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Thing I'm tripping over in my head the last few weeks: Both The Hold Steady and Okervill River

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2026, 14:57:54

released songs referencing John Berryman's suicide within a year of each other (Stuck Between Stations 2006 and John Allyn Smith Sails 2007). Was there some kind of anniversary during the mid 2000s or is it just a coincidence.

Also, both are great songs.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Well it happened in Minneapolis so best believe Craig Finn will be singing (vocalizing?) about it*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2026, 15:07:55, in reply to "Thing I'm tripping over in my head the last few weeks: Both The Hold Steady and Okervill River "

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released songs referencing John Berryman's suicide within a year of each other (Stuck Between Stations 2006 and John Allyn Smith Sails 2007). Was there some kind of anniversary during the mid 2000s or is it just a coincidence.

Also, both are great songs.

Down by the MISSISSIPPI RIVER!*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 22, 2026, 9:21:59, in reply to "Well it happened in Minneapolis so best believe Craig Finn will be singing (vocalizing?) about it*"

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released songs referencing John Berryman's suicide within a year of each other (Stuck Between Stations 2006 and John Allyn Smith Sails 2007). Was there some kind of anniversary during the mid 2000s or is it just a coincidence.

Also, both are great songs.

Yeah but this happened in Atlanta and he sang about it in the same song!

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 21, 2026, 15:12:05, in reply to "Well it happened in Minneapolis so best believe Craig Finn will be singing (vocalizing?) about it*"

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/federal-judge-pleads-guilty-to-helping-stripper-buy-drugs-idUSTRE6AJ00M/

(I stood up at a wedding presided over by this guy)

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

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