tom wolfe

i may just have made a revolutionary discovery.

THE ELCTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST, by tom wolfe.

a novel/book/story/work of literary journalism based on the adventures of ken kasey and his band as they travel across the universe in their psychedelically painted school bus.

the acid tests refer to a series of psychedelic hippie rave parties across san francisco during the 60s, where acid was the centre of the party, and it was all about experimentation, usage and advocacy of lsd.

"His hair has the long jesuschrist look. He is wearing the costume clothes. But most of all, he now has a very tolerant and therefore withering attitude toward all those who are still struggling in the old activist political ways . . . while he, with the help of psychedelic chemicals, is exploring the infinite regions of human consciousness."