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Jack Kerouac's Big Sur to Get Film Adaptation

Although the screen interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s literary masterpiece On the Road won’t debut until late this year, an adaptation of another Kerouac classic has already been commissioned....  read more

Awesome of the Day: On the Bro'd

So, like, back in the 1950s, when everything was, like, in black and white and stuff, this dude named Jack Kerouac went on an epic road trip, fratting hard and smoking some primo bud, and then he wrote a book about it, which was also, like, totally awesome....  read more

Wear Great Literature with Out of Print Clothing

Your favorite novel may no longer be in print, but Out of Print Clothing is dedicated to keeping its spirit alive. With shirt designs inspired by classic novels like Invisible Man, Of Mice and Men and Catcher in the Rye, the company’s mission is to make sure great books (and their covers) are not forgotten. But the coolest part is that they’ve partnered with Books For Africa, an organization helping “to end the book famine in Africa.” For every shirt they sell, they donate a book to children who don’t have any. You can buy them at OutOfPrintClothing.com or take...  read more

Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen Join On The Road Adaptation

Maybe Viggo Mortensen is only going to act in movies with “road” in the title from here on out....  read more

Kristen Stewart Cast in Movie Version of Keruoac's On The Road

Jack Kerouac’s 1957 autobiographical masterpiece, On The Road, has topped the reading lists of countless Americans. (Time magazine even named it among its 100 best English-language novels from 1923-2005.) And now the much-loved book is crossing into cinematic territory, thanks to Brazilian director Walter Salles and Puerto Rican screenwriter Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries)....  read more

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Announce Additional Kerouac Dates

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard have added a couple more shows and special screenings to the tour backing their collaboration project, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, due out Oct. 20....  read more

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Announce Kerouac Live Dates

Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard have lately been devoting their artistry to converting Jack Kerouac's spirited prose into song and verse, a collaboration album known as One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. To support their project, which is slated for an Oct. 20 debut, they'll be hosting a special series of four concerts around the U.S. where they'll perform songs from the record along with other surprise material....  read more

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Talk Kerouac Project

The Death Cab for Cutie and Son Volt frontmen explain to Paste the creation of One Fast Move or I’m Gone...  read more

Jay Farrar And Ben Gibbard Collaborate on Jack Kerouac Project

Jack Kerouac's writing holds an integral spot on many a musician's required reading list. The late writer pioneered and documented the Beat movement, paving the way for much of the writing and music that would come in the latter half of the century. Perhaps his most celebrated work, 1957's On The Road captures the spirit of the cross-country tour and the floundering and frenzied lifestyle of an artist. Channeling the essence of Kerouac's life and canon, Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar and Death Cab's Ben Gibbard are working on a project that Farrar told St. Louis alt-weekly The Riverfront Times...  read more

Upcoming biopic to examine Beats' dark beginnings

Lucien Carr, now famous for his volatile mentorship of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, died without ever clarifying the murky details of his early life. Carr was convicted for the manslaughter of David Kammerer in 1944, and though he was pardoned, a haze of uncertainty still surrounds the incident. However, director John Krokidas and producer Christine Vachon hope to shed some light on Carr's life in their upcoming biopic Kill Your Darlings....  read more