Audio Library Experiment

I need to completely rethink the audio section of this site. In my opinion it is one of the most important aspects of JC’s work. So this is a new experiment on how to organize audio recordings.

The first recordings I am adding here are not organized in any special way. They are just the recordings that inspired me to rethink how to organize recordings.

Jim Carroll at Cubby Bear – Chicago, IL 04-19-1989

Thank you Sandra Ludwig for telling me about this on archive.org! This is an exceptionally good recording of a spoken word recording generously loaned to archive.org (and “borrowed” here) from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.

  1. intro Jim Carroll 2:34
  2. Invitation to the Dance Jim Carroll 15:23
  3. On Gloria Jim Carroll 5:53
  4. Meeting Andrea Jim Carroll 5:04
  5. Meeting Andrea Again Jim Carroll 7:27
  6. Hello Dali Jim Carroll 10:55
  7. City Drops Into the Night Jim Carroll 1:26
  8. Out the Chicago Train Window Jim Carroll 11:30
  9. Teeth in Doubt Jim Carroll 2:49
  10. Terrorist Trousers Jim Carroll 3:19
  11. Stella Jim Carroll 5:28
  12. Guitar Voodoo Jim Carroll 9:49
  13. Just Visiting Jim Carroll 5:54

Transfer: Cassette > Yamaha K-220 > Tascam DR-03 > WAV (24/48)
Mastering: FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (normalization; added fades at beginning and end) > CDWav (tracking) > Trader’s Little Helper (level 8) > FLAC > TagScanner 6.1.20 (tagging)
Recorded by: Aadam Jacobs
Transferred by: Brian E
Mastered by: elegymart
Total running time [1:30:30]
Recording 02560 from the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project, coordinated by the Live Music Archive at the Internet Archive
Contact info: aadam.jacobs.project AT gmail DOT com

Jim Carroll at The Moth – Central Park Summer Stage, NYC 07-17-2003

This is Carroll’s “Colonic” monologue, one of my favorites. As he performed this monologue, he would often demonstrate the poses of the toy green army men. This is cut off. I will try to find the whole recording . . .

SUNY Binghamton (now Binghamton University)
24 March 1992

This solo spoken-word performance recorded and shared by Jason Grazuliz (on MD) represents a key moment when Carroll was actively working on multiple works. At the time of this recording he is promoting both Forced Entries and Praying Mantis, but he is also writing new poetry. He reads several poems that didn’t make the cut for either Fear of Dreaming or Void of Course (but at least one that did). At this time he is also actively working on The Petting Zoo. I have started adding details of the recording to each track . . .

  1. intro by MC Devin Matthews - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 1:17
  2. Jim needs a boom - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 1:17
  3. a gold record - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:21
  4. intro to "A Day at the Races - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:34
  5. A Day at the Races - Forced Entries - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 4:09
  6. intro to "Limbo" - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:04
  7. "Limbo" - Forced Entries- 24 March 1992 - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 1:29
  8. outro to "Limbo" - Forced Entries - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:35
  9. Evian shit - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:38
  10. intro to "Tiny Tortures" - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 1:31
  11. Tiny Tortures - Forced Entries - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 10:08
  12. intro to "Dumped by Radiance" - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 1:06
  13. "Dumped By Radiance" [from FORCED ENTRIES] Carroll, Jim 2:20
  14. intro to "The Fat Bat" Carroll, Jim 3:56
  15. "The Fat Bat" [from FORCED ENTRIES] Carroll, Jim 3:15
  16. intro to "During The Storm" Carroll, Jim 2:42
  17. "During The Storm" [from FORCED ENTRIES] Carroll, Jim 6:52
  18. intro to "Hello Dali" Carroll, Jim 0:15
  19. "Hello Dali" [from FORCED ENTRIES] Carroll, Jim 10:38
  20. intro to untitled poem #1 Carroll, Jim 1:22
  21. untitled poem #1 [from PRAYING MANTIS CD booklet, pg. 14] Carroll, Jim 0:40
  22. intro to untitled poem #2 Carroll, Jim 0:05
  23. untitled poem #2 [from PRAYING MANTIS CD booklet, pg. 14] Carroll, Jim 0:19
  24. outro to untitled poem #2 Carroll, Jim 0:18
  25. intro to new poem #1 Carroll, Jim 0:16
  26. new poem #1- "As a result of spring . . ." Carroll, Jim 1:04
  27. outro to new poem #1 Carroll, Jim 0:05
  28. intro to "To The National Endowment Of The Arts" Carroll, Jim 0:10
  29. "To The National Endowment Of The Arts" [from PRAYING MANTIS] Carroll, Jim 1:42
  30. new poem #2 - Unpublished - "When I die ..." Carroll, Jim 0:18
  31. new poem #3 - Unpublished - "There is a light . . ." Carroll, Jim 0:22
  32. new poem #4 - Unpublished - ___ I think you're glowing out from . . . Carroll, Jim 0:36
  33. new poem #5 - Unpublished - "For a while we lived with people . . . " Carroll, Jim 0:49
  34. new poem #6 - Unpublished - "If you have any patience left . . . " Carroll, Jim 0:46
  35. intro to "Our Desires" Carroll, Jim 0:27
  36. "Our Desires" [from THE BOOK OF NODS] Carroll, Jim 1:31
  37. intro to "The Distances" Carroll, Jim 2:26
  38. "The Distances" [from LIVING AT THE MOVIES] Carroll, Jim 4:02
  39. intro to "I Want The Angel" Carroll, Jim 0:21
  40. "I Want The Angel" (spoken) [from CATHOLIC BOY album] Carroll, Jim 2:58
  41. intro to "Sampling Nietzsche" Carroll, Jim 7:08
  42. "Sampling Nietzsche" [from PRAYING MANTIS] Carroll, Jim 0:16
  43. intro to new poem #7 Carroll, Jim 0:07
  44. new poem #7 - "We both have our hands to give" Carroll, Jim 2:25
  45. outro by MC Devin Matthews - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:50
  46. WHRW-Binghamton 90.5 FM - Station ID - 24 Mar 1992 - SUNY Binghamton - Recording by Jason Grazuliz Carroll, Jim 0:21

Naropa Institute late 90s / early 00s

Curtis’s Charm

Naropa Institute 07 July 1999

  1. Welcome Carroll, Jim 1:14
  2. People Who Died * Carroll, Jim 8:07
  3. I Want The Angel * Carroll, Jim 2:46
  4. Welcome Steven Taylor Carroll, Jim 0:16
  5. Sea Turtle Carroll, Jim 4:33
  6. Spy Carroll, Jim 0:52
  7. Train Surfing 2 Carroll, Jim 1:10
  8. Train Surfing 1 Carroll, Jim 2:26
  9. Deadlines Carroll, Jim 1:05
  10. Poem Carroll, Jim 0:55
  11. Facts Carroll, Jim 2:01
  12. Eight Fragments for Kurt Cobain Carroll, Jim 4:19
  13. Void Of Course Carroll, Jim 1:24
  14. Booger Moment Carroll, Jim 0:39
  15. Curtis' Charm Carroll, Jim 30:56
  16. Curtis' Charm Intro Carroll, Jim 0:12
  17. Other Kind of Poems Carroll, Jim 0:33

Interview: Babylon A Go Go – Cleveland, OH 18 Jan 1991-Eye See Music

Bottom Line – NYC – 29 Apr 1985

This one is two years before I encountered Jim Carroll, and it has some early versions of pieces from Forced Entries. (I have started IDing the names of the published chapters. E.g., “Papillion D’Mour” is “A Day at the Races.” And “Meeting Allen Ginsberg” is “The Poet and The Vibrator.” “The Day I Was Born” is “A Birthdary.”