| Styrofoam – Couches in Alleys (feat. Ben Gibbard) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Jack Kerouac is a writer from the pre-hippie counterculture movement known as "the Beats". He is most famous for his novels On the Road, Visions of Cody, The Dharma Burns, and Big Sur. Kerouac died of cirrhosis in 1969, so I don't think that Ben stayed in a cabin with him ever, let alone while he was writing Narrow Stairs. Lol. But you're right on several counts-- Bixby Canyon Bridge was written about Ben's trip to Big Sur and is full of references to Kerouac's writing and life, and Jack Kerouac is Ben's idol. | |
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