Steve Burns This is Me

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   Published on: 10/4/2003   Last Visited: 10/5/2003

   Steve Burns
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   new york- fans of "Blue's Clues," take heart: Departed host Steve Burns is still using his Thinking Chair.
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   Burns, 29, says becoming a neo-psychedelic rocker isn't as much a left turn as it might seem.
   
   "There's a thread of logic between the album and the show," he says during a recent telephone interview from Oklahoma, before joining his band for a tour rehearsal.
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   Burns, who lives in New York City, has dabbled in songwriting and guitar-playing since high school. During his stint on "Blue's Clues," he spent much of his free time in his Brooklyn bedroom, crafting intricate indie-rock songs on his desktop computer.
   
   After leaving the show when his contract was up - amicably, he says - Burns sent the tapes to Fridmann. The producer knew of Burns through his two small daughters, who are devoted "Blue's Clues" followers.
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   Burns began shopping for labels before recording was finished - a disheartening process at first, he says, due to major labels' preconceptions of him.
   
   Eventually, he decided to work with PIAS America, an independent distributor that Burns says didn't try to dictate the album's content.
   
   "I'm aware that I'm functioning from a credibility deficit," Burns says. "Like, who do I think I am?²
   
   The solution, says PIAS¹ Kevin Wortis, has been to adopt a policy of full disclosure.
   
   ³We all made the decision early on not to run from Steve¹s past but to talk about it straight up,² Wortis says. ³Yes, this is the same Steve Burns that used to consort with a blue puzzle-solving puppy.