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Off-topic: drive like you ride

Today I realised that the phone company I use in Italy is ripping me off, so I decided to switch to another company and start saving money. Musicians are generally poor, so every cent counts!
I was also reading, earlier, about how you can increase the fuel efficiency of your car by following the principle: “drive [...]

The world is ours, metaphorically

What a great Christmas gift from you fans to us apes!
With a visit from Morocco, yesterday, bittenbyanape.com has officially covered the five continents: we’ve had visits from Europe, our fan reservoir; Asia, including exotic places like Mongolia and Nepal (where we had one of our ambassadors); America, from Canada to Chile; Australia, thanks to family [...]

Impromptu brainstorm

What are friends for? For eating and drinking together, surely. But also for exchanging ideas and suggestions about the ape’s musical endeavours: that’s how my last few hours have gone by.
I met for dinner with Loz and Hype#1 (sometime music journalist extraordinaire) – and another friend who will remain unnamed for security reasons. Between several [...]

Frozen brains and small guitars

Perhaps the unusually cold weather, even for December, has frozen the flux of neurones in my brain:
- I forgot to bring with me from Dublin the software we need to install on our new computer;
- I went to see Lorenzo yesterday and forgot to bring the cable to connect the data hard disk to the [...]

Christmas preparations (for you)

If you’re thinking carols, parties and exchanging gifts, think again.
In a few hours I’ll take the plane to Italy and a new chapter of my (now full-time) musical life will start.
The ape will be busy working on preparing the 2010 live shows, in the tranquil seclusion [please read the previous two words with the clipped [...]

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…the awareness that we are, in this network, dots crossed by numberless lines; that we wear and present to others different masks at different times – to the point that our sense of identity withers away. The creation of our own escapist universe, which is not less uncertain than reality, but delusionally more manageable. Finally, our relationship with technology, at the same time useful and threatening.…

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