Subject:

Jack Kerouac

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Unconventional Alt-Country Allies, Bobby Bare Jr. and Jay Farrar Let Each Other Shine, Friday Night at the Tractor

    Rebecca Gerhart​ Bobby Bare Jr. and Jay Farrar may have drastically different approaches to their music, but they do share an irrepressible yen to do things firmly their way. Bare Jr.'s famous dad and long-standing association with Shel Silverstein set the singer down an unconventional alt-co ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2011

    Poet's Park

    Why doesn't Seattle have a green space for writers?

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Writers Park: A Toast to Scribes and Pigeons

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 6, 2011

    Pattern Recognition

    Troy Gua takes his pop-culture obsessions to another level. Several of them, actually.

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Gerry Mulligan: "All the Super-Intellectualizing on the Technics of Jazz ... Is Spoiling the Fun"

    ​I often buy LPs based on the merits of their liner notes, and that's exactly why I rescued Gerry Mulligan's 1958 record, What Is There to Say? from the bargain bins at Everyday Music this weekend. Something about his not-so-subtle swipe at the critical establishment (full liner notes after th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2010

    Justin Townes Earle Entertains With Salty Stage Banter and Soulful Songs

    Who: Justin Townes Earle When: 4:45 p.m. Where: Starbucks Stage Justin Townes Earle is an entertainer. As a singer-songwriter with a penchant for songs about women, pushing boundaries, and tragedy, he could easily draw a crowd if he just stood in the middle in the stage, strummed out some chords, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Last Night: Ben Gibbard, Jay Farrar & Kerouac's Ghost @ Showbox

    Laura MusselmanBen Gibbard, left, and Jay Farrar played Showbox at the Market on Sunday, Jan. 24.​Sensitive middle-class white boys have found common ground in Jack Kerouac's writing for the last fifty years now, so in that sense it's not surprising to see Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar sharing a ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Laura MusselmanBen Gibbard, left, and Jay Farrar played Showbox at the Market on Sunday, Jan. 24.​Sensitive middle-class white boys have found common ground in Jack Kerouac's writing for the last fifty years now, so in that sense it's not surprising to see Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar sharing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Day 23: A Dive Bar Advent Calendar - Blue Moon

    ​Our tribute to the holiday services provided by Seattle's Best Dive Bars continues with the Blue Moon (712 N.E. 45th St.). The cover girl of the book, the Blue Moon is as storied as any Seattle bar gets, will ever get. The man has tried, to no avail, to bring down the moon, but she persists. ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2009

    Q&A: Jay Farrar on Kerouac, Big Sur

    Seriously.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Q&A: Jay Farrar Talks Kerouac, ZZ Top, and Solitude

    Jay Farrar, center, plays Neumos with Son Volt at Neumos on Friday, December 4.​Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar has been reading Jack Kerouac since he was a teenager. But writing the music and lyrics for an album/soundtrack to One Fast Move Or I'm Gone, a documentary about Kerouac's Big Sur, prov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Election Night '09: Approve R-71 is Mostly Sure, Almost Positive That Washington Approves of Them

    Approve 71 campaign manager Josh Friedes takes the mic.​Party: Approve R-71 Location: Pravda in Capitol Hill Mood: Cautious optimism giving way to outright celebration Drink of Choice: Gin and tonic. "Anything low-cal," says the bartender with a knowing nod. Pity the poor fool who has to spen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Fresh Wax: Andrew Bird, Atlas Sound, Leonard Cohen and more

    Pontiak's Sea Voids (which happens to be a limited, 1,000-copy release)​Our resident vinyl expert Jason Ferguson's take on this week's fresh wax: This is a bit of an odd week for new vinyl. While the slate is stacked with legitimate new releases like Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport, the Jack Keroua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Server Reboot Wednesday: The Obligatory VP Debate Edition

    Pontiak's Sea Voids (which happens to be a limited, 1,000-copy release)​Our resident vinyl expert Jason Ferguson's take on this week's fresh wax: This is a bit of an odd week for new vinyl. While the slate is stacked with legitimate new releases like Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport, the Jack Keroua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    NYT Discovers Adorable Hwy. 20 Tourist Trap

    Pontiak's Sea Voids (which happens to be a limited, 1,000-copy release)​Our resident vinyl expert Jason Ferguson's take on this week's fresh wax: This is a bit of an odd week for new vinyl. While the slate is stacked with legitimate new releases like Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport, the Jack Keroua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Well...I Missed Lou Reed's Keynote

    Pontiak's Sea Voids (which happens to be a limited, 1,000-copy release)​Our resident vinyl expert Jason Ferguson's take on this week's fresh wax: This is a bit of an odd week for new vinyl. While the slate is stacked with legitimate new releases like Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport, the Jack Keroua ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2007

    Gill Landry

    Sunday, August 12

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2007

    John Burgess for Seattle Poet Populist

    Sunday, August 12

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2007

    Smooth Sailing

    Sunday, August 12

  • Diversions

    November 23, 2005

    Pooh on You

    Timeless, ageless excess in the Hundred Acre Wood.

  • Music

    August 10, 2005

    Não Wave and The Sexual Life of the Savages

    Also: The Capes.

  • Arts

    April 13, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Franz Wisner, Ayun Halliday, Wesley Stace, Carole Cadwalladr, Lydia Millet, and The Best in Rock Fiction.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Gonzogate

    Hunter S. Thompson, Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.

  • Film

    May 26, 2004

    Raising Helen and A Slipping Down Life

    Hunter S. Thompson, Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.

  • Arts

    January 21, 2004

    Shameless Shaman

    KEN KESEY: Two years after his death, the books are still coming. Are they evidence of genius, or a literary career wasted?

  • Music

    April 9, 2003

    Great Danes

    The Raveonettes embrace the darkness with their brooding, cinematic vignettes.

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    Sonic Bloom

    Lee Ranaldo on reading, writing, and the secret of success.

  • Arts

    August 7, 2002

    Poetry in the Wild

    Lee Ranaldo on reading, writing, and the secret of success.

  • Arts

    April 24, 2002

    Jack's back

    A posthumous Kerouac novella that should have stayed in its grave.

  • Arts

    January 30, 2002

    Curatorial Communist

    Maria Medina is looking to create "a comfortable experimental atmosphere."

  • Arts

    September 26, 2001

    Book briefs

    Bestial tales; London's pop-art czar.

  • Diversions

    May 2, 2001

    Welcome to the wiggle room

    Bestial tales; London's pop-art czar.

  • Music

    September 29, 1999

    Bemusement park

    Renowned beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti re-records a classic with Morphine's Dana Colley.

  • Arts

    September 8, 1999

    Renaissance Madman

    Two small publishing houses shed light on an unknown cultural force.

  • Arts

    September 1, 1999

    Paradise painted

    And we're not talking about Elvis portraits.

  • Music

    November 25, 1998

    Pigeonholing a whale

    And we're not talking about Elvis portraits.

  • Music

    November 11, 1998

    Alter boy

    Jim Carroll rising.

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