans, Neeli Cherkovski, Henry Denander, Gerald Locklin, Charles Plymell, Michael Madsen, S. A. Griffin,
and Gary Aposhian. Bill Roberts, the editor and owner of Bottle of Smoke Press, and Marc Snyder appear on the bottom row.
box 257
Spiegelman, Lon
1980s
Scope and Content
One fluxist art window shade.
Biography/History
This was a gift from Griffin's friend Lon Spiegelman (1941-2002). He was an American mail artist, fluxist, and networker known
for his view of mail art as a non-commercial art unable to be bought or sold. Involved in mail art since the late 1970s,
Spiegelman was the editor and publisher of
Spiegelman's Mail Art Rag, as well as a guest editor for Judith A. Hoffberg's
Umbrella.
box 262
Stevens, Blakeslee
circa 1990s
Scope and Content
Art by Stevens that Griffin used in his chapbook
American And A.I.D.S. Poems which Griffin edited and published on his Rose of Sharon imprint in 1995.
box 267
Stone, Sasha
early 1990s
Scope and Content
One untitled painting on canvas.
box 234, folder 24, box 244, folder 3
Takakjian, Andy
1995, circa mid 1990s
Scope and Content
Box 234: One black and white copy of his Idaho PUD cartoon strip (1995).
Box 244: One black and white promotional sign created for the Onyx Cafe (mid 1990s).
box 234, folder 25, box 241, box 252, box 272
Taylor, Neal
1987, 1990, 1996 March, 2011-2012
Biography/History
Taylor (Skooter) is an artist who works in various mediums including mail art. Taylor is also a performance artist who was
on the road with The Carma Bums for both tours in 1991. He is a good friend of Griffin and Mike M. Mollett. Additionally,
Taylor was one of the original L.A. Mudpeople and created the ZtZu Gallery in downtown Los Angeles with Mollett.
Scope and Content
Box 234: This folder contains three pieces by Taylor aka Skooter which include
Grace at the DMZ, a painting, and the Ronald Reagan, Bob Marley, Skooter February 6th Birthday Commemorative Stamp sheet (1987, 2012).
Box 241:
The Poet Is Dead ... Long Live The Poet... commemorative art for Scott Wannberg (2011).
Box 252:
Happy Jack piece created for Jack Kerouac's Birthday Party (1996 March).
Box 257:
Good neon Jesus silkscreen signed by Skooter.
Box 272: This
Watch Dog, Guard Dog painting was a wedding gift to Griffin and Perrotta.
box 234, folder 26
Thursby, James
1970
Scope and Content
Encounter exhibition folder of NOW DRAWINGS printed by Bowery Press in a limited edition of 500 copies.
box 234, folder 27
Tunick, Spencer
Scope and Content
One black and white photograph of a naked demonstration of which Griffin was a participant.
box 235
Villard, J.J.
Scope and Content
I Call It Midnight Snack painting inscribed to Griffin by artist/filmmaker J.J. Villard.
box 251, box 256
Ward, Ed and Marcia
2001 June 17, circa 2010
Scope and Content
Box 251: Framed flyer for an art show and poetry reading at the Mercury Cafe in Denver, Colorado. The poster features a photograph
by Marcia and is signed by Tony Scibella, Frank T. Rios, Steve Wilson, Ed and Marcia Ward, John Macker, and Brenda Jones (2001).
Box 256: This ink on paper color drawing was a gift from Ed Ward (circa 2010).
Biography/History
Ed Ward is a friend of Griffin and a key figure from Denver as part of the Venice West/Temple of Man group. Ward was also
close to Tony Scibella and Steve Wilson and published Scibella's book
The Kid In America. These were printed and assembled by Ward.
Box 251: This Passion Production event brought Venice West/Black Ace Los Angeles together with Venice West/Black Ace Denver.
Griffin joined Macker and Rios as the billed poets.
box 242
Ward, Gary
2008
Scope and Content
A framed colored pencil drawing of a skull entitled
Jack Kerouac.
box 252
Weidman, David
1967
Scope and Content
One National Dear Olde School Week poster by Los Angeles artist David Weidman (1921-2014).
box 238, box 114, folder 7, box 234, folder 28
White, Aaron
undated, 2009
Biography/History
This art piece was a gift from Aaron, who is a good friend of Griffin. Aaron is a working artist closely associated with the
San Pedro punk scene but who presently lives and works in Denver. Aaron contributed to a number of editions of the Black Ace
anthologies. Aaron White is Saul White's son.
Saul White (1932-2003) attended Fairfax High School and was one of the original Venice Beats. Saul White was a jazz poet who
was invited to read with Kenneth Rexroth and Kenneth Patchen in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. He moved to
New York in 1958 where he was mentored by Willem de Kooning. Griffin was a friend of Saul's during the last few years of White's
life and read Saul's poetry at the art show/memorial for Saul at the San Jose Museum of Art in 2003.
Scope and Content
Box 114: Signed drawings by White which include As a Young Boy I Masterbated Daily to Deborah Harry!
Box 233: One Caras De Familia collage.
Box 238: One painting (2009).
box 247
White, Michele
2010
Scope and Content
One framed untitled collage.
Biography/History
Michele White is Aaron White's mother and Saul White's ex-wife. She was living with and "married" to Steve Wilson when he
passed away.
box 270
White, Saul
1981
Scope and Content
One framed abstract painting entitled
Indian Country.
box 194, folder 7
Wilson, Blair
1992
Scope and Content
Original art for The Carma Bums 1992 Lost Tour of Words poster.
box 252, box 257
Wilson, S. Clay
1995
Scope and Content
Box 252: One original full color print with an inscription by the artist.
Box 257: Full color Pussy King of the Pirates poster signed by Wilson and Kathy Acker.
Biography/History
Wilson was part of the Vortex Beat. He moved to San Franciso in 1968 and first work first appeared in
Grist #7 edited and published by John Fowler. Wilson was involved with
Zap Comix beginning with issue #2.
box 114, folder 7, box 234, folder 29, box 249, box 260
Wilson, Steve
1998-1999
Scope and Content
Box 114: Signed collages by Wilson (1998).
Box 234:
The Slower You Put Them Together The Slower They Fall Apart collage (1998).
Box 249: One signed mixed media collage (1999).
Box 260:
Art In America collage inscribed on the back to Griffin (1998).
Biography/History
Steve Wilson (1945-2013) was one of the Venice West/Temple of Man crew and a friend of Griffin. Artist and poet, Wilson was
a master abstract expressionist and collagist. He was a major figure and mentored many. Wilson was making art and writing
in his journals daily almost up until the moment he passed.
box 114, folder 7
Winters, J.
2003
Scope and Content
A portrait of Vaginal Davis.
box 114, folder 7
Wojczuk, Michael
1995
Scope and Content
A drawing of Griffin performing at Penny Lane in Boulder, Colorado while on the White Trash Apocalypse Tour of Words.
box 168, folder 12
Wright, F.N.
Scope and Content
One watercolor collage for
The Book of Jack, edited by Scot Young.
box 194, box 235, box 293, box 294, box 295, box 296, box 297, box 298, box 299, box 300, box 301, box 302, box 303, box 304, box 305, box 306, box 307, box 308, box 309, box 310, box 311, box 312, box 313, box 314, box 315, box 316, box 317, box 318, box 319, box 320, box 321, box 322, box 323, box 324, box 325, box 326, box 327, box 328, box 329
Scott Wannberg papers
circa 1969-2014
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Biography/History
Scott Wannberg (February 20, 1953 – August 19, 2011) was a poet, performer, and bookseller. Wannberg studied creative writing
at San Francisco State University and received his Master's in 1977. From 1989 to 2009 he performed and toured with The Carma
Bums. Wannberg, who had a deep knowledge of film history, used longhand to create extensive lists of films and actors, and
acted in several movies. For 23 years, Wannberg worked at Dutton's Bookstore in Brentwood, where he had a local following.
In 2008, when Dutton's closed, Wannberg moved to Oregon. Beyond Baroque honored the life and work of Wannberg through the
dedication of its bookstore as the Scott Wannberg Memorial Bookstore and Poetry Lounge in February 2012.
Scope and Content
The papers of Scott Wannberg were bequeathed to Griffin and include his manuscript writings and book collection, his correspondence,
artwork, and memorabilia.
box 293, box 294, box 295, box 296, box 297, box 298, box 299, box 300, box 301, box 302, box 303
Writings by Wannberg
Scope and Content
Writings by Wannberg include published and unpublished manuscripts, which are organized chronologically; monographs by Wannberg,
which are organized chronologically; and serials featuring Wannberg's work, which are organized by title of publication.
box 293, box 294, box 295, box 296, box 297
Manuscripts
1987-2010
Scope and Content
Box 293: Poems include "Scarecrow," "The Ride Out for Love," "Burning Language," and "Bucketful of Yes." Folders 1 and 4 include
art and addresses.
Box 294: Poems include "The World Talks In Strange Tongues," "Long Live My Beautiful City," "The End of It Again," and "There's
This War."
Box 295: Poems include "The Language of Mutes," "The Music Sometimes Stops," "Done in by too much Done Gone," and "End of
Day Rap."
Box 296: Poems include "The Ongoing Story," "Dreams," "What I'm Afraid Of (Scott)" "The Summer Dresses," "Wonder," and "Lesser
Saints." Folder 7 contains a humorous "Things To Do Today" list and folders 9 and 13 contain poems for Griffin and Perrotta,
including "Bukowski Would Never Kiss A Man" for S.A.'s 40th birthday.
Box 297: Poems include "All Night Vulnerable," "I Heard These Sounds," "What Charlie Parker Said," "The end of the aisle,"
and "today's weather..." This box also contains Wannberg's notebooks, notepads, giveaway poems, art work, scripts, film lists,
cast lists, short stories, and plays. Folders 12 and 13 feature his writing with The Carma Bums. Folder 17 contains two lists
compiled by S.A. Griffin: Scott Wannberg Master List Previously Published Books and Titles and Scott Wannberg Master List
of Previously Published Poems.
box 298, box 299, box 300
Monographs
Scope and Content
Wannberg's monographs may be found in boxes 298-300.
Books from Scott Wannberg's library that were originally donated with the S.A. Griffin papers have been individually cataloged
in the UCLA Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching the Special Coll/Archive SPAC "SALA"
using the Advanced search tab in the Library catalog, or keyword searching "Books from the Library of S.A. Griffin."
box 301, box 302, box 303
Serials
Scope and Content
Serials featuring Wannberg's writing, which are alphabetized by title, are comprised of poetry and punk related journals,
zines and magazines, including
Birthstone,
Fuck This Shit,
Momentum,
Ouija Madness,
Sabado Gigante,
Tower 11, and
URTHKIN.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 301, folder 1
Arshile, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1994
Scope and Contents
"Muse River," "Unease," and "Make It Up (As You Go)" appear in this issue.
box 301, folder 2
Aversion, no. 3. Chatsworth.
1986 May
Scope and Contents
"Selfish Man" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 2
Aversion, no. 6. Chatsworth.
1986 Fall/Winter
Scope and Contents
"They Got" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 3
Beyond Baroque Magazine, v. 26, no. 2.
2004
Scope and Contents
"Emily Dickinson In Iraq" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 4
Beyond Baroque Dinner Program. Venice.
2014 April 6
Scope and Contents
This 4th Annual George Drury Smith Awards Dinner program features Wannberg's "when dancing became legal."
box 301, folder 5
Birthstone, no. 4. San Francisco.
1978
Scope and Contents
"Cocktail Hour" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 6
blue satellite, v. 2, no. 1. Venice.
1995 September
Scope and Contents
"Iguana" and "63" appear in this issue.
box 301, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 5, no. 1. Burbank.
1998 September
Scope and Contents
"No Contract" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 6
Blue Satellite, v. 5, no. 2. Burbank.
1999 February
Scope and Contents
"Scarecrow" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 7
Caffeine, no. 5. Woodland Hills.
1993
Scope and Contents
"The Burden" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 8
Country Connections, v. 3, no. 2. Mt. Pines.
1994 April
Scope and Contents
"I Think The Movie We Are In Will End Soon" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 9
Desert Shovel Review, v. 1, no. 1. Santa Fe.
2006
Scope and Contents
"Heads of State" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 10
Dufus! San Pedro.
1998
Scope and Contents
"The Craft of Writing" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 11
Found & Lost Magascene, v. 1, no. 0.
circa 2010
Scope and Contents
"Loosen Up" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 12
Fuck This Shit. Los Angeles.
1996
Scope and Contents
"Long Time In Which You Can Bleed" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 13
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, v. 16, no.1. San Francisco.
1997
Scope and Contents
"Guardian Angel To Dogs" appears in this issue.
box 301, folder 14
High Performance #38, v. 10, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1987
Scope and Contents
This magazine includes the article, "L.A.'s Poet Innovators: Voices From the New Ellis Island" which features Geraldine Keams,
Scott Wannberg, Manazar Gamboa, and Kamau Daaood. Wannberg's "Someday" is printed on page 42 below a photograph of him at
Dutton's.
box 301, folder 15
Humanities/AITIA, v. 28, no. 2. Farmingdale.
2009
Scope and Contents
"Call And Response...Swing Your Partner" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 2. Whittier.
1994 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Everybody Loves A Wound," "The Hoedown," and "Briggs" appear in this issue.
box 302, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 3, no. 4. Whittier.
1994 Fall
Scope and Contents
"Don't Judge the Cola" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 1
Insomnia, v. 4, no. 2. Whittier.
1995 Summer
Scope and Contents
"The Paltry River in the Broken House of Man" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 2
Letterhead, v. 2. Buffalo.
2008
Scope and Contents
"Lunchmeat of the Poor" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 3
Lummox Journal, v. 6, no. 8. San Pedro.
2000 August
Scope and Contents
"Charles Bukowski, Mountain Man (from the pages of Americana, a new hero is born)" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 3
Lummox Journal, v. 7, no. 4. San Pedro.
2001 April
Scope and Contents
"Colorado River Song" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 3
Lummox Journal, v. 10, no. 5. San Pedro.
2004 September/October
Scope and Contents
"The Dove Has Fangs" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 4
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 2. New York.
2008 Spring
Scope and Contents
"The Foot of Hillary Clinton" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 4
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 3. New York.
2009 Spring
Scope and Contents
"The Doctor Bill Pisses Blood On My Carpet" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 4
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 4. New York.
2010 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Courteous Debutant Has Sad Teeth" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 5
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 5. New York.
2011
Scope and Contents
"Killer Bats of Love" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 5
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 6. New York.
2012
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One DadaJanDada CD.
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Scope and Contents
"Tell God To Go And Fetch His Gun," "11 Items Or Less," "Sparky Just Has To Ask The Following Question...," and "Point Of
No Return" appear in this issue.
box 302, folder 5
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 7. New York.
2013
Scope and Contents
"Seen It Coming" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 5
Maintenant, v. 1, no. 8. New York.
2014
Scope and Contents
"Giant Mayonnaise Sandwiches" appears in this issue.
box 302, folder 6
Meat, no. 14. Los Angeles.
2013 August 19
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to the the work of Wannberg and features four of his poems.
box 302, folder 7
Momentum. Los Angeles.
1978 Spring, Summer, Fall
Scope and Contents
"Epilogue" and "Dance It" appear in this issue.
box 303, folder 1
Moon & Sun Review, no. 1. Venice.
2014 Spring
Scope and Contents
"Cocktail Hour" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 2
Next, v. 3, no. 6. Long Beach.
1996 August
Scope and Contents
Wannberg and Griffin, Mike M. Mollett, and Doug Knott of The Carma Bums are interviewed in this issue.
box 303, folder 3
Ouija Madness, no. 1. Los Angeles.
1981
Scope and Contents
This issue devotes three pages to Wannberg's poetry.
box 303, folder 3
Ouija Madness, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1982
Scope and Contents
Wannberg's feature on Whit Bissell appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 4
Page Smith. Santa Cruz.
1996 April
Scope and Contents
This catalog for Smith's "In Praise of Greatness" exhibition features Wannberg's "The Historian Singer."
box 303, folder 5
A Piece of Paper. Los Angeles.
1990 March 23
Scope and Contents
"Fullerton Blowout" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 6
Poesy, no. 39. Santa Cruz.
2012
Scope and Contents
This issue is dedicated to Scott Wannberg and features "the rain came down collect."
box 303, folder 7
Sabado Gigante, no. 13/14. Hollywood.
undated
Scope and Contents
This issue of the OnTarget Independent Writer's Project features "Down At Pic 'N' Save Looking For A Marked-Down Country To
Hide Out In."
box 303, folder 8
Screen Actor, v. 28, no. 2.
1989 Summer
Scope and Content
This issue features "Cassavetes" and is inscribed by Wannberg.
box 303, folder 9
sgraffito, v. 3, no. 2. Marina del Rey.
1994 Summer
Scope and Contents
"Taken In" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 10
(Sic), v. 3, no. 1. North Hollywood.
1996
Scope and Contents
"A Drunk Kid With Money" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 10
(Sic) Random Vice & Verse, v. 1, no. 18. Los Angeles.
1992 March 27
Scope and Contents
"Killing Season" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 11
Tower 11, no. 1. Pacific Palisades.
1990
Scope and Contents
"The Raymond Carver Two Step" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 11
Tower 11. Pacific Palisades.
1990
Scope and Contents
"A Rumor Talked Loudly Inside Your Head" and "Two Highways Walking Sidesaddle In Your Inability To Move" appear in this issue.
box 303, folder 12
Tsunami, v. 3, no. 1. Venice.
1990 Winter
Scope and Contents
"The White Page" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 13
URTHKIN. Los Angeles.
1979
Scope and Contents
"Marriage" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 14
Zen Baby, no. 19. Santa Cruz.
circa 2008
Scope and Contents
"Sway Along The Dance Floor" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 15
Zygote In My Coffee, no. 6. Kettering.
2009 Winter
Scope and Contents
"Kama Sutra Hard On Blues" appears in this issue.
box 303, folder 16
ZYZZYVA, v. 10, no. 1. San Francisco.
1994 Spring
Scope and Contents
"When The Colleagues Run Out Of Ammunition" appears in this issue.
box 304, box 305, box 306, box 307, box 308, box 309, box 310, box 311, box 312, box 313, box 314, box 315, box 316, box 317, box 318, box 319, box 320, box 321, box 322, box 323, box 324, box 325, box 326, box 327
Writings collected by Wannberg
Scope and Content
Writings collected by Wannberg include monographs, which are organized alphabetically by author, and serials, which are organized
alphabetically by title.
box 304, box 305, box 306, box 307, box 308, box 309, box 310, box 311, box 312, box 313, box 314, box 315, box 316, box 317, box 318, box 319, box 320, box 321, box 322, box 323, box 324, box 325
Monographs
Scope and Content
Monographs collected by Wannberg may be found in boxes 304-325.
Books from Scott Wannberg's library that were originally donated with the S.A. Griffin papers have been individually cataloged
in the UCLA Library online catalog. Records for these items may be found by searching the Special Coll/Archive SPAC "SALA"
using the Advanced search tab in the Library catalog, or keyword searching "Books from the Library of S.A. Griffin".
box 326, box 327
Serials
Scope and Content
Serials collected by Wannberg, which are alphabetized by title, are comprised of poetry related journals, zines and magazines,
including The Alley Cat Readings, Black Ace, Laugh Literary and Man The Humping Guns, and Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts.
box 326, folder 1
The Alley Cat Readings, no. 2. Hermosa Beach.
1976 February 15 and March 14
Scope and Contents
Poems from readings at the Alley Cat Restaurant edited by Marcus J. Grapes and Michael Andrews. Poets include Wanda Coleman,
Doraine Poretz, Deena Metzger, and Michael C. Ford.
box 326, folder 1
The Alley Cat Readings, no. 4. Hermosa Beach.
1976 June
Scope and Contents
Readings selected from three readings in the Summer of 1976 at the Alley Cat Restaurant. Groups represented in these readings
are the Venice Poetry Workshop, The Women's Workshop, and the Radical Poets Cooperative. Authors include Frances Dean Smith,
Bob Flanagan, and Michael Andrews.
box 326, folder 1
The Alley Cat Readings, no. 5. Hermosa Beach.
1976 September
Scope and Contents
Work presented at 1976 readings at Brighella's Alley Cat Restaurant in Hermosa Beach. Authors include Kita Shantiris, Curtis
Lyle, and Eloise Klein Healy.
box 326, folder 2
Armin Mueller-Stahl. Eutin.
2011
Scope and Contents
This Ostholstein-Museum exhibition catalog is signed by the artist.
box 326, folder 3
Black Ace, no. 7. Los Angeles.
2002
Scope and Contents
This Black Ace/Temple of Man publication is inscribed to Scott from Tony Scibella.
box 326, folder 4
California State Poetry Quarterly: CQ, v. 14, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1987-1988 Winter
Scope and Contents
This official publication of the California State Poetry Society includes work by Charles Bukowski, Laurel Ann Bogen, and
Amy Uyematsu.
box 327, folder 1
Laugh Literary and Man The Humping Guns, v. 1, no. 2. Los Angeles.
1969
Scope and Contents
This "Dirty Poems For Your Suicide Lives" poetry publication is edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry. This issue features
art by Bukowski and Cherry.
box 327, folder 1
Laugh Literary and Man The Humping Guns, v. 1, no. 3. Los Angeles.
1971 February
Scope and Contents
This poetry publication is edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry.
box 327, folder 2
Lummox Journal, v. 9, no. 9. San Pedro.
2003 September
Scope and Contents
Laura Stamps interviews Lyn Lifshin in this issue.
box 327, folder 3
A New Year's Greeting. Santa Rosa.
1998
Scope and Contents
This publication features poetry by Charles Bukowski and is 45/226 printed for the friends of Black Sparrow Press.
box 327, folder 3
A New Year's Greeting. Santa Rosa.
2002
Scope and Contents
This publication features poetry by Charles Bukowski and is 108/176 printed for the friends of Black Sparrow Press.
box 327, folder 4
Poetry, v. 195, no. 5. Chicago.
2010 February
box 327, folder 4
Poetry, v. 195, no. 6. Chicago.
2010 March
box 327, folder 4
Poetry, v. 196, no. 1. Chicago.
2010 April
box 327, folder 4
Poetry, v. 196, no. 2. Chicago.
2010 May
box 327, folder 5
Poetry, v. 196, no. 3. Chicago.
2010 June
box 327, folder 5
Poetry, v. 196, no. 4. Chicago.
2010 July/August
box 327, folder 5
Poetry, v. 196, no. 5. Chicago.
2010 September
box 327, folder 5
Poetry, v. 197, no. 1. Chicago.
2010 October
box 327, folder 6
Poetry, v. 197, no. 2. Chicago.
2010 November
box 327, folder 6
Poetry, v. 197, no. 3. Chicago.
2010 December
box 327, folder 6
Poetry, v. 197, no. 4. Chicago.
2011 January
box 327, folder 7
Re)verb, no. 4. Garden Grove.
2006 Winter
box 327, folder 8
Screen Actor, v. 52, no. 3. Los Angeles.
2011 Fall
Scope and Contents
Wannberg is remembered on page 77 of the Screen Actors Guild "In Memoriam" section: August 19, 2011.
box 327, folder 9
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, v. 2, no. 1. Santa Cruz.
2011 Fall
Scope and Contents
This anthology features artwork by S.A. Griffin.
box 328, folder 1-5
Correspondence
Scope and Content
Correspondence is arranged in its existing order and includes letters to Wannberg from Michael C. Ford, S.A. Griffin, Ron
Maxson, David McIntire, Mike M. Mollett, OngoingDancers, Page Smith, and Vickie Trancho. The Maxson file includes music demos
by Joanne Nilan. These files also include Wannberg's address and phone lists. Wannberg's poetry may be found throughout these
letters and lists.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Box 328, Folder 4: Three CD-Rs.
Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these
audiovisual materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 328, folder 6-11
Galleys
Scope and Content
Galleys and proofs are arranged chronologically for the following works by Wannberg:
The Electric Yes Indeed!,
The Unforeseen Death Of My T.V.,
The War,
The Decider, and
Let Everybody Come In. Materials also include a folder of
Psychedelic Coloring Book art,
The Unforeseen Death Of My T.V. typescript, and color photographs of Wannberg and Griffin on the road.
box 194, folder 10, box 329, folder 1-3, box 235
Artwork
undated, circa 1994, 2004, 2007, 2013
Scope and Content
The artwork is arranged in its existing order and includes a framed drawing by historian Page Smith, a close friend of Wannberg's,
and a framed painting by Georgia Griffin.
Box 194: One Richard Hansen Mimeo Gathering poster signed by Hansen and the Sal Mimeo & The Process Rebels Without Applause
Tour of Words poets: John Dorsey, S.A. Griffin, Bill Roberts, David Smith, and Scott Wannberg (2007).
Box 235: One framed Artist's Proof of chickens by Page Smith which is inscribed to Wannberg by Smith and a color memorial
painting of Wannberg by Vickie Trancho which is inscribed to Griffin (2013).
Box 329: One framed painting of a dog entitled "Sparky" by Georgia Griffin (1989). S.A. Griffin's original collages for Wannberg's
People Just Aren't broadside, and Griffin's
Bukowski To The Curb broadside (circa 1994). A Phil Nieman For President sign by Wannberg (2004).
box 329, folder 4-19, box 194, folder 11
Memorabilia
1976-2015
Scope and Content
Wannberg's memorabilia is arranged chronologically and includes photographs, Sam Peckinpah ephemera, gig flyers, performance
programs, and music.
Box 194: Poster with eight color photos of Wannberg eating a 5 pound roast on a dare at San Francisco State University. Many
of the photos show Wannberg eating the roast with a sword (1976). One
Three's Company ink and colored pencil Western drawing by Weeks inscribed "Here's To You Sam Peckinpah" was a gift to Wannberg from Sam Peckinpah's
son Matthew.
Box 329: Wannberg's memorabilia includes family photographs,
Three Fools For April signed photograph by Viggo Mortensen, a photo of Paul Harper from Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" inscribed to Scott by
Harper, gig flyers, performance programs, John's of Bleeker Street 2011 calendar, Joanne Nilan poetry/songs, a Mike Bruner
on KXLU Spoken Words CD, two CDs for Scott from Joanne Nilan's birthday, and ephemera.
Wannberg memorial related memorabilia includes clippings, certificates from the City Council of Santa Monica, "The Poet Is
Dead ... Long Live The Poet..." pieces by Neil Taylor aka Skooter, Beyond Baroque "Liberation The Big Guy Flies" celebration
poster by Martin Gunsaullus, Scott Wannberg (February 20, 1953-August 19, 2011) memorial stickers, Beyond Baroque calendars
that feature its dedication of the Scott Wannberg Memorial Bookstore and Poetry Lounge, correspondence with the Walt Whitman
Birthplace Association concerning the placement of a Scott Wannberg commemorative brick within the Poetry Circle, a Vagabond
certificate signed by founder Mark Lipman, popcorn bags, and broadsides from the Beyond Baroque dedication.
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Box 329, Folder 4: One CD-R of Dudley Martin family photographs.
SUBSERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
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Box 329, Folder 11: Three CD-Rs of music and poetry, one of Mike Bruner on KXLU and two of Joanne's Birthday.
