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Entries from April 2003

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

April 21st, 2003 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

It just proves that I am much quicker with fictions…
Anyway, this is William Gibson’s latest. One surprising (?) thing was that this book wasn’t really a science fiction. It’s more of a mystery novel with some technology thrown in.
The setting is definitely now (or some time around 2002), with reference to the 9-11 [...]

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What’s Art?

April 17th, 2003 · No Comments · Misc

On a photo forum I frequent, someone was talking about how some people find his photo interesting while others hate it. This is something I wrote in response.
This is true to all modern art. I think it was so before, but the audience was much more limited in size and scope.
As you said, it’s [...]

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No April Fools…

April 1st, 2003 · No Comments · Misc

HK Star Leslie Cheung Jumps to Death - Police Source
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (also known in Korea as, Jang, GukYoung) apparently jumped off from a hotel to his own death… on April 1st. The date being, there has been some confusion as to whether this was true or not. But it seems it [...]

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CD Reviews, April 2003

April 1st, 2003 · No Comments · Music · Reviews

o. “radiostar” by Peterpan Complex
I guess they have released a couple of tracks on indie compilation albums. They are Jeon, JiHan (vocal, guitars, keyboards, programming), Jeon, JiIl (bass, programming), Lee, GyoWon (guitars), and Kim, KyeongIn (drums, percussions). It might be just me, but they somehow have this trace of (post “hiphop”) Seotaiji. [...]

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