A report on Ken Kesey
American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure.
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Merry Pranksters
19 linksThe Merry Pranksters were comrades and followers of American author Ken Kesey in 1964.
Counterculture of the 1960s
17 linksAnti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
The popularization of LSD outside of the medical world was hastened when individuals such as Ken Kesey participated in drug trials and liked what they saw.
Acid Tests
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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid".
Neal Cassady
9 linksMajor figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
Major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
Cassady first met author Ken Kesey during the summer of 1962; he eventually became one of the Merry Pranksters, a group that formed around Kesey in 1964, who were vocal proponents of the use of psychedelic drugs.
Grateful Dead
8 linksAmerican rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.
American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.
(The Velvet Underground also had to change its name from the Warlocks.) The first show under the name Grateful Dead was in San Jose on December 4, 1965, at one of Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.
Beat Generation
5 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Neal Cassady, as the driver for Ken Kesey's bus Furthur, was the primary bridge between these two generations.
Hippie
10 linksSomeone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around the world.
Someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around the world.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, novelist Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally in California.
Lysergic acid diethylamide
12 linksPsychedelic drug.
Psychedelic drug.
From 1964, the Merry Pranksters, a loose group that developed around novelist Ken Kesey, sponsored the Acid Tests, a series of events primarily staged in or near San Francisco, involving the taking of LSD (supplied by Stanley), accompanied by light shows, film projection and discordant, improvised music known as the psychedelic symphony.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
9 links1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe.
1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe.
Wolfe presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the US in a colorfully painted school bus, Furthur, whose name was painted on the destination sign, indicating the general ethos of the Pranksters.
Stewart Brand
5 linksAmerican writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog.
American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog.
By the mid-1960s, Brand became associated with New York multimedia group USCO and Bay Area author Ken Kesey and his "Merry Pranksters".