A
CURE FOR GRAVITY
was published in October/November 1999 in the U.S. and Canada by Public
Affairs/Perseus and in the U.K. by Anchor/Transworld. A German translation,
"Ein Mittel Gegen Die Schwerkraft," has been published by Satzwerk
Verlag.
Joe describes the book as "a book about music thinly disguised as a
memoir." It traces his early musical career, from childhood up to his
24th birthday, which occurred in the same week in which he went into
the studio to record his first album. Along the way, Joe talks about
his passion for music of all kinds; how people make music and why; musicians
past and present; why music is like both sex and religion (and why it
isn't); why he loves Shostakovich and The Prodigy and hates Brahms and
Brian Eno; and how music saved him from becoming"one of those sad bastards
you see milling around outside the pub at closing time, looking for
a fight."
Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award Finalist
"Part
memoir, part discourse on the art of music. . . . This is an intelligent,
thoughtful look into the mind of an artist." - New York Times Book Review
"Honest,
funny, wise and inspiring: tells you more about music and the love of
music than a shelf-full of textbooks." - Iain Banks, author of The Wasp
Factory
The
North American paperback edition by Da Capo Press is now available.
The UK edition, originally a trade paperback, was succeeded by the publication
of a cheaper 'mass market' edition by Anchor/Transworld in early 2001.
(Joe was not involved, consulted or even told about this edition, and
thus had nothing to do with the glaringly inappropriate cover!)
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