Sufjan Stevens on 'Alanson, Crooked River' : We would steal quarters from our dad’s pants pockets and go down to Andy’s to buy Charleston Chews and Laffy Taffy, which would cost five cents a piece. If there was no change, we took back cans of pop. You could buy a pack of gum with two cans. Bobby would play pretend WWF at the bandstand in the park, doing choreographed body slams, pinning himself down under the imaginary weight of Hulk Hogan, who was the only wrestler I recognized by name. We didn’t watch TV at our house, except The Smurfs on Saturdays and MTV the one time w… read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Alanson, Crooked River' : We would steal quarters from our dad’s pants pockets and go down to Andy’s to buy Charleston C… read more
Sufjan Stevens on 'Alanson, Crooked River' : We would steal quarters from our dad’s pants pockets and go down to Andy’s to buy Charleston Chews and Laffy Taffy, which would cos… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimentalelectronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Though Stevens had announced plans to make an album for each of the 50 U.… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich song… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He ha… read more