David Berman ILE Thread

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