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Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (2) by The Weird Story of a Beautiful Girl Whose Body Was Found Incorrupt in a Coffin | Man of Roma

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:31:49 +0000

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Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (1) by The Weird Story of a Beautiful Girl Whose Body Was Found Incorrupt in a Coffin | Man of Roma

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:31:46 +0000

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Comment on The Mafia and the Italian Mind (2) by Cristala Mussato-Allen

Cristala Mussato-Allen — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:37 +0000

thank you for your very thoughful response and your kind words for my very neglected blog..sorry it took me 6 months to reply…I’m on Sicilian Time

Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (2) by Man of Roma

Man of Roma — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:40:41 +0000

@Jenny

Cheers to you too Jenny! You made my day.

(see my answer below)

Comment on Italian Songs. Anna Magnani, Dean Martin, Pavarotti and the Three Tenors by Man of Roma

Man of Roma — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:03:02 +0000

Grazie, whoever you are, and welcome here.

Comment on Did Rome Really Fall? by Man of Roma

Man of Roma — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:59:37 +0000

How can you spam, you, one of my first Indian commenters! Only, you make Rome too big. The idea of Rome you refer to was embodied in the Treaties of Rome in 1957, that had envisaged a European federal state in a not so far future. Today though the European Union is going through a crisis. We will see what happens. Or, maybe you young people will see.
Glad you popped in Falcon!

Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (2) by Man of Roma

Man of Roma — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:46:35 +0000

@Jenny

Hi Chicago! Your come-back has been a surprise. I always liked you very much, together with the rest of the crazy bunch that visited here. Blogging with you people was great fun, it is true. I enjoyed it immensely, one reason probably why I stopped (but I might start again), it being like a parallel life and so forth.

Great story, yours. Americans seem to like Rome. Many have spent some time here, like your neighbour. And they are investing money here too.

Just in my neighborhood – *the Caelian Hill* – Madonna has created the *first European location* of her Hardcandy Fitness (opening next May 26), and the John Cabot University has restored a huge building in via Ostilia that will host 1200 american students.

So, next time you come to Italy, you know which place to visit you won’t feel disoriented in

Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (2) by jenny

jenny — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:54:52 +0000

Sorry, I got cut off. Anyway, it was this very tower! And at the end of his residency he asked everyone to take a piece home, just like you do with a wedding cake.

I was astounded. The moral of the story, perhaps, is that I ought to talk to the people who live right next door a little more often, don’t you think?

Still, as I look around your blog, I remember how fun it all was! Cheers to you, Roma, and my very best wishes!

Comment on Songs of the Grikos. Oral Greek Love Poems surviving from Magna Graecia (2) by jenny

jenny — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:51:28 +0000

Hi Roma! I’m writing to tell you an amazing story. Fifteen or so months ago (see above) I wrote to you here about Dmitry Kaminker’s tower, right? This past weekend, I’m having dinner with a friend and neighbor (who also happens to be an extremely accomplished composer) and she begins to tell me about the extraordinary experience she had in Rome when she was a guest (you guessed it!) at the American Academy in Rome. And this extraordinary experience was that she got to know a certain Russian sculptor who breezily asked the other artists in residence to bring him cardboard boxes. And out of these boxes (she tells me) he created a tower

Comment on Did Rome Really Fall? by falcon

falcon — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:17:08 +0000

Rome never fell…. Rome was an idea… to bring brothers together.. to bring peace, prosperity , love, respect and brotherhood

An Idea so beautiful can never fall… Rome fumbled.. it fumbled when a brother killed a brother.. it vindicated when the city covered the seven hills…

It stood proud when it brought peace,prosperity, love and respect to its inhabitants… It fumbled again when corruption and slavery entered the city walls…

Over the centuries it has fumbled again and recovered.. Rome migrated..Rome adapted…

Rome is not bound by a piece of land…Rome is where there is peace, prosperity, respect and love between brothers..

Rome can never fall.. Rome will fall only when the entire human race falls..

Perhaps I jus blabbering and spamming.. Sorry