“Oh it's a tap tap world we live in / making up lives cause we're driven / to be more than just the norm / in our imaginations reborn” — 80 Hundred Miles feat. Moly Cat, Tap Tap World (2024) Scroll. The vice that didn't know its name — until a court told it — “What are you looking at…
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The Silent Italians have spoken. And no one expected it.
There's an Italy you never see on television. It doesn't shout on talk shows, it doesn't post angry memes about X, it doesn't comment on Salvini's posts or Schlein's. It doesn't have a uniform. It doesn't have a tribal leader. It does, however, have something much rarer: a functioning brain and a breaking point. The…
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Bellum Iustum: when war was at least theoretically just (and today it is no longer)
There was a time when, to wage war, you needed at least a decent excuse. I'm not talking about absolute morality. I'm talking about criteria. Rules. Even a certain form of intellectual dignity amid horror. The Romans called it bellum iustum—just war—and as much as it seems like an oxymoron thrown in there to torment you, it had a precise meaning. Today...
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The Narbow
I've always liked the smell of wet asphalt. It smells like a respite. That evening, however, there was something strange in the air: a hint of metallic ozone, as if lightning had been stuck between the buildings on the outskirts of town and was slowly decaying. I saw it near the highway pylon, slumped against the peeling concrete. At first...
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Is the God of Hosts my God?
In a burning world, the Church still carries a God who orders genocide. From Marcion to Netanyahu, the problem of the Old Testament has never been resolved.
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METALIZER: The day Sanremo fell into the wrong (or right) hands
I sat down in front of Logic Pro without a clear plan. I just wanted to have fun. I had Ditonellapiaga's "Che Fastidio!" in my head—that cutting electropop irony, those social complaints transformed into a chorus—and I asked myself, "What if I put a distorted guitar on top?" Answer: it turned out to be incredible. Then it was Arisa's turn...
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Marghera: 37 engineers fired. And Italy still debating cookies.
AI isn't stealing our jobs. We're giving them away. A few weeks ago, on the other side of the ocean, something happened that could never have happened in Italy. Not because Italians aren't capable—but because someone usually stops them first. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic—the company that…
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The Army of Professionals with Folded Arms
Arms folded, a proud look, a neutral background: LinkedIn profile photos are all the same. An ironic, psychological analysis of a disappearing identity.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Gilmour
Today, March 6, 2026, David Gilmour turns 80. And I can't let it go unnoticed—even though, in a certain sense, silence is precisely what he's always used better than anyone else. Because David Gilmour has never been a guitarist who overwhelms you. He's someone who…
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Chaos King: We wrote it a year ago. Today it's news.
There's a specific date when I realized that certain lyrics aren't written: they're received. It was about a year ago. My bandmates from 80 Hundred Miles and I were working on a new song. The concept was simple and ruthless: a man of power who governs through chaos. A leader who transforms…
