"The Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, died this morning"

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sierra_moon (185 posts) Nov-10-01, 11:49 AM (ET) "The Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, died this morning" Ken Kesey, author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a Great Notion" and subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test" died this morning of liver disease in Eugene, Oregon, according to KIRO-TV (Seattle. I loved that guy! Here's to one of the best.   Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    double post Not_over_it Nov-10-01 1    the end of an era JitterbugPerfume 11/10/2001 2  You know how it is saild that celebs always die in Pairs....... SilasSoule Nov-10-01 3  New York Times Obit BigLed Nov-10-01 4    The last time I saw Ken twilight 11/10/2001 6        "Sometimes a Great Notion" is a MUST read sierra_moon 11/10/2001 9  The Prankster passes... ZombyWoof Nov-10-01 5  IRONY is indeed dead JCMach1 Nov-10-01 7  he changed us all scipan Nov-10-01 8    Thank you for that link, Scipan sierra_moon 11/10/2001 10  dammit johnny_red Nov-10-01 11  "fare thee well, Ken" free radical Nov-10-01 12  ...parting thought... Journeyman Nov-10-01 13  He influenced so many Jack The Tab Nov-10-01 14  So it goes Owsley Nov-10-01 15

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Not_over_it (2369 posts) Nov-10-01, 11:56 AM (ET) 1. "double post" sad, sad.....I posted this a few minutes ago as well. _____________________ ". . . then there is a moment of total darkness before you step through on the other side. ." --Lewis Jenkins "The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair." --H.L. Mencken   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

JitterbugPerfume (792 posts) Nov-10-01, 01:33 PM (ET) 2. "the end of an era " how sad   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

SilasSoule (137 posts) Nov-10-01, 01:43 PM (ET) 3. "You know how it is saild that celebs always die in Pairs......." Is George Harrison next....very sad.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

BigLed (19 posts) Nov-10-01, 01:55 PM (ET) 4. "New York Times Obit" requires free registration http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/obituaries/11KESE.html?pagewanted=1 As a native Oregonian 15 years younger than Kesey was when he died, who attended college in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 60's to early 70's, whose brother attended the same high school as Kesey, who was a high school jock and imbiber of the medications Kesey prescribed, and who read all his writings but preferred Sometimes a Great Notion to them all, I cry for our loss and pray for his family.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

twilight (44 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:15 PM (ET) 6. "The last time I saw Ken" was about 5 years ago. I told him how much I liked his book, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". He said to me, "You should read Sometimes a Great Notion", that is a much better book." I still haven't read this one (yet). As a tribute to Ken, I'll be sure to give it a try once again. Rest in peace Ken and fare you well!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

sierra_moon (185 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:29 PM (ET) 9. ""Sometimes a Great Notion" is a MUST read" It is the best book I have read in my life(so far; I'm still at it). Do yourself a huge favor and check it out of the library today.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

ZombyWoof (152 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:06 PM (ET) 5. "The Prankster passes..." The van of Merry Pranksters is on its final tour today... to join the pantheon of Great American Authors. I, for one, will pay tribute to his life. <--- The Zomby ponders the significance of the giant cup of coffee. Woof! He said. "Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and THAT is the basic building block of the universe." --- Frank Zappa "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" - sign affixed to Woody Guthrie's guitar "If you don't know what I mean, won't you stand up and scream, 'cause there's things going on that you don't know." --- Ronnie Van Zant   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

JCMach1 (1075 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:23 PM (ET) 7. "IRONY is indeed dead" ************************************************** "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. And corruption wears infinite disguises. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." -Frank Herbert   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

scipan (26 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:23 PM (ET) 8. "he changed us all" whether we knew of him or not. Note from Ken Babbs: http://www.intrepidtrips.com/ Further.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

sierra_moon (185 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:40 PM (ET) 10. "Thank you for that link, Scipan" LAST EDITED ON Nov-10-01 AT 02:41 PM (ET) And for the sentiment you expressed. I was feeling very alone this morning after hearing about Kesey's death.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

johnny_red (1346 posts) Nov-10-01, 02:42 PM (ET) 11. "dammit" i cantwait to party down in the next dimension with THAT dude. ECAT was one of the most formative books ive ever read (explains a lot, huh?). peace guy. tell joey ramone and douglas adams i said whats up. --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= The Partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing at all about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his audience of his assertions. -Plato's Dialogues, Phaedo 91   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

free radical (2 posts) Nov-10-01, 03:01 PM (ET) 12. ""fare thee well, Ken"" Thanks for the Furthur. Never trust a prankster. ;) "The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to Nevereverland" ('The Other One', Grateful Dead)   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Journeyman (3 posts) Nov-10-01, 03:58 PM (ET) 13. "...parting thought..." I was fortunate to attend a lecture Ken Kesey gave in Los Angeles back in the mid-'90s. He said something then that may serve us well in the coming years as we try to figure out what went wrong and how someone such as Dumbya ended up in charge. "Always remember," Kesey admonished, "that in any society 'cream rises to the top'. . . and shit floats." I hope on measure Kesey found life merry. I know he enriched my journey.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Jack The Tab (255 posts) Nov-10-01, 04:13 PM (ET) 14. "He influenced so many " I know it's the circle of life, but these legends just keep dying and who is taking their place? Who are the heroes of this generation? Burroughs Gyson Hoffman Leary It really is the end of an era   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Owsley (130 posts) Nov-10-01, 05:19 PM (ET) 15. "So it goes" Adios amigo. BGH   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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