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Sufjan Stevens's Twelve Miles of Inspiration

By Jim Fusilli New York On his earlier pop albums, "Michigan," issued in 2003, and the very fine "Illinois," out two years later, Sufjan Stevens explored, directly and through inference, the relationship between environment and character. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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  1. Everyone’s always complaining about it, but it’s interesting that it runs through the entire borough, sort of the one thing that is constant ... I just liked that it seemed to be a running theme physically and conceptually, and it has beautiful views of Brooklyn and of Manhattan.
    – Sufjan Stevens SOURCE: Pate Magazine 4 weeks ago
  2. We spent, like, nine months of our lives on the BQE filming this
    – Sufjan Stevens SOURCE: Independent Film Channel 1 month ago
  3. It’s the kind of thing the space was built for, and this is exactly the model we were envisioning
    SOURCE: New York Press 1 month ago
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