David Weber: Storno All Night Long

He would never have dared to dream that David Weber would one day be compared to Helge Schneider or Rainald Grebe. And it was the right decision: So far, no one has ever compared him to Helge Schneider. But that really is a mad dog, and David Weber is, if we may quote his parents: a disappointment. But you see, that's where it happened: David Weber has been compared to Helge Schneider. He didn't come off well, but still!

Wait a minute, the smart ones among you will say, but who wrote this text? Wasn't it David Weber himself?

Yes, but you know, David Weber doesn't make music for the most cunning birds among you anyway, but for those with the biggest heart. For those who are still human. His neighbor recently moved out because he always got terrible crying fits when he heard him sing and play the piano so emotionally, it was so sad and beautiful. But he can't understand the lyrics through the walls! And that's the crux, because Weber's work is characterized by the "abstraction and contextualization of completely irrelevant themes" (Weber 2019: "My life, a gift. Now I'm unpacking").

David Weber made his first appearances on poetry slam stages. In 2018, he became German-language runner-up in Zurich, and in 2020 he won the Bielefeld Cabaret Prize. Shortly thereafter, he was compared to Rainald Grebe for the first time.