Posted on August 28, 2008 by filpaz
When everything around you seems to be a bloody hell, your head couldn’t stand it and your stomach is icy and upset, you should absolutely find the energy to go find something to listen to in your record collection. It’s not that you’ll necessarily feel better, after that, sometimes the situation could even get worse, [...]
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Posted on August 22, 2008 by filpaz
This august I’ve been in Amsterdam for a holiday. I’ve been there years ago, just for a day, and I saw really little of the city. This time, the first thing I learned is that the dutch love to show off themselves, from the red light shop windows to their houses, [...]
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Posted on August 8, 2008 by filpaz
Here is the second part of the test published last week by The Guardian. The only change, compared to what the author written, is that meanwhile Gilberto Gil resigned from Brazilian culture Minister. What a shame!
POLITICS
1) The name of which rapper entered the lexicon of US politics after [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2008 by filpaz
It’s already a long time, since we know we are living in a country, Italy, on the road to the third world, from an economical, life quality and public services point of view. Going to London or Berlin today (maybe in the past it had been different) means being amazed and [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by filpaz
A few days ago, at the Hana Bi in Marina di Ravenna, played the I’m from Barcelona, a Swedish indie band so large (29 members) that it can make the spinster chorus of Ceglie envious, and who knows this town also knows that there are plenty of them.
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