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April 28, 2006

New Sufjan Stevens - "Dear Mr. Supercomputer"

Sufjan Stevens - "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" (MP3)

"Illinois could have used this fleeting moment of instrumental brawn, the kind of super-arranger sleight-of-hand that can politely overwhelm," sayeth Pitchfork.

Recommended if you like ... Sufjan Stevens.

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what does that quote from pitchfork even mean?...super arranger sleight-of-hand?...i give it a month before there is a band with that name....

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Posted by: RP at 04/28/06 4:23 PM | Reply
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keep up the sufjan updates. it makes my day every time.

Posted by: alec at 04/28/06 4:42 PM | Reply
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I like it, and also - I bought one of your shirts!

Posted by: zach at 04/28/06 4:49 PM | Reply
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Thanks to everyone buying shirts. If you don't want to buy a shirt, you can add me as a friend to MySpace. That's a really cheap birthday gift, but I appreciate it more than e-cards.

Oh, and thanks Sufjan for the song. Great present, man.

Posted by: scott at 04/28/06 4:53 PM | Reply
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i added you back in the day. i don't know why. i don't know who the hell you are.

cheers anyway, sir.

relevant comment: sufjan- for his age- might be one of the greater arrangers of our time.

Posted by: steve at 04/28/06 5:12 PM | Reply
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this is the best birthday present i've ever gotten from you.

on your birthday. or the day after. yeah.

Posted by: EJ at 04/28/06 5:30 PM | Reply
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"Oh, and thanks Sufjan for the song. Great present, man."

No worries. Just keep bloggin'...

Posted by: Sufjan at 04/28/06 6:16 PM | Reply
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i love sufjan and everything that he puts out. thank youuuu keep on singing sufjan

Posted by: kenz at 04/28/06 10:22 PM | Reply
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YES.

I have always been excited about hearing this song since I heard Sufjan describe it in an interview. He described how it was all acoustic for a song about technology, and the weird meter, and how it's one of his favorite songs.

Yes!

Posted by: jayfarer at 04/29/06 12:36 AM | Reply
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All the freaky people make the beauty of the world!

Posted by: Potame at 04/29/06 7:32 AM | Reply
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I really like this song.

And now I've got almost 1/10 of the new Sufjan album/b-sides/outakes thing (not accounting for interludes and other stuff that glues his albums together.)

Thank you much, Stereogum!

Posted by: Eyebright at 04/29/06 3:50 PM | Reply
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woohoo, im from champaign and this is for sure a sweet song.

Posted by: jeremy at 04/30/06 11:20 AM | Reply
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I'll be curious to see the lyrics to this one. The vocal seems pretty hushed to my ears. Maybe repeated listens will help. I'm sure I'll find out.

Posted by: Rich at 04/30/06 1:42 PM | Reply
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Nobody's saying it, so I will:

How's about that COBRA AND PHASES GROUP PLAY VOLTAGE IN THE MILKY NIGHT? You know, the 1999 LP by Stereolab? Gettin' much play in the Sufjan household by any chance?

I love S.S.'s music to bits, but this is quite amusing. I guess the percentage of people that know both his music and that album is smaller than I'd like it to be.

Posted by: Spencer at 05/01/06 12:18 PM | Reply
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Thank you!
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Posted by: Betty at 05/08/06 1:43 AM | Reply
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Well done!

Posted by: Abby at 05/09/06 2:47 PM | Reply
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Thank you!

Posted by: Lori at 05/09/06 2:50 PM | Reply
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Well done!

Posted by: Don at 05/09/06 2:52 PM | Reply
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Well done!

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Classical singer Russell Watson postpones his forthcoming UK tour after undergoing brain surgery...

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