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P robably nothing in American life has been over-intellectualized so often — or so preciously — as the baseball field. Depending on which writer, academic, or theologian you listen to, the diamond symbolizes the journey that leads you away from home and back to it … or the accretion of life’s failures in pursuit of occasional triumph … or the selflessness of sacrifice … or the narrative of exile and return. The late A. Bartlett Giamatti, a Yale president who went on to serve as baseball commissioner in the late 1980s, compared the baseball field to a garden-like paradise, and…
THE living in the United States today is to be fundamentally misunderstood, and the road trip is no different. That's not a bad thing. Here's an example. It's 2021, and I'm driving Peanut the Wonder Dog from the Pacific Northwest to my mother-in-law's in Montreal. We've traveled this road many times over the past 12 years, sharing burgers in Ogallala, Nebraska, and submitting to a German shepherd somewhere near Green Bay, who ran the rest stop like a shogun-era warlord. Now, a dozen dog years have taken their toll, and I must lift her in and out of a rented…
TO a born-and-bred kid from the Bronx, the bodega was like the United Nations to me. Bodegas are central locations, landmarks, meeting grounds. You know how the old-school Westerns got the general store? The bodega is like that. Whether you call it the dads store, ahki store, bodega, or corner store, it means the same thing. The bodega is owned by real people who live in your building, across the street, or down the block. It was cultural representation before representation was the thing. It's also a generational thing, 'cause you'll see a grandfather pass a bodega down to his…
B ob Dylan had a term for protest songs back when he was writing them. As deeply poetic as they are, he called them finger-pointing songs. “Masters of War” was the ultimate finger-pointing song. “Blowin' in the Wind” was one too. I think a lot of people have sung that song never even realizing it was a protest song. They didn't think of it that way. The first time I ever wrote anything political was probably “Christmas in Washington.” When I wrote that, I was connecting with Woody Guthrie because he was a socialist. When he was writing, a lot…
Tyrann are part of that undergrowth of classic heavy from which labels such as Cruz Del Sur, No Remorse and, in this case, Dying Victims Production, draw heavily to broaden their… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Albert Hammond Jr has described The Strokes’ new album as “intoxicatingly good” and his “favourite” thing they have ever done – following some fans criticising their latest singles. The New York indie icons started teasing new music earlier this year, hinting to fans that they would “be in touch” about a new release, before later confirming new album ‘Reality Awaits’. The record will mark the highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal’ and is set to arrive on June 26 (pre-order here). So far, they have previewed it with the chic lead single ‘Going Shopping’ and the nostalgic track…
From concerts by Pet Shop Boys, Suede and Slowdive to exhibitions and talks: the programme. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Francesca Michielin announced the new album White Magicout Friday 12 June via Columbia Records / Sony Music Italy. The album arrives after the return with the single A woman can't and opens a new artistic phase for the Venetian singer-songwriter, between fantasy references, medieval atmospheres and sounds that also look to the '80s. Along with the album, Francesca Michielin also announced two new tours: lo Witch commands / Summer tourlaunching in June, and a theater tour scheduled for fall 2026. Francesca Michielinthe new album White Magic The project was born as a concept album and brings together dungeon synths, folk…
I n many ways, the last two northern white rhinos on Earth spend their days as if they were not the last two northern white rhinos on Earth. They lumber majestically along a dun and dusty landscape, as their ancestors have done for millions of years. They graze with dedication on tremendous amounts of grass — more than 100 pounds a day — uprooting the plant with the flat, powerful lips that evolution painstakingly bestowed. They wallow in the mud, or rest in the shade of acacia trees, or gaze, placidly, in the direction of Mount Kenya. Sometimes, they let…
Elisa returns with “Amore è”, the new single that anticipates the next album of unreleased songs expected in the coming months (Island Records / Universal Music Italia https://island.lnk.to/AmoreE). A song already welcomed with enthusiasm by fans during the last sold out dates in the sports halls, where the artist premiered it live, immediately transforming it into one of the most energetic moments of his latest concerts. Written by Elisa and produced by Dardust“Amore è” brings together confessional writing and electronic tension, intertwining piano, urban images and emotional fragility. A story that moves between choice, desire and freedom, to the point…
