Comments on: The great punk poet Jim Carroll has died. http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: eniksleestack http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587271 eniksleestack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587271 Terrible news. I met him once about 10 years ago at a book reading at CSU Fullerton. Really nice, down to earth guy with a great mind and great sense of humor. He will be missed. Terrible news. I met him once about 10 years ago at a book reading at CSU Fullerton. Really nice, down to earth guy with a great mind and great sense of humor. He will be missed.

]]> By: StRevAlex http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587272 StRevAlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587272 I really liked his collaborations with Blue Oyster Cult and Boz Scaggs, among many others. They're worth checking out, def. I really liked his collaborations with Blue Oyster Cult and Boz Scaggs, among many others. They’re worth checking out, def.

]]> By: iris http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587284 iris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587284 Now he's a person that died, died. (Too early?) Now he’s a person that died, died.

(Too early?)

]]> By: maoinhibitor http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587285 maoinhibitor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587285 If I could break through I could be certain But this obsession is like some fiery curtain All the numbers reduced to zero And those who died young, they are my heroes They are my heroes, they took the walk Where the heart made sense and the mind can't talk If I could break through I could be certain
But this obsession is like some fiery curtain
All the numbers reduced to zero
And those who died young, they are my heroes
They are my heroes, they took the walk
Where the heart made sense and the mind can’t talk

]]> By: oxymoron69 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587292 oxymoron69 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587292 The Basketball Diaries the movie and book changed my life. The Basketball Diaries the movie and book changed my life.

]]> By: togetherless http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587293 togetherless Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587293 His song People Who Died always makes me smile in the sad, ironic way I think he probably intended. His song People Who Died always makes me smile in the sad, ironic way I think he probably intended.

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587295 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587295 Yesterday, one of my GF's kittens died of fading kitten syndrome, and i started singing the "died died" song, except enumerating all the deaths of cats i've been close to over the years. I didn't learn that Jim died until a few hours ago and now i feel strangely culpable. Yesterday, one of my GF’s kittens died of fading kitten syndrome, and i started singing the “died died” song, except enumerating all the deaths of cats i’ve been close to over the years.

I didn’t learn that Jim died until a few hours ago and now i feel strangely culpable.

]]> By: berutt http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587296 berutt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587296 "You get nothin' back for all you've saved Just eternity in a spacious grave" Jim will be deeply missed. “You get nothin’ back for all you’ve saved
Just eternity in a spacious grave”

Jim will be deeply missed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587298 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587298 Loved 'Catholic Boy' -- was especially important in my formative years. First concert I ever saw was his band opening for the Boomtown Rats in 1981(?). Peace to him. Loved ‘Catholic Boy’ — was especially important in my formative years. First concert I ever saw was his band opening for the Boomtown Rats in 1981(?).
Peace to him.

]]> By: wizardofplum http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587308 wizardofplum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587308 Did not know the boy but I will always eulogise a poet and so.... But I was young and did not know, That life is but the ebb and flow, Of love's sharp shaft and reason's doubt. That at life's end, adds up to nowt. Now the Yorkies in this thread will understand the use of 'nowt'.Others may guess but us lads know exactly the sentiment.I loathe rhyming couplets but in deference to the laddie I offer my poor offering. Did not know the boy but I will always eulogise a poet and so….

But I was young and did not know,
That life is but the ebb and flow,
Of love’s sharp shaft and reason’s doubt.
That at life’s end, adds up to nowt.

Now the Yorkies in this thread will understand the use of ‘nowt’.Others may guess but us lads know exactly the sentiment.I loathe rhyming couplets but in deference to the laddie I offer my poor offering.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-714042 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-714042 Marty Watt is living in Mohegan Lake, New York, apparently quite settled down. www.myspace.com/333631813 Cheers. Marty Watt is living in Mohegan Lake, New York, apparently quite settled down.

http://www.myspace.com/333631813

Cheers.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587332 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587332 How awful. His books and music meant a lot to me when I read them so many years ago. I will miss him. How awful. His books and music meant a lot to me when I read them so many years ago. I will miss him.

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-588368 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588368 At one of his readings, my friend Brian got a phone call from a friend of ours. The whole room glared at Brian's lack of tact as he talked aloud and interrupted the reading, but when Brian said, "What?!? You're in jail? We can't bail you out until after we leave the show," Jim Carroll was the only one laughing. At one of his readings, my friend Brian got a phone call from a friend of ours. The whole room glared at Brian’s lack of tact as he talked aloud and interrupted the reading, but when Brian said, “What?!? You’re in jail? We can’t bail you out until after we leave the show,” Jim Carroll was the only one laughing.

]]> By: black_rabbit_queen http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587348 black_rabbit_queen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587348 I saw him back in the day at the Fab Mab in SF, it was an amazing show. Here's a great tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4pThQ4nXUQ I saw him back in the day at the Fab Mab in SF, it was an amazing show.

Here’s a great tribute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4pThQ4nXUQ

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587364 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587364 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsm9e4KDFFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsm9e4KDFFI

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587620 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587620 Catholic Boy is just one of the best albums ever made. A work of art. Still listen to it. Still sounds fresh. Catholic Boy is just one of the best albums ever made. A work of art. Still listen to it. Still sounds fresh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587625 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587625 I'm gonna miss Jim Carroll, but our lives were richer for knowing who he was in the first place. P.S. the people who died snark is well a coping mechanisim. If you made a ST reference, then things might've gotten ugly. I’m gonna miss Jim Carroll, but our lives were richer for knowing who he was in the first place.

P.S. the people who died snark is well a coping mechanisim. If you made a ST reference, then things might’ve gotten ugly.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587370 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587370 @3 I don't think so - I'm sure he'd appreciate it. @3 I don’t think so – I’m sure he’d appreciate it.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587374 edgore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587374 @black_rabbit_queen I was at that show too - spoken word at the mab - and it broke my heart to listen to it. It's breaking again...he is one of the people that has had a deep, deep effect on my life. @black_rabbit_queen

I was at that show too – spoken word at the mab – and it broke my heart to listen to it.

It’s breaking again…he is one of the people that has had a deep, deep effect on my life.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-588157 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588157 For those of you curious about "People Who Died" in ET. It was playing on the radio when the kids were having pizza before Elliot found ET. It was also used in the remake of the "Dawn of the Dead" movie. I was friends his band before Jim asked them to be his band. He was a nice man who lived a hard life. I was sorry to hear that he died. For those of you curious about “People Who Died” in ET. It was playing on the radio when the kids were having pizza before Elliot found ET. It was also used in the remake of the “Dawn of the Dead” movie. I was friends his band before Jim asked them to be his band. He was a nice man who lived a hard life. I was sorry to hear that he died.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587667 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587667 Just curious, but what are they talking about in this excerpt from the NYT article: "Like Lou Reed, he had a mesmerizing power, evident on songs like “People Who Died” from “Catholic Boy,” a poetic litany of his dead friends that became a hit on college radio and part of the soundtrack for “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.”" Don't remember "People who Died" being in that movie and can't find it listed in any track listing for the OST of ET. Am I missing something? RIP Jim! Just curious, but what are they talking about in this excerpt from the NYT article:

“Like Lou Reed, he had a mesmerizing power, evident on songs like “People Who Died” from “Catholic Boy,” a poetic litany of his dead friends that became a hit on college radio and part of the soundtrack for “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.””

Don’t remember “People who Died” being in that movie and can’t find it listed in any track listing for the OST of ET. Am I missing something?

RIP Jim!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-942486 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-942486 Does Drew Barrymore know that song People Who Died? it was in the E.T Scene where The boys were playing a game called Dungens & Drangons and they told Henry Thomas to order the pizza also it was played where the kids were getting ready to get on the bus the kids were teasing and they called Elliot a name they called Elliot a cintus suprimus. Does Drew Barrymore know that song People Who Died?
it was in the E.T Scene where The boys were playing a game called Dungens & Drangons and they told Henry Thomas to order the pizza also it was played where the kids were getting ready to get on the bus the kids were teasing and they called Elliot a name they called Elliot a cintus suprimus.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587690 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587690 The ET Soundtrack bit is also mentioned in <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26072143-16947,00.html">this article</a>, but from the wording of most of that article, it's just a rip and mash up of the NYT article. The ET Soundtrack bit is also mentioned in this article, but from the wording of most of that article, it’s just a rip and mash up of the NYT article.

]]> By: JoeDando http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-588463 JoeDando Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588463 Aw, dude. "I write your name With thick blue ink On stones I throw just to watch 'em sink" -I Write Your Name The world has lost an incredible poet. Here's to remembering one whose name was not writ upon water, but upon the stones that dwell there. Aw, dude.

“I write your name
With thick blue ink
On stones I throw just to watch ‘em sink”

-I Write Your Name

The world has lost an incredible poet. Here’s to remembering one whose name was not writ upon water, but upon the stones that dwell there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587700 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587700 His writing made such an impact on me. I had the pleasure to see him play in Vancouver, BC--and I treasure that performance. Catholic Boy is one of the 5 vinyl albums I kept, for the music of course, and Annie Liebovitz's phenomenal cover photo. Adieu, Jim!! His writing made such an impact on me. I had the pleasure to see him play in Vancouver, BC–and I treasure that performance. Catholic Boy is one of the 5 vinyl albums I kept, for the music of course, and Annie Liebovitz’s phenomenal cover photo. Adieu, Jim!!

]]> By: Maddy http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587706 Maddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587706 Day and Night should have been a huge pop hit, it was my favorite song from Catholic Boy. Had a great guitar riff to open. Here's a beat-up version of it from Fridays (the show that launched Larry David) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq30WdtEsww Day and Night should have been a huge pop hit, it was my favorite song from Catholic Boy. Had a great guitar riff to open. Here’s a beat-up version of it from Fridays (the show that launched Larry David)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq30WdtEsww

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-587710 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587710 He lasted surprisingly long, given the life that he lived. The movie of <i>The Basketball Diaries</i> was a little too afterschool-specialish for me, but the book was fantastic. He lasted surprisingly long, given the life that he lived. The movie of The Basketball Diaries was a little too afterschool-specialish for me, but the book was fantastic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-589773 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589773 Anyone remember Jim in Tuff Turf with James Spader cast as a misfit James Dean character? That played at a movie theatre a friend worked at and we would sneak in and watch it all the time. We thought Spader was the next James Dean. Jim has speaking lines and plays People Who Died and Its too Late. Anyone remember Jim in Tuff Turf with James Spader cast as a misfit James Dean character? That played at a movie theatre a friend worked at and we would sneak in and watch it all the time. We thought Spader was the next James Dean. Jim has speaking lines and plays People Who Died and Its too Late.

]]> By: Lex10 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-588008 Lex10 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588008 But what of the other great punk poet <a href="http://relivethe80s.com/pix/watt.htm">Marty Watt?</a> But what of the other great punk poet Marty Watt?

]]> By: John Francis http://boingboing.net/2009/09/13/the-great-punk-poet.html#comment-620274 John Francis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-620274 Wendays and Friday nights at St. Marks Place Then to the YWCA for our god, Burroughs. easy times and running. miss tem miss him John Francis Season I.H. Wendays and Friday nights at St. Marks Place
Then to the YWCA for our god, Burroughs.
easy times and running.
miss tem miss him
John Francis
Season I.H.

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