100 Things You Love About The Silver Jews

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69. A kitten from Great Britain

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

"its like I caught Hollywood sleeping/ asleep without the dream"

― eric, Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

71 (I think). "It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England." -- from Actual Air

― goodoldneon (goodoldneon), Thursday, 4 August 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

When somethin' breaks it makes a beautiful sound.

― Steven Coy (stevencoy), Monday, 11 September 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)

"What would you say if I asked you to run away? / Oh, it's been done so many times, I hardly know what it means."

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:28 (nineteen years ago)

^73

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:29 (nineteen years ago)

"Sometimes a PONY, Sometimes a PONY, Sometimes a PONY GETS DE-PRESSED!"

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

75. "I've always loved you to the max, I loved you to the max, I loved you to the max!"

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

76. (the line I love the most, for some reason): "When the rain hits you, it hits you slow/ Stitch after stitch, stitch after stitch stitch after stitch, stitch after stitch."

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

77. I SAW GOD'S SHADOW ON THIS WORLD

― p@reene (Pareene), Monday, 11 September 2006 04:02 (nineteen years ago)

78. "I've been working at the airport bar
It's like Christmas in a submarine
Wings and brandy on a winter's night
I guess you wouldn't call it a scene"

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 September 2006 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

jeez, that's like something off of gaucho.

― ruddy raleigh and the rickets (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 September 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

"Oil paintings of x-rated picnics"

― Period period period (Period period period), Monday, 11 September 2006 05:10 (nineteen years ago)

81. I've got two tickets to a midnight execution.
We'll hitchhike our way from Odessa to Houston
and when they turn on the chair
something's added to the air

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 11 September 2006 09:32 (nineteen years ago)

82. forever

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 11 September 2006 11:16 (nineteen years ago)

83. Singing "It's sunny and 75 / It feels so good to be alive" on shitty overcast 90-degree days until I almost start to believe it.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

84. "Your third beer will lead you astray"

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

85. "Scotch and penicillin...please try carlton. cold black maple hangers, and husbands on the run...."

86. "So you've got no friends and
You wander through the night
And now you watch the sunrise through a rifle-sight"

stellar.

― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Monday, 11 September 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

84. "Your third beer will lead you astray"
-- M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (matt@game[remove]informer.com), September 11th, 2006.

DRINK. It's DRINK

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Monday, 11 September 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

it's DRINK. and it's 87.

― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Monday, 11 September 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dragcity.com/bands/berman10.jpg
88. He appears to be looking skeptical about a headline that reads "The Greatest Generation"

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's "The Greediest Generation."

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

89. "And all the New Wave girls wear / Cowboy boots in Alberta."

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

i drink beer

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

I always liked his print poetry far more than his music, but I suspect that's an opinion that'll get a man killed.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 11 September 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

92ish. I asked a painter why the roads are coloured black / He said "Steve, it's because people leave and no highway can bring them back"

― 6335 (6335), Monday, 11 September 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

93. berman's anger towards SJBB comments about the amount of reverb on his voice on 'tanglewood #'s'

― b. austin (6335), Monday, 11 September 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

this quote

"All musicians should write poetry or at least read it if they want to improve their game. Except for people who believe lyrics don't matter. This is the Brian Billick theory of songwriting: Defense (the music) not offense (lyrics) wins championships (Grammys). The best teams of course have both. And the Ravens were very dull and unlikable. They weren't built to last. My songs are built to provide years of shadowplay."

― b335 austin (6335), Monday, 11 September 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

94. "The alleys are the footnotes of the avenues"

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

95. "We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career/Out of writing sad songs and getting paid by the tear."

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

96. "black-eyed susans from the Maryland shore"

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

97. "I'd rather live in a trash can
than see you happy with another man."

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

98. http://static.flickr.com/92/207874451_9b80e6f7c5.jpg?v=0
He arm-wrestled my friend and former roommate Jeff, and we had this picture in our living room.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

99. We're seeing 'em tonight!

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

100. "and then it ends"

― ath (ath), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

When God was young, he made the wind and the sun
Since then, it's been a slow education
And you got that one idea again
The one about dying.
Oh oh oh I'm lightning
Oh oh oh I'm rain
Oh oh oh it's frightening
I'm not the same, I'm not the same,
I'm not the same
There's a screen door banging in the wind
Remember you wanted to be like George Washington back then
Everybody's going down on themselves
No pardon me's or fare thee wells in the end

Oh oh oh I'm lightning
Oh oh oh I'm rain
Oh oh oh it's frightening
I'm not the same, I'm not the same,
I'm not the same

I normally don't care about lyrics in music, but nobody's lyrics sink into my head like Berman's. and this changes things. in fact without the lyrics, there is nothing there. its a different approach to listening. I feel like I'm hearing a real person.

― marbles (marbles), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

Ain't ya heard the news? Adam and Eve were Jews.

Good for Mr. Berman.

― Savvy Jones (Savvy Jones), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I noticed the Jewish Forward did an article on him too. It's kind of funny.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

This is one of those things that says more about me than Berman, but is anyone else somewhat frightened about the implications for his next album due to his newfound strong faith?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

so, how was the show?

― arjun (arjun), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

It was really nice... the band sounded good (three guitars, keyboard, Paz on violin), especially on the new songs. DCB forgot the lyrics to a few songs (both from "American Water"), and was a little stumbly in general (he seemed more into performing at the Pitchfork Fest show), but it's not like you go expecting Neil Diamond.

One kinda bummer was that Cassie B. sang "The Poor, The Fair, and the Good" (my favorite) in a faux-"country" twang (as if maybe to emphasize its affinity with a Nashville ballad), which didn't work for me.

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

I thought the "the poor..." sounded like that on the CD

― marbles (marbles), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)

I sing all of the silver jews songs in a faux country twang. its kind of fun actually. either that or a faux punk clip. which works pretty good too.

― marbles (marbles), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

On the sidewalk after the show, I bought a black long-sleeved tee for $5 - it has a white transfer of the promo pic above (DCB with the newspaper), and "Silver Jews" in vertical lettering... it's great!

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

I'll have to listen closely to the CD - I thought she sang normally on there. The put-on accent had too much of a "meta" effect onstage... like she was bored with the song, or something. It undercut the impact for me (I think the choruses are so beautiful).

― I'm at WORK, Otto! (samjeff), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

x-post Mickey. I don't see why it should frighten you that he's become more religious, especially since it seems like it happened before the recording of Tanglewood. He's going to a conservative congregation, so it's not like he's become a hassid or Matisyahu Berman. And if he needs some religion to keep himself sane, off crack, and not suicidal, shouldn't you be happy for him?

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, the last line of the last song on Tanglewood Numbers (repeated over and over again) is "I saw God's shadow on this world".

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

Thought some people might like to know that David Berman will be one of the guys featured on Quickmuse next Tuesday.

― Jamesy, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

Do you believe in MGM endings? Everybody's coming back to Christmas for Texas.

― rustic italian flatbread, Sunday, 30 October 2011 10:32 (fourteen years ago)

Build a stage for autumn's bitch

― answering_machine, Sunday, 30 October 2011 11:32 (fourteen years ago)

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