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Jeffrey Dahmer arrested... serial killer...
Item # 728374 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 24 1991

* Jeffrey Dahmer arrested (1st report)
* American killer - Milwaukee cannibal 

The top of page 14 has a one column photo of Dahmer with heading: "Body Parts, Vat of Acid Found in...
$137
Metallica bassist Cliff Burton killed in 1986...
Item # 728373 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 1, 1986 

* Bassist Cliff Burton killed in tour bus crash
* Early "Metallica" heavy thrash metal band 
* "Master of Puppets" album era 

The top of page 3 of the "Calendar Section" has a heading:...
$98
Government document from 1830 Virginia
Item # 728368 ·
Here is a handwritten document dated Nov. 19, 1831 from the "Commonwealth of Virginia" to a sheriff in Prince William County. Generally in good condition however, some margins are a bit irregular but no loss of text....
$23
1995 The Notorious B.I.G. - Biggie Smalls...
Item # 728367 ·
CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, March 27, 1995

* The Notorious B.I.G. - Biggie Smalls
* East Coast hip-hop - gangsta rapper 
* Just after debut album "Ready to Die"
 
Often revered as the undisputed...
$48
Jonas Mekas’s review of John Cassavetes, "Shadows"...
Item # 728364 ·

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 27, 1960  Page 8, and continuing on to pg. 10 of this significant issue features Jonas Mekas’s famous "Movie Journal" column, containing a blistering, historic

...
$150
Motley Crue's Vince Neil DUI accident & death in 1984
Item # 728361 ·
METRO SECTION (Sec. II) only of the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10, 1984

* Early "Motley Crue" deals with a tragedy
* Vince Neil's DUI accident that killed his passenger
* American heavy metal - hard rock band 

 The front...
$52
1st Led Zeppelin North American tour ad (1969)...
Item # 728360 ·
THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 30, 1969

* Early Led Zeppelin - English rock band
* First North American tour advertisement
* 1st New York City concert - Fillmore East

Page 32 has a historic 6 x...
$92
1968 The Doors, The Who & Jimi Hendrix...
Item # 728359 ·
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 11, 1968

* The Doors - The Who - Jimi Hendrix Experience
* New York Rock Festival - Singer Bowl in Queens
* Rock bands concert performances...
$68
1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...
Item # 728358 ·
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 9, 1964

* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad
* Conviction for obscenity comedy performance
* Cafe Au Go Go nightclub - Bleecker Street

The...
$52
1981 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts concert ad...
Item # 728357 ·
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 23-29, 1981

* Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Woman rocker
* The Ritz nightclub concert advertisement

Page 2 has a nice full  page advertisement for a New...
$58