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He wasn't exactly a saint...that's for sure. But it's not like there are many "greats" out there, right? ;-) I have "The Women" in the original language (I don't know if there’s an Italian version) and I really like it: I think it's quite romanticized as a "biography" anyway. Bye!

Semen allergy? Oh dear...

Beautiful review, beautiful album.

@Ugly: if you search on Google, I assure you that you will find more than one page at your disposal (and three or four reviews). Anyway, it’s an Italo-French production and I remember it as a rather low-quality film set in a psychiatric environment. Bye.

The reviewer is right, this is a good album and the Pooh, throughout their often questionable career, have created at least two more at this level, so they couldn't have been all rubbish (and even if they wanted to, they wouldn't be now): on the marginal topic, the fact that biases can be hard to shake off even with works that deserve attention is certainly not an issue that has surfaced now and/or only with the Pooh.

Dr., my friend, you are right; it might deserve a pass, but it’s precisely the bam bam that the British newspapers are creating around this little disc (I have the habit of still reading them) and many blogs here in Italy that is excessive (some are talking about the best album of the decade, about psychedelic experimentation, etc. etc.) making it become unlikable to me. The problem is that the English need to shout miracle at least twice a year even if they clearly have only the umpteenth "nostalgia operation" in front of them... soon it will be the turn of the AM, want to bet? Ciao!

Waiting for the Arctic Monkeys, the most overrated album of 2009.

I thank all the newcomers. As mentioned in the review, I am not an architect but a simple amateur enthusiast, yet I have made an effort to be as precise as possible in the technical details and to frame the context by thoroughly researching (as I do every time I write anything), especially from paper sources that I collect out of passion, but also among friends who are architects and, of course, the Internet. That said, the notes brought by my friends Panapp and, for "quotation" (is that the right term? ;-)), Odradek are surely the result of just as much documentation, so I thank them for their clarifications: I know and appreciate (of course) Aalto, but in my "work" of deepening (rational but especially "irrational" in the sense of the emotions conveyed), I have always considered Wright (and in particular the subject of the review) conceptually more "intense" (for the reasons outlined in the last 4 lines of Panapp's post), and hence my choice and the approach of the review. Bye and thanks again! P.S.: a hug to Alexx for the appreciation and one to the Giustiziere for the great taste ;-)

So, in brief, regarding the issues raised (and thanking the latest participants as well): @Alia: there’s one in my area that drew inspiration from this as well; it was when I was young that they told me about the original... @Kosmo: it’s very beautiful, isn’t it? I spent a ton of time there the first time I went. @Gustavo: someone should also talk about that... ;-) @Geenoo: I tried to send it and they accepted it: I believe that architecture also fits into the "group." @Jargon: I will confide to you that I was eagerly awaiting your opinion (I hope others won’t mind that I consider you the most knowledgeable in this field) and I’m glad you liked it (perhaps you would have been better suited than me to "review" the work in question, and I'm sorry I "stole" it from you: still, I think you could have a lot to say about Wright!) @Mike76: in this case, I think we can also rely solely on the conceptual idea: overall, you’re right. @Green and L'Esperto: to provoke a little, all human works go to change nature: I could jokingly say, and not to be polemical of course, that even your house has done it. There are ways and ways to modify nature, of course, but honestly, Wright’s idea was more about interaction rather than a one-way change. This should be appreciated, and perhaps all humans should have drawn inspiration from his ideas. @Auricolare: you’re right: without epigones. What saddens me the most is that in the 1950s Venice could have "hosted" one of his projects, but it was rejected because the municipality didn’t authorize it (it would have been Wright’s only work outside the States) and just over 50 years later, they went ahead with that ugly thing (from an architect like Calatrava, whom I adore in other works) called the "Ponte della Costituzione": another twist of fate. I also greet Enbar, Giustiziere, Voodoo, Mopaga, Muffin, and Fedeee who honored me with their visit.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by! I'm just off work (and just got home), so I'm a bit tired, so I will respond to any questions later in the day. Bye!