{"id":6760,"date":"2009-05-15T00:09:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T22:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/?p=6760"},"modified":"2009-05-15T00:09:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T22:09:34","slug":"classic-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/classic-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic water"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Silver Jews’ David Berman m. hund i klassisk vand.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Da vi var p\u00e5 tour med Slagterne rundt i landet her i april, var amerikanske Silver Jews’ ‘Suffering Jukebox’<\/a> – fra sidste \u00e5rs Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea<\/em> – en af de sange vi h\u00f8rte mest. En slingrende, trist og opl\u00f8ftende sag p\u00e5 samme tid. Manden bag Silver Jews hedder David Berman. P\u00e5 plade lyder hans stemme ikke ulig Lou Reeds, bare mere smalltown-twistet og knust. Men n\u00e5r han skriver er han helt sin egen. Faktisk er David Berman en fantastisk mand med ord. Tag nu blot nedenst\u00e5ende tekst fra hans 1999-bog Actual Air:<\/p>\n

CLASSIC WATER<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember Kitty saying we shared a deep longing for
\nthe consolation prize, laughing as we rinsed the stagecoach.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember the night we camped out
\nand I heard her whisper
\n“think of me as a place” from her sleeping bag
\nwith the centaur print.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember being in her father’s basement workshop
\nwhen we picked up an unknown man sobbing
\nover the shortwave radio<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and the night we got so high we convinced ourselves
\nthat the road was a hologram projected by the headlight beams.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember how she would always get everyone to vote
\non what we should do next and the time she said
\n“all water is classic water” and shyly turned her face away.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

At volleyball games her parents sat in the bleachers
\nlike ambassadors from Indiana in all their midwestern schmaltz.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

She was destroyed when they were busted for operating
\na private judicial system within U.S. borders.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes I’m awakened in the middle of the night
\nby the clatter of a room service cart and I think back on Kitty.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Those summer evenings by the government lake,
\ntalking about the paradox of multiple Santas
\nor how it felt to have your heart broken.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I still get a hollow feeling on Labor Day when the summer ends<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and I remember how I would always refer to her boyfriends
\nas what’s-his-face, which was wrong of me and I’d like
\nto apologize to those guys right now, wherever they are:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

No one deserves to be called what’s-his-face.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 David Berman<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

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Silver Jews’ David Berman m. hund i klassisk vand. Da vi var p\u00e5 tour med Slagterne rundt i landet her i april, var amerikanske Silver Jews’ ‘Suffering Jukebox’ – fra sidste \u00e5rs Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea – en af de sange vi h\u00f8rte mest. En slingrende, trist og opl\u00f8ftende sag p\u00e5 samme tid. Manden bag … L\u00e6s videre Classic water<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n