Fifty years after the iconic first Trip, Ken Kesey’s son Zane took the Furthur Bus - and his father’s legacy- back on the road, for its longest running tour in history. Armed with a new band of Merry Pranksters, the Furthur bus traveled over 15,000 miles in 75 days, riding into music festivals, community events, tribal gatherings and national landmarks, reestablishing itself as a symbol of radical self-expression and cultural revolution all across the country.
Through archive footage as well as over 400 hours of film, we explore the roots of a culture birthed in the early sixties, and how the mission of those first few idealists have influenced a new generation. This is an on-the-ground account of how Ken Kesey, the pranksters and the acid tests helped to generate a non-conformist society of free thinkers, artists and altruists who are now pushing the evolutionary envelope of human potential.
Next one up is the 75th anniversary of Dean and Sal's road trip across country in stolen cars, swapping cars out along the way. Sorry no details can be provided for obvious reasons but the adventure begins soon and no applications will be necessary for participation.Riders will be selected by being picked up hitchhiking along the same historic route taken by Dean and Sal. Good Luck
Before cars had push button speed control, on long distance driving I did the left foot thing too because my right foot would have a sore heal. That was the era of bench front seats so I could drape my right leg and foot over the passenger side until my heal wasn't sore and the tension had left my right leg. Tried all kinds of right foot positions on the gas pedal to vary the pressure, but on long road trips using the left foot was a necessity.
There is a passage in "On The Road" where Kerouac describes how Cassady critiqued other drivers, and the way they took corners at speed. The point was that the other drivers slowed down too soon and then turned but then ran out of road at the exit of the corner and had to slow again. This is called understeer in racing terms. Cassady was a very sophisticated driver with the skill of a racing driver. The ideal line in a corner is to brake late and then turn in so that you hit the apex of the turn on the other side of the corner. Then it is just a matter of feeding back in the throttle until you are flat out and you will not experience the dreaded understeer that makes people go off the road.
What if someone pulled out in front of him or a deer ran out unexpectedly a couple of seconds after he looked?
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Dealing in hypotheticals only serves to keep us from the moment and the reality of a moment. "What if" anything anytime anywhere anywho? You could theorize all you want about potentials and anomalies but does it serve any purpose for you to ask those particular questions?
I am working on a new musical called, Cassady & Cassidy. It's about Neal Cassady and Cassidy Hutchenson driving in a bus, high on LSD and the adventures they experience on their road trip. It should be fun for the whole family! Some of the songs I am working on: Poor Judge of Character Driving with My Eyes Closed Screw You/Screw Me?
I wonder how much trash is going to be there for the environment this time around? All just for people to come together do drugs and party. Come on people you can do so much better.
One of the great ‘on the road’ lines about Cassidy (Moriarty) from Kerouac I recall is when they were driving past Salt Lake City with a few stranger passengers and all of a sudden Neal pulls over and goes to sleep. Kerouac writes the lady said in a suppressed hysterical whisper, we can’t let him drive anymore, he’s absolutely crazy. They must have let him out of an asylum or something. Lmfao.
George is among a small group of folks who can accurately talk about Neal from a personal perspective. His accounts are interesting and informative. Great video here, and while he is sitting in the driver's seat of Kesey's second bus creation. Neal never had a chance to drive this one as he passed in 1968 in Mexico(that's another story that George can tell accurately).
These guys are almost funny, they look and play like they're pissed off, if thy're into The Dead I don't see it, The Dead is joy and these guys are just fuck you. whatever works fir you lol
Yeah well, safety wasn't exactly the reason why people are still looking back to this trip almost 60 years later. Kinda feels like you're in the wrong audience.
I completely agree. I used to think this was awesome the first time I heard of this, but these days, some tripping goof driving a bus down the road and getting out of his seat walking down the aisle just sounds completely foolish. Totally an irresponsible thing to do, even in 1964.
Yes. And in turn, hanging out with the Pranksters was Neal's undoing. He became a babbling, shiftless person with nothing to show for his life. Hanging out with the Pranksters turned Neal into a burned out shell of a person who was just entertainment for Kesey and his gang. They really didn't give a shit about him. A sad end for what was once an amazing life.
JFK STADIUM PHILADELPHIA JULY 1989 THIS GUY GAVE US TICKETS TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT...{ COMPLEMENTS OF JERRY! HE SAID} RIGHT BEHIND THE STAGE ON THE OUTSIDE..THE GIRL I WAS WITH AND I WERE BLOWN AWAY...WE WERE CIRCLING THE STADIUM, TRYING TO BUY TWO TICKETS, AND HUGH WALKS OUT WITH A BIG FAN OF TICKETS..TOTALLY GNARLY...✌🙂❤ we both ended up right up front,arms on the stage looking up at Bob weir and Jerry 3 ft away! ☆☆☆Thanks to WAVY GRAVY❤❤❤
I was at that GD show! 7/7/89- Philly In 2010 "Crimson White & Indigo" was released. (3CDs + video on DVD). 😆✌️ I got 2 tix from a different clown at The Tower Theater near Philly for JGB concert, back in 1982✌️🤡🎟 🎟
Wavy I worked in one of the Freak Out tents at the original Woodstock Festival in 69. I bumped into you when I was walking around by one of the concession stands. Told you I was going to study to be a nurse and you put me to work right away! I was 17 yrs old. Lord what an experience that was. Like Arlo Guthrie said “Lotsa Freaks.” ☮️❤️☮️❤️☮️
It was Saturday morning btw, I stayed there til Monday afternoon then hitchhiked back home to Jersey! The high point of my life, other than having my three kids never had an experience have a greater impact on my life! Retired RN, Cathy ✌️💕✌️💕✌️
Its been years me trying to watch this but the capitalist interest behind this has prevented me apparently. Ironic the same forces they tried to abolish are the ones they are using to prevent the movie for being shown. The world needs this.