David Berman ILE Thread

lol i think this probably belongs in some other thread but it's on DCB's blog so:

http://mentholmountains.blogspot.com/2011/08/la-guns-intangible-showdown.html

Sat, 21 May 2011 e-mail is a keeper

two bands named la guns that both include members of former band la guns. Hilarious. Also 'you weren't far from the scene of the crime'

Omg that is hilarious. Did dcb write the lawyer parts too? Or were those all actually forwarded by sm? Ugh, it would be so hideously genius if he wrote all of it.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqyujoaC5N1qdzqjso1_400.jpg

I can't remember being born
and no one else can remember it either
even the doctor who I met years later
at a cocktail party.
It's one of the little disappointments
that makes you think about getting away
going to Holly Springs or Coral Gables
and taking a room on the square
with a landlady whose hands are scored
by disinfectant, telling the people you meet
that you are from Alaska, and listen
to what they have to say about Alaska
until you have learned much more about Alaska
than you ever will about Holly Springs or Coral Gables.

https://www.facebook.com/DiscutiaSecreta

I was catching up on menthol mountains yesterday, lots of eremitic type stuff, but a lot of humor too, guess he's cool.

BABY WOOD

I knew DCB would redeem me.

A Good Day In Hell - The Official ILM Track-By-Track EAGLES Listening Thread

haha

I love this email so much:
From: DCB
To: SM
Subject: Fwd: LA Guns
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 11:05:50 -0500

I don't want anybody to get hurt.
I can just see the two factions healing their schism
and coming after you with both barrels blazin.
These headbangers are angry and vindictive.
They've been looking for revenge since '92
and let's face it--
you weren't far from the scene of the crime.

care to translate?

Click the menthol mountains link up a few posts

i remember when he posted that LA Gunz exchange but had totally forgotten about it. an all-time classic; thanks for the reminder.

thanks (xp)

I find this very interesting: DCB is up to something on the west coast for the next ten weeks, so if you know someone there with a rentable living space (nice view mandatory), get at the guy

http://mentholmountains.blogspot.com/2017/01/im-looking-to-rent-residence-for-these.html

: D

Anyone know the source of his recitation of his poetry that was used on the Avalanches' "Saturday night inside out?"

he sounds like he's about to cry here:
https://soundcloud.com/selftitledmag/the-avalanches-david-berman-a

Actual Air is going for $25 used. Wish I still had my copy. Found some poems here: https://m.poemhunter.com/david-berman/poems/

this guy Tucker Nichols isn't David Berman, but I'm picking up a similar wavelength

http://www.tuckernichols.com/news/2018/3/1/vh4g36r3dd45syl6dp6o9mvqc11xwc

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54234885e4b054e35783b9a8/t/5a9852a6c8302591a003b557/1519932080331/google_jousting.jpg

I see it in the straight arrow through the wiggly arrow

https://media.poetryfoundation.org/m/image/15670/p31.jpg

Nice little slideshow:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69325/the-pure-products-of-america-go-crazy#slideshow-143062/0

An oldie but.....

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/forgive-father-sinned

I FIRST SAW HER IN A MEGASTORE

pic from November 2016:

https://i.imgur.com/QcRocn7.jpg

Is DB really tall? He looks over Malkmus in that shot.

what does he do these days? I'd flip out for a new album. JOOS, now more than ever iirc

some say screenwriting somewhere in California, others say song recording somewhere in Canada, still others say nothing at all but not for lack of knowledge

but one thing's for sure, here's what his dad's still up to these days, maybe (go to 3:20):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmh4RdIwswE

jfc

i watched that last night and didn't make the connection to his dad, but yeah. wow.

Malkmus had this to say about new Silver Jews material in an interview published in May of this year:

I heard that there's a new Silver Jews record that's in the works, and that you may have made an appearance on it up in Canada. That is not verified, but we did some demos up there. And there are songs that are good songs, but they have not been laid to tape as I know it. Unless it's happening right now.

Would you go back up to play on it? It's not going to be in Canada if it happens, and I don't know. It depends on what the situation is. If it's really going to happen or not. There's potential. The songs exist. They're awesome. They've been vetted through multiple rewrites, and I think that almost all the lines have been put through Google to make sure no one's said them before in any way, shape, or form. (Laughs)

Oh, Google Purity! I remember that. Yeah, it's happening. It's happening in Silver Jews world. We're filthy that way, it's not going to happen with our record. So I think...I'm hoping. All I can say is I'm hoping. I'm not talking much about it. I've been told to just keep it on the down low, whatever's happening. I know there are songs, and they are good. I've heard them.

http://gothamist.com/2018/05/22/stephen_malkmus_interview_sparkle.php

Gets late so early now

Who's behind the dark money group bashing @AOC in Times Square? Notorious astroturf firm Berman & Co got $2.5M from the org in 2017. Cavalry LLC, founded by Mitch McConnell's former chief of staff, was paid $419K https://t.co/S4WYiElETS

— Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc) February 21, 2019

What a legacy. Politics is such an ugly game

blugh

I'm ready for this Purple Mountains thing with Malkmus and Dan Bejar even though Dan Bejar never did nothing for me

when i read this guy's name i thought he was the football commentator that goes "whoop"

Actual Air being reprinted
https://www.dragcity.com/products/actual-air

cover design is a bit generic postrock -- liked the old one better (although arguably also generic postrock)

I’d like to read AA again but I ain’t payin $25

what is DB up to? Does anyone have any idea? What happened to the crusade against his dad?

I seem to recall reading that HBO asked him if he wanted to participate in a documentary about his dad, and he got started, but then backed out because he was afraid he was inadvertently participating in criminal glamorization. Something like that.

he's been active on twitter lately. https://twitter.com/prplmtns

Check out the Jeffrey Lewis ADHD therapy mural featuring a few heretofore unfamiliar song titles! mysterious!

oh wow thanks for the link, didn't know he was a tweeter

Thanks for pointing out the Jeffrey Lewis thing! And of course Purple Mountains is the new band name too: https://pitchfork.com/news/silver-jews-david-berman-to-release-new-album-in-2019-says-bob-nastanovich/

def remember someone once saying on (probably) ILM that he'd be good at tweeting, and he is

Whatevs here’s a link
https://youtu.be/XvUBbROsXBw

so this is basically a new Silver Jews album. different name but totally the same. first 3 tracks released on spotify are excellent - and US tour dates announced. fingers crossed for european ones soon.

More over here:

Purple Mountains

Peace and love to everyone.

you too.

May the memory of the righteous be a blessing

In the last email he sent me, David Berman included this fake picture of a new edition of Actual Air in the old Vintage Contemporaries style. Ugh I'm sad. pic.twitter.com/aSHnEGCP2i

— Christopher DeWeese (@lighghghght) August 4, 2020

https://i.imgur.com/DtZrZEM.jpg

Almost