The Alcoholic's Playlist Is Full of David Berman
"I ran through a stop sign on August 7, 2019, the same day Berman hung himself. It was, in fact, the last day I drank."
When David Berman died in 2019, there was much public mourning from the social media accounts of some of the moodiest, dreamiest writers and musicians I admire, but I had no idea who David Berman was. Yes, I had heard of The Silver Jews, but never once had I listened to them. I felt left out—kind of like I felt left out after John Prine died, but I was …
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