Jack Kerouac: Beat author wrote “On the Road” and The Dharma Bums, about the freedom of living each day as it comes. He inspired a whole generation to get backpacks and take to the road. His beat friends Allen Ginsberg… Continue reading →

Key: A kilo of marijuana or other drug.

Ken Kesey: Famous author, Merry Prankster, Ken wrote: Sometimes a Great Notion and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. His famous Acid Tests were the first LSD parties with music and light shows. His legendary 1964 psychedelic cross country trip… Continue reading →

Kicks: Something you do for fun. Something enjoyable.

Kif: The Moroccan term for marijuana that hasn’t been processed into hashish. Often mixed with tobacco and smoked in a sipsi.

Killer: Something really great, powerful, or impressive. “That was sure some killer weed we smoked.”

Martin Luther King Jr.: Leader of the Civil Rights movement, Dr. King was a firm believer in non-violent protest to achieve the goals of integration and economic, political and social equality for all people.

Paul Krassner: Humorist, founding member of the Yippies, and publisher of the Realist newspaper, he’s been called the founder of the underground press.

Kundalini: A form of energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine that is channeled upward through the chakras via yoga.

Laid Back: Someone relaxed, easygoing. A place that’s cool. “I’ve been to the commune, it’s real laid back.”