Sufjan Stevens and Cryptacize go on tour

By Jason Diamond Waking up on a Monday morning to news that Mr. Stevens (above) is taking the weirdo-pop trio of Cryptacize on the road is a splendid way to begin the week. Sufjan Stevens and Cryptacize 2009 tour 09-21: Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s 09-22: Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s 09-23: Ithaca, NY – Castaways 09-24: Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom 09-25: Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room 09-26: Champaign, IL – The High Dive 09-27: Minneapolis, MN – […]

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Bites: Nabokov with naked women, Tao Lin selling bumper stickers, Sufjan Stevens, and the zombie train adds an extra passenger

Well, some of us are actually gonna have to buy Playboy for the writing it seems, because they are giving us a 5,000 word glimpse at Vladimir Nabokov’s final, unfinished novella, The Original of Laura in their December issue (which comes out Nov. 10th) a week before it ships for sale. An all string reworking of Sufjan Stevens 2001 album Enjoy Your Rabbit will be out in November. I’m happy about this. The title of the album is Run Rabbit […]

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