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The history of jazz has been told in films like Bird and in Ken Burns' TV documentary. Today: music critic Gary Giddins talks about the new 700-page book he co-authored. Later: jazz music inspired writer Jack Kerouac. Full Article at WNYC | New York Public Radio
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Any plans for an appearance on a late night show or two? With all due respect Jack would have hated this music. Too weepy and sentimental... a far cry from the hard bop riffing in "On the Road. I’m sooo over these guys. Kerouac has inspired everyone. Full Article at WNYC | New York Public Radio
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Jay Farrar of Son Volt and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie had never met before they came together earlier this year in a San Francisco studio to create the soundtrack for a documentary about Jack Kerouac's novel "Big Sur." Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle
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There's a basic format for the various funny, frank, drug-filled oral histories of punk rock that have come out in the past ten years. Full Article at KQED
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Remember learning about the three ages of a river in geography class? Well, the same theory can be applied to rock bands. At first they are young and untamed, rushing blindly on like lemmings with guitars. Full Article at KQED
