sufjanstevens_boweryballroom02
Originally uploaded by the modern age.
at the urging of my friend k. in amsterdam, i joined a web-service a few months ago that documents my itunes use. apart from displaying what i'm currently listening to, it also, more disturbingly, creates weekly and monthly charts of the songs i've listened to most. one perverse look at my current charts shows my sufjan stevens obsession has quite possibly reached its pinnacle after yesterday's lovely show at the bowery ballroom (also note my equal play appreciation for the jubilant work of julie delpy, journey, and elton john).
stevens and his illinoise makers had been celebrating spirit week for the previous three nights and after celebrating fake injury and pirates night, yesterday evening brought us fake tattoo and facial hair on each of the, i think, nine performers. all the big no-no's in indie rock performance were there: pom-poms, cheers, costume changes (one involving a one-piece tracksuit made out of an american flag), balloons, as well as numerous mentions of the unmentionable capitalized lord.
the show was nothing short of amazing (horns, lovely girl sing-a-longs, and the amazingly cute 50 states song) and i can only feel sad when tonight, while watching this summer's indie hit 'me, you, and everyone we know' with glorious g. at the ifc, i'll realize the ballroom is hosting the culmination of sufjan's spirit week, the illinoise homecoming dance.
ps. i did not take this picture, found it on flickr, but was standing right behind its photographer right in front of the stage. oh, the joys of being in a city so dense with digital cameras.
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