Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Demetrio Stratos’ life is surrounded by an aura of legend. He was born in 1945 in Egypt by Greek parents, studied in Cyprus, moved to Italy, founded Area, one of the most daring bands in Italian history. In the late seventies, he left the band to focus on vocal research and trained his voice...
Yesterday I had a few more thoughts about the iPod-induced state of bliss that I described earlier. I was listening to music in my car while driving to work (I got a Monster iCar tuner, which seems to work quite well with my iPod) when I realized that I was really enjoying my morning...
Happiness comes in many different flavors and varieties. Moments of happiness can catch us at home, at work, in the street, or by unexpected encounters with beauty. We can be captured by happiness when we are in a crowd, during a relaxed evening with a few friends, in a moment of connection with one...
I spent hours last night looking for old Italian songs on iTunes. I was stunned to discover lots of albums from the 70’s and 80’s that I used to listen to and love when I was in high-school and college. And I am not talking about the main stream italian pop (although I Pooh...
Do you remember the time when searching the web for something specific meant spending hours and hours in unsuccessful search? When trying to buy something from the web too often meant miserable failure? When web browsing was inextricably associated with that physical feeling of defeat, frustration, dizziness, hopelessness, and alienation? That was before God...
George Rochberg, who left behind the cold intellectualism of serialisms to bring back passion and emotions to modern music, died last Sunday. Was he right? Is there a right balance between structure and emotion in artistic expression?...