Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois
On the advice of Jeffrey Overstreet, I picked up Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois. WOW.
It’s expansive, epic, cheeky, and just plain good.
It's all just a stream of consciousness for me, folks.
This week last year...
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Feel The Illinoise!
If you’ve looked at my Audioscrobbler output, you’ll see that I’ve had Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois on just about constantly since I got it.
July 21st, 2005 at 12:56And every time that something like “The Seer’s Tower” comes on and I g…
Jeffrey Overstreet: “Sufjan Stevens is my new hero.”
Jeffrey Overstreet, who is the sole reason I ever picked up Illinois in the first place, is just gushing with praise over Sufjan Stevens, who is receiving accolades left and right these days:
December 29th, 2005 at 02:26I liked his Seven Swans album.
Then I grew to love it.
I…
Geof’s New Music: 9-15 Jul 2006
This week, I have a bunch of new stuff (for once):
Katy Bowser’s Laryngitis. [Yes, this is where I admit that I’d seen Katy play live but hadn’t owned any of her stuff until the last six weeks.]
July 10th, 2006 at 12:17Katy Bowser’s Longing. [And no…