Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard pay tribute to Kerouac

2010-02-25T19:35:48Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - In an ode to Beat author Jack Kerouac, alt-country musician Jay Farrar has teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for a collaborative album, "One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's

Fla. judge rules will on Kerouac's estate is fake

2010-02-26T03:45:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Jack Kerouac's estate called into question by Fla. judge's ruling that mother's will was fake</div><div><p>There are new questions about the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac after a Florida judge ruled that his mother's will was fraudulent.</p><p>Gabrielle Kerouac left all of her s...

Fantasy baseball, ÔBeatÕ style

2010-02-27T02:53:22Z

<div><p> News item: Throughout his life Jack Kerouac was obsessed with a fantasy baseball game he created (The New York Times, MayÊ15).</p><p>The ÒKing of the BeatsÓ would meticulously track fictitious players with names like Wino Love and Heinie Twiett (though not, as far as we know, Old Bull Lee or

'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library

2010-02-28T09:09:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Tolkien in the e-library, 'Harry Potter' still out</div><div><p>The latest J.R.R. Tolkien project lasted six years, more than half as long as the author needed to complete his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.</p><p>Getting permission to release a book in electronic form can be as hard...

Lonely Planet has new guidebook series: Trips

2010-03-01T12:03:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Lonely Planet has new guidebook series: Trips</div><div><p>Lonely Planet is launching a new series of guidebooks in March called "Trips."</p><p>The first six titles in the series are "California," "Pacific Northwest," "

Rock review: The Bronx, The Bronx

2010-03-01T23:33:00Z

<div><p>That the Bronx's third album is also their third self-titled is a testament to their self-confidence and place in the world. And if that place happens to be drunk and dribbling in the gutter then all the better. Certainly the LA punk mob have a free-spirited approach to life &amp;#8211; as rebellious and American as the Stooges or Jack Kerouac &...

Jazz audiences are always On the Road

2010-02-27T18:37:34Z

<div><p>Kerouac was trying to capture the sounds of 40s jazz in the rhythms of his book. Photograph: Corbis</p><p>For some reason, my holiday reading includes Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The only roads I've traversed in the past week, however, have been in a rented Citroen Picasso, enjoying air-conditioned drives across Fren...

Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's Orlando home

2010-02-28T03:21:41Z

<div id="subtitle">At Jack Kerouac's Orlando home, emerging writers find inspiration, solace in old neighborhood</div><div><p>This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once home to Jack Kerouac, and it may be incubating a successor.</p><p>Five decades ago, the Beat Generation au...

Déjà Vu All Over Again at Rolling Stone

2010-02-28T05:05:53Z

<div><p>Rolling Stone subscribers might momentarily feel like they're having a flashback this week when they receive their new issue. Wrapping the magazine is an ad for ABC's high concept 21st Century cop in the 1970s show, Life on Mars, which consists of a reprint of the magazine's March 29, 1973 cover and a two-page timeline of cultural landmarks from the year 1973. </p><p>As

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