Poking Silver Jews: Why’s Yoni Wolf on jogging for self-esteem and on nudging David Berman

Pub date March 6, 2008
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Why?’s “Dumb Hummer.”

Yoni Wolf of Why? is a card – and full of great tales of adventures here and away. Here’s more from his interview; for the first part, see this week’s Sonic Reducer. Why? also performs tonight at Great American Music Hall.

SFBG: How did you get into jogging? And where do you jog?

Yoni Wolf: I jog in the hills behind Piedmont Avenue usually.

SFBG: What about Mountain View Cemetery?

YW: Everyone seems to know about that shit. I’m not telling anyone exactly where I’m jogging because I look like a fucking idiot. Actually my ex-girlfriend told me an incredible story. This is the girl that a lot of these songs are about and shit.


Why?’s “Rubber Traits.”