The East Village Other
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Yesterday's serial presentation of <I>Krsna Music Culture </I> opened with the most
notable Krsna rock poster of the 1960's. Likewise, today's article on music and village
magazines begins with the 60's magazine cover of most interest to the devotees. Volume
1 No. 22 of the <I>East Village Other</I> features the classic photography of Srila
Prabhupada under the 'Krsna Tree' in Tompkins Square Park, NYC.
This particular copy of the October-November 1966 <I>Other</I> recently sold on Ebay
for over $250. Copies of the <I>Other</I> are scare today, and this issue is a find for
collectors of Hare Krsna artifacts.
At the Fillmore
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<I>The Maverick</I> was a rare contemporary of 1960's underground newspapers like
the San Francisco Oracle, the Berkeley Barb, Seattle's Helix and New York City's Village
Voice. The <I>Maverick</I> was published in both San Francisco and HaightAshbury, but there's no location designation on this particular edition.
In Vol.1, No. 2, 1967, there's a multi-page article entitled "Welcome To San Francisco",
written as a survival guide for all the hippies arriving for the Summer of Love. Also
included in this issue is an ad for the Straight Theater and a full-page ad for three
appearances of Swami Chinmyananada.
Most amazing is the centerfold spread -- a brilliant, rainbow hued Lord Krsna,
advertising Hare Krishna at the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, June 26, 1967. We
have not been able to determine what bands (if any) joined the devotees that night.
Perhaps it was a rare solo appearance?
Interestingly, the Haight-Ashbury Tribune published the same dayglo Krsna centerfold
spread, but without the reference to a Fillmore concert, in Vol. 2, No. 5, edition, which
was likely published in late 1967.
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Feature Stories and Pictures
The following music and village magazines included feature stories and/or pictorials of
the Hare Krishnas, usually in the context of their harinama or concert-going activities.
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UK Record Mirror
November 15, 1969
Featured: The Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Beatlemania, Apple Scruffs, Keith
Emerson (then with The Nice), Jimmy Cliff, Roy Harper, Radha Krishna Temple,
Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees, Johnny Otis, Delaney and Bonnie and Clapton.
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UK Record Mirror
May 15, 1970
<I>Friends</I> was an underground UK music paper similar to the Rolling Stone. This
issue featured "Inside The Radha Krishna Temple", along with London-Dealers Heaven,
Brinsley Schwarz Fillmore East Hype, Brian Wilson Is A Genius?, How To Be A
Heretic, Whole Earth Catalog Insert, The Nice Split, Cat Stevens, etc.
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International Times
Jan-Feb. 1967, No. 7
<I> International Times</I> was another UK music bi-weekly. This issue featured an
article on Hare Krishna, Censorship, an ad for Timothy Leary’s ‘Psychedelic Prayers’, Vietnam, Chet
Helms of Avalon Ballroom in London, etc.
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International Times
Nov-Dec, 1968, No. 45
This issue featured a great centre spread of the life of Krishna, along with Lennon/Ono, Dr John,
Captain Beefheart, Grateful Dead, etc.
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International Times
Feb-Mar, 1970, No. 74
This edition of <I> International Times</I> carried a story entitled "Krishna Busted",
about the German police arresting Hansadutta dasa for guns and illegal cash. Many years
later, a similarly bad article ran in the Rolling Stone, April 9, 1987, entitled "Dial OM for
Murder" on the Kirtanananda episode.
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Sounds
May 29, 1971
Another classic UK weekly rock music paper, this <I>Sounds</I> issue featured the
Radha Krsna Temple along with Ray Davies of The Kinks, Mountain, The Band, Uriah
Heep, Joe Cocker ,Jerry Butler, Paul Buckmaster, Jim Miler, Ginger Baker, The
Groundhogs, Storyteller, Isle of Wight Festival, Third World War, Deep Purple, The
Faces, and Uncle Dog.
Advertising Apple Records
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New Musical Express
March 7, 1970
Singles Review of Apple Records release, "Govinda"
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New Musical Express
March 14, 1970
¼ page ad for Apple Records release of "Radha Krishna Temple"
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New Musical Express
January 30, 1971
Feature Photo of George Harrison with Radha Krishna Temple