Time a vacation idea. For several years, is in my home region on Lake Maggiore, the festival "Tones on the Stones", an array of music and dance events in different quarries. And while it would take at least 10 horses to drag me into an opera house, but last night I went relatively freely in the marble quarry above Crevoladossola [...]

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Every year visited the good Davide van de Sfroos my adopted country and every year you have to go there easily. This time even the weather, and the arena was not filled directly by the lake reasonably well. Despite or because of acute shortage of beer (kegs were enough there, but they were not sold), was the good [...]

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I've even dropped in February by the Italian Bruce Springsteen Vasco Rossi. I had the opportunity to experience the man now at the Turin leg of his "indoor" tour, in the Stadio Comunale, situated right next to the "Palaolimpico". If at all possible, he and the audience even better shape than it was in Milan. Many words [...]

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Vasco Rossi is a phenomenon in Italy. Probably the exact opposite of Marco Masini, the while in Italy everyone knows, but not everyone loves from afar. Laura Pausini has many "too American", Ramazzotti "too small", Masini "too depressing," Gianna Nannini "too gay", that is, de Andrè "too artistic" - Vasco Rossi, however, knows and loves everyone. [...]

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The most important thing at the beginning: As soon as one of these boards has really changed my life, but I assume the title of nice-sounding like ednett, who has thrown me a stick so beautiful that I find it again after 2 months. I am extremely text heavy, and so are usually books that changed my life, or important [...]

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It is time to once again devote to the good things about my foray into the realm of Italian fascism and the intricacies of the Milan Ultras curves. That 's how the current newsletter of Perche No? in handy for this Saturday, a concert of the reggae band "quarters Coffee" from Grosseto and the Combat-folk band "Bandarranca" from [...]

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The new Serie A season has just begun and it is time for the friendly little climbers from the south - due to be welcomed - U.S. Lecce. We must first footballing see how the guys up that way, but musically the Yellow Red schonmal are way ahead: Sud Sound System - Giallurussu Simmu Sud Sound System are [...]

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Was supposed to at this point a nice article about the heroes of the Italian ska-punk "Banda Bassotti" appear, but since the AKA has done here, and here a lot more detailed and meticulous, than I would ever have thought that I, at this place only earnestly towards the Godfathers of Italian ska with Attitude [...]

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While I was at the meticulous evaluation of my now legendary holiday in the Cilento work (watch this space!), Here is the date because once again after a live report from the North Italian folk god Davide van de Sfroos ... Because it was time again for a year's last visit here on Lake Maggiore made the folk-dreamer again hold in my [...]

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There are a few issues that you should discuss with Italians only if one knows them well enough to get my foot can tolerate. One of these is the Cantautore Marco Masini. For there are no nuances - he is hated or loved. Marco Masini: Dal Buio berwältigende The majority of Italians, especially the male may [...]

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