Mike76

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Killing Joke Killing Joke

9 jan 13

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Perhaps I am among the few in the world who clearly prefer the next one.

Allen & Albert Hughes From Hell - La Vera Storia di Jack lo Squartatore

9 jan 13

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I ignore the comic but the movie is nice. A review that seems written after a binge-watching session of "Quarto Grado," "La Vita in Diretta," "Chi l'ha Visto?" and "Voyager."

A splendid film about the hypocrisy that the adult world is forced into (the kids, on the other hand, are more straightforward and simple: they fight at the beginning and make up without dragging it out in the end). It's also amusing how each of the protagonists confronts or allies with the others, almost in turns. Well done Polanski, but with such a sumptuous cast it would have been harder to make a bad film.

Psy Gnam Gnam style

7 jan 13

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You would deserve a "1" for comparing the incredibly sensual couple dance of the Lambada to these crappy group dances for brainless losers, but you saved yourself with the last sentence.

Frank Zappa Absolutely Free

4 jan 13

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Although it never reaches the excellence of standout tracks like "Help, I'm a Rock" or "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet," this album, in terms of overall quality, appears to be a little better than "Freak Out!", which got a bit too lost in mocking easy listening music without offering anything better in return. Here too, there is parody of various popular genres, but this time they are boldly mixed and not presented in a linear song format. What results are "baccanali" (to call them songs would be misleading) with several interesting ideas (too often thrown away after a few seconds) accompanied by a mountain of assorted childishness.

The Deviants Ptooff!

2 jan 13

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Listening to it again recently, I find myself reevaluating it, giving it half a point more, especially when compared to the contemporary and much more celebrated albums of Zappa's Mothers, which I find rather disappointing. A mishmash of assorted feakettoneries and more formal pieces (as well as mutant in-betweens), it is uneven but features several memorable moments (the simple instrumental interlude of "Bun" is a small gem). At this point, listening to "Disposable" becomes a must.

The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico

31 dec 12

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I haven't listened to this album in a while; I don't love it either, but for a diametrically opposite reason to that of the review: I still hear an excess of saccharine sixties melodies; the "noise" and distortions are definitely there, but will probably be more present in the second chapter, which is likely more fundamental in inspiring the sound of the upcoming rock. "Art is not for the few": this is true, and for sure Andy Warhol wanted this album to be for many (I've heard from someone that the presence of Nico and songs like "Sunday Morning" was his intention), and the fact that it was a commercial failure probably didn't make him happy; he wanted it to be a POP album, just like his art. As I said, I don't love the album, while recognizing some merits (an original and more negative and darker vision of the "sex & drug" lifestyle), but the review comes from a musical perspective not dissimilar to that of my late grandmother, namely: "roughness and harshness = ugly" "sweetness and harmony = beautiful." Essentially, for you, Claudio Villa is better than the Rolling Stones, and well, to each their own. I'll finish by gifting you a series of links to the beautiful melodic songs of 1967, to which this really awful noisy album attempted to react: A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Marco Travaglio Lo Stato Montificio

22 dec 12

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Good Marco is someone I haven't paid much attention to lately, a bit like Scaruffi. It seems to me that throwing mud by default at those who hold the most important seats in the country is a demagogic trick that is starting to show its strain. Even Telese has gotten fed up with working with him. We also had to deal with the self-celebratory book "Editoriali Greatest Hits."

Throbbing Gristle D.o.A. The Third and Final Report

22 dec 12

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The least successful of the four historical albums, "Second Annual Report" had a more compact sound, while "20 Jazz Fun Greats" exhibited a more polished and complete eclecticism. This one, however, is a halfway point that dulls the impact of its predecessor (except for a couple of tracks, the clattering "Hit By a Rock" and "Walls of Sound") in favor of a variety that sometimes seems to go nowhere: the fast version of "Untitled" and "Death Threats" feel like fillers or jokes) while the voice-recording plus background-sound tracks of "Valley of the Shadow of Death" and "Hometime" are quite tedious to listen to today. In any case, the album deserves a good rating thanks to the presence of two of TG's best tracks ever: the desolate and bleak "Weeping" and the deadly "Hamburger Lady." The Industrial reissue in double CD offers 11 bonus live tracks in perfect "Second Annual Report" style.

Alessandro Donati Lo sport del doping

17 dec 12

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The subject interests me, so it's likely that one day I will read this book. I have always been against doping, but it's true that for me, sports have always been just a hobby and/or fitness, and I've never experienced it at a competitive level, so I've never had the result anxieties that some professionals go through. I’m also almost certain that at certain levels everyone takes something, to the point that it makes me think that an Armstrong is not more dishonest than others, but simply the best at doping, too. What truly saddens me is knowing that there are also "Sunday dopers."