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Gay Helsinki
February 26, 2010 – 10:57 am | One Comment
Gay Helsinki

Helsinki is a modern and cosmopolitan city where gay life is fully consolidated and integrated. In fact, there are only a couple of gay events in the city, precisely because they don’t need it: gay …

On Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Deathlist
February 25, 2010 – 10:43 am | No Comment
On Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Deathlist

I love lists. Packing lists, to-do lists and shopping lists. But some people make other kinds of lists. A death list for example. In 1987, some students from Warwick University made a list of 31 …

Rodney Graham, The Beauty of Conceptual Art
February 24, 2010 – 11:28 am | No Comment
Rodney Graham, The Beauty of Conceptual Art

Rodney Graham (1949, Abbotsford, Canada), one of the most influential conceptual artists at this moment, presents in The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Macba), ‘Through the Forest’, an exhibition that explores the evolution of this …

How to overcome the complexes
February 23, 2010 – 10:38 am | No Comment
How to overcome the complexes

Today’s society enslaves us with unattainable canons of aesthetic and cultural perfection. The media and advertising broadcast a message highly toxic to the mortals’ morale, so full of “defects”: spare tyres, crooked teeth, low salary, …

The secret of Leo Messi
February 22, 2010 – 11:20 am | No Comment
The secret of Leo Messi

Who do you think the best footballer on the planet is? Messi is currently the Golden Ball trophy holder, so presumably he’s the best player in the world. Compared to previous soccer prodigies, this Argentine …

Anti-Karaoke in Barcelona and Madrid: Let it rock, yeah!
February 19, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment
Anti-Karaoke in Barcelona and Madrid: Let it rock, yeah!

Come on, take off your slippers and stop playing singstar with your play station. Singing along all alone in front of the TV at home is just nonsense. Well, doing it with some friends can …

Northern Lights Helsinki
February 18, 2010 – 11:26 am | 3 Comments
Northern Lights Helsinki

Everybody has heard about the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, but surely most of us don’t know how to explain exactly this amazing natural phenomenon. Auroras are the result of the emission …

FUMETTOPOLI Milan, a comic fan’s paradise
February 17, 2010 – 12:39 pm | No Comment
FUMETTOPOLI Milan, a comic fan’s paradise

Comic freaks are those who dream about possessing the latest gadget from their favourite character, who won’t be happy until they find that weird first edition, that short collection that only lasted five editions or …