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Jim Carroll -- prototypical NYC punk-rocker, Basketball Diaries scribe, and CBGB poet The Best Costumes of laureate -- died of a heart attack Friday night. He was 60. Lots of intense eulogies will follow New York Anime Fest in the days to come: He's an excellent jumping-off point for an "Old New York City vs. New 2009 New York City" screed, the danger and grit and volatility we've lost, and how much we should miss it. (No question Carroll is irreplaceable, and if this news gives you the powerful urge to hear a hot-shit live band blaze through "People Who Died," the Drive-By Truckers are your ticket.) But the first last word here should come from Jim himself: It'll hit hard right about now, but "8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain" is the way to go. Closing statement: "That is always the cost/As Frank said/Of a young artist's remorseless passion/Which starts out as a kiss/And follows like a curse." R.I.P. September 2009 in Related Content Photos (NSFW) Related Stories... More About... » More Galleries Hip-Hop's New No Wave Jim Carroll August 29, 2006 CBGB 'Blackened Music Series' Kurt Cobain Most September 15, 2009 Drive-By Truckers Recent Commented Viewed Jim Carroll, 1949-2009 September 14, 2009 Interview: WFMU's Tom News Roundup: Kurt Cobain Turned Guitar Hero Zombie, Aziz Ansari Scharpling on His http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/09/jim_carroll_195.php#comments Page 1 of 5 Jim Carroll, 1949-2009 - New York Music - Sound of the City 10/1/09 Thu 10/1, 9:20 PM

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