Innovator and writer looks ahead - with caution Nov 16, 2009
The founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, co-founder of the Global Business Network and associate of the late Ken Kesey has always been more of an ecological thinker than an eco-warrior ... "I think 'drinking the Kool-Aid' predates Jim Jones to Ken Kesey - 'Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' and all that," Brand politely corrects. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Crazy Legs' Conti is eating a name for himself Sep 4, 2009
Still, competitive eating remains his passion and he plans to continue competing and exploring in the vein of two of his other heroes, authors Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey. I really see this as exploring the world one bite at a time, he said. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Book review: 'Who's to Say What's Obscene?' Jul 28, 2009
Co-founder of the Yippies, publisher of the infamous satirical newspaper the Realist and confidant of Ken Kesey, Paul Krassner, with his counterculture resume, needs no validation or burnishing. After 50 years of kicking the establishment in the shins, his wit may be a trusted brand: the "investigative satirist" whose meticulous research girds a playful nastiness - but that hasn't driven him to comfort, the death knell of his chosen genre. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Obscenity, Belly Laughs and a Sacre... Jul 23, 2009
He founded the Yippies along with Abbie Hoffman, dropped LSD with Tim Leary, Ram Dass and Ken Kesey, and edited Lenny Bruce's autobiography, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People. True to the rebellious spirit of that era, he began the reading by disagreeing with a sentence from his own book. (Suite101.com)
IN MY LIBRARY: KEITH HERNANDEZ Jul 12, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009 Last Update: 05:15 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Why Bill Kauffman Is Not a Conservative Jun 16, 2009
Our country is Wendell Berry, Townes Van Zandt, Mavis Staples, Ken Kesey, Cormac McCarthy, Levon Helm; How can one despair with these by our sides, at our backs, in our heads. Editorialists in the New York Times and Washington Post, shouters on the television, sallow callow master bloggers who jerk out their vitriol over dissenters: they aren t worth the scorn in a thumbnail vial. (The American Conservative)
Herb Caen: Feb. 5, 1967, Trippin' with Caen and Kesey Apr 3, 2009
Instead of staying safely on his side of the Generation Gap, Caen was intrigued - even joining countercultural icon Ken Kesey on a non-psychedelic trip for the column of Feb. 5, 1967 ... I WAS LOUNGING at the corner of Fifth and Mish', minding anybody's business, when along came Ken Kesey, the successful 32-yr-old author ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Sometimes a Great Notion"), who has opted out of The Big Money Machine and is trying to fly free ... Now we were surrounded by beaming,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wendy And Lucy Mar 26, 2009
And in a cafe, the camera lingers fleetingly on a young man who happens to be reading a Ken Kesey novel, Sometimes A Great Notion. For a moment, hope flares. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nuggets of Knowledge about the 60s Feb 25, 2009
Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters ... It s the fantastic journey of writer Ken Kesey; One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest author, who, in 1964, paired up with Neal Cassady and a group of friends called the Merry Pranksters ... Sources: The Further Inquiry by Ken Kesey and. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Oregon resumes baseball program Feb 19, 2009
Supporters of Oregon wrestling included a son of author Ken Kesey, himself a former wrestler. Some also questioned varsity competitive cheer, which is not recognized as an NCAA sport. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Book review: Toward 2012, Perspectives on the Next Age Feb 10, 2009
"One night in Mexico, in Manzanillo, I took some acid and I threw the I Ching," Ken Kesey says in Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." Kesey continued: "The great thing about the I Ching is, it never sends you Valentines, it slaps you in the face when you need it.". Kesey always was attuned to bad rumblings in the cosmos. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
