Bob Dylan: Advent songwriter? The central theme of “When He Returns” is not the dynamics of personal conversion, but the cosmic scale of the divine last word.
The all-important question: Sufjan’s ‘Wasp of the Palisades’ I remember listening to this song for the first time and thinking, Wait, is this gay? The kiss, the insistent “we were in love” refrain … but surely not.
Sufjan blessed my year I was a big Sufjan fan about ten years ago, but I forgot about him for a while. I was called back to my senses with the release of Carrie and Lowell.
