Pearl Jam
I really love the first three albums. The cover of Vitalogy, moreover, is nothing short of inviting. more
Le Bien, le Mal
Fantastic! You can't stay still... and then what's the boundary between bien and mal??? more
Leonardo di Caprio
Even though I see this film has already been reviewed, I'd like to share my thoughts! In my opinion, this is one of the films where the Scorsese/DiCaprio duo reaches the highest peaks. (Shutter Island excluded as an absolute MASTERPIECE, of course.)

In a previous life, at 27 years old (due to various circumstances and luck), I landed in the Big Apple for my first business trip. Since that day, a long career followed that lasted until about 10 years ago when I inevitably crashed.

The members of the team I worked with were in the office at 8, perfectly operational, and at 6 they would clock out, then it was aperitivo, dinner (after which I would disappear), night, 1-2 hours of sleep, gym, and back to work again. All this multiplied by at least 250/270 days a year. The problem is that for at least six years, I managed to keep pace with their sober rhythm without rich prizes and party favors...

The American managers/motivators/headhunters, as portrayed, characterized, and caricatured in the film, are not too far from the grotesque truth. Everything is sacrificable for business. Very few have a family, and very few reach 50 without going through various therapists and endless rehab.

Let's go in order; from the first porn scene, DiCaprio is stunning (I mention it so you’ll at least rewatch that part too)... Leonardo perfectly embodies his character—ruthless, depraved, clever, and absolutely perverse—in an exceptional way. The way he leaves the p... more
Nazareth -Exercises
The first two albums by Nazareth are part of that group of albums from famous hard-rock bands that, at the beginning of their careers, started out by exploring other and more varied musical genres, with results of varying quality depending on the case (we're talking about the early and more psychedelic UFO, the Mark I of Deep Purple, the first three trio-format albums by Thin Lizzy, which I find to be beautiful records, or the debut of the Scorpions) but are often overlooked in favor of their more famous works, and somewhat unfairly in my opinion, as if those bands were always and only tied to hard-rock, while some of these albums are quite nice. Okay, this isn’t the case for the first Nazareth (who have never really been a top-tier band) since their first two albums, much more focused on a mix of pop-rock-hard-ballad often reminiscent of the sixties with hints of country and folk, are not exactly memorable masterpieces. However, overall this "Exercises" from '72 is a valid little record, most of the songs are pleasant and nice, some perhaps a bit too firmly rooted in the 60s pop ballad ("In My Time" doesn't remind you of anything, does it? Especially when the guitar solo kicks in with that sound?), but very charming. Then there are a couple of above-average tracks, those that open ("I Will Not Be Led" a nice angry orchestral rock) and close ("1692 Glencoe Massacre" a bit excessively loaded in the finale but a beautiful song) the album. more
Low
The perfect music to sink into an abyss of melancholy. more
Personal Jesus
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: Personal Jesus Traccia 03 in Personal Jesus Album - 21 february 1990

It's that when they perform it in concert, the crowd goes wild. more
This Charming Man
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: This Charming Man Traccia 06 in This Charming Man Album - 20 february 1984

Beautiful more
Nazareth -Nazareth
A rather uneven debut album, with some very valid moments and others decidedly less so; overall, it’s a decent record, nothing exceptional. There are some beautiful songs, but almost never, even in the most inspired moments, does the album become truly memorable, while a good half of the tracks fall somewhere between "pleasant but nothing more" and the utterly forgettable. The best songs are found in the consecutive trio formed by "Empty Arms, Empty Heart" (with that truly catchy riff that's hard to get out of your mind), followed by "I Had a Dream" and "Red Light Lady," both featuring contributions on harmonium in the first and organ in the second none other than Dave Stewart, who in 1971 was already, for several years, and would continue to be throughout the 1970s, the omnipresent man of the fanciful Canterbury scene, here in the role of pure session musician. It’s a shame that "Red Light" gets lost in the final part in an overly grandiose blend of strings and winds that feels clunky and unnecessarily excessive. The other standout track is their version of the widely covered "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson (from the Jeff Beck Group to Einstürzende Neubauten to Fred Neil, to name a few), here in an elongated version that's typically 60s psych-rock-ballad. A good rendition, great piece. Here, Nazareth, far from the hard rock that would bring them greater success, were clearly in search of a precise musical identity. more
Netflix
Basically, a Debaser who believed in it a bit too much. more
Netflix
You're not the only one!!!! I'm watching one series after another. more
Massimo Modugno
The blows of the children do not fall on their fathers. more
Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers, among the highest peaks ever reached in psychedelic rock. more
Moving
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: Moving Traccia 01 in Moving Album - 17 february 1978

"Running up that hill," a masterpiece, a great artist... when it came out, I was 14 years old, but she was a true prodigy, beautiful, a dancer, with fantastic lyrics and music, not to mention the duet with the beloved Peter Gabriel who "saw it coming"!!!

A piece of music history! more
Pink Floyd
With Roger Waters immense, afterwards, a shit! more
DAVID MENTE -“Parole di Baustelle. Commento ai testi di La Malavita, Amen, I Mistici dell’Occidente”
Author: David Marte
Title: “Words of Baustelle. Commentary on the lyrics of La Malavita, Amen, I Mistici dell’Occidente.”
LINK TO PURCHASE THE BOOK
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available in Print-on-Demand paperback format (pp. 342 – €13.99) and digital Kindle (€7.99).

INTRO TO THE BOOK
“Words of Baustelle” features a comprehensive commentary and an in-depth textual analysis of 18 chosen songs from a personal “Trilogy of Life” of the Tuscan band: 5 songs from “La Malavita,” 7 from “Amen,” 6 from “I Mistici dell’Occidente,” exactly the first half from each album. more
The God Machine
Thank you, god of music, for giving us the opportunity to listen to this band, even if just for two albums. Simply extraordinary. more
Red House Painters
Put me to sleep here, Lord, and wake me in Japan. more
Debaser
Band of bastards without hope more
Testament
The group that introduced me to heavier metal.
The first two albums (The Legacy and The New Order) are essential in a catalog dedicated to the thrash genre. It’s impossible for me to remain indifferent in front of tracks like Eerie Inhabitants, Disciples Of The Watch, and Musical Death (A Dirge): they always manage to make me daydream, especially because of those magnificent arpeggios with a medieval flavor. more