It's a funny name--Sufjan. This guy, Sufjan Stephens, is a musician who is planning on making an album for every state! So far, he's done Michigan and Illinois, and Illinois is one of the most unique folk-rock albums I've ever heard. He combines brass instruments with banjo/guitar melodies, and a soft, whispery-sounding voice and lyrics that are accented by his background in literature.
I think I like his music so much because he's kind of goofy, or at least unique (one of his songs is called "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!"), and yet his songs carry a deep sadness mingled with peace and joy that really makes me feel. And it is good to feel.
In one of his songs, he sings about the slow death of one of his friends through cancer. In the end, as he describes seeing a sort of vision of the face of God, he sings softly, "And he takes, and he takes, and he takes." Would that we could understand how in God's taking away from us, He is also giving something which could not be had any other way.
One of my coworkers, Michael Quilantan, is not going to be able to continue living at the church that I work at, as he has been for the past 6 months. He is supposed to leave with all his stuff in two days, and as yet, he has no place to lay his head (or, for that matter, his heavy DJ sound equipment). And yet, he laughs at Satan. He laughs, because this time--this time, he's not gonna drown out his pain and disappointment through depression, or anger, or girls.
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Hey mister Wholesale, I'm gonna delete you if you don't tell me who you are.
And just like that, you enter the world of 'blogging.'
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