Jack Kerouac

Jay Farrar And Benjamin Gibbard — One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 29, 2009 3:31 pm
Jack Kerouac's 1962 autobiographical novel, Big Sur, is based on the author's three trips to a cabin in Big Sur, Calif.'s Bixby Canyon where he attempted to kick his alcoholism. These trips were ultimately unsuccessful, and Kerouac died in 1969 at age 47 of internal hemorrhaging caused by cirrhosis of the liver brought on by alcoholism. Although...
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Jay Farrar And Benjamin Gibbard's One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
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Ben Gibbard And Jay Farrar Contemplate Kerouac In Seattle

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By Trevor Hargreaves (CHARTattack) January 27, 2010 6:22 pm
The evening began with a short but stellar set by Long Winters frontman John Roderick. It can often be claimed that Roderick's talent goes criminally underrated, but this hometown crowd quickly fell silent as he started off with a solo version of "Shapes" from the second Winters' album, When I Pretend To Fall. Roderick followed this up with a...
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Alanis Morissette Says Upcoming Book Inspired By Jack Kerouac

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 6, 2010 4:46 pm
We've told you a little bit about Alanis Morissette's upcoming book already, but here's another tidbit about the as-yet-untitled new book: She says it was inspired by Jack Kerouac. Morissette, who told Rollingstone.com last summer that the book is "non-linear," recently told Spinner it's "all over the place" but does have...
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Death Cab Frontman Soundtracks Kerouac Documentary

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 13, 2009 2:39 pm
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and Son Volt singer/guitarist Jay Farrar have recorded a collaborative record, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, that will serve as the soundtrack to a documentary of the same name about author Jack Kerouac. The album and film will be released Oct. 20. Kerouac is probably best known for...
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