Now it's definitive: a 7 days trip to Germany to meet with my german friends! From the 19th to the 25th June. I will see again Karina, Melanie, Thilo, Nils, Golo....i'm really happy and I'm looking forward to it. And for the occasion, we will go to the Hurricane, a huge rock festival near Bremen. 3 days camping with 24 hours-a-day music. The lineup is great, look at the brochure: from Pearl Jam to Placebo, Sonic Youth, Mogway, Arcade Fire, Marylin Manson (2 times in a month!), Porcupine Tree, Franck Black from Pixies, Juliette and the Lickers...simply amazing!

It's several days that i don't publish on the blog. I was in Italy, and it was a beautiful time. I've seen my family, all my best friends, and I've enjoyed this return that I really needed, this time. I put some photos of a dinner I made with my friends in Florence. Look at the absurd faces of these guys. It's pure idiocy, so it's fuckin' cooool. Fortunatly the pretty girls balance the rest.

The parade

Just came back from Dublin.
It wasn't a real travel, in reality.
It was a journey inside myself. Deep, deep inside.
The city was a ghost, the only thing that was always there was me.
I haven't enjoyed the big party. I wasn't part of the party.
I was looking at what was happening around me,
like a baby look at the TV: seeing everything, understanding nothing.
Maybe these days will be important for me....maybe no.
Time will decide. Now I'm empty and I can't even think.
I've done some photos. Take a look if you want.
Now: City

The second appointment with Reznor was much more than I would ever imaginated: PURE DESTRUCTION. Two hours, something less, of the most cruel pogo I've ever done, right in the first lines, 2-3 metres from the band. I was looking Trent in the eyes when I was singing with 4000 persons "GOD IS DEAD", from "Heresy". An unforgettable moment. He has played quite all The Downward Spiral, and lot of Broken....the confirmation that he has found again in himself the holy anger, the old furios anger of the past. All the band played perfectly as usual, despite of some problems of voice of Trent (he has postponed a concert, the day before that one).
The classic moment of violence were all respected, from "Burn" to "Wish", "Somewhat Damaged", "Survivalism" (that confirms his great live attitude) and "Head Like a Hole".
And the moments of spleen, of course.... "The Day the world Went Away","Hurt","Eraser","Piggy" have brought the brilliance of the sound directly in my vein. I want to spend a word also for the place: the Carling Brixton Academy is the most-beautiful-place-for-a-concert I've ever seen!! A perfect mixture beetween elegance and underground, a monumental structure with a huge set. Stefano couldn't believe in his eyes, because this was the first big concert for him and he has started with THE concert.....both of us we have felt a dionisiac experience, that's sure. Look at the photos and see how many fucking' persons were there!! The photo of Trent and Aaroon was taken by Rob Sheridan, the official photographer of the band (not bad like crew member eh?) And the last one, is a nice logo we founded in Portobello Road the day before. See you soon, Reznor...in the meanwhile, I'm looking forward to the new album, that is becoming more and more interesting.

LONDON - Aesthetic Cut