c/timothy-leary
Timothy Francis Leary — psychologist, visionary, and fearless explorer of consciousness. From the hallowed halls of Harvard to the frontiers of the human mind, he dared to question the boundaries of perception and inspired generations to think, feel, and dream beyond the ordinary.
…I think are very calm and respectful from Albert Hoffman and Humphrey Osmond, and then I just got one yesterday from Ken Kesey and Ken Babs, which is, the first time I saw it, I was like, well, I don't know if I should show it, but the second time,…
…Band of Pranksters. While Leary called his group If-If, each of the pranksters had their own names. One in particular, My Dad Ken Babs. Hey, it's the Intrepid Traveler here. We from the West Coast, we're known as Is-Is. That's the Intrepid Search for, uh,…
…uh, Inner Space. My mother, Paula Sunston, was also a merry prankster. Her name became Gretchen Fetchin the Slime Queen. Ken Babs also attended the graduate writing program at Stanford with Ken Kesey, where their lifelong friendship began. Soon after, other…
…place called San Gregorio in California. And that's also the night that the Merry Pranksters, as such, were born. That's when Ken Babs... started referring to us as the Merry Band of Pranksters, Intrepid Traveler as Merry Band of Pranksters. And we were…
…to watch the show. They were the show. It was called The Acid Test. In this scene of the prankster movie, my dad, Ken Babs, becomes the narrator. Well, this is the old pointed head again, up in communication central. The debris has been cleared off the…
…tell you this, but that's what they were doing. In Leary's autobiography, Flashbacks... He wrote that when the day finally ended, Ken Kesey, Ken Babs, and I did meet quietly in my room. We looked each other in the eye and promised to stay in touch as…
…founder of the legendary commune, The Hog Farm, where the festival and reunion was taking place. And, of course, my dad, Ken Babs. I didn't know you were up, man. I thought you were still up. Knee-bobs. Country breakfast. Knee-bobs. I love that.…