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Coast to Coast AM united states" I can't find a single connection. Bill Handel $400 million computers Los Angeles Daily News $460 mil lausd budget cuts Maybe you can enlighten us, Mr. Stay on Topic! Fishwrap of Record $700 million budget deficit September 13, 2009 11:28 PM LA Weekly 100 days Los Angeles Downtown News 11% Drudge 110 freeway California Media Guide Michael Higby said: 15 Glendale News-Press 1776 Sorry that he died but no-one cares. Unless you have his position on Long Beach Press-Telegram 1933 griffith park fire the DWP pipe breaks. Anyway this is a guy who sold blow jobs in the Los Angeles La Opinion 1956 bathroom in Times Square station. Los Angeles Metropolitan 1964 News-Enterprise 1978 Well maybe Larry Craig might be interested. Ontario Inland Valley Daily 1988 September 13, 2009 11:55 PM Bulletin 1st amendment Orange County Register 2005 mayoral election Palmdale Antelope Valley 2008 Press 2008 election conference Dope Fiend Poker said: Pasadena Star-News 2008 presidential election In 1978 I lived at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. One afternoon I Riverside Press-Enterprise heard a knock on my door. When I opened it there stood a tall, 2008 economic stimululs Sacramento Bee check drugged out looking, skinny guy about my age with stringy red hair. Santa Clarita Signal 2008 election With him were two other guys that were larger and even scarier Torrance Daily Breeze 2009 looking than him. West Covina San Gabriel 2009 general election With a fast talking New York accent and a desperate tone the red Valley Tribune 2009 mayoral election headed one held up an LP and blasted into this rapid fire sales pitch: Whittier Daily News 2009 presidential inauguration "Listen, I know you don't know me but my name is Jim Carroll and I KABC 7 2009 primary election have a band called The Jim Carroll Band and I am on Rolling Stones KCBS 2 2009-2010 city budget Records and Tapes. I have a single coming out next month called KTTV 11 2010 attorney general's race "People Who Died". I just this minute got back from England and KCAL 9 2010 census what I have here in my hand is a copy of the new Rolling Stones KMEX 34 2012 presidential election album called "Some Girls". This THE ONLY COPY THAT EXISTS IN THE KNBC 4 2oo8 presidential campaign UNITED STATES. I haven't even heard it. Nobody has heard it, not one KCET 28 311 single person in the U.S. has heard it, but YOU can be the first. My KCOP 13 32 congressional district only question to you is: DO YOU HAVE A STEREO?" KTLA 5 420 Now wait a second, yes I had a stereo, a very nice one as a matter of Daily Bruin 45th assembly district central fact. More importantly I also had a fair amount of drugs in my room Daily Forty-Niner committee that took a whole day of hustling to get and I wasn't about to let this Daily Sundial 46th assembly district trio of losers bust into my room and take my shit. The album did look Daily Trojan 4th estate authentic though with the Rolling Stones logo and the red-head’s Los Angeles Business Journal 4th of july story had a ring of authenticity so I let them in. Los Angeles Independent 50 cent As everyone knows the first song on the album is "Miss You" which San Fernando Valley 60 minutes Business Journal begins that opening line "nah nah nah nanana" in falsetto. We all had 7-11 Al Rantel a hard time figuring out if I had the turntable set at the right speed 7-14-08 but of course I did. We then listened to both sides of this fabulous 70s at 7 Tammy Bruce album and it was of course, great. 710 freeway tunnel Maia Lazar On the way out Jim flipped a paper back book to me which of course 80 neighborhood watches was "Basketball Diaries" and said: "Check it out, this is the story of 818 area code my life. One day you can say you met me." BEAR FLAG LEAGUE 9-11-01 Now I am glad to say that I did. 9/11 September 16, 2009 5:55 PM 9/12 project a collective space aaja Anonymous said: aapc ab 1634 Michael Higby - you are wrong many people care that Jim Carroll ab 2890 died and i am one of them. he was a true artist, a true poet, a true ab 2933 fringe/underground person/creator/supporter-not to mention a Absinthe & Cookies ab 32 fabulous and hilarious reader of his work. We need more people like (Monterey) ab 706 him in this world where art and commerce mercilessly unite to the Baldilocks (LA) abc detriment of individualistic artistic voices. and he was a BoifromTroy (LA) acorn sweetheart...i met him when i was 17 after his band's show and he CalBlog (LA) ad40 was very very shy but sweet to me. California Republic aeg (statewide) September 17, 2009 6:53 AM aip Cobb (LA) absolut QandO (SD) academia avance e-Claire (NoCal) academia semillas del pueblo http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/2009/09/jim-carroll-poet-and-punk-rocker-is.html Page 3 of 48 Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Jim Carroll, Poet and Punk Rocker, Is Dead 10/16/09 Fri 10/16, 10:25 PM

e-Claire (NoCal) academia semillas del pueblo Anonymous said: Infinite Monkeys I'm quite sure that people do care. I was lucky enough to hear him adelante redevelopement The Interocitor (LA) area read and he was very funny. His accent was amazing, authentic NYC. The Irish Lass (Sacramento) adolf hitler Maybe he never lived up to all the hype that people made about him Lex Communis (FSO) adolfo carrion because it is pretty damn hard to have people telling you how great Master of None (Ex-Pat) ain't misbehavin you are all the time. You start believing it, and then you disappoint Miller's Time (Sacto) air quality yourself. It sucks. As far as I can tell, Jim was not out to sell himself Patterico's Pontifications alan mittelstaedt out. Even his records that flopped were sincere, not pandering. He (LA) albert robles just wanted to live and create. Amen. Shark Blog (ex-pat) alex ben block Tone Cluster (LA) September 17, 2009 6:37 PM alexandra pelosi Window Manager (OC) alison krauss Xrlq (expat) allen mittelstaedt POST A COMMENT Little Miss Attila (LA) alvin parra Pirate's Blog (LA) Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] american apparel Tan Horizons (RS) american indian charter << Home Ryan's Head (OC) school Mad Mikey (SD) anvil Doggy Diaries (SC) andrew adelman Annika's Journal (Sacto) andy stern Body Parts (RS) anonymous posting ban Coffee with Cranky Beach anthony bejarano (Monterey) anti-american Moxie (LA) antigua coffee shop Professor Chaos (ex-pat) arcade fire Drink this ... (LA) ari swiller Education Wonks (SoCal) armenia Caltech Girl (SoCal) army maj. gen. john singlaub Ben's Law (OC) arnelle grajeda FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog arnold vinick (Ventura Co.) arroyo seco neighborhood SoCal Pundit (LA) council The Jawa Report (ex-pat) art snyder California Conservative (SF) arturo chavez In Re: (OC) asian american journalists Gay Patriot (LA) association California Energy Blog (LA) ask haikula anything Mayor Sam's Sister City (LA) ass clown award Balls and Strikes (OC) associated press Independent Sources associated press television Ridgecrest Blog (Kern) radio association Woody's Woundup (OC) autry museum Darleen's Place (SBdo) avenues gang Collecting My Thoughts (ex- b52s pat) Bear to the Right (LA) barrio pimp Friends of Dave (Mend) barrio action Cap'n Bob (LA) barry goldwater A Swift Kick & A Band-Aid baseball (ex-pat) bastille day The Young Insider (Sacto) ben stein Doc Rampage (SM) bettie page Anthroblogogy (SC) beverly hills chihuahua Hengineer (Kern) big sunday Junto Boyz (SF) bill ayers Rules for Rulers (SD) bill carrick Flash Report (OC) bill lockyer Tammy Bruce (LA) bill maher Foo Bar and Grill (SC) bill rumble Big Lizards (LA) bitter bernie Strong As An Ox And Nearly black friday As Smart (Mendocino Co.) blogging burros Stop The ACLU (LA) board of supervisors Deep Keel (LA) bob dylan ex-Liberal in Hollywood (LA) bob kellar Lex Libertas (Ex-Pat) bob mccallister Powered byBlogRolling bob stern http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/2009/09/jim-carroll-poet-and-punk-rocker-is.html Page 4 of 48