In the past two weeks since the last issue of this paper a bunch of new developments have taken place: Almost every job for the MC5 brings a new and different creep scene into being.
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Narks Bust Trans-Lovers in Ann Arbor
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
The Trans-Love commune of Ann Arbor (late of Detroit) was plundered by police June 18 when Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Deputies took into custody Lawrence “Pun” Plamondon on a warrant charging him with “sale and dispension of marijuana” in Traverse …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
The following is a press release I wrote for the MC5 this week; we’re running it here because we promised to take you behind the scenes in the rock and roll industry, and these events illustrate what bands have to …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
This is my first column for the Fifth Estate in a long time and I’ll probably be a little rusty, so please bear with me, OK? and I’ll try to do something useful here.
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote this column, and I still don’t know what’ll come of it, but all we can do is ride it out and see what we can do with it. My own …
Books
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
a review of Pot: A Handbook Of Marijuana, by John Rosevear (University) Books, $4.95).
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
I was speaking of the change taking place in this nation, and would say that in America the change is most evident in two sectors or subcultures of the civilization. In the black stinking ghettoes of the poor and exploited, …
Union Moves to End Rock-Band Exploitation
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
In one of the largest steps in its history, the American Federation of Musicians has drafted plans for a huge apprentice program for teen-age rock musicians which could alter the present music industry considerably.
Sweep-in
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
The filthy streets of Detroit’s Warren-Forest Area, center of the city’s hippie community, will be the scene of a giant Sweep-In Sunday, August 20.
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
“Do you love it, do you hate it There it is, just like you made it” —The Mothers of Invention You have to live in the middle of the city to know what is really happening there—otherwise all you have …