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Piece Description
This piece is a fantasy look at the relationship between beat author Jack Kerouac and his daughter Jan Michelle Kerouac. The story takes place as Jack passes on from earth and begins his journey to his final destination. Along the way, he comes across a heavenly road way stop where he encounters a wise old mexican waitress who serves Jack a glass of "Memory Merlot". She advises him on his way and helps him deal with the regret of not being a Dad to his only daughter. As Jack proclaims in the story, "I was a Beat Dad, but now that I'm gone, I feel more like a Dead Beat Dad." The mood is dreamlike, idealistic, funny, and sad and yet hopefully redeeming at the end. A dysfunctional relationship between Father and Daughter who passed each other up in life like two ships in the night. The original music in the portions of the background are part of a cd that is available also by request. All songs written and performed are copyright of Ken Girardey.
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Review of Table For Two (Empty Chairs)This one's a real prx story. Ken's an accomplished guitarist and songwriter with a flair for writing. He wanted to write a short story about Jan and Jack, and a search on the web turned up prx and a piece I did here. He read that I had known her. We struck up a correspondance, exchanged CD's and books, and he decided to try a radio piece, which delights me for many reasons. First, he really pierces through that beat-male self-seriousness in a way that is so appropriate to Jan. And as a Dad himself, he strikes just the right note and does just *the right thing* with the ending, from that sorely needed, other point of view - the *dead-beat Dad* we can't hear from. Some beats like to commemorate Jack's passing in October (Gone in October) - and there are other popular anniversaries as well (and why not father's day?). The next time pieces are rounded up for one of those moments, this one should definitely be in there. Good writing, nice voice, full of music, sound, and humor, and truly from the heart. |
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Joseph Dougherty
Posted on July 02, 2007 at 05:37 PM | Permalink
Review of Table For Two (Empty Chairs)
Part beat reverie, part Ken Nordine soundscape, Ken Girardey confidently sculpts music, language and wishful thinking to create a contemplation of loss and regret on the road to eternity. Perfect overnight programming, this passes my test for appropriate audio company on a late night drive across the desert.