This great photo of Kesey, was taken in 1967 when the bus and the Pranksters made an impromptu stop at a University in Washington. If you look closely you can just about make out Kesey’s false tooth — an enameled…
Welcome to the Graduation Page
The Acid Test Graduation, Monday, 31st October, 1966. Halloween. The Graduation was originally supposed to take place at the Winterland with the Grateful Dead on stage, Bill Graham on the door, and the new psychedelic masses in attendance, but it…
Welcome to the Acid Test Page
The Acid Tests were ….. well, what the hell were the Acid Tests? Wild Parties?? Drug fueled orgies??? Prototype rock gigs???? Performance Art????? Happenings?????? Jerry Garcia described them as “a chance to be completely free-form on every level” but what…
Welcome to the Trips Festival Page
The Trips Festival was held at the Longshoreman’s Hall in San Francisco over three days in January of 1966. The festival was the brainchild of Stewart Brand, a Prankster and later publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. Brand and Ramon…
Kesey Biographical Sketch
Ken Kesey made his mark on 20th century American history in two significant ways: Firstly as the best selling author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), he garnered a deserved reputation as…
Welcome to the Prankster Page.
The first time I met Kesey I asked him how someone became a Prankster and he looked at me as if I was the most stupid bastard he’d ever met! It probably wasn’t the smartest question, but I was trying…
Welcome to the Search for a Kool Place Page
On June 14, 1964, with Neal Cassady at the wheel, Further lumbered out of La Honda on a journey that took the on-board Pranksters through the Deep South, up to New York City, on to to visit Timothy Leary, and…
The Beatlessay
This essay about the Beatles and the influence of Further on the Magical Mystery Tour was sent in by Steve Ellerhoff. Thanks Steve. “Dying to Take You Away” Once upon a time, way back, you know, in the ’60s, Ken…
Welcome to the Further Page.
Further, Furthur, Further, Furthur — never has so much been read into a spelling mistake… Further was the name given to a big old schoolbus bought by Kesey and his buddies to travel to New York in the summer of…
Welcome to the La Honda Page
La Honda. Prankster HQ. Party Central. Edge City. After the success of Cuckoo’s Nest and the demolition of their old Perry Lane haunt, Kesey, Faye, and the kids, moved into a log house set in its own spread amongst the…
