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ABANDONED DISCOS
Abandoned Discos is Max Pezzali’s new song for Warner Music.
The title makes no secret of the subject, but what struck me was the video: a sequence of images depicting the crumbling remains of what were once places full of life and joyful moments, now inexorably abandoned.
The suggestion is made even more incisive by the succession of phrases by the Gotha of disc jockeys
KEEP CALM AND POTA
Keep calm and pota is a dialect comedy, and Café di Piöcc a theatre company.
Keep Calm, Coffee and Friendship.
The founders of Cafè di Piöcc are three friends who meet in the churchyard of Montichiari’s cathedral.
Money is tight and the friends watch the gentlemen eat pasta and drink wine, but they can only afford water from the fountain.
The Cafè di Piöcc then, that is, the poor man’s café.
THE VERTICAL SUMMER
The Vertical Summer by Chiara Sfregola published by Fandango is the book I received from Manuale di Mari, whom I thank.
I don’t know if you already have an idea of what a ‘vertical’ summer might be like … I have wondered about it, and although I found the explanation in the book, I retain my own personal vision created by reading it.
Thinking about it now, vertical could also be the split between those who love summer and those who hate it.
How do you experience the summer season?
TASHIROJIMA: ISLAND OF CATS
Tashirojima 田代島 is an enchanting island populated mainly by cats.
Hidden among the waves of the Sea of Japan, Tashirojima emerges as an enchanted oasis where pussycats reign supreme. Located in Miyagi Prefecture, this small island has become world famous as ‘The Island of Cats’, a place where feline inhabitants outnumber humans and where the presence of these creatures is honoured as an ancient tradition.
SPRING? WHITE SHIRT!
Spring? White shirt!
Don’t you think so?
From the most typical cut to versions made special by a detail, the white shirt can be a touch of elegance and simplicity.
RESTORED VELARIUM
Restored velarium at the Cagnoni Theatre in Vigevano: a rare case of a velarium kept in its original location.
It is a work by the painter Giovan Battista Garberini entitled The Siege of Vigevano.