It is considered one of the greatest collections of sex, drugs and rock and roll ever assembled.It was put together by Colombian businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. who passed away in 2009. The music part of the collection went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the sex and drugs have arrived at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.Comprised of 700 boxes containing almost 30,000 books and 25,000 posters, photographs, and other ephemera; the collection is a veritable gold mine. “It’s Christmas every day...You never know what you’ll find when you open up a box.” says Harvard archivist Alison Harris.The...
"I Am A Seller of Used Ideas"
A mock invitation card to the 1970 Oz obscenity trial over the'Schoolkids Issue'with a note on the back from Richard Neville,one of the co-editors,saying that he was on his way to court.The Judge said that his co-accused Felix Denniswas too thick to warrant a long custodial sentence.Carl Williams, who heads up the Counterculture division of Maggs Bros. modern department, has curated an eclectic spread of over a hundred posters, illustrations, propaganda pamphlets for Maggs Gallery’s current exhibit, Please Do Not Bend.He recently sat down with Daven Wu of The Sixties for an interview about the exhibition and his job, which...