the_gooch Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbYQ1IwSM7Dt_B_gQ_0Wwww0ccngD9AMSQP81 NYT: Jim Carroll, poet and punk rocker, dead at 60 NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. He died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, his ex-wife Rosemary Carroll told the New York Times. In the 1970s, Carroll was a fixture of the burgeoning downtown New York art scene, where he mixed with artists such as Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Larry Rivers and Robert Mapplethorpe. His life was shaped by drug use, which he wrote about extensively. Carroll also published several poetry collections, while his 1980 album, "Catholic Boy," has been hailed as a landmark punk record, and he became known for one of its songs, "People Who Died." But it was "The Basketball Diaries," his autobiographical tale of life as a sports star at Trinity, an elite private high school in Manhattan, that brought him his widest audience. The son of a bar owner, Carroll attended the school on a basketball scholarship. The book, which began life as a journal, was first published in 1978 and then became even more popular, particularly on college campuses, when it was issued as a mass-market paperback two years later. A 1995 movie version starred Leonardo DiCaprio. His poetry career started even earlier. Carroll was in his teens when he first received recognition for his poems, especially "Organic Trains" in 1967 and then "4 Ups and 1 Down" in 1970. Among his other works are collections such as "The Book of Nods" (1986), "Fear of Dreaming" (1993) and "Void of course: Poems 1994-1997" (1998). Carroll left New York in 1973 and moved to California, where he met his future wife Rosemary Klemfuss. They later divorced. It was Smith who encouraged his music, and he formed the Jim Carroll Band. Among his other albums were the less successful "Dry Dreams" (1982) and "I Write Your Name" (1984). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 RIP to a great writer and all around madman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Damn rip, dude ruled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 RIP I remember reading Basketball Diaries when I was really young and just loved his style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CELT Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Detention's song is now complete..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eraserewind Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 spare me if this is too obvious, but "...and out come the wolves" was taken by rancid from a carroll poem, and he recites that verse in the middle of one of that album's songs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 an old interview that someone posted flix of on flickr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 this dude was infamous, one of ny's og's rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belmonts Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 great poet rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 yeah i first got exposure to this dude while in rehab well over 10 years ago....that sucks, dude was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 thread bump. I seen BBall diaries like 15 years ago. I liked it but the shit was depressing. I read the book some time afterward and then Downtown Diaries. Last night the movie was on FLIX. I'm curious. About 3/4 of the way thru the film Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll was on nod in some shooting gallery talking to an older looking junky. Guy was talking about how he was at church and the candle reminded him of cooking his dope and the incense smelled like really good H and how he was addicted to the ritual. Was that actor Jim Carroll? In the scene the lighting was intentionally bad. Prior to last night i never really paid attention to what he looked like. Maybe I seen him on a book cover but i dont remember. Today i got to looking at google image and i think it may be. Then again... i couldnt find anything on the internet that mentions a cameo in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 http://www.catholicboy.com/gallery2/gallery2embedded.php?g2_itemId=321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrasivesaint Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 ohh, i was thinking this was jim hensen, not this dude. i also always confuse basketball diaries with love & basketball. sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 thread bump. I seen BBall diaries like 15 years ago. I liked it but the shit was depressing. I read the book some time afterward and then Downtown Diaries. Last night the movie was on FLIX. I'm curious. About 3/4 of the way thru the film Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll was on nod in some shooting gallery talking to an older looking junky. Guy was talking about how he was at church and the candle reminded him of cooking his dope and the incense smelled like really good H and how he was addicted to the ritual. Was that actor Jim Carroll? In the scene the lighting was intentionally bad. Prior to last night i never really paid attention to what he looked like. Maybe I seen him on a book cover but i dont remember. Today i got to looking at google image and i think it may be. Then again... i couldnt find anything on the internet that mentions a cameo in the movie. Yup that's him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miley Cyrus Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 wait, is this the guy from the office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 No, we're talking about people who died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Its pretty amazing he lasted this long RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac and pc Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 No, we're talking about people who died. i see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 All the people who died, DIED! R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILTER.BFG Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 rip... who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miley Cyrus Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy and Scratchy Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 The basketball diaries was fucking legit! I saw the movie and shit was pretty dope, Leonardo Dicaprio did a good job but the movie was good overall. RIP Jim Carroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pornbooth Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 rizzip fo shizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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