No one can take it away from me and no one can tear it apart, 'CAUSE A HEART THAT HURTS IS A HEART THAT WORKS!
Goin' down...
An imagine of our big family coming down the woody cech hills in September....
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Past and Present
Past: during the first week of September our twinning project took us to the second trip (the first one was in Cyprus in June), this…
galleryAn imagine from the flood
Usually, when the river comes up it rarely arrive to touch the barns (which were build there because the river won't get them under). This…
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Ancient Idalion
First day we climbed up ancient Idalion's acropolis. It was really hot (up to 45 degrees) at 9.00 am!!.
The usual legend for the creation of…
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galleryCesare Borgia
You know the motto: "The end justifies the means"?
It was inspired by this man (well not exactly THIS man but...).
Cesare Borgia was the son of…
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gallerySometimes it's good to be at work until late
because then you happen to see things like that.
I was stressed having to stay in Orte until 8.00 p.m. yesterday, but while going home I…
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picDante Di Nanni
Today was Liberation Day in Italy.
So far this is the most discussed festivity in this hell of a country. I guess many of you around…
galleryHouse at the end of the world #2
Another pic from the ruins. Here you can see how the ground floor was on archs.
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picApocalypse Madonna 1
This is a creation from my fellow Agostino Wildciraz.
He's selling some of his paintings to get the money to product his first album, he's a…
galleryLanguages (Buzznet Storytellers Assignement)
So.
I don't speak too many lanuages. The only foreign language I'm confortable with is obviously english.
I didn't learn it in school. I basically learned english…
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picFiuu...I'm back!
I had some weeks of pure craziness here in Orte. Besides the eating and all for Easter, I had a lot of work to do…
picNewborn pumpkin...
This little cute pumpkin's plant born three days ago, still has the seed attached :D
picCat's garden
While my daily walking I passed by this well kept garden full of cats...Can you distinguish real cats from statues?
galleryThe good old times..
I went walking again yesterday and passed by our old public laundry. This was the place where women went to wash clothes. When I was…
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picHe's a beauty and he's weird
That's a pretty strange monday guys...I feel so energized!
picIn peace the son bury his father, in war the father bury his child
(I'm sorry of posting it. I know it's crude. But sometimes facing the real images of death help to understand. Pics of bombings don't help…
galleryAnagram
So.
I had quite a funny saturday. I invited some friends to visit Orte Undergroung and we had some fun exploring places only me and few…
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picThe play.
And when they have nothing left to play with, because all is destroyed... they play with a shell...
Yesterday in Al-Khalil (Hebron) two child died while…
picDay 12 - The songs that helps you to sleep (Rino Gaetano - 6/8)
Actually I'm used to fall asleep with hardcore stuff in my ears. But lately I started to find relaxing to listen to that song before…
galleryMaybe an elaborate fantasy....
but it's a perfect place to start
'cause a heart that hurts
is a heart that works
(Bright Lights - Placebo)
You know. We all wish we'd never suffer…
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vidWildciraz (feat. Dj Tommyboy and Malaise)
Watch this video and listen to the song if you can. And if you want spread it around a really bit.
It's a friend of mine.
picReminds me of the summer time on this winter's day (Day 11 - A song by your favourite band - Placebo - The Bitter End)
Oh right...Placebo isn't my favourite band, Green Day is, but lately I'm stuck with them and my brains can't focus on anything less.
So...it's snowing, again…
picNow I know what a Blizzard is...
Belive me...I've never seen so much snow in Italy!
On thursday I had to stay in Viterbo all day because we needed to group study for…
picReally...it's really this way.
If you study archeology the first thing you learn is to get used to comments like: "oh...you're like Indiana Jones" or "Ohhh so you go…
vidDay 10 - The song you'd like to listen on the radio (Placebo's Italian Version of Soulmates)
Ah!
I had to make a video post for this entry because you truly should listen to it.
The lyrics of this song are usually breath taking…
picDay 9 - A Song That Makes You Dance (Joy Division - Trasmission)
I felt like having something colourful! The sun is gone far far away from here. Italy is drowning in snow and it isn't even funny…
blogMy Hometown - Orte
Orte is a tufaceous rock along the river Tevere, 40 minutes away from Rome.
The first attempt at occupaing that rock are dated back to Bronze…
picAqueduct
Orte with snow looks like a scene ripped from a creche :D
It's so beautiful.
This pic was taken from the woods around the town while we…
picDay 8 - The song of which you now all the lyrics (Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams)
I also had an argument with a guy online, few days ago, he was saying that lyrics aren't important in music.
I disagree, completely.
I got a…
gallerySnowman
So
yesterday it snowed all day and we had around 20 centimeters of snow in the country
in town there was less but we had some fun…
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picDay 7 - The song that reminds you of moment (Baccarà - Yes sir, I can boogie)
I missed some days of the project but here I am.
I don't know if you ever listened to that song but it's just...oh....crazy! ah ah…
picOh...I'm so sorry!
I've been busy with university and work these days and I had no time to be up or think about a post.
This is a pic…
vidDay 6 - The song that reminds you of a place (Luca Carboni - Mare Mare)
I guess you never heard this song so I tought I may post a video for this entry.
This song reminds me of Scauri and how…
picNights came too late and Mornings came too soon....
Those are my friends and excavations' mates in Pula's main square.
We used to cheer a lot and drink all we had and make it until…
galleryDay 5 - A song that reminds you of someone (Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends)
"Here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
As my memory rests
but never forgets what I've lost
Wake me up…
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picI've never been an extrovert but I'm still breathing...
One year ago I was in Helsinki. It was my first trip all alone and it was great! I just spent 8 days in complete…
picDay 3 - The song that makes you happy (AFI - Days of the Phoenix)
Oh, I fell into yesterday
oh, our dreams seemed not far away
I want to, I want to, I want to stay
Oh, I fell into fantasy...
Nothing could…
picHome.
This isn't a tomb as many may think, but an house completely excavated into a rock. It still has all the post holes inside for…
galleryDay 2 - Your second favourite song (Joy Division - Ceremony)
"This is why events unnerve me
they find it all a different story
notice whom for wheels are turning
turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks…
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galleryWater Mill (or what's left of it)
So, the survey around the woods was more about having fun than to really discover something. That because all the rests and ruins have always…
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picSailing
yuk..I sailed safely through the Tyrrhenian Sea many times
but I must admit that it isn't the safest way to travel
besides the fact that you must…
picOld old old old old sculpture.....and me.
That's a very old imagine in the world. Seems like in the Neolithic it was a world wide globalised use to make such kind of…
picShips are always unsinkable but men are always unreliable.
Have you heard about that shipwreck in Italy?
It's a really bad story, the ship was traveling too close to Giglio Island and crashed into a…
picThey miss so much it hurts...
Ministri are on a break, a long break...
This was the last time I've seen them two months ago....I miss them a lot actually.
The pic is…
vidWhat's helping?
I had a period where music was not a big part of life for me...and I guess this was the lowest part I went.
As you…
galleryBeing away for far too long....
"So I haven't given up, but all my choices my good luck appear to go and get me stuck in an open prison. Now I…
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picBooks
And having no more space for them...
I think I got a bit over taken by books lately. My bookshelf had a little breakdown and just…
picMy talking cricket
this morning I almost stepped on this on my balcony...how fun?
did you know that in Cina they use to breed crickets as pets? and did…
galleryEating
One of the biggest activities we did in Cyprus was eating.
We like had full lunch and dinner each single day we've been there...which means tons…
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galleryIl Bel Canto
There is a particular song Ministri always play and it is actually made in acoustic with only a guitar.
So basically Fede and Divi are left…
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blogHere's the so, so wanted traslation! :D
I’m sorry for the really really bad translations but it’s a paradox: in Italian this is an easy text because is just a long list…
vidMinistri - Noi Fuori
New video.
It was made all inside a CPT in Milan (for CPT here we mean squats), by a collettive of artists.
It took only 800 euros…
picHappy as a little kid on Christmas
Ministri had like, their biggest opportunity in life. One of those opportunities that happen once and that not everyone can be lucky enough to meet.
The…
galleryI'm still alive!
Hei!
I'm busy having exams in these days. That's why I'm not here too much and I won't send messages or comments.
It's just too hectic.
I'm…
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picLapislazuli
Those are some of my creations made with afghan lapislazuli beads.
Lapislazuli was considered a magic stone in the Near East. People tought it was the…
picDonkey....just around the corner
donkeys are getting rare even in Italy
but you can still find someone using them in small places, where its difficult to go around with cars
picMilan is free...Italy is still trying....
Today we had the final session of elections for Milan and Neaples' majors.
The two candidates from the left won in both cities with a great…
galleryEndless streets of the City of Deads
Cerveteri's necropolis is a true city, with roads, main streets and fountains. It should have been a really busy place since the street still have…
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vidSong in memory of Vittorio Arrigoni - Onadekom (with subtitles)
Vittorio was a friend and a hero, a role model for me an my friends. He took his ideals to the most, deciding to live…
picJules says thank to Miya
Ah
this postcard traveled for more than a month to come in Italy from Malaysia!!
I'm so happy, nobody ever sent a postcard from such a far…
picDid you remember winter time?
I don't know you but here it's hot as hell and I already can't take all this sun. Can't think of my low pressure in…
picLook up!
We've been surveying in the land around Orte.
The rock you see here was originally the sea bottom, some millions years ago.
gallery
galleryMom
Today is Mommy Day in Italy (or in the world, I don't know) so I tought I could post a pic of my mom.
Sometimes I…
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galleryThanks Livia!
My friend Livia was the first to run away from front row's mess and I gave her my cam so it would have been safe…
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linkIL SITO DEI MINISTRI : Ministri
Go, have a tour into Ministri's official site.
Finally, after 5 years!
picOxigen Sold Out
Sooo...I never told you but yesterday I had my dreaded new Ministri's gig.
I'm sorry I didn't make so many pics as I wanted to but…
gallery
picHappy Liberation Day!!!
25 April 1945
Remember, o citizen, this day
teach it to your children
and to yours children's children
tell them
how a country in riot
one day freed itself
from the oppressor
and…
picTake your burden...
A pic from our uber old Good Day's procession.
It isn't the classic "via dolorosa" as you can see, it's more like a walk around…
picStay Human
Waiting for Vittorio's funeral on Sunday
picThe Clouds' Factory
This factory was blowing white fumes all day long, I guess it is just water vapor
It was a clear day and the only thing in…
picCrucible
This is a clay crucible used to smelt copper. It goes straight into the hearth with the mineral inside and after something like one hour…
picGive snow back!
Helsinki
the bay in front of Kauppatori, market's square.
picSTAY HUMAN
Vittori Arrigoni has been murdered this morning.
No one will ever take out of my mind the tought that Israel killed him. As no one will…
picFREE VITTORIO NOW
News are that Italian volunteer Vittorio Arrigoni has been kidnapped in Gaza by a Salafite Group.
They said that if Hamas won't free some 30 Salafite…
picEiffel's night effects
It was hard to make pics of the Tour Eiffel when they flashed all the light games on
galleryMalachite
From this mineral you smelt copper.
Ancient people (and I'm talking about very ancient people, some 8000 years before christ) first started to use it to…
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picPut yourself in line...
I don't know why people is always so keen on making lines when on holiday!
They take it so easily, even if Italians they stay quiet…
picEbih-Il from Mari
Meet my friend Ebih-Il high superintendent of Mari.
Mari was a city in the middle of Eufrate's path in the easter part of Siria, founded around…
galleryYour lips shine like Paris...ma cherie
but your tears bring a little London for me
Berlin can never be so cold as you leave...
Baby won't you dance with me into the night
into…
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linkThousands of Italian women in Berlusconi protest
We were far more than 100.000, official countings says there were around one million women and men in Italy's streets today.
I wasn't in Rome unfortunately…
vidMinistri's new video answering the question "What can you do to make a city like Milan look beautiful?"
The director is Fabio D'Orta, the girl you see in the video is Sofia from Iori's Eyes band, check them out.
Ministri - Il Bel Canto
So. My vid!
I wasn't in the front row this time 'cause one of my friend wasn't in the mood to be around sweaty people.
Anyway…
