Things I'm looking forward to in 2008

JANUARY 2008

COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (1.5)
EVENT: Winterjazzfest @ Knitting Factory (1.12)
EVENT: My B Day Party @ APT w/ Jerome, DJ Qu, Trickski (1.17)
ART: Shirin Neshat @ Gladstone Gallery (1.19-2.23)
BOOK: Light of the Crescent Moon by Theo Padnos

DVD (UK): Partition - Ken McMullen (actor Roshan Seth)
DVD: She's Gotta Have It - Spike Lee
BOOK: My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
BOOK: Granta 100
BOOK (UK):Blank Gaze by Jose Luis Peixoto
ART: 49 State Capitols- Ramak Fazel (1.23- 3.8)

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FEBRUARY 2008

CONCERT: Francesco Tristano Schlimé - Carnegie Hall (2.1)
CONCERT: Nico Muhly / Acme Ensemble - BAM Cafe (2.2)
COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly) (2.5)
READING: Colson Whitehead - Piano's New York (2.8)
CLUB: Demon Days NYC (2.14)
DESIGN: Campana Brothers @ Cooper-Hewitt (2.15-9.28)
ART: Be Kind Rewind - Michel Gondry (2.16)
FILM: Joy Division (2.16)
DVD: Pierrot le fou - Jean-Luc Godard (Criterion Collection) (2.19)
FILM: Be Kind Rewind - Michel Gondy (2.22)
FILM: Edge of Heaven - Fatih Akin (Walter Reade Theater) (2.23)
CONCERT: Exploring MA (Takemitsu + others) - Merkin Concert Hall (2.23)
FILM: Chop Shop - Ramin Bahrani (Film Forum) (2.27)

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MARCH 2008

COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly) (3.5)
BOOK: Something to Tell You by Hanif Kureishi (UK print date) (3.6)
CONCERT: Ikue Mori (30 Years) - Japan Society (3.21/3.22)
MUSIC EVENT: ? Miami WMC (3.27)
CONCERT: Boredoms @ Terminal 5 (3.30)
CONCERT: Takehisa Kosugi - Merce Cunningham Studio (3.31)
ART: 2008 Biennial - Whitney
BOOK: Re-Make Re-Model - Michael Bracewell
MUSIC: Innervisions Ambient album
SHOPPING: MUJI in New York Times building

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APRIL 2008
ART: Takashi Murakami @ Brooklyn Museum (4.5-7.13)
COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly) (4.5)
CONCERT: Double Sextet (NYC premiere) Steve Reich @ Zankel (4.17)
ART: Take Your Time - Olafur Eliasson @ PS1/ MOMA (4.20-6.30)
MANGA: Good-Bye by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
MANGA: Dororo Vol 1 by Osamu Tezuka
BOOK: Stuffed & Starved: Hidden Battle... - Raj Patel
BOOK: Power Stronger Than Itself: AACM - George Lewis
BOOK: Chris Ofili: Devil's Pie

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MAY 2008
COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly)
CLUB: Demon Days NYC and more (5.15-5.18)
FESTIVAL: Mutek Montreal (5.28 - 6.1)
BOOK (UK): Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh (UK)

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JUNE 2008
MANGA: Dororo Vol 2 by Osamu Tezuka
COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly)

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JULY 2008
BOOK: ...About Running by Haruki Murakami
ARCHITECTURE: Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling @ MOMA
COMIC: Omega: The Unknown (Marvel/Jonathan Lethem) (monthly)

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SEPTEMBER 2008
CLUB: Demon Days NYC and more
ART: Rothko @ Tate Modern London (until Jan 2009)
MANGA: Black Jack Vol 1 by Osamu Tezuka

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OCTOBER 2008
ART: Gilbert & George @ Brooklyn Museum

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TBC
FILM: Title TBA - new Mike Leigh film
FILM: Guerrilla / The Argentine - Steven Soderbergh
BOOK: Peter Saville Estate
BOOK: How to Win a Cosmic War: Why We're Losing the War on Terror- Reza Aslan
BOOK: 2666 – Roberto Bolano
BOOK: Hat & Beard - Kodwo Eshun
CD: Liquid Liquid reissue with unreleased tracks