Here's the answers to today's quiz:
The cook’s middle name: Owsley
His nickname: The Bear
The thing he cooked: LSD
And the winner is...Joey D!
Since Joey already won both of my books, he has generously decided to give them to someone else. So here's the deal, the first person to leave a comment on this post wins! Courtesy of Joey D!
Joey D
Owsley was known for two things in the ‘60’s, cooking his legendary LSD and helping to design the Grateful Dead’s massive sound system. Here’s part of the Wikipedia entry about him:
Owsley
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935) also known as The Bear, was an underground LSD cook, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD.
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935) also known as The Bear, was an underground LSD cook, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD.
His total production is estimated at around half a kilogram of LSD, or roughly 5 million 100-microgram "hits" of normal potency, although accounts vary widely. The widespread and low-cost (often given away free) availability of Stanley's high-quality LSD in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s may have been crucial for the emergence of the hippie movement during the Summer of Love in the Haight-Ashbury area, which one historian of that movement, Charles Perry, has described as "one big LSD party."
Stanley was also an accomplished sound engineer, and the longtime soundman and financier for seminal psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Stanley designed some of the first high-fidelity sound systems for rock music, culminating in the massive "Wall of Sound" electrical amplification system used by the Grateful Dead in their live shows, at the time a highly innovative feat of engineering, and was involved with the founding of high-end musical instrument maker Alembic Inc and the pre-eminent concert sound equipment manufacturer Meyer Sound. The combination of his notoriety in the psychedelic scene and his reclusive tendencies--in part cultivated to confuse the authorities; he avoided being photographed and refused to be interviewed for many years--led to the perpetuation of many inaccurate tales about him.
So there you have it, all the straight dope on Owsley. Congratulations again to Joey D, and thanks for being so generous with your prize! Remember the first comment gets the books! Good luck!
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:53AM 
