The Beats: Any Of You Hippes Ever Hang With Them?

Like every other college kid, i got into (and stil am into) teh Beats. What was Jack kerouac realy like? His wrtings have this undercurrent of sadness. Was he just a sad sack to be with? How about Neal Cassidy? Was he as crazy as Kerouac portrays him in his semiautobiographical books?

 

I lived in the East Village and regularly saw Allen Ginsberg and Abie Hoffman etc... We talked to them but they were way too sophisticated for us. we weren't political but rather into acid, grass, yoga/mysticism & hanging out in front of "The Electric Circus" on St. Marks Place. lol.