Indie rock lyricist guys love Jack Kerouac. Just ask Craig Finn. Or 10,000 Maniacs. Gibbard was in Beat-y Big Sur working on songs for Narrow Stairs. We've already heard, and discussed the length of, "I Will Possess Your Heart." Now you can discuss the length of this article Gibbard wrote, using Kerouac as a way to enter a larger discussion ...