The collection, out via Stevens’s label, Asthmatic Kitty, features the soundtrack, the film footage used in the projections, a 40-page booklet with liner notes and photographs, a “stereoscopic 3-D Viewmaster® reel,” and a BQE-themed Hooper Heroes comic book he worked on with his friend, the illustrator Stephen Halker. We met at the Diner on 9th Avenue to discuss the release of The BQE, a CD/DVD package documenting the “symphonic and cinematic exploration of New York City’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway” he debuted with projections, an orchestra, ornate wings, and hula-hoopers over three nights at BAM in 2007. The Brooklyn-based multi-instrumental singer/songwriter-and now comic book writer-comes off as being far removed from the everyday in a way that speaks to either an incredible discipline or admirable disregard. One of the things I like best about Sufjan Stevens is that it feels like he’s from another time or planet.
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