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he was forced to watch his foes enjoy ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude

i thought it's supposed to do the opposite

hey nothing keeping him why not

>inb4 it was all planned and Purple Mountains was a suicide note
No, stop this meme. I had a relationship with David, first met him in the 90s and corresponded with him every so often with him. Purple Mountains was a depiction of David's wit, his life, and his depression. It wasn't a suicide note. Read his interviews. David was in a good place. The truth is that depression and suicide are just things that happen. Stop looking for some elaborate explanation. He killed himself because he was depressed. Always was. As he said in interviews and in That's Just the Way That I Feel, he was basically living like a shut-in in his house for all of the 2010s and had contemplated/attempted suicide multiple times. Also let's not forget he attempted suicide before Silver Jews even ended. David was really bummed by the lukewarm reception to the last Silver Jews album and that's pretty much why he ended the band. He shouldn't have because it really only made him isolate himself. As he sings in the lyrics to Storyline Fever, "Defeat is where your demons lurk". David tried to record a new album multiple times since ~2014 after his mom died, which ha wrecked him. He was very happy when he finally finished the lyrics to the album and got the music recorded right with the Brooklyn band Woods. It's not really a secret that David wanted people to like the album and for it to get critical praise. He told Bob Nastanovich that he wanted it to be on all the Best Albums of the Year lists. Everything really worked out for David, and he was really coming back out of his shell. He was extremely excited to go on tour. He had been practicing and had significantly improved his guitar-playing ability, which had always been amateurish. Then he killed himself. That's just how depression works sometimes. He was quite a guy. I'm glad his suffering is over but I will never not miss him. But I will always remember the him I knew, and not waste time mourning him. He would have laughed at me for that.

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tl;dr don't care

This is not true at all and I hope this connection will stop being made. David did have debt and was worried about paying it off, but he could have easily paid it off from touring with Purple Mountains. that wasn't really as much of a worry once he finished recording the album. He was happy with how everything was working out for once in a long time.

various reasons. he didn't really work at all during his 40s. he took out money to pay for various things, including money he used to try and record a new album. he failed numerous times. he didn't expect to, and it added up.

ok

he was jewish?

faggot
good post, how'd you meet him?

eric forst?

yes

At a Pavement show in the early 90s in Hoboken, New Jersey. I'm a writer and he was always interested in my opinions of his work.

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damn didn’t realize what a fucking loser he was

he was a friend of david's and even has a recording of them in their apartment in the early 90s, he was also a writer at one point. i thought you were him
youtu.be/DBjaz0VGo-Q

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oh fuck is it you?
can you describe how the apartment shared by three sweaty dudes smelled

What an ironic post

Album literally "IM SO DEPRESSED, I CANT GO ON IM GOING TO DIE"

Yet you

>Stop looking for some elaborate explanation

As you take a paragraph to tell us his suicide was just le random

post proof you fucking larper

The guy who runs this YT account apparently has an old demo tape by
David Berman. I'm really curious what songs are on there, but i can see why he wouldnt release them out of respect for David

Was it at Maxwell’s? wish it was still around. I go to school in Hoboken rn and I wish I didn’t have to go to NYC for shows

>wife left him
>mother died
>100k of debt
>history of substance abuse
>found god

based

get off my board boomer