Merry Pranksters Serve LSD-Laced Punch - Revision history

Ccarlsson: reorganized the two Acid Test pages with new content from Kupfer

2023-04-23T07:11:42Z

reorganized the two Acid Test pages with new content from Kupfer

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 ''Photo: Brett Reierson''
-[[50th Anniversary of 1934 General Strike|Longshoremen]]'s Hall. January 21-23, 1966. Ken Kesey and his Pranksters kicked off the hippie movement by ladling out electric kool-aid to the gathered throngs at the Trips Festival. A band called the Warlocks (later known as the Grateful Dead) provided musical accompaniment. Shortly thereafter America's hair got longer, clothing more colorful, pupils more dilated. Road signs reading "No Left Turn Unstoned" began to pop up, disrupting traffic patterns and forcing the federal government to outlaw LSD later that same year (October 10, 1966). Ironically, it had been that very same federal government, in the guise of the CIA, that had brought LSD to America and introduced it to people like Timothy Leary, Gregory Bateson, and Ken Kesey. The CIA had wanted to use LSD as a mind-control agent; as it turned out, the stuff had the exact opposite effect--it rendered minds utterly uncontrollable.
+[[50th Anniversary of 1934 General Strike|Longshoremen]]'s Hall. January 21-23, 1966. Ken Kesey and his Pranksters ladled out electric kool-aid to the gathered throngs at the Trips Festival. A band called the Warlocks (later known as the Grateful Dead) provided musical accompaniment.
-''--Dr. Weirde''
+<font size=4>'''The Merry Pranksters'''</font size>
 [[Image:norbeach$uncle-sam-acid-test.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: added link

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	'''Part of an invitation to an early "Acid Test."'''		'''Part of an invitation to an early "[[THE ACID TEST\|Acid Test]]."'''

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	[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]] [[category:Fisherman's Wharf]]		[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]] [[category:Fisherman's Wharf]]

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	[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]] [[category:Fisherman's Wharf]]		[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]] [[category:Fisherman's Wharf]]

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			'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

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	[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]]		[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]] [[category:Fisherman's Wharf]]

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	[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]]		[[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]]

Ccarlsson: categories and links

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	'''Longshoreman's Hall in North Beach.'''		'''Longshoreman's Hall in North Beach'''

	Longshoremen's Hall. January 21-23, 1966. Ken Kesey and his Pranksters kicked off the hippie movement by ladling out electric kool-aid to the gathered throngs at the Trips Festival. A band called the Warlocks (later known as the Grateful Dead) provided musical accompaniment. Shortly thereafter America's hair got longer, clothing more colorful, pupils more dilated. Road signs reading "No Left Turn Unstoned" began to pop up, disrupting traffic patterns and forcing the federal government to outlaw LSD later that same year (October 10, 1966). Ironically, it had been that very same federal government, in the guise of the CIA, that had brought LSD to America and introduced it to people like Timothy Leary, Gregory Bateson, and Ken Kesey. The CIA had wanted to use LSD as a mind-control agent; as it turned out, the stuff had the exact opposite effect--it rendered minds utterly uncontrollable.		''Photo: Brett Reierson''

			[[50th Anniversary of 1934 General Strike\|Longshoremen]]'s Hall. January 21-23, 1966. Ken Kesey and his Pranksters kicked off the hippie movement by ladling out electric kool-aid to the gathered throngs at the Trips Festival. A band called the Warlocks (later known as the Grateful Dead) provided musical accompaniment. Shortly thereafter America's hair got longer, clothing more colorful, pupils more dilated. Road signs reading "No Left Turn Unstoned" began to pop up, disrupting traffic patterns and forcing the federal government to outlaw LSD later that same year (October 10, 1966). Ironically, it had been that very same federal government, in the guise of the CIA, that had brought LSD to America and introduced it to people like Timothy Leary, Gregory Bateson, and Ken Kesey. The CIA had wanted to use LSD as a mind-control agent; as it turned out, the stuff had the exact opposite effect--it rendered minds utterly uncontrollable.

	''--Dr. Weirde''		''--Dr. Weirde''
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	'''Part of an invitation to an early "Acid Test."'''		'''Part of an invitation to an early "Acid Test."'''

	~~Contributors to this page include:~~

	~~''Reierson,Brett - Photographer-Artist ''~~

	~~Noble - Publisher or Photographer~~

	~~Weirde~~,~~Dr. - Writer~~		[[Frigging (Mad) in the Rigging \|Prev. Document]] [[The Best Believe It or Not Museum in the World, Believe It or Not! \|Next Document]]

	[[~~Frigging (Mad) in the Rigging \|Prev. Document~~]] [[~~The Best Believe It or Not Museum in the World, Believe It or Not! \|Next Document~~]]		[category:North Beach]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:dissent]]

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[[Image:norbeach$longshoremen_s-hall-photo.jpg]]

'''Longshoreman's Hall in North Beach.'''

Longshoremen's Hall. January 21-23, 1966. Ken Kesey and his Pranksters kicked off the hippie movement by ladling out electric kool-aid to the gathered throngs at the Trips Festival. A band called the Warlocks (later known as the Grateful Dead) provided musical accompaniment. Shortly thereafter America's hair got longer, clothing more colorful, pupils more dilated. Road signs reading "No Left Turn Unstoned" began to pop up, disrupting traffic patterns and forcing the federal government to outlaw LSD later that same year (October 10, 1966). Ironically, it had been that very same federal government, in the guise of the CIA, that had brought LSD to America and introduced it to people like Timothy Leary, Gregory Bateson, and Ken Kesey. The CIA had wanted to use LSD as a mind-control agent; as it turned out, the stuff had the exact opposite effect--it rendered minds utterly uncontrollable.

''--Dr. Weirde''

[[Image:norbeach$uncle-sam-acid-test.jpg]]

'''Part of an invitation to an early "Acid Test."'''

Contributors to this page include:

''Reierson,Brett - Photographer-Artist ''

Noble - Publisher or Photographer

Weirde,Dr. - Writer

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