{"id":8855,"date":"2025-03-07T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/pools-of-mercury-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:38:15","slug":"basketball-diaries-audio-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/basketball-diaries-audio-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basketball Diaries (Audio Literature)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cover Art: The Basketball Diaries Audiobook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Basketball Diaries<\/strong>
<\/em>By: <\/strong>Jim Carroll
Read by: <\/strong>Jim Carroll
Published: <\/strong>1995
Publisher: <\/strong>Audio Literature
Format: <\/strong>audio cassette
Cover photo: <\/strong>Michael Zagaris
Music by: <\/strong>Lenny Kaye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Audio Literature presentation, consisting of two audiotapes, Jim Carroll reads his cult classic book\u00a0The Basketball Diaries<\/a><\/em>, which he wrote between the ages of 12 and 16, from 1962 to 1966. While some diary entries are omitted, most of the omitted ones are available on the\u00a0Dial-a-Poem<\/em>\u00a0albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This recording is a must-have for fans.<\/em> Carroll’s reading is about as close to a live performance as one can find on an “official” recording. Guitar tracks by Lenny Kaye (guitarist for Patti Smith and The Jim Carroll Band), with basketball dribbling samples as a rhythm track, provide a rich continuity between the diary entries and sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cover photo is from the same photo session as the cover photos on the\u00a01980 Bantam (2nd) Edition<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a01998 (5th) edition<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0The Basketball Diaries<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Also:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Basketball Diaries page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Basketball DiariesBy: Jim CarrollRead by: Jim CarrollPublished: 1995Publisher: Audio LiteratureFormat: audio cassetteCover photo: Michael ZagarisMusic by: Lenny Kaye In this Audio Literature presentation, consisting of two audiotapes, Jim Carroll reads his cult classic book\u00a0The Basketball Diaries, which he wrote between the ages of 12 and 16, from 1962 to 1966. While some diary entries are omitted, most of the omitted ones … Continue reading The Basketball Diaries (Audio Literature)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4519,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[48],"class_list":["post-8855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-2iP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4709,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/music-reviews\/the-basketball-diaries-audio-literature-publishers-weekly\/","url_meta":{"origin":8855,"position":0},"title":"The Basketball Diaries (Audio Literature)","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Publishers Weekly 241.49 (5 Dec. 1994): 34 Jim Carroll. 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