Comments on: Getting Sufjan http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/ The Sacred Journey of Mark Traphagen, the Foolish Sage Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32861 Mark Traphagen Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:25:11 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32861 I don't, but I do have some of the songs that were floating around the Internet in past years, back when these were just little musical Christmas cards he made to send to friends and family. I've also listened to the entire boxed set online (it's streaming for free right now at the Asthmatic Kitty Records site). I like it a lot; great combination of stunning beauty and childlike playfulness. I don’t, but I do have some of the songs that were floating around the Internet in past years, back when these were just little musical Christmas cards he made to send to friends and family. I’ve also listened to the entire boxed set online (it’s streaming for free right now at the Asthmatic Kitty Records site). I like it a lot; great combination of stunning beauty and childlike playfulness.

]]> By: Rick http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32856 Rick Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:49:21 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32856 Do you have the Christmas CD? A friend just picked it up - a 5 disc set. It includes a comic about santa and his issues that are remedied by chocolate and caffeine. Interesting... :) Do you have the Christmas CD? A friend just picked it up - a 5 disc set. It includes a comic about santa and his issues that are remedied by chocolate and caffeine. Interesting… :)

]]> By: Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32816 Mark Traphagen Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:40:26 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32816 Hmm, Jed....sure there's not some leftover "Famile" sour grapes in there? ;) I ask that half seriously because I felt that the impression the documentarian was trying to make in the last part of the Danielson documentary was that Sufjan basically "stole" Daniel Smith's gig and then became famous for it. Any truth there? Hmm, Jed….sure there’s not some leftover “Famile” sour grapes in there? ;)

I ask that half seriously because I felt that the impression the documentarian was trying to make in the last part of the Danielson documentary was that Sufjan basically “stole” Daniel Smith’s gig and then became famous for it. Any truth there?

]]> By: jed slaboda http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32815 jed slaboda Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:25:13 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32815 that whole chiastic structure part of cliff's review is...well, it's absurd. i have to say, i did not have the same experience as you at the last sufjan show i went to. i prefer simple music. the more extravagant his compositions get the less i feel interest. i have always been more a fan of bands like the pixies and guided by voices though. less elton john and yes, more rock! that whole chiastic structure part of cliff’s review is…well, it’s absurd. i have to say, i did not have the same experience as you at the last sufjan show i went to. i prefer simple music. the more extravagant his compositions get the less i feel interest. i have always been more a fan of bands like the pixies and guided by voices though. less elton john and yes, more rock!

]]> By: Wayne http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32812 Wayne Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:17:28 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32812 Reading the CT review, I laughed out loud as they dismissed reviews by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the Villiage Voice. Ha! Ha! Man, that's rich. Classic, just classic. Reading the CT review, I laughed out loud as they dismissed reviews by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the Villiage Voice. Ha! Ha! Man, that’s rich. Classic, just classic.

]]> By: Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32809 Mark Traphagen Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:55:52 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32809 I certainly wouldn't mean to imply that everyone would or should be a fan of Sufjan's music. Neither should his work (or that of any artist) be above criticism. But I think that Craig's response that I linked to above shatters their superficial evaluation of one album out of Sufjan's canon. I certainly wouldn’t mean to imply that everyone would or should be a fan of Sufjan’s music. Neither should his work (or that of any artist) be above criticism. But I think that Craig’s response that I linked to above shatters their superficial evaluation of one album out of Sufjan’s canon.

]]> By: Ochuk http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32808 Ochuk Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:48:13 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32808 Hmmm. I am not such a fan of Steven's music, but I think that has to do with his style. I for one appreciated the BC reveiwers critique of his music and approach. I think it may be the only critical review of Stevens I've seen. Hmmm. I am not such a fan of Steven’s music, but I think that has to do with his style. I for one appreciated the BC reveiwers critique of his music and approach. I think it may be the only critical review of Stevens I’ve seen.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32786 Geof F. Morris Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:15:14 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/2006/11/28/getting-sufjan/#comment-32786 Thanks for the pointer, Mark. Thanks for the pointer, Mark.

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