kerouac says

i love pirates. they come second to robots, but they're pretty great. when pirates of the caribbean came out, the monkey and i were in edinburgh and we went to see it partly because we needed a vacation from our scotland experience and partly because it's cool to see movies in other countries.

i loved that johnny depp. in a disney movie, he goes craftily apeshit in order to create this weirdo, genre-busting pirate. and today? i learned that he based the character on keith richards.

i'm slain.