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Read on Pitchfork today that he and Rosie Thomas are expecting a child. He'll support her on the spring tour, but I gather he might be laying low (outside of the Sasquatch gig). I would not get your hopes up...
Post by famousblueraincoat on Apr 7, 2006 9:01:02 GMT -5
Good news, folks. Very, very good news. Anyone else think he'll be out supporting some of these tracks this summer????
Sufjan to Deliver New Album, Not New Baby Amy Phillips reports: Folks, we've got good news and bad news.
The good news: There's a new Sufjan Stevens album coming out!
The bad news: Sufjan and Rosie Thomas are not having a baby together.
Actually, on second thought, it's all good news. While the progeny of Sufjan and Rosie might have theoretically been the Cutest Kid Ever, raising a child takes a lot of time and energy-- time and energy that could be spent writing songs! Since Sufjan's got 48 more states to go, and Rosie has all sorts of projects in the works, we're glad they will be focusing on birthing musical offspring, rather than the crying-and-bedwetting kind.
So what's the explanation for this whole crazy mess? Well, it seems that Rosie and her and Sufjan's friend and musical collaborator, Denison Witmer, decided to pull a prank on Pitchfork and poor Sufjan. We fell for it-- hell, our information came directly from the source (Rosie), was corroborated by a close friend (Denison), and even Sufjan's publicist was being slippery about it. On second thought, maybe a publicist being slippery isn't that out of the ordinary. We feel a bit silly, but think the whole thing is pretty hilarious-- and we're still confused about why this particular story would be harder on us than it must have been on Rosie and Sufjan.
Yesterday, two weeks after the rumor was floated, all three came clean.
"I kid around so often, I forgot that some one might take me seriously," Rosie wrote in an email to Pitchfork's Matthew Solarski, who originally reported the story. "Suf and I are good buddies and I just meant it in good fun."
"The response from friends and fans has been so great, it made me actually wish I really was pregnant and I swear I got so convinced myself even that I thought I was starting to experience symptoms of morning sickness. I'll be sure to thank everyone who has been so very sweet and make sure no one feels duped. I really am very sorry, please forgive me, it was all meant in good fun I swear. Please tell people if they still want to bring diapers just to make sure that they are adult size."
Sufjan issued the following:
"First of all, I would like to thank everyone who called or sent notes of congratulations about the news of my baby. I am so proud.
"Secondly, the baby is a hoax. I had nothing to do with the baby hoax. I was as shocked as everyone else about the baby. Matthew's story was so convincing I almost believed it myself.
"Thirdly, something you need to know about Rosie is that she's really weird and she's really funny. So it's no surprise that she could pull this off, this imaginary baby. But the fact is, Rosie is not carrying my baby. As far as I know, we spent quality time in the studio, not in bed. If Rosie's pregnant, it's not my baby. Maybe it's Denison's baby. Maybe it's an alien baby. I don't know. All I know is that the baby is probably going to grow up to be a clown, or a mime, or a bassoon player or something funny like that. Most babies come out crying, but Rosie's baby is going to be born laughing its butt off."
Denison added, "Rosie, Sufjan, and I are constantly joking with each other. The recording was a circus to say the least. There was more laughing than recording. It's been this way with us since the day we met.
"Pitchfork is always humorous in your writing... so we figured if you can dish it, then you can take it in good fun. I mean, out of any website to joke with, I personally think Pitchfork is the one who can successfully laugh at yourselves about it and still be taken seriously when you write other important news. That's a good thing."
Aww shucks, thanks, dude!
ANYWAY, let's get back to the truly exciting matter at hand, namely, the new Sufjan album.
Last night, Asthmatic Kitty announced that on July 25, it will release The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album. The disc collects material originally written for Pitchfork's favorite album of last year, revisited by Sufjan in late 2005 and early 2006. It includes three versions of standout track "Chicago", songs concerning Saul Bellow, Ann Landers, Adlai Stevenson, and Henry Darger, and musical contributions from drummer James McAlister, trumpeter Craig Montoro, singers Shara Worden and Katrina Kerns, and, of course, Rosie Thomas.
In typical Sufjan fashion, the tracklist is an adventure unto itself:
01 The Avalanche 02 Dear Mr Supercomputer 03 Adlai Stevenson 04 The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies 05 Chicago (Acoustic Version) 06 The Henney Buggy Band 07 Saul Bellow 08 Carlyle Lake 09 Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair 10 The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself) 11 Kaskaskia River 12 Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) 13 Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne 14 No Man's Land 15 The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake 16 The Pick-up 17 The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?" 18 For Clyde Tombaugh 19 Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version) 20 Pittsfield 21 The Undivided Self (For Eppie and Popo)