Ah, home sweet home

Blog from Italy's new home has been discovered. Only the intrepid explorers are not sausage hunters or those interested in reading about things Italian. Nope, they are my old friends the spammers. The spammer who labels comments with odd names of Greek origin is back to challenge the spam system, … [Read more...]

Search lights over Milan

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the night sky was lit up by around four searchlights on Sunday and Monday night. When I first saw these beams of light, I thought it was something to do with Ferrari winning the F1 championship, but I don't know why the lights continued to shine on Monday. … [Read more...]

The ways of the sausage

Well, I've got sausages on my mind at the moment owing to all my sausagey exploits. And I've been thinking how the good old British banger could be successfully mated to Italian cuisine. Italians have quite varied tastes in food, but on the whole tend to prefer subtly flavoured dishes, so I'm not … [Read more...]

Giorgia – vivi davvero

I just can't stop. Here's two Giorgia songs, first there is with Vivi davvero - Really live, another Italian singer who has caught my ear. An interesting video shot during the Italian Festival Bar music programme, complete with topless dancers:She's has a powerful voice and her music is a sort … [Read more...]

Elio e le Storie Tese – Mio cuggino

While I'm at it, here is an odd little vid from Elio e Le Storie Tese called Mio cuggino - My cousin.Elio and his band are irreverent and something of a legend on the Italian music scene.Their lyrics are generally humorous and can be 'colourful', but the overall sound is not half bad in my, … [Read more...]