back in Turkey again
almost exactly 2 years ago last time.
what a great audience,
knowing the lyrics,
singing along,
loud,
to every tune.
we played same songs as lately
but in a different order
and we did Iron Drum and Suicide Is Painless
the place was packed
guess we should have done 2 shows.
thanks
see you soon again
J

we played:

it hurts me so
escape
she doesn't live here anymore
wonder wonders
75 07 05
far away
lychee
time will show me
humiliation
lightning strikes
only for you
believe in us
alone again
on the radio
sore
liar
milan madrid chicago paris
my mother's grave
rocks in pockets
prequiem
i'm older now
she's mine but i'm not hers

the girl i love is gone
rush
broken nose
so tell the girls that i am back in town
tomorrow
quel dommage
mana mana mana mana

and the songs that was beeing played in the speakers before the show was:
born, never asked - laurie anderson
six marimbas - steve reich
you know, you know - radio string quartet
the sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter - penguin cafe orchestra
ancient evening - david sylvian
traum mal wieder - holger czukay
moss garden - david bowie

it was an amazing evening, again
like two years ago
thanks for you support
and see you soon again in Paris
Jay-Jay

reached Arles...
tried to walk in the footsteps of Van Gogh.
rain
from a distant radio I heard some of the worst songs ever made
Anastacia, Midnight Oil, Offspring, Evanesance, Pink etc...
the show became one of the longest we ever did,
hope we didn't bore you too much.
see you soon again
maybe already tomorrow in Paris...
cheers
Jay-Jay

2nd show done
great venue, well arrranged and structured
nice support act
we played more or less the same set as in Nyon,
but this time we started the concert with Alone Again.
alot of time in car
alot of time in hotel rooms
time to write
fell asleep to the new album of Sakamoto yesterday, Out Of Noise,
beautiful
outside the window everything is still
so calm
so quiet
these things will change when I reach Paris in a few days.
see you soon
J

Tour starts
Nyon. Switzerland.
beautiful city near the water
nice venue, great food
generous audience
a very good start.
we played 2 hours and 10 minutes
and we could have continued...
we did Humiliation for the first time since 2000.
and tried many songs from Self-Portrait.
I'm happy
and now we're off to Lyon, France...
check out photos from each city in my new folder.
cheers
Jay-Jay

miss you already
never came closer to you than in your magnificent performance in La Confusion des Genres.
miss you forever
J

W O N D E R W O N D E R S :
W H E N T H E M O R N I N G C O M E S
A N D T H E N I G H T I S D O N E
I W I L L B E F A R G O N E W I T H O U T A T R A C E
S H E W I L L F I N D T H E N O T E
I L E F T H E R O N T H E D E S K
I ' V E L E F T T H I S G I R L S O M A N Y T I M E S B E F O R E
I N T H I S W O R L D T H A T W E K N O W
T H E R E ' S N O T H I N G T H A T C O U L D M A K E
A D E C E N T W O M A N O F A G I R L L I K E Y O U
I W I S H S H E ' D G I V E A C A L L
T O S A Y H E L L O T H A T ' S A L L
I W O N D E R I F S H E W O N D E R S W H E R E I A M
S H E ' S G O T H E R N E W F R I E N D S N O W
I P R A Y T O G O D S H E ' S F I N E
I ' V E T R I E D T O T E L L H E R T I M E A N D T I M E A G A I N
A L R E A D Y K I S S E D G O O D B Y E
P R O M I S E P L E A S E D O N ' T C R Y
B R I N G M E B O U R B O N A N D A H A N C E R C H I E F

L I G H T N I N G S T R I K E S :
I C L O S E T H E C U R T A I N S
W O N ' T L E T T H E D A Y L I G H T I N
P U T O U T T H E C A N D L E S
P O U R A N O T H E R G I N
A N D W H E N T H E L I G H T N I N G S T R I K E S
T H E T H U N D E R ' S N E V E R F A R A W A Y
A N D Y O U ' R E T H E L I G H T N I N G L I K E
I ' M T H U N D E R O N A F O G G Y D A Y
O R S O I T S E E M S
D A R K N E S S A P P R O A C H I N G
G U E S S T H E R E ' S A S T O R M B R E A K I N G I N
R A I N D R O P S I N C R E A S I N G
S T R O N G E R G E T S T H E W I N D
A U T U M N B R O U G H T S H A D O W S
M Y D A Y S O F M O U R N I N G A R E T H R U
G O N E I S T H E S O R R O W
T H E W A Y M Y L I F E H A S G R O W N
C H O R D S O N M Y P I A N O
F A D I N G A W A Y I N T H E R O O M
T H E T I C K I N G O F A C L O C K O R
I S I T A M E T R O N O M E

A U T U M N W I N T E R S P R I N G :
O H P L E A S E
C A N A N Y B O D Y H E L P M E
T H I S A I N ' T T H E W A Y I T ' S S U P P O S E D T O B E . O H N O
A C O L D B R E E Z E I S B L O W I N G
M A K E S M Y S O U L F R E E Z E
T H E D O O R I S L O C K E D A N D T H E R E ' S N O K E Y . O H N O
W E ' R E P A S S I N G T H R U A U T U M N , W I N T E R A N D S P R I N G
E M O T I O N S H A V E C H A N G E D W H E N S U M M E R B E G I N S
W E ' R E P A S S I N G T H R U A U T U M N , W I N T E R A N D S P R I N G
S T I L L F I G H T I N G A G A I N S T T H E P H A N T O M S W I T H I N
B R A N C H E S
E A C H A U T U M N S E E T H E M L O O S E L E A V E S
W E ' R E C L O S E R T H A N W E U S E D T O B E . O H N O
L A T E L Y
Y O U C R Y O U T I N Y O U R S L E E P
T H E B E D R O O M ' S C O L D I N T I M E S L I K E T H E S E . O H N O

L I A R :
Y O U T E L L M E T H A T Y O U ’ R E L Y I N G
B U T I K N O W I T ’ S N O T T R U E
Y O U S A Y Y O U D I D N ’ T D O I T
B U T I ’ M S U R E I T W A S Y O U
I F I T E L L Y O U T H A T I L O V E Y O U
W O U L D T H A T M A K E M E A L I A R T O O?

T R A U M A :
W E ' R E G O I N G T H R O U G H A T O U G H P E R I O D N O W
F A C I N G P R O B L E M S N E W T O U S
G R O W I N G S T R O N G E R D E A L I N G W I T H T H E P A S T
N O T H I N G T O B E F R I G H T E N E D O F
O N T H E B O R D E R L I N E O F S I L E N C E
T R A U M A S E T T I N G I N
A N D T H E L O N E L I N E S S I S K I L L I N G M E
S O Y O U G O T T A A C C E P T M Y A P O L O G Y
C A U S E T H E L O N E L I N E S S I S K I L L I N G M E
I T ' L L A L L B E C O M E A C A T A S T R O P H Y
E V E R Y S T R U G G L E W I L L U N V E I L O U R S E L F
N O O N E ' S G O N N A M O U R N A L O N E
A N D W E M A N A G E D T H R U A T R O U B L E D S L E E P
O N T H E R O A D T O T H E U N K N O W N
D I F F I C U L T E N O U G H T O T E L L T H E T R U T H
I S E E K S H E L T E R O N Y O U R S I D E
N E V E R K N O W I N G I F M I S U N D E R S T O O D
D E S P E R A T I O N I S O U R G U I D E

M Y M O T H E R ’ S G R A V E :
S O R R Y F O R T H E T I M E S I H A D T O L E A V E Y O U A L O N E
I N A L L T H E S I T U A T I O N S W H E N I C O U L D N ' T C O M E H O M E
S O R R Y F O R T H E T H I N G S I S A I D , I W A S N O T M Y S E L F
I T ' S G E T T I N G L A T E A N D I J U S T W I S H I W A S S O M E W H E R E E L S E
I S H O U L D H A V E B R O U G H T A P P O L O G I E S A N D F L O W E R S
I N S T E A D I L E F T A N D I W A S G O N E F O R H O U R S
I U N D E R S T A N D I F Y O U W E R E D I S S A P O I N T E D L A S T N I G H T
S O M A N Y T I M E S I T R I E D B U T C O U L D N ' T S E T T H I N G S R I G H T
S O M E T I M E S I T ' S N O T E N O U G H W I T H P O O R E X C U S E S
B U T I J U S T D O N ' T K N O W T H E C O R R E C T W O R D S T O U S E
A N D I P R O M I S E A N D S W E A R . O N M Y M O T H E R ' S G R A V E
I T ' S N E V E R G O N N A H A P P E N A G A I N
I P R A C T I C E E V E R Y N I G H T T H A T N O W M Y V I S I O N ' S T O O B L U R
A N D N O T H I N G C O M E S O U T R I G H T J U S T T H E M A L H E U R T H A T O C C U R
S O R R Y F O R T H E T I M E S I H A D T O L E A V E Y O U A L O N E
I N A L L T H E S I T U A T I O N S W H E N I C O U L D N ' T C O M E H O M E
I S H O U L D H A V E B R O U G H T A P P O L O G I E S A N D F L O W E R S
I N S T E A D I L E F T A N D I W A S G O N E F O R H O U R S
A N D I P R O M I S E A N D S W E A R . O N M Y M O T H E R ' S G R A V E
I T ' S N E V E R G O N N A H A P P E N A G A I N


B R O K E N N O S E :
H E R N O S E I S B L E E D I N G
A N D J U S T O N E A R M A W A Y
H E P R O M I S E S I T W O N ' T H A P P E N A G A I N
A N D S H E B E L I E V E S H I M
M A K E S H E R F E E L G U I L T Y
F O R T A L K I N G T O A N O T H E R M A N
H E R T H R O A T I S A C H I N G
B L A C K F I N G E R P R I N T S A R O U N D H E R N E C K
A R E H I D D E N B Y A S C A R F
S H E C A N N O T H A T E H I M
P A R T O F H E R K N O W S S H E H A S
T O L E A V E B E F O R E I T G O E S T O F A R
B R O K E N N O S E , B R O K E N H E A R T
T H E H E A L I N G P R O C E S S
D O E S N ' T K N O W W H E R E T O S T A R T
B R O K E N N O S E , B R O K E N H E A R T
U N T I L D E A T H D O U S A P A R T
I T ' S W H E N H E ' S D R I N K I N G
J U S T C A N ' T C O N T R O L H I M S E L F
G E T S V I O L E N T E V E R Y S I N G L E T I M E
G U E S S W H A T S H E ' S T H I N K I N G
I T C O U L D B E W O R S E
A N D W H E N H E ' S S O B E R H E ' S S O V E R Y F I N E
T H E N E I G H B O U R S K N O W I T
I F S H E W O N ' T D O I T T H E Y A L L
T H R E A T E N H E R T O C A L L T H E C O P S
F I N A L L Y I N P E A C E
T H I S G U Y W O N ' T T O U C H M E N O W
U N D E R T H I S S T O N E I T H A S S T O P P E D

M E D I C I N E :
I T ’ S E M P T Y O N T H E S T R E E T S B Y N O W
T H E S H O P S H A V E A L L C L O S E D D O W N
A N D P E O P L E P A C K E D A N D M O V E D A W A Y
F A R F R O M T H I S S C A R Y T O W N
I T ' S Q U I E T F R O M T H E B A R S A N D C L U B S
T H E B A N D S D O N ' T P L A Y N O M O R E
P A I N A L W A Y S F O L L O W S J O Y
T H E D A Y S G O B Y A N D I E N D U R E
N O L I G H T S I N A N Y W I N D O W S
T H E R E ' S N O S M O K E F R O M C H I M N E Y P O T S
A N D W H E N T H E G R E E N L I G H T T U R N S T O R E D
T H E R E ' S N O T A C A R T H A T S T O PS
I S T I L L C A N H E R E T H E S C H O O L Y A R D B E L L
B U T T H E R E ' S N O K I D S I N S I G H T
T H E S O U N D O F S I L E N C E I S W H A T ' S L E F T
W H E N G H O S T S C O M E O U T A T N I G H T
A N D T H E R E ' S N O M E D I C I N E T O C U R E
T H I S S I L E N T S O L I T U D E
I N D E S E R T P L A C E L I K E T H I S
L I F E V A N I S H L I K E T H E W A T E R S F L O W
W H E R E O N L Y M E L A N C H O L Y S L E E P S
O H G O D H O W L I F E I S S L O W

M A K E H E R M I N E :
S I L E N C E G E T S C L O S E R
S A R C A S T I C R O U T I N E
P R O B L E M S A R E G R O W I N G S O M B E R
S T O R I E S A R E W R I T T E N
E N T I R E L Y I T S E L F
L E N D M E A N E A R
B R I N G M I S E R Y M Y F R I E N D
M A K E H E R M I N E . M A K E H E R M I N E
S T A N D I N G I N T H E L I N E .
M A K E H E R M I N E
I N T H E B E G I N N I N G
T H E R E ' S N O T H I N G T O F E A R
H O W C O U L D I E X P L A I N I T B E T T E R
S H O U L D H A V E B E E N W I S E R
I T ' S B E E N F A R T O O L O N G
A N D T H E R E ' S T O O M A N Y W A Y S
T O S A Y W H A T I ' M G O N N A S A Y
A N A T U R E L I K E Y O U R S C A N
T U R N T R O U B L E T O G O O D
I ' M C H A N G I N G M Y W E A P O N T O
A R R O W A N D B O W A G A I N

S O R E :
T H E R E M U S T B E S O M E S O R T O F M I S U N D E R S T A N D I N G
I T W A S N E V E R M Y I N T E N T I O N T O D O Y O U W R O N G
R U M O U R S M A D E Y O U L E A V E
O U T O F R E A C H F O R M E
S O M U C H F U T H E R A W A Y N O W Y O U ' R E A L M O S T G O N E
H E R E W E A R E N O W
M A K I N G E A C H O T H E R C R Y
W H E R E C O U L D T H I S L E A D U S B U T D O W N
I T ' S U P T O Y O U T O D E C I D E
I N T H E M O R N I N G L I G H T
N O T H I N G S E E M S S O R I G H T
I D O N ‘ T K N O W W H A T T H E Y H A V E T O L D Y O U
B U T T R U S T I N M E
A R E Y O U R F E E L I N G S S O R E
R E A C H I N G O U T F O R M O R E
M A Y B E W H A T W E H A D B E C O M E W A S N O T M E A N T T O B E

so finally the day is here.
Self-Portrait is out, world wide,
or on i-tunes if there's no record shop around anymore.
more concert dates are added soon,
hope I will be in a city close to you.
hugs
Jay-Jay

Wonder Wonders (Edit)
the first single from my new album Self-Portrait,
is officially released today.
available on all i-tunes

let me know your thoughts
cheers
Jay-Jay

– hm, tell me about your childhood

– why does it hurt when my heart misses a beat?

– can I, can I, can I say something, can I say something?

– it's in the trees... it's coming!

– look mummy, there's an airplane up in the sky

I know it took some time,
but now I have sent the cd's to the quick ten winners. sorry for the wait.

preparing for the tour
trying to choose an interesting selection of songs
tricky thing
very soon I will add many dates to the tour, things'll be confirmed tomorrow.
the single "Wonder Wonders" will be available next week.
hope you're all well... I'm ok, full of paper cuts.
Kisses
Jay-Jay

can anybody spot the spoken word quotations above...