‘And so Huncke appeared to us and said “I’m beat” with radiant light shining out of his despairing eyes… It was a new language, actually spade (Negro) jargon but you soon learned it, like ‘hung up’ couldn’t be a more economical term to mean so many things. Some of these hipsters were raving mad and talked continually. It was jazzy. Symphony Sid’s all-night modern jazz and bop show was always on.’
- Kerouac describes meeting Herbert Huncke in 1944. Photo of Huncke taken from a Ginsberg collection.
(Source: martinlutherpresley)
