Eastward bus journey Merry Pranksters
furthur, ken kesey , merry pranksters second bus
on june 17, 1964, kesey , 13 merry pranksters boarded furthur @ kesey s ranch in la honda, california, , set off eastward. kesey wanted see happen when hallucinogenic-inspired spontaneity confronted saw banality , conformity of american society. ken babbs has suggested bus trip reversed historic american westward movement.
the trip s original purpose celebrate publication of kesey s novel great notion (1964) , visit 1964 world s fair in new york city. pranksters enthusiastic users of marijuana, amphetamines, , lsd, , in process of journey said have turned on many people introducing them these drugs.
the psychedelically painted bus s stated destination — further — merry pranksters goal: destination reached through expansion of 1 s own perception of reality.
novelist robert stone, met bus on arrival in new york, wrote in memoir prime green: remembering sixties (2007) accompanying kesey on trip neal cassady (described stone world s greatest driver, roll joint while backing 1937 packard onto lip of grand canyon ), ken babbs ( fresh nam, full of radio nomenclature, , command voice put cops flight ), jane burton ( pregnant young philosophy professor declined no challenges ), george walker, sandy lehmann-haupt (dis-mount), mike hagen (mal function), ron bevirt (hassler), chuck kesey, dale kesey, john babbs, steve lambrecht , paula sundstren (aka gretchin fetchin, slime queen).
zane kesey , simon babbs edited video , audio clips made pranksters on trip produce dvd (1999) called acid test, distributed key-z productions.
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