scrambler Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Ken Kesey died on this day, Nov. 10, 2001 following cancer surgery of his liver. "In 1964, Kesey and his friends, who had become known as the Merry Pranksters, bought a 1939 International Harvest school bus and drove to New York to see the World's Fair. Kesey recruited Neal Cassady from Kerouac's On the Road to drive the bus, and filmed a significant portion of the journey; Kesey would later show clips from the trip to chemically-induced audiences at his parties. Kesey became the proponent of a local band known as the "Warlocks," which later became the Grateful Dead." "Kesey and his Merry Pranksters became notorious for their "Acid Tests" and use of LSD and other drugs. Kesey's exploits with the Merry Pranksters during this period formed the basis for a best-selling book by Tom Wolfe (A Man in Full, The Bonfire of the Vanities) called The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. When the government made LSD illegal, Ken and the Pranksters fled to Mexico. When he returned to the United States for a final performance, he was arrested on a marijuana charge. Upon his release from jail, Kesey moved to a farm in Pleasant Hill, Oregon to raise his family." Source:Biography "The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer—they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." —Ken Kesey (1935-2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jopa Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 solid post. solid. have you ever listened to any of the dead shows from one of the acid tests? they're interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 (edited) Thank you for posting that Edited November 11, 2003 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 I think of him every time I'm greeted by that cool sculpture of his on top of mt pisgah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 there are many things that make me think of Kesey. He was one of the most infulential authors/charactors in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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