Next Sufjan State: California?

[Paul Tao]

It looks like Sufjan Stevens (http://www.absolutepunk.net/sufjanstevens) might be making an album about California (http://www.asthmatickitty.com/sidebar.php?sidebarID=160) soon.http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
Sufjan: Being a native of the Golden State, do you want to collaborate on a record about California?

[justballz]

interesting...i was hoping he would make the next state be the worst state of the 50..indiana, aka, the armpit of illinois

[CurtyB]

awesome. i really doubted whether or not he'd do another state...just from things hes said in interviews. cant wait

[snakeinmyboots]

interesting...i was hoping he would make the next state be the worst state of the 50..indiana, aka, the armpit of illinois

still sore about that super bowl loss eh?

[InvisibleNinjas]

i dunno that he'll ever finish his quest. but we all know someone down the road will feel inspired to cover the states he never gets to. i'm interested

[Tmovielife16]

sweet, i cant wait, he needs to get moving though, running out of time, haha

[AEast317]

cant wait.

[Paul Tao]

sweet, i cant wait, he needs to get moving though, running out of time, haha
before the apocalypse?

[surfwaxsideshow]

not be a dick (although kind of to be a dick) you kind of have a habit of taking pitchfork's news and posting it here without citing them. I mean it's basically irrelevant, but you are the ap indie kid...

[Paul Tao]

not be a dick (although kind of to be a dick) you kind of have a habit of taking pitchfork's news and posting it here without citing them. I mean it's basically irrelevant, but you are the ap indie kid...
They're called press releases. They're sent to multiple news sources at the same time and therefore, many sites post them at the same time. Also, notice that this post is cited (the Source link at the end, before Sufjan's question).

[mortal soldier]

i dunno that he'll ever finish his quest. but we all know someone down the road will feel inspired to cover the states he never gets to. i'm interested

he'll do it. he's fucking sufjan stevens.

[iwasahero]

Eh, it seems like he's asking "when" he does his Californa album if he would want to be involved.

I heard the next was either Arkansas or Minnesota.

Either way, I'm extreamly excited.

[brooklynburning]

wow. I wonder what topics he'd cover.

[FstFtsVsFences]

not be a dick (although kind of to be a dick) you kind of have a habit of taking pitchfork's news and posting it here without citing them. I mean it's basically irrelevant, but you are the ap indie kid...
PTao >>> PFork

[FstFtsVsFences]

I'm really excited about this though. I was scared it'd be a while before we saw a California album. I thought he'd stick with ones out in the midwest. :woot:

[concernedparent]

Paul I'm pissed at you. When I read this headline I almost came my pants, but when I read the article it didn't sound convincing at all.

[concernedparent]

But if it's true, then WOOOOOO FUCKIN HOOOO BITCH YEAH!!!! IM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR THIS CD!!!!

Actually, wait, this is bad news. See, judging by sufjan's track record I was expecting a new cd mid this year, but if he's just asking this guy now about collaborating, this means he's probably not too far along, or hasn't even started.

[Domenic182]

foxygrandpa1027: did you see the ap news headline!!??
foxygrandpa1027: CHECK IT!
MyPants182: k
MyPants182: FUCK YEAH
MyPants182: california here we come
foxygrandpa1027: that would be sooooo awesome
foxygrandpa1027: but the article doesn't seem to announce it officially
MyPants182: ah
MyPants182: it could happen though

aw man

[UndertheTELE]

very exciting.

[forumreader]

not be a dick (although kind of to be a dick) you kind of have a habit of taking pitchfork's news and posting it here without citing them. I mean it's basically irrelevant, but you are the ap indie kid...

At least this has to do with music. I thought AP had somehow absorbed Digg's RSS feed with the way half the latter's content ends up here.

[PJ1336]

he should check out maybe the NY/NJ/PA area..

triple disc???

[irthesteve]

i dunno that he'll ever finish his quest. but we all know someone down the road will feel inspired to cover the states he never gets to. i'm interested
he said in an interview that realistically he won't do them all

[concernedparent]

he should check out maybe the NY/NJ/PA area..

triple disc???
Fuck triple, he has 48 states to do, 48 disc!

[simon1987]

absolutely can't wait

[notoaststereo]

i dunno that he'll ever finish his quest. but we all know someone down the road will feel inspired to cover the states he never gets to. i'm interested

he said he in an interview he probably wouldnt finish the state project... he also said hed probably never do an album about texas.


i was hoping for New York

[Ender217]

I bet he has a song about Manson ... well at least a song titled about him

[atticus1492]

My favorite word in that sentence is "soon."

[thewk]

i'm sure this is just a joke.
california is way too big for an album. i'm pretty sure sufjan has said that albums he'd probably next do include texas and california.

[lushintransit]

i'm waiting for ny lol.

[Silver Bullets]

awesome. Anything Sufjan does is good.

[nicolerork]

:clap:

[catchmealone]

Illinois got 2 records.

[aolsux]

wooo, it's good to hear sufjan news

[notoaststereo]

i'm sure this is just a joke.
california is way too big for an album. i'm pretty sure sufjan has said that albums he'd probably next do include texas and california.


im pretty sure i read in an interview that he would never do an album about Texas.

[lindZ629]

he should check out maybe the NY/NJ/PA area..

triple disc???

na if anything it would be NY/NJ/CT..the tri-state region

A triple disk for that would be amazing

[aolsux]

Illinois got 2 records.
no, illinois got 1 album, then an album of b-sides from that first album

[dingy]

Hopefully by 2060 he'll have a disc for every state.

[catchmealone]

no, illinois got 1 album, then an album of b-sides from that first album
which.....is the exact same thing.

[TheWatermelon]

that will awesome cuz cali is awesome
yay ha ha well at least weather part

[aolsux]

which.....is the exact same thing.
stop trying to be clever, dick

[drew-is-cool]

How does this imply that he's going to make his next album about California? That seemed more like a joke-type question...

I still think he's next album will be about birds.

[catchmealone]

stop trying to be clever, dick
I didn't realize I was being clever. I'm simply saying I don't see how Avalanche wasn't an Illinois based album? It was full of songs written for the Illinois album, but didn't make it onto the Illinois album.

Not that any of this even matters. It's fucking stupid to "argue" over this.

[boldt_action]

awesome.

[notoaststereo]

Illinois and the avalanche are incredible albums, so lets not argue about if they were 2 albums about illinois or not.

[aolsux]

I didn't realize I was being clever. I'm simply saying I don't see how Avalanche wasn't an Illinois based album? It was full of songs written for the Illinois album, but didn't make it onto the Illinois album.

Not that any of this even matters. It's fucking stupid to "argue" over this.
yeah i know, i was just arguing this for the fact of arguing. i wanted to see how much i could escalate this fight. haha.

[catchmealone]

yeah i know, i was just arguing this for the fact of arguing. i wanted to see how much i could escalate this fight. haha.
well I'm glad I didn't let myself look like a complete ass, just slightly like an ass. haha

[Driver]

Didn't RHCP do about 8 records about California already? I mean, Sufjan is good, but do a different state before Cali buddy, that shits been covered enough in song.

[Chancetobe]

Common NY...

[aolsux]

Didn't RHCP do about 8 records about California already? I mean, Sufjan is good, but do a different state before Cali buddy, that shits been covered enough in song.
actually i was thinking the same thing, he should of picked something more obscure, yet, he can put to shame all the hackneyed "california" songs out there

[concernedparent]

which.....is the exact same thing.
Nope

[ControlFreak]

In late 2007, Sufjan will declare that he will be undertaking a North Dakota album. Shortly after deciding upon this, he will realize his mistake, and that North Dakota does not have enough in it to make an entire album. In Early 2008, Sufjan will release the North Dakota 5-song EP entitled "Come All Ye To Fargo"....then he'll do something else cool.

[bigmike]

not be a dick (although kind of to be a dick) you kind of have a habit of taking pitchfork's news and posting it here without citing them. I mean it's basically irrelevant, but you are the ap indie kid...

At least this has to do with music. I thought AP had somehow absorbed Digg's RSS feed with the way half the latter's content ends up here.
And yet, here you both are giving hits to Jason Tates website after complaining about the content of it. Nice work.

[MikeOxlarhj]

make oklahoma

[Drew Beringer]

interesting...i was hoping he would make the next state be the worst state of the 50..indiana, aka, the armpit of illinois
How's this for armpit???

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a298/Drew51/champs.jpg

fuck the Bears.

[12:46AM]

phfft. that's the lamest state of them all.

[brooklynburning]

Illinois and the avalanche are incredible albums, so lets not argue about if they were 2 albums about illinois or not.

THATS the one.

[tonythetiger432]

Score!

[YCfan]

do any of you actually read the news post or just the title?
sufjan was interviewing a guy in cali and asked if he would be interested in collaborating. It seemed just like an interviewer type question.


And to the douche who flamed that it was already posted on another website... lick your dad's chode.

[YCfan]

P.S. this is a misleading post and doesn't really seem like it should have been posted unless it said. "want to read an interview sufjan gave?"

[raven3086]

Big deal... the chili peppers have been doing this for years. Pick another state

[newfoundmichael]

Nice, this should be very cool. Nothing will top Illinoise in my opinion, i'm biast because i'm from there though.

[themangowalk]

wow...songs about California...never heard one of those before. Still it is SS...i will love it.

[KB3RG]

Can't to hear anything new that he puts out

[Loch_Doun]

please no more california songs

[AdamTheGreat]

Bet it'll be amazing.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

fuck california.

[dartanian=gods]

this guy will probably be dead before he finishes all 50 records.

[CurtyB]

this guy will probably be dead before he finishes all 50 records.

even he admits it wont' happen. he's not seriously attempting it.

[lushintransit]

he should check out maybe the NY/NJ/PA area..

triple disc???

That would make me SO excited. Those are the only states I care for lmao. (I've never been to any others so yeah...)

[lushintransit]

Didn't RHCP do about 8 records about California already? I mean, Sufjan is good, but do a different state before Cali buddy, that shits been covered enough in song.

So true.

[saving jonathan]

i think if sufjan really does make a cd for every state, which i have no doubt he could, i think he'll probably go down as one of the greatest musicians of all time. i'm sure he'll be around for decades to come.

[garlicgirl1210]

i would so pick this one up.

[Scott Weber]

The interview BARELY suggests that this may or may not may happen. it's a stretch...

[hendyds88]

cool cant wait...

[Triscuit Ramone]

I heard that Oregon or Rhode Island was the next candidate