Purple Mountains (RIP David Berman, August 2019)

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oh fuck

JoeStork, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:32 (five years ago) link

Oh no

calstars, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link

Rest in peace, few as great as him. Felt something so friendly and warm in his voice and words.

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:36 (five years ago) link

I was just introducing a friend to his work and life story yesterday. He'll be spoken of long, long after many of his contemporaries are forgotten.

Simon H., Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link

Damn.

☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link

wasn't a huge fan but this is such a punch in the stomach after reading a fair amount of the press about this album and the last few years of his life

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link

Just.... man.

Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:52 (five years ago) link

“Nights That Won’t Happen,” christ

JoeStork, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:52 (five years ago) link

Actual Air is a legit great collection of poetry, and it unlocked Berman's catalog for me -- the only artist in my personal history who's ever done so.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link

terrible news

life is brutal

The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link

Thinking now of his friends, family, bandmates, and how they must be coping or trying to process this.

Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link

ugh been thinking so much about him the last few months as well, this is awful awful news

Clay, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link

Wow

husserl gang (rip van wanko), Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link

This is a total fucking crusher

circa1916, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:14 (five years ago) link

Dammit.

Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link

Awful news. RIP DCB

badg, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:23 (five years ago) link

ughyh

ciderpress, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link

Horrifying
I have no words.

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link

oof

gbx, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link

wasn't a huge fan but this is such a punch in the stomach after reading a fair amount of the press about this album and the last few years of his life

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, August 7, 2019 7:51 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Me too.
Not many songs better than "Random Rules"

flappy bird, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link

yes

Dan S, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:50 (five years ago) link

horrible

cheese canopy (map), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:03 (five years ago) link

fucking hell man. RIP.

, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link

with touring scheduled to start next week, it almost feels like he wanted to prove once more that he could still do it before he decided to travel on

alpine static, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:10 (five years ago) link

I want to post lyrics but there’s just too many

badg, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link

If it is a suicide, I don’t think I’m strong enough to re-listen to his records.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:17 (five years ago) link

SM posted this a few hours before the news broke:

I’m not up on astrology/cosmic slop —is there something up ??

cuz a lot of xxxtra bad stuff is happening to friends and also in the 🌎 #hippytwitter

— Stephen malkmus (@dronecoma) August 7, 2019

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link

Xp yeah same. The new record seemed, if not hopeful, at least comforting in a way. I was looking forward to spending the rest of the summer with it, gradually finding its hidden doors and exploring its secret rooms. Unbelievably sad.

“Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:34 (five years ago) link

this AMA was just a few weeks ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/cdjakw/purple_mountains_ama/

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link

Wow. This is so sad. :( I’d really only become familiar with him over the past few months due to this recent release and the surrounding press. He seemed like a very special person. RIP.

Vape Store (crüt), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link

This fucking sucks

Heez, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link

man this is sad. honestly I haven't listened to silver jews in years and years and years and hadn't even gotten around to hearing the new album. Despair is a real thing.

akm, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:36 (five years ago) link

"HEADSTONE:

HE WAS CRESTFALLEN UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO RATIONALIZE IT AS A GREAT MISTAKE"

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link

too horrible to even deal with

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link

The new album seemed to be about getting old. And this seems vulgar, but they’d just added a date in LA. So right now it’s just a shock for me. Fuuuuuuuck.

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:42 (five years ago) link

"On the last day of your life, don’t forget to die..."

made me take the record off the turntable. I'm not sure I can listen to these records for a while.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:43 (five years ago) link

"...something's added to the air, forever"

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:44 (five years ago) link

idk

the ringer interview linked above basically suggested that he was living in absolute hell

mookieproof, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link

in an interview a few months ago he said about the album (paraphrasing here) "it's not a cry for help, but something more like my way of offering what help I can."

I understood.

del griffith, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:50 (five years ago) link

i just dug out my old CD of American Water, i couldn't make it through the album and had to turn it off.

Bee OK, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link

this is very sad. actual air is the only book of poetry i've ever given as a gift. Loved this man's words amd music.

triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link

it's hard for me to imagine how deeply people must experience depression

Dan S, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link

Reading that reddit thread and imagining the depth of pain that can’t be eased by such an outpouring of gratitude and affirmation and love.

Some darknesses for some people are just indelible, and exhausting.

The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link

I didn’t know about my friend DCB when I wrote this must have been in the air .His death is fucking dark ..depression is crippling.. he was a one of a kinder the songs he wrote were his main passion esp at the end. Hope death equals peace cuz he could sure use it

— Stephen malkmus (@dronecoma) August 8, 2019

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link

fuuuck man it seemed so cool that he was getting out there again in such an auspicious fashion. going to miss the absolute hell out of this guy

A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Thursday, 8 August 2019 02:02 (five years ago) link

Many good and kind words here.

https://pitchfork.com/news/david-berman-remembered-by-silver-jews-collaborator-bob-nastanovich-deerhunter-more/

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 August 2019 02:07 (five years ago) link

Who knows, but I can only imagine the complete change of daily habits that go with dozens of profiles coming out about your life and your work, getting it right or not, plus everything that goes into starting a tour for the first time in forever. So much pressure and just being out in the world, even with stellar reviews and shows sold out (I had two tix for them in Chicago).

... (Eazy), Thursday, 8 August 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link

Huh, and related to that, just saw this quoted (by Howe Gelb on Instagram) from a 2006 Pfork Berman interview:

He talked to Pitchfork about his stance on performing in 2005, “I believe that intermittent live performance has cut short the writing lives of touring musicians. If you are making an argument with history you don’t waste your energy and brain cells on sales, publicity, relentless travel, and other adjoining tasks. The less my body moves, the more energy my brain has to write.”

... (Eazy), Thursday, 8 August 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link

*2005 interview

... (Eazy), Thursday, 8 August 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link

I wonder if he reached out to, or reconciled with, his dad in some way before the end. I can’t help but think about his dad losing his son.

60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Thursday, 8 August 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link


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