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After charming American and British audiences, the country's pride Charice once again has made the country proud as she dazzled the crowd at the birthday concert of Italian operatic pop tenor Andrea Bocelli last Sunday, July 20 in Italy.Charice performed with other international performers at the Theater of Silence of Lajatico, Italy dubbed as "The Cinema Tribute."Charice shared her singing prowes

By Terry Carter* Something that strikes us about Italians is their love of football**. In Amantea in Calabria a few weeks ago the local’s favourite team had just won a match so we were stuck in our car for a while in the middle of the celebratory procession through town. We were the only ones not tooting our horn or hanging out of the car cheering! Here in Milan in our apartment on the Navigli

The Orange Crush faced heavily favored Italy in their Group C match today in Berne, Switzerland. The Dutch, whom had not won against the Itlians since the 1978 World Cup, pulled off a stunning victory against the mighty Rosaneri. It was an exciting match from the get-go, with both teams looking to attack early. As the [...]

Robert Mugabe is still in Rome, attending the UN Food and Agriculture Organization summit called to address the global food crisis. The world has been tolerating his (decades of) human rights abuses, but perhaps this will raise an eyebrow or two as he mingles with world leaders. From the NY Times today: A contingent of American and British diplomats investigating the political situation in Zimbabw

As they say, a pic speaks a thousand words, and who can best express the differences between European cultures better than a bunch of cartoon pac-men looking things. I was after one of these about all those little ‘dearly-loved’ German things that Germans do – you know, that whole up at dawn to spread a [...]

For the second time in two years Italian voters went to the polls in a general election whose results they expect will not result in any change in their lives nor of the economy of their nation. In many polling stations there was a dramatic drop in the number of people casing ballots due [...]

Google translation from the Italian (Source: radioradicale.it):In the coming hours the gay Iranian Seyed Mehdi Kazemi will be transferred from Holland (where he is after having fled from England following the British authorities' refusal to grant him political asylum) to London, before being deported to Iran where he risks execution for the crime of "lavat" (sodomy). The delivery of Mehdi should happen already tomorrow.None Touch Cain and the Radical Party Nonviolento, transnational and transpartito ask the Foreign Minister D'Alema to intervene immediately to the UK to freeze the unacceptable process of deportation to Iran of Mehdi. That represent a violation of international conventions on human rights and in particular the Convention on Refugees, the jurisprudence of the European Court o

Italy. Sweet Italy. The country of ancient romans, Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo. But today? Today Italy is a country where “red” and “black” fight for the power, where the political class costs almost 1 billion € for year, where the justice is only for who is able to buy it. Today Italy is a country where everything is [...]

Italian literature presents this singular character, that it reached from its beginning complete formal perfection. Hardly had it taken its first steps when it produced Dante, its most universal genius; and with him Petrarch and Boccaccio. Shakespeare, Racine and Goethe only flourished after many generations of English, French and German poets; in Italy instead, Guido Guinizelli and Guido Cavalcanti had scarce time to astonish the Italians of the thirteenth century with catrzoni and ballate which made one forget the old troubadours, when they were overtaken by the master, as he himself says, Che l'uno e l'altro caccerà di nido. But Dante is Dante, unique. And unique also after him are Petrarch and Boccaccio. Boccaccio with his novelle, his stories, will emancipate the Italian spirit of his time and probably of all time. But poets like Dante and Petrarch, and -- after the period of learning, of the Renaissance -- like Ariosto and Tasso, represent only themselves, and through themselv

the new jersey/portland label italians do it better have certainly taken over the blogosphere in particular with their represented artists glass candy and the chromatics.  producer johnny jewel is the master behind both projects and has created his own unmistakable combination of soft downtempo, colorful disco pop and retro synth mixed within influences of italo and the sensuality of female vocals. new demos are kindly being shared upon each band’s personal myspace.  these tracks below are some of my favorites. glass candy covered in bugs rolling down the hills [from the album :: beatbox tour, 2007] ~*~ the chromatics healer running up that hill (kate bush cover) [from the album :: night drive, 2007] thankyou to ajp for the wonderful recommendation. artwork by italians do it better

Après les Chromatics, retour vers celui qui a signé la première réference Italians avec son “Mystery Mix #1″ sorti au printemps dernier (que vous pouvez vous procurer ici, tout comme l’intégralité des sorties du label). Résident des soirées 205 Tuesdays de DFA à NY, client régulier de l’émission Beats In Space et moitié de [...]

This film dedicated those who believe that Italians behave the same as all other Europeans.Free Band VideosClick to play videoThink and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas... http://www.2rss.com/atom2rss.php?atom=http%3A//woip.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Eye On The World has brought an interesting article to light this morning: Italy: Muslims may drop proposed mosque in northern town. It would seem that not all of Europe is ready to quietly give into Sharia Creep. I am not surprised that one of the toughest bastions of hope for freedom and common sense remains embodied in the nation of Italy. Read the details. Similar Posts:Iraq Evidence Led Feds to Albany Mosque Islamic Glacier Alert: Toronto mosque says to avoid Western holidays Katie Couric asks: Is America ready for a President who prayed in a mosque Ethiopia: Muslims beat Christian evangelist to death as a ‘warning’ Imam delivers prayer at Democratic National Committee meeting Anti Dhimmitude, common sense, Eurabia, Europe, eye on the world, freedom, italy, mosque, Sharia, Western CivilizationShare This

So it has occured to me that I missed the big Blogger Enviromental Dip-de-doo Day yesterday... hey, I talked about hippies in my post. Hippies love that enviroment shit. So close enough. Today's artist is no hippie, but he is Italian, which means he has some personal hygiene issues of his own. (I'm Italian so I can say that. You however... don't even try) Nicola Conte first showed up on Thievery Corporation's ESL music, but for this record, he went all the way to Blue Note so he could impress the ladies with his Jazz street cred. Chicks dig Blue Note. Anyhoo, Nicola went, as you might imagine, from more of an electronic bossa sound (on ESL? get outta here!) to a straight-ahead jazz vibe with real players (on Blue Note? get outta outta here!) and the results are quite nice...Nicola Conte - The In-BetweenYup, ol' Nicola's up to his ears in tail these days, I assure you. I even found some live footage... that's him on guitar...Arrivederci!

Pré-buzz et anticipation sont les mamelles de l’audioblogger, mais dans la course effrénée vers le graal hebdomadaire catégorie hi-octane freshness, on a parfois envie de ralentir la cadence et de prendre son temps histoire de la jouer correct et punishing. Un moment déjà qu’on voulait parler d’Italians Do It Better, ce label dont le [...]

Rudolph Valentino (USA) : Hollywood's first sex symbol and the first "Latin Lover"Frank Sinatra (USA) : singer and actorAl Pacino (USA) : Hollywood actorRobert De Niro (USA) : Hollywood actorLeonardo DiCaprio (USA) : Hollywood actorMadonna (USA) : singer & actress Amadeo P. Giannini (USA) : founder in 1904 of Bank of Italy which later became Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States.Bob Guccione (USA) : founder and former publisher of Penthouse MagazineLeonard Riggio (USA) : owner of Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the worldThe Jacuzzi family. (USA) : inventors of the whirlpool bath of the same name.Dennis Tito (USA) : the world's first space touristAyrton Senna (Brazil) : formula one championRubens Barrichello (Brazil) : formula 1 pilot

Surprising, yet true, according the research by Cambridge University based on data from the annual European Social Survey. Greece and Portugal also languished near the bottom of the happiness league. Top were the Danes, followed by Finns and the Irish. Photo by Antikris Just goes to show that it could be a fallacy to think you’d be happier if you lived in a sunnier, hotter climate? Are you happy with your country of residence. I like living in the UK. that’s not to say that there isn’t room for improvement.

Ciampino airport, Rome. Day 1 of the Kosovo re-entry."Vaffanculo', the pilot shouts, "Que putana de merda!', as he pushes some buttons. The only thing we hear is a deep hesitating sound, which reminded me of my car refusing to start when we left the headlights on during the night. "Vaffanculo, vaffanculooooo'. The pilot is clearly an Italian, more so a Roman.The problem with small planes is that you can see and hear everything going on in a cockpit. You're sitting just a few inches away from reality. In a big commercial jetliner, it looks like all goes automatic. You can "Sit back, relax and enjoy your flight'. Our reality is a bit different at this moment. I don't know why, but pilots that go off cursing and act all agitated don't inspire a lot of confidence in me. I have no fear of flying, but I do not like to be reminded of the fact that flying an airplane is only part science. The rest is luck, skill, art, habit and experience. All very grey things if you ask

One of the great things about Italy is they love making rules. And they obey very few. That bit from Robert Trachtenberg's essay in the New York Times Sunday Magazine made us laugh. He defiantly flies in the face of all these Italian rules - specifically the ones about cheese on ...

If there’s one thing I learned when I was in school, it was that ginger haired Norwegian footballers and sunny Rome are never a good mix. Can you imagine that fair skin in the blistering sun? Now that is a third-degree sunburn waiting to happen. But honestly, when has my opinion ever mattered? It seems [...]