Poetic Obituaries: With his love for poetry, Mr. [Ted] Burk

gravitated toward Beatnik, bohemian, and hippie circles, and he regarded psychedelic drugs as a path to enlightenment. He recalled reading poetry with Allen Ginsberg in New York City, and he met Abby Hoffman in jail while doing time for financial misdeeds.

During the mid-1960s, Mr. Burk's band, the CIA (Citizens for Interplanetary Activity), shared the bill with up-and coming stars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.

from Bay Area Reporter: Radical Faerie Ted "Haia" Burk dies

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