LAist: "Hey Jack Kerouac" in America's Loneliest City

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:24:29 -0800

Maniacs - I loved "Don't Talk" - such a brilliant band. I'm glad that laist is highlighting LA's history, too many people gloss over any cultural item other than film here. Sure, it's more a reflection of their expectations than of our limitations, but still...it's nice to remind people. And dammit, I wish we still had the red cars! To have lost such a wide ranging transit option in such a short time! Grrrrrr.....

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:32:46 -0800

LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities - yes I think of this quote every time I watch The Hills. Every time I see one of those parties at Les Deux I think of the Taxi Driver quote - "Sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash this scum off the streets." Side note: though set in NY, Taxi Driver was written while Schrader was living in his car on the streets of LA.

kiran

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:31:24 -0800

Great post. 10,000 Maniacs and Natalie Merchant definitely changed my life. Remember 'Whats the matter here?...beautiful I too wonder about what the 17 year olds of today listen to, and how it will shape them...again, great post.

Biffles

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:23:18 -0800

In college on the east coast, I connected to him via "Kerouac" by Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, thinking less of the L.A. connection and more of Kerouac's roots in Lowell, MA.