R.I.P. Jim Carroll
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Jim Carroll, the punk rocker who spun engrossing tales of his crazy youth into “The Basketball Diaries,” died Friday in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. He was 60 and the cause of death was a heart attack.
“The Basketball Diaries,” reissued to the mass market in 1980 after its 1978 debut, was a huge favorite among college students for its lurid tales about Carroll’s life as a teenage basketball star at an elite Manhattan private school in the ’60s. During his time there, he kept a journal which he packed with poetry and tales of his drug use. In 1995, the book was adapted for the big screen and starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.
Carroll’s music evolved through his poetry and, thanks to help from the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, he got a three-record deal with Atlantic Records. He went on to publish many poetry collections, including “The Book of Nods” (1986) and “Fear of Dreaming” (1993).
“The Basketball Diaries,” reissued to the mass market in 1980 after its 1978 debut, was a huge favorite among college students for its lurid tales about Carroll’s life as a teenage basketball star at an elite Manhattan private school in the ’60s. During his time there, he kept a journal which he packed with poetry and tales of his drug use. In 1995, the book was adapted for the big screen and starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.
Carroll’s music evolved through his poetry and, thanks to help from the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, he got a three-record deal with Atlantic Records. He went on to publish many poetry collections, including “The Book of Nods” (1986) and “Fear of Dreaming” (1993).
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Maybe we will have a song dedicated to him like jeff did for his doctor friend at the chicago 1 show.
That's what I always wondered... seems like maybe he's one of a few the band doesn't mind.
But the rest of us.... watch out, we'd get kicked out and banned, even. :?
EDIT: SO sorry! Disrespectful to Jim Carroll... sorry.
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
I just don't understand where the camera question came from. Now I want to know.
Oh. Look at Lov2rok's signature... his videotaped PJ in Chicago.... hell, even PearlJamOfficial favorited one of his videos.
Go figure. *shrugs*
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
I guess that part of what I don't get. You can have cameras at shows (except for solo shows)
You'd have to think they'd play this once on this upcmoing leg ... and since they aren't playing in NYC, no better place than Seatlle!
C'mon gents ... it would be a nice tribute.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
My apologies.
RIP Jim Carroll
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
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