Stoney

"Many think that electronics are the ruin of music!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHA HAAHAH AH HA HA AH HA HAHAHAHAHA HA HAHAAHAHAH AHAH HAHA AH AH AH HA HA HAAHAHAHA HA AHAH AH HAH AH!

Uh, sure that they chose a name that's not overused at all, huh?

Core-a-core, our beautiful dialect has unfortunately been dead for at least 50 years; today, only the forced speech survives, far removed from the elegance of the old Romanesco, and that of trendy, faux-alternative kids worthy of the worst Muccino films. Not to mention that in historic neighborhoods like San Lorenzo and Pigneto, the most widespread dialect is actually a Calabrese-Lucano spoken by kids who have taken Rome for a vast holiday park and crowd the universities believing they are eternal summer camps. In the span of a couple of generations, there won’t be a trace left of any Roman dialect expression. I console myself thinking that the loss of dialect is a fate destined for all great Italian cities, especially those in the north. So the "daye" with the "y," as I see it, is the lesser evil...

To Ezechie', what are you talking about? What football do we have? What values to make? 50 years of consumerism... and what about sports clubs? Aren't they businesses that engage in the worst dealings, products of the same consumerist logic that disrupts society, work, politics? Football clubs are and have always been the most effective and rapid means of laundering money and committing the worst atrocities, that's why politics is always "protectionist" towards football clubs and is, in fact, so wrapped up in it that it’s disgusting. And even the footballers themselves are no better, always at the center of scandals for the lives they lead made of billions and models... come on, what are you trying to say... Nesta and Di Vaio might be valid examples of "good" values, but how many players, on the other hand, do the exact opposite? Perhaps I exaggerated by bringing up Di Canio and his ideologies; it would be enough to see how frequently fights break out ON THE FIELD before they do in the stands.

For example, with Di Canio, a well-known exponent of moderate thoughts and by no means biased. Then, the Lazio fans go around with flags featuring Celtic symbols... perhaps that's what you mean by "extremely important values."

"In front" makes me laugh.

Well, I don’t know, actually I’m quite biased on this matter, because while it’s true that we have no evidence of great civilizations that existed in the past, it’s also true that we don’t have enough evidence to support even the most well-known and established historical theses. Certain truths are taken for granted even though, if you look closely, the evidence either doesn’t exist or is imprecise. For instance, the purpose of the Egyptian pyramids, to cite a classic, or the function of megalithic structures. Dates are taught that have no solid basis as if they were incontrovertible, but in reality they are merely hypothesized based on approximate conjectures. Honestly, I find it much more difficult to believe that a group of shepherds scattered in the cold English countryside suddenly decided to build a highly precise lunar calendar by hammering 16-ton stones into the ground out of religious fanaticism, rather than imagining a spaceship descending from the sky to colonize the primitive civilizations of the time. And yet, no one hesitates to teach and spread such misleading data. At this point, why not present all the alternatives and discuss them, or teach that we still don't know anything for certain instead of throwing around nonsense in the form of "official" truths, accepted only by habit or by a nonsensical conservatism?

@Psycroptic, well, actually I wouldn't bet my life that sightings are non-existent. It's much more likely that they are real, but instead of UFOs, they are aircraft belonging to some secret military project; that seems much more plausible to me. As for crop circles and similar stuff, I’ll refrain from judgment. Moreover, there are plenty of accredited historians who have questioned the official version of ancient events more than once, especially since a lot of details just don’t add up. If crop circles are nonsense, then the Nazca Lines or the presence of megalithic structures like Stonehenge, or pyramidal constructions found practically all over the world dating back to periods before 10,000 B.C., are much less nonsense. Personally, I find that silencing such voices without even allowing for a hint of doubt or considering a new possibility is just as obtuse—indeed, MUCH more obtuse—than the “hayseeds” shouting UFO, who at least are justified by their ignorance.

Thank goodness there’s Sciusciola to remind us of the subtle difference between "taking inspiration" and "copying and pasting."

Why on earth is the cover of this album exactly like a box of Cohiba cigars?