Essays and Ephemera

Continental Detective Agency vs. The Legion of Crime

Continental Detective Agency vs. The Legion of Crime

December 17, 1977 | By

   

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Pieing!

Pieing!

December 17, 1977 | By

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Collaborative Writing Workshop

Collaborative Writing Workshop

December 11, 1977 | By

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Child’s XMAS in S.F.

Child’s XMAS in S.F.

December 11, 1977 | By

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Sensory Bombardment

Sensory Bombardment

December 11, 1977 | By

 editors note: 2013   I can’t believe the Tactile Dome is still alive and well  

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Fantasy Film Society Reunion

Fantasy Film Society Reunion

December 9, 1977 | By

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Break Down The Library Doors

Break Down The Library Doors

December 7, 1977 | By

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Suicide for our Ears

Suicide for our Ears

December 6, 1977 | By

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An Evening with Psychopaths

An Evening with Psychopaths

December 5, 1977 | By

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A Walk with Love and Death

A Walk with Love and Death

December 4, 1977 | By

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Show And Tell

Show And Tell

December 4, 1977 | By

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Nooseletter:  Dec 1977

Nooseletter: Dec 1977

December 1, 1977 | By

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Golden Gate Bridge Climb

Golden Gate Bridge Climb

September 30, 1977 | By

John Law recalls: 16 people went on this climb. This was way too many. Dmitri said to me at one point: “Gee John. I almost passed out back there.” I reassured him & never got outside of arms reach all night. This was the largest group I ever lead on the GGB. Plenty of chills! […]

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Enter The Unknown #2

Enter The Unknown #2

August 27, 1977 | By

  Aug 27, 1977 We ascended as a group of nearly 30 folks to a rooftop under a freeway bilboard, armed with materials required to modify the billboard. A group brainstorm resulted in a plan, and we created the modifications and applied them. We got arrested. “Free the Max Factor 26” !    

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Exploring a Dead Hospital

Exploring a Dead Hospital

August 15, 1977 | By

Harkness Hospital was a former San Francisco hospital located in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, where many of us lived. We adopted it as a frequent destination for events such as dart gun games and climbing expeditions.     Peter Field rappelling a wall, and Bob Campbell traversing between wings        

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Play Dead

Play Dead

August 13, 1977 | By

John Law recalls:   “Play Dead (Steve Mobia) Our first visit to the delectable Mountain View Cemetery in the Piedmont hills high above Oakland. We drove over to East Bay after applying white face and donning all black togs at Circus of the Soul. We parked in a wealthy, tree lined Piedmont neighborhood in our […]

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Oakland Bay Bridge

Oakland Bay Bridge

August 5, 1977 | By

John Law recalls: This event was in part (according to Gary) a welcome home to me upon my return from hitchhiking around the country (and Canada). This was the event where we had to threaten the guy (I forget his name) because he refused on principle to ditch his pot. We had to clandestinely park […]

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Summer of Love Reenactment

Summer of Love Reenactment

July 17, 1977 | By

  Many Suicide Club events, particularly the physically dangerous and/or illegal variety were no alcohol, no drugs affairs. Even so, many members would imbibe on occasion. Kathy Hearty’s Summer of Love re-enactment was an event that actually encouraged participants to “get in the spirit” of the original period. Photographer Greg Mancuso caught the faux-hippies in […]

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Ghiradelli Square Squirt Gun

Ghiradelli Square Squirt Gun

May 25, 1977 | By

John Law recalls: “Roseanne was dressed as a “cigarette girl” with a chest slung tray from which she dispensed squirt guns to about 20 or so people. She looked pretty cute.”      

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Patchwork Quilt Adventure

Patchwork Quilt Adventure

May 25, 1977 | By

This was a repeating event by Peter Field, and featured a collection of mini-events. Here is the announcement for PQ-II in Jan 78

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