Kerouac couldn’t write the stuff that I throw in the waste basket!

And Hank Moody is a douche!

HC Bukowski, Jr

Gibbard is one gigantic cliche. Him living in Keroauc’s Big Sur cabin is like Ashley Simpson dressed in blackface singing “Strange Fruit.” Makes me sick.

Ben Gibbard is god.

Its Ben. I’m sure he’ll put together something good. He’s got a way with music.

hummm… sounds like something someone named craig finn from a band called the hold steady would do…write an album based on a book by Jack Kerouac “boys and girls in america.” Only I’m sure Finn Does it better. Try something original Gibbard!

Columbus, YOU make me sick. There are a lot of things that SHOULD make a person sick. This isn’t one of those things. MY guess is that a lot of things make you sick. I have written novels in places frequented by my literary heroes. It gave me a natural high.

What says ye?

Ben Gibbard needs to stop taking himself so seriously. He’s not Kerouac, he’s hardly a legend, and those creepy Chester-the-Molester glasses just go to show that he’s as trapped in the spokes of the current Trend Wheel as most the rest of America. Maybe he should just slap himself silly and take a good, long look in the mirror. If the lifestyle is killing him maybe it’s time to get out. That could be the best lesson Kerouac’s legacy could teach him.

we should all just try to be nice;
not let a man that we don’t like affect our lives.

i love ben gibbard.
wonderful song writer.

if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all!

alright, lets lay this down.

gibbard isnt trying to be kerouac, he isn’t retreading the same tracks as other songwriters because he heard it and thought it was a good idea. i think the half of you giving him shit are a bunch of twats who need to try and write some of the shit he comes up with. find something better to do then rip someone who has had a much more successful career than you will ever have while doing it through hard work and not giving a shit what douchebags like you say about it

Whatever you’re feelings about Mr. Gibbard’s music or Mr. Kerouac’s writing, lets just clear up one fact the brief article distorts: Kerouac didn’t write the book AT Big Sur; that’s only where the events of the novel took place. He actually wrote it some time later during a trip to Mexico City.

this gibbard fellow needs to hop off jack’s dick or cabins for that matter

Ben Gibbard obviously feels a connection to Kerouac as im sure many who read his work would…like Kerouac, Gibbard feels like theres something missing…something more…and through writing/singing a sense of accomplishment is there but that sometimes is still not enough. I already listened to the album and its extremely good and puts the Kerouac feeling in every song he does.

I love a lot of Death Cab for Cutie’s music. I think its good that Ben Gibbard is exploring different inspirations. I personally have never read Big Sur or On the Road but I have read Visions of Cody and Dharma Bums, two of the most amazing books I have ever read, absolutely life changing. Jack Kerouac had such a fantastic way with words and writing. It would be interesting to hear the influence he could have on Death Cab’s music. It could be a flop, but come on, give the guy a chance. What album is it?