R.I.P Jim Carroll

chak · 09-14-2009, 11:48 AM

post your favorite videos or jim carroll stories here, if you have them

i got to see him do a poetry reading in Redondo Beach, CA once and it was pretty great.

New York punk poet Jim Carroll dead at 60 | The Australian
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He whose most well-known song was "People Who Died" has died. Poet, singer/songwriter, spokesman for a generation, Jim Carroll passed away in his home while working (writing). A heart attack took him from us on Friday, September 11, 2009. He was 60 years old.

Dave Treganna, Dave Parsons, Jim Carroll and Stiv Bators, NYC, 1981

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carroll
catholicboy.com/

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 11:51 AM

Damn.

I got to see him do some spoken word once as well, in Boston shortly after Basketball Diaries came out. He was great and surprisingly very funny.

Edit: Man, Stiv Bators looks like shit in that photo.

chak · 09-14-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Damn.

I got to see him do some spoken word once as well, in Boston shortly after Basketball Diaries came out. He was great and surprisingly very funny.

Edit: Man, Stiv Bators looks like shit in that photo.

yeah, Stiv is lookin rough there.... lol. he was a crazy mofo too

can't imagine what kinds of things those two got up to together....

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chak

yeah, Stiv is lookin rough there.... lol. he was a crazy mofo too

can't imagine what kinds of things those two got up to together....

Heroin, blowjobs, the usual for that NYC punk crowd.

chak · 09-14-2009, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Heroin, blowjobs, the usual for that NYC punk crowd.

so true....

here is a good Carroll memory from "Please Kill Me"

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chak

so true....

here is a good Carroll memory from "Please Kill Me"

Heh. That's such a great book.

million dollar basher · 09-14-2009, 02:51 PM

Wow,
I had no idea he passed. The trippy part is that for some reason I had burned a copy of "Catholic Boy" for a co-worker on September 9th--or somewhere in that ballpark. Strange timing. Somebody needs to cover "People who died" and ammend it to include Carroll. Perhaps I'll work on that--maybe I'll throw a recording up on MB.

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by million dollar basher

Somebody needs to cover "People who died" and ammend it to include Carroll. Perhaps I'll work on that--maybe I'll throw a recording up on MB.

LOL. This is the best idea I've heard all week.

chak · 09-15-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

LOL. This is the best idea I've heard all week.

2nd

i have a feeling he would approve wholeheartedly....

million dollar basher · 09-16-2009, 01:22 AM

Then it's settled:

I'll start working on it this weekend when I can put off doing homework until Sunday.

My vocals won't do it justice, but I think it'll be very fun and very appropriate.

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chak Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 30	R.I.P Jim Carroll post your favorite videos or jim carroll stories here, if you have them i got to see him do a poetry reading in Redondo Beach, CA once and it was pretty great. New York punk poet Jim Carroll dead at 60 \| The Australian --------------------------------------- He whose most well-known song was "People Who Died" has died. Poet, singer/songwriter, spokesman for a generation, Jim Carroll passed away in his home while working (writing). A heart attack took him from us on Friday, September 11, 2009. He was 60 years old. Dave Treganna, Dave Parsons, Jim Carroll and Stiv Bators, NYC, 1981 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carroll catholicboy.com/ Last edited by chak; 09-14-2009 at 12:06 PM.

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million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	Wow, I had no idea he passed. The trippy part is that for some reason I had burned a copy of "Catholic Boy" for a co-worker on September 9th--or somewhere in that ballpark. Strange timing. Somebody needs to cover "People who died" and ammend it to include Carroll. Perhaps I'll work on that--maybe I'll throw a recording up on MB.

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million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	Then it's settled: I'll start working on it this weekend when I can put off doing homework until Sunday. My vocals won't do it justice, but I think it'll be very fun and very appropriate.