Mike76

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DeAge™ : 7594 days • Here since 24 august 2005

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Battles Mirrored

25 feb 11

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I recently listened to "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich, and I don't know why, but it reminded me of Battles.

Bloc Party Silent Alarm

24 feb 11

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Without going too far to mention The Fall, The Cure, Gang of Four, I would say they draw more from early U2.

Bloc Party Silent Alarm

24 feb 11

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A light and unpretentious pop-wave album that is, all in all, quite pleasant. In the end, we're not too far from Coldplay, just with a bit more youthful energy and fervor.

"an album of haunting and emotional songs, as much as you want, but which, in fact, aside from a few slight digressions, are the same as those presented in previous albums." Look, I haven’t listened to the previous albums, but what’s missing here is precisely the emotion. And it’s not that it’s “bad” music, but “empty,” which for me is even worse. Musical wallpaper with sweet sounds and lethal boredom. Bring us back This Mortal Coil.

Sigur Rós Takk

24 feb 11

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Dream pop superfluous. Bring us back the Cocteau Twins!

Roberto Benigni La Vita E' Bella

24 feb 11

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I don't know why, but when I went to see it in the cinema, I didn't find it bad at all; instead, watching it again on the small screen, I found it rhetorical, schematic, stereotypical, and (strangely enough for a film that won three Oscars) even amateurish and slapdash in both the sets and the acting.

AA.VV. Sanremo 2011

22 feb 11

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@gnagnera: well, doing satire on Raiuno in prime time with 10 million viewers must definitely be different than doing satire in a limited-circulation newspaper or in a small theater. So sure, it's "mainstream" satire, but it seems to me that Luca and Paolo did a good job, not just because they poked fun at "the powers that be" but especially because they ridiculed certain attitudes of Italians towards those in power (I think of the caricature of the average Berlusconi supporter and the average anti-Berlusconi supporter in the chess scene that recalls the advertisement for the nuclear forum), the use of journalism as a weapon to take down political opponents ("Ti Sputtanerò"), the crisis of ideals and therefore of leaders on the left ("Uno su Mille"), as well as a jab at satire itself with its "untouchables."

AA.VV. Sanremo 2011

21 feb 11

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@gangnera: but do you prefer satire that hits only the drum and none the hoop?

Cabaret Voltaire Mix-Up

18 feb 11

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@Voodoomiles: free to not like them, but your criticisms are laughable. What does Ornette Coleman's free jazz (unless you meant Gary Coleman.....) have to do with the CV proposal that, if anything, is more related to krautrock? Late emulators of Tristan Zara? But did Zara record albums? Arrogance from a drunken university professor.

James Chance and The Contortions Buy

10 feb 11

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The perfect record: experimental without being heavy or boring, danceable and engaging without being trivial or "lightweight," with appropriate lyrics mostly about conflicting passionate relationships. Given that some of the musicians present seem not to have really known how to play and were chosen by the leader for extra-musical reasons, James Chance proves to be not only a great "conductor" but also a saxophonist and singer of rare expressiveness and intensity. As far as I'm concerned, one of the most beautiful records to ever come out of the Big Apple.