The Oregon Daily Emerald’s Entertainment Guide
Ex-Merry Prankster
to recount '60s trip
By Layne Lakefish
Fm ore Reporter
The (ids live on in many
minds They were years of spir
it. character, mystery and free
dom, and the feeling nt those
years never died
Now. in HHIO. a glimpse bat k
in time to that still-alive det
ade may help the people of to
day to deal with the problems
of today, said hen Babbs, one
ot the Merry Pranksters of the
lilfiOs.
In this spirit, Babbs will pres
ent the multi media show On
the Hus. which tells the story of
Neal Cussed v. one of the fa
mous psychedelic folk heroes
of the (ids The show will take
plate at 8 tonight in the I All'
Fir Room
In the 'nils. ,i bunch of liter
ary men got together and det id
ed to drive at toss the i ountrv
in .1 van they appropriately
named I urthei because of tlie
"Destination Further" sign in
die window This group later
became known as the Merry
Pranksters, and among them
was the famous ( assady
"The\ urn1 .1 group of poets
.mil writers who were experi
menting with psy< hedelii
drugs .mil collaborating with
cat h otluu and various othei
things." explained Mu haul
Dieli performing arts i oorrlina
tor lor the I-All ' (iiillur.il I n
rum, sponsor of the show
"(!assad\ was one of the real
movers behind the trip
Babbs' show w ill make use ol
lei tore, slides, film footage ol
the Merrv Pranksters’ road trip
music and a question and an
svver period to ( lose out the
presentat ion
"People really want to know
what actualh went down then
(the ' tjOs |." Babbs said
"There's been a resurgence ol
interest
I lieli said the show will lie ot
interest to many people "It
w ill generate a lot ol interest on
campus bei a use pie are still
interested in what happened in
the tiOs, and Babbs relates it m
a real and accurate wav because
lie was there." Dieli explained
Win present a show about
the tills in the tlOs ’ " The spirit
alive in the fids freedom
( oiirlrN* photo
ken Babbs, shown here in IUH4. will /> resent "On thr Bus." a multi-media show1 detailing thr
s/ort ol /ism hfdrlii folk hrro \ful ( assady. onr of the Merry Pranksters
jo\. cooperation is ,i spirit
that's still alive in the OOs
Hahhs explained
' The sei let is still the same
today hn how to get penple to
get her without all the control!
l<itional shift " he said ( ass
adv had the a I >i 111 v to h.uidle
things in a positive wav and
that is the spirit were still
working for now in the ‘IDs
I he stor\ behind the Merry
Pranksters. the road trip and
the life of Neal ( tissadv protn
ises to otter help and hope to
the people ot today Hahhs
wants to talk about how .ill that
happened in the tats relates to
tile youth of today. Die It said
The Merrv Pranksters were a
group ut men who iliil drugs,
lived through the w ill! tills and
came out ut it with impressive
sui i ess
"The people that were on
that road trip arc mm doing
phenomenal work." added
Dieli referring to the literary
sui i esses ol both Dabbs and
Kcsey
Ur were nevei alienated.'
explained Hahtis "We were
given the freedom to move
through all segments ot sir icty
Mavhe you take drugs hut the
you the real you. is still alive
and the drugs don't destroy
that
Dabbs show will retell the
happenings ami the lilesls les of
tiie tills anil lie the spirit tli.it
ss as alive in the 'fids to the spn
it that is i oming hai k in the
'Ids
The show w ill he entertain
ing with the iniisii from the
'(ids ' said f lieii " I he film
coverage is realh wild, as well
as how tiles pulled this bus trip
oil Dabbs is a stoivtellei and
lie's good at it And on top ol
that there will be a question
and answer period at tin' end.
so it will be leads informative
too
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S*• general and i an In' pm
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