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Catholic Boy

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Although it’s a cheeky power pop record from 1980, Catholic Boy also bears a serious macabre streak; its buoyant single immortalizes friends who have since passed on. Late bandleader Jim Carroll drew from his hardscrabble life in New York City to pen these propulsive yarns, which complement the stories he wrote in his memoir The Basketball Diaries.

Paula Mejía

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