Self – Destruct: the artist Mike Freedman’s concept of the Man’s Devastation of his Environment. He has degrees from London, Oxford and Saskatchewan Universities and he recently graduated from the famous Chelsea and Wimbledon Art School. He had a successful International business and parallel political career and then, 10 years ago, he began painting. … Continue reading
US guitarist, fusion music king, in this interview talks about the origins of blues and about his own story: jazz, blues, two albums with Vital Tech Tones (Victor Wooten on bass and Steve Smith on drums), and fusion songs with Tribal Tech (Gary Willis on bass, the drums Kirk Covington and vocals and keyboards Scott … Continue reading
…was published in March and marks European Union consultant Raffaella Greco Tonegutti’s first book, describing a multi-cultural environment in which a group of people’s language, love and sufferings are intertwined. “L’Espagnole” is Madame Isabel, an elderly widow who, as a young woman, emigrated to Belgium to escape Francoist Spain and reach her miner husband Pablo. … Continue reading
Franco Battiato, Regional Councilor for Culture and famous singer-songwriter said in his speech at the European Parliament in Brussels on the 26th March: “There are sluts around in Parliament who would do anything, they should open a casino“. Immediately, the Rosario Crocetta, President of the Sicilian Region, decided to fire Franco Battiato and defined these claims serious and unacceptable. “It’s been … Continue reading
In a ruling issued a few days ago on an appeal brought by two Austrian women and the son of one of them, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that “partners in same-sex couples should have the right to adopt his/her partners’ children, the same as for unmarried heterosexual couples”. In Austria the adoption … Continue reading
The powerful synthetic stimulant drug that has long-lasting euphoric effect on the user shakes America and worries Europe. Meth, also known as ice,crystal, glass,tik, tina, is a colourless, odourless and tasteless form of d-methamphetamine. It is a psychoactive, highly addictivedrug that takes the shape of coarse kitchen salt or fragments of glass. “It was the hardest boyfriend I … Continue reading
Two other monks burning themselves to death in protest at Chinese rule, calling for the Dalai Lama. On December 9th 2012, the day on which the Tibetans remember the death of the fourteenth century Buddhist master Lama Tsongkhapa, two other Tibetans set themselves on fire in China to denounce “the occupation of Tibet.” Kunchok Pelgye, … Continue reading
