{"id":6115,"date":"2016-10-22T17:38:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T17:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/10\/22\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-songs-about-kerouac\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T17:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T17:38:22","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-songs-about-kerouac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/10\/22\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-songs-about-kerouac\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Songs About Kerouac"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jack's<\/a>"Pretty girls make graves." (Dharma Bums<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) died 47 years ago yesterday, at the age of 47, his years dead now equaling his years alive.  Here are some songs that refer to him and his work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alela Diane, We Are Nothing<\/a>  <\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac, Tristessa<\/em> (written 1955-56, first published in 1960), p. 59:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since beginningless time and into the never-ending future, men have loved women without telling them, and the Lord has loved them without telling, and the void is not the void because there's nothing to be empty of.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard, California Zephyr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

10,000 Maniacs, Hey Jack Kerouac<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Some readings:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac, Mexico City Blues<\/a>, 228th Chorus<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac, Safe in Heaven, Dead<\/a>.  Good sound quality.  "I wish I was free of that slaving meat wheel, safe in heaven, dead."<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Kerouac, Charlie Parker<\/a>.  "Charlie, Parker, lay the bane off me, and everybody."<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE 10\/24.  Patrick Kurp of Anecdotal Evidence <\/a>contributes Aztec Two-Step's The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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"Pretty girls make graves." (Dharma Bums) Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) died 47 years ago yesterday, at the age of 47, his years dead now equaling his years alive.  Here are some songs that refer to him and his work. Alela Diane, We Are Nothing   Jack Kerouac, Tristessa (written 1955-56, first published in 1960), p. 59: … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Songs About Kerouac”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,202,40,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americana","category-kerouac-and-friends","category-literary-matters","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}