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Nic in N.Y.C.

"The world is ruled by fools and thieves With a flair for power and a taste for greed Now ask yourse

About Me


"BROOKLYN, BRONX, QUEENS and STATEN, from the BATTERY to the top of MANHATTAN, ASIAN, MIDDLE-EASTERN and LATIN, BLACK, WHITE, NEW YORK YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN (beastie boys "an open letter to NYC")"
I'm 41 years old, I was born in Montalbano Ionico, in Basilicata, Italy.
My passions include: comics, books, cinema and, above all, music. In 1984 I started doing a heavy metal radio show called "Master Of Disaster". I did the show for 10 years. The show was cited as one of the landmark shows of the era in Gianni Della Cioppa book about the italian metal music in the 80'(ITALIAN METAL LEGION the days of dream 2005). I sang in two very underground metal bands: WC enterprise and Undressed. I've organized concerts, 2 editions of "Oltre il Muro" in a dead small city nearby Matera in the early 90's. Moved to florence in 1993, where I worked in an alternative music store for almost 12 years. I was the manager/artistic producer for a band made up of friends, TRAUMFABRICK. I have done a lot of other things... I got married twice in 2004 (to the same american woman) and moved to New York in 2006. I lived on the Lower East Side for one year and five months and we moved to Brooklyn.
One of the things I love doing is seeing groups live.
The most recent concerts I've seen are:
LOU REED JOHN ZORN DUO + LAURIE ANDERSON the stone, N.Y. 01/10/2008
TALAT joe's pub N.Y. 04/03/2008
ASIA acoustic live at J&R, N.Y. 04/17/2008
BEHOLD...the ARCTOPUS, KRALLICE, DEAD CHILD, ANIMAL, MAW at Silent Barn, Brooklyn 04/25/2008
Medeski Martin & Wood + Marc Ribot, prospect park Brooklyn, june 19 2008
MELVINS + big business, Bowery Ballroom, NYC august 14 2008

My Interests


concerts, movies, learning english, talking with people about my passions, books, comics, collecting action figures...
buying cd's is one of my favorite things to do, every week i buy some pieces of plastic with music!
these are my latest:

I'd like to meet:


NoNe Not Nobody Nessuno nisciuno

Music:


John Zorn, BUCKETHEAD, Bill Laswell, TOOL, King Crimson, Naked City, Mike Patton, Fantomas, Faith No More, BADLANDS, Primus, Praxis, Miles Davis, ORNETTE COLEMAN, Critters Buggin, Skerik, Soundgarden, Ken Vandermark, TEMPLE OF THE DOG, Jamie Saft, Ennio Morricone, Joey Baron, Terry Bozzio, Zappa, Gentle Giant, Curlew, Alice in Chains, Brad, Shawn Smith, Napoli Centrale, AREA, A Perfect Circle, Tim "herb" Alexander, LAUNDRY, VAN HALEN, Slayer, ATHEIST, Journey, Elliot Sharp, Queensryche, LIMBOMANIACS, Almamegretta, Eraldo Bernocchi, ZU, Splatterpink, biofonia, Testadeporcu, Squartet, squallor, TRAUMFABRICK, Tony Williams, ephel duat, porcupine tree, axiom funk, DUBTRIO, screaming headless torsos, CANDIRIA, Martyr, WEAPON of CHOICE, Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland, black sabbath, VOIVOD, don caballero, ASHES, DOCTOR NERVE, Celtic Frost, ENTOMBED, meshuggah, TROUBLE, rush, IceBurn, RASHANIM, dysrhythmia, DECAPITATED, I mother earth, LAMBOFGOD, the WHO, turbonegro, ramones, BEHOLD..THE ARCTOPUS, GOJIRA, PATTO, cynic, GROUND ZERO, ratt, savatage, infidel/castro, KYUSS, fu manchu, ZENI GEVA, optical8, Kazutoki Umezu, DALEK, bobby previte, THE COALITION OF THE WILLING, Lounge Lizards, David Torn, BOREDOMS, screeming trees, Mark Lanegan, BATTLES, godflesh, GOD, jesu, CATHEDRAL, Pig Destroyer, BEASTIE BOYS, damn the machine, LIVING COLOUR, George Lynch, DOKKEN, Led Zeppelin, ESKIMO, baroness, Gato Barbieri, JOHN BARRY, U.F.O., Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Stooges, MC5, ruins, TALAT, prong, WARRIOR SOUL, corrosion of conformity, SEPULTURA, Mike Keneally, DeathangeL, MELVINS, curlew, GRIPinc, WARREL DANE, confessor, John Coltrane, BILL FRISELL

TICKETS FROM CONCERTS I HAVE SEEN:

Movies:


Sergio Leone movies - Once Upon a time in America, the Good the Bad and the Ugly, DUCK, YOU SUCKER.., Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Cronenberg, Tetsuo, Federico Fellini, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Tim Burton, X-MEN, BladeRunner, Vittorio DeSica, TOTO', Frank Capra, P.P.Pasolini, Sidney Lumet, SERPICO, Michael Cimino - the deer hunter -, Mel Brooks frankenstein junior, STAR WARS, Guillermo Del Toro, Bernardo Bertolucci Ultimo tango a Parigi, A Clockwork Orange, IRON MAN, The Incredible HULK, COHEN brothers

Television:


old music videos, movies, the persuaders, desperate housewives, soccer, moto gp, reality shows, old 80' japanese cartoons, spongebob squarepants, VH1, l'isola dei famosi, saturday night live first cast, southpark, the simpsons, MAD TV, three's company, ROBOT CHICKEN, futurama, the olympics, MUPPETT SHOW..

Books:


george jonas "REVENGE", P.K.Dick, W.Burroughs, ANDREA PAZIENZA, Filippo Scozzari "Prima pagare poi ricordare", Philip Roth, Les Claypool-south of the pumphouse, Melissa Plaut "HACH", The Parakeets of Brooklyn poems by Gerry LaFemina. what I'm reading now: WATCHMEN by Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons

Heroes:


my wife, buckethead, sergio leone, ennio morricone, bob de niro, philip k. dick, william s. burroughs..

My Blog

ARCANA III just announced!!!

  Arcana III             ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:35:00 PST

2 nuovi CD TZADIK

Appena preso due nuove relese dalla Tzadik!Filmworks XX (ventesimo!) e la prossima settimana dovrebbe uscire il XXI!!! wow, roba da seghe per me che li ho tutti e sono la cosa che amo di piu', probabi...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:47:00 PST

John Zorn biography

Saturday, September 13, 2008 ..tr>  ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:54:00 PST

Check out this video: Melvins on FOXs Red Eye

Check out this video: Melvins on FOX's Red Eye ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:10:00 PST

La Storia di una Canzone...

Da un Bellissimo articolo della "REPUBBLICA" SPETTACOLI & CULTURA Il brano fu portato in America da un musicista ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:55:00 PST

new CDs...

Ultimi CD presi!I know, it’ a shame, I should start to write in english!!! be patience, I need a little bit more time (2-3 years...?).Ultimi cd comprati, dicevo, l’ultimo PRAXIS di Bill La...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:19:00 PST

new slide show

nuovo slide sto' postando un po' di copertine dei libri che ho e che ho letto e che amo particolarmente.Alcuni sono veramente vecchi e, ormai,  fuori catalogo.Appena posso aggiungero' altri...Se ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:25:00 PST

PERSEPOLIS

Se ancora...... non avete visto questo film, vi consiglio caldamente di farlo.Io sono stato oggi pomeriggio al cinema, e vi assicuro che e' un film importante, da vedere. Tratto dal fumetto originale ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:35:00 PST

e natale!

e' natale...a chi non piace il presepe, o l'albero? a tutti, credo... magari con la neve, sarebbe perfetto... vabbe' volevo solo augurare a tutti BUONE FESTE!!!io lavorero', quindi,  nel momento ...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:47:00 PST

IMPORTANTE!

molti mi contattanoe' da qualche tempo che ricevo messaggi di gente che viene a New York e mi chiede o di incontrarmi o consigli su dove andare a dormire o ospitalita'...La pagina di myspace e' solo i...
Posted by Nic in N.Y.C. on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:41:00 PST