Periodic Sufjan Post

1. Pictures of Sufjan playing with The Welcome Wagon at Princeton Seminary. I highly encourage you to check out The Welcome Wagon. They have a great sound and some great songs. Here's one now ...

2. A fascinating article on Sufjan's recording process. Some of it is a little over my head but it's interesting nonetheless. (Click on the actual image to go to the next page)

3. A funny/bizarre essay by Sufjan about being able to choose his own name that ends with an unreleased song at the end.

I was given a week to decide, and a Webster’s dictionary. I scavenged for something conventional, conservative, and concise: Calvin, Colin, Jeremy, Kenneth. I was drawn to the monosyllables of Bob, Rob, Don, John, Dirk, Chad, and Chuck. Oh! To be summoned with one simple, single-syllable sound of the English language. Dave! Matt! Mike! Pat! Pete! Paul! No more spitballs behind the ears and getting my lights punched out behind the dugouts. No more dizzying taunts and esoteric rhyme schemes at recess. No more pokes in the ribs and jokes in the locker room. I was going to be just like Carl and Scott and Steve and Rick and Gordon and Aaron and all those other handy-dandy factory pre-made key-chain-name-tag-button-shot-glass-sticker-greeting-card names you find at gas stations!

And all this goes to show what? Sufjan! Please record a new album!