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What’s Up (4 Non Blondes and two distant versions)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Yesterday night, while eating dinner, I caught my daughter Flavia while humming an obviously known tune. So, I quickly youtubed it, and found the song I so much loved in 1992: What’s Up, by 4 Non Blondes. I really loved … Continue reading →

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The 72 Names of Qadafi, Gadafi, Gadhafi?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Czar or Tzar? Asked Woody Allen, or The 72 Names of God Gaddafi. The Kabbalah (Or Qabbala?) tells about the 72 names of God. From varios US-Canada-UK Press we infer there must be at least so many names for Col. … Continue reading →

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Loud Prayer

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

While watching for the nth time The Last Waltz (at least the song segments that I love most), I remained in awe while Lawrence Ferlinghetti came up on the stage to read his poem Loud Prayer. It reminded me of … Continue reading →

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Jacqueline Kennedy’s story(telling)

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

At a certain point of the first season of famed TV series Mad Men, there is a little video segment of Jacqueline Kennedy’s ad in Spanish for her husband’s 1960 presidential campaign. All she says, including the fear of Communism, … Continue reading →

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Poetry by captions

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I love constraints They foster creativity. Here I got the idea of using the captions from flickr photos as lines to compose a short poem. It’s all humanity inside these lines. No other words nor anything artificial added. Read the … Continue reading →

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