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 Post subject: New Sufjan Stevens Album, "The BQE"
PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:01 pm 
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The BQE is Sufjan’s cinematic/symphonic 40-minute meditation on the reckless life of a traffic artery known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.


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That cover is awful.

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he'll make an album out of anything huh?

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That's not a fucking state.

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That's not a fucking state.

State of creative bankruptcy?
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Kingfish Wrote:
That cover is awful.


agreed.
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interesting...i was wondering when hed finally release something again and if itd be another state or not. Look forward to hearing this.
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it's not awful, but there's really no point in putting out a phillip glass-lite album.

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Kingfish wrote:
That cover is awful.


agreed.


I dunno, looks like a pretty good Bell Biv Devoe cover.

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Radcliffe Wrote:
ShamWow! Wrote:
That's not a fucking state.

State of creative bankruptcy?
:lol:

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he'll make an album out of anything huh?


nailed it... :lol:
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Nice. It sounds like you've listened to it contradiction. Phillp Glass? Really? No vocals?

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Isn't this something he did for some kind of theater thing a few years ago?
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contradiction Wrote:
it's not awful, but there's really no point in putting out a phillip glass-lite album.


i'm actually really liking it halfway through. why not put out a light compositional album. frankly i'm tired of his vocals.
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That cover is a fucking abortion.

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Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:
Kingfish Wrote:
That cover is a fucking abortion.


most likely the best thing about it

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It's not like he is any stranger to compositional albums. Early in the decade he did the Steve Reich-esque Enjoy Your Rabbit, which I still champion as his best work.
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please tell me that this is a joke.
the BQE is the worst road ever

incidentally that's the Southbound entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, lol.
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please tell me that this is a joke.
the BQE is the worst road ever


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I had to drive from Prospect Expy to the Triboro Bridge with a raging hangover. Luckily it was on a weekend.

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[quote]Sufjan Stevens: “I’m at a point where I no longer have a deep desire to share my music with anyoneâ€

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"Imparting"

really?

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“I’m at a point where I no longer have a deep desire to share my music with anyone"

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