->''Oh, can't they see humanity is really just one big family? It doesn't matter who's to blame, when everyone is really all the same. Except for vastly diverging views of history... geography and... possibly the purpose of human life on earth.''
-->-- "Song to Reconcile"
* ContestedSequel: There are about as many people that think ''The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride'' is an improvement over ''Whiskey Rabbi'' as there are people who don't.
* CrazyIsCool: Expect anything less from the writer of ''How to Be An Accordion Player''? [[note]] Contains no actual information regarding how to play an accordion, just the essentials such as what accordion to pick, how to master the art of gutter swimming, drinking tips and anecdotes about UsefulNotes/JosefStalin.[[/note]]
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Berner's a regular multiplication table when it comes to this. Merely crossing it twice is his default setting.
* EpicRiff: "Song Written in a Romanian Hospital", "And Promises to Break Before I Sleep", "Wealthy Poet", the list goes on. Though keep in mind these are all violin riffs.
* FirstInstallmentWins: ''We Shall Not Flag or Fail...'' does this for anyone who didn't appreciate his genre shift to klezmer.
* NightmareFuel: "[[CarefulWithThatAxe Queen]] [[CoverVersion Victoria]]". Music/LeonardCohen's original was already {{squick}}y enough, but... man.