Painted as a monster and nothing else for years, he's gone without the rehabilitation of his name, of his dignity as human being. Probably, in this world, he will never have a full rehabilitation, because people make up their icons as fast as they tear them down forever. As usual, together with death arrived crocodile tears too: Jordan Chandler and journalist Martin Bashir admitted they lied about Michael Jackson when the first accused him of sexual abuses and the second interviewed him on "Living with Michael Jackson" special; now, too late, as always, the world seems to have at last figured out that it was wrong, that has been Law itself to set he was innocent. But we know quite well the sad power of death and that it's always the best occasion to deny, to feel regret when it's too late, the best time to speculate. That's what the great human race always does: the uncontrollable attack first, the big remorse then. Above all, human race is a great contradictory one. To all, Michael Jackson was a guilty for sure, a dangerous freak with no right to speak, a guilty even if there wasn't even a proof that wouldn't had been dismantle.
Then what about Roman Polanski? He's a true guilty but c'mon, he's a poor victim of the System, a victim of the USA Government that 30 years later still insist in pursuing him. Just leave him alone you nuts people, how dare you?! Poor Polanski has already gone through too much pain, some papers have written. In addition to this absolutely craziness, famous people all over the world signed even a letter to support Polanski's cause, claiming that his arrest was unconstitutional and that USA must, as I said before, practically leave him alone.
It's been 30 years since he took a little girl, made her drunk and high then took her life away raping her. He must have scared the hell out of her, but, today as yesterday, it seems we just don't care. She said she has forgive him, but the fact she's been so strong doesn't mean she doesn't deserve justice. And she didn't have it, she didn't have justice for 30 long years, during which Polanski has going on living his days free and undisturbed, and she still doesn't. And today, in 2009, in civilized Countries, there's still someone to who being an unquestionable director it's quite enough to let him get away being a convicted. We are not talking about revenge (we would never dare ask too much seeing the world we live in); we are just talking about justice, we are trying to understand how it is actually possible that, once again, be a famous name means to win the "get out of jail free" card.
That's the reason why Linus was used to say "I love humanity, it's people I can't stand"; I'm not making a division between what is good and what is not, I'm just saying I hate incoherence and, even worst, the character assassination without right of reply and the persistence in acting like this, always, without even apologize. I'm against the incapability to recognize and admit the mistakes made, choosing not to repeat them in the same away over and over again.
When will people heal their cruelty and superficiality? Michael was right, we must heal the world, but, for once in our life, it'll be great if we learn before how to heal ourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS56ni-OnNo
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
E' Solo un Rock 'n' Roll Show
One of the greatest Italian artist ever will finally be on a Europe Tour, a great chance to export abroad music you can definitely say a "good" one.
To us, Vasco Rossi is quite a monument, a legend, the father of at least three generation. He's the father of Italian Rock Music too, with the precious support of a band made by some of the better musicians all over the World. So yes, this will be a great, an important chance, even and especially because they all give their best on stage, used to performing live in front of sold out stadiums.
Once again I wont translate you anything of his magnificent lyrics: they are poems, in both words and rhapsodies, and as poems I think they must "live" in the language they were born.
I really hope this will be the opportunity to finally bring Vasco's music outside Italy, even if the language is always a problematic issue: I mean, Italians don't have lots of difficulties to understand Beatles, but it's right to say that one thing is Italian and another is English. Aside from that, I think language can never be a limit in art, so in music either. It's especially here, in music range, that when you're listening to a song you must surrender and just feel it into you; nothing else matters. After all, today it's so easy to find on the internet a way to translate a lyrics; in fact, music, movies and books are quite a really good way to get into a foreign language, a different culture, also a slang, all those things you're not generally used to.
I think self-learning is the best form to get into things which are actually unknown to you...together with travel a lot, self-learning is even better than school, I speak from my own experience: school only gives you the theory, but it doesn't give you the practice. It's good and necessary to have both, that's sure, but you can't have just theory. Above all, self-learning made by music, movies and so on, it's the best because it will always be moved by passion, love, interest: it's suppose that when you choose to learn something by yourself, not because of someone else's imposition, it's because you really care about this thing and you don't feel it, live it like a weight.
"Music makes the people come together", someone said...I think she was absolutely right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUUPxuUo5OA
To us, Vasco Rossi is quite a monument, a legend, the father of at least three generation. He's the father of Italian Rock Music too, with the precious support of a band made by some of the better musicians all over the World. So yes, this will be a great, an important chance, even and especially because they all give their best on stage, used to performing live in front of sold out stadiums.
Once again I wont translate you anything of his magnificent lyrics: they are poems, in both words and rhapsodies, and as poems I think they must "live" in the language they were born.
I really hope this will be the opportunity to finally bring Vasco's music outside Italy, even if the language is always a problematic issue: I mean, Italians don't have lots of difficulties to understand Beatles, but it's right to say that one thing is Italian and another is English. Aside from that, I think language can never be a limit in art, so in music either. It's especially here, in music range, that when you're listening to a song you must surrender and just feel it into you; nothing else matters. After all, today it's so easy to find on the internet a way to translate a lyrics; in fact, music, movies and books are quite a really good way to get into a foreign language, a different culture, also a slang, all those things you're not generally used to.
I think self-learning is the best form to get into things which are actually unknown to you...together with travel a lot, self-learning is even better than school, I speak from my own experience: school only gives you the theory, but it doesn't give you the practice. It's good and necessary to have both, that's sure, but you can't have just theory. Above all, self-learning made by music, movies and so on, it's the best because it will always be moved by passion, love, interest: it's suppose that when you choose to learn something by yourself, not because of someone else's imposition, it's because you really care about this thing and you don't feel it, live it like a weight.
"Music makes the people come together", someone said...I think she was absolutely right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUUPxuUo5OA
Friday, September 25, 2009
When "Art" Takes Over
When "art" takes over you know you can't deny. And art here is once again taking over in New York City, where we well know how everything is really possible: if you're looking for something and you don't find it in NY it just doesn't exist, it's said. Well, thanks to young artist Justin Gignac, to sell and buy garbage as art indeed is now possible too.
"He began selling garbage in 2001 after a co-worker challenged the importance of package design. To prove them wrong he set out to find something that no one in their right mind would ever buy, and package it to sell", it's written on Justin's website, and what more perfect than garbage to demonstrate his theory? He definitely won his challenge: from 2001, over 1.200 NYC Garbage cubes have been sold not only in the USA but all over the world. As if it wasn't enough, Justin's genius also decided to produce special edition cubes with garbage such as the one from the opening day at Yankee Stadium or from NY's Eve in Times Square.
The starting idea is obviously awesome, unique (and right, because Gignac's point of view on package was fair), but the most beautiful thing to me is that everything here belongs to New York; don't know how to explain it, but I wouldn't be so exited about Rome's garbage for sure...
First cube I saw had Sturbucks garbage inside: it's been love at first sight. I love Gignac's great idea and I heart New York so bad...I can't explain to others why I'm so amazed by this project, I'm just able to answer that I heart New York and everything that belongs to the soul, to the deepest part of the city is just so perfect to me, the best thing in the world.
Even its garbage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbd7-hsn4Y
http://www.nycgarbage.com/index.html
"He began selling garbage in 2001 after a co-worker challenged the importance of package design. To prove them wrong he set out to find something that no one in their right mind would ever buy, and package it to sell", it's written on Justin's website, and what more perfect than garbage to demonstrate his theory? He definitely won his challenge: from 2001, over 1.200 NYC Garbage cubes have been sold not only in the USA but all over the world. As if it wasn't enough, Justin's genius also decided to produce special edition cubes with garbage such as the one from the opening day at Yankee Stadium or from NY's Eve in Times Square.
The starting idea is obviously awesome, unique (and right, because Gignac's point of view on package was fair), but the most beautiful thing to me is that everything here belongs to New York; don't know how to explain it, but I wouldn't be so exited about Rome's garbage for sure...
First cube I saw had Sturbucks garbage inside: it's been love at first sight. I love Gignac's great idea and I heart New York so bad...I can't explain to others why I'm so amazed by this project, I'm just able to answer that I heart New York and everything that belongs to the soul, to the deepest part of the city is just so perfect to me, the best thing in the world.
Even its garbage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbd7-hsn4Y
http://www.nycgarbage.com/index.html
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Yes, We Can
On Monday eve, President Barack Obama has been hosted by David Letterman in his "Late Show": those two have been just hilarious.
But President Obama has been even more: he's been sincere, honest with his audience as always is. When he speaks he always seems so proud of what has happened to him; when he speaks he's charismatic, sure, a true leader among his people, always deeply interested in what he's doing. When President Obama speaks he always explain the reasons why of something, he will never say "it's just because I said!" as a parent does with his kids; on Letterman he has talked about his Country people and issues, he didn't faked and he didn't made a political campaign. He always acts like this, he always seems to be a citizen first and the President of the United States then; he always seems to be one of his people (and his people are the ones who trust him), close to and caring for them. He speaks to us about his family or the war in the same way: simply, purely, as a man, not a pretending superhero.
As I said, it's quite usual to see him acting like this, he always does, but it's not granted to be like this all over the world. In Italy is not that right. In Italy every moment, every thing that occurs is a good chance to make propaganda, to attack the other parties. Even when there's a time to club, Italy never does. Even someone's death becomes the opportunity to point finger against someone else, a chance to hide our own mistakes and faults; none, in Italy, ever take responsibility for what is happening. None, in Italy, will ever say: "mistakes were made". In Italy if you want an explanation you'll never get it from a politician.
When I look at President Obama I still see hope and honesty, integrity and the audacity of a dream, of a change as was before his election; I don't see anything of this in "my" political class. And I'm speaking of they all. As World citizen I feel safe thinking Barack Obama to be leader of the Free World; I wouldn't be that safe if he was one of "my" politicians.
Anyway, right yesterday I was writing about Italian Television. Well, not only we don't have Barack Obama as President, we don't have a David Letterman neither, so here we'll never see a show like that of Monday.
But after all, I feel Barack Obama as my real President, and to me that's all that matters.
From "Late Show" official website
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Agreed To Appear on the "Late Show"
10. Heard the lady with the heart-shaped potato was going to be here
9. Thought it would be fun to watch someone else get heckled
8. Has something to do with that whole "Cash for Clunkers" thing
7. Every president since Teddy Roosevelt has been here
6. In this economy, someone offers you $600, you take it
5. We told him Megan Fox would be here
4. Needed a place to hang out until check-in time at his hotel
3. Honestly, I have no idea
2. Said, "Yes" without thinking... Like Bush did with Iraq
1. Wanted to congratulate Dave on the big Emmy win
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7TnxzypN4
But President Obama has been even more: he's been sincere, honest with his audience as always is. When he speaks he always seems so proud of what has happened to him; when he speaks he's charismatic, sure, a true leader among his people, always deeply interested in what he's doing. When President Obama speaks he always explain the reasons why of something, he will never say "it's just because I said!" as a parent does with his kids; on Letterman he has talked about his Country people and issues, he didn't faked and he didn't made a political campaign. He always acts like this, he always seems to be a citizen first and the President of the United States then; he always seems to be one of his people (and his people are the ones who trust him), close to and caring for them. He speaks to us about his family or the war in the same way: simply, purely, as a man, not a pretending superhero.
As I said, it's quite usual to see him acting like this, he always does, but it's not granted to be like this all over the world. In Italy is not that right. In Italy every moment, every thing that occurs is a good chance to make propaganda, to attack the other parties. Even when there's a time to club, Italy never does. Even someone's death becomes the opportunity to point finger against someone else, a chance to hide our own mistakes and faults; none, in Italy, ever take responsibility for what is happening. None, in Italy, will ever say: "mistakes were made". In Italy if you want an explanation you'll never get it from a politician.
When I look at President Obama I still see hope and honesty, integrity and the audacity of a dream, of a change as was before his election; I don't see anything of this in "my" political class. And I'm speaking of they all. As World citizen I feel safe thinking Barack Obama to be leader of the Free World; I wouldn't be that safe if he was one of "my" politicians.
Anyway, right yesterday I was writing about Italian Television. Well, not only we don't have Barack Obama as President, we don't have a David Letterman neither, so here we'll never see a show like that of Monday.
But after all, I feel Barack Obama as my real President, and to me that's all that matters.
From "Late Show" official website
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Agreed To Appear on the "Late Show"
10. Heard the lady with the heart-shaped potato was going to be here
9. Thought it would be fun to watch someone else get heckled
8. Has something to do with that whole "Cash for Clunkers" thing
7. Every president since Teddy Roosevelt has been here
6. In this economy, someone offers you $600, you take it
5. We told him Megan Fox would be here
4. Needed a place to hang out until check-in time at his hotel
3. Honestly, I have no idea
2. Said, "Yes" without thinking... Like Bush did with Iraq
1. Wanted to congratulate Dave on the big Emmy win
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7TnxzypN4
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Ashamed
Everyone is talkin' about it. The proof? The video of the misdeed is jumpin' on YT from Sunday and both foreign websites and papers are writin' about. I'm doin' too, first of all because I love music, then because I hate unprofessionalism and fakes know-it-all.
Let's get to the point: how can a band punks so easily, so well a national TV show? Well, when it comes to Italy everything is actually possible.
Last Sunday, Muse were supposed to "play" on mime their new song "Uprising" in the Italian show "Quelli che il calcio"; they've obviously disagreed w/the idea that it's not possible for a band to perform live, so what did they thought? Let's mock who doesn't recognize the value of a live performance and how it's still so offensive for someone be obliged to mime. That's when Matt-the-singer becomes the drummer, Dominic-the-drummer becomes the singer...a mess; a funny mess for their fans, an embarrassing one for Simona Ventura and her staff. To see Matt's face and movements at the moment has been really priceless, to see Ventura interviewing Dominc believing to be talking to Matt has been even better.
The best thing about this show into the show is that music finally wins above those who pretend to be music fans or, even worst, well prepared about the topic.
If you're not Italian you probably don't have the pleasure to know Simona Ventura; unfortunately, we have this lucky break. The most worrying thing is that she's been one of the judges in the Italian edition of the English format "X Factor" for two long years; so, for two long years, she's been responsible for the future of lots of young guys that probably love and respect music much more than her. She's been, for two long years, on every screen and paper telling us how good she is in music and she's been, for even more time, on every screen and paper telling us how good she is at all, at doing everything.
Yep, but then you host someone on your show and you don't even know his face. Speaking about Sunday, not only their faces: she doesn't know Muse at all. She calls them "THE" Muse, she doesn't almost know their names (while, according to the questions she has done, she's pretty cool on gossip) and, possibly the worst thing of all, she's got an entourage exactly like her: none told her she was interviewing the wrong person, none told her about what was going on from the very beginning. Yeah, absurd but real.
She's just come out for what she really is: unprofessional. Let's even say she doesn't know for real one of the best known rock band of the planet, but how is it possible to invite someone at your place and don't even do a research about when you know that you're not prepared to that? By the way, it's quite clear how she's reading the Autocue while introducing them...
But, after all, this is just the Italian way; it's the Italian way for everything, the mirror of our professionals.
Someone's got Letterman, others's got Ventura. That's just the way it goes, life is a bitch, uh?
Anyway, today someone swears to have listen her exclaiming "John who?!" after someone told her about a certain Lennon...
Yeah, life is a bitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTt8Noi5Rk
Let's get to the point: how can a band punks so easily, so well a national TV show? Well, when it comes to Italy everything is actually possible.
Last Sunday, Muse were supposed to "play" on mime their new song "Uprising" in the Italian show "Quelli che il calcio"; they've obviously disagreed w/the idea that it's not possible for a band to perform live, so what did they thought? Let's mock who doesn't recognize the value of a live performance and how it's still so offensive for someone be obliged to mime. That's when Matt-the-singer becomes the drummer, Dominic-the-drummer becomes the singer...a mess; a funny mess for their fans, an embarrassing one for Simona Ventura and her staff. To see Matt's face and movements at the moment has been really priceless, to see Ventura interviewing Dominc believing to be talking to Matt has been even better.
The best thing about this show into the show is that music finally wins above those who pretend to be music fans or, even worst, well prepared about the topic.
If you're not Italian you probably don't have the pleasure to know Simona Ventura; unfortunately, we have this lucky break. The most worrying thing is that she's been one of the judges in the Italian edition of the English format "X Factor" for two long years; so, for two long years, she's been responsible for the future of lots of young guys that probably love and respect music much more than her. She's been, for two long years, on every screen and paper telling us how good she is in music and she's been, for even more time, on every screen and paper telling us how good she is at all, at doing everything.
Yep, but then you host someone on your show and you don't even know his face. Speaking about Sunday, not only their faces: she doesn't know Muse at all. She calls them "THE" Muse, she doesn't almost know their names (while, according to the questions she has done, she's pretty cool on gossip) and, possibly the worst thing of all, she's got an entourage exactly like her: none told her she was interviewing the wrong person, none told her about what was going on from the very beginning. Yeah, absurd but real.
She's just come out for what she really is: unprofessional. Let's even say she doesn't know for real one of the best known rock band of the planet, but how is it possible to invite someone at your place and don't even do a research about when you know that you're not prepared to that? By the way, it's quite clear how she's reading the Autocue while introducing them...
But, after all, this is just the Italian way; it's the Italian way for everything, the mirror of our professionals.
Someone's got Letterman, others's got Ventura. That's just the way it goes, life is a bitch, uh?
Anyway, today someone swears to have listen her exclaiming "John who?!" after someone told her about a certain Lennon...
Yeah, life is a bitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTt8Noi5Rk
Monday, September 21, 2009
Somewhere I Belong
When we say a place is our place, the place where we belong, we should have at least some reasons why to explain it to others.
These days I was watchin' my USA pics and I suddenly remember what I had almost forgotten: what I love the most about it, its sky and air.
Have you ever seen a most gorgeous sky than the one above the United States? It's overwhelmed with colors, even when the color is the gray, and they're simply amazing; it's immense, endless.
Have you ever breathe a better air than the one we feel in those lands? It's "full", good, penetrating, touchable.
Everytime I come back to the US I look up to that marvellous sky and I take the deepest breath possibly: just like that, I feel home.
Maybe I'm too influenced by the fact that I feel America to be my real Country, but before not to trust me at all, for the colors issue just take a look at these.
...and for the air...well, I can't be helpful; there's only one thing you can do about. And I think you know quite well what is it.
These days I was watchin' my USA pics and I suddenly remember what I had almost forgotten: what I love the most about it, its sky and air.
Have you ever seen a most gorgeous sky than the one above the United States? It's overwhelmed with colors, even when the color is the gray, and they're simply amazing; it's immense, endless.
Have you ever breathe a better air than the one we feel in those lands? It's "full", good, penetrating, touchable.
Everytime I come back to the US I look up to that marvellous sky and I take the deepest breath possibly: just like that, I feel home.
Maybe I'm too influenced by the fact that I feel America to be my real Country, but before not to trust me at all, for the colors issue just take a look at these.
...and for the air...well, I can't be helpful; there's only one thing you can do about. And I think you know quite well what is it.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Dear Mr President
They're our fathers, our brothers, our husbands, our sons; They're our countries and it's taking them away from us.
We want the world "end" above all this; we want everyone to come home.
Everyone must come home.
We want the world "end" above all this; we want everyone to come home.
Everyone must come home.
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