2008-09-11

Ne žizn, a ukolotsia i zabytsia....


Электропрохладительный кислотный тест (англ. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) — 1968 рус. перевод 1996) — книга Тома Вулфа о жизни хиппейской комунны Кена Кизи «Весёлые проказники».
Книга входила в список книг, запрещенных к продаже в России Госнаркоконтролем, в настоящее время доступна в продаже.
"Amfora" publishers (Homo Sapiens)
Glossary worth learning:
barbiturate: a drug that slows the senses and depresses the individual
Beat Generation: a counter-cultural group of the 1940s and '50s epitomized by authors including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs
beatnik: a term that describes a person related to the counter-culture
Big Sur: a range of mountains on the California coast
Canadian Royal Mounties: Canadian law enforcement officials
Day-Glo: a kind of neon paint used by the Pranksters
Federales: Mexican law enforcement officials
Haight-Ashbury: a neighborhood in San Francisco that stood at the center of the psychedelic movement
heads: acidheads; persons who take acid
Hell's Angels: a motorcycle gang notorious for violence and drug use
I Ching: a Chinese philosophical text; also known as "The Book of Changes"
intersubjectivity: a state of transcendence during an LSD trip where one mind connects with another
jug band: a folk music band
Low Rent: a term used to describe a person of lower socioeconomic standing
LSD: also known as "acid"; a mind-altering drug taken by the Pranksters
Nietzsche: 19th century philosopher; Kesey identifies Nietzsche's philosophy of the eternal return with his own goal of transcendence
psychedelic: a term that describes the counter-cultural movement of the hippies in 1960s California
psychokinesis: the ability to control objects with one's mind
Richard Alpert: a Harvard professor fired for experimenting with LSD
satori: a Buddhist term for enlightenment
speed: a drug that gives a rush of adrenaline to the user; also known as dexedrine, or "dex"
strobe: a flashing light that can simulate the experience of tripping on acid
Timothy Leary: a Harvard professor fired for experimenting with LSD; started a commune in New York state to experiment with the drug
trip: the state of being on acid (as in "an acid trip")
Trips Festival: a large gathering of people for the purpose of taking acid and having an acid trip together
Unitarian: a liberal religious denomination
Watts: a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Los Angeles; site of the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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