{"id":4209,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4209"},"modified":"2025-03-05T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:21:59","slug":"jim-carroll-quote-unquote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carrolls-interviews\/jim-carroll-quote-unquote\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carroll: Quote (Unquote)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edited by Michael Goldberg
SonicNet Music News of the World<\/a> 7 December 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singer\/guitarist Jim Carroll, poet and author of “The Basketball Diaries,” discusses NBA lockout.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I could care less, you know. College basketball has started. I don’t really follow the pros. To me they are only playing seriously during the playoffs anyway, you know. So maybe they should just have the playoffs and get over it. There’s actually so many games where they’re just going through the motions. … I’m sick of the whole thing. I really got to like baseball. Maybe I want a slower pace and stuff, but I’m more interested in college basketball. I have been for years.”

— Jim Carroll, singer\/guitarist, poet and author of “The Basketball Diaries”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u00a91998 SonicNet, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edited by Michael GoldbergSonicNet Music News of the World 7 December 1998 Singer\/guitarist Jim Carroll, poet and author of “The Basketball Diaries,” discusses NBA lockout. “I could care less, you know. College basketball has started. I don’t really follow the pros. To me they are only playing seriously during the playoffs anyway, you know. 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