WELL: I don't mean to overstate at all, but after many years of tepid New Year's Eves, this one finally did away with any notion of a curse associated with this particular holiday. The Bang! was the most fun that should be allowable by law. Nick's highlights:
Most surprising: "Ca Plane Por Moi" -Plastic Bertrand, or "Common People" by Pulp
Most intense dancing: "Connection" -Elastica
You knew it was coming but were thrilled anyway: "Hey Ya!" -Outkast
Most shocking moment: Nick recites the entire Notorious B.I.G. rap to "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
Weirdest cameo: the girl from my political science seminar, who was definitely shocked to see me dancing
Best unexpected rescue: Erica being at the back of the pack so I could dance with her to "Disco 2000" -Pulp, "You Really Got Me" -Kinks and "Satisfaction" (do I really need to tell you who?) before Janki, Becky and Alan reappeared
You knew it was coming but were thrilled anyway II: "Lust for Life" -Iggy Pop
Most unexpected but pleasant aspect of the evening: discussing Kafka and recommending "A Hunger Artist"
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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