Busy on December 5th?

250k Italian Facebook users has generated this message, and will shout it out loudly in Rome, December 5th, without the support of any political party / movement.

I already joined. If you think Berlusconi is a menace you should do the same!

Damages: trust no one

This is our new, intoxicating tv addiction.. Great characters, great story, devastating edit rythm (take “24″ and apply it to the lawyers’ world using 1000 times better actors).

And remember this great learning: TRUST NO ONE.. Well, with one exception: thanks to Cecilia, who gave us the advise to watch this drama.

 

Mad Men: withdrawal symptoms

We’ve just went over Season 2… What a great story.. While I wait for Season 3  I think I’ll apply for any kind of job at Sterling & Cooper..

“The alternative hero” by Tim Thornton

Have you ever felt misunderstood by society?

Have you ever found shelter and inspiration inside some kind of music?

Have you ever thought you were at home each time you got inside that rock club or your local ‘indie’ record store?

Have you ever searched for some missing LPs like Indiana Jones or Sherlock Holmes?

Have you ever had one specific moment in your life where all your ‘alternative heroes’ were junkies, alcoholics, dirty, macho, aggressive, narcisistic, rotten rock losers?

Have you ever felt “different” from the rest of the world, for all of these reasons?

Well, I had, many times.. And now I look around and for many reasons (internet, mtv, music industry, me getting older) I find pretty difficult to meet people (some friends excluded) with whom I can share the same passion and attitude.

That’s why I recommend this book, because it talks about me, exactly like “High Fidelity” by Nick Hornby, or “Despero” or “Colui che gli dei vogliono distruggere” by Gianluca Morozzi.

Maybe in English could be better, but the adaptation by ISBN is rather good!

Alberta Cross: aka “Kings Of Leon, your time has come…”

I used to love Kings Of Leon. That’s why I think these kids are REAALLLY interesting, way better than the Followill brothers.. better guitar sounds, fresher approach, even if the vintage factor is still dominant.

 

Oct 09 Playlist

District 9: not bad..

Great visual fx and rythm, story not so original..

Enrico Brizzi + Maurizio Manfredi together again

Can’t miss it

Silvio Go Away (4)

The prophecy…

Silvio Go Away (3)

I will keep my blog hostage of Berlusconi until the alarm turns from red to orange.. This man is ridicolous to many, and it’s fair enough to paint it like a funny carachter (i.e. in this British tv program). Yet to me he is more and more a serious threat to our democracy…

Silvio Go Away (2)

Join the movement!

We will get the result D’Alema and Veltroni never reached (may God or Satan punish them forever for this).

Silvio go away!

(thanx UC for the image!)

Record of the year

Yesterday I ran 11,3km.. Great! And the new Nikeplus interface looks great too..

The Lady Of The Fields

As I already said I have an old, dear friend of mine, Meri, who happens to be a farmer.

A real farmer, with a farm tractor, a field full of different vegetables, a calendar of sowing and harvest, blisters in the hands and local farm markets to attend with her products corner.

She is our supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables, and throughout these last two years we gathered together 5 couples interested in her “cassetta”: me+Sara, Tozamas, Eva and Mumù, Eva’s parents, Fulvia + Teo.

Last Saturday we paid our homage to our Lady of the Fields by helping her in sowing the cabbages.. then we literally assaulted her kitchen for a serious hunger attack (you know, countrylife..)

Lovely!

Here the complete Flickr recap

An Important Period Of My Life pt. 4: Godfather and Godson

I became godfather of Filippo Galli, who you already met in this blog.

Thanks to Eva and Mumù for asking me this. I’ll take it seriously, promised!

Two great musical comebacks

Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs

Kings Of Convenience – Declaration Of Dependence

Oh Lord of rock, we thank you so much ’cause we are only ordinary human beings who humbly try to produce music, and you keep on giving us inspiration and light from such extra-ordinary talents!

And we pay you homage by letting us experiencing this gift live:

Oct 29th: Kings Of Convenience Live in Milan

Nov 28th: Yo La Tengo Live in Florence

I’ll be there, with all my faith in Rock ‘n roll.

Sept 09 Playlist

Blu. One of the greatest geniuses of our times

Billionaire! Is there a plot behind all this wonderful news?

You all know who’s behind that disgusting place called Billionaire.

Now, in only one day, three wonderful news come out:

Simona Ventura mocked live by MUSE!:

Flavio Briatore out from Formula One:

Daniela Santanchè punched in the face by some Islamists:

An Important Period Of My Life pt. 3: The Debut Of My Band

Finally we played live in front of a real public, at Parrocchia Villanova. And all went good…

This happened NOT thanks to me, as I wasn’t confident at all: “we had too few rehersals, we are not ready, that song is still in progress, I still have got to get used with my new amplifier, we won’t be able to do a real sound check or have assistance during the gig, there are too many bands altogether, the weather forecasts are bad, the grasshoppers!!!”

Domenico said with his usual, bold wisdom: “Fratè, we have to test ourselves, otherwise with all our busy lives we will NEVER be ready and will play forever stuck inside this shitty rehersal room!”

No need to say he was right, as usual.

In Italy we say “Da cosa nasce cosa”.. Now we have coming up the 2nd gig: this friday, Sept 25th, at VAG61 (!)

Here the Flickr related gallery