{"id":4061,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4061"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T04:08:02","slug":"a-world-without-gravity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/a-world-without-gravity\/","title":{"rendered":"A World Without Gravity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art - A World Without Gravity: The Best of The Jim Carroll Band (1993)\" class=\"wp-image-6635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bestof-192x192.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cover Art &#8211; A World Without Gravity: The Best of The Jim Carroll Band (1993)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Best of the Jim Carroll Band<br><\/em>By The Jim Carroll Band<br>Rhino, 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get this on <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=eeGeIxVDEg8&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D300967163%2526id%253D300967101%2526s%253D143441%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000002IB6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000002IB6\">Amazon.com<\/a><br><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-lyrics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4476\">Lyrics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/photos-video-audio\/audio-library\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"199\">audio library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Songs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People Who Died<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work Not Play<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Differing Touch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s Too Late<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wicked Gravity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Want the Angel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City Drops Into the Night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dry Dreams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jealous Twin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plain Division<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lorraine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(No More) Luxuries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Write Your Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love Crimes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholic Boy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day and Night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liner Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The liner notes include a statement by Carroll plus an extended<br>essay by Lenny Kaye. Carroll writes:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll period &#8217;79-&#8217;85, it was a dream time. Like some major aboriginal<br>walkabout, I was moving on some music memory, just following the song-lines. Instead of<br>underground water holes beneath me, revealed by thermal changes of body and soul, I found<br>riffs and lyrics. A great band pulled up in a VW Bus and I hopped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a high that nobody could put a whack on. It took two or three years before we<br>even realized we were fucking entertainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, this dream walk was not all cake walk, for myself or the band. Silent points<br>of disintegration will not be touched on here. Who cares, and who has a clue anyway . . .<br>the past comes up on you too fast for answers; only the music&#8217;s recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And everyone who played in the band burned to put it out, in the studio and on the<br>stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t capsulize the songs, music-wise . . . lyric-wise. Actually, I suppose I could,<br>but I beg to be spared the task. Besides, I couldn&#8217;t do it any better than anyone else in<br>possession of this package. I&#8217;ve always tried to make the lyrics (as with poems) just<br>imagery abstract or evocative enough for anyone&#8217;s take on them to be totally correct.<br>Since they were written in a five-year fugue-state, there&#8217;s no time limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best of the Jim Carroll BandBy The Jim Carroll BandRhino, 1993 Get this on iTunes or Amazon.comSee also: Lyrics and audio library Songs: Liner Notes The liner notes include a statement by Carroll plus an extendedessay by Lenny Kaye. Carroll writes: This rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll period &#8217;79-&#8217;85, it was a dream time. Like some major &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/a-world-without-gravity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A World Without Gravity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4056,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[48],"class_list":["post-4061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-13v","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4056,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":4061,"position":0},"title":"Music by Jim Carroll &#038; The Jim Carroll Band","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Runaway EP Released: 2000 By: Jim Carroll Label: Kill Rock Stars Get this recording on Amazon Pools of Mercury Released: 1998 By: Jim Carroll Label: Mercury Get this recording on Amazon A World Without Gravity: The Best of the Jim Carroll Band Released: 1993 By: The Jim Carroll Band Label:\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Cover Art - Runaway EP (2000) - by Jim Carroll","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/runaway.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10331,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/performance-reviews\/jim-carroll-to-make-michigan-appearances-by-mackenzie-a-wilson-the-state-news-michigan-state-university1998\/","url_meta":{"origin":4061,"position":1},"title":"Jim Carroll to Make Michigan Appearances &#8211; by Mackenzie A. 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Rare Vinyl One World PoetryMilkway Records & Giorno Poetry Systems, 1981Giorno Poetry Systems Records GPS 028-029 This album seems\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Cover Art - One World Poetry - Giorno Poetry Systems (1981)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10050,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carroll-biographies\/jim-carroll-short-biographical-sketch\/","url_meta":{"origin":4061,"position":3},"title":"Jim Carroll: Short Biographical Sketch","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"James Dennis Carroll Born: 1 August 1950 (12:03 AM), Bellevue Hospital, New York City Parents: Agnes (nee Coyle) and Thomas J. 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