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Quote of the moment Vol.2

“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

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"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which we have the tone for 2026 more defined: Dialogue of the Jane Jacobs

Good afternoon, dear friend, reader of this post! Hope you are okay? Of course, do let me know! As for me, I am okay. One hour at a time, at moments I am okay, at others I am exhausted, turbulence. Never quite good, I think I will be above okay when I can chat with dear friend. And with so many dear friends, and I will chat for hours and will have stimulating convos with so many handsome people. I love handsome people, unfortunately most, it seems, do not love me back, but anyway... even if this good state that I envision is not to be achieved that easily, frankly not even to be that much chased actively, if I can feel somewhat comfortable on my skin and have some hobby on the horizon, as well as a soft place to rest my body, I suppose this is okay enough. What can be said... I can ask for much more but I also will not insist. Could be worse... it is what it is.  Summer proceeds, the weather varies from some days with rain and a bit of relief, and much more with the heat being quit...

Album of the month! In which I make some confessions on a dance floor!

Good morning to you, dear reader! Happy Friday to you!! Yes, the month of July it's coming to an end, how fast it went! It seems like it was yesterday that I was writing about the birthday of the blog! And with this happening, time for another album of the month! July was a month filled with music of every kind for me, but one album ended up following me from the begining of it until now, and it will keep following me for a long time! As you guys know, I love Madonna's work, and I'm always looking for the albums I didn't pay proper attention before for whatever reason, so I can listen to them more carefully. This time, the name Confessions on a Dance Floor invaded my mind. It was one I've been ignoring for some time, and I decided I should do something about it, so in my first opportunity this month, I searched for it and started listening to the work, and why didn't I do that earlier in my life? This is an amazing record! And shall be the one highlighted today! Since the structure, focus and the style of this album are different ones from Staying At Tamara's, our album of June, I'm not doing a track-by-track analysis this time, but I hope you guys might find my thoughts on the record nice!


Now on my list of favorite records not only by her but in general, with another acclaimed ones such as Music, Ray of Light and Bedtime Stories, this eletronic dancing masterpiece is heavily inspired by the disco days of the 70's and also ABBA, which becomes quite obvious when you know the rhythm of the opening track of it: Hung Up, is the same one used in one of ABBA's songs: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) from the 1979 album Voulez Vous, also with a heavy disco influence. Listening to the whole record is quite impactful, bringing us to a hypnotizing journey throughout the dance floor and really bring us to "forget our problems" (as one of my favorite tracks says in its opening: Future Lovers), every song has a fantastic upbeat that goes way beyond pop, eletronica and dance, and it in some way bring us back to the spiritual experience of Ray of Light in some way. All of the songs are amazing, but my personal favorites are: Future Lovers, as I said, I Love New York, Jump and Isaac. I highly recommend you all to check for this 2005 treasure, as it seems a little bit forgotten today. It definitely brought an amazing and unique experience to the world, and this should never be underestimated. Here're the links to it! Spotify and Youtube!!


I really hope this superb work might bring upbeat happiness to your Friday!! It's always so amazing to share this with you all!! Since this is a Friday, we're also having a song of the week coming up, so see you very soon on the next post!

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