frantz

DeRank ™: 2,10

DeAge™ : 8275 days • Here since 13 october 2003

UNKLE Never, Never, Land

8 nov 03

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Disco bought last night, in a moment of compulsive shopping (4 CDs and 1 DVD!) and now I’m broke!
The album is full of details that need to be listened to carefully, pleasant overall but it gets lost too much in the search for some of these, making it feel a bit "affected," and it all loses freshness. Some tracks are definitely below the album's average; if they wanted to create pauses, then silence would have been better (better 30 minutes played well than 50 with 15 to disregard).
The review, as always, is flawless, and it was the trigger for the purchase. Kosmo, you’re starting to take on some responsibility in managing my CD-euro budget!

Pat Martino Live At Yoshi's

6 nov 03

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Finally a nice album reviewed, not that there aren't good albums reviewed on de-baser, but too few jazz titles are taken into consideration. It rightfully enters my shopping list, after "le macine" from Mulino Bianco, but definitely before the "quattro schiaffi in padella" (after all, us singles have to eat this!) :-(

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros Streetcore

6 nov 03

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Forgive my joke JJ, but finishing an album from beyond the grave seems a bit tough, not impossible, but tough! Even though there are contrary examples, like the Beatles song from a few years back with J. Lennon’s voice or Nat K. Cole's voice overdubbed on his daughter's record... or if we really want to go for the cheesy style, Claudio "reuccio" Villa’s voice on his daughter's album. Ah, the computer can do so many things! ...but don’t worry, there aren’t any major uses of electronics on J. Strummer's album. Bye

Muse Concerto al Paladozza di Bologna - 30/10/03

4 nov 03

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Iko, I went to your profile, or whatever it’s called, and I clicked on "send a private message"... or something like that.
I put in some effort and wrote a nice little letter like the ones usually sent at Christmas to Baby Jesus or... to Santa Claus when I was a kid (I've never been clear on this!). I stamped it and posted it as instructed on the front. Let’s see, instead of taking the A22 from Verona towards Modena, it seems to have taken the wrong direction and headed towards Brennero, and some gossip/dwarf read it and chuckled away among the Alps! Now it’s pointless for me to rewrite it; first of all, because repetita non iuvat, and second... who even remembers it! Bye

Muse Concerto al Paladozza di Bologna - 30/10/03

4 nov 03

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Hats off to you Iko, the review is really beautiful and accurate. Just a little note: I would have appreciated a response to my private email. As for Muse and the Strokes, I photocopy and endorse the wizard's comment.

Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)/Sparkle In The Rain

29 oct 03

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If I read another comment like this, I’m going to start crying! Damn, New Gold Dream already made me cross over to the dark side of the eighties (even though it was new wave, but that’s beside the point), then all the memories from when I was 17 (and that split me in half too!), and finally Radio Fano!!! ...and I used to go to school in the morning, and then on the way back to Senigallia in the evening, I’d play those records at Gratis! If there are any fans or the like here, someone will remember the legendary nights at Gratis as well. Damn, what a nostalgic trip, the review itself didn’t impress me that much, but then the comments and the memories turned it into the most heartfelt of all. But weren’t we saying that de-baser was full of kids? I didn’t mean all the commenters... but back in the '80s?

Pat Metheny Group Offramp

27 oct 03

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I was 10 years old and listened to the Beatles, at 13 Bob, and the following year I saw the Clash. From that moment on, rock took over my life, until '92 when Pat Metheny and jazz shook things up for me again. For me, Bob Marley, the Clash, Nick Cave, and Pat Metheny (in chronological order of my life) have always been the pillars of my record collection, of which I believe I have almost everything, and it's an unconditional love. Doc on Rai 2 has accompanied many of our afternoons, just like Carlo Massarini, who always aired the video of "Rock the Casbah" late at night on Rai, but we're talking about the prehistoric era of rock on television.

Thievery Corporation The Richest Man in Babylon

23 oct 03

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Finally, we can talk about music again without any (obligatory or otherwise) polemical aftermath. The review is good, I like the band, but unfortunately, I only have a few tracks from some compilations. However, what satisfied me the most while reading this page is that this is one of the rare discussions, I would dare say musically informed, where more than from the review itself, it is from the subsequent debate that one can glean a concrete idea of musical "value" just by reading the words. So, thanks to that, the CD has made it onto my shopping list.

Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

22 oct 03

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Kurz, I’m not saying he’s entirely right, but he certainly isn’t wrong! Those who champion the preservation of their traditions and the history of their people should be supported, in my opinion. However, those who use magic, fairies, and knights merely as a pretext to superficially promote ideas that have brought far more horrors than honors to the world certainly deserve to be contained (to be kind). And even here, because even a record can be used for propaganda and proselytizing, beyond the riffs and the raf. And then those who burn churches do not respect many people; why should they deserve the respect of anyone with a sensible mind?

Erikah Badu Worldwide Underground

22 oct 03

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Given your previous reviews, I would have never imagined you would write one about this album, which I find very beautiful, even though current African-American productions have started to annoy me. For example, I was looking forward to Aretha Franklin's latest release, which I'd heard good things about, as it was said to be free from modernist influences for a return to a purer soul, and there too, although it's not a bad CD, there was a bit of disappointment. Anyway, this remains a nice album, even if it clashes with the rough de-baserian purism.