Jim Carroll, poet and musician, died of a heart attack in his apartment on September 11.

Most of those who loved his work that I knew found out about this on Facebook last night; I don't know how early it had been reported. There is a sense of second hand news in this; though this is a musician's passing which means a lot to me. 

The Jim Carroll Band's first album, which was the first album that Jim Carroll released, was called Catholic Boy, which came out in 1980. It was simultaneously adored and loathed by many people, for being so forthright in combining poetry and punk-inspired rock. As it was often described in its time, it was raw like The Ramones and its lyrics reflected the milieu of Carroll's peers, including Patti Smith and Lou Reed.

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I realized this is one of my ultimate "bad mood day" songs. Any other suggestions here?

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