Andrew Shields16h ago
“Acid Tests”, “electric Kool-Aid”, and “to drink the Kool-Aid”. #111Words #AllenGinsberg #AcidTest #KenKesey #WavyGravy #ElectricKoolAid #KoolAid #Cyanide #JonestownMassacre #Guyana #FlavorAid #OxfordEnglishDictionary https://111-words.ghost.io/acid-tests-electric-kool-aid-and-to-drink-the-kool-aid/
“Acid Tests”, “electric Kool-Aid”, and “to drink the Kool-Aid"

Poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) attended the first Acid Test organized by Ken Kesey (1935-2001) on 27 November 1965. At the Acid Test on 12 February 1966, Wavy Gravy (b. 1936) dubbed the punch "electric Kool-Aid", inspiring the title of "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (1968), by Tom Wolfe (1930-2018). Kool-Aid

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Ulrich Plate6d ago
#vendredilecture en terrain incertain dans tous les sens du terme – vague, ambivalent, confus, trompeur. Trente ans après l’œuvre principale « One flew over the cuckoo’s nest » #KenKesey sortait son dernier roman : « Sailor Song », récit d’anticipation d’encore trente ans au futur – les années 20 du 21e siècle. Situé dans un port de pêche aux confins d’Alaska, il met en scène le conflit entre civilisation et nature à bord d’une véritable nef des fous : ancien écoterroriste se bat contre l’équipage d’un navire plein de cinéastes sous la direction d’un albino méchant – référence intertextuelle au Cpt. Weissmann dans « Gravity’s Rainbow » de #ThomasPynchon...
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Mar 18

Review: New biography of Larry McMurtry reveals much about elusive writer’s life

David Streitfeld’s “Western Star” lets lovers of McMurtry’s work get to know the Texas author.

@dallasnews

🆓🔗 https://archive.ph/U9c2p

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2026/03/18/review-new-biography-of-larry-mcmurtry-reveals-much-about-elusive-writers-life/

#Literature #LarryMcMurtry #JoyceSáenzHarris #Texas #LonesomeDove #WesternStar #Biography #Bookstodon #TomWolfe #DavidStreitfield #ElectricKoolAidAcidTest #KenKesey #ArcherCity

YahooeyFeb 16

“I didn’t want to have to avoid answering questions about what happened. I didn’t want the questions.” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
#KenKesey #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Questions #Accountability

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/quote-of-the-day-5431/

Quote of the Day

“I didn’t want to have to avoid answering questions about what happened. I didn’t want the questions.” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion

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YahooeyJan 15

“That’s the one thing that everybody in the world can do, ain’t it, Willard? is die … living is the hassle.” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quote #Living #Quotation #Dying

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/quote-of-the-day-5401/

Quote of the Day

“That’s the one thing that everybody in the world can do, ain’t it, Willard? is die … living is the hassle.” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion

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AndreasDavourJan 7

I finally read the classic *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* by Ken Kesey. It was an interesting read, and together with *The Dispossed* it feels like a very interesting commentary on how to organize society.

#books #KenKesey

YahooeyDec 4

“Can I possibly go back and wrest from my past some remnant of a better beginning? Some start toward a better scene?” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quotation #Reboot #Quote #StartOver

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/quote-of-the-day-5359/

Quote of the Day

“Can I possibly go back and wrest from my past some remnant of a better beginning? Some start toward a better scene?” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion

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ahimsaNov 19

"50 years after ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Oregonians reflect on a film that changed mental health conversations"

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/19/cuckoos-nest-film-release-50-anniversary/

"The Salem-filmed classic premiered in the U.S. on Nov. 19, 1975. To mark its anniversary, three Oregonians revisit its history and impact."

#Oregon #Salem #History #Film #Movies #KenKesey

50 years after ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Oregonians reflect on a film that changed mental health conversations

The Salem-filmed classic premiered in the U.S. on Nov. 19, 1975. To mark its anniversary, three Oregonians revisit its history and impact.

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dounowhoiam.bsky.socialOct 28
For it's 50th anniversary, #HOMEmcr screens 4k restored psychological comedy drama #OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest - starring #JackNicholson, #LouiseFletcher and #WilliamRedfield - where #MilošForeman directed from a #KenKesey 1962 novel screenwritten by #LawrenceHauben and #BoGoldman.
BleepOct 22

The Merry Pranksters footage in a wild documentary. #Kerouac #KenKesey #NeilCassedy #StarkNaked #AlanGinsberg #LSD

If you’ve read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test then this will all be familiar. The 16mm 60s colour stock film is so rich in the 1964 sun and looks great. The 1960s start here etc.

They’re all very privileged in a way, looking back from today, but they’re also pioneers of the frontiers of weird.

https://youtu.be/k_Tv82w77Rs

Magic Trip

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