He just posted on his Facebook as well.

I don't think they dated, but there are old screencaps of Lizzy and Jimmy interacting on Facebook, and Jimmy has told various audiences that he and Lana have known each other for years.

Also (recorded in 2007):

I saaaay heeeey Jimmy Gnecco I like the way your name echo.

not really a drag but alright. good for him for setting the record straight

Jim is purposefully a triple entendre

its pretty widely known one of the interpretations is about her alcoholism

She's a huge Lou Reed fan, so I think she's taking the perspective of Caroline from Berlin. Caroline was in an abusive/volatile relationship with a man she loved named Jim. There are too many similarities to ignore, IMO.

Jim Beam is a big possibility for a double entendre, I agree.

That line is so Phoebe Buffay I really like the song tho

I don't know if believe him about Ultraviolence (song), but I hope so...

Did people really drag him because they thought he abused her ?

Jim represents just an archetype of the man of her fantasies, desires, past experience. I dont think she is singing about one real person.

Exactly. I don't see how that's so hard to understand.

I do wonder who this boyfriend is, though:
http://www.indexmagazine.com/intervi...y_grant2.shtml

She talks a lot about that guy in old interviews.

or

I'm not sure if I believe that she and Reeve Carney were anything more than good friends.

Well they look like a couple in that picture. I dont know if friends hold each others´ hands and pose. Maybe

And he is totally her type, he is like young version of Jeff Buckley.

This