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12/13/2005 10:47:01 PM

Look at this show he just put on and check out the setlist! I wanted Transfiguration!!!!1

1/17/2006 1:54:45 AM

jeezy creezy

omfg you like transfiguration too!!!

we must become bff's right away.


[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 1:59 AM. Reason : bff]

1/17/2006 1:56:44 AM

"transfiguration" and "for the widows in paradise" were my favorite songs until i heard wasps.

1/17/2006 2:06:05 AM

haven't heard that one, where can i find it?

(those are two of my favorites too)

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:07 AM. Reason : awefa]

1/17/2006 2:06:54 AM

its the 3rd track of michigan.

1/17/2006 2:09:05 AM

no no, wasps

unless you're talking about "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out To Get Us!", i've heard that

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:13 AM. Reason : asdf]

1/17/2006 2:11:20 AM

aha, oh, well i just shortened the title to "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!" to wasps. not sure why i added that s.

1/17/2006 2:13:25 AM

yeah that's a good song too. i actually haven't listened to illinois too much. i'm listening to that song now. and it is indeed pretty kick-ass. and i'm not trying to kiss your ass. i've never even seen your ass!

1/17/2006 2:15:52 AM

i'm sure it's a nice ass, though

1/17/2006 9:37:41 AM

I'm a Sleeping Bear fan, but that's just me.

1/17/2006 9:40:41 AM

i just found out you dont pronounce sufjan as sufjan.

ive been calling him sufjan for a while.

1/17/2006 9:42:28 AM

hahaha, yeah. before i went to the show back in chapel hill i was all like "hay guyz, who wants to go see sufjam?"

1/17/2006 9:51:35 AM

we're taking up this new songwriter called SUFJAN....or maybe it's SUFYAN...I'm not sure. It could be a silent J.

1/17/2006 10:09:33 AM

New Song:

Opie's Funeral Song
stereogum.com/Sufjan%20Stevens%20-%20Opie's%20Funeral%20Song.mp3

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 1:36 AM. Reason : errr]

2/4/2006 1:35:47 AM

YAY



1.The Avalanche
2.Dear Mr Supercomputer
3.Adlai Stevenson
4.The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
5.Chicago (acoustic version)
6.The Henney Buggy Band
7.Saul Bellow
8.Carlyle Lake
9.Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair
10.The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
11.Kaskaskia River
12.Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
13.Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
14.No Man's Land
15.The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
16.The Pick-up
17.The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"
18.For Clyde Tombaugh
19.Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
20.Pittsfield
21.The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)

Quote :

"Asthmatic Kitty is pleased to announce that we will officially release most of the unused material from the ILLINOIS album, featuring 21 songs, instrumentals, interludes and demos, including three alternate versions of Chicago, as well as cameos from Clyde Tombaugh (the man who discovered Pluto), Adlai Stevenson, Henry Darger, and Ann Landers, to name a few. We thought of calling it ILLINOIS PART II, Saul Bellow Strikes Back, or RETURN OF THE KILLER OUTTAKE, but common sense weighed in, and we decided to use the title song--THE AVALANCHE--as the centerpiece for a collection that gathers all the musical debris from an album that keeps on giving. The album features the original Illinoisemaker players, showcasing James McAlister on drums, Craig Montoro on trumpet, singers Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Katrina Kerns, and several guest appearances by singer Rosie Thomas, who, contrary to popular rumor, is NOT carrying Sufjan's baby. The new baby is due in stores July 25, 2006."

Quote :

"The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to develop into an unwieldy epic, common sense weighed in—as did the opinions of others—and the project was cut in half. But as 2005 came to a close, Sufjan returned to the old, forsaken songs on his 8-track like a grandfather remembering his youth, indulging in old journals and newspaper clippings. What he uncovered went beyond the merits of nostalgia; it was more like an ensemble of capricious friends and old acquaintances wearing party outfits, waiting to be let in at the front door, for warm drinks and interesting conversation. Among them were Saul Bellow, Ann Landers, Adlai Stevenson, and a brief cameo from Henry Darger's Vivian Girls. The gathering that followed would become the setting for the songs on The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album. Sufjan gleaned 21 useable tracks from the abandoned material, including three alternate versions of Chicago. Some songs were in finished form, others were merely outlines, gesture drawings, or musical scribbles mumbled on a hand-held tape recorder. Most of the material required substantial editing, new arrangements or vocals. Much of the work was done at the end of 2005 or in January the following year. Sufjan invited many of the original Illinoisemakers to fill in the edges: drums, trumpet, a choir of singers. The centerpiece, of course, was the title track—The Avalanche—a song intended for the leading role on the Illinois album but eventually cut and placed as a bonus track on the vinyl release. In his rummaging through old musical memorabilia, Sufjan began to use this song as a meditation on the editorial process, returning to old forms, knee-deep in debris, sifting rocks and river water for an occasional glint of gold. "I call ye cabin neighbors," the song bemuses, "I call you once my friends." And like an avid social organizer, Sufjan took in all the odd musical misfits and gathered them together for a party of their own, like good friends. A careful listener may uncover the obvious trend on this record: almost every song on the Illinois album has a counterpart on the outtakes. Carl Sandburg arm-wrestles Saul Bellow. The aliens landing near Highland salute Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto. The loneliness of "Casimir Pulaski Day" deepens even further in the foreboding soundtrack to "Pittsfield." At its best, The Avalanche is an exercise in form, revealing the working habits of one of the most productive songwriters today. As an illustration, the avalanche refers to the snow and rubble that falls off the side of a mountain, or, in this case, the musical debris generously chucked from an abundant epic. It's unlikely you'll find a mountain in the Prairie State so the metaphor will have to do. "

Heres Avalanche again, it appeared on the vinyl release only or maybe on itunes, i cant remember
ezarchive.com/pugarros/AlbumSpace/6GYFA6B9N5/Sufjan_Stevens_-_The_Avalanche.mp3

[Edited on April 7, 2006 at 1:52 AM. Reason : grrr]

4/7/2006 1:49:52 AM

Awesome! Totally awesome![/spicoli]

4/7/2006 1:52:01 AM

The baby news was a prank on Sufjan.

Quote :

"First of all, I would like to thank everyone who called or sent notes of congratulations about the news of my baby. I am so proud. Secondly, the baby is a hoax. I had nothing to do with the baby hoax. I was as shocked as everyone else about the baby. Matthew's story was so convincing I almost believed it myself. Thirdly, something you need to know about Rosie is that she's really weird and she's really funny. So it's no surprise that she could pull this off, this imaginary baby. But the fact is, Rosie is not carrying my baby. As far as I know, we spent quality time in the studio, not in bed. If Rosie's pregnant, it's not my baby. Maybe it's Denison's baby. Maybe it's an alien baby. I don't know. All I know is that the baby is probably going to grow up to be a clown, or a mime, or a bassoon player or something funny like that. Most babies come out crying, but Rosie's baby is going to be born laughing its butt off."

4/8/2006 11:34:58 PM

im addicted to this cd

4/9/2006 12:49:13 AM

ha, that baby thing is hillarious. when i first heard about the "pregnancy" i was like "fuck yeah sufjan, gg buddy"

4/9/2006 1:03:51 AM

Adlai Stevenson - http://fileserver.wheatonma.edu/~w00112417/03%20Adlai%20Stevenson.mp3

4/10/2006 1:39:22 PM

half-handed cloud (guy from illinoisemakers; on asthmatic kitty) at bickett tuesday, april 18

songs about jesus set to casiotone

4/10/2006 2:15:22 PM

Sounds good to me.

4/10/2006 2:28:35 PM

wanna touch my privates?

4/10/2006 3:10:41 PM

GIMME A TIME AND A PLACE, BABY.

AND BY PLACE I MEAN "DOWNTOWN".

4/10/2006 4:06:25 PM

nice new song
i would love to hear the songs he doesn't ever release cause these bsides are awesome.

4/10/2006 6:55:19 PM

Marching Band http://fileserver.wheatonma.edu/%7Ew00112417/16%20Marching%20Band%20%28Outtake%29.mp3

Pickerel Lake
http://fileserver.wheatonma.edu/%7Ew00112417/17%20Pickerel%20Lake%20%28Outtake%29.mp3

4/11/2006 3:33:06 PM

he used to have all the bsides from michigan on his website. I think there were 5 of them.

4/11/2006 6:04:12 PM

megaupload.com/?d=X7VEFRCA

i just uploaded all his bsides here for everyone (except the Christmas Albums, if you want them pm me and ill upload them too)
it includes Michigan Outtakes, Kayne West vs. Sufjan Stevens mashup, Live Radio concert, early version of Chicago, 50 States Song live, etc.

4/20/2006 10:26:07 AM

The Henney Buggy Band

stereogum.com/Sufjan%20Stevens%20-%20The%20Henney%20Buggy%20Band.mp3

4/26/2006 9:13:28 AM

http://stereogum.com/Sufjan%20Stevens%20-%20The%20Henney%20Buggy%20Band.mp3

-ZiP!-

4/26/2006 9:35:42 AM

Thanks for posting... wow... good song. Definitely the best of the b-sides I've heard so far. How didn't it make the album cut?

4/26/2006 9:39:05 AM

OMG I just came on to post that song but you guys were like OLD and I was like PWNT.

4/26/2006 9:09:25 PM

4/26/2006 9:39:14 PM

Dear Mr. Supercomputer

bowsplusarrows.com/Sufjan%20Stevens%20-%20Dear%20Mr.%20Supercomputer.mp3

aha, i like the little Beatles reference

[Edited on April 28, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : good touch, aight song, nothing special]

4/28/2006 10:35:34 AM

Here it is kiddies
bigupload.com/d=EE136BB3

5/10/2006 2:54:32 AM

One of these days I'm gonna have to give you a bj.

5/10/2006 2:58:43 AM

OMG, yay.

5/10/2006 3:00:03 AM

i put some pics of me in my photo gallery for my fans

5/10/2006 3:10:01 AM

I like your scarf, if that is what that stripey thing is.

5/10/2006 3:14:29 AM

man that shit went away fast for 3 AM

5/10/2006 3:17:02 AM

i think the scarf gave me an easy win in the emo thread, although the second one really shows my pain, you know, for living

5/10/2006 3:21:10 AM

Obviously, an imaginary stake through the heart will do it everytime.

5/10/2006 3:22:24 AM

The scarf one is fucking GANGSTA.

A friend of mine just added a "real" myspace picture to her account, taken in the mirror with her frowning and her hair all in her face 'n' shit. It was sweet. I would do it myself, but I just don't think it would work.

5/10/2006 12:09:00 PM

i cant get it to work

5/10/2006 2:41:35 PM

is this cd on bit torrent yet?

5/10/2006 2:46:24 PM

sendspace.com/file/8tli5u

5/10/2006 7:26:29 PM

Gaw... this is good. I was expecting 1 minute throw-aways and filler tracks, not a full 74 minutes of album-quality tracks.

5/10/2006 11:32:37 PM

The different versions of Chicago are fucking great.

Cif

5/10/2006 11:34:27 PM

5/11/2006 12:54:26 AM