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R.I.P. Jim Carroll

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:37 pm
by Paco Del Stinko
Geez, I just heard about this. Maybe more relevant to older folks, but plenty of people know of The Basketball Diaries, which I must've read five times in high school. Give it a read, disturbing and fascinating. Some good tunes, and great lyrics in the Patti Smith type vein, People Who Died and It's too Late are definitely classics.

Re: R.I.P. Jim Carroll

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:03 am
by irwin
Heard about it this morning from ujn on the chatroom.

I heard People Who Died on the radio in my yout and it blew my mind, compared to most other stuff that was being played at the time.

RIP Jim.

Re: R.I.P. Jim Carroll

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:22 am
by JonPorobil
A local alternative station here played "People Who Died" in commemoration of his death. I'd never heard it before, but it really struck a chord with me. Plus, it felt really creepy, given the context.