Elio E Le Storie Tese: Parco Sempione

Questo è il video del brano che lancia Studentessi, il nuovo album di Elio E Le Storie Tese in uscita dopodomani. Oltre ogni aspettativa, testo, musica e video sono assolutamente geniali...

Nuovo album di Elio in vista!

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Il 20 febbraio 2008 verrà pubblicato Studentessi, il nuovo album di Elio e le Storie Tese.
Il disco sarà venduto in edicola (in allegato alLa Repubblica e l'Espresso), nei negozi dischi (Self Distribuzione), nei consueti canali di distribuzione digitale e sul sito della band (come sempre gli iscritti al Fave Club potranno anche scaricarlo in mp3).
A partire dall'8 febbraio, Parco Sempione, il primo singolo tratto dall'album, sarà in programmazione nelle emittenti radiofoniche.
XL, il mensile della Repubblica, dedica a Elio e le Storie Tese una splendida copertina e un'intervista di quattro pagine.

Finalmente una notizia che attendevo da tempo. Elio ci aveva abituati a pause lunghe tra un album e l'altro, ma cinque anni sono davvero tanti. Ovviamente c'è grande attesa per poter ascoltare il seguito di un capolavoro assoluto come Cicciput...

My Bloody Valentine reform!

The Daily Swarm - My Bloody Valentine: the reunion confirmed

Aaah, this is best news since the Pixies reunion!
My Bloody Valentine made some of the most innovative and emotional music ever (which sparked the shoegazing scene, with other great bands like Slowdive, Swervedriver, early Ride and Chapterhouse), 16 years after their last recordings they're still legends, and a huge influence on some of the few great bands which have emerged in this decade, like Mew.
Three UK dates are confirmed for next year, but more might come and even a new album is expected soon!

Anthony Wilson 1950-2007

Tony Wilson, co-founder of Factory Records, has died at the age of 57. Born Anthony H. Wilson on February 20, 1950 in Salford, England, he went on to become a renowned broadcast journalist, band manager, record label executive and night club owner.
As the Factory Records boss, he was responsible for signing legendary bands including Joy Division and New Order to his label. Also, as owner of the renowned Hacienda nightclub in Manchester, he played a key role in the Madchester scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s that mixed indie rock and dance music and included artists such as Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses.
The Hacienda, which hosted Madonna's first UK television appearance in 1983, was forced to close in the late 1990s as it was losing money allegedly because its patrons were taking ecstasy rather than buying drinks at the club.
Wilson reportedly became involved in the Manchester music scene in the 1970s when hosting the culture and music programme 'So It Goes' on Granada Television. After covering a Sex Pistols performance at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1976, he described the experience as "nothing short of an epiphany" and booked the band for one of the first television broadcasts of British punk rock.

These aspects of Wilson's life were later chronicled in the semi-fictional 2002 feature film '24 Hour Party People', in which he was portrayed by British actor Steve Coogan.
More recently, Wilson was involved in In The City, a yearly music festival and conference that takes place in Manchester and New York City, which he co-founded with his partner Yvette Livesey.
In 2005 he launched F4, the fourth incarnation of the Factory Records label.
Earlier this year, the music mogul was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery to have one of his kidneys removed.
From signing the likes of Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, to being a general support of exciting an innovative music, Wilson established himself as a true indie hero.

Anthony Wilson 1950-2007 | News | NME.COM
As you already know, a true hero I've once had the privilege to meet....

Keybreeze

This is a really useful program.
A very lightweight command line sits in your system tray and can be recalled by a hotkey to type customized shortcuts to possibly everything you want to launch on your computer. Actually you usually just have to type the first two letters of the file, the program or the site and you'll see it highlighted in a pop up list above the line, all you have to do is press enter.
The default hotkey to activate Keybreeze is the semicolon. That might be a bit annoying when typing in a document, because you have to press Enter as well to actually insert a semicolon in a document. You better modify the hotkey to a combination which is unique and can be easily recalled. Mine is Ctrl + <
I shouldn't explain much about this program, because both the site and the program tutorial are quite exhaustive, you should follow the whole tutorial to use the full potential of this program, which is simple for a basic use, but has many features you wouldn't even imagine.
A right click option is added to the right-click menu of any icons of your PC, which allows to set shortcuts even faster than through the command list.
Before using Keybreeze to launch sites, I advice to check the box to open them in the same browser window, in the options. The sites will be opened in new tabs of your browser, and not in new windows.
Keybreeze can be used (carefully) for system commands as well. It comes loaded with preset shortcuts, for example start typing "close" and you'll see "close window" in the command list.
Another really interesting feature are the letter commands, you type a certain letter and ":" before the term and this gives you access to a lot of functions: "s:" to search the web on Google, "w:" for Wikipedia, "d:" for Dictionary.com etc.
If all these features weren't enough you can still record your macros, sequences of keys or mouse movements, but you won't usually need them.
Keybreeze can be used to insert text with shortcuts as well.
It has been designed to use a minimal amount of resources, the command line appears only when you start typing the shortcut after having recalled it through the hotkey.
Keybreeze will probably remind to the most experienced users when most funcions on DOS and early Windows were recalled through the command line, but the simplifying features here are endless, it's amazing how a program like this can change the way you use your computer, I strongly recommend it.