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Neal Cassady with his girlfriend at the time, Anne Murphy, on a trip to Bolinas with Charlie Plymell and Allen, Fall 1963. “When we stopped at a convenience store, I asked Allen to borrow his camera to take this shot as if nothing had happened and we went for a roller coaster ride. Neal was all smiles and otherwise had a nice time lying on the hills overlooking the shore at Bolinas. Allen was still in his Whitmanesque/India mode then.” (Photo & Caption: Charles Plymell)

Allen, Neal and Charles Plymell were all roommates that fall on Gogh Street, San Francisco.  Allen only had just returned from 2 years in India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride.

#nealcassady #annemurphy #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature #charlesplymell #deanmoriarty (at Stinson Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDSAckxhH5o/?igshid=1x6fiycpq7fxd

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“Neal behind the wheel”  with his girlfriend Anne  Murphy, probably driving over to Bolinas in Marin county from San Francisco, where Allen & Neal were roommates that fall of 1963, Allen only having returned from 2 years in  India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) /p>

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“Neal behind the wheel”  with his girlfriend Anne  Murphy, probably driving over to Bolinas in Marin county from San Francisco, where Allen & Neal were roommates that fall of 1963, Allen only having returned from 2 years in  India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride.

(photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate)

#nealcassady #annemurphy #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature

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Ken Kesey & his wife Norma Faye Haxby, ”Faye Kesey”, New York City, November 1985. Junior high school sweethearts, the two married in 1956. Though Faye didn’t join the Merry Pranksters on the famous 1964 cross country Psychedelic Bus Ride with Neal Cassady at the helm, popularized by the “Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test,” the two remained married till Ken passed away in 2001. (the bus trip films were eventually made into a semi coherent movie by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellswood in 2011 “Magic Trip.”) (photo: Allen Ginsberg) .

Ken Kesey was an orderly at the Menlo Park Veterans' Hospital Mental Health Facility where both he and Allen volunteered for the MKULtra LSD research program in 1959,  which turned out to be a CIA Mind Control study. Kesey was writing “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” that year, which drew heavily on his experiences at the hospital.

#kenkesey #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature #fayekesey #magictrip #electricacidkoolaidtest #tomwolfe #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest #gratefuldead #acidtests #mkultra #lsd #magictrip #alexgibney (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKX7hohbta/?igshid=gjohu0x80flu

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“Neal behind the wheel”  with his girlfriend Anne  Murphy, probably driving over to Bolinas in Marin county from San Francisco, where Allen & Neal were roommates that fall of 1963, Allen only having returned from 2 years in  India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #nealcassady #annemurphy #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5tNXeGhgcm/?igshid=gp4c04j8h0kl

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• Neal Cassady sitting in chair at Karen Sexton’s house after arriving in Bolinas with Charles Plymell and Allen. According to Plymell, “Neal had spotted a copy of a Kerouac book and began reading his ‘parts’ to everyone.” Charles may have taken this one, as he’s thinking Allen had stepped outside while Neal was reading.” Fall 1963. c. Allen Ginsberg Estate. (Photo & Caption: Charles Plymell)       . • Allen, Neal and Charles Plymell were all roommates that fall on Gogh Street, San Francisco.  Allen only had just returned from 2 years in India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride.   • #nealcassady  #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature #charlesplymell #deanmoriarty (at Bolinas, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6OqcPEBAas/?igshid=lf65l3koqick

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• When we stopped at a convenience store, I asked Allen to borrow his camera to take this shot as if nothing had happened and we went for a roller coaster ride. Neal was all smiles and otherwise had a nice time lying on the hills overlooking the shore at Bolinas. Allen was still in his Whitmanesque/India mode then.” (Photo & Caption: Charles Plymell)       . • Allen, Neal and Charles Plymell were all roommates that fall on Gogh Street, San Francisco.  Allen only had just returned from 2 years in India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride.   • #nealcassady #annemurphy #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature #charlesplymell (at Stinson Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MHXtJBAR6/?igshid=vlqsqt8a671i

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• Ken Kesey & his wife Norma Faye Haxby, ”Faye Kesey”,  New York City, November 1985. Junior high school sweethearts, the two married in 1956. Though Faye didn’t join the Merry Pranksters on the famous 1964 cross country LSD fueled Bus Ride popularized by the “Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test,”  the two remained married till Ken passed away in 2001.  (the films from which  Alex Gibney and Alison Ellswood edited into a semi coherent movie in 2011 “Magic Trip.”)   (photo: Allen Ginsberg)        . • Ken Kesey was an orderly at the Menlo Park Veterans' Hospital Mental Health Facility where both he and Allen volunteered for the MKULtra LSD research program in 1959,  which turned out to be a CIA Mind Control study. Kesey was writing  “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” that year, which drew heavily on his experiences at the hospital. • #kenkesey #merrypranksters #deanmoriarty #ontheroad #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #americana #highaways #poetrycommunity #jackkerouac #literary #literature #fayekesey #magictrip #electricacidkoolaidtest #tomwolfe #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest #gratefuldead #acidtests #mkultra #lsd #magictrip #alexgibney (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6RQRXnBfvk/?igshid=loxl0l0419r