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I've read Kerouac pretty extensively ( I even read the town & the city 8o ) & recall he concluded vision inducing plants & drugs were a dead end & meaningless. HST however never turned against drugs in general - I'd agree he isn't big in the way that others are but his form self expression, which is perhaps similar to Hicks in many ways, rings a lot of bells for those involved in the drug scene - I'd rate HST as being more canonisable (?) than Kerouac personally.
 
Chris Morris

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Saint Doc- Patron of getting shit done while under the pump

Los Angeles, April 8, 1984- Former Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Dock Ellis says he was under the influence of LSD when he pitched a 1970 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.

Ellis, now co-ordinator of an anti drug program in Los Angeles, said he didn't know until six hours before his June 12, 1970 no hitter that he was going to pitch.

"I was in Los Angeles, and the team was playing in San Diego , but I didn't know it. I had taken LSD..... I thought it was an off-day, that's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at noon. At 1pm, his girlfriend and trip partner looked at the paper and said, "Dock, you're pitching today!"

"That's when it was $9.50 to fly to San Diego. She got me to the airport at 3:30. I got there at 4:30, and the game started at 6:05pm. It was a twi-night doubleheader.

I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria.

I was zeroed in on the (catcher's) glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times.

The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

The Pirates won the game, 2-0, although Ellis walked eight batters. It was the highpoint in the baseball career of one of the finer pitchers of his time, and arguably,one of the greatest achievements in the history of sports.
 
Ah yeah ... ^ is this the guy who practically supplied LSD to the whole of the states an Canada back in the 70s?
 
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Mark E Smith, the greatest amphetamine lyricist there's ever been

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The same man, showing what a life of alcohol does to you.
 
Stormin' Norman said:
Herman Hesse
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Yes yes yes!!! :) Fucking amazing bloke. Gah! But you've just reminded me that I don't have my copy of Steppenwolf anymore, thanks to an ex leaving it in her locker :!

Feste said:
I was so surprised when I found out he was 42, he looks like he's barely hit his mid-20s.

He's a funny drunk too.
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Yea ditto man :) Particle Physics is obviously good for him :D
 
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