Mala Tempora

Music and architecture

2010-06-13T02:20:00.000-07:00

Who cares who's the GOAT?

2010-02-25T00:49:00.000-08:00

I don't know... I wrote an article about Federer, Sampras and Lendl. The idea was to see how much truth there was in the claim that 'Federer won so much because he didn't have valid opponents'. I found it to be quite reasonably false. Still the article generated a lot of comments based on plenty of topics that I did not approach (most of all 'who can be considered to be the Greatest Of All Time?')

Here it is: "Federer, Sampras, Lendl e gli avversari"

It is in italian, of course, but I'll try to make an english translation... some day...

I più 'scarsi' campioni dell'era open

2010-01-05T01:50:00.000-08:00

Un altro pezzo natalizio per Ubitennis. Stavolta sui più deboli vincitori di una prova del grande slam:
'Re per una notte'

DM

Ah... devo ricordarmi di scrivere dei libri...

C'era una volta il serve and volley

2009-12-19T01:03:00.000-08:00

Stefan Edberg fu il primo ad appassionarmi al tennis. Ed ora ho avuto l'occasione di scrivere un suo profilo. Spero di avergli reso onore almeno un po'...
Potete leggerlo su Ubitennis ovviamente.

DM

Le migliori stagioni dal '73 ad oggi.

2009-12-09T02:40:00.000-08:00

Di tennis, ovviamente. Su ubitennis, ovviamente.
Ecco qua:
"La stagione migliore: Federer o McEnroe?"

DM

Originalità o morte

2009-11-18T08:19:00.000-08:00

Viviamo in tempi di riciclaggio culturale. Tutto quello che di sensato poteva esser detto, scritto, cantato è stato detto, scritto, cantato, financo dipinto, probabilmente molto tempo fa, sicuramente con parole migliori delle nostre. Non volendo passare dieci anni a spremersi le meningi alla ricerca di un pensiero originale l'autore moderno si consola ripercorrendo strade già battute cercando di impreziosirle col proprio 'punto di vista'. Ma c'è un'alternativa. Se è vero che tutto quel di sensato che poteva esser espresso già è stato realizzato, è pur vero che il reame dell'insensato offre ancora vasti panorami inesplorati. Ed è per questo che scrivo cose come:
"Vostrogàmati la scoprendita a Buccinasco! Solo costrovolenti guazz..."
O anche:
"Gargantula Za-Bum Za-Bum! Ora mi vedi, ora non mi vedi più!"
Che per di più, visti qui, fuori dal contesto (clicca qui per il contesto), paiono ancora più assurdi.
Ma che ve lo dico a fare?
Ed anche questo non è un pensiero affatto originale.
DM

Beirut in Brazil

2009-11-10T05:07:00.000-08:00

So, there's this band called Beirut. They're based in France, the leader in from US and their music has influences from the balkans.

So far, so good.
The amazing thing is that some people in Brazil thought it would be cool if their music was played more, maybe in the streets and they organized this thing that they call Beirutando, in which bands play songs from Beirut outdoors around the country.
And they made a youtube channel for everyone to see:
Beirutando
I don't know. There is something about a less known band based in Europe that makes a connection with Brazil and all that comes from it that I feel is touching. The world is smaller, people are closer and a voice can be heard anywhere if it says something different. And somebody will listen. At least in Brazil.
DM

Qualcuno pigiò i tasti del mio computer

2009-11-05T01:20:00.000-08:00

Le cose, gli oggetti, non possono cambiare, per loro natura. Sta a te, essere umano, adattarti e cambiare il modo da adoperarli in modo da cusare il minor danno possibile a loro e la minor frustrazione possibile a te stesso.
DM

Vincere il secondo slam

2009-10-26T06:39:00.001-07:00

Ecco un articolo, pubblicato su Ubitennis, su quanto sia difficile vincere il secondo titolo dello slam:
"Vincere il secondo slam".
DM

We are living in a spiritual world...

2009-10-26T03:19:00.001-07:00

We live in a world bigger and brighter than what is within the grasp of our limited minds. That's why we seek the aid of spirituality...

... more or less.

Bombey impressions #4

2009-10-03T23:09:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you can find something familiar even on the other side of the world:DM

Bombey impressions #3

2009-09-25T10:43:00.000-07:00

On a billboard: "Honking will not make the car in front of you disappear!"
DM

Just a thought #1

2009-09-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

"You can not spend your entire life just sitting back watching things happen. At some point you have to do something with it. And try to do something good. And by 'something good' I don't mean 'charity' or 'world peace', I mean trying to make the best of yourself. And if you can not do that at least try to have a decent taste in movies."

DM

Bombey impressions #2

2009-09-15T08:20:00.000-07:00

Seems like being in Bombey is a good reason enough to dress as a flowerchild.

DM

Bombey impressions #1

2009-09-13T09:24:00.000-07:00

Seems like rear mirrors have been highly overrated...

DM

A first post about tennis:

2009-08-09T07:27:00.000-07:00

As it happens i am collaborating with ubitennis lately. It's a website about... tennis (of course!), and it is owned by Ubaldo Scanagatta, one of the most important journalists specialized in tennis in Italy. So I'm quite thankful for the opportunity to write about my (only) favourite sport.
And, as it happens, I have a blog now. So why not use it to post my articles? Yeah! Easy!
They're in italian (as you might have imagined), so if you don't know the language don't bother clicking... or click and translate with babelfish, it could turn out to be a pretty funny experience.
Anyway... here are my first articles:

La struttura delle rivoluzioni tennistiche: About the evolution of the sport in the last 30 years.

Le 19 finali di Ivan il Terribile: About Ivan Lendl and his records.

Federer più forte di Sampras: Comparison between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras.

Have fun.

DM

First Post:

2009-08-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

So I got a blog... what for? In fact I won't use it to post my everyday life and I won't use it to link funny things that i find on the net. So?
Well... I'll think about something. The idea is to post comments and reflections on different subjects... possibly in video... but we will see. In the meantime if you have any advice on how to succesfully run a blog, be my guest (No! No smiley faces on this blog, sorry!)...

DM