Akallabeth

November 6, 2006

Un progetto musicale che mi sta particolarmente a cuore fa un passo avanti aprendo un blog per "tenere il polso della situazione". Solo un modo per tenerci buoni? Può essere. Ma intanto possiamo intasarglielo di spam se non si sbrigano a incidere. Alcuni brani dell’album erano stati presentati ai Borghi dell’Anello 2005, cantati da Mario, il solista degli Ubi Maior. Con gli Ubi Maior di cui è tastierista, Gabriele Manzini ha anche inciso lo splendido album prog-rock Nostos, davvero consigliato anche ai non adepti del genere.

music and theatre

Suzanne Vega in Milan

Yesterday, we went to see Suzanne Vega, one of the greatest artists and musicians of all times whom occupies a special place in my heart next to Tori Amos. It was a packed house at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi here in Milan, with people belonging to

March 22, 2026 10:24 am

books and literature

Isaac Asimov’s Gold (and other stories)

It’s unfortunate that I’m coming to this after the very unsatisfactory collection of “fantasy” stories (Asimov never wrote fantasy: he wrote satire), because this was another disappointment. The book is half short stories and half non-fiction, for random reasons, and the non-fiction half is random writings

March 21, 2026 9:00 am

books and literature

The Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol + Exit Strategy

I’m not crying: a piece of some murdering bot must have gotten in my eye. Rogue Protocol is the third novella in the Murderbot Diaries, and deals with the titular character going deep undercover to figure out what happened in the “mining incident” that was

March 20, 2026 9:00 am