November 17, 1983 (vol. 94, iss. 62) • Page Image 7
…Rocking By Joe Hoppe T HE CITY DROPS into a sharp November night. Jim Carroll comes out of an alley, around the cor- ner. Dressed all in black, down to black basketball sneakers. Long strides on long thin legs on a long thin body, junk- thin, though healthy now his com- plexion has paid for it. Carroll walks down this East Village alleyway and you can see his breath. Walking his basketball player beat; inscrutable poise with a nihilist's charm...…