The Chemical Brothers - Italia Wave

Well, the festival still have to "grow" … In Arezzo was something else, but I'm sure next year will already better. We were there mainly for the Chemical Brothers but we also got some other cool artists like Bugo and Sud Sound System.

We also went at the Elettrowave, the electronic side of the festival. The location couldn't be better: an old fortress by the sea !

Fortezza Vecchia - Livorno - Via Flickr thanks to livornoalone

See you next year Livorno !

PS : Someone told me that the tower of the "Fortezza Vecchia" in Livorno is taller than the tower of Pisa. Is it true ?

Marcus Miller - Estivaljazz '08 - Lugano - Picture by Andrea Perotti via Flickr

Yesterday I went up to Chiasso directly after work, there I met Sma and we went together to Lugano to see Marcus Miller playing at Estivaljazz 2008.

Great show, we also managed to sit in front of the stage. The clarinet/saxophone player on the left was my hero, he was moving like a spring while blowing like hell and was the only one who could compete with Miller. Alex Han his name, and 20 his age !

So, if you pass by Lugano the first weekend of July don't forget about the EstivalJazz !

PS: As usual I didn't have any camera with me. I took the picture from Flickr, here the complete gallery » –

So, here we go:

I got my signals crossed

Ho perso la strada

To shuffle

Mischiare le carte

To deal the cards

Dare le carte

Card shark

Baro

Deuce

Il due a carte e nei giochi in generale (domino, dadi)

Suit

Semi delle carte

Spades/Hearts/Diamonds/Clubs

Picche/Cuori/Quadri/Fiori

Poker face

Faccia senza espressione

Garter

Giarrettiera

Hit the nail on the head

Centrare il punto del discorso

Jack (Australian) | The clap (American & English)

Il fante

The jack

Malattia venerea

To have a card up the sleeve

Avere un asso nella manica

Did you splash your boots ?

Sei andato al bagno

For fack sake

Santo cielo !

To take something for granted

Dare qualcosa per scontato !

To hitch a ride

Cercare un passaggio

Well that all so far … have good time mates and remember

Some men are searching for the Holy Grail,
but there ain't nothing sweeter then riding the rail.

Gream Flower

On the pic you can see Greame, a friend of my mate Ludovica. He was playing yesterday at the Blue Note here in Milano in the band of Kyle Eastwood.
That's why me, Ludo and 2 more friends were there.

Greame is a nice and really easygoing guy, you can get a more info about him here.

He said that he is coming back to Milano for Xmas … let's wait and see …

Well, once more, thank you Greame for the free tickets !