One Fast Move
We were recently accused of being a blog that is interested in the intersection of music and literature. Guilty. We’d maybe also throw film into the mix, too. Here’s an example of what I mean. I’m excited that there’s a documentary coming out tomorrow about Jack Kerouac and his novel Big Sur.
The movie features commentary, readings, interviews, and remembrances by Lawrence Ferlingetti, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Sam Shepard, S.E. Hinton, and others. Here’s the trailer:
A soundtrack for the movie was recorded by Jay Ferrar (Son Volt) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie). I would check out anything that these two particular guys worked on together. The lyrics for the songs are taken from the text of the novel. Very cool.
If you run over to NPR, you can listen to the whole soundtrack for another day or so.
October 19, 2009 8:47 am 
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