Блоги: заметки с тегом folk

The Vance—Walz debate in one image

Robert — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:37:17 +0500

Why is “nucular” Walz friends with school shooters?

Gigi d’Agostino

Robert — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:38:21 +0500

L’Amour Toujours is a powerful song. I heard it a few times before today, never finding out its title or its composer.

And now that I discovered Gigi d’Agostino, I must say that The Riddle and Bla Bla Bla are excellent too, along with their videos.

Dear girls

Robert — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:15:18 +0500

Robert:

Stop with the goth! Especially with the piercings.

Don’t turn yourself into unattractive satanic witches.

The Times and Assange

Robert — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:04:00 +0500

Robert:

Why the hell are The Times paying for an anti-Assange advertisement? And when did child-free feminist nonsense become more important than life, style, and puzzles?

Corporate media is morally bankrupt.

Latisana in August 2023

Robert — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:01:15 +0500

Robert:

A heart:

The barber:

Number plaques:

Pretty typography:

The river Tagliamento:

Male and female haircuts

Robert — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:46:13 +0500

Robert:

For good looks:

	Male	Female
Short hair	✅	❌
Long hair	✅	✅

Lucifer

Robert — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 18:32:45 +0500

Robert:

Lucifer came to me in a dream last night. He tried to scare me, but I — of course — was unharmed.

Cameramen at events

Robert — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:15:47 +0500

Robert:

I like making videos.

I will not, however, be a cameraman at an event — looking at real life thru a screen is a lifeless deed. Waiters, janitors, and bag-carriers have much more noble positions.

Truthful names

Robert — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:01:59 +0500

Robert:

Zelensky wears green,
Fetterman is shackled.
Guido’s a leader,
and Trump is a winner.

Zelensky and SBF did one good thing

Robert — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:58:08 +0500

Robert:

Zelensky and SBF are among the most despicable characters of the modern age.

But they have done one good thing for the world: normalising tees and sweaters at formal events.

Image by Forbes

The king and the jester. Image by the New York Times

Website for “Nel Segno di Bacco”

Robert — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:09:24 +0500

Robert:

“Nel Segno di Bacco” is an Italian artistic group touring the country with a musical play about wine, food, and conviviality.

Its founder Guido Damiani hired me to create an online presentation for potential collaborators and venues. Thus, I built a website:

The client

Guido is a philosopher musician whose principles and thoughts resonate with me. One of the things that he told me really struck a chord: “The voice is the most melodic instrument out there. But it is only when the words go unrecognised that a person can fully appreciate its tune”. That’s why most of his singing is similar to the shamanic eaoeaueao. Overall, his music is a fusion between the primitive, Amazonian, Oriental, Mediterranean, and contemporary; I recommend giving it a listen.

Process

As well as presenting the group, the website hosts its music and Guido’s notes — previously emails sent to friends.

I started work on December 27 with the deadline of January 31, and completed it early, by January 15. This included renting the domain name and server space, setting them up, designing and developing the site, and correcting his notes typographically.

Guido gave me lots of material to work with, but told me that he did not want to overflow the site with information, and even said that the presentation should underpromise.

Step-by-step we nailed it down to what matters most. Event descriptions addressed to each kind of venue were axed in favor of a general overview and a manifest. I first placed an image gallery on the Events page, but figured even that would be excessive.

This structure will change with time, however: as “Nel Segno di Bacco” holds more events, it will make sense to fill up the website with many diverse pictures, videos, and reviews.

Art, wine, food, conviviality — the most important things to know — are up top. Right below them is the promo video — a visual event is best seen to be best understood:

The details follow. Events, Bio, and Music pages all consistently have text followed by a photo and contact details.

I chose to use the elegant typeface Garamond, as it is a default for Italian books. Its case was only made stronger when I discovered that it was already used in some older promotional materials. I chose Inter for places where a serif was not appropriate — mostly in auxiliary elements of the Notes section:

Premium brands opt for a monochrome look. I chose a pleasant sandy tone as the site’s background color, and used black for everything but the links. The large margins too convey a sense of class.

Special thanks to Daniil Chernyak for providing useful tips.

Result

Instead of sending back-and-forth messages about the group, its members can now simply share a link to its website. Guido’s brilliant music and notes are now available for the public to enjoy.

And now, Guido’s review:

In the work that we did, Robert worked very well & very quickly, and was very prepared. Most importantly, Robert has a philosophical vision similar to mine, which is a great advantage for me. The website is fluid and smooth; clients will now be able to grasp our musical message and philosophical vision in little time.

nelsegnodibacco.it

Candidates for Twitter CEO

Robert — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 21:22:39 +0500

Robert:

Mr. Beast,
Patrick Bet-David,
Snoop Dogg,
Lex Fridman,
Anatoly Karlin,
David Sacks,
Edward Snowden.

This is more exciting than a US primary.

Ye

Robert — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:54:38 +0500

Robert:

Ye is a laterally-thinking visionary working for the good of mankind, and is worth listening to. I’d love to know him in person.

White lives matter is a self-evident statement which only triggers those with near-genocidal agendas.

Western institutions are indeed disproportionally controlled by Jews.

Shame on companies like Adidas who cancel him for mentioning this.

Truth and opinion

Robert — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:03:49 +0500

Robert:

Some strange people often say something, and then end the phrase with “but this is just my opinion”. But don’t they want their opinion to be true?! Why say something without being certain about it? Why bifurcate the reality to a subjective “everyone has their own feelings about it”? Humans are different, but not to the point that there are alternate truths and realities.

When I say something, I am certain that it is true, whether it is so or I want it to be. Of course, I won’t say anything if I know what I say isn’t true.

P. S. If there is uncertainty, just say so.