This sublime colab between Tokyo Black Star, Slam Jam and Innervisions is one of the best music packaging I've seen in a while. The paintings the japanese artist Tomukazu Matsuyama has created for each single track are printed inside the cd booklet and then accompanied with a silk scarf printed w...

RaH at Elefante Rosso in front of Sun Ra's sun! Sick venue!

This saturday I'll have the pleasure to visit the brand new Elefante Rosso club in Mestre-Venezia. A new effort from Rah of Morphine fame, this is basically a jazz club with a real underground ethos. Linked to the omonimous label [check the first 2 release for some real deepness], they already h...

Here in Verona there is one restaurant I can suggest straight away: Trattoria al Pompiere! I love the black and white pictures on the wall, the vibe of the owner and the staff and of course the food and wine selection. Been there many times and I have so many memories. I don't eat meat that much ...

Havent updated the blog much in the last weeks. Been caught up in preparing to move flat and checking all the decorations, paintings and the furniture I have to buy [oh Je$u$!!!] for the new one. The best thing of this research process was to discover so many italian manifacturers [from ceramics to...

DISCO3K festival is getting closer and the website is finally ready. Check our [Garage Paradise] interview to Donna Mcghee as well as a podcast from bad bwoy Fudge Fingas, and of course all the infos on the festival. Well done David! http://www.disco3k.com/DF/

I never considered myself a movie buff, but there are few directors I really really love...one is Nanni Moretti. I have several favourites among his catalogue, but certainly Bianca has always been the one for me. I just found this amazing monologue he does in the movie on youtube [yes he often act...