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Acid Tests

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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered entirely on the use of, and advocacy of, the psychedelic drug LSD, also known as "acid". [1]

51 relations: Acid test (gold), Beat Generation, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blacklight, Blacklight paint, California, Concert, Counterculture of the 1960s, East Bay Express, Grateful Dead, Halloween, Hippie, Hollywood, Jefferson Airplane, Ken Babbs, Ken Kesey, La Honda, California, Larry McMurtry, Lee Quarnstrom, Los Angeles, Lysergic acid diethylamide, Merry Pranksters, Muir Beach, California, Neal Cassady, Owsley Stanley, Palo Alto, California, Peter Tamony, Portland, Oregon, Psychedelic drug, Psychedelic music, Ramon Sender, Rock festival, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, California, Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, Soquel, California, Sound City Studios, Stewart Brand, Strobe light, Sunset Strip, The Charlatans (American band), The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Fillmore, The Great Society (band), The Loading Zone, The Marbles (quartet), Tim Scully, Tom Wolfe, Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album), ..., Winterland Ballroom. Expand index (1 more) »

Acid test (gold)

An acid test is any qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay which uses acid; most commonly, and historically, the use of a strong acid to distinguish gold from base metals.

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Beat Generation

The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era.

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Big Brother and the Holding Company

Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane.

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Blacklight

A blacklight (or often black light), also referred to as a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or simply ultraviolet light, is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and not much visible light.

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Blacklight paint

Black light paint or black light fluorescent paint is luminous paint that glows under a black light.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Counterculture of the 1960s

The counterculture of the 1960s refers to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, with London, New York City, and San Francisco being hotbeds of early countercultural activity.

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East Bay Express

The East Bay Express is an Oakland-based weekly newspaper serving the Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

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Hippie

A hippie (sometimes spelled hippy) is a member of a counterculture, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock.

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Ken Babbs

Ken Babbs (born January 14, 1936) is a famous Merry Prankster who became one of the psychedelic leaders of the 1960s.

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Ken Kesey

Kenneth Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure.

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La Honda, California

La Honda is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mateo County, California, United States.

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Larry McMurtry

Larry Jeff McMurtry (born June 3, 1936) is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the Old West or in contemporary Texas.

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Lee Quarnstrom

Lee Quarnstrom is a retired American journalist, former executive editor of Larry Flynt’s Hustler Magazine, and a former Beatnik.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects, which may include altered awareness of one's surroundings, perceptions, and feelings as well as sensations and images that seem real though they are not.

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Merry Pranksters

The Merry Pranksters were cohorts and followers of American author Ken Kesey in 1964.

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Muir Beach, California

Muir Beach is a census designated place (CDP), unincorporated community, and beach that is located northwest of San Francisco in western Marin County, California, United States.

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Neal Cassady

Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.

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Owsley Stanley

Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American audio engineer and clandestine chemist.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

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Peter Tamony

Peter Tamony (October 9, 1902 – July 24, 1985) was an American folk-etymologist who is noted for his research on American colloquial speech, Jazz music and sports.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Psychedelic drug

Psychedelics are a class of drug whose primary action is to trigger psychedelic experiences via serotonin receptor agonism, causing thought and visual/auditory changes, and altered state of consciousness.

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Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music (sometimes psychedelia) covers a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations, synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.

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Ramon Sender

Ramón Sender Barayón (born October 29, 1934) is a composer, visual artist and writer.

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Rock festival

A rock festival, often considered synonymous with pop festival, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts performing an often diverse range of popular music including rock, pop, folk, electronic, and related genres.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society

The ‘’’Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society’’’ is a Unitarian Universalist church located in North Hills, Los Angeles, California.

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Soquel, California

Soquel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States approximately 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco, and forms part of the north coast of Monterey Bay.

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Sound City Studios

Sound City Studios is a recording studio incorporated in 1969, located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938) is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog.

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Strobe light

A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light.

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Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip is the mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California, United States.

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The Charlatans (American band)

The Charlatans were an influential folk rock and psychedelic rock band that played a role in the development of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury music scene during the 1960s.

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe that was published in 1968.

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The Fillmore

The Fillmore is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous originally by rock promoter Chet Helms who introduced Bill Graham to the venue they both shared in the mid 60's.

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The Great Society (band)

The Great Society (also known as The Great!! Society!!) was a 1960s San Francisco rock band that existed from 1965 to 1966, and was closely associated with the burgeoning Bay Area acid rock scene.

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The Loading Zone

The Loading Zone was an American rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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The Marbles (quartet)

The Marbles were an American rock band active in San Francisco from 1965 to 1966.

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Tim Scully

Robert "Tim" Scully (born August 27, 1944) is best known in the psychedelic underground for his work in the production of LSD from 1966 to 1969, for which he was indicted in 1973 and convicted in 1974.

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Tom Wolfe

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930Some sources say 1931; the New York Times and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and – May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.

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Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)

Volunteers is the fifth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released as RCA Victor LSP-4238, also released in Quadrophonic in 1973 as RCA Quadradisc APD1-0320, using the discrete CD-4 system from JVC.

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Winterland Ballroom

Winterland Ballroom (often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Tests

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