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december 2001
memento	info	movie a man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes, polaroids, and tattoos to hunt down his wife's killer... the scenes are shown in reverse order; the revenge killing at the beginning of the film is the end of the story. like a person with no short-term memory, you never know what happened before the current scene, and you won't know everything until the very last scene.
doodle-google	1-2-3-4	fun with logos holidays in google style (remember: do not use any other search engine on the web than google... and this is not because of the logos)
move d - kunststoff	info and mp3	sound recording source cd/lp (1995) - a timeless piece of electronic dance music
the other people place - lifestyles of the laptop cafe	info and real audio	sound recording warp cd/lp 90 (2001)

november 2001
blinkenlights	info, pictures, webcam, tools	light installation the windows of a berlin office building form the world's biggest interactive computer display. watch animations and early computer games, play pong with your mobile phone, or create your own movie.
pulp fiction	info	movie you won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction. by quentin tarantino.
requiem for a dream	info	movie dramatic story of four people who find their lives spiraling down towards the abyss after living with their escalating drug dependencies. despite cruel and eplicit scenes you will be fascinated by the beautiful pictures and varied filming techniques. directed by darren aronofsky who also directed the great movie "Pi".
the man who wasn't there	info	movie alaconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong... written and directed by the coen brothers.

october 2001
monolake - cinemascope	info1 \| info2	sound recording ml/i 009 cd (2001)
the parallax corporation - cocadisco I the parallax corporation - cocadisco II	info1 info2	sound recordings viewlexx V10 und V11 (2000)
mixed up in the hague vol. 1	info1 info2	sound recording / mix cd panama records pan-001 (1999). a gorgeous mix cd featuring lots of italo disco and electro classics like alexander robotnik, giorgio moroder, kraftwerk, alden tyrell, electronome, a number of names, and a lot more that i haven't been able to identify yet...
drehmoment	info	berlin record shop quite small but excellent selection of electronic music, especially european electronica and electro labels, also has some new wave / ebm stuff. location: lychener str. 23, 10437 berlin.
barcomi's	no website available so far...	berlin restaurant delicious sandwiches, bagels, salads, cakes, various coffee specialties, etc. located at the sophienhöfe between sophienstr. and gipsstr. (sophienstr. 21) in the backyard of a former factory building.

september 2001
depeche mode live at the waldbühne, berlin	reviews and pictures	concert
www.abandoned-places.com	go there	website old buildings, abandoned hospitals, industrial palaces overgrown with plants and trees, the remaining walls decorated with graffiti, smashed windows, rain dripping through the roof... these places have become hard to find, difficult (or illegal) to access, dangerous to explore ... great to spend the day!
retina - nulla retina - manifesto retina - strutture	info and online ordering	series of sound recordings nulla: tricky deep 'broken groovin' tracks with bleepin' harmonic soundeffects (hefty records 028). manifesto: pulsating atmospheric soundtextures (hefty records 029). strutture: from reduced crispy monotone sounds to deep detroitish grooves (hefty records 030).
peter hoeg: fräulein smilla's gespür für schnee / smilla's sense of snow	review	book international bestseller. peter hřeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. the unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years.
le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain	info	movie comedy/ romance: chance and destiny in an ingeniously created universe. also known as: "Die fabelhafte Welt der Amelie" (deutsch), "Amelie from Montmartre" (english).

august 2001
walace and gromit - the wrong trousers	info	movie a true mile stone of animation.
walace and gromit - a close shave	info	movie an all round entertaining family short film... worth watching again and again.
walace and gromit - a grand day out	info	movie another brilliant animation.
einstein on the beach	no info available...	opera, live performance philipp glass' master piece performed in the building of the former staats-bank of the german democratic republic

july 2001
futurama	official site fan site	fernsehserie brilliant series of cartoons by matt groening who also brought us "the simpsons"
x-101	info	sound recording techno classic from 1991
la paloma	no website available so far...	spanish restaurant, berlin-kreuzberg skalitzer str. 54, 10997 berlin-kreuzberg
matrix	info	movie
myst III: exile	info	computer game a mysterious world of islands and different ages, each of them unbelievably beautiful. full of fiddly, complex but very logical riddles. breath-taking graphics, perfect sound. it will probably take months to find the solution but it is a great pleasure, and it is worth every minute.

june 2001
lola rennt	info	movie
seeblick	no website available so far...	restaurant, berlin-prenzlauer berg very small, simple furnishing but very comfortable. and delicious meals. >> rykestr. 14, 10405 berlin-prenzlauer berg
knottel remixes	info	sound recording lux nigra 013 (2000)
soundhack 2	buy	sound recording soundhack 02 (2000?)

mai 2001
detroit electronic music festival 2001	website no longer available	event
the fabulous ruins of detroit	info and pictures	website
plaid - double figure	info and	sound recording warp 84 cd/ doLP (2001)
rhythm & sound - king in my empire	info	sound recording burial mix 06 (2001)

april 2001
berlin weather

march 2001
brazil	info	movie "Orwell with a Python twist"
2001 - a space odyssey	info	movie a classic! directed by stanley kubrick
diva	no website available so far...	indian restaurant, berlin-friedrichshain comfortable and friendly, delicious meals. >> gabriel-max-str. 1, 10249 berlin-friedrichshain
sound stream 01	buy	sound recording sound stream 01 (1999)

february 2001
espressobar ehrenburg	no website available so far...	bar & cafe, berlin-friedrichshain karl-marx-allee 103a, 10243 berlin-friedrichshain, U5 weberwiese.
walace & gromit: a close shave	info	movie all round entertaining family short film... worth watching again and again
	info	movie sci-fi thriller, independent filmmaking at its best. and great soundtrack.
multicast - rural sessions	info & listen	sound recording obliq 005 cd / 2xlp on coloured vinyl (2001)

january 2001
worm interface	info and mp3s	record label
gimmick - slow motion process	info	sound recording worm interface 025 (2000), lp/cd
the nine lives of tomas katz	info	movie a paranoid yet hilarious film, mixing post-modern end-of-the-world visions with biblical ones. a low budget production.
il pane e le rose	no website available so far...	italian restaurant in berlin near a park, this is not a posh restaurant but a location that has style. excellent italian food. highly recommended. >> am friedrichshain 6, berlin

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