That's just cuckoo.

Big money in nostalgia.

/but not much freedom

Is it a good book?  I keep hearing about it.  It's a bit before my time.

Who is going to drive?

sleeper2995: I wonder how many times it would get pulled over by local fuzz if they tried to take it across the country

Will be set ablaze by the police when people tripping on acid inside the bus are too scared to talk to them. Then all schools within a 100 mile radius will be put on lockdown.

farkin' baby boomer faux nostalgia. why don't you just re-watch forrest gump on the tee vee

with that said, I wouldn't mind a hit or two to clear the cobwebs out of the noggin. been over a decade worth of junk just accumulatin' up there

fta "The bus is essentially the best icon of the '60's," said his son, Zane Kesey.

The Merry Pranksters seem a lot like the Burning Man crowd today.

Social astronauts.

Let's find the maximum distance we can go within human interaction, and then push beyond that, into totally uncharted waters.  With random people we meet.

Snapper Carr:  SirEattonHogg: Is it a good book? I keep hearing about it. It's a bit before my time.

It's a bit looser than most of Wolfe's non-fiction work (which you would expect considering the subject matter -i.e. following a bunch of tripping hippies around the country in a bus and chronicling their adventures) and there's a definite resemblance to some of Hunter Thompson's late 60's stuff (it came out when Hells Angels was still pretty new in everyone's mind so there
's bound to be some influence). I think if you're interested in the period and that sub-culture it's absolutely required reading.


Thanks. I liked reading The Right Stuff and Bonfire of the Vanities.  But that's obviously very different material.  Subculture is fine, but I didn't like "On the Road" much, which I'm wondering if is going to be similar.  OTOH, I liked Hells Angels.   Eh, I'll have a look.

The first time that my sister, two brothers and I were all in the same place at the same time, we were driving through Yreka California, looking for an open bar, and were driving down Main Street, and my sister says, "Hey look at the funny bus!" I yelled out "Hey, that's Furthur!" We whipped a U-turn, and followed it to a motel, where we greeted Ken Kesey, and his friend. They had just driven up from San Francisco, where they had picked up the bus on its return from a tour of England. They allowed us to tour the bus, but turned down our offer to show them around our hometown, as they had to hit the road early the next morning. I still have the pics, and a fond memory.

Omahawg: farkin' baby boomer faux nostalgia. why don't you just re-watch forrest gump on the tee vee

with that said, I wouldn't mind a hit or two to clear the cobwebs out of the noggin. been over a decade worth of junk just accumulatin' up there

I was actually expecting more comments like this by now. eeh.. its still early.

given the subject matter, and who it would appeal to, I don't think they'll have any problems raising the capital to do the resturation, but I wonder if they have even gotten and estimation of restoration yet? if its been sitting out there in a swamp, in oregon, it is NOT going to be in very good shape at all.

Looks like a great Kickstarter campaign.

SirEattonHogg: Is it a good book?  I keep hearing about it.  It's a bit before my time.

If you are interested in the sub culture of the 60s it is a good read. I have read it a few times and so have my kids. Way before their time.

Notabunny: fta "The bus is essentially the best icon of the '60's," said his son, Zane Kesey.

Just had to slip in that rustang picture, didn't you? LoL

douchebag/hater: Gosh Boomers are so shallow about what matter culturally.

Most of the time aging hippy boomers and their burnout progeny do annoy me, but, I do think that this is a cultural artifact worth preserving. Kinda like Auschwitz, those that forget the past are doomed to repeat it kind of stuff. dig?

Fear the Clam

The Merry Pranksters seem a lot like the Burning Man crowd today.

Desperate for attention?

Enlightened.

Well educated, psychologically intact and emotionally fearless.  They're way ahead of conventional thinking.

Devolving_Spud  Looks like the restoration crew is making progress.


Ha.  That's the bus I recall for my generation (well atleast in reruns in the early 80's).  Forget about finding yourself, travelling America and taking mind expanding drugs.  It's a fake band made up by scriptwriters and ABC suits, marketed for the teenybopper market.

I guess in a vague sense, it must have made an impression for my generation.

C'mon get happy!!!!

But if I get off the bus will I get to see Eddie Izzard sing?

/hey! Is that Prudence?