Comments on: Diamond Dog http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/29/diamond-dog/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/29/diamond-dog/#comment-218858 RagingTartabull Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:04:01 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24365#comment-218858 [3] that book is worth it just for the stories about The Dead Boys, who might be the most revolting characters I have ever read about [3] that book is worth it just for the stories about The Dead Boys, who might be the most revolting characters I have ever read about

]]> By: Cliff Corcoran http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/29/diamond-dog/#comment-218857 Cliff Corcoran Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:54:34 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24365#comment-218857 I missed this as well. Carroll is a recurring character in <i>Please Kill Me</i> the fantastic oral history of the NYC punk movement of the 1970s. For those who have already read <i>Basketball Diaries</i>, I highly recommend <i>Please Kill Me</i>. I missed this as well. Carroll is a recurring character in Please Kill Me the fantastic oral history of the NYC punk movement of the 1970s. For those who have already read Basketball Diaries, I highly recommend Please Kill Me.

]]> By: Jim in Binghamton http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/29/diamond-dog/#comment-218856 Jim in Binghamton Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:07:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24365#comment-218856 Worth reading as well is his downtown diaries, a sort of sequel to the basketball diaries, where he hangs out at Max's Kansas City with Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. I think it's in that book where he recalls watching the ABA all-star game on tv while strung out and remembering that he used to dominate a number of the ABA all-stars during his playground hoop days as a kid. As for his music, People Who Died, which deals with his friends who appear in the BBDiaries is a punk classic, well worth a listen. Worth reading as well is his downtown diaries, a sort of sequel to the basketball diaries, where he hangs out at Max’s Kansas City with Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground.

I think it’s in that book where he recalls watching the ABA all-star game on tv while strung out and remembering that he used to dominate a number of the ABA all-stars during his playground hoop days as a kid.

As for his music, People Who Died, which deals with his friends who appear in the BBDiaries is a punk classic, well worth a listen.

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/29/diamond-dog/#comment-218855 Sliced Bread Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:59:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24365#comment-218855 Wow. I hadnt heard about his death. Read the book in my teens, and so many of his images have stuck with me, especially the darker passages about heroin -- but the image I loved the most was his description about playing basketball, and how you can change direction mid-air. I didn't see the movie based on the book, and I didn't follow his careers as an artist, or musician. I hope he found peace in his life. Very gifted, very tragic guy. Wow. I hadnt heard about his death. Read the book in my teens, and so many of his images have stuck with me, especially the darker passages about heroin — but the image I loved the most was his description about playing basketball, and how you can change direction mid-air. I didn’t see the movie based on the book, and I didn’t follow his careers as an artist, or musician. I hope he found peace in his life. Very gifted, very tragic guy.

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