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Italy quake: more strong aftershocks in Abruzzo,perceived in Rome

nb — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:18:41 +0000

Central Italy woke up again last night when a strong aftershock was perceived ar 2:52am. According to the first data available, it was reported initially as a 5.7 Richter quake, the USGS reported it as a 5.2 event. Luckily - again we have perceived it clearly...

L’Aquila quake: dealing with strong aftershocks up to 5.6 Richter

nb — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:23:51 +0000

Hundreds of aftershocks of the violent earthquake that shook central Italy and destroyed half of the city of L'Aquila and many small centres in the province were reported thought last night and all day. April 6th ended up with an aftershock around midnight, while a stronger...

“State of emergency” in Italy after strong quake in L’Aquila

nb — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:34:46 +0000

PM Silvio Berlusconi declared the "State of emergency" this morning, after last night's strong quake that hit the L'Aquila province, in Abruzzo (central Italy), according to Repubblica.it.Berlusconi, who was also...

Lady Wallace Sings – and kills the traditional music industry

nb — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:13:48 +0000

A little story about an independent music artist promoting herself on the Internet as an example of new digital distribution channels for music artists and the collapse of the traditional music industry." Full...

Cool and Strange People: Bettie Page & Dave Stevens

nb — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:36:20 +0000

It was 1981 when (now defunct) independent comic book publisher Pacific Comics asked artist Dave Stevens to do some short stories for them. Stevens had been given complete freedom about that and so he decided to...

The lioness sleeps tonight: Miriam Makeba 1932-2008

nb — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:32:01 +0000

When last october she performed in Kampala, Uganda, somebody said it would have been her last performance: apparently, Miriam "Mama Afrika" Makeba was about to retire. And why not do that in Uganda where...

Paul Newman dies at 83 – updated

nb — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:44:56 +0000

Italian websites www.corriere.it and www.repubblica.it - respectively from noted newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica - reported today about the death of actor Paul Newman.Repubblica quotes some US...

MusicBlob » Hey, there’s pirate music in my Qtrax…! A Musicblob exclusive

nb — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:16:15 +0000

"The last find about that improbable digital distributor called Qtrax happened here at Musicblob this morning: there’s apparently pirate music in Qtrax (!)."

“Futurism” fan paints the Trevi Fountain red

nb — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:15:56 +0000

Something strange happened today in Rome: the famous Fontana di Trevi suddenly had red water. The media are reporting a story about a man apparently aged 50 throwing a bucket with a red liquid into the fountain...

MusicBlob » 2007: escape from (music) majors

nb — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:13:50 +0000

What's happening with the "old economy" of major music labels? In the last few weeks apparently everyone from Radiohead to Madonna to Nine Inch Nails seemed in a rush to escape a rapidly declining system;...