Mastodawn

SILVER JEWS
Tanglewood Numbers
2005 U.S. pressing

David Berman was another one of those very troubled but very talented artists.

I love all six of the Jews records, but Tanglewood is the one I come back to more than any other.

It’s got one of the all-time best opening tracks in “Punks In The Beerlight”, as well as a long list of talented guest musicians.

Besides regulars Steven Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich of Pavement, there’s Bobby Bare Jr., Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), Will Oldham, William Tyler, and Paz Lenchantin.

And just on a personal note, every Jews album has a certain amount of sadness to it.
However, I cannot listen to Berman’s Purple Mountaintops album, which was his last.

It’s just a little TOO sad, knowing what we know happened.

A great talent who is greatly missed.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #art #music #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #records #vinylcollector #silverjews #davidberman #indie #alternative

MOWNO Jun 9, 2025

Dandy provocateur et intemporel, chanteur et poète ultra charismatique, David Berman (Silver Jews) n'avait encore jamais fait l'objet d'un livre. Ce sera le cas dès vendredi avec la sortie de 'Au nom du pire: David Berman et Silver Jews face aux démons de l'Amérique' signé par Pascal Bertin aux éditions LeGospel. Infos et précommande : https://www.mowno.com/news/infos/david-berman-et-silver-jews-font-lobjet-dun-livre-aux-editions-le-gospel/
#legospel #davidberman #silverjews #nowreading

Tara Duckworth Mar 8, 2025

I remember Kitty saying we shared a deep longing for

the consolation prize, laughing as we rinsed the stagecoach.

I remember the night we camped out

and I heard her whisper

“think of me as a place” from her sleeping bag

with the centaur print.

I remember being in her father’s basement workshop

when we picked up an unknown man sobbing

over the shortwave radio

and the night we got so high we convinced ourselves

that the road was a hologram projected by the headlight beams.

I remember how she would always get everyone to vote

on what we should do next and the time she said

“all water is classic water” and shyly turned her face away.

At volleyball games her parents sat in the bleachers

like ambassadors from Indiana in all their midwestern schmaltz.

She was destroyed when they were busted for operating

a private judicial system within U.S. borders.

Sometimes I’m awakened in the middle of the night

by the clatter of a room service cart and I think back on Kitty.

Those summer evenings by the government lake,

talking about the paradox of multiple Santas

or how it felt to have your heart broken.

I still get a hollow feeling on Labor Day when the summer ends

and I remember how I would always refer to her boyfriends

as what’s-his-face, which was wrong of me and I’d like

to apologize to those guys right now, wherever they are:

No one deserves to be called what’s-his-face.

▪️David Berman, Classic Water

#naturephotography #davidberman #poetry #photography

NewAmsterDon Oct 15, 2024

Handwritten lyric sheets created by David Berman for the Silver Jews album LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, LOOKOUT SEA 🎵 ✍🏽 🏔️ 🌊 #music #PopSongs #DavidBerman #SilverJews #SongLyrics #PopMusic #IndiePop

https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBerman/s/9uCGXvYm1a

Xris Jan 5, 2024

HBD DB
#DavidBerman

Dan Mielcarz Oct 2, 2023

Here’s an incredible David Berman poem I’ve never seen: “Democratic Vistas”

(Via leonorgrave on Twitter, published in Baffler sometime in 1993)

#poetry #DavidBerman

Jake has moved!Aug 16, 2023

New Bill Callahan: Last One At The Party

Video: Bill Callahan - "Last One At The Party"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtaQy-exak

Directed by Mikey Kampmann and Anthony Gasparro. From YTILAER, out now on Drag City.

I love it when artists don't play the typical music release promotion game. Normally, first you see a single released out of nowhere, and the...

#BillCallahan #DavidBerman #DragCity #videos #music #blog

Bill Callahan - "Last One At The Party" (Official Music Video)

YouTube

Dan Mielcarz Apr 21, 2023

Get ready for the most niche poll ever.

In the Silver Jews’ song “Tennessee,” when David Berman sings “Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster/Her sister never left, and look what it cost her,” what Steven Foster song are you imagining?

#IndieRock #SilverJews #DavidBerman

My Old Kentucky Home

Camptown Races

50%

Oh! Susanna

16.7%

Beautiful Dreamer

33.3%

Poll ended at Apr 22, 2023 at 10:36am.

Paul O'Mahony Jan 9, 2023

Evening walk in #Stockholm in the “icy bike chain rain”, to quote #DavidBerman. Although his refers to Portland, Oregon.

Recliner Notes Jan 9, 2023

In the latest Recliner Notes post on the songs of #BillCallahan, Smog's "Feather by Feather" demonstrates how Callahan can play with and sometimes subvert country music forms to explore deep, emotional themes.

The post also includes comparisons with Callahan's #DragCity peers #DavidBerman of the #SilverJews and #BonniePrinceBilly who also have been known to take on similar artistic modes as Callahan.

http://reclinernotes.com/2023/01/08/feather-by-feather/

Feather by Feather

Recliner Notes