Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila visits US, hopes to return to Cuba despite criticism of Castros

MIAMI — Cuban dissident punk rocker Gorki Aguila is in the U.S. for 15 days to promote his new CD, but he’s not sure if he’ll be able to return home because of his sharp criticism of the Cuban government.

Jim Carroll, author of ‘The Basketball Diaries’, dead at 60

NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote “The Basketball Diaries,” died Friday. He was 60.

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