Performance reviews are arranged in reverse chronological order and include both professional and “fan” reviews. The newest additions are PDFs. If you have ever seen Jim Carroll perform live, please send me your review and/or photos!
Lucky Dog Music Hall (Worcester, MA) 16 April 2005
Photos by Laura Vona
University of Florida(Gainesville, FL), 22 March 2005
Review by Lindsay Taulbee, Independent Florida Alligator
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Middle East Club – Downstairs (Cambridge, MA) 12 February 2005
Preview by M. Patricia Li, Harvard Crimson
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Lucky Dog Music Hall (Worcester, MA) 9 June 2004
Review/blog by Duncan Arsenault
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Lion’s Lair (Denver, CO) 20 July 2002
Review by Matthew L. Howell
Exoterica Word Festival (Bronx, NY) [summer] 2002
Meeting Jim Carroll by Chad Kushins
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 15 August 2001
Review by Rainabird
The Paris Review Summer Revel, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage (Brooklyn, NY), 13 June 2001
Review by Cassie Carter
Tune Inn (New Haven, CT), 19 May 2001
Review by Sarah
The Cooler (New York, NY), 12 May 2001
Review by Cassie Carter
The Middle East (Cambridge, MA), 28 March 2001 and
Suffolk University (Boston, MA), 4 April 2001
Review by Derek X Nemirow
Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ), 14 March 2001
Preview by Louise Thach, The Hudson-Current
Review by Kevin Toledo
Shim Sham Club (New Orleans, LA), 7 February 2001
Review by Herman Snell
Review by David Kunian
Photos by Jeremy Deible
Columbus Theater (Providence, RI), 3 February 2001
Mini-Review by Kevin Deleo
Van Dyck Restaurant and Brewery (Schenectady, NY), 7 October 2000
Preview by Norman Kee
Southwest Texas State University (San Marcos, TX), 12 September 2000
Review by Tim Inklebarger, The Daily University Star
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The Bottom Line (New York, NY), 9 September 2000
Review by Cassie Carter
Review by Tracey J. Moosa
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI), 15 January 2000
Review by Christian
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 22 April 2000
Review by Steve Charland
The Bottom Line (New York, NY), 13 November 1999
Preview in Time Out New York
Review by Kevin
University of Montana (Missoula, MT), 8 November 1999
Preview by Nate Schweber, Kaimin Online
Aladdin Theater (Portland, OR), 2 October 1999
Jim Carroll and Band
Review by Craig Giffen
Review by “ladytaz”
Hothouse (Chicago, IL), 8 May 1999
Review/Interview by Frank DiCostanzo & Michael Workman
Review by J. A. Carpenter
Y-Not II (Milwaukee, WI), 7 May1999
20 Photos by Doug Krimmer
XXReview by “Kevin” MISSING ARTICLE can you help me find the right one?
Missouri Southern State College (Joplin, MO), 17 March 1999
Review by Damien9693@aol.com
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), 16 February 1999
The Sophomore Literary Festival
Review by J. A. Carpenter
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church (New York, NY), 6 February 1999
Burroughs Word Virus Celebration
Review by Joscakes
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church (New York, NY), 1 January 1999
The New Year’s Marathon
Review by Joscakes@aol.com
Review by Shane S.
The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 18 November 1998
Review by Karina Ioffee, FishWrap Live (UC Santa Cruz)
Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, WA) 17 November 1998
Jim Carroll with band
Preview by Patrick MacDonald for The Seattle Times
Interview by Jackie McCarthy for Seattle Weekly
Best of 1998 article from Seattle Weekly (excerpts)
Review by Hope Lopez for Earpollution
Review by Tom Wear
Photos by Tom Wear
Review by Dan Bober
The Bottom Line New York City, 12 November 1998
Jim Carroll with his band from Pools of Mercury
Photographs by Gail Ames
Review by Bob Baurkot
Mama Kin Music Hall (Boston, MA), 7 November 1998
Review by Matthew J. Herper
missing article: http://counterpoint.mit.edu/v15/n4/09carroll.php
Borders Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA), Friday 30 October 1998
Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA), 30 October 1998
Preview article from Philadelphia Weekly.
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church (New York, NY), 7 October 1998
Jim Carroll with Darius James
Review by Shane A. Scaglione
Reviews by Amme Willowson, Claire Podulka, and Cassie Carter
Massachusetts College of Art (Boston, MA), 9 May 1998
Photographs by Jaime Beebe
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK), 21 April 1998
Review by Cary Aspinwall, The Daily O’Collegian
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Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), 18 March 1998
Review by Laurie Pine
Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), 20 February 1998
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI), 21 February 1998
Preview by MacKenzie Wilson, State News
Review by MacKenzie Wilson, State News
Review by Eric Jackson
X LOST review by Ryan Malkin, Michigan Daily Online, originally found at http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/feb/01-23-98/arts/arts4.html
Wheaton College (Norton, MA), 11 November 1997
Photographs
Little Brothers (Columbus, OH), 8 November 1997
Promotional poster (who contributed this?)
Review by Aaron Beck for the Columbus Dispatch
Review by Craig Fitzgerald
Photographs by Chad A. Adkins
First Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 27 September 1997
Photographs by Ken Keiran
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH), 23 September 1997
Review by Holly Bedard, The New Hampshire Online
Performance of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl on WFNX 101.7 FM (Boston, MA), 18 July 1997
Promo from the Boston Phoenix (PDF)
Mama Kin (Boston, MA), 12 July 1997
Jim Carroll and Richard Hell
Review by Kerry Roper-Clouten
Maxwells (date?)
Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye
Review by Mira Shin
The Opera House (Toronto, ON), 20 June 1997
Jim Carroll and Richard Hell with Groovy Religion
Review by Cathy
Review by Aaron Albert
Review by Mary-Anne St-Onge
X LOST Promo from Mushroom Entertainment – originally at http://www.interlog.com/~mushroom/punks.html
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 20 April 1997
Review by S. Kevin Wojtaszek
Modesto Junior College (Modesto, CA), 18 April 1997
Review and photos by Shelly Fell
Brownies (New York, NY), 12 April 1997
Multiple-artist benefit for Tom Clark
Reviews from Babel-list (the Patti Smith listserver) and Chuck Struensee.
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 3 March 1997
Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye
Review by Jade Chang
Review by Cassie Carter
Photographs
Iron Horse (Northhampton, MA), 2 December 1996
Review by Norman Kee, The Source (Albany, NY)
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), 15 October 1996
X LOST Review by Jeff Ruby at www.kansan.com/fall96/copy10_16_96/JimCarroll.html
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 11 September 1996
Review by Suzanne Howard
Narrative of a personal encounter by Liz Kato
Black Cat Club (Washington, D. C.), 24 August 1996
Preview by Brett Anderson
First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN) 18 June 1996
Audio clip and ticket stub from LaVerne Kreklau
Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), 7 June 1996
X LOST Preview by Kari Jones, Michigan Daily Online
Original article was here: http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1996/jun/06-05-96/arts/art1.htm
The Cotton Club (Atlanta, GA), 13 April 1996
Review by Michelle Webb with autographed ticket stub contributed by Jerry Leveillee
40 Watt (Athens, GA), 12 April 1996
Review by Kati Baugh
Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA), 12 March 1996
Review by Tracy Sloan
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH), 20 February 1996
I organized this event and it was amazing!
How I Accomplished the Impossible – by Cassie Carter
Review by Brandon Wray
Preview by Jack Buehrer
Photos from the performance
View BGSU’s info page – this is archival; the links are broken.
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), 29 January 1996
Attended by 950 people!
Review by Paul McDonald
Poem by Sophie Gentry
CSU Fresno (Fresno, CA), 28 November 1995
X LOST Review by Jim Ward for the Collegian – originally found at http://www.csufresno.edu/Collegian/issues/nov30/jimcarroll.html
New York University (New York, NY), 26 October 1995
A poem by Amy Spencer in response to the performance.
A poem by Steven Grin in response to the performance.
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), 27 September 1995
Review by Cyndi Gentile.
University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), 25 September 1995
Review by Ryun Patterson PDF
Originally at http://www.daily.ou.edu/issues/fall1995/sept-22/web–.2-author-speaks.proc.html
Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA), July 1995
Review by J. Gilday.
Chico State University (Chico, CA) April 28, 1995
Review by Tricia Ireland – Download PDF
Originally found at http://orion.csuchico.edu/Pages/backIssueDisplay.pl.cgi?Volume34Issue13/
MTV’s Unplugged: Spoken Word, 1994
“MTV, in Free Verse: ‘Word’ Pushes at Poetry’s Borders,” a USA Today review of MTV’s Unplugged: Spoken Word program, which featured Carroll’s reading of “8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain.”
The Bottom Line (NYC) ca. 1988-1993?
Jim Carroll and Ray Manzarek
Remembrance by Roger Weisman
Cafe Largo (Hollywood, CA) 14 March 1991
Spirit Club (San Diego, CA), 7 July 1989
An Evening with Jim Carroll by Cassie Carter (first time I really met Jim)
San Diego State University (San Diego, CA),18 November 1988
Jim Carroll with Tamela Glenn and Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek
The Paradise (Boston, MA), 29 September 1988
Ticket Stub belonging to J. Matthew Martin
San Diego State University (San Diego, CA), 13 November 1987
Review by Cassie Carter
St. Mark’s Church, 1984
“Walk It & Talk It”, by Toby Goldstein, Creem.
Review of a spoken-word performance by Carroll and Lou Reed.
The Channel (Boston, MA), 28 June 1984
“Lots of Sweet, Lots of Tunes” (PDF) by Michael W. Hirschorn, Harvard Crimson June 24, 1984
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California Theatre (San Diego, CA), 15 May 1978
Review by Robert P. Laurence, San Diego Union 16 May 1978
“Patti Smith Show Hurt by Chaos,” a review of the Patti Smith concert in San Diego at which Carroll gave his first rock & roll performance.
If you attended a Jim Carroll performance, I invite you to submit your review for publication on this page.