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“Lying in bed, you tell me that I’m not your girlfriend. I’m going out of my head…knowing what I could not know then…cause I don’t know what I can take - how far I’ll bend before I’ll break down…and I don’t know, what I should take - how far I’ll bend, before I’ll break down.” —
— J. Furman, LYRICS (see below for posted video of “Out of My Head”)
I wrote this song years ago while living in NYC, on a little Casio keyboard that I had set up at the foot of my bed. Trying to sort out what my breaking point might just be amidst an on and off again love.
Every time I play this song I’m transported back to my quiet room with a tiny window facing a brick wall, heat pumping so strongly in the dead of winter that my roommates and I had the fans blowing, despite the 20 degree weather outside.
These days, when I see a brick wall…I just might be getting wise enough to let it be a brick wall…
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“Elevator to the moon…whistling a favorite tune..trying to get a closer view.” — — “Satellite” by Guster
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Let me go, boys, let me go
Push my boat from the highest cliff to the sea below
Rocks are waiting, boys, rocks await
Swoop down from the sky and catch me like a bird of prey.
Now my feet won’t touch the ground - Now my head wont stop
You wait a lifetime to be found - Now my feet won’t touch the ground
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“In ten thousand years, if travelers land here, to tell folks back home what they saw. they better find Beatles songs, and traces of God, in pictures Da Vinici had drawn. The whisper of leaves the wisest of trees, a planet-wide self dialogue. So without a doubt, whether we’re here or not, they’ll speak about life on earth after all.” — Ryan Dilmore (my fantastically talented, amazing friend, writer, musician, underwear model…human being…) (www.myspace.com/ryandilmore)
SXSW - Live Stream of my Show @ Gibson Bus -
For those of you who are missing the kick-ass music scene down in Austin at SXSW - you can catch watch my show LIVE from the web! Just check out the link on Wednesday, 3/17 at 3pm!
NPR Interview
Not sure if the audio is up yet, but here’s the article in the meantime. I went into the studio the other week to talk about how independent artists try to scratch out a living these days…. viva la dream!