Merry Pranksters

Story from Douglas Hansen

Downtown Santa Cruz in 1964 was a moribund remnant of its former glory. The two large hotels – the St. George and the Del Mar, were built to cater to tourists that took the “Suntan Special” train from San Francisco to spend weeke... Read more

Aug

2016

From a Prankster

By Lee Quarnstrom One of my first discoveries when I moved to Santa Cruz (from La Honda, as part of the Prankster diaspora) was that there was already a social scene in place for people sort of like we were, i.e., oddballs. There were... Read more

Jul

2016

Interview with Peter Demma

Ralph Abraham [R]: So we have to repeat the Q&A we did before which is, where you were born. I was born in Oakland, California and I think I went more-or-less immediately from there to Redwood City where–I lived at the foot o... Read more

Dec

2002

Interview with Bob Hall

BOB: ** into the Catalyst and I saw you sitting over at a table with your, what looked like love beads and a tie-dye shirt or something and I walked over and I said, “Hmm. You must be a student at UCSC.” And you said to... Read more

Mar

2002