This dude used to pick me up hitching along the 58 up to Dexter Reservoir for my paddling workouts one spring in my life at U of O. Respect came first with him. A beautiful mind that would drive beyond his turn off at Pleasant Hill all the way up to the Dexter to drop me off. My thanks was followed by his goodby "once a duck always a duck" . A man so wonderful and only knew him as Ken until years later I realized who he was.
My wife and I sold Tye-dyed cloth at the early Oregon Renaissance Fairs,and a few Country Fairs. I have only told this to a few people, including the folks at Nancy’s. When I would arrive at the fair to start my display , this guy would show up as if by magic named Ken. He would then purchase 3to4 hundred dollars worth of cloth,wrap himself in it sitting in our booth. We would smoke my hash and talk of philosophical things,having great conversations. We looked forward to this every year because it covered our basic expenses! Well the last time around 1975 or so he shows up as if on cue,we talk for a while and he realized ,I was the one passing out free blotters all those years. He said “you don’t know who I am do you” I am Ken Kesey,I said “oh you are that guy”, we had a good laugh and went on with our discussion. He gave me the insight to operate under the radar,free of ego,doing good things. He loved the fact that I knew him but did not know him! Ken was a beautiful human,spreading the light in the strangest places. Thank you Ken !
What a lovely tribute this is! Ken and the Pranksters have danced in the background of my life since I was a teen in the early 70's. I'm a proud owner of their video and have read Wolfe's book too many times. How often do you find a jester and a powerhouse of a writer in one man who continues to inspire us over generations? I have great admiration for Faye who kept the earth spinning so Ken could be who he needed to be. Thanks for this.
I saw Ken Kesey in the parking lot at the Oakland Coliseum (Grateful Dead concerts) in December 1986. I recognized him, and we made eye contact and nodded and smiled at each other. He knew that I knew who he was. He had no idea who I was. That was okay with me. Another ripple on the surface of the endless river . . .
I had a similar moment with him. It was a sunny afternoon; I was walking alone near Lincoln St. and West 11th. Ken was cruising with the top down---Cadillac, I think. Looked like he was having a good day. Eye contact, a smile, a nod. There's no mistaking him! 😏
I used to see Ken at the WOW Hall in the 90s -- most memorably when he read his eulogy for Jerry. Of course, we also crossed paths at OCF most years. But I never felt like forcing my appreciation on him. We just shared a smile and a nod.
Had dinner with him a few times, after he and my late friend Art Maddox did 'Little Tricker the Squirrel' show together.. Art on piano. Ken was delightful, and performed close hand magic tricks. My friend John Curl rode part of the way east on Further.. knew them all. Now in his 80s, still has great stories of those days, and 'the Dead'.
Smoked a J with Ken and Ed Rosenthal at the Eugene Art fair. Ken and I discussed growing hemp as rope which he used to bail his hay so the cattle would not get wire caught in their hooves. RIP.
I read the Electric Koolaid Acid Test in college. Sophomore year at Uconn, i took a Music in Literature course. The year was 1976...it OPENED MY EYES! Also read On the Road, and Carlos Castenada books as well... Tales of Power has been recognized as one of the best books ever written.... Thanks Ken Kesey for your contribution to humanity!!
Psychedelics definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION, TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC. The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,Isd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you're a newbie....````
Thanks so much for this! As a would-be hippie teenager in Kentucky in the late 60s and early 70s I was turned on to Kesey’s “work” both literary and consciousness-raising early on. Had all his books and several stories from older friends of mine who drove to Oregon to seek out and meet him. I was also very glad to see that the extensive film stock from the Furthur bus trip to visit the NY World’s Fair and Leary (and cohorts) had finally been whittled down and made into a film by an actual film director (I forget his name). Pretty amazing to see after all these years. I moved to Seattle in the early 90s and saw Ken, Babbs , Hassler, and crew perform a Wizard of Oz parody play “Twister” for Bumbershoot, the annual counter cultural festival at the Seattle Center. Have to say it was underwhelming and Ken kept freezing up and forgetting his lines (even tho he was doing an off-stage VO performance as “the Wizard”). I chocked it up to old acidhead burn-out but maybe (considering later interviews I saw with him being very lucid) he was just having an off day….
I attended both poetic Hoo Haws, I got up on stage and recited a couple of my poems at the first one and fully intended to read again at the second one but the schedule got screwed up by the rain and the move indoors to Mac Court. I got to hear Burroughs though, and see Rahsaan Roland Kirk, crippled by a stroke but still able to play two saxes at once using his technique of circular breathing. Kesey had a big influence on people who grew up in the U of O area.
Sometimes… is so amazing, there are paragraphs where it changes narrators every sentence. It’s hard to follow but so rewarding. One of my favorite books
I met Ken Kesey in the spring of 1976 when I drove up to his home in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. I was driving home to Seattle from UCLA during spring break. I had just read Cuckoo’s Nest and then watched the movie. It was a beautiful spring day and he was standing in his field next to a tractor he was working on. I had two Rainier beers as I walked up to him. He looked exactly as described by Tom Wolf in Acid Test. We sipped our Rainiers and talked about the movie, which he had not seen. I was disappointed in the film and told him I thought Jack Nicholson was wrong for the part. He agreed with me and we both thought Richard Harris would have been better. We talked about the Shakespearean theatre in Ashland and a few other things. I was amazed that he spoke and listened to me as if I had credibility and my opinions actually mattered. He was incredibly kind and thoughtful. At one point he rummaged around in hid tool box and came up with a roach. Neither of us had a match, though, but it was just as well- I was tired and still had a long drive ahead of me. I snapped a few pictures of him, the tractor and Further, which was parked not far away in the field. We shook hands and I left for home.
This guy is pretty much the reason our entire culture of the last 60 years has existed and evolved. You know who you are. And there are people that know one side of him and not the others which is always the case with someone so multifaceted. For anyone who's tempted to think "oh it's his old material that matters" please go read Sailor Song. You're welcome. It's a masterpiece.
@29:20 I got goosebumps. I feel so lucky to have seen The Grateful Many all across America. I honestly feel sorry for people who never got to see them. You missed out on the greatest experience the Earth has ever seen.
1976 when I was 9 we spent Christmas with Ken, a friend of my parents, Laurie Payne new him well. He gave me my first camera. I remember he took us to visit a chocolate milk factory? I still have a photo i took of the infamous bus.
Holy Shit! At the beginning of this video there is a shot of Kesey in a cowboy hat and patriotic garb, and it is clearly where Les Claypool got his costume idea for the "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" video!
@@donnaebsary2783 Dr Spivey was definitely a more compassionate soul than portrayed in the movie. But it would've been too time consuming to portray the juxtaposition between the two. I also find it interesting but not surprising that Ken never watched the movie.
@@donnaebsary2783 my favorite seen in the movie to point out to people is how the patients always disappeared into the shadows when the movies version of Dr Spivey entered the ward. I noticed it when having chosen that one "direction" one evening as planned. Another interesting movie to watch (while going down that "path") was Wes Cravens "People Under the Stairs". woof!
Shows how little this culture has evolved…Carole is a strong woman..especially after all that. Shes no victim,..shes a Warrior who outlived both her love, Ken & Jerry.
@@robertledbetter3799 Great point. I got to shake her hand at Furthur show at Cuthbert 9-25-2013. Shake the hand, that shook the hand.... Special. Never forget.
Well, "we" were 19, ran the Poppycock in Palo Alto at University and High. and moved into Medway Forest, an Electric Kool Aid Acid Test house, near Skylonda and a few miles from La Honda. There were Pranksters at Medway in 1969, most were about 10yrs older than us. Us was a few friends since c. 1966. Did light shows in high school and then in San Fran'. Broke the Light Show Guild Strike in the summer of 69 at Family Dog on the Beach and did Grateful Dead/It's a Beautiful Day and a African group I forget the name. We lived upstairs from The Poppycock. 3rd floor. Ed McClanahan (minute 8:20) was on 2nd floor. His book "Famous People I have Known" talks of this time. I recall his typewriter being stolen, he writes about it. I didn't meet Kesey but most of the people at Medway saw him 1-2 times in 69-73. I kept a notebook on Poppycock which I still have. It's interesting.
@@TheHypnotstCollector I spent some time in Kelsey's house in la Honda. The entire bathroom was decoupage. He left behind some really strange people, their minds blown.
@@listenhearful Ken Kesey didn’t start the Oregon Country Fair. Robin & Ron Ulrich started the Renaissance Faire which became the Oregon Country Faire, Bill & Cindy Wooten had a hand as well-Odyssey Cafe, my Uncle was part of the Odyssey.
Thank you for posting this!!! Ken is a big inspiration. Remember him from movies about the 60s as a kid. Didn't realize the guy captaining the bus had written the book to the movie I loved as a kid. Then I read the book, then the hitchhikers guide, then the electric acid kool-aid test, then a ton of hunter ... all before dropping out. Then a plethora of times later I find myself sitting here, at 33, realizing maybe it was all for a reason. Maybe, just maybe.. but probably not. But maybe so...lol. then life's happened and this documentary made me cry... I lost my brother 2 years ago to suicide and this made me see things clearer about my dad. My dad had found my brother after he hung himself. He was my dad's favorite. And I can't blame him, he was mine too. Funny how things come full circle in this life. And maybe things do happen for a reason. But be that reason!!! So thank you again for posting this. Made my day!!!
There are so many misconceptions and misinformation about acid, it can effect some people negatively but often self inflicted, you can't let it overwhelm you, you have to stay calm, especially at the begining when the effects start, I loved it and I think it could help a lot of people with certain psychological conditions, I'd suggest micro dosing. I'd do it today if I could find it, in the 1970's I tripped thousands of times, then it disappeared.
Anyone who hasn't read "Demon Box" should do themselves a favor and find a copy. The entries concerning Neil Cassady and John Lennon are amazing writing.
It was magical dream and Kesey was chief wizard, the kindly king of the pranksters. How terribly dark, grim, and joyless things have become by comparison.
Great book that one flew over the cookoos nest...but after watching this...the myth of a great man is just that... seems like a troubled soul that never really grew up... I can relate...✌️😁🙏
I still remember the "Hemingway Mindset Effect" Hemingway held on the Populace. It was only a few years ago I heard his recorded voice for the first time and I couldn't believe how "effeminate" He sounded while having that "masculine" image with My Father's Generation. But then...We have Ken Kesey.
Wasn't he a CIA agent, just like other shady characters such as Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia or Allen Ginsberg ? I would avoid magicians and ventriloquists at all costs. This 60s "love and peace and flowers and whatever shit" is so suspicious. Mind you I have a collection of about 5000 lps, most of them from the era, so I guess I have the right to have a different (than popular) opinion. People like Kesey now seem to me to be the definition of wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm sorry about that.
@@sirapos6550 buddy, I know enough about the flipside history of everyone you mentioned enough to know that if you lump Jerry Garcia in with them as "government agents" you've sipped a whole 'nother batch of Electric Kool Aid. Best stick to your heaping pile of mind kontrol LPs. Maybe you'll learn somethin' off the cover of one someday real soon.
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This dude used to pick me up hitching along the 58 up to Dexter Reservoir for my paddling workouts one spring in my life at U of O. Respect came first with him. A beautiful mind that would drive beyond his turn off at Pleasant Hill all the way up to the Dexter to drop me off. My thanks was followed by his goodby "once a duck always a duck" . A man so wonderful and only knew him as Ken until years later I realized who he was.
My wife and I sold Tye-dyed cloth at the early Oregon Renaissance Fairs,and a few Country Fairs. I have only told this to a few people, including the folks at Nancy’s. When I would arrive at the fair to start my display , this guy would show up as if by magic named Ken. He would then purchase 3to4 hundred dollars worth of cloth,wrap himself in it sitting in our booth. We would smoke my hash and talk of philosophical things,having great conversations. We looked forward to this every year because it covered our basic expenses! Well the last time around 1975 or so he shows up as if on cue,we talk for a while and he realized ,I was the one passing out free blotters all those years. He said “you don’t know who I am do you” I am Ken Kesey,I said “oh you are that guy”, we had a good laugh and went on with our discussion. He gave me the insight to operate under the radar,free of ego,doing good things. He loved the fact that I knew him but did not know him! Ken was a beautiful human,spreading the light in the strangest places. Thank you Ken !
@normgrinstead2348 great story thankyou.
i love this!
What a wonderful sentiment: you knew him, but did not know of him. 💞
@@normgrinstead2348 did you ever know tom noddy "the bubbleman"? I used to help him out at the renaissance fair
@@Earthseacustomz I remember bubble man ,but did not personally know him. Thanks
Oh I so needed this reminder at 80 years of age.
I saw Kesey many many years ago at the Oregon Country Fair. What a character. He has been sorely missed
What a lovely tribute this is! Ken and the Pranksters have danced in the background of my life since I was a teen in the early 70's. I'm a proud owner of their video and have read Wolfe's book too many times. How often do you find a jester and a powerhouse of a writer in one man who continues to inspire us over generations? I have great admiration for Faye who kept the earth spinning so Ken could be who he needed to be. Thanks for this.
Ken Kesey is one of the best man of all time! Thank you sooooooo much for everything 💜
I wasn’t aware that he lost a son. I know how devastating the loss of a child is. Nothing, absolutely nothing compares. RIP Ken & Jed.
A sacrifice to lord Satan 👌
I saw Ken Kesey in the parking lot at the Oakland Coliseum (Grateful Dead concerts) in December 1986. I recognized him, and we made eye contact and nodded and smiled at each other. He knew that I knew who he was. He had no idea who I was. That was okay with me. Another ripple on the surface of the endless river . . .
I had a similar moment with him. It was a sunny afternoon; I was walking alone near Lincoln St. and West 11th. Ken was cruising with the top down---Cadillac, I think. Looked like he was having a good day. Eye contact, a smile, a nod. There's no mistaking him! 😏
Thank you. I grew up in the next town over from Ken's family. I would see him occasionally when I was a kid in the 70's. Always interesting and kind.
Funny meeting you here Huck. I just commented on the time we spent Christmas with Ken. 1976. Yes he was kind to me as well.
I used to see Ken at the WOW Hall in the 90s -- most memorably when he read his eulogy for Jerry. Of course, we also crossed paths at OCF most years. But I never felt like forcing my appreciation on him. We just shared a smile and a nod.
People like Emerson and Kesey taught me most of what I care to know. Thank you Mr. Kesey, I know you were right.
Beautiful film, folks. Thank you
Had dinner with him a few times, after he and my late friend Art Maddox did 'Little Tricker the Squirrel' show together.. Art on piano. Ken was delightful, and performed close hand magic tricks. My friend John Curl rode part of the way east on Further.. knew them all. Now in his 80s, still has great stories of those days, and 'the Dead'.
Smoked a J with Ken and Ed Rosenthal at the Eugene Art fair. Ken and I discussed growing hemp as rope which he used to bail his hay so the cattle would not get wire caught in their hooves. RIP.
@@michaelmurphy3546 - are you related to Eugenie
Ken is the reason I moved to Oregon
I read the Electric Koolaid Acid Test in college. Sophomore year at Uconn, i took a Music in Literature course. The year was 1976...it OPENED MY EYES! Also read On the Road, and Carlos Castenada books as well... Tales of Power has been recognized as one of the best books ever written.... Thanks Ken Kesey for your contribution to humanity!!
Try “Radio Free Albemuth” by Philip K. Dick, if you haven’t already read it . . . I think you’d like it . . .
thanks, Kesey ~ you influenced some of the most important part of my life without me even knowing it at the time ❤
Very enjoyable, thank you David Hoffman!!! I read "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test" as a teenager in the 70s.
Psychedelics definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with
PTSTD,ADDICTION, TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC. The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get
shrooms,dmt,edibles,Isd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you're a newbie....````
Great film thanks a lovely tribute.
Thanks so much for this! As a would-be hippie teenager in Kentucky in the late 60s and early 70s I was turned on to Kesey’s “work” both literary and consciousness-raising early on. Had all his books and several stories from older friends of mine who drove to Oregon to seek out and meet him. I was also very glad to see that the extensive film stock from the Furthur bus trip to visit the NY World’s Fair and Leary (and cohorts) had finally been whittled down and made into a film by an actual film director (I forget his name). Pretty amazing to see after all these years. I moved to Seattle in the early 90s and saw Ken, Babbs , Hassler, and crew perform a Wizard of Oz parody play “Twister” for Bumbershoot, the annual counter cultural festival at the Seattle Center. Have to say it was underwhelming and Ken kept freezing up and forgetting his lines (even tho he was doing an off-stage VO performance as “the Wizard”). I chocked it up to old acidhead burn-out but maybe (considering later interviews I saw with him being very lucid) he was just having an off day….
I attended both poetic Hoo Haws, I got up on stage and recited a couple of my poems at the first one and fully intended to read again at the second one but the schedule got screwed up by the rain and the move indoors to Mac Court. I got to hear Burroughs though, and see Rahsaan Roland Kirk, crippled by a stroke but still able to play two saxes at once using his technique of circular breathing. Kesey had a big influence on people who grew up in the U of O area.
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Sometimes… is so amazing, there are paragraphs where it changes narrators every sentence. It’s hard to follow but so rewarding. One of my favorite books
Yes we need this energy in these dark times. Love all the way from Massachusetts.
😂 these are the greatest times to be alive ever!
I met Ken Kesey in the spring of 1976 when I drove up to his home in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. I was driving home to Seattle from UCLA during spring break. I had just read Cuckoo’s Nest and then watched the movie. It was a beautiful spring day and he was standing in his field next to a tractor he was working on. I had two Rainier beers as I walked up to him. He looked exactly as described by Tom Wolf in Acid Test.
We sipped our Rainiers and talked about the movie, which he had not seen. I was disappointed in the film and told him I thought Jack Nicholson was wrong for the part. He agreed with me and we both thought Richard Harris would have been better. We talked about the Shakespearean theatre in Ashland and a few other things. I was amazed that he spoke and listened to me as if I had credibility and my opinions actually mattered. He was incredibly kind and thoughtful. At one point he rummaged around in hid tool box and came up with a roach. Neither of us had a match, though, but it was just as well- I was tired and still had a long drive ahead of me. I snapped a few pictures of him, the tractor and Further, which was parked not far away in the field. We shook hands and I left for home.
That's a life lived and to take so many of us on the ride too.
Ken, Thanks for everything❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is incredible. Such a fascinating character. Definisce who Oregonians come from. Thanks for posting.
Ken is a Further figure to generations of people.
One of my favourite photographs is Ken Kesey when he gave a reading from his book of short stories in Edinburgh, Scotland. Babbs was also there.
thank you for this
Randal, don't let this go to your head...
I once lived in La Honda and drove by the old Kesey house on 84 regularly.
Ken loved music , that’s how I met him in Pleasant Hill Oregon, great parties out on his farm there, one of a kind human being, RIP old friend!
Loved this!
Man, it looks like everyone ran into Ken! I only ran into him once…when i read “one flew…” Genius.
The last guy NAILED IT!!
This guy is pretty much the reason our entire culture of the last 60 years has existed and evolved. You know who you are. And there are people that know one side of him and not the others which is always the case with someone so multifaceted. For anyone who's tempted to think "oh it's his old material that matters" please go read Sailor Song. You're welcome. It's a masterpiece.
kesey’s wife shines with light🌸
AWESOME video!!!
@29:20 I got goosebumps. I feel so lucky to have seen The Grateful Many all across America. I honestly feel sorry for people who never got to see them. You missed out on the greatest experience the Earth has ever seen.
Ken Kesey's son Zane Kesey has a wonderful UA-cam Channel.
1976 when I was 9 we spent Christmas with Ken, a friend of my parents, Laurie Payne new him well. He gave me my first camera. I remember he took us to visit a chocolate milk factory? I still have a photo i took of the infamous bus.
Holy Shit! At the beginning of this video there is a shot of Kesey in a cowboy hat and patriotic garb, and it is clearly where Les Claypool got his costume idea for the "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" video!
One flew east,...One flew west,...
Spooky... but I started reading Cuckoo's nest about a week ago for the first time after watching the movie decades ago.
its hard to imagine a more excellent example for a book that inspired a movie.
The universe is trying to get a message thru. Your future self may appreciate it if you keep a journal of notes as you read it.
@@donnaebsary2783 Dr Spivey was definitely a more compassionate soul than portrayed in the movie. But it would've been too time consuming to portray the juxtaposition between the two. I also find it interesting but not surprising that Ken never watched the movie.
@@donnaebsary2783 my favorite seen in the movie to point out to people is how the patients always disappeared into the shadows when the movies version of Dr Spivey entered the ward. I noticed it when having chosen that one "direction" one evening as planned.
Another interesting movie to watch (while going down that "path") was Wes Cravens "People Under the Stairs". woof!
@@secretbassrigs Just noticed that the full movie is on UA-cam, I'm more of a book person these days, but might have to re-watch this one.
Great video but you can’t refer to Sunshine’s mother as “another woman in California” after not mentioning MG once.
Shows how little this culture has evolved…Carole is a strong woman..especially after all that. Shes no victim,..shes a Warrior who outlived both her love, Ken & Jerry.
@@robertledbetter3799 Great point. I got to shake her hand at Furthur show at
Cuthbert 9-25-2013. Shake the hand, that shook the hand.... Special. Never forget.
A life well lived - bless your heart KK. ❤❤
Well, "we" were 19, ran the Poppycock in Palo Alto at University and High. and moved into Medway Forest, an Electric Kool Aid Acid Test house, near Skylonda and a few miles from La Honda. There were Pranksters at Medway in 1969, most were about 10yrs older than us. Us was a few friends since c. 1966. Did light shows in high school and then in San Fran'. Broke the Light Show Guild Strike in the summer of 69 at Family Dog on the Beach and did Grateful Dead/It's a Beautiful Day and a African group I forget the name. We lived upstairs from The Poppycock. 3rd floor. Ed McClanahan (minute 8:20) was on 2nd floor. His book "Famous People I have Known" talks of this time. I recall his typewriter being stolen, he writes about it. I didn't meet Kesey but most of the people at Medway saw him 1-2 times in 69-73. I kept a notebook on Poppycock which I still have. It's interesting.
@@TheHypnotstCollector I spent some time in Kelsey's house in la Honda. The entire bathroom was decoupage. He left behind some really strange people, their minds blown.
@@shirleyupvall9360 Poncho Pillow was at Medway. "You're on the bus or off the bus". I could see why.
@TheHypnotstCollector I lived in la Honda. I saw the wreckage
@@shirleyupvall9360 there's video on youtube of neil cassidy getting up from driving and walking down the bus aisle...no one driving
Was that band Deodato???
very enjoyable and interesting.
What a wonderful human ❤
He rented our theater in Berkeley and I projected his films of the bus travels to his invited guests . (Telegraph Repertory Cinema) 1970- 71
I will miss him always, and I'm so young.
Ken Kessey, a great American.
surprised no mention that Ken started the Oregon Country Fair - which goes on to this day.
@@listenhearful Ken Kesey didn’t start the Oregon Country Fair. Robin & Ron Ulrich started the Renaissance Faire which became the Oregon Country Faire, Bill & Cindy Wooten had a hand as well-Odyssey Cafe, my Uncle was part of the Odyssey.
@@BushyHairedStranger ach...another hippy myth.
@ what is the truth anyway…
@@listenhearful Attended 3 times. It sure changed in 2000
I saw the original bus, Further, with the Merry Pranksters, in Boise, Idaho. So cool, for a 10 year old girl from the country.
Thank you for posting this!!! Ken is a big inspiration. Remember him from movies about the 60s as a kid. Didn't realize the guy captaining the bus had written the book to the movie I loved as a kid. Then I read the book, then the hitchhikers guide, then the electric acid kool-aid test, then a ton of hunter ... all before dropping out. Then a plethora of times later I find myself sitting here, at 33, realizing maybe it was all for a reason. Maybe, just maybe.. but probably not. But maybe so...lol. then life's happened and this documentary made me cry... I lost my brother 2 years ago to suicide and this made me see things clearer about my dad. My dad had found my brother after he hung himself. He was my dad's favorite. And I can't blame him, he was mine too. Funny how things come full circle in this life. And maybe things do happen for a reason. But be that reason!!! So thank you again for posting this. Made my day!!!
a great American personality and a pleasure to meet. Have more to say but don't really remember the words, was kinda high each time..
My hero❤
There are so many misconceptions and misinformation about acid, it can effect some people negatively but often self inflicted, you can't let it overwhelm you, you have to stay calm, especially at the begining when the effects start, I loved it and I think it could help a lot of people with certain psychological conditions, I'd suggest micro dosing. I'd do it today if I could find it, in the 1970's I tripped thousands of times, then it disappeared.
Why isn't there a definitive biography out about Ken? Babb's book is just wonderful and we are all 'a waitin' on MG's. ✌️
How about The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test?
Anyone who hasn't read "Demon Box" should do themselves a favor and find a copy. The entries concerning Neil Cassady and John Lennon are amazing writing.
It was magical dream and Kesey was chief wizard, the kindly king of the pranksters. How terribly dark, grim, and joyless things have become by comparison.
I remember your pranksters in the Panhandle, San Francisco 1966
Great book that one flew over the cookoos nest...but after watching this...the myth of a great man is just that... seems like a troubled soul that never really grew up... I can relate...✌️😁🙏
Does anyone know of a current place where like minded people can co exist together on the same piece of land? I am searching for my tribe 😊❤
Thank you Albert Hoffmann. 🫂
27:43 That is perfectly hillarous and appropriate.
Growing up in pleasant hill, ive had some of that lsd.
I still remember the "Hemingway Mindset Effect" Hemingway held on the Populace. It was only a few years ago I heard his recorded voice for the first time and I couldn't believe how "effeminate" He sounded while having that "masculine" image with My Father's Generation. But then...We have Ken Kesey.
What a beautiful guy.
Lives altered for the better. I can't imagine mine without his influence.😛
I second that emotion!
Will you do one on Tanya Harding next?
❤
King, bless’m
He almost sounds like David lynch
28:45
😍
Every American Mother whose Son has Died in an American Uniform is Weeping Today
SPARKS FLY UPWARDS
right on....loved this. thank you
Never trust a prankster
If I ever had to get stuck in an eLevator , it wouLd be a whoLe Lot Better if Ken Kesey was there too . . .
Shazam Kesey and Kerouac the Dead and Doors.
I don’t know what the big deal was if u respected the LSD respected you!?
Wasn't he a CIA agent, just like other shady characters such as Timothy Leary, Jerry Garcia or Allen Ginsberg ? I would avoid magicians and ventriloquists at all costs. This 60s "love and peace and flowers and whatever shit" is so suspicious. Mind you I have a collection of about 5000 lps, most of them from the era, so I guess I have the right to have a different (than popular) opinion. People like Kesey now seem to me to be the definition of wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm sorry about that.
@@sirapos6550 buddy, I know enough about the flipside history of everyone you mentioned enough to know that if you lump Jerry Garcia in with them as "government agents" you've sipped a whole 'nother batch of Electric Kool Aid. Best stick to your heaping pile of mind kontrol LPs. Maybe you'll learn somethin' off the cover of one someday real soon.
Kesey for president not Trump not Biden
I doubt he would have liked ' correct " speech laws.
CIA plant.
Dude was a legit fed and worked with the CIA. Check out the books The Cultural Cold War or Palo Alto.
Don't put up a fuss just get on the bus
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John 1:1-14
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
John 3:1-8
John 3:16
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@@James-Dines-Tech-Warrior Yeshua is my Co- pilot 😁
Doesn’t take much in Oregon no?
Kesey is a cia cut out. He didn't write cuckoo nest.
The entire counter culture was likely steered to fulfill social engineering agendas. Even starting post WW2 really.
I was in Eugene the day he passed.