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Delicious and mocking profile of the reliable Jake. I really needed someone to reassure me that getting my auditory system crushed was a good way to lead a healthy daily life. Tim Berne tried a couple of times, but I told him "No no no," and I turned to other shores. You know, as we get older, we try to go with the flow and, above all, avoid major upheavals, even physical ones...... . Great review, Jake! But Berne, oh my......

Quoting and supporting Larrok's intervention 42, I too dissociate myself from the romantic yet at least debatable idea that the length of a composition implies any kind of artistic value. It can happen that a piece may require additional timing for compositional or "narrative" needs, but from this to wielding "timing" as a point of merit in a composition... And let me also negatively comment on this repeated and obsessive trend of needing to label anything written on a musical staff. At a certain point, reading some interventions, it was truly laughable the grotesque length with which an attempt is made to define a certain musical style. Again: just because it is gothicdarkwavedoomdeathblablabla doesn’t mean it should be considered a banner in the battle of genres wielding these words as weapons of hypothetical ideological belonging. I don't believe this is the ground on which we can and/or must confront each other. They are just labels, I repeat, and... they serve little to no purpose, I believe. What truly matters is what the music evokes in the listener.

Beautiful era that of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, CSN&Y, Jefferson, Grateful Dead and... also Quicksilver... I don't know the album, but McGuinn is great.

@Bluespower: I read this profile on Hendrix and the one for C'e'. I find both interesting in their diversity and useful for understanding the Hendrix phenomenon. I find, however, your comment aimed at discrediting (I assume for personal reasons) one of the reviewers to be decidedly less interesting. I find this intervention frankly unnecessary and irritating. If you really feel the need for these types of expressions, I invite you to take the route of private contact via Debaser, given the clearly personal nature of the matter.

I'm a bit sorry for GiovanniA, regarding the "shifting of the dialectical axis" towards systems for enlarging fonts, but it really seems that the new graphical interface of debaser is creating new customers for opticians... I already wear glasses, so I thank SfasciaCarrozze, whom I respectfully greet, and Iside for the valuable advice on magnifications. PS: Iocciò the PC and I also had the mech. I think the mech was better though... Best regards also to Ludovica.

In short: I seem to recall that among the cities that hosted "Einstein On The Beach" in '75 was also Venice during the Biennale. Just for the statistics...

It is rare to read reviews that are so eruditely and appropriately commented upon in a comprehensive manner. Although I have known and appreciated Glass for an eternity, I have never had the pleasure or displeasure of listening to this work. "Akhnaten" had already brought me to my knees back then, so I preferred to postpone, even if this has been dragging on for some time now. Nevertheless, my warmest congratulations to GiovanniA. The promotion of Glass's work is always a commendable endeavor for the historical importance that the composer’s scores have brought, even though for a less "demanding" audience, his minimal reiterations may come off as a bit challenging or, worse, boring. Personally, I recently re-listened to and reevaluated his so-called "qatsi" trilogy, finding it absolutely extraordinary. Just like this review, in its clarity. Well done, Giovanni.

There is a lot of heart in this review for music that has managed to reach deep emotions in the reviewer. After all, KingJudas is right when he writes about the "homeland of the most transcendental and melancholic metal," referring to Akerfeldt's country and the melancholic/decadent vein that often permeates Opeth's pieces. Personally, I appreciate their more "prog" side (Damnation, Watershed) and I listen with great pleasure to Blackwater Park, but I recognize that Morning Rise serves as a great business card. For those who may not know yet, I would like to inform the fans of the band that their second DVD has just been released, recorded in November 2006 at the Roundhouse in London (same show as last year's double CD). It goes without saying that it is unmissable.

.....Did Eros Ramazzotti take singing lessons? ;)

It may not be Towner's most representative and convincing work, but not every doughnut comes out with a hole. It would still be advisable for the reviewer to conduct a broader documentation on the work of the American guitarist. Many of his doubts would likely vanish; at least, I hope so. If only we had more guitarists like him around!