{"id":5865,"date":"2022-01-28T22:17:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T06:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?page_id=5865"},"modified":"2025-06-05T22:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T05:32:29","slug":"the-black-cat-1996","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/performance-reviews\/the-black-cat-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Cat (1996)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jim Carroll at The Black Cat
Washington, D.C., 16 February 1996<\/strong>
Preview by Brett Anderson,\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a shame that after spending the majority of his years putting a fresh slant on the tragic boho lifestyle, Jim Carroll had to gain fame in a longform MTV-video version of his teen-junky manifesto, The Basketball Diaries<\/em>. For a guy who owes his career to his own myth, Carroll has never been one to overplay his image; still, his poetry has always been dwarfed by his best writing (“People Who Died,” which is actually a punk song) and a habit of living the low life. Tonight, Carroll will play the bard, as he has since the dissolution of his band over a decade ago, reading verse in a fashion I’d expect to be reminiscent of his last recording,1991’s Praying Mantis<\/em>. Opening will be local band Please and local poet Silvana Straw. At 9:30 p.m. at the Black Cat, 1831 14th St. NW. $10 (202)667-7960.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jim Carroll at The Black CatWashington, D.C., 16 February 1996Preview by Brett Anderson,\u00a0Washington Post It’s a shame that after spending the majority of his years putting a fresh slant on the tragic boho lifestyle, Jim Carroll had to gain fame in a longform MTV-video version of his teen-junky manifesto, The Basketball Diaries. 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