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2009 | 2008 | 2001 | 1999
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One Fast Move or I'm Gone: An Interview with Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard
21 October 2009 8:22 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Although Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard create music from two different perspectives--one uses roots-Americana as his template, and the other employs emo pop-jangle--their blend on the documentary soundtrack One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur creates a sly folk variant that syncs perfectly with Jack Kerouac's classic. To lines directly taken from the beat author's lesser known Big Sur, a book considered by many to be as much of a classic as On The Road, Farrar composed original music that tracks Kerouac's detox pilgrimage from New York to California with Gibbard building on his partner's acoustic groundwork. Mike Ragogna: How did your collaboration begin? Jay Farrar: Ben and I were asked to contribute songs to the documentary One Fast Move Or I'm Gone. I think it was from my familiarity with Kerouac's work and... »
- Mike Ragogna
American Rust For Guevara Duo
20 October 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Director Walter Salles and his screenwriting partner Jose Rivera have signed on to adapt Philip Meyer's debut novel American Rust, possibly coming to the screen via Universal, who get first look at the completed script.The novel is about two friends from a derelict Pennsylvanian mill town who hit the road in search of something better, but only encounter violence, mistrust and urban degeneration. Set in 2002, it nevertheless taps into the tradition of depression-era Americana, from authors like William Faulkner and John Steinbeck. Some critics have compared Meyer to Cormac McCarthy.A downbeat story certainly, but with John Hillcoat's hotly anticipated The Road (from McCarthy's novel) finally approaching, it may be that that's not the gloomy prospect for a major studio that it once might have appeared. Salles and Rivera previously brought us the excellent Motorcycle Diaries, which might give some indication of the tone and approach we'd see here. »
Music: Review:Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
19 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Curt Worden’s documentary One Fast Move Or I’m Gone examines the period of Jack Kerouac’s life when he retreated from the public eye and tried to quit drinking—a period he wrote about in his 1962 novel Big Sur. For the movie’s soundtrack, Kerouac’s nephew Jim Sampas asked rootsy singer-songwriter Jay Farrar to take the author’s own words and compose some songs around them, to be sung by an assortment of guest vocalists. But the initial pairing of Farrar with dreamy-voiced Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard proved so fruitful that the two ... »
'Where The Wild Things Are' Gives Hope To Other 'Unfilmable' Books
12 October 2009 4:02 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
While 'Watchmen' and 'Fear and Loathing' made it to the big screen, 'On the Road' and others are still Hollywood headaches.
Photo: Warner Bros.
This weekend, "Where the Wild Things Are" finally comes to the big screen after being considered "unfilmable" for decades. But what, exactly, does that word even mean? And with this year's adaptations of "Wild Things" and "Watchmen," does it even still apply?
Below is a list of the books that have given Hollywood headaches for decades. Some have been filmed, some currently linger in development hell, and others will never be touched by any sensible filmmaker. Read on, and ask yourself the two questions that always seem to come up with such projects: "Why not?" or "Why bother?"
"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009)
It's a 20-page book with nine sentences in it. Massive parts of the "plot" are »
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
9 October 2009 11:33 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
The first production from recently formed "Kerouac Films" is a documentary on the Kerouac's retreat from society and the writing of his novel Big Sur. This same production company also has feature versions of both Big Sur and Dharma Bums in development, and this is along with news that UA is backing an adaptation of On the Road while MGM is supposedly backing The Subterraneans. Jeez, let's hope they don't kill the legend. Apparently this doc has been playing a few fests since last year but I can't find a dvd release on the horizon. There is, however, an audio cd release coming up of the readings.
He was called the vibrant new voice of his generation -- the avatar of the Beat movement. In 1957, on the heels of the triumphant debut of his groundbreaking novel, On The Road, Jack Kerouac was a literary rock star, lionized by his fans and devotees. »
Scholars study Springsteen during weekend event
26 September 2009 1:31 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Scholars from around the world are dissecting the Springsteen legend this weekend in New Jersey. "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" continues through Sunday at Monmouth University. The no-holds-barred intellectual romp, coinciding with Springsteen's 60th birthday, was organized by Virginia Tech and Penn State Altoona.And yes, the scholars do get the comedic irony of studying a man who "learned more from a three-minute record than he ever learned from school."The festivities include several pilgrimages to the landmark Stone Pony nightclub, down the road in Asbury Park, N.J.Educators spent Friday night singing, hollering and chanting a curse phrase at the impish urging of rock pioneer Gary U.S. Bonds, whose performance brought the house down. Springsteen resurrected Bonds' career in the '80s by writing his comeback hit, "This Little Girl."Professors, many of them veterans of dozens of concerts . one »
Farewell to the Poet With the Snarl and Prickly Pen
15 September 2009 12:13 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Dominic Patten
Allan Ginsberg wrote in "Howl" that he “saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix” One of the greatest poets of his generation, Jim Carroll, who died of a heart attack on Friday in New York City, was a clear heir to the Beats. It’s there on every teen drug addiction, urban squalor, backroom sex, sports and rim-shot-dripping page of his most famous work "The Basketball Diaries." No less than Jack Kerouac himse... »
- Lew Harris
Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Announce Kerouac Live Dates
15 September 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
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: Keruoac'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. »
Ten Fantastic Songs Brought to You By Books
24 August 2009 4:00 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
Anyone decrying the death of books has only to check out the music world to see that literature is still alive and kicking, even if the authors of said work aren’t. For example, just recently we spoke to Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar about their collaborative album based solely on beat-poet and alt-culture icon Jack Kerouac’s novel Big Sur. While the duo’s record, the October-release One Quick Move or I’m Gone, is an ode to the written word, it’s hardly the first. Here are 10 fantastic songs brought to you by books: »
Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Talk Kerouac Project
13 August 2009 11:45 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
"I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"
This dazzling bit of prose surfaces within the first several pages of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. The 1957 book chronicles the budding Beat movement and has been a model for countless artists and adventures chasing after rich living ever since. »
Jay Farrar And Ben Gibbard Collaborate on Jack Kerouac Project
17 July 2009 12:48 PM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
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 may see an October release. »
Multiple Personality Disorder Report
3 July 2009 4:43 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are short news blasts meant to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]
#1: Surrogates gets posterized!
As you see here, Johnathan Mostow's Surrogates (trailer here) starring Bruce Willis has finally received a poster. [via: comingsoon]
#2: Resident Evil: Afterlife in 2010?
The webs exploded with news that director Paul W.S. Anderson would be getting a new Resedent Evil flick into theaters by September 17, 2010. The 3rd one was the only one I've enjoyed so far so I hope they keep going the heavy Pa direction. [via: filmonic]
#3: live action Star Wars begins production in Australia?
We were promised a live action Star Wars show years ago so about bloody time i say. [via: scifiwire]
#4: Gilliam kills Zero Theorem
Word is that Terry Gilliam has canned production on what was to be his film after Dr. Parnassus, the heady scifi film Zero Theorem. I guess he wants to do Don Quixote instead. [via: /Film]
#5: Jack Kerouac's "Big Sur" heading to the big screen
This news made quietearth cringe »
James Franco Takes A Poetic Turn
24 June 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news »
James Franco has literary cred. The star, who's a grad student at both Columbia and Nyu, will help launch the summer Travel issue of Lapham's Quarterly tonight at the Hungarian Cultural Center by reading, along with poet Frank Bidart, from works by the likes of Marcel Proust, Elizabeth Bishop, Marco Polo and Homer. The magazine's assistant editor, Jeannie Vanasco, told Page Six, "I met James through the brilliant writer Matthew Specktor . . . I threw out the idea of James recording passages of Lapham's Quarterly for us »
Exclusive: Scott Evans' First Interview
15 June 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It's not hard to think of famous actors who happen to be siblings. There are the Baldwin brothers, of course, as well as the Wayans brothers. There is Matt Dillon and Kevin Dillon, and Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson.
Then there is Chris Evans and Scott Evans.
Wait — Scott who?
Perhaps you're not familiar with that last actor just yet, but with any luck, you will be soon. Scott Evans currently plays Officer Oliver Fish on One Life to Live, a character about to embark on a relationship with another man. If you're especially sharp-eyed, you might have spotted Evans on a recent episode of Fringe where his character died in a rather horrible fashion.
Oh, Evans also happens to be the younger brother of Chris Evans of Fantastic Four fame.
With his new storyline on Oltl set to unfold over the next couple of weeks, now seemed a good »
- michael
The 2009 AfterElton Hot 100
10 May 2009 9:48 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
After triumphing for two years in a row, Jake Gyllenhaal is not the winner of our third annual AfterElton.com Hot 100 poll (see the results for 2007 here and 2008 here). So which out man did take the top spot? If you’re the kind of person who always burns their mouth biting into that piping hot chocolate chip cookie, you can just cheat and go here to learn who came in first place.
Here at AfterElton.com, we’re thrilled to announce an out gay man topped this year’s list – especially this particular man as most of us voted for him as well. In fact, out gay men snagged nearly 20% of the spots, including the top three. To be sure, we’ve nothing against our straight male crushes, but it says something great about 2009 that there are so many out men to choose from.
What we find almost as interesting »
- dennis
Interview: John Krokidas on "Kill Your Darlings" and star Chris Evans
22 April 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
A few weeks back, news broke that a film called Kill Your Darlings was heading into production and would feature actor Chris Evans (Fantastic Four, Sunshine) as Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac and Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland, The Squid and the Whale) as legendary gay poet Allen Ginsberg. Naturally, the news had film buffs and gay bloggers abuzz.
Top row (l to r): Chris Evans, Ben Whishaw, and Jesse Eisenberg
Bottom row (l to r): Jack Kerouac, Lucien Carr and Allen Ginsberg
Coming on the heels of Milk, film fans are clearly primed for more tales of gay culture’s pioneers and artists. This one’s also been co-written and is set to be directed by a rising gay filmmaker, John Krokidas, and produced by the legendary indie-film mogul Christine Vachon (Poison, Boys Don’t Cry, Hedwig, Far From Heaven), so it’s got a nice gay pedigree already. »
- dennis
Jon Hamm Joining 'Howl' Cast
23 March 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Mad Men's Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Howl, the biopic detailing the obscenity trial involving the poem "Howl" by Beat Generation luminary Allen Ginsberg. The film already has James Franco in the lead, plus Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn and Jeff Daniels on board, so Hamm's joining is yet another casting boon for a very promising indie feature.
Variety reports Hamm will star as the defense attorney Jake Ehrlich, apparently the inspiration for Perry Mason. That sort of role seems compatible with his persona in Mad Men, that of the ethically conflicted, but generally good, man.
The casting of a popular actor should provide further strength as it battles against another Ginsberg-related movie, Kill Your Darlings. This latter picture follows the story of Lucien Carr and his murder of David Kammerer, purportedly over an unwanted sexual advance made by the subject. Carr is widely credited with being a »
Upcoming biopic to examine Beats' dark beginnings
18 March 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
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. »
Killer Films is Looking to be Beat Again, Add Trio to 'Darlings'
18 March 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Will Killer Films once again find themselves in one of them conundrums where they come out second in dueling biopics portrayals? When Capote was first to be released theatrically, it sealed the fate for Killer Film's Infamous (Wip gave it the quick death in theaters). Though Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Howl focuses mostly on Ginsberg's later-in-life trials and tribulations, there is enough narrative overlap here and perhaps filmland can only have enough room for one Allen Ginsberg interpretation and not two. Christine Vachon is moving ahead with John Krokidas's directorial debut Kill Your Darlings, hiring Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw to star in the Krokidas/Austin Bunn script. Whishaw as Lucien Carr, the Columbia University undergrad who brought together a circle of writers that included Allen Ginsberg, to be played by Eisenberg, and Jack Kerouac, to be played by Evans. Killer Films' Christine Vachon »
Jesse Eisenberg is Allen Ginsberg!
17 March 2009 1:35 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I'm torn. Part of me is baffled by this casting announcement, while the other part wants to cry out: "Sweet!"
Variety reports that Jesse Eisenberg, the indie cutie from films like Roger Dodger and The Education of Charlie Banks, has been tapped to play poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings. This is that project that Christine Vachon is producing (written by Austin Bunn and director John Krokidas), which follows the story of Lucien Carr, and how he murdered William Burrough's childhood friend David Kammerer after a supposed unwanted sexual advance and physical attack.
Along with Eisenberg, it seems that Chris Evans, believe it or not, is set to play Jack Kerouac, and Ben Whishaw will take care of Carr. But Eisenberg ... he's become such the indie boy over these last handful of years that it'll be hard to imagine him donning the glasses and becoming a Beat icon. But hey, »
- Monika Bartyzel
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