Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters in the New York Times

[Caduceus Mercurius]

The travel section of the New York Times features and article on Manzanillo, Mexico, including an audio slide show on Ken Kesey hiding from the authorities there.

"The interior of Ken’s bus was a grab-bag cornucopia of strange pills, exotic herbs, magic mushrooms, peyote buttons, LSD, uppers, downers, poppers and of course marijuana. On a windless day one could get stoned just strolling past the bus. A battery-powered tape machine enhanced the scene with a dreamy, pre-rock music by the likes of Miles Davis, Stan Kenton and the Modern Jazz Quartet. We hung a lot at Ken’s magical bus that summer."

Read the article here: In Mexico, on the Lam With Ken Kesey

Also see: Ken Kesey on the Research Channel[/url]

 

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“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened,
but by getting into the world ...
by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence
and never get tossed because we become the waves.