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An incredible film, pure orgasm. I love this kind of cinema that pushes the viewer beyond their limits, constantly challenging them to grasp the detail, the key to the riddle, here relatively solvable. I've seen everything by Lynch, except for Dune and Twin Peaks, and none of his films, as far as I'm concerned, falls short of excellence. A side note about the lead actresses: between Arquette in Lost Highway and Harris, David really put in the effort :)

I’ll clarify a couple of things. The first is that the next person who calls me an Italian indie kid is going to have a bad time. I promise. If a "nice guys" comment bothers you – which seems to me to be anything but open to double interpretation – then you can swallow all your arrogance and deal with it. The second is that I haven’t insulted anyone up until now, so adjectives like "pirla" can be stored away in a warm little place that’s always useful for such purposes. The third is that if statements for which I’ve already apologized are going to draw the forest of little neorealist critics with their fingers pointing up, in this tone, in this manner, and with this suspicious turnout, it’s better not to discuss it at all. <<If I understand correctly, you've completely misrepresented a situation that you evidently didn’t fully grasp. However, writing false things online, especially without verifying them beforehand, mentioning people’s names, quotes, musical groups, turns from an opinion, however questionable, into slander, however miserable.>> The only thing I got confused about was that it said "piccolo Teatro Degli Orrori" on the tape of the record in question. I’ve already apologized. What should I do, take a cilice and whip myself? Slander?!? For you, is semantics an optional extra that you get with every 3x2 Pantene shampoo?

Eeeeeh, what's the big deal! It's not like I told you that you look like a cover band of Albano and Romina. I apologize for the mistakes, but does it bother you so much to be compared to Teatro Degli Orrori? That's just my impression, you know it well (I think I even mentioned it in the studio, right?), I'm not imposing it on anyone but I'm keeping it for myself. P.S. Mine may also be "avoidable vulgarity" (come on...) but you shouldn't vote for your own album! ;)

Stefano, you told me when you came to my studio in September ;)

Well, I have never left, you know ;) I agree with the dark, grotesque, and sometimes surreal humor in the lyrics, but when I said "above average," I meant something different. Linguistically, they are quite simple, which is why I had my doubts. However, I reaffirm the similarities with TDO: in "Caino e ferro," there's an arpeggio that resembles "Maria Maddalena" a lot, and "Dal furore alla cenere" even seems to echo One Dimensional Man, and "Mandragola" is quite a compromising track as well... Just think that even Giulio (Favero), during the mastering phase of their album, had noted "piccolo Teatro Degli Orrori" on the tape of the recordings instead of "Elettrofandango" (this is not a joke; it's the truth!). I do agree with you that they deliver much more live, especially due to the use of interesting graphic visuals manipulated each time by Giovanni Battista Rizzo. For this reason, I don't get too worked up about the album; live, they are definitely more engaging.

Miniature Theater of Horrors with sounds heavily leaning towards an extremely alcoholic hard-blues. This results in great tracks ("Calavera Monamour") and avoidable clichés ("All'Ippodromo"). One thing is not clear to me at all: "texts above the norm"? Anyway, nice guys and very down-to-earth.

It seemed flat to me, especially in this period, where post-metal increasingly mixes with other elements and becomes more diluted, creating formulas of considerable depth. Not a single idea worthy of being called that. Not one song, not one riff to save (except, perhaps, the one from "Ephemeral," but even there...). Question: did no one notice the glaring self-plagiarism at the beginning of "An Inch Above Sand"? That's enough. For me, it’s a solid 4/10.

Good job, I agree with everything except the definition of harsh noise. In fact, I couldn't imagine anything more "clean" than these tracks. A bit too much, for my tastes, and for those of "Street Horrrsing". What a shame. 3.5 for you and 2.5 for the album.

You had a splendid performance. The perfect review for this milestone album.

Yes, in the end I agree on everything. Including the Iron Maiden of "Killers" in the main riff of the math-dub (possible?) of "Bay Vs. Leonard," the only truly indispensable piece of an album that is certainly too long, unfocused, and exaggerated in juxtaposing crossover blasts with reggae foldbacks. "No Flag" with Patton is also quite bland. It happens. 2.5