canadianpothead
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Just been watching some documentaries again on 60s acid culture. Was wondering if there’s anyone with some cool stories from this time! Also douse the LSD that Ken Kesey and the merry pranksters took still exist?
Owsley (electric Kool-aid acid test) LSD
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Herb & Suds
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I had a painting back in the early 70's I stuck two hits of mr natural the zig zag guy stenciled on them "paper"
I found them in 2005 when I put the picture in a garage sale and the buyer ask if they came with it
They lost their vigor
I found them in 2005 when I put the picture in a garage sale and the buyer ask if they came with it
They lost their vigor
Thundercat
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I wasn’t alive back in those days 
, and didn’t start eating acid until I was an adult. Over the last 16-17 years I’ve eaten many many hits. Really don’t have any super crazy stories because I’ve always tried to be smart and trip safely to avoid “complications”. While it definitely isn’t the exact same batches they ate back in the day, I can say with confidence that great quality acid is a thing still once you meet the right people.
, and didn’t start eating acid until I was an adult. Over the last 16-17 years I’ve eaten many many hits. Really don’t have any super crazy stories because I’ve always tried to be smart and trip safely to avoid “complications”. While it definitely isn’t the exact same batches they ate back in the day, I can say with confidence that great quality acid is a thing still once you meet the right people.
Richard Drysift
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Ken died in the 2001 but his son Zane Casey has been going around the country with a replica of the original Furthur bus since at least before the GD 50 shows; the pranksters sell blotter paper and psychedelic memorabilia but nothing with any actual LSD on it. They charter the bus for parties and tour around raising money to restore the original furthur bus which was abandoned but recovered; needs a lot of work apparently. The crew is prankster family; they exist mostly on people’s kindness and hospitality. Sleeping in back yards and bus parties. There is a whole subset of crazy bus people who drive around looking for other crazy bus people to hang out with on their bus and get crazy. Go figure.
Rumors swirled at the time that students of Bear still had some of his original LSD crystals stored in deep freeze. They were supposedly instructed by Bear himself to distribute it among the those in the know if a 50 yr anniversary tour was to happen. Hope you had a chance to get on the bus; I know I did.
Rumors swirled at the time that students of Bear still had some of his original LSD crystals stored in deep freeze. They were supposedly instructed by Bear himself to distribute it among the those in the know if a 50 yr anniversary tour was to happen. Hope you had a chance to get on the bus; I know I did.
canadianpothead
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I wasn’t around when the bus was rolling, I hope to see it if it comes around again( especially if the deep freezer were to be opened by the chosen few!.
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canndo
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Thundercat
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I had Zane make some custom blotter art sheets a few months ago. Everything was handled over the internet though so I never met him or actually dealt with him but the sheets turned out great.
StonedGardener
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Are you shiting me.....I read that book back in 10th grade..........that was the life, if ya could swing it.......I needed money, wasn't tripping and f'ing off till I got a job in a physics lab.....could afford "head".......afford Bose 901's......my own place....my own grow room..,yada-yada.....Best way to approach is as follows, no shit..........I have a close dear friend, who knows me very well.....,.he checks out the acid, reports back............" yer gonna love ii....."..or not for you "................Also watch what ya mix it with.....everybody's different.............I Cheeched and Chonged-out on a bong once while on a wonderful trip and everything went sideways, scary.......didn't bother my pals. Anyway.........nowadays, and for ever, I advocate real hash and a mushroom pairing.......of course lots of cold beer and tunes and nicotine, in some form.
StonedGardener
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Are you shitting me, read that when I was 15, 10th grade......good life if ya could swing it...........tread lightly with that stuff.....can be a ball or not.....always have a close friend ( who really knows your hesd ) check it out for ya....I do, works out great.........................certainly not made for a hobby......,,,I always liked the mushroom, real hash pairing ! .....yum...........of course a few cool drinks, some smoke, nicotine and good tunes......oh yea...............some close friends to blabber to.
StonedGardener
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I'm altered, I think........apologies
canadianpothead
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Lol cool stories for sure, hopefully mushrooms become legal in Canada soon!
StonedGardener
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Just look for some horseshit, no shit........their little things, brown...do your homework.........they are considered mild, so feel free to gobble them up, then again I don't know you........
Uncle L
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It was a sad day when Uncle Kenny passed. The memorial at the McDonald theater was cool but really sad. I was fortunate as a youngster to get invited by Kenny and MG to the millennium party at the farm. Meeting in person most of the icons of my pretty much childhood tour years was incredible. Having Ken and Mountain Girl force me to pick out a day-glo, obnoxious costume in the costume room (for lack of better term) next to Ken’s, I guess office(?) before they busted out the Kool aid was one of the most epic experiences of my life. Not to mention I had just met Owsley and Babbs among others. I played the thunder machine, rode on the the back of the bus out of the bus barn and we had a bonfire in the rain. Everyone asked why I didn’t go to Phish in Florida. (~);} I didn’t come down from that cup I sipped for days. I’m too young to have experienced an acid test, but I’d never trade that experience for anything in the world.
Uncle L
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We are here.
Uncle L
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What state are you talking about? LBMs growing on shit in the wrong climate zone will just give you diarrhea. eg-the Midwest. Don’t eat those unless you’re constipated.
MustGro
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Enjoyed a lot of the books from Kesey and wound up sending Babs an email back in 2017. To my surprise he replied to me. I'll include what he said here as it's not personal; it was just me saying "hello" and asking about his books so I could find them.
thanks for the nice email. Yes, I have a book out, Who Shot
The Water Buffalo, a novel about a Marine Corps helicopter squadron
in Vietnam in 62-63. There is a facebook page called Who Shot The
Water Buffalo and also a lot about the book at
.
Kesey and I also worked together on a novel called Last Go Round,
takes place at the Pendleton Roundup in 1911. It's a real good read.
thanks for the nice email. Yes, I have a book out, Who Shot
The Water Buffalo, a novel about a Marine Corps helicopter squadron
in Vietnam in 62-63. There is a facebook page called Who Shot The
Water Buffalo and also a lot about the book at
.
Kesey and I also worked together on a novel called Last Go Round,
takes place at the Pendleton Roundup in 1911. It's a real good read.
Uncle L
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I haven’t read that. I’ll look it up. He gave me copy of Demon Box at that NYE party night along Hatter’s leather top hat. Demon Box was hard for me to get into. Interesting but took time like reading through Food of the Gods.
MustGro
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Demon Box is a bit weird but Kesey gets into "characters" sometimes and I can't relate to them all. The stuff about Cassidy being the demon in the box was cool. Lots of speed = perpetual motion. Well maybe not perpetual but extra ordinary.