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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (9590)9/17/2023 10:11:03 PM
From: Thehammer  Read Replies (2) of 9626
 
He also documented the start of hippidom:

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Wikipedia

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Testis a 1968 nonfictionbook by Tom Wolfe. [2]The book is a popular example of the New Journalismliterary style. The book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Keseyand a group of psychedelicenthusiasts known as the Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the United Statesin a colorfully-painted school bus they called Furthur. [3]Kesey and the Pranksters became famous for their use of psychedelic drugs(such as LSD) to achieve expansion of their consciousness. [4]The book chronicles the Acid Tests(parties with LSD-laced Kool-Aid) and encounters with notable figures of the time ( Hells Angels, Grateful Dead, Allen Ginsberg), and describes Kesey's exile to Mexico and his arrests.

Kesey wrote One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest and Sometimes A Great Notion
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