A hazy feeling has caught on me lately. It's almost as if a season has changed, within myself. Only coincidentally in parallel with Autumn replacing Summer, it left me troubled and a bit on edge. Can't be exactly sure, but it feels like it goes beyond a recent loss in the family, or the flu that's been bothering me...

Twenty-one years ago, I received a phone call whilst sleeping. Someone close to me had passed away, two days after I last saw him in the hospital. I knew it would have been our last goodbye when I left the ward. Ignoring anyone else who could see me, I cried in the street of Milan. After the phone call, I stayed...

I read with interest recent posts by Leon and Bix about — in essence — how to deal with taking a stance, by calling things out with their names. At the same time, I've exchanged very interesting private conversations about the very same topic, in particular with a friend, a former (and future, hopefully) music...

After resuming my bullet journal a couple weeks ago, I started planning my next creative music endeavours. This time, back to writing and producing my own messages. What's taking shape, out of my scribbled notes on paper, are two distinct concept albums. Probably shorter than the previous one. I'm seeing 6-song...

Semi-random notes on my ongoing experience of living in the (tech) past. After taking the plunge, Mavericks keeps on giving. I created a brand new Set-up page featuring a probably incomplete list of everything I'm using. I'll be adding more info along the way, and probably more pictures. Experience Notes Mavericks'...

This song by Antiquity was released in December 2024, but I had forgotten to post it on my website. <a href="https://sessions.antiquity-music.com/track/a-fools-paradise">A Fools Paradise by Antiquity</a> Notes Gerald quotes: Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it...

This song by Antiquity was released in January 2025, but I had forgotten to post it on my website. <a href="https://sessions.antiquity-music.com/track/rain-from-the-clouds-3">Rain From The Clouds by Antiquity</a> Notes Gerald says: "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that...

I co-produced, mixed and mastered Rythur's debut album. He's a friend from the US, currently living in Colorado. <a href="https://rythur.bandcamp.com/album/alien-pop">Alien Pop, by Rythur</a> Today's the day I met Rythur online on the fediverse some time ago, where we quickly bonded. His awesomely quirky (to me)...

First of a short series of posts, where I introduce my switch to an operating system released in 2013, running in a computer built the same year. I can't possibly explain all the fine details of how it works, it'd require a book, but I'll try to dig out the best impressions. As explained at the end of July, I found...

Enough with the whining. Silvia and I have decided to kickstart the process that will ultimately lead us to share a dual citizenship. We came back to the UK two years ago, after failing to find common ground with our home country, and settled in our former house once again. Not coincidentally, we managed to find a...

Once again, I find myself kind of forced to stop reading the news, in any form or shape. Filtering shit from the interesting bits is like trying to put a barrier to a fastidious tinnitus (which I have, by the way). After a long time applying a harsh set of filters on Mastodon, where anything caught in my extensive...

A Mastodon post by Denny Henke, made me realise something that is currently making me really angry. He said: A lot of Apple enthusiasts are disgusted with Tim Cook and Apple given the recent display of bootlicking. I'm going to keep suggesting that we are all free to walk away from Apple's services. Your next...