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Pitchfork: How would you describe your relationship with your mother growing up?
Sufjan Stevens: She left when I was 1, so I have no memory of her and my father being married. She just wandered off. She felt that she wasn't equipped to raise us, so she gave us to our father. It wasn't until I was 5 that Carrie married Lowell. He worked in a bookstore in Eugene, Oregon, and we spent three summers out there—that's when we actually saw our mother the most.
But after she and Lowell split up, we didn't have that much contact with Carrie. Sometimes she'd be at our grandparents' house, and we'd see her during the holidays for a few days. There was the occasional letter here and there. She was off the grid for a while, she was homeless sometimes, she lived in assisted housing. There was always speculation too, like, "Where is she? What is she doing?" As a kid, of course, I had to construct some kind of narrative, so I've always had a strange relationship to the mythology of Carrie, because I have such few lived memories of my experience with her. There's such a discrepancy between my time and relationship with her, and my desire to know her and be with her.
Pitchfork: Did you ever call her “mom” or was it always “Carrie”?
SS: We always called our parents by their first names: Carrie and Rasjid. I'm not quite sure why.
Pitchfork: What was Carrie like as a person?
SS: She was evidently a great mother, according to Lowell and my father. But she suffered from schizophrenia and depression. She had bipolar disorder and she was an alcoholic. She did drugs, had substance abuse problems. She really suffered, for whatever reason. But when we were with her and when she was most stable, she was really loving and caring, and very creative and funny. This description of her reminds me of what some people have observed about my work and my manic contradiction of aesthetics: deep sorrow mixed with something provocative, playful, frantic.
Pitchfork: Since she wasn’t around that much, how did you perceive of her as a kid?
SS: There was an awareness early on that she had schizophrenia, suffered from depression, and that she was an alcoholic. And because both my mother and father were alcoholics and substance abuse ran in our family, when my dad got sober and started going to Alcoholics Anonymous, we all went to 12-step meetings so we could participate in his recovery. So we had very concrete, responsible language to describe a person's struggle with addiction. We could talk about Carrie in those environments, and there was a healthy camaraderie in that culture. But I remember being a little bit embarrassed about having to go to Alateen meetings, and I didn't start drinking until I was at least of age. It was so stigmatized.
Pitchfork: Were you there when Carrie passed away?
SS: Yeah. She had stomach cancer, and it was a quick demise. We flew to see her in the ICU before she died. She was in a lot of pain, and on a lot of drugs, but she was aware. It was so terrifying to encounter death and have to reconcile that, and express love, for someone so unfamiliar. Her death was so devastating to me because of the vacancy within me. I was trying to gather as much as I could of her, in my mind, my memory, my recollections, but I have nothing. It felt unsolvable. There is definitely a deep regret and grief and anger. I went through all the stages of bereavement. But I say make amends while you can: Take every opportunity to reconcile with those you love or those who've hurt you. It was in our best interest for our mother to abandon us. God bless her for doing that and knowing what she wasn't capable of.
Pitchfork: That’s a very Zen outlook.
SS: Well, love is unconditional and incomprehensible. And I believe it's possible to love absent of mutual respect.
-Sufjan Stevens, Pitchfork Interview 2015
http://pitchfork.com/featu...sufjan-stevens/
 | 10/10 Art Pieces
Outside of music, there is a huge, immense art world. In fact, we are covered with and in it wherever we go. There's good art (i.e. quality) and not so good art.
This list shows what I not only believe, but strongly argue as the best art pieces in the history of mankind. The pinnacle of humanity, (along with philosophy —maybe one day I'll make a list about the best philosophers ever).
This are not only the best, but also the only perfect art oeuvres in my humble, yet firm opinion.
Any recommendation you think would be worth a 10/10 (provided I haven't listened/played/saw/watched/read it before) will be thanked tenderly. Created: 08/21/2014 | Last updated: 05/11/2015 | 85 items |  | Songs I've cried to.
I'm someone that rarely cries. Be it life turned me bitter and cold or I just try not to feel deep pain and suffering, I have a predisposition to not cry.
This list is about the few songs that have made me cry out of the blue, just because. They've moved me in such ways in a moment of my life, I just broke down and tears rolled down my cheek.
I'll only post songs I vividly remember I cried to and if and only if I wasn't on any altered state of mind (alcohol or drugs). Created: 04/16/2015 | Last updated: 05/29/2015 | 5 items |  | Canciones significativas
- Created: 03/12/2015 | Last updated: 03/12/2015 | 3 items |  | The most melancholic albums ever.
This list is about melancholia and albums that bring me those feelings.
Listed from least to most melancholic; not from worst to best album (If you want that, you can check their scores, if any).
Recommendations are, of course, open and will be thanked.
Be advised, lots of swearing ahead.
Passive-aggressive short reviews inspired by my friend Nakkinak.
Edits:
21st September, 2014: 1st massive edition. Added 10 albums to the list (thanks everyone for the recommendations) and changed some orders.
Recommended video for the purpose of this list:
spoiler: click to read
Now with a mostly related Spotify list of sad breakup songs for the full experience!
https://open.spotify.com/u...lYHfZhdyKIj7r0A Created: 02/22/2014 | Last updated: 03/22/2015 | 58 items |  | "Tell me who you are with and I'll tell you who you are" The best 100 albums ever by my RYM friends.
So, by the time the time of writing [Mrch 20 2'15] I have 80 friends in my friend list. Of course their taste suck, but at least lot as much as everyone else's, so as a tribute to them, I'm doing this list, which collects the best albums acording to the RYM algorithm with their scores, plus a small passive agressive one liner review (sometimes one word).
Dedicated with all my love to each and every one of you in my friend list :)
spoiler: click to read Created: 03/20/2015 | Last updated: 03/20/2015 | 100 items |  | My vinyl collection.
What it says there.
My acetates ordered chronologically by order of ownership with little side notes.
If not specified, records were bought in Santiago, Chile.
Artists from whom I have the more than 1 record:
The Flaming Lips and Peter Gabriel (2 Genesis albums, 3 Solo); 5 albums
Radiohead; 3 albums (+ 1 Thom Yorke single)
R.E.M., Cocteau Twins, Sufjan Stevens, Panda Bear, Steven Wilson, Boards of Canada, Simon & Garfunkel, Patti Smith & Björk (1 Solo + 1 w/The Sugarcubes); 2 albums Created: 03/27/2014 | Last updated: 05/31/2015 | 96 items |  | Acts I've seen live.
Ordered chronologically.
No national acts, because there'd be too many. Created: 04/04/2014 | Last updated: 03/16/2015 | 51 items |  | Albums to have sex to.
What says on the title.
If you have any suggestions, I'd really appreciate them.
I'll listen to it and (probably) add it. Created: 07/29/2013 | Last updated: 04/12/2015 | 30 items |  | Best Prog records ever
I hate progressive Rock. Prog is a genre full of wankers full of themselves, playing shit for the sake of playing shit before trying to comunicate something. Prog fans are annoying: They think the only good music is prog, otherwise it's automatically shit. I hate the scene, I hate the plastic ethos it has, I hate the fact that critics ignore the good releases and masturbate to the shitty ones. I hate that you love shit like Tool and Opeth but have the face to say Mars Volta sucks. Fuck you. You have Fucking zero taste. For this reason I'm doing this list. If you disagree, you should be set on fire. Next list of genres I hate will be Post-Rock.
No kraut because that genre is just german wackos playing random shit.
No Avant-Prog because that genre is just american and brit wackos playing random shit.
No Rock in Opposition because that genre is just belgium wackos playing random shit.
Edit: Added progressive folk, pop and electronic by request, but I'm not sure whether leave it or put just Prog Rock. Created: 09/13/2014 | Last updated: 10/05/2014 | 36 items |  | The best records from the 1960s
This is it:
The decade that defined the sound of music to come.
Buddy Holly taught us how to grab a guitar and how to play it and Ornette Coleman brought the Post-avant Jazzcore to the table.
What happened after that, it's here.
The best of the last decade with Song-based albums. The decade of rebellion, of protests, of Dylan and Simon. The decade of LSD and boundary-pushing.
Here's the list of the best albums of the nineteen-sixties in the humble opinion of Index Aske. Created: 06/04/2013 | Last updated: 01/24/2014 | 30 items |  | The best records from the 1970s
"The Hippies and the Punks lost their chance to break the stagnation.
In the hands of commercialization died every good intention."
Los Prisioneros - La voz de los 80s
The next step:
What lies beyond is a land of Prog and Punk
The Biggest Ethos, Pathos and Egos from music history.
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire of music and the come of medieval time.
Here they are.
The best records from the seventies. Created: 07/19/2013 | Last updated: 02/19/2014 | 30 items |  | The best records from the 1980s
The medieval times of music!
Are we safe?
Fear not! There's plenty of good material coming from this decade, despite what most could say. Created: 11/24/2013 | Last updated: 02/14/2015 | 30 items |  | The best records from the 1990s
The last decade of the last century of the last millenium!
The decade of Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Alterative Rock, Indie Rock, Grunge and Neopsychdelia.
One great leap forward in quantity and quality.
Here they are, the best of the decade I was born. Created: 11/28/2013 | Last updated: 04/09/2015 | 52 items |  | Albums and Games of the Year 2012
I opened my old facebook profile just to grab a note where I wrote this down, also my list of 2012 Games of the year, of course. I already changed the order to reflect my current opinion and I'm probably changing some entries:
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Como es del gusto de todos hacer listas, la mia no es excepción, y voy a compartir con usted los que son los mejores 10 discos y juegos del presente año" Created: 12/22/2013 | Last updated: 12/23/2013 | 11 items |  | Albums of the Year 2013
First of all, I'd like to thank my girlfriend for making such an amazing workart for me.
Without further ado, the notes.
Algunas notas:
0) Mención Honrosa para "Close To The Edge" de Yes; Rerelease del año, sin duda alguna. Wilson, te perdono el Raven That Refused to Sing.
1) Los viejos de siempre (David Bowie, Thom Yorke, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Camera Obscura) didn't deliver.
2) Las bandas indies (Janelle Monae, The National, The Weeknd, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) didn't deliver
3) Este fue el año de música Chilena
4) Este fue el año de la música electrónica rara y los discos de rap que no se llamen Kanye West o Death Grips
5) Si este fuera un Top 20, veríamos a Oneohtrix Point Never, Fuck Buttons, Chvrches, Dënver, Mantarraya, Earl Sweatshirt y Electrodomésticos en la lista.
6) Peor año para la música desde que tengo memoria. Que Sigur Ros aparezca en MI top 10 habla muy mal de este año.
7) >Implicando Julia Holter Created: 12/21/2013 | Last updated: 12/21/2013 | 10 items |  | Best Ones of The Year 2014
Well, this year was a shitty year. My mom fell sick of cancer (she's getting better now, though) and that hit me really bad, went into depression, I got stolen twice in the street (once with a gun, yay for me luck!), my PC literally exploded (I could save the HDD, though), I failed a lot of stuff at Uni (mainly because of my depression) and the list goes on and on.
But not everything was crap. I could travel once more to Mexico City to spend the Holidays with my girlfriend, I found a lot of good music, saw some nice movies, went to amazing concerts (Kudos to Arcade Fire, Yo La Tengo, Spiritualized, Thurston Moore and Devo), played some amazing games and started a project with some friends (that's still top secret) but maybe you'll be interested.
Anyways, since I couldn't listen to a lot of new music this year because my PC went Kaboom, my Zune HD passed away and my HTC One got snagged last September, I'm doing a list with some of the things I enjoyed the most this 2014. Created: 12/23/2014 | Last updated: 12/23/2014 | 18 items |  | New York City Playlist.
This entry enlists the albums I listened when I was in New York last (meridional) summer (19/1/2013 - 25/1/2013).
They will always remind me of New York. Created: 11/24/2013 | Last updated: 11/24/2013 | 12 items |  | Most Overrated Acts ever.
Exactly what it says on the tin.
Just remember:
Overrated ≠ Bad Created: 06/15/2013 | Last updated: 04/10/2015 | 50 items |  | Best Drummers Ever.
Often we forget about the importance of both, the drummers and bassists: the rhythm section. While, they seem to just be on the background, doing their stuff, they are essential to any good music, group and/or album that makes use of the rhythmic instruments or elements of music. It's not always the case, though. There are great electronic, sampled or Hip Hop albums there that don't make use of them, and yet they manage to do it.
In any case, this list shows the best drummers ever in my humble opinion.
Stay tuned for a future list of the best bassists ever. Created: 08/29/2014 | Last updated: 03/10/2015 | 21 items |  | The 10 best EPs ever.
A revamped and updated list with the best releases on Extended Plays in my opinion.
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