kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Mar 27, 2007 2:10:32 GMT -5
Hello one and all. I am posting this here because i believe Shannon and Jim thought a lot alike. They both write a lot of the same idea in sence and theory. I love Jim Carroll as a writer for he is my favorite writer. I love Shannon and Blind Melon as a band for they are my favorite band. So i was just wondering if there are any more Jim fans out there aswell as if anyone else can point out some similarities between the two.  |
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Post by Meredith on Mar 27, 2007 5:40:13 GMT -5
Does Jim have alot of books, I am sad to say that I only know him from "the basketball diaries" and nothing else. I loved that movie!
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kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Mar 27, 2007 17:45:39 GMT -5
Yes he has about 20 books or so.Plus his music and other things.There is a contuation of The Basketball diaries called "The Downtown Diaries" about his struggle in California with drugs ect.He has a lot a lot of poem books.
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Post by Bogo on Mar 27, 2007 20:28:42 GMT -5
I love his writing but I can't honestly say I can think of any similarities except their drug problems
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kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Mar 27, 2007 21:52:32 GMT -5
Well i know what you mean by that.I suggest some of you look up some of Jim's poems and then listen to some BM and see how there writing is very similar.
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Post by verbalpocketplay on Mar 27, 2007 23:01:28 GMT -5
dang, over 20...i knew he wrote poetry, how many are like the basketball diaries? i know there is like a "sequel" to that book but i thought him quitting the drugs was like the redemptive thing about the book.
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kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Mar 28, 2007 0:00:01 GMT -5
Well most of them are poetry books full of poems written by him and by him and patty smith.I thought the same thing about the basketball diaries until yesterday when i found out what the sequel was all about.Eathier way i love his writings.
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Post by Mr. Sexy on Mar 30, 2007 14:25:18 GMT -5
man, they have none of his books in Barrie not even the basketball diaries, but they do in Toronto so i guess it's not that bad... i need to check out some more of his stuff though... any specific ones you like, even poetry ones
cheers, Brad
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kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Apr 6, 2007 17:49:14 GMT -5
Well i understnad what you mean.No liabray in Toronto holds any of his books or poems.They do however hold Patti Smith poems which are the next best things."The basketball diaries" changed my life along with Blind Melon, who dramatically changed my life.I suggest that book and "The Book of Nods" if you can get your hands on it.These books should give you a different perspective on a lot of things in this world.
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Post by mjpm on Apr 8, 2007 16:33:33 GMT -5
maybe not a library, but i know at least one book store down in Toronto that might have a book or two of his...
I really like his music and poetry, i also liked the basketball diaries... next time I'm up in Toronto and have money I'll check it out
peace #peace#
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Post by Bogo on Apr 10, 2007 9:58:44 GMT -5
Maybe its different in canada but over here if you ask them the library can borrow the book from another library.
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kurtqu
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Post by kurtqu on Apr 10, 2007 19:54:01 GMT -5
oh no its the same here.Its just no library in this city with about 150 of them, has any of his books sadly.
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