 thomas king forÃ§ade (september 11, 1945 â november 17, 1978), aka gary goodson,gross, michael (february 18, 1991). ivana's avenger. new york magazine was an american underground journalist and activist in the 1970s. for many years he ran the underground press syndicate (later called the alternative press syndicate), and was the founder in summer 1974 of high times magazine.bienenstock, david; and editors of high times magazine (2008). chapter 1 highstory. the official high times pot smokers handbook: featuring 420 things to do when you're stoned. chronicle books. isbn 0811862054. isbn 9780811862059. high times ran articles calling marijuana a "medical wonder drug" and ridiculing the us drug enforcement administration. high times became a huge success with a circulation of more than 500,000 copies a month and revenues approaching $10 million by 1977 and embraced by the young adult market as the bible of the alternative life culture. by 1977 high times was selling as many copies an issue as rolling stone and national lampoon. forcade published several other publications such as stoned, national weed, dealer and others that always were laced with some of the best humor, pop culture and a forum for some of the best writers, artists and political savvy mostly veiled as the counter culture entertainment magazine. many of the writers went on to be published in premiere papers and magazines in north america. ==life and career== he was born in phoenix, arizona. his father, engineer and hot rod enthusiast kenneth goodson, died in a car crash when forÃ§ade was a child. forÃ§ade graduated from the university of utah in 1967 with a degree in business administration. he went into the united states air force but was discharged after a few months. he formed a hippie commune and underground magazine called orpheus, after which he moved to new york city.armstrong, david (1981). a trumpet to arms: alternative media in america. j.p. tarcher, isbn 978-0-87477-158-9 in 1970, forcade became one of the first people to use pieing as a form of protest, hitting chairman otto larsen during the president's commission on obscenity and pornography.staff report (may 13, 1970). [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=f20d16fd3f5d137b93c6a8178ed85f448785f9 witness presents pornogr
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