Archive for August, 2008

August 31st, 2008 - 1 Comment

(End of) summer in Berlin

Tomorrow I’m going to Berlin, for the first time in my life.
Could I be more excited?
(mm.. maybe.. if I was a beautiful girl from Sweden who’s going to go to USA next October)
There’s always been something.. special, between me and Berlin, since when I was a child, really.
My very first band I’ve been a fan […]

August 30th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Action figures! Cut-out faces! Awesome videos!!

Some days ago I uploaded a post about Does It Offend You, Yeah?, a band from Reading, and I chose, among their 5 videos to date, “Epic Last Song”, which features the band as miniature action figures.
I totally love this kind of videos: action figures with cut-out faces, or real people with cut-out faces, […]

August 24th, 2008 - 6 Comments

Message from the Future!!!

While surfing YouTube, I discovered this video from the future. I say from the future, of course, because these children are clearly mine. Check it:

August 24th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Interview: Muskox

On rare occasions, I find myself somewhat blown away by the quality and originality of new music I’ve discovered. But not since my friend Will made me listen to “We Tigers” by Animal Collective have I said to myself “holy shit, nobody else is doing this.” Enter Muskox, a big little band from Toronto who […]

August 24th, 2008 - 5 Comments

The Songs of Summer (For Adam)

As the air is getting crisper and the sky is getting rainier (at least around these parts), it’s getting about time to (grudgingly) bid summer adieu. In honour of this bittersweet farewell to warm weather and mild sunburns, I decided to make a playlist of all the songs I played the hell out of this […]

August 23rd, 2008 - 2 Comments

So what? I love Reading! Does it offend you?

As you all probably know already, while I’m writing this post the Reading & Leeds festival is taking place.
It’s one of the things on my “must do before I die” list. No, not “write a post about it”, no.. I mean.. “BE THERE”, for once in my life.
It’s something I’ve been putting off since 1992, […]

August 22nd, 2008 - No Comments

Word of the day: Ferragosto

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“Ferragosto is an Italian holiday celebrated on August 15″ (source: Wikipedia)
But it’s far more than a feast day on the calendar; it’s a sort of.. symbol of being Italian, as much as (guess what..) spaghetti.

August 18th, 2008 - No Comments

Moon and moon

courtesy of ‏الـوعب ~Alwab‎~ Im Back
Last Saturday a partial lunar eclipse took place.
I didn’t know anything about it until I noticed it by chance, while driving, on the way to the pub (I had a strawberry frozen daiquiri, for the record).
There were no clouds in the sky, and

August 14th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Is it Just Me?

Or is this song exactly the same as “Ankle Injuries“?
Fujiya and Miyagi - Knickerbocker

August 14th, 2008 - 2 Comments

Birth of a superband. No, of a band. No, of.. whatever!..

In the end.. I surrended.

I said “Yes” to “Why don’t we try to rehearse together? Just to see what happens”.
And so..