Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 14:24:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Evgeni Pavlov <evpav-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Adieu to 2003 (belated)


happy new year everyone, 
i am sorry but i wasn't able to add my lines to the fascinating
exchange of ideas related to 2003 - isn't it interesting to see 
what people liked and didn't like? anyway, since there isn't any
particular set of questions, here is my 2003: 

music:
1) best jazz record: Skerik's Syncopated Taint Quintet

2) best gig attended: Garage a Trois with Sex Mob
(or maybe Blackalicious with The Lifesavas)

3) best new discovery: blue series on thirsty-ear records
(matthew shipp, dj spooky, william parker and etc)

books:
1) best book read: Lyotard's Confession of Augustine (first reaction:
what the hell? then symphaty... now unconditional love)

2) worst book-related experience: absolute boredom while reading stuff
about barnett newman, i.e. attempting to see what is written about his
ideas of sublime and generally his art - very little interesting stuff:
will accept recommendations

3) best rediscovered book - *beyond pleasure principle*

life:
1) deepest thought of 2003: introduction of categories of passive and
active sense of humor in a ever-so-popular bar conversations about 
sense of humor :-)

2) realization of the year: if not for chosen professional path, i'd
rather be a bass player in a punk band...

3) dissapointment of the year: jesus didn't come back (damn!) 

evgeni


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