Indie rock musician David Berman was a sneerer

Indie rock musician David Berman was a sneerer (https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/cdjakw/purple_mountains_ama/etuxgqs/?context=3)

posted on December 23, 2022 08:23 PM by u/GorillasAreForEating

u/pleasetrimyourpubes 33 points at 1671830421.000000

I wonder what his username/handle was. Sad he killed himself just under a month after this AMA. I wish all the good ones wouldn’t check out like that.

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u/vanp11 30 points at 1671830815.000000

I like that he took the fight directly to them. If I had his chops, I would probably do more of that. At the same time, I can’t help but think engaging with them was not good for his mental health. Nothing good comes from spending time with terrible people, no matter the context of the interaction.

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u/vanp11 12 points at 1671831053.000000

Also, what exactly is a neuro-conservative? It makes me think of Sam Harris—certainly sneer worthy—but I suspect it refers to something else.

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u/GorillasAreForEating 21 points at 1671833107.000000

My guess is that it's a made up word, so whatever your mind associates it with is probably valid. In another comment he uses the term "Stem-Conversant Conservanerds" to describe the "grey tribe"

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u/GorillasAreForEating 15 points at 1671832139.000000

So I just found this out, but [this news had been posted here before but was deleted.](https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/cnfh2b/david_berman_is_one_of_us/) (Sorry for the repost, mods. The deleted post didn't come up in my initial search.) Anyways someone at r/indieheads revealed his username to be pylonshadow https://www.reddit.com/user/pylonshadow/comments/?sort=new

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 5 points at 1671835670.000000

Thanks for digging that up. Good guy.

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u/GorillasAreForEating 3 points at 1671835761.000000

I was curious too

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u/noactuallyitspoptart 4 points at 1671886438.000000

no no, nothing wrong with reviving something from 3 years ago as such, it’s happened before and will again, much more a matter of what to repost and what not to repost. i faintly remember seeing that one now you mention it.

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u/sudosussudio 5 points at 1671858935.000000

Loved his work, I was so sad when I learned he died.

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u/Godzoozles 12 points at 1671836738.000000

American Water is one of my favorite albums. And I’m a big fan of Purple Mountains, too. That DCB was a sneerer is just awesome to learn.

The awful fun fact about David Berman is that his father, Richard Berman, is one of the most vile people in America.

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u/sasha07974 12 points at 1671831046.000000

I loved his stuff that crosses over with the Avalanches. That’s so sad to read knowing what happened later

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u/Shitgenstein 8 points at 1671845664.000000

Missed out on a chance to see Silver Jews play in college and didn’t know I’d never get the chance again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tWmPFwYRk8

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u/ErsatzHaderach 2 points at 1671859375.000000

wait it was that dude? I just discovered them like 3 months ago

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u/my_back_pages 6 points at 1671837411.000000

RIP, Smith and Jones Forever is a bop

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u/noactuallyitspoptart 7 points at 1671886168.000000

Is that term “neuro-conservative” original to him? Either way, marvellous turn of phrase. I only know Berman because I know of Silver Jews, which I’ve never really listened to, and had no idea he’d died, maybe I should give his work a shot.

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u/GorillasAreForEating 3 points at 1671903377.000000

It is as far as I know, almost all of the other results for the term on google were for someone who used "neuro-conservative" as a username.

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u/atelier_ambient_riot 4 points at 1671893641.000000

Gonna go listen to Snow is Falling in Manhattan now. He was fighting the good fight.

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