Minestrone
Minestrone
Benvenuti to Minestrone. Like that Italian “big soup,” my blog will be a blend of various ingredients – in this case, my musings on culture, politics, media, and social trends. I hope you like the taste.
July 4, 2008
An Italian Minotaur in New York City
Vinicio Capossela, cantautore and "enchanter"
Vinicio Capossela's Highline Ballroom concert was his biggest show here but not his best
July 2, 2008
Italian "Docs" on the Cutting Edge
Marco Cappelli and Marc Ribot playing "Italian DOC Remix"
at the Italian Cultural Institute on June 30th
at the Italian Cultural Institute on June 30th
On the last night of June, the band Italian Doc Remix turned a space in the Istituto Italiano di Cultura into the hippest room in Manhattan
June 28, 2008
The Return of Frankie Hi Nrg
Frankie Hi Nrg
Francesco Di Gesù aka Frankie Hi Nrg is back with a new album, Deprimomaggio
June 25, 2008
Mangia La Musica
After the driving techno-taranta of "St. Rocco's Rave," Nidi D'Arac make a roots move with "Salento Senza Tempo"
A Tasting Menu of New and Recent Sounds, Some with Italian Flavor
June 17, 2008
Two Sicilian Sisters (and a guy named Tony)
Photo by Joan Marcus
Patti LuPone in "Gypsy"
The self-described "Sicilian diva" Patti LuPone won her second Tony as the ultimate stage mother, "Gypsy"'s Mama Rose
June 14, 2008
Evviva Vendola
Poster from Nichi Vendola's successful 2005 campaign for the Puglia presidency
Can Puglia's president revive Italy's Left?
June 10, 2008
Italy to Gays: Drop Dead
Photo by Giovanni Dell'Orto
Gay Pride marchers at the Coliseum in 2007
Italy has been seized by a "fit" of violent homophobia
June 1, 2008
“I Don’t Recognize My Italy Anymore”
Poster for an anti-Rom (gypsy) demonstration by the neo-Nazi group Forza Nuova
Viewing from abroad the growing anti-foreigner sentiment in Italy, an Italian woman appeals to President Napolitano
May 16, 2008
Tony, Carmela and Me (Shameless Self-Promotion Department)
You Talkin' About Me?
"The Sopranos: A Wake" conference will bring over 60 writers and academics from several countries to Fordham University, May 22-24.
May 7, 2008
Il Bruttopaese, II
Nicola Tommasoli, beaten to death in Verona by neofascist thugs
Neofascist skinheads beat Nicola Tommasoli to death because he refused to give them a cigarette. One commentator sees the killing as a sign of an alarming new social climate in...
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