David Berman
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David Berman's Bridge Ethics January 31, 2023
Bridges had a special place in the poetics of David Berman's songwriting. They recur in Silver Jews' artwork and album titles, but I mean this too in both the formal and thematic senses that bridges connote. Berman clung to them as the apotheosis of ...
The Legacy of Johnny Paycheck and David Berman December 19, 2022
At various times, Berman and Paycheck each landed in Nashville, where Berman survived an overdose in 2003, but otherwise came from vastly different places. Paycheck, born Donald Eugene (“Donny”) Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio, was playing talent shows by ...
