Hmmm...

Speaking of which...

Looks like he's going to make it this time!

Chicken, beef or turkey?

Which one of these will be the next album i buy?
Number one, number three or number two?

So there's a new intern at the college. Beautiful asian young lady. Made her acquaintance over the weekend.
I sometimes bump into her here in the office. Then when she leaves i usually remain staring with languid eyes at the door she went out of, until somebody else(usually julius) comes in and breaks the spell.

Most male students are in awe of her beauty, but i keep reminding them that she's too old for them(i seem to remember she's about 23). On the other hand, she would be ideal for somebody of, say, my age. Coincidentally.

Pity me. i'm reading my own blog archive. That's how bored i am. Lucky i'm going out in five min--oops, i'm late.
And forgive me, i just noticed i've posted that Unicorn aphorism twice. At least the second time i pointed out the source.
Cheers.

Finally!

As mentioned in this item, the ugliest album cover ever was discovered by evaristo and Gnapppo in a roman record shop. Immediately, we began the search for a large enough scan of it. Much to his shame and surprise, Gnapppo found out that his parents owned the original LP*, so he didn't lose a minute and sent me the scans. And what scans they are!
check'em out:


The Cover


The italian liner notes...


...And the pre-babelfish dadaist english translation of them!


Wow...that last one was a real treat!

*parents do this sometimes. After fifty, embarrassing LPs show up in your collection. The Best Of George Moustaki misteriously appears among your CDs. Or earlier, if you appreciate that stuff ironically. Which explains my Lucho Gatica CD.

I'm going to bed, but first i just *have* to point out This Site. Back when i was seven or eight years old the "paul is dead" myth would scare the hell out of me. Some ten years later i learned that the truth about that urban legend is much, much creepier... but at least is has to do with Lewis Carroll.

Ever noticed how many important twentieth century world leaders have had second-rank ex-actresses as wives? Chairman Mao, Hitler, Peron, Reagan...even Berlusconi!
I'm sure there's more, but none come to mind at the moment. Any ideas?

Oh, and speaking of God TV, why don't you go read The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus, an excerpt from Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them?

Another link, this time to the great serbian artist Danijel Zezelj's official site.
Sadly, Panini Comics has recently announced that it won't be publishing Zezelj's iconoclast Captain America miniseries, which came out in the US a couple of years ago. Shame on them. Their excuse is that the author is not famous enough. They ought to pop by any bookshop: Zezelj's books are always in print.
Oh, a coincidence: in the News section of the site, you'll see that in july he took his recent multimedia performance to Topolò, where he performed it alongside the Tambours di Topolò, three of whose members are currently displaced around the world, having recieved UWC scholarships. It all comes back.

Oh! Check out Mariscal's site!

Had just come home, and my parents called me to urgently come and see something that was on TV in that moment. So i went to the living-room area of our cubicle, and found them watching GOD TV with a mix of amusement and incredulity in their eyes. Christian rock concert. People wiggling around in tempo to the midi and praising that lord guy. It all reminded me of this comic, by the controversial Peter Bagge. It's actually quite well documented, and worth a read. I appreciate Bagge's work most of the time, even though his opinions aren't always all that similar to mine. And his Megalomaniacal Spider-Man comic was just...weird.

Found a reference to Zappa in Erich Hobsbawm's Age Of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991. It's on page 490 of the aforelinked edition.
I'd copy the paragraph down, but i've got a tutorial dinner to attend.

Oh, i just noticed it would have been more reasonable for me to make a wish list on amazon uk instead of us. Bugger.

This one's for Pino.

Daily iranian strip about freedom of press.
Check it out.

Update about my life:
My life is currently waiting for track 6 of Abbey Road to end, so track 7 can come on.
And that's not a drumskin Ringo's beating on. It's poor lil' me.

Just a quick update, from the Archives:

A Wise Man Never Plays Leapfrog With A Unicorn.
-Myself, circa 1997

Why am i reading this???

In english at last, a fascinating article about one of my favourite web-comics.
Cat and Girl

Come to think of it, why bother distinguishing comics from web-comics? it's one of my favourite comics, period.

Ok, cool, that worked.
Coming soon, truckloads of pictures of my cat.

Anyway, important news: the full lineup for trieste Barcolana festival is out!
here's the easy teenage version:

Thursday, 9 October, Alpe Adria Night

Marco Anzovino(pordenone)
The Elevators(Slovenia)
Hardbradler(Austria)
Le Vibrazioni(Milano)


Friday, 10 October

The Hormonauts(Italy/Scotland)
Africa Unite(Torino)
ElioeLeStorieTese(Milano)


Saturday, 11 October

Northern Lights Sound System
Meganoidi
Neffa
Claudio Coccoluto
Planet Funk

All concerts begin at 20:30, Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, Trieste.
Free entry. Not-so-cheap beer(bring your own). Galatine will be served to all who find me.

Official info here.

I'll be there from the early afternoon of the tenth(none of the first day's artists interest me in the slightest), and probably also for the first couple of bands on saturday. If neffa sucks, i'm going off to have fun elsewhere.

Of course, i'd already known about that elusive Eelst gig last week. How come? Well, i went to see them live. again. Wasn't at all bad. Saw them only briefly afterwards, just to say hello and then popped back over to duino. Cesareo was in trieste in the past few days(no, i didn't see him) to mix, edit and supervise the video recordings they'd made of the first two gigs this year, and of the ten-day preparation they'd had in a warehouse in Pordenone. It's currently unknown if those recordings will surface as a TV special, a DVD or what. But i've been to those first two gigs, and can assure that a splendid time is guaranteed for all! Hoping they're luckier this time, they're first DVD is still in re-release limbo.

Speaking of splendid times, i had an extremely memorable night yesterday, surely one of the best i've had in quite a while, in Lignano with Pino, Filippo Cerqua and his girlfriend Alice. Those last two i had bumped into completely by chance in the late evening, after not having seen them in something like four years! i love it when these things happened.
We drove to a place called Il Panino, where we were served one of the best beers i've *ever* tasted, not to mention a massive panino, which by default also included fries and a ton of pink sauce. Great company, good music(rather unobtrusive quality '70s disco first, usually EWF, classic Blues afterwards. Muddy Waters etc.), amazing beer, surprising food...all in all a perfect night. Did a great job of keeping my mind away from its troubles.
Afterwards, when the others had returned to their respective abodes, temporary or otherwise, hung around with Dmtr, Samir and Heather until around five. Had pasta, played with bandages, set stuff on fire. As usual. The others lasted a good three hours more than me. Crazy buggers.

Ok, that's all. Visiting that Galatine site is making me dizzy.

just a test, to see if i understood how to post[link to]images...

Have you ever noticed? One of my best friends is the long-lost-twin of one of the best(and most beautiful) cello players in the world!

(above)This is my friend Zivile...


...and this is Eva Boecker of Ensemble Modern!