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The Aluminum Group

About Me

Here it is--the Aluminum Group's, Little Happyness, a collection of songs and short films produced, directed, edited, scored and sometimes staring Frankie & Johnny!

My Interests

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Member Since: 3/31/2007
Band Website: www.thealuminumgroup.net
Band Members: Frankie & Johnny


Influences: Speak not of guilt, speak not of responsibility. When the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners; when the senses shiver and shudder, it is only a fool and and an irreverent person that will keep his distance, who will not embrace the good cause, marching towards the conquest of pleasures and passions. All of morality’s laws – poorly understood and applied – are nil and cannot stand even for a moment, when the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners. Do not permit any shadowy virtue to hold you back. Do not believe that any obligation binds you. Your duty is to give in, to always give in to Desires, these most perfect creatures of the perfect gods. Your duty is to enlist as a faithful footman, with simplicity of heart, when the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners. Do not confine yourself at home, misleading yourself with theories of justice, with the preconceptions of reward, held by an imperfect society. Do not say, Such is my toil’s worth and such is my due to savor. Just as life is an inheritance, and you did nothing to earn it as a recompense, so should Sensual Pleasure be. Do not shut yourself at home; but keep the windows open, open wide, so as to hear the first sound of the passing of the soldiers, when the Regiment of the Senses arrives, with music, and with banners. Do not be deceived by the blasphemers who tell you that the service is dangerous and laborious. The service of sensual pleasure is a constant joy. It does exhaust you, but it exhausts you with inebriations sublime. And finally, when you collapse in the street, even then your fortune is enviable. When your funeral will pass by, the Forms to which your desires gave shape will shower lilacs and white roses upon your coffin, young Olympian Gods will bear you on their shoulders, and you will be buried in the Cemetery of the Ideal, where the mausoleums of poetry gleam conspicuously white.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Minty Fresh
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Frank makes bed 4

The Ballad of Frankie and JohnnyFrankie and Johnny were brothersOh Lordie how they could love!Swore to be true to anothertrue as the stars above--he was his brohe'd never do him wrong!Johnny asked Fra...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:49:00 GMT

Aluminum Group on HGTV; "Small Space, Big Style- Season 1"

HGTVSeason 1: Less is More"Eclectic Mix--Brothers John and Frank Navin live in the same Chicago apartment building where John's 980-square-foot home has lavish details like Italian blown glass light f...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:17:00 GMT

bed 2

When we (Frank and I) returned from Venice after New Year's, so inspired and joyous--thanks to our friends--I thought to do a series (with Frank) of me making my bed. I posted "bed 1" on my facebook,...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:06:00 GMT

Venice--Happy New Year 2009!

With our kind of crappy camera, Frank and I tried to capture a few moments of our Venetian holiday--impossible! A camera cannot capture the love we felt for our friends and for the most beautiful (and...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Aluminum Group on Mandrake FM podcast

http://mandrakefm.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/mandrake-fm-talks -with-the-aluminum-group/
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:13:00 GMT

Callas talks about her film: Medea by Pasolini (1970)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nd9CeeyiMw hairdo!
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:27:00 GMT

The Sea Ranch, one of my favorite places-Utopia by the Sea

December 14, 2008Utopia by the SeaBy PATRICIA LEIGH BROWNIN the early mornings, when the ocean is enveloped in fog and the scent of wild iris hangs in the air, the possibility for solitude can be foun...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) Italian director, screen writer, essayist, poet, critic and novelist, was murdered violently in 1975. Pasolini is best known outside Italy for his films, many of which ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:59:00 GMT

Anna Magnani--Mama Roma!!!!!

Italian stage and screen actress Anna Magnani (1909 - 1973) gained international fame with her passionate performance in director Roberto Rossellini's "Open City", the first major work of the Italian ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:54:00 GMT

Visconti’s "Rocco e i suoi fratelli"

LifeBorn into a noble and wealthy family (one of the richest of northern Italy), in Milan, Visconti's father Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone was the Duke of Grazzano, and Visconti had six siblings. Due t...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:56:00 GMT