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James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) [1] was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.
Catholic Boy. Catholic Boy (1980) is the debut album by The Jim Carroll Band, led by Jim Carroll, who is notable for publishing the 1978 memoir The Basketball Diaries, and poetry collections including Living at the Movies. They were able to secure a recording contract with Atlantic Records with the support of the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards.
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film. The movie deals with drug addiction and its unfavorable outcome in lives of common people. [2] Directed by Scott Kalvert [3] in his feature directorial debut and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by Jim Carroll.
The book was made into a film of the same name in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll and Mark Wahlberg as Mickey. Roger Ebert noted in his 1995 review of the adaptation that Carroll's original memoir "struck a personal note, of a kid who despite his suffering tried to turn his experience into poetry".
Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973. The Downtown Diaries is a book written by Jim Carroll depicting his life from the years 1971 to 1973. While the book was called The Downtown Diaries, it was not a literal diary, such as The Basketball Diaries. Carroll had stated that most of Forced Entries was written by memory and may or may ...
The album consists of 13 tracks of original material, plus covers of David Bowie's ""Heroes"", Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory", and The Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died". English guitarist Jeff Beck features on the song "Welcome to Bushwackers". Critical reception
Died three days after live broadcast of the 13th episode. Ripley's friends and associates filled in as presenters for the remainder of the first season. Robert St. John took over as host for the second season. The series' final episode was on October 5, 1950, more than a year-and-a-half following Ripley's death. Don "Creesh" Hornsby
Rep. Mary Morrissey, R-Bennington, 67, issued the apology on Monday, June 17, to her Democratic district-mate Rep. Jim Carroll during the Vermont House’s veto override session, saying she is ...