{"product_id":"a-cure-for-gravity-a-musical-pilgrimage-paperback","title":"A Cure for Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part memoir, part discourse on the art of music. . . . This is an intelligent, thoughtful look into the mind of an artist.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the release of his first best-selling album \u003ci\u003eLook Sharp\u003c\/i\u003e in 1979, Joe Jackson has forged a singular career in music through his originality as a composer and his notoriously independent stance toward music-business fashion. He has also been a famously private person, whose lack of interest in his own celebrity has been interpreted by some as aloofness. That reputation is shattered by \u003ci\u003eA Cure for Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e, Jackson's enormously funny and revealing memoir of growing up musical, from a culturally impoverished childhood in a rough English port town to the Royal Academy of Music, through London's Punk and New Wave scenes, up to the brink of pop stardom. Jackson describes his life as a teenage Beethoven fanatic; his early piano gigs for audiences of glass-throwing skinheads; and his days on the road with long-forgotten club bands. Far from a standard-issue celebrity autobiography, \u003ci\u003eA Cure for Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, passionate book about music, the creative process, and coming of age as an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph J. Gleason Music Book Award Finalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e's internationally bestselling albums include \u003ci\u003eLook Sharp, Night and Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBody and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also composed music for film, video, and television. A graduate and now a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, he divides his time between New York City and Portsmouth, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.04 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444264825139,"sku":"9780306810015","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UE11Y0RPVWNnVTZ6Q2Vubk4yalhJQT09.webp?v=1758934612","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-cure-for-gravity-a-musical-pilgrimage-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}