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the other dave

not in utica, no, it's an albany expression

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

John Peel. El Chapulin Colorado. Fat 1977 Elvis. Competitive eaters.people who think the word "friend" is cheapened when myspace tells me i have 647 of them

Music:

Okkervil River. Idlewild. Doves. Stone Roses. Belle & Sebastian. Jesus & Mary Chain. Blur. Oasis. The Wrens. Super Furry Animals. Metric. Bon Savants. Voxtrot. Levy. Camera Obscura. Jens Lekman. Pernice Brothers. Echo & The Bunnymen. Ash. Art Brut. The Long Winters. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's. The Streets. Snow Patrol. Royksopp. Afghan Whigs. The Fall. Morrissey. The Smiths. Felt. Electric Soft Parade. Bloc Party. The Changes. Sloan. Ride. Arcade Fire. Primal Scream. New Order. Joy Division. Superdrag. The Figgs. Taxpayer. The Shins. The Wake. Catherine Wheel. Sing-Sing. Decemberists. Slender Means. Replacements. Lightning Seeds. Aberdeen City. Mittens. Suede. Charlatans. Buzzcocks. Depeche Mode. The Clientele. The Zombies. The Who. The Dears. Jonathan Richman. Gene. Pulp. Verve. XTC. Jason Falkner. Wire. Emergency Music. Radiohead. Spearmint. Futureheads. The Jam. Ok Go. Thin Lizard Dawn. St Etienne. Stars. Gigolo Aunts. Arctic Monkeys. David Bowie. Aloud. Soft. INXS. The Kinks. The Kooks. Run DMC. New Pornographers. Shirley Bassey. Hard-Fi. Longwave. The Strokes. Guillemots. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Buffalo Tom. Gang of Four. Of Montreal. Blondie. Toad The Wet Sprocket. Devendra Banhart. ...Trail of Dead. The Queers. The Sterns. Rick Bain & The Genius Position. Blanketeer. Boo Radleys. Television. Magnetic Fields. The Silver Lining. Army Navy. Harvey Danger. Hallelujah The Hills. The Chills. The Channels. Trembling Blue Stars. French Kicks. Serge Gainsbourg. Brendan Benson. Brett Rosenberg. Hooray For Earth. Dennis Brennan. Cannonball Adderley. Shearwater. Bang Camaro

Movies:

Trainspotting. Star Wars. Lord of the Rings. High Fidelity. Lost in Translation. Donnie Darko. Ghost World. 24 Hour Party People. Shawshank Redemption. Braveheart. Election. Full Metal Jacket. Planes Trains & Automobiles. A Clockwork Orange. Amelie. Captain Ron. Breakfast Club. Overnight Delivery. A Bronx Tale. Amores Perros. Velvet Goldmine. Happiness. The Wood. Quadrophenia. Pulp Fiction. Super Size Me. Fahrenheit 9/11. Sideways. Mallrats. Back to the Future. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Closer. Snakes On A Plane. Borat.

Television:

The State. Lost. Battlestar Galactica. The Simpsons. The Sopranos. Daily Show. History Channel. Glutton Bowl. Red Sox baseball. old British comedies (Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served?, etc)

Books:

The Last Party. The Jungle. High Fidelity. Slaughter-House Five. The Underboss. Lies My Teacher Told Me. Songbook. Nickel and Dimed. Fast Food Nation. The Plot Against America. What's the Matter With Kansas? Anthem. My Life in Heavy Metal. Lies Across America. Trainspotting. 1984. Black Mass. Galapagos. Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. Ball Four.

Heroes:

I didn't feel like having that David Bowie joke here anymore, and I haven't thought of anything clever to replace it. Check back.

My Blog

People who annoy me, vol. 4

Escalator standers. Walk on the left, stand on the right. Is this so hard to understand? Is eye contact so important to you that you can't stand one step above the person you're talking to? The o...
Posted by the other dave on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:06:00 PST

RIP David Virr

As you may or may not know, I have a pretty unusual last name. There's only a few of us in the world. So imagine my surprise when a few years ago I got an email from my UK namesake, who was quite a fi...
Posted by the other dave on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:51:00 PST

so long, suckers vol. 3

Before last Tuesday I had never set foot in the state of Texas, nor had I had any concrete plans to. As the slogan said "Don't Mess With Texas", and I really didn't think the state had anything worth...
Posted by the other dave on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:27:00 PST

Top 60 songs of 2006

I know, I listen to too much music. Here's what populated my iPod and car mix CD's this year, not counting stuff that was released prior to 2006 (Levy, Jens Lekman, Art Brut, etc). All of these songs ...
Posted by the other dave on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:49:00 PST

My Top 40 Albums for 2006

1) CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country2) BELLE & SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit3) THE KOOKS Inside In/Inside Out4) SILVERSUN PICKUPS Carnavas5) BON SAVANTS Post-Rock Defends The Nation6) SLENDER ...
Posted by the other dave on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:43:00 PST

ten years ago this week...

So today amongst the scores of no-name Myspace bands that always try to add me, I got a request from a peculiar source. It appears that my alma mater, Pinkerton Academy, has a Myspace profile for my g...
Posted by the other dave on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:28:00 PST

so long, suckers! vol. 2

This past weekend was the CMJ Music Marathon in New York. It's a once-a-year schmooze-n-booze event centered around music industry panels and meet-and-greets by day and by night scores of concerts lar...
Posted by the other dave on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:49:00 PST

More bands everyone needs to know

Ok, here's your homework assignment. Familiarize yourself with these bands, pronto:THE CHANGESThey're from Chicago and just released their debut album "Today is Tonight". I discovered them 2+ years ag...
Posted by the other dave on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:43:00 PST

People who annoy me, vol. 3

I get annoyed easily. I'm pretty mellow and laid back, but I'm not a fan of stupidity and ignorance, and I have a low tolerance for both. Which means I get irked when I encounter the following: TV New...
Posted by the other dave on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:21:00 PST

playlist for a cool august evening

Here's some stuff I've been digging lately, and if your music tastes are anything like mine, I think you'll dig these songs.The Long Winters "Ultimatum" - last year I was crazy about a mellower versio...
Posted by the other dave on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PST