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JIM CARROLL Praying Mantis [1991]

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James Dennis \"Jim\" Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.

Carroll was of Irish descent and 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 private school Trinity School (New York). He entered Trinity High School in 1964.

Apart from being interested in writing, Carroll was an all-star basketball player throughout his grade school and high school career. He entered the \"Biddy League\" at age 13 and participated in the National High School All Star Game in 1966. During this time, Carroll was living a double life as a heroin addict who prostituted himself to afford his habit, but was also writing poems and attending poetry workshops at St. Mark\'s Poetry Project.

He attended Wagner College and Columbia University.

Carroll attracted the attention of the local literati and 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, and he 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.

Also in 1978, Carroll formed The Jim Carroll Band, a New Wave/punk rock group, with encouragement from Patti Smith. The band was formerly called Amsterdam, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The musicians were Steve Linsley (bass), Wayne Woods (drums), Brian Linsley and Terrell Winn (guitars).

Not a rock & roll album like his three early-\'80s releases with the Jim Carroll Band, 1991\'s Praying Mantis is a spoken word disc recorded live at St. Marks Church in the Bowery. Taking poems and monologues from his collections Living at the Movies (1973), The Book of Nods (1986), and Forced Entries (1987), as well as some new material and a 14-minute improvised monologue/prose poem/rant called \"The Loss of American Innocence,\" Praying Mantis is like a greatest poetry hits collection. Those who aren\'t fans of Carroll\'s Rimbaud/Verlaine-derived poetry will not have their minds changed (indeed, his harsh Noo Yawk accent sometimes obscures the language\'s power), but it\'s pretty essential for fans.



1 Fragment: Little N.Y. Ode Carroll 0:23
2 A Day at the Races [live] Carroll 4:23
3 Times Square\'s Cage [live] Carroll 2:05
4 A Child Growing Up with the Sun [live] Carroll 1:53
5 Tiny Tortures [live] Carroll 11:25
6 To the National Endowment of the Arts [live] Carroll 1:48
7 Terrorist Trousers [live] Carroll 2:37
8 Monologue: The Loss of American Innocence [live] Carroll 13:44
9 For Elizabeth [live] Carroll 2:33
10 Sampling Nietzsche [live] Carroll 0:32
11 Just Visiting [live] Carroll 5:52
12 Praying Mantis Carroll 1:23

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