The last of the famous New York Dolls - Remembering David Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter
It was not unexpected, but this does not make the news less sad. Not surprisingly, it is Morrissey who has announced this morning that...
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... and it owes me a living
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Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.
From the Island of the Sun to the Isle of France.
My pseudonym Vera da Pozzo is a pun alluding to what I care about most : truth and loyalty, depth and insight. In my mother tongue, the syntagma "vera da pozzo" means a puteal, but it could be a female name followed by a family name. Water is indispensable for living, and we need to keep it pure and unpolluted; it is the same for truth.
I write in English because I love this language since my childhood and also because English allows me to have a more detached view on both Italy and France. The title of my personal website and blog is a paraphrasis of the verse "England is mine and it owes me a living", from Morrissey's song "Still Ill", released in The Smiths debut album "The Smiths" on 20th February 1984. As Italy had nothing to offer to young people like me, I decided to throw my arms around Paris, as Oscar Wilde did, and I am still here. Like francophone actor Lino Ventura, I am and I will always be Italian.
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I will see You in nearby places
I have never had the chance to attend a Morrissey's concert in my Home Country before. Happily, this time some dates and places are OK...
Bonne Nouvelle
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Good News
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Good Times for a Change, Times for a Good Change
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Joy to this Knockabout World
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Just let...
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Silver Boy, go and shine in the Darkness
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καιρός - Kairos
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Time, no friend of mine (and neither Internet connection)
This year, time is no friend of mine at all, the world is more and more depressing and full of crashing bores and the Black Dog barks and...
Alex Langer, a Man of Peace
Last Winter, the bright, earnest and tragic figure of Alex Langer came suddenly to my mind, and I realized how Italian media had...
Cave Canem Nigrum - Beware of the Black Dog
I dreamt of You, Black Dog, Two weeks ago: You were biting My left Hand, But I resisted And freed Myself. Paris, 2d July 2024 (C) Vera da...
Music is Life, and vice-versa
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A Bunch of Agapanthuses
She hired You Because You were so Handsome She fired you Because You were too Serious A young Ballet Teacher From Novosibirsk A nice...
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