better question, what time

8/26/2006 1:10:46 AM

clean the hair off your keyboard plz

8/26/2006 3:59:20 AM

didnt think they were shipping them til later. ill need to call home and see if they have arrives yet.

8/26/2006 4:28:22 PM

^^it's a neat juxtaposition -- you know awful ugliness with pure beauty.

8/26/2006 4:49:20 PM

Sept 21: Sufjan Stevens w/ My Brightest Diamond @ Memorial Hall, UNC Campus ($20/ $23) Tickets go onsale August 24 for UNC Students with "One Card". August 28 for general public. Click here for Sufjan Fanclub ticketing info.

sufjan fanclub? WEAK.

8/26/2006 6:49:00 PM

Except for the fact that it takes less than 2 minutes to sign up and I already have my tickets.

8/26/2006 6:49:30 PM

except it's a fan club for sufjan stevens. don't get me wrong, the guy is good, but sheesh!

8/26/2006 7:01:50 PM

im also a card-carrying member of the Xiu-Xiu fanclub!
theres no other way i could have gotten my autographed jamie stewart teenbeat cover

8/26/2006 7:27:17 PM

^^you're just jealous

8/27/2006 1:34:46 AM

Umm, the site isn't working for me.

8/28/2006 9:54:39 AM

the fanclub tickets were like a month ago.

8/28/2006 10:02:00 AM

Right. But there was a public sale this morning...it started late or I couldn't get it to work until now.

You could only buy up to two and by the time I bought two, the rest had sold out.

8/28/2006 10:05:18 AM

there's a xiu xiu fanclub?!?!

8/28/2006 10:05:39 AM

10:04, just got out of class.

tried to buy tickets. all sold out.

let the craigslisting begin.

8/28/2006 10:06:12 AM

I barely got mine. It wouldnt say "Buy Tickets" on the etix.com site until 10:10 for me. Then, once I got in and entered my info, I checked back and it said "Sold Out" instead of whatever it said all along.

Sucks. Glad I didn't need more than 2 either, since that's the max they'd let you purchase apparently.

8/28/2006 10:48:52 AM

ive called my home in statesville and the tickets havent arrived yet, hopefully by next weekend when i head home.

8/28/2006 10:51:05 AM

supreme thanks to cif for the ducatking info! glad i didn't have to deal with this mess

8/28/2006 11:12:57 AM

i might go, but i heard hes really not that good live.

he's too studio oriented to have a great live show with filler musicians

8/28/2006 12:24:35 PM

I might have an extra ticket (I bought four). I should know for sure by the end of the week.

8/28/2006 1:04:38 PM

^^ Are you fucking kidding me?

You heard wrong.

8/28/2006 1:17:31 PM

and he doesn't exactly use a lot of "studio magic" in most of his songs.

they're mostly straight acoustic stuff

8/28/2006 1:19:53 PM

my only gripes when i saw him were the opening act (lame) and an underwhelming rendition of 'chicago'.

8/28/2006 1:23:25 PM

"underwhelming" has proven to be a pretty dangerous word lately.

http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/show-feedback/worth-waiting/#comments

8/28/2006 1:37:33 PM

Well, I'm looking to buy 2 tickets for the show - let me know if anyone managed to grab extra. I don't know how fast they went but it had to be a matter of seconds cause by the time I got on (it wasn't working right at 10:00) they were gone...

8/28/2006 5:10:10 PM

G-damn I forgot all about this show.

8/28/2006 9:21:14 PM

^Well if I like you enough, you can come with me.

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]

8/28/2006 9:38:41 PM

Looks like the person I was going with is gonna have to drop out. I might have an extra ticket available but a friend at work might have dibs now.

8/28/2006 9:40:53 PM

I will buy that ticket if you want to sell.

8/28/2006 9:42:11 PM

Price for ticket = $100 + make me some pasta and chicken now, im hungry

2 tickets on ebay are selling for $102 with 4 days left. ahaha, and a buy it now for $299! JESUS SUPERCOMPUTER BATMAN!

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 9:48 PM. Reason : GEE!]

8/28/2006 9:45:16 PM

Jesus Christ, maybe I should sell my fifth row ticket and use the thousands of dollars it would earn to pay Sufjan to hang out and play guitar for me.

8/28/2006 10:20:06 PM

Yeah, I tried to get extras to resale, but by the time I bought mine they were gone.

There must not have been many for sale.

8/30/2006 1:05:13 AM

i'm guessing the students and the fanclub bought up a lot of them

8/30/2006 11:25:22 AM

woot, 14th row for upper darby pa show at the tower.

gonna be hottttt

9/1/2006 10:23:46 AM

http://www.asthmatickitty.com/music.php?releaseID=63

Quote :

"Forget the 50 States. Christmas is a bigger concept. As some of you may or may not know, for the past few years, as a holiday tradition, Sufjan has embarked on an extraordinary experiment to record an annual Christmas EP. It started in 2001, the year of Epiphanies, and continued onward (skipping only 2004), culminating into an odd and idiosyncratic catalog of music that has only existed in the Asthmatic Kitty archives (and on a number of file sharing sites). The recording process took place every December, for one week, usually at home, provoking collaborations with friends, roommates, and musical peers. Armed with a Reader’s Digest Christmas Songbook (and a mug of hot cider) Sufjan & friends concocted a musical fruit cake year after year, implementing every musical instrument they could find lying around the house: banjo, oboe, Casiotone, wood flute, a buzzy guitar, hand claps, sleigh bells, Hammond organ, and some tree tinsel. Did we mention sleigh bells? It doesn’t take much to capture that Creepy Christmas Feeling, does it? Recorded, mixed and mastered at home, the EPs themselves were often assembled in the kitchen, stapled together, and sent out with stickers and stamps to loved ones across the globe, year after year, with little Christmas cards that read: “Merry Christmas. You are something special. Santa Claus loves you. And so do I.” And then, one day, some of these songs showed up online. Curious little web zines and fan sites posted mp3s. People started asking questions. What is this I hear about Sufjan doing the boogey to the elf dance? Where can I get these Christmas goodies? Well, not wanting to be the Grinch, we decided to deck the halls, if you know what I mean. But let’s back up a bit. Having an inherent aversion to the standard Christmas carol, Sufjan indulged in the project initially as an exercise to make himself “appreciate” Christmas more. It was a tough childhood, but you can’t be a Christmas Curmudgeon forever, can you? What he discovered, for better or for worse, was a fascinating canon of Yuletide hits, some emotionally rewarding, some painfully cliché. Jingle Bells. Silent Night. We Three Kings. The whole nine yards. The musical undertaking led Sufjan (and his coterie of friends) to reckon with a holiday that celebrates, above all things, the spirit of excess--Santa Claus, popcorn balls, mistletoe, and Kmart blue light specials, to name a few. What does it all add up to? A headache, a hangover, and sentimental ruminations of Baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and all those animals in the manger. Is there any other holiday that so seamlessly mixes the sacred and the profane? Recording traditional favorites alongside unique originals, Sufjan has, over the course of five years, constructed an odd, impressive, and compelling collection of Christmas hits (and some misses) that will either warm your heart or make you throw up eggnog all over the bath mat (depending on your constitution). Asthmatic Kitty Records is preparing to release ALL of the material (newly mixed and mastered) in one generous box set, due in stores November 21, just in time for the holiday shopping craze. The box set (titled “Songs for Christmas”) will be chock full of surprises, including the following novelty items (if you don’t mind us ruining the surprise): • Five individually packaged CD EPs! • Five Christmas stickers! • Extensive liner notes and short stories by Sufjan Stevens! • An original Christmas essay by Rick Moody! • An animated music video and comic strip by Tom Eaton! • A Christmas Songbook with lyric sheets and chord charts--so you can sing along too! • An original Christmas Family Portrait painting of Santa Sufjan (with wife and kids!) by Jacques Bredy! Wow! It’s the stocking stuffer of the century! Which isn’t saying much, considering the century is still so young! Here’s a “quick” look at the track listing (can someone please pass the Rolaids!): Noel: Songs for Christmas, Vol. I (recorded December 2001) 1. Silent Night 2. O Come O Come Emmanuel 3. We’re Goin’ To the Country! * 4. Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming 5. It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad! * 6. Holy Holy, etc. 7. Amazing Grace Hark!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. II (recorded December 2002) 1. Angels We Have Heard on High 2. Put the Lights on the Tree * 3. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing 4. I Saw Three Ships 5. Only at Christmas Time * 6. Once in Royal David’s City 7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! 8. What Child Is This Anyway? 9. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Ding! Dong!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. III (recorded December 2003) 1. O Come, O Come Emmanuel 2. Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! * 3. We Three Kings 4. O Holy Night 5. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! * 6. Ding! Dong! * 7. All the King’s Horns * 8. The Friendly Beasts Joy: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IV (recorded December 2005) 1. The Little Drummer Boy 2. Away In A Manger 3. Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time! * 4. The First Noel 5. Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!) * 6. The Incarnation * 7. Joy To The World Peace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V (recorded June 2006) 1. Once in Royal David’s City 2. Get Behind Me, Santa! * 3. Jingle Bells 4. Christmas in July * 5. Lo! How A Rose E’er Blooming 6. Jupiter Winter * 7. Sister Winter * 8. O Come O Come Emmanuel 9. Star of Wonder * 10. Holy, Holy, Holy 11. The Winter Solstice * * denotes original songs by Sufjan Stevens © 2006 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP"

You can actually find most of these songs on the interweb (especially the first 3 eps). You can hear a lot of his popular songs in his original Christmas songs. Sister Winter is really hot.
asthmatickitty.com/mp3/sufjan_stevens_-_Peace_-_Sister_Winter.mp3

9/4/2006 11:53:43 PM

GET BEHIND ME, SANTA!

9/5/2006 2:27:42 AM

who releases 5 fucking christmas eps

jesus christ fucking pretentious

9/5/2006 2:31:18 AM

your mom is pretentious.

9/5/2006 2:41:25 AM

^^a gospel singer?

9/5/2006 2:53:15 AM

I just purchased this album

Its so good it gives me chills

GG Sufjan.

9/11/2006 11:43:53 AM

One week bitches!

Cant' wait!

9/14/2006 2:56:05 PM

soooo

the guy with me backed out

if there is anyone ineterested in seeing this show in philly on the 28th, ive got like an 11th row seat with an unspoken for ticket.


the poeple i know up here suck balls, and i dont really want to have to let it go to waste.

9/17/2006 10:30:00 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-378873286553422068&hl=en
video of a new song called Majesty Snowbird

this is a taping he did on ACL which should air sometime late this year

[Edited on September 19, 2006 at 1:24 PM. Reason : err]

9/19/2006 1:17:10 PM

i think i will shit my pants when RAISE UP NORTH CAROLINA! comes out.

9/19/2006 1:54:43 PM

Those wings are so flamboyantly gay, I love them.

[Edited on September 19, 2006 at 3:01 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2006 3:01:18 PM

i'd love to punch this dude in the face. why? i don't really know other than it would be funny.

9/19/2006 9:13:42 PM

Tomorrow wohoo!

9/20/2006 10:51:58 AM

Those wings are so flamboyantly gaysexy, I love them.

9/20/2006 10:59:03 AM

so siked about this show.

9/20/2006 11:34:02 AM

BTW, just to brag, this show is sure to get me laid.

9/20/2006 12:23:58 PM

i hope that doesnt happen on my end

9/20/2006 12:31:43 PM