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jillian holzbauer

About Me

check out my youtube channel: youtube.com/jdharvest

a friend once asked me how i hope other people describe my music.
the only response i had was 'disarmingly honest.'
that's the kind of music i try to write.

"I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of despair and fear." - Paul Robeson

READ THE DAILY O'COLLEGIAN FEATURE HERE .
(thanks to kelly hines!)

here is my heart in website form:
holy land trust.
middle east fellowship.
defence for children international.
israeli committee against house demolition.
b'tselem.
invisible children.
world vision.
the one campaign.
save darfur.
oxfam international.
amnesty international.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/12/2005
Band Website: coming soon!
Influences: to be concise: ani difranco, ben harper, cat power, chinua achebe, counting crows, damien rice, derek webb, feist, fiona apple, incubus, jennifer knapp, kaki king, mahmoud darwish, pablo neruda, ray lamontagne, regina spektor, rilo kiley, simon + garfunkel, toni morrison, waterdeep (/don + lori solo), and so forth.
Sounds Like: kevin federline.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

something more organic.

hi my long lost friends,upon declaring a hiatus around this time last year, i set out on what is frankly the unending process of self-examination. every so often i need to take a step back and re-eva...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:27:00 GMT

i suppose this is a hiatus.

i'll cut right to the chase. i'm not playing anymore.  i'm still going to finish out the shows my band and i have committed to, but i'm really weary of the music scene.  i'm definitely still...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:32:00 GMT

by golly, lets go to bethlehem.

as many of you know, i spent three months last summer living in bethlehem palestine. those three months ultimately amounted to the best experience of my life: i lived with a palestinian family, volun...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:46:00 GMT

becoming who i want to be.

I'm always talking about taking the necessary measures to become the person I want to be, but I never seem to define exactly who that person is. Maybe I avoid writing that definition because who I wa...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:13:00 GMT

titles are for losers. wait... that is a title. crap.

i want to be something more than what i have been.  something more than i am.not in a self-seeking way.  in a spiritual way.  doubt is a drug these days, and i need to break this habit....
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:41:00 GMT

Help aid Lebanese victims with the Map For Lebanon Project

Hey there friends, I'm asking your help on this awesome project.  As thousands of Lebanese civilians, including wounded, women, children, and all others, are without food, clean water, and medica...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:41:00 GMT

i'm in the holy land.

"We sit here deabting the meaning of justice with self-righteous spin and an upper-caste grin, still suffocating on quicksand indifference, where no choice is ever that hard."- Caedmon's Call, 'T...
Posted by on Sun, 21 May 2006 12:29:00 GMT

lovin' is what i got...

... i said, remember that. (thanks sublime.) and i do remember that.  i can't help but be reminded of that. in the midst of what has been one of the most frustrating months for me personally, ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 May 2006 17:44:00 GMT

life, death, and grace

... life is unpredictable.  if i've learned anything this year, it is how precious and fragile life is.  in fact, it's been less than a year; 8 months to be precise. in july last year, my g...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:25:00 GMT

meaning behind hint of a promise

1 john 4:18  "there is no fear in love.  but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  the one who fears is not made perfect in love." this verse has alway...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:29:00 GMT