On October 2, 2008, on tour, in Seattle, with Silver Jews, in between songs, David Berman addressed the crowd:
“This is our 86th show! You know, I'll tell ya.... I have some pretty jaded musician friends, who've heard me say this kind of thing before, and asked ‘Why are you always counting your shows? Nobody cares about that!’ And I was like, ‘Oh gee, I don’t know... maybe because they’re important? Because they actually mean something to me?’"
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