Enzo Jannacci, a father of Italian rock and roll, jazz musician, actor, writer, comedian, and doctor had a
50+ year career in Italy. He died yesterday of cancer at the age of 77. His biggest hit song, 1968's
Ho Vista un Re (I Saw a King), written by the 1997 Nobel Prize winner for Literature
Dario Fo and Eugenio Esposito, was banned on RAI TV and radio, due to its
subversive lyrics. Jannacci performed and worked until illness forced his retirement in 2011, though still beloved by Italians of all ages.
posted by droplet
on Mar 30, 2013 -
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"We don't vote for them, we don't even know their names and we're not quite sure what they do. But they wield enormous influence.
They are the power behind the power. They are The Hollowmen." You can watch the Australian Broadcasting Company's new political satire
The Hollowmen [warning: sound] on the web. Or you can find it via Bittorrent. (Or if you live down under I suppose you could watch it on ABC 1 Wednesdays at 9pm or ABC 2 Thursdays at 8:30pm.) It's worth a look because it may be the funniest new satire on any English-language network.
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posted by sdodd
on Sep 12, 2008 -
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