Blue Öyster Cult -Secret Treaties
Their other best album along with the previous one. It has all the qualities of a "classic" rock album, and the band was in stunning form (well expressed by the subsequent live album). Musically/arrangement-wise, I find it a bit less edgy and dark than "Tyranny" (which I actually prefer by a hair), but here too, there's everything that characterizes rock'n roll at the Cult of the Blue Oyster: the sci-fi-horror lyrics that are one of their strong points, Bloom's vocals with that touch of theatricality to enhance those lyrics, the "expanded" rock'n roll of tracks like "Dominance and Submission," for example, the irresistible pop-rock drive of "Career of Evil," the wonderful rhythm section of the Bouchard Brothers, and of course a sequence of tracks that are all among the best of their career: "Subhuman," the rock ballad "Astronomy" (their most classic track from the "rock side" before the evergreen pop arrived in the next album to mark their career), and especially my favorite "Flaming Telepaths" (probably their greatest song after "7 Screaming Diz-Busters") with a greater presence of Lanier's keyboards and containing my favorite guitar solo by Buck Dharma. A truly great song. And a really great album. more
Slowdive -Souvlaki
Evaporate! Damn. more
Michael Curtiz
"Don't talk to me while I'm interrupting." quote. more
Romano Prodi
Rancid mortadella more
Clark Ashton Smith -Atlantide e i mondi perduti
A second Oscar Drago is on the way. more
Arthur Machen -La collina dei sogni
The most decadent book in English literature. more
Emmanuelle Parrenin
Here's where the archaic cuckoo clock of the wrecked grandma ended up! more
Tutti Fenomeni -Privilegio raro
End of the world, I love you! more
Jean Ray -Malpertuis
A nightmare novel and a classic of the fantastic to rediscover. more
Michel Houellebecq -H. P. Lovecraft. Contro il mondo, contro la vita
A powerful and essential essay, although in the end, Houellebecq's vision of life emerges. more
Valerio Evangelisti -Cherudek
The best book by Valerio Evangelisti. more
Simon & Garfunkel
Hello darkness, my old friend... more
Alberto Ezzu
The musical soul of No Strange. more
Van Morrison
Superlative!!! more
Whitney Houston
Fantastic for me! more
Stevie Wonder -The Very Best Of
Extraordinary compilation, although the best way to get to know the career of this legendary artist remains: "Songs at the close of the Century." Also good are: "The definitive collection" (long version) and "A Song review." more
Dargen D'Amico
Danger D'Amico. Where they dance irritates me. more
Frank Zappa
"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST." more