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Laura Nyro More Than a New Discovery

15 dec 09

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Always heard about, but never explored in depth. I think listening to it could really be "more than a new discovery."

Ringo Starr Old Wave

14 dec 09

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I know this album solely because it was exclusively targeted at the Anglo-Saxon market. It seems interesting, certainly pleasant to listen to, to be enjoyed in the same spirit as Ringo.

Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells III

14 dec 09

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Strict review. I am somewhat familiar with TB, not its sequels. This, although in a sense apocryphal, presents a few points of interest... Too bad about the title.

Daniele Silvestri L'imperatore Tiberio

13 dec 09

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I agree (as often happens to me) with Iside, Punisher, and Starblazer. A detrimental consequence, certainly minor, of the Berlusconi government.

Courtois, Werth, Panné, Paczkowski, Bartosek, Margolin Il libro nero del comunismo

11 dec 09

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Detailed analysis, which I will keep in mind when I read it. In the meantime, I have read the continuation, focused on the European regimes, with a digression on the French, Italian, and Greek communist parties during Stalinism. I was impressed by it, even though it is not easy to separate the historical reconstruction from the polemical spirit (Courtois, as I understand, had a group experience in the '70s).

Mario Alessandro Curletto Spartak Mosca, storie di calcio e potere nell'URSS di Stalin

11 dec 09

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Beautiful window into a little-known and underestimated world. The USSR never achieved much at the World Cup, but it has an impressive record in the European Championships (during the times of Yashin and then Blokhin, and a second place in '88, behind the Netherlands of Gullit, Van Basten, and Rijkaard), and at the Olympics. But remarkable was also Hungary with Puskas, Yugoslavia in the '60s, and Czechoslovakia in the '70s, even though they brought home zero titles. I noticed you referred to Russia as the "Soviet national team"... nostalgia?

The Who The Who By Numbers

11 dec 09

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I quote comment 1.

Cristiano De André De André canta De André

10 dec 09

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An album that probably doesn't add much to a modest albeit inconsistent career. More than anything, it holds value as it marks a return, three years after an unfortunate incident that made him the center of attention. I would say the operation is successful: it’s not easy to face an immense father and a difficult repertoire; perhaps it doesn’t take many risks, as many pieces are now standards, but hats off for the rendition of that masterpiece "Smisurata preghiera."

Paolo Di Canio L'Autobiografia

10 dec 09

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Discreet on the field, an idiot off it, a useless book even as toilet reading. The proliferation of books authored by footballers is unsettling, as if they were all Vendrame or Sollier, or, to bring in some crime news, Petrini. If there were a "national team of assholes," a fixed starter would be alongside Bobo Vieri (another flag-waver) and Balotelli.

Alicia Keys The Element Of Freedom

8 dec 09

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Another case of me(r)diocrity, a highly contagious virus in the music scene. "No one" has been a nightmare, and the mere thought that there might be something similar on this record that could be played on the bar's radio while I'm having breakfast terrifies me. What a shame, because the first album wasn't bad.