ooh shit. RIP
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On January 22, 2009, Berman announced via the official Drag City message board that he is the son of lobbyist Richard Berman. The two have been estranged since about 2006, when David demanded that his father halt his work supporting guns, alcohol, union-busting and other industries of the like, or else he would sever their relationship. Richard refused, and the two have not spoken since. In the message board entry, he called his father "evil," a "human molestor," an "exploiter," a "scoundrel," and "a world historical motherfucking son of a bitch." Berman ended his post by saying, "I am the son of a demon come to make good the damage."
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On November 19, 2003, Berman attempted suicide in Nashville by attempting to consume 300 Xanax pills combined with crack cocaine. When he was discovered by his wife Cassie, he refused hospitalization, and instead demanded to be brought to the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel (the location where Vice President Al Gore had stayed for two weeks during the 2000 election recounts). At the front desk, Berman demanded (and received) the "Al Gore suite"; while riding the elevator up to the room, told the bellhop, "I want to die where the presidency died!"
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o7
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Album Rating: 5.0
Aw man.... This seriously fucked with me. I wasn't shocked, just gutted. His new album has been my soundtrack for the last month while living alone on the other side of the world and Silver Jews have been an absolute staple in my house for a decade. And I just listened to him speak on a podcast last week. He was talking about touring, and feeling better..though he was obviously depressed and spoke openly about it...and I even thought to myself while listening, please don't.
RIP to one of the finest (not to mention overlooked) songwriters/poets of our time.
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someone asked him in his last AMA what his gravestone will read
"HE WAS CRESTFALLEN UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO RATIONALIZE IT AS A GREAT MISTAKE"
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This a good place to start?
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Album Rating: 4.0
Or chronologically. Either works.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Wow, RIP. I just went and 5'd this a week or so ago. Something compelled me to put this on after having not listened to it in forever and it was as perfect as I remember. Well, it's true that "there's no guidance when random rules".
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Album Rating: 4.0
Fucking hell. I've been away so only just found out the news. That hit me a lot harder than I would've expected.
rip hard 
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Album Rating: 5.0
Man the guitar work on this thing is quite amazing, not flashy but extremely tasteful and intricate in a way I definitely didn't pick up on on the first several spins.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Repair is the dream of the broken thing
Like a message broadcast on an overpass
All my favorite singers couldn't sing
All my favorite singers couldn't sing...
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Album Rating: 4.0
The other album doesn't have a review, unfortunately, so hijacking this one to rave about it - god is frontier index perfect
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Album Rating: 5.0
I’ve now gone through the full discog and I gotta say every album has quite a bit to enjoy. The Natural Bridge is def second best though.
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Album Rating: 4.0
What’d you think of the purple mountains release
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Album Rating: 5.0
Loved it!
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can't get past track 1 sometimes
just have it on repeat over and over
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seriously, opener is an all-timer
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Album Rating: 5.0
"I'm gonna shine out in the wild kindness
and hold the world to its word"
if I still rated albums, this would be my newest 5
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Yet to hear this before, wow, but this is like the perfect segue from tindersticks into the national.
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Album Rating: 5.0
“We Are Real” is a perfect song.
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You are correct my friend
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