Sophia Loren
The diva of Italian Cinema, even though Magnani surpassed her by a long shot. more
U2 -Pop
poop more
U2
great group up to Achtung Baby included. great laxative afterwards. more
Michele Zarrillo
2 only for his guitar skills and his past with the Semiramis... more
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Europe presented to us by Messrs. Carter Schmidt, Giscard, and Andreotti has no relation to proletarian internationalism; it is foreign to the Europe of the workers that, for a century, has been the ideal of the Western labor movement.

I find this enthusiasm for the European elections and the economic union ridiculous. In the end, it will all come down to hegemony of Germany, and for a bit of France, with the southern countries eternally oppressed and the English, conquered by their own arrogance, ready to carve out a market for themselves.

(Jean Paul Sartre, 1977). more
Ernest Hemingway
"The best people have a sensitivity for beauty, the courage to take risks, the rigor to speak the truth, and the ability to sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often hurt, sometimes destroyed."

(Ernest Hemingway) more
Foo Fighters
But "fighters" for what? The couch potatoes of pop-rock. more
E Zezi
Fortunately, it wasn't just Giggino Di Maio who came from Pomigliano d'Arco! more
Debaser
Plagues more
Dolcenera
Musically absent until "Evoluzione della specie," which is not bad at all. The voice, on the other hand, is amazing. more
Rino Gaetano
Immense and somewhat underestimated by some. The fact that 40 years after his passing he is known and loved by the youngest is rather a credit. Far ahead, in fact, compared to many more celebrated singer-songwriters. Always relevant because universal. more
U2
The Clash are what U2 have always wanted to be, but could never be.
Henry Rollins more
Squallor
All reboots more
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Earthsea saga is a splendid example of how to write original fantasy that is at the same time very "down to earth." Its prose is also beautifully crafted—very spare, yet dense and capable of conveying vivid images in just a few lines. more
Anthony Kiedis
Differently tuned. more
Björk
Certainly a prominent figure in modern popular music even if her musical exploration isn't quite my thing. But the quartet of albums from "Debut" to "Vespertine" would impress anyone and is enough to place her in the pantheon. It's one of the few cases where I personally recognize the need to separate personal tastes (which would be three stars) from the undeniable value of the artist (five stars). So let's say an average of four, which I think "captures" her well. Also because after the dreadful 2004, she has produced a lot of mediocre material, full of vain experimentation and bland, soporific ballads cubed. It's still comical to see her profile on the Scaruffi website: a lot of 7s and 6.5s for the albums (which on average means at least one extra point for another critic), while in the descriptive text, she gets shredded from beginning to end with the usual killer style... a glaring example proving that some of the profiles were written by someone else. A cosmic clown. more
Roxy Music -Live at the Apollo
Thanks to my little fairy! more
In Tormentata Quiete -Teatroelementale
Thanks to my fairy! (02/11/2011) more
Tangerine Dream -Force Majeure
Franke & Froese at the highest level, never reached again. more