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Prince Don Carlo Gesualdo: "il Musical Macellaio di Venosa" as he was called by his fellow countrymen in the 16th Century... Translation: The Musical Butcher of Venosa76

Don Carlo Gesualdo: Prince, Composer and ... Murderer.

. The tormented life of Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer, prince and statesman, reads as though from the pages of a suspense novel rather than the annals of Sixteenth Century musicology. Gesualdo, living...

30 comments    italy murder conspiracy
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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #97

Directed by enigmatic film noir notable John Landis (‘An American Werewolf In London', ‘The Blues Brothers', ‘National Lampoon's Animal House'), the 14-minute horror film spoof, MICHAEL JACKSON'S...

8 comments    michael jackson thriller mtv
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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #100

Directed by Alan Parker and written by Roger Waters, R. Martin Basso submits PINK FLOYD THE WALL as #100 on his list of the most culturally significant movies impacting, influencing and molding all that...

20 comments    entertainment music video
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'List' Evaluation Criteria & Standards

. ***** More lists! More Top 10, Top 25, Top 100... Top WHATEVER lists! MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!!!! Hey everyone, I was in the latrine last night and decided to write a list of my Top 25 WHATEVER and 'publish'...

10 comments    rules guidelines criteria
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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #99

. Directed by the renowned Franco Zeffirelli, produced by Lew Grade (ITC Entertainment) and written by Anthony Burgess, R. Martin Basso submits ‘JESUS OF NAZARETH' as #99 on his list of the Top 100...

6 comments    religion god television
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Modern America's TOP 100 Culturally Significant Movies: #98

. Directed by the highly innovative and inspiring Peter Weir (with strong supporting directorial and scripting assignments by Michael J. McAlister), R. Martin Basso submits ‘THE TRUMAN SHOW' as #98 on his...

12 comments    movies television culture
The Retro Revolution.                                 Old is New is Old, again....   Is New.69

The 'Retro' Revolution

It's been said that in order to move forwards, we must sometimes look to our past for guidance. Ok, nice words, as far as cause and effect logic goes. My son recently turned nine-years-old, and at nine, he's...

11 comments    entertainment arts blog
In the details...67

'Twas The Night Before Halloween

. ********** DISCLAIMER- The following is fiction, based upon traditional yuletide prose. This story, intended for halloween chills, and readings on other unholy nights, is not to imply that its author is...

11 comments    god humor poetry
  Obama, poised and composed came out swinging with a quiet reserve and evident command of current political circumstances and geo-political facts.  67

Election 2008: The Precipice Of Change

. Tonight, Senator Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Abraham Lincoln's home state of Illinois, effectively, logically, methodically and unemotionally, if not even unapologetically, delivered upon his...

52 comments    politics america barack obama
George W. Bush... By Basso's clinical definition, Bush himself classifies as a 'Disenfranchised Conservative.'63

Election 2008: Disenfranchised Conservatives & Partisan Stone-Waller's

. My endorsement of democrat Barack Obama has elicited a voluminous collective of e-mails, from the sublime to the ridiculous, from supportive to threatening, from genuine inclusion to overt racism. Since...

10 comments    politics america obama
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