From a Diary, 1962 (0:35)
Recorded for Dial-A-Poem on March 30, 1969 (when Carroll was
19), this is the earliest spoken-word recording I know of. The
excerpt is from a longer recording which can be found on the Giorno
Poetry Systems albums The Dial-A-Poem Poets (1972) and
You're a Hook: The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem (1983).
This diary is published in the Winter 1966 section of The Basketball Diaries (pages 157-59 in Penguin editions).
Unpublished Diary (1:13)
Recorded live at St. Mark's Church, New York, NY, 13 February 1973
Carroll reads a basketball diary not included in the published
book. This diary is dated 8/8/65, the day after the "Celia
Sisters" entry. It was published only in Adventures in
Poetry, July 1968.
"For Gregory Corso" (2:07)
Recorded live at the Benefit
for Gregory Corso at St.
Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery,
New York, NY,
26 April 2001
"Summary Experiment" (0:31)
Recorded live at the
Bowery Poetry Club,
New York, NY,
25 October 2002
Here Carroll premiers his latest innovation, a technique similar
to the cutup method using MS Word's "auto summarize"
feature.
"Sick Bird" (1:30)
Recorded live at First
Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN,
18 June 1996 Check out this page for interesting
details about this poem!
Here is a shorter version (0:25)
"The Loft Party" (2:14)
Recorded live at Cafe Largo,
Hollywood, CA
14 March 1991
This piece appears on pages 101-110 of Forced Entries. Jim
meets William S. Burroughs for the first time. This selection
features Carroll's Burroughs impression.
"Limbo" (0:27)
Recorded live at The Back Door, San Diego State University,
San Diego, CA
13 November 1987
This piece appears on pages 55-56 in Forced Entries.
Monologues
The Raven (1:17)
A monologue describing a section of Carroll's novel-in-progress,
tentatively titled The Petting Zoo.
Recorded live at Cafe Largo,
Hollywood, CA,
14 March 1991
The
protagonist meets the raven Noah released from the ark to
discover land before releasing the dove . . .
"The Loss of American Innocence" (0:58)
Recorded live at Cafe Largo, Hollywood, CA,
14 March 1991
This
is the end of the monologue as the story will appear in The
Petting Zoo. It is substantially different from the monlogue
as it appears on Praying Mantis. If
you haven't heard "The Loss of American Innocence"
on Praying Mantis, DON'T
listen to this clip until you do. To get the full effect,
you must hear the entire monologue!
Carroll
Talks About His Work
Carroll talks about his rise to fame (0:45)
From Interview, April 1995
Carroll talks about his new novel (0:33)
From Praying Mantis
Carroll's
First Rock 'n' Roll Performance (with Patti Smith)
Recorded live at the California Theater,
San Diego, CA,
15 May 1978 Patti Smith introduces Carroll (0:29)
Jim Carroll & Patti Smith (0:31)
"Wicked Gravity" (0:55)
The Jim Carroll Band performing the song from Catholic Boy.
Recorded live at the Bottom Line, New York, NY
22 December 1980
"I Want the Angel" (1:16)
Spoken version of the song from Catholic Boy.
Recorded Live at The Back Door, San Diego State University,
San Diego, CA,
13 November 1987
Covers
Covers of "People Who Died"
Here are some unique covers of Carroll's most famous
song.
"Heroin," from