Adventures in hi-fi... accelerated

I'm just come back from the R.E.M. concert in Milan. I live next to the Arena Civica, 5 minutes walk or so, the shortest trip for a concert I ever made in my life (I've seen R.E.M. live since the concert in Bologna 1999, and once I had a terrible trip to Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium in order to see them, so take it easy about my little walk).

It was a great concert. Most surprisingly for me, it was the re-evaluation of New adventures in hi-fi, the most underestimated album of the band from Athens, Georgia. In the first part of the concert they alternated songs from Accelerate, the new album, and that one, and they gave us a great energy. My favourite performances this night were The great beyond and Man on the moon. Moreover, I was delighted to hear again old time classics like The one I love, Orange crush and Driver 8: some of these songs date more than twenty years ago, but nevertheless they seem new and fresh. This night the sound of the band recalled the I.R.S. years, and the origins of the band: new and old songs were played in the old style, with a notable exception: Drive, which was played exactly in the style you find the original album, Automatic for the people.

So, I was very happy to be here again. And they felt very emotionated being in Italy again, they spoke a little of Italian, and, of course, they thank every man of the staff by his or her own name. That's being professional. The only bad note is about the supporters: Editors are just a British version of Interpol, nothing worth to be remembered, L'Aura are good but nothing to wow to.

Animulae, opera futurista del XXI secolo

Se pensate che non sia più possibile fare avanguardia artistica oggigiorno, andate a leggervi/vedervi/ascoltarvi l'audiovideolibro Animulae, pubblicato (gratis) solo su iTunes Store. Geniale. Con collaboratori d'eccezione.

Due appuntamenti con la musica popolare italiana a Milano

Ricevo e volentieri pubblico:

Primo appuntamento:
Lezione concerto sulla musica della Sicilia e della Lombardia

Con la partecipazione del Gruppo Folkloristico Terra del Sole

Venerdì 11 aprile 2008 ore 21 presso l’Aula Magna dell’Istituto Tenca Bastioni di Porta Volta,16 Milano

Secondo appuntamento:
Lezione concerto sulla musica della Sardegna

Con la partecipazione di: Christian Fodde e Francesco Fais, cantadores e Tore Carboni, chitarra
Presentazione a cura di: Ignazio Macchiarella, antropologo, docente di etnomusicologia presso l’Università di Cagliari

Sabato 19 aprile 2008 ore 21 presso l’Aula Magna dell’Istituto Tenca Bastioni di Porta Volta,16 Milano

Ingresso libero


Info: Musica Aperta – info@musicaperta.it – 349 4395298

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