Ken Kesey

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Magic Trip: An LSD Trip Best Avoided

Eat Lou Kohl

Meet King County's most dogmatic, bloodthirsty restaurateur.

My Dad the Drug Dealer

A father's connection to recently deceased LSD king Owsley Stanley.

Owsley Stanley Is Dead: Here's a Brief Story About the Days When My Dad Dealt His Acid

​Sorry to interrupt our normally scheduled programming, but I have to tell you a story. It's about my dad, and how, for six months, he sold the best acid in the world.

For Adam Parfrey, Publishing the Unabomber's Book Is All In a Day's Work

"America's most dangerous publisher" lives in Port Townsend and enrages readers worldwide.

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Ave. N.W. / 21+

Atom's Eve

While environmentalists squabble, nuclear power is on the rise.

Flickr Pool Photo of the Day: The Flank of Further

​ Further, the bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, has been restored, and apparently it paid a visit to Hempfest. Flickr pool contributor brianv78 got some great shots of it, including of the above segment. As always, there's more in the pool. And the more in the pool, the merrier.

De-Nesting Cuckoo

Nine years ago, then-Gov. Gary Locke spoke bravely of tearing down Lakewood's gloomy Western State Hospital, the state's biggest mental institution other than the state capitol building, and replacing it with a modern treatment facility. Instead, he cut its budget. Now 136 years old, it has been rep ... More >>

Bottoms Up

Before drinking heavily, it's helpful to eat a slice of pizza the size of your head.

Boozin' & Cruisin'

Atlanta's next-level garage rockers, the Black Lips, party like it's 1969.

Notable Shows

Hightlights-and otherwise-from this week's music calendar.

The Fall of Fujimori and more

Peruvian politics never felt so close to home

Gonzogate

Hunter S. Thompson, Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.

Go Further

Also: Enduring Love, P.S., The Polar Express, Since Otar Left . . . .

Opening Nights

Also: Enduring Love, P.S., The Polar Express, Since Otar Left . . . .

Letters to the Editor

'Ah, Ken Kesey. You know, it's possible that he only had two good books in him.'

Shameless Shaman

KEN KESEY: Two years after his death, the books are still coming. Are they evidence of genius, or a literary career wasted?

News Clips— Author gets last word

KEN KESEY: Two years after his death, the books are still coming. Are they evidence of genius, or a literary career wasted?

The Idiots

Merry pranksters, uncertain destination.