Jim Carroll in 2007.

Jim Carroll (born August 1, 1950 in New York City) is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a film in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 6. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 6. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 book written by American author Jim Carroll, in which he chronicles the decline of a promising young, white basketball player in New York City in the 1960s. ... The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 film based on the book of the same name by Jim Carroll. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. ...

Background

Raised in New York City, Carroll attended Roman Catholic grammar schools from 1955 to 1963. In fall 1963, he entered public school, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity High School (a private school). He entered Trinity High School in 1964. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

Apart from being interested in writing, Carroll was a passionate basketball player throughout his grade school and middle school career. He entered the "Biddy League" at age 13 and participated in the National High School All Star Game in 1966, hence the title of his most famous book. This article is about the sport. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...

As a teenager, Carroll was a heroin addict who sometimes allegedly prostituted himself to afford his habit. The Basketball Diaries, an edited version of his journal from that time, concerns his life in New York City's hard drug culture and his struggle to rid himself of his addiction. For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ... A male prostitute (or rent boy (UK)/hustler (US)) is a sex worker or prostitute who earns money by providing sexual services to clients. ... Drug subcultures are examples of countercultures, primarily defined by recreational drug use. ...

Carroll published his first book, Organic Trains, at age 17. Several of his poems have been published in such magazines as Paris Review and Poetry. In 1970, his second collection of poems, 4 Ups and 1 Down was published. That same year, Carroll started working for Andy Warhol. At first, he was writing film dialogue and inventing character names; later on, Carroll worked as the co-manager of Warhol's Theater. Carroll's first above-ground publication, the collection Living At The Movies was published in 1973. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who was a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...

He formed The Jim Carroll Band, a New Wave/punk rock group, in 1980. Their biggest commercial success was the single "People Who Died," from their debut album, Catholic Boy. He has also collaborated with many influential punk and hard rock musicians, including Lou Reed, Blue Öyster Cult, Boz Scaggs, Pearl Jam and Rancid. New Wave was a pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Catholic Boy (1980) is an album by The Jim Carroll Band. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Lou Reed, born Lewis Allen Reed[1] March 2, 1942, is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2007. ... Boz Scaggs album cover Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Rancid is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ...

Since publication of The Basketball Diaries, Carroll has made a career of reading his previous work. His readings are entertaining and border on performance art. As of 2006 he is still at work on his first novel, tentatively titled The Petting Zoo. The book has been in the works for well over a decade and is apparently near completion.

Books

Poetry

Jim Carroll Seattle, WA (September 2000) Photo by Eric Thompson

• Organic Trains (1967)
• 4 Ups and 1 Down (1970)
• Living at the Movies (1972)
• The Book of Nods (1986)
• Fear of Dreaming (1993)
• Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997 (1998) ISBN 0-14-058909-0

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Diaries/Prose

• The Basketball Diaries (1978)
• Forced Entries (1987)

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Books influenced by Jim Carroll

• Only Skin Deep, George Kimball (1968)
• The Crow, James O'Barr (1981)
• Wonderland Avenue, Danny Sugerman (1989)
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie (1993)
• Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh (1993)
• The Acid House, Irvine Welsh (1994) ISBN 0-393-31280-1
• Twelve, Nick McDonell (2002)

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Albums

Music by Jim Carroll and the Jim Carroll Band

• Catholic Boy (1980)
• Dry Dreams (1982)
• I Write Your Name (1983)
• Best of The JC Band (1993)
• Pools of Mercury (1998)
• Runaway EP (2000)

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Spoken word/lecture

• Rimbaud Lectures (1978)
• Naropa Institute (1986)
• Praying Mantis (1991)
• The Basketball Diaries (1994)
• Curtis's Charm (1996)
• Pools of Mercury (1998)

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Music done in collaboration

• Club Ninja, Blue Öyster Cult (1986)
• Other Roads, Boz Scaggs (1988)
• Between Thought and Expression, Lou Reed (1992)
• ...And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid (1995)
• Feeling You Up, Truly (1997)
• Yes I Ram, Jon Tiven Group (1999)

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Compilations and soundtracks featuring Carroll

• Tuff Turf Soundtrack (1985)
• Back to the Streets: Celebrating the Music of Don Covay (1993)
• Sedated In The Eighties (1993)
• New Wave Dance Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 6 (1994)
• The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack (1995)
• WBCN Naked 2000 (2000)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)

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Covers

• Viva Zapata, 7 Year Bitch (1994)
• Put Your Tongue to the Rail, various artists (1999)

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Trivia

Carroll can be heard ordering double Pernods and inquiring about Tuinol on The Velvet Underground's 1972 live album Live at Max's Kansas City, based on an audience recording made by Brigid Polk. Carroll was holding the microphone. Tuinal is the brand name of a combination drug composed of two barbiturate salts (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal proportions. ... This article is about the rock band. ... // Many successful recording artists release at least one live album at some point during their career. ... Live at Maxs Kansas City is a live album by The Velvet Underground. ... For other uses, see Bootleg. ... Brigid Berlin (also known as Brigid Polk, born September 6, 1939) is an artist and former Warhol superstar. ... Microphones redirects here. ...

External links

• Catholicboy.com - Please Note: Catholicboy.com is NOT the official site, she even admits that in the faq
• {{WiredForBooks|jimcarroll|1986 interview with Jim Carroll] by [[Don Swaim]}}