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San Francisco Express Times
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Description
San Francisco Express Times was a counterculture tabloid underground newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California from January 24, 1968 to March 25, 1969, for a total of 62 issues, covering and promoting radical politics, rock music, arts and progressive culture in the Bay Area.Marvin Garson founded the Express Times with Bob Novick and participation by David Lance Goines, Alice Waters and others. Regular contributors included Todd Gitlin, Greil Marcus, Paul Williams, Sandy Darlington, and Marjorie Heins. Staff photographers were Jeffrey Blankfort followed by Nacio Jan Brown and Robert Altman. Artwork was provided by Jaxon, along with the syndicated editorial cartoons of Ron Cobb.
Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Express Times was one of a number of underground newspapers successfully infiltrated by the FBI, which had a paid informant on the staff.
Starting in April 1969 the San Francisco Express Times changed its name to Good Times, publishing under that title until August 1972.
(Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Express_Times)
Related people
Marvin Garson (creator)Bob Novick (creator)