hi there

today's dave update

(in an attempt to make up for the last dave update)

will just be a list of things that are great

get ready

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this dude from new zealand named kraus makes awwwwwsummm music

kraus.co.nz/

i know about kraus because of this dude stefan who is also from new zealand and also makes amazing music

he records both under his own name and under the name "pumice"

i recommend "pebbles" by him, one of my favorites

i really like this new band linea aspera too but feel like i'm probably only gonna like them for like a month

when i was younger i watched a lot of comedy central

when it first started up they didn't really have that much content

they had a lot of kind of cop-out shows like "short attention span theatre" and what not

where it was just clips from comedians

while watching one of those shows i saw a woman named maria bamford

who i thought was incredible, so unique and strange but so hilarious

and also in a really honest way if that makes sense?

she was great then

and recently i saw her on an episode of "louie" and was like HOLY SHIT

how did i forget about this amazing comedian?

apparently she did a web-series too

here is a quote about it:

(maybe from wikipedia?)

"The premise of the series was that Bamford had had a nervous breakdown on stage and ended up back in Minnesota living with her parents. Bamford played every role in the series: her mother, father, sister, coworkers, and old high school acquaintances."

i mean clearly this show was made for me

(haven't seen it yet but once i get home you can probably guess what i'll be watching)

i like breaking bad a lot

oh and bob odenkirk

i didn't really like bob odenkirk for awhile, don't know why really

now i LOVE him and his style of humor

and i have a lot of respect for him too, he seems very serious about what he does in a way that i can relate to

like, not over serious like "what i'm doing is GENIUS"

but serious like "hey if we're gonna take the time to do this goofy thing let's do it right, right?"

(i said i relate to that but honestly i wish i adhered to that idea more)

(BUT THIS LIST ISN'T ABOUT ME YOUNG DAVERS)

i like it when my romanian co-worker gets frustrated and starts complaining

i like egging him on too by saying dumb stuff like "what do you expect, this is america"

"go back to russia if you don't like it here"

i probably shouldn't put that on there though because it's not really something that you all can do too

though i'd love if any of you came to my office to heckle my romanian co-worker

let's see what else

oh not to make this like a total new zealand love letter

but there's this animator named len lye whose stuff is amazing

"individual happiness now" people

do you know raymond scott?  my friend stefan reminded me about him recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l17kn0WpD2s&feature=fvwrel

how can things be bad?

"little miss echo" exists

i just teared up a little listening to it

it's so calming

LIFE CAN BE LIKE THIS

it can

i believe it

yesterday i was waiting for someone to pick me up at bart and i just started whistling melodies

i usually hate whistling and whistlers

it bothers me

but yesterday it just seemed *right*

ok what else

tadanori yokoo is a japanese animator whose stuff is raddddddd

unwound has a new live record coming out soon

that's exciting

(kind of)

(i mean i don't really care about live records)

aimless walks around san francisco are nice

ok suddenly i just realized work is hectic and i got shit to do

this is a great dave update with an abrupt ending