"As somebody has already said, if you want to avoid politics, you're in the wrong game."

Couldn't agree more, there, Jim. Take away the politcs from folk music and you've bugger all left.

"Jim Carroll and his sort simply aren't worth it."

And what sort would that be? Presumably the sort who aren't prepared to take your gobshite. Well, I'm one of that sort. Sorry to offend your right wing sensibilities (actually, no, I'm not)but, as Jim says, you're in the wrong place here - what you want to see is your own navel and, quite frankly, for the rest of us, it ain't a pretty sight.