2003

January 7, 2004 10:34 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (1)

Stuff I listened to this year that I thought was worthwhile (in no particular order)

  • Broken Social Scene - You Have it in People
  • Notwist - Neon Golden
  • Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  • The Postal Service - Give Up
  • The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall
  • Menomena - This is the Fun Blame Monster
  • Drive-by Truckers - Decoration Day
  • The White Stripes - Elephant
  • Iron and Wine - The Creek that Drank the Cradle
  • The Books - The Lemon of Pink

    Movies I saw that were worth the price of evening admission

  • Lost in Translation
  • 21 Grams
  • Spellbound
  • School of Rock - yes, yes, totally cheesy, but fun
  • L'Auberge Espagnole - like a foreign language Real World episode
  • A Mighty Wind

    Honorable mention: Donnie Darko, which I know came out a couple of years ago, but which I hadn't seen yet - it blew me away

    Movies I wish I had seen

  • American Splendor
  • To Be and To Have
  • Shattered Glass
  • Capturing the Friedmans
  • Owning Mahoney
  • 28 Days Later
  • Mystic River
  • and....LOTR (ha ha ha ha!!)

    Hmm...I think I should have seen more movies.

    Movies that I am not sorry I didn't see

  • Cold Mountain (even though I dig Jude Law)
  • In America (even though it's supposed to be good)
  • Bad Santa (I don't know...I just am happy that I didn't see it)
  • Gigli (no explanation needed)

    Some things that I plan to do this year

  • Get back into photography.
  • Learn more about graphic design and typography.
  • Craft away and knit until my hands are bloody (ok, not really).
  • Try out a new recipe every week.
  • Read a bunch of books that inspire me (any recommendations?).
  • Participate in at least one Land Mail Art Object project.
  • Volunteer.
  • Let go of the past, enjoy life, and have at least a few epiphanies.
  • A bunch of other things that aren't really for public consumption.

    Anything else I should add to my lists? Any book or movie recommendations?

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    Best of 2003 from overstated on February 11, 2004 8:47 AM

    This past year was a great year for music, and consequently the cause of a few arduous weeks of consideration for this year's top 10. In the past two lists I've struggled to come up with enough to make a list at all, but this year I could have had a to... Read More

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    By Kim Wells on January 11, 2004 8:41 AM

    On the graphic design issue-- have you tried Photoshop? And the "Wow Photoshop" books? I still have only scratched the surface of the wonderfulness that is Adobe Photoshop, and I love it. Or are you meaning on a more philosophical, theoretical level? :)

    By Xiaoli Wang on January 15, 2004 7:11 PM

    Lost in Translation has to be the best movie I've seen in the past 5 years. I don't understand the divisive opinions of those who have seen it though. It seems that most people say it is a "masterpiece" of "subtlety" and "emotion" while others say it is "boring" and "uninspiring". Personally, the movie clicked with me on a level I've never experienced. Just my thoughts.

    And in case you're wondering who this is, I'm over at the-hegemony.com, a little project of mine that is currently not going so well. Stumbled upon the blog on Google (I'm still beating you in the ranks :)

    Anyway, I enjoy your writing and just wanted to say hello.

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