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  2. Merry Pranksters - Wikipedia

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    The Merry Pranksters were followers of American author Ken Kesey.Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological significance of a lengthy road trip they took in the summer of 1964, traveling across the United States in a psychedelic painted school bus called Furthur, organizing parties, and giving out LSD. [1]

  3. Furthur (bus) - Wikipedia

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    Inside Furthur, psychedelic paintings. Furthur is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went.

  4. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Wikipedia

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    The group was labelled as the "Merry Pranksters" and participated in a drug-fueled lifestyle. The "Acid Tests" — parties centered around LSD-laced Kool-Aid and carried out with lights and noise intended to enhance the psychedelic experience — started at Kesey's house in the woods of La Honda, California .

  5. Furthur (band) - Wikipedia

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    The band was named after the 1939 International Harvester psychedelic multicolored bus used by novelist Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to tour America in 1964 when they attended the New York World's Fair for the debut of Kesey's second novel, Sometimes A Great Notion. "Furthur" was the inscription on the destination placard of the bus and ...

  6. Acid Tests - Wikipedia

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    It was a three-day event that, [28] in conjunction with The Merry Pranksters, brought together the nascent hippie movement. [29] The Trips Festival was held at the Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco in January 1966. [30] Counterculture sound engineer Ken Babbs is mostly credited for the sound systems he created for the Trips Festival. Prior ...

  7. Lee Quarnstrom - Wikipedia

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    As a member of The Merry Pranksters, Quarnstrom got on the bus named Furthur — so named for its destination. The bus was a converted school bus, painted in a wild array of psychedelic design.

  8. Magic Trip - Wikipedia

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    Magic Trip is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney, about Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, and the Merry Pranksters. [1] The documentary uses the 16 mm color footage shot by Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their 1964 cross-country bus trip in the Furthur bus. The hyperkinetic Cassady is frequently seen ...

  9. Wavy Gravy - Wikipedia

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    The Hog Farm collective was established through a chain of events beginning with Ken Babbs hijacking the Merry Pranksters' bus, Furthur, to Mexico, which stranded the Merry Pranksters in Los Angeles. [citation needed] First Romney assembled a collective in North Hollywood, visited by musicians such as Ravi Shankar and Tiny Tim (whom he managed).