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Hello and Welcome to THE REALIST ARCHIVE PROJECT
a complete and unexpurgated republishing of all 146 issues (including supplements and related ephemera) of The Realist (historic underground magazine, more information)


Four issues posted a month until the archive is complete. Archive currently holds 143 full issues.



Note: Visit main page for most recent issues. Archived posts:


ONE SINGLE UPDATE UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE!
Three issues remaining. And included with that, one more bonus item
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NEW FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2010:
ELIAN GONZALEZ IS SAVED - PATTY HEARST IS ABDUCTED - JULES FEIFFER IS IMPERSONATED - AND WE POST THE RAREST ROBERT ANTON WILSON ITEM

JUMPING IMMEDIATELY to the rare RAW item: We're aware of the good Robert Anton Wilson community interest in this archive. So here, for you, is a complete scan off the very rare booklet: "An Impolite Interview Interview with Albert Ellis" which expands the material from Realist #16 into a full 32 page document, and was only distributed via mail order. Also includes Alan Watts and Lenny Bruce pages, and a surprising list of upcoming Realist interviews. Some of these interviews happened, some did not. The list is interesting. Other issues in this update:
Issue No. 63, October 1965
24 pages, click to read

"A Little Play" by Jules Feiffer, with a fake Feiffer cartoon that pissed Feiffer off. Very notable multi-page cartoon by Dick Guindon entitled "Come Alive! Popsicle Generation."
Issue No. 98, February 1974
24 pages, click to read

The Last Issue of the first run of The Realist. The first, and only, fully branded issue of Mae Brussell's Conspiracy Newsletter. Asks! "Who kidnapped Patty?"
Issue No. 127, Spring 1994
8 pages, click to read

Jack Kevorkian and a moment of candor with newspaper comic strips Peanuts, Sylvia and Dick Tracy. Plus urine love, priests, and assholes of the month.
Issue No. 145, Autumn 2000
12 pages, click to read

Second to last issue of the entire run.
Elian Gonzalez on the cover, phoning home. Hindsight 20/20 award to piece on George W. Bush on dickhead behavior.

TWO UPDATES UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE!
Seven issues remaining. And we still state: Some other surprises, too!

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2010:
ROBERT ANTON WILSON SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE (part one) - PEANUTS SCREW THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER - CHRIST RETURNS - OTHER EVENTS
Issue No. 62, September 1965
24 pages, click to read

Three authors on American Insurrection, The return of Jesus Christ, And to longtime readers of the archive: An update on the Summerlane Trial. (See July '08 entry)
Issue No. 91-A,B,C July-Dec 1971
24 pages, click to read

Good scary motherfucker of an issue: Robert Anton Wilson on Crowley, "The Great Beast" - Also "The Last Rock Festival" and Ginsberg's Troot St. Blues!
Issue No. 143, Spring 2000
12 pages, click to read

Getting good as we near end of project. This one: Peanuts Memorial Orgy. And:
Peanuts Memorial Orgy. Also: Peanuts Memorial Orgy. Other items. P.M.O. Love it.
A/B Set Odds & Ends Subscriber Pack
5 issues, 24 pages, click to read

Five issues in one!
Collecting all the various subscriber-only leaflets. Usually the biggest price ticket on the seller's market. Our apologies to ephemera dealers.

THREE UPDATES UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE!
Just eleven issues remaining. Some other surprises, too.

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 2010:
MORT SAHL - TERRY SOUTHERN'S FAGGOT MALE NURSE - FRANK SINATRA DEAD - TRANSVESTITES EXPOSED - J EDGAR HOOVER TELEPHONE SEX TRANSCRIPTS
Issue No. 43, September 1963
32 pages, click to read

Terrific issue. Interview with comedian Mort Sahl, Terry Southern on faggot male nursing, news of Summerlane tragedy, a Letter to a Gynecologist, more.
Issue No. 57, March 1965
32 pages, click to read

Batman and Robin Were Lovers, Children born without genitals, Transvestites, Anti-glue, Special wife demands, and a review of "The Buttock Books".
Issue No. 123, Spring 1993
8 pages, click to read

J Edgar Hoover's phone sex transcripts, with Let Them Drink Oil (shown below). Plus Inhale to the Chief, The Romance of Tampons, and Tales of Tabloid TV.
Issue No. 140, Summer 2000
12 pages, click to read

Frank Sinatra Is Dead Issue. Also, from an encyclopedia of conspiracy theories, a great piece of writing by Robert Anton Wilson: "Everything Is Under Control".



Hey, lookit that, only 4 updates UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE
NEW FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2010:
ABORTIONISTAS - DEAD & LIVING LENNY BRUCE - SNOWBALLS - SUSIE BRIGHT
Issue No. 35, June 1962
32 pages, click to read

One of the more historically significant issues, but not immediately recognized as such. Contains "An Impolite Interview with an Abortionist", see Krassner's biography.
Issue No. 55, December 1964
32 pages, click to read

Another good piece of Realist History, contains the fake obit for Lenny Bruce, two years before Lenny died. The best collaboration done with Bruce & Krassner.
Issue No. 65, March 1966
32 pages, click to read

R. A. Wilson on The Fatal Snowball Fight on Cumberland Avenue. Plus: The Conspiracy Corner, The Statue of Liberty Bomb Plot, and Letters Left Unanswered.
Issue No. 144, Summer 2000
8 pages, click to read

Susie Bright's Book Tour Diary, with Crotch Talk, Nipplephobia, Male Contraception, Ethnic Cleanser, Money and Credit Cards, and Alan Abel on Hitler's Clone.

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FIVE UPDATES REMAINING UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE


NEW FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2010:
DICK GREGORY - BOMB SHELTERS - GOLDWATER - REMEMBERING BILL GAINES
Issue No. 29, September 1961
24 pages, click to read

Featuring The Bomb Shelter Key Club Plan, Epithalium for Two Hermaphrodites, Who Put the Men in Menthol Smoking? and Sex and the Cold War.
Issue No. 53, September 1964
24 pages, click to read

Featuring The Warren Report on JFK, Madalyn Murray for Miscreant, Walter Cronkite for President, Schmuck of the Month, and the Portable Goldwater.
Issue No. 121, Autumn 1992
8 pages, click to read

BILL GAINES TRIBUTE ISSUE, with Why I Did It, and Why They Do It. Plus: Columbus Discovers a Lump, and Dan Quayle's Dick by Susie Bright.
Issue No. 126, Winter 1994
8 pages, click to read

With Michael Jackson's Private Parts and Howard Stern's Private Parts. Also: No Out of Body Experience Necessary, and the Velcro Conspiracy.

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SIX UPDATES REMAINING UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2010:
JULES FEIFFER - GRISLY YUGOSLAVIAN TRAGEDIES - THREE AUTHORS ON SADISM - and OUTING ANDY ROONEY
Issue No. 23, February 1961
24 pages, click to read

Featuring An Impolite Interview with Jules Feiffer, A Visit to Fayette and Haywood Counties, Tennessee, A Tale of Two Ladies and The Adventures of Churchman.
Issue No. 47, February 1964
24 pages, click to read

Featuring a gruelling photo piece, "A Yogoslavian Eichmann Illegally Secure in the United States for 15 Years" Plus: Terry Southern and Hardcore Porn of the Month.
Issue No. 67, May 1966
24 pages, click to read

THREE AUTHORS IN SEARCH OF SADISM by Geoffrey Wagner, Robert Anton Wilson and Saul Heller. Also a great multi-page comics piece by Dick Guindon.
Issue No. 113, Summer 1990
8 pages, click to read

With "Michael and Me" by Matt Neuman, OCCULT GOSSIP by Robin Clauson, The Peter Principle Lingers On, No Laughing Gas Matter, and Outing Andy Rooney.

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SEVEN UPDATES REMAINING UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2010:
NORMAN MAILER STABS A WIFE - TIMOTHY LEARY "PLAYS A GAME" - MURPHY BROWN HAS A WOODEN BABY and ROSEANNE BARR FAXES A FUNNY "FUCK OFF."
Issue No. 22, December 1960
16 pages, click to read

Featuring both Paul Krassner and Robert Anton Wilson on the Norman Mailer Knife-Stabbing incident, "Lenny Bruce Revisited" and "Not Everyone Loves 'The Lovers'".
Issue No. 52, August 1964
24 pages, click to read

LSD, the Psychological H-Bomb. With "FINGER HIM", and How I Wrote "The Housewife's Handbook on Selective Promiscuity" and Found the Mafia.
Issue No. 119, Winter 1992
8 pages, click to read

Murphy Brown Keeps Her Baby! With Why I Leaked the Anita Hill Affidavit, Can You Pass the Clarence Thomas Taste Test?, and Transsexual Harrassment.
Issue No. 124, Summer 1993
8 pages, click to read

With Groping For Compromise, Roseanne's Last Fax, A Tale of Two Illustrations, Plaster Casters (the sequel) and The Bible as a Public Nuisance.

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EIGHT UPDATES REMAINING UNTIL PROJECT IS COMPLETE

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2010:
J.D. SALINGER - LENNY BRUCE - PEE WEE HERMAN - JERRY RUBIN
Issue No. 21, November 1960
16 pages, click to read

Featuring The Myth of Space Travel As a Solution to the Population Problem, The Five-Fold Way to Karmic Bliss, and Santa Claus Is a Fink.
Issue No. 30, December 1961
32 pages, click to read

J.D. Salinger Dead Edition: Controversy in the Catcher essay. Plus How I Fortified My Fallout Shelter, and Letter From a Soldier's Wife by Lenny Bruce.
Issue No. 118, Fall 1991
8 pages, click to read

Pee-Wee Herman Issue. Also includes: An Interview with Alan Abel, Jeff Dahmer Jokes (with Pee-Wee jokes) and What Has the Supreme Court Been Smoking?
Issue No. 130, Summer 1995
12 pages, click to read

Who Killed Jerry Rubin? With: The Abbie Hoffman Connection, The Pablo Escobar Connection, The George Demmerle Connection, and many other Connection.

Note: We take January off. Archive will update next February 2010 - Happy New Year

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2009:
POSSIBLE PRE-CURSOR TO DISNEY ORGY, "RELIGIONLAND"
COMPLETE RUN OF FIRST TWENTY ISSUES NOW AVAILABLE
Issue No. 19, July-August 1960
24 pages, click to read

Featuring SPEAK OUT AND GET FIRED - with Henry Morgan and Leo F. Koch, Academy Awards Anonymous, and a Statement of Re-occurring Opinion.
Issue No. 20, October 1960
32 pages, click to read

Featuring possible pre-cursor to Disneyland Orgy, "Religionland" - Also an interview with Jean Shepherd and an interview with Paul Krassner. Pluse Materialism of the Month.
Issue No. 117, Summer 1991
8 pages, click to read

Featuring The Role of Richard Nixon and George Bush in the Assassination of John Kennedy, Five "We Hardly Knew Ye" items and the First Intl Orgasm Conference.
Issue No. 129, Winter 1995
8 pages, click to read

Featuring Michael O'Donoghue's Last Interview (Saturday Night Dead), Kato Kaelin as Kurt Cobain, and Terrorist Marriages Can Be So Difficult.

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2009:
COMPLETE RUN OF FIRST TEN ISSUES NOW AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVE. ALSO, "ABORTION EVE" AND ROBERT ANTON WILSON ON ALAN CRANSTON AND FUTURISTS.
Issue No. 06, February 1959
16 pages, click to read

Featuring The Art and Act of Noncomformity, Man Becomes What He Hates, Sins of the Parents, A Commentary on our Time and Freudulent Poems.
Issue No. 07, April 1959
24 pages, click to read

Early Contraception Issue - Many offensive items, as well. Contains "Abortion Eve" poem by Florence Goldberg, and Birth Control in Puerto Rico by Harry Kursh.
Issue No. 111, Winter 1990
8 pages, click to read

Including The Future Is Coming! by Robert Anton Wilson, Hugh Heffner's Playboy Marriage, Nixon's First Commercial, and Elvis, We Hardly Knew Ye.
Issue No. 114, Fall 1990
8 pages, click to read

Featuring Spike Jones meeting Tom Wolfe, Jules Feiffer on Bugs Bunny, Kennedy Conspiracy Lives, The Last Facade and Why Andrew Dice Clay is No Lenny Bruce.

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2009:
EARLY LETTERS ON REALIST DIRECTION, 1st CONSPIRACY NEWSLETTER, TOY STORY FOR THE DISABLED and MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE'S SPECIAL DEPRAVED BITS
Issue No. 05, December 1958
16 pages, click to read

A great selection of early letters to the magazine, a Non-Obituary, Xmas Erections Challenged in Court, and Problems That Beset the Modern Man.
Issue No. 95, December 1966
32 pages, click to read

Key Issue: 1st Mae Brussell's Conspiracy Newsletter. Also: Truman Capote In Jail and Who Is This Mafia and Why Are They Saying Such Nasty Things About It?
Issue No. 132, Spring 1996
8 pages, click to read

Including a Reprint of the Terry Southern interview from 1964, "Toy Story" as Seen by the Disabled, and Irwin Corey Meets Fidel Castro.
Issue No. 141, Spring 1999
12 pages, click to read

Featuring Michael O'Donoghue Special Bits by Dennis Perrin, Anita Hoffman Remembered, Larry Flynt's Wedding Secret and President Clinton's Confession.

Howdy - Archive is taking September off.
In the meantime, Enjoy this two-part interview from 1989 from archive.org
A WILD EVENING WITH PAUL KRASSNER (PARTS I&II) (1989)
Interview with Paul resumes in part I at the 14:39 mark.

 

note: part two of this is actually the better interview of the set - unfortunately there's no clear embed link on the page. Click here to watch and then click the Part Two tab in the video.


NEW FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2009:
1958 INTERVIEW WITH A TEEN-AGE NAZI, MAD COWS RAMPANT, LARRY FLYNT
Issue No. 04, November 1958
24 pages, click to read

Continuing our closing out of the rarely seen first ten issues: Death of a Pope, Teen-age Nazi, Some Thoughts on Pornography, and early Dick Nixon.
Issue No. 70, December 1966
24 pages, click to read

Including Birth Control for the poor, Who Killed the Herald Tribune?, A Vision of St. Luci's Day, and early writing from Robert Christgau
Issue No. 133, Summer 1996
8 pages, click to read

Including Mad Cow Disease, Robert Anton Wilson on Timothy Leary's death, Memories of the Unabomber and The Don Imus Transcript
Issue No. 135, Spring 1997
8 pages, click to read

Featuring Crack Salesman by Harry Shearer, Johnnie Cochran Meets Dr. Hip, and P.K. on "The Parts Left Out of the Larry Flynt Movie."

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 2009:
FIVE ISSUES THIS MONTH TO ACCOMMODATE DEAD KING OF POP - MAIN ITEMS: TERRY SOUTHERN AND EARLY ISSUE NUMBER THREE
Issue No. 03, Oct 1958
16 pages, click to read

Very sought after early issue. Including Letters responding to issues one and two, Nixon satire, and Monologue By a Miss Rheingold Loser.
Issue No. 50, May 1964
32 pages, click to read

Key issue of magazine at its peak. Main item: An Impolite Interview with Terry Southern. Also Dick Gregory, Joseph Heller, Lenny Bruce, much more.

SEQUENTIAL ISSUE DOUBLE-PACK:
Issue
No. 106, Spring 1988
8 pages, click to read
with Issue
No. 107, Summer 1988
8 pages, click to read

Issue No. 120, Summer 1992
8 pages, click to read

Late added obligatory POP GRIEVES ITSELF issue Featuring Michael Jackson as door to door evangelist. With Abbie Hoffman as performance artist.

NEW FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2009:
HIPS AND SQUARES DEBATED - OBSCENITY - TIMOTHY LEARY'S LAST INTERVIEW
Issue No. 17, May 1960
16 pages, click to read

Including Refocusing on Hips and Squares by Lawrence Barth, Letter to a Lady in Iowa by Robert Anton Wilson, and The Pro-Reality Neurosis.
Issue No. 83, October 1968
24 pages, click to read

Including Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan and Malcolm Muggeridge "On Obscenity" and What Are We Going to Do About Pornography?
Issue No. 109, Spring 1989
8 pages, click to read

Including The Trial of Oliver North, Nude Nose Now News, Pillow Talk, Civil Wrongs, New Age Skeptics and Sympathy for the White Devil.
Issue No. 138, Spring 1998
12 pages, click to read

Including Timothy Leary's Last Interview, Rebels Without a License by Alan K. Lipton, Mother Teresa Goes to Hell, and Lotus, Lenny and Joan.


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