Gabriele Del Busso
Bio
Anglo-Italian having grown up within the predominantly French-speaking city of Montreal.
Passion for all forms of art (especially cinema and music).
Short stories usually deal with nostalgia and optimism within a highly pessimistic society.
Stories (22/0)
Essentials by the Dozen — The Who in 12 Tracks
With respect to The Who, if you’ve ever made statements worthy of a solid facepalm, such as “Their song ‘Teenage Wasteland’ is good”, or found yourself listening in on some conversation that had you asking “The… Who?”, then this next list should serve as a good starting point if you wish to expand your knowledge on one of rock’s most famous groups.
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Beat
Essentials by the Dozen — Stevie Wonder in 12 Tracks
With respect to Stevie Wonder, if you’ve ever made statements worthy of a solid facepalm, such as “He’s that blind guy that made ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’ and ‘Ebony and Ivory’”, or found yourself listening in on some conversation that had you asking “Did Stevie Wonder ever make anything as good as ‘Superstition’?”, then this next list should serve as a good starting point if you wish to expand your knowledge on one of music’s most creative minds.
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Beat
12 Essential Bob Dylan Tracks
For all of those who still think "Why does someone with an asinine voice like Bob Dylan get so much critical acclaim?" and "Maybe he was good for his time, but this man seems incredibly overrated", there is evidently a reason people hold this artist in such high esteem. While you might not necessarily enjoy his music (whether the style, the voice or the genre is simply not to your liking), I do believe it valuable to add Bob Dylan to your music culture if you are someone who seeks to discover great art. It is to note that while these might not be the artist's definite all-time greatest songs, the twelve listed below are a considerable starting point to the wonder that is Bob Dylan. Lastly, my cousin and I once had a talk that if Dylan were to have suddenly died in 1976, his legacy amongst the unsurpassed songwriters of the last century would most likely remain intact to this day. Therefore, although he has continued to release substantial material since then, the twelve songs chosen here reflect his career until that point (with the release of Blood on the Tracks).
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Beat
The 2022 Best Picture Nominees Ranked
After having viewed all of the Best Picture nominees, I compiled this list of what I believe to have been the worst and the best of the bunch. Each film is accompanied by three paragraphs: an anecdotal one, a second one (most important) that deals with the reasons I believe the film to hold its specified place in the ranking, and a third one that contains spoilers (in case you wish to watch the film but have not done so just yet). I am submitting this article now (Sunday afternoon), so I estimate it to be published sometime tomorrow, after the Oscars have aired. I believe this year to be less of a "Who will win the Oscar?" as I strongly think the winner to be an obvious choice if I am being perfectly honest, but I might be surprised tonight!
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Geeks
Golden Stones of Cinema: La Notte
"Da chi è questa lettera?" ("From whom is this letter?") "È la tua." ("It's yours.") The second film in Michelangelo Antonioni's Modern Discontent Trilogy (three films loosely associated with one another for their similtude of themes and ambience), "La Notte" can easily be overlooked due to it having been sandwhiched between two others that have arguably had the greater cinematic impact. Whereas "L'Avventura" (The Adventure) was the first to present the abnormally slow pacing by which the trilogy was so notably characterized, "L'Eclisse" (The Eclipse) will forever be noted for its bold end sequence that pushed beyond the limits of what an expected narrative could accomplish at the time. Each of these three films are driven by their respective protagonist's alienation from social modernity, and their narratives tend to grow trivial as each of them progresses. "L'Avventura" deals with a mystery that never gets solved (done purposely to showcase the aloofness of individuals), and "L'Eclisse" deals with two people who attempt to get romantically involved but remain withdrawn nonetheless (once again, done deliberately). Although I admire Antonioni's boldness to make such films, I give "La Notte" the edge over the other two due to its accomplishment in illustrating all these daring themes while still maintaining some relevance to its storyline and allowing for attachment to its characters.
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Geeks
- Top Story - January 2022
The 20 Greatest Best Picture Winners of All-TimeTop Story - January 2022
In view of the upcoming 94th Academy Awards, I decided to compile a small list. Having officially watched every single film to take home the prestigious Best Picture award, here is what I deemed were the 20 best to ever win it. (I limited it to presenting my top 20 since to say a word on all 93 films would prove tedious, and I also opted not to include Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans which would assuredly have been in my top 5).
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Geeks
Waiting in the Wings
All was black, and my eyes were tired, but still, I could not sleep. There were neither unsettling fixations by which to get startled nor nearing excitements about which to dream, and I believed these to be the reasons why. It had been so for some time, and I pondered the possibility of sharing the night with some old pals of mine – pals with whom I had not shaken hands for as long as I could remember. Summoning them tonight of all nights would imply a fourth consecutive gathering in a row, and so I hesitated. I hesitated as I wished not to disturb those who had already found peace at such a late hour, and I waited for a sign.
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Fiction
A Cherry to Savour
Cherry red. My favourite flavour. Something about the way it drenched my tickled tongue in a candied fountain of ecstasy. Some of the other girls told me this made me sound like that Tramp fellow, but they obviously prioritized speech over reason since Chaplin was a silent actor. Unless they meant the dog but, having grown up on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, this was a reference to which I was oblivious. A candied fountain of ecstasy. I adored that. Victoria once spoke to us of her ecstasy escapade that supposedly had her twirling atop a rainbow of seagulls, and while the other schoolgirls were left impressed by that anecdote – envious even – to this twelve-year-old girl, it simply sounded like a cry for either popularity or help. Or both. Victoria was no stranger to feeling unwanted. Her drunken father had said so just last week after recounting the tale of how his daughter was born on a highway, and although Victoria was left flushed in the face, I on the contrary found this to be a pretty neat way to enter the world. I was born in the Jewish General Hospital like the rest of my family, and there was nothing too interesting about that.
By Gabriele Del Busso2 years ago in Fiction