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==Books by Paul Krassner== | ==Books by Paul Krassner== | ||
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Paul Krassner (born April 9, 1932) was founder, editor and frequent contributor to the Freethought magazine The Realist, which, first published in 1958, is a very early example of the countercultural press in the United States. Although The Realist is regarded as an underground publication by some, it was a nationally distributed newsstand publication as early as 1959.
The Realist was published on a fairly regular schedule during the 1960s and then on an irregular schedule after the early 1970s. It was revived as a much smaller newsletter during the mid-1980s when material from the magazine was collected in The Best of the Realist: The 60's Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine (Running Press, 1985). The final issue of The Realist was #146 (Spring, 2001).
Krassner was a child violin prodigy (and was the youngest person ever to play Carnegie Hall, in 1939 at age six), but his career took a different turn in the 1950s when he became an important figure in many aspects of politically-edged humor and satire in the US. He was a close protege of the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce (he edited Bruce's autobiography); he worked on early issues of Mad; he was a founder of the Youth International Party (yippies) in 1967, and a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, famous for prankster activism. He was featured at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Wavy Gravy during their "I Want to Take You Higher" exhibit. He is known in intellectual property circles for having printed The Realist's controversial 1966 poster, "The Disneyland Memorial Orgy", illustrated by Wally Wood in black-and-white line art. Krassner recently made Wood's poster available in a digital color version.
The Realist distributed a red, white, and blue parody Cold War bumper sticker that read "FUCK COMMUNISM". Perhaps Krassner's most notorious satire was an article following the Kennedy assassination that depicted LBJ sexually assaulting JFK's corpse.
Krassner remains a prolific writer and stand-up comedian. He has been a frequent speaker at both the Starwood Festival and the WinterStar Symposium. Currently, he is a columnist for the New York Press, Disinfotainment Today AVN Online, and High Times Magazine. In 2005 he received a Grammy nomination for Best Album Notes. He is a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
Books by Paul Krassner
- The Best of the Realist: The 60's Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine
- Tales of Tongue Fu
- How a Satirical Editor Became a Yippie Conspirator in Ten Easy Years
- Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture
- High Times Presents Paul Krassner's Pot Stories for the Soul, compiled by Krassner with a forward by Ellison, Harlan ISBN 1893010023
- Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy
- Murder at the Conspiracy Convention: And Other American Absurdities, introduced by George Carlin
- Paul Krassner's Psychedelic Trips for the Mind
- Paul Krassner's Impolite Interviews
- Sex, Drugs, and the Twinkie Murders
- The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race: The Satirical Writings of Paul Krassner, Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut
- One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist, Foreword by Harry Shearer, Introduction by Lewis Black
Discography
- Campaign In the Ass (2000)
- Irony Lives (2002)
- Sex, Drugs and the Antichrist: Paul Krassner at MIT (1999)
- Zen Bastard Rides Again (2004)
References
- Starwood Article: Life Among the Pagans
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050829/krassner
External links
- Art Buchwald, Barry Crimmins, Paul Krassner, Kurt Vonnegut - Beating Around the Bush: An Evening of Satire recorded on 10/06/05 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 63 min., mp3 format
- Official site
- Yippie Yippies Krassner, Paul
- The Realist
- Paul Krassner profile at idmb.com (The Internet Movie Database)
- RU Sirius Show #53, guest Paul Krassner (podcast, .mp3)