RIP Jim Carroll............................?

Question

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books/14carroll.html?_r=1

BQ: favorite jim carroll song?
bq2:opinion of the movie adaptation of basketball diaries?


To be completely honest, I am not very familiar with Jim Carroll, but this article was interesting.
I liked BBD

Answer 1

Btw I have to finish my edit about my assessment of those links of those 2 bands you posted. I had to answer this q because of the sad news you mentioned on it. Of which I'd have to say that's very sad, He's definitely one of the guys I wanted to meet. He's definitely one of the guys from the old school New York Punk community that goes way back.

BQ Not totally sure unfortunately, because some albums, eps and 12"s I still have to replace that was stolen along with a car battery while I was at a party. At first I thought, maybe I had something missing or my mind's playing tricks on me, but I remembered oh crap where was all the vinyl I had in that car. Other people at that party had things including car batteries stolen too. Guess what? The car I was driving at that time was an old blue clunker thing and definitely not the best car I had, but leave it to theives to get the most valuable stuff aboout the car at the time which was the vinyl I stupidly left inside. I will say while I like that "People who died" song of his, I hear that one too much if you know what I mean and sometimes that song's depressing & there's other songs of his I like too such as these especially-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdftnLhRCuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1qVKyidDPg

BQ2 Tell you the truth I didn't know that's what that film was, so now I'm going to have to see it.

I will say part of how I also knew Jim Carroll was around the old school scene as long as he had been was because of this book -

http://www.lawgirl.com/interview3.shtml

That book was an extremely both funny and sad read and btw it's also how I found out about that band I mentioned about to you that Stiv Bators had with Johnny Thunders and Dee Dee Ramone, that I found out later after I read that book, that their group they had together was called the Whores of Babylon. One thing I can tell you that it also mentioned was that Jim Morrison did not get a bj from Nico as Oliver Stone falsely exaggerated about in the Doors movie, because a guy that was interviewed in that book that was really there told what really happened. Anyway I'd advise that you read that book also, it's a great book. I was going to say I definitely recommend that you try out Jim Carroll's music, you know I have an open mind for a lot of different kinds of music and with all the music out there, I'm not always impressed by a lot of junk out there. Definitely read that book too. You'll probably see what I mean about all the funny & sad stuff in that book. Rest in Peace Jim.

Answer 2

rip jim. a number of my fave punk songs: ever fallen in love ~ buzzcocks shot with the help of the two factors ~ magazine into the valley ~ the skids no time to be 21 ~ the commercials public image ~ public image ltd she's so cutting-part ~ boomtown rats on the sting ~ stiff little arms whats my call ~ the conflict california sunlight ~ ramones 11:fifty 9 ~ blondie finding for a kiss ~ long island dolls teenage kicks ~ undertones

Answer 3

I enjoyed the movie Basketball Diaries, I can't say I was a fan of his poetry or music though.



RIP

Answer 4

Wow. I had no idea who he was till you asked this question and for that I want to thank you =)



He definately seems like someone whos life I would be very interested in learning about.



I loved the Movie now I want to read the book.



Great Question and thank you again for posting it =)

Answer 5

I only remember "People Who Died," and I truly wasn't impressed enough with that to listen to any of his other music.



Regarding "The Basketball Diaries," when I was in college one of my literature classes had a joint project with a nearby high school where we had to give them a book to read and they had to give us one. One of the high school girls (this was a Catholic high school, mind you) gave her partner in my college class "The Basketball Diaries" and my classmate refused to read it. She couldn't get past the first chapter.