San Francisco Express Times

San Francisco Express Times
Cover of the March 21, 1968 issue
TypeUnderground newspaper
Owner(s)The Trystero Company
Founder(s)Marvin Garson and Bob Novick
Editor(Express Times) Marvin Garson
FoundedJanuary 24, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-01-24)
Political alignmentRadical
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationAugust 2, 1972 (1972-08-02)
RelaunchedAs Good Times (April 1969)
Headquarters(Good Times) 2377 Bush Street
CitySan Francisco, California
CountryUnited States
ISSN0017-2197
OCLC number1608301
Free online archivesvoices.revealdigital.org (Express Times)
voices.revealdigital.org (Good Times)

San Francisco Express Times was a counterculture tabloid underground newspaper edited by Marvin Garson and published weekly in San Francisco, California from January 24, 1968, to March 25, 1969, for a total of 61 issues, covering and promoting radical politics, rock music, arts and progressive culture in the Bay Area.[1] It was a member of the Underground Press Syndicate, and sold for 15 cents.

Starting in April 1969 the San Francisco Express Times changed its name to Good Times, publishing under that title with a substantially different editorial policy, lasting until August 2, 1972.[2] In 2021, Newsweek referred to Good Times as an "anti-police and pro-violence" publication.[3]

  1. ^ About this newspaper: San Francisco Express Times, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, retrieved March 29, 2010
  2. ^ "About this newspaper: Good Times". Chronicling America. Library of Congress..
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Newsweek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).