![]() ![]() Wolfe himself always seemed like the product of another, more civilized, time. That look – white jacket, white tie, double-breasted white vest, pressed white pants and sparkling white shoes – would become Wolfe’s signature, a key flourish in his outsize legend as one of America’s most vivid storytellers. “He was really unobtrusive, except for the attire,” recalls Prankster and author Ken Babbs. Tom Wolfe was meticulously researching the Pranksters and their philosophy of LSD-led liberation for what became The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, his 1968 New Journalism landmark. In the barn at his redwood-forest home in La Honda, California, Kesey, in splattered overalls, shook a spray-paint can and his fellow Pranksters grabbed brushes – everyone except the guy in the white suit. It was the fall of 1966, and Ken Kesey decided the time had come to spruce up Furthur, the refurbished, multicolored school bus that he and his Merry Pranksters had been using for their famed road trips. 'A Sigh of Relief': What Ed Sheeran's Victory Means for the Future of Music Copyright Claimsĭon’t touch the suit – anything but the suit! ![]()
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