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Che cosa distingue l’Islam dalle altre religioni? Cosa lo rende diverso e in qualche modo unico nel panorama mondiale, soprattutto per quanto attiene al rapporto con la politica? Un autorevole studioso inglese, Michael Cook, ha appena pubblicato un libro su questo tema: Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic case in comparative perspective, edito da Princeton University Press. Riccardo Chiaberge ne discute con l'islamista Massimo Campanini e con il direttore di Limes Lucio Caracciolo

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The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (1966)
"As Requested by Lily Rose"

"I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by The Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the original US version of Revolver. It was written by John Lennon but, like all The Beatles' songs written by Lennon or Paul McCartney, it is credited to Lennon--McCartney.

The recording of the song began in EMI Studios on 27 April 1966 with eleven takes of the rhythm track. Five further takes of the song were recorded but none were used. Take 11 was chosen as the master and two days later Lennon added his lead vocals. On 5 May, George Harrison wrote and recorded the double guitar part. The next day the recording was completed by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison's backing vocals.

The song features the then-unique sound of a reversed guitar duet played by Harrison in a five hour late-night recording session with producer George Martin. Harrison perfected the part with the tape running backwards so that, when reversed, it would fit the dreamlike mood. One guitar was recorded with fuzz effects, the other without. Engineer Geoff Emerick described the meticulous process as "an interminable day," lasting nine hours. "I can still picture George hunched over his guitar for hours on end," Emerick wrote in 2006, "headphones clamped on, brows furrowed in concentration."

During the break before the second bridge, at about 1:57 into the song, a barely audible voice (probably Lennon's) can be heard saying, "Yawn, Paul", followed by a slightly more audible yawn at 2:00 minutes. The prominent acoustic rhythm guitar track is electronically compressed.

The first draft of Lennon's lyrics for "I'm Only Sleeping", written on the back of a letter from 1966, suggests that he was writing about the joys of staying in bed rather than any drug euphoria sometimes read into the lyrics.[3] While not on tour, due to his lack of routine, Lennon would often spend his time sleeping, reading, writing or watching television, often under the influence of drugs, and would often have to be woken by McCartney for songwriting sessions. In a London Evening Standard article published on 4 March 1966, which contained quotes from an interview in which Lennon made his "more popular than Jesus" remark, Maureen Cleave, a friend of Lennon's, wrote, "He can sleep almost indefinitely, is probably the laziest person in England. 'Physically lazy,' he said. 'I don't mind writing or reading or watching or speaking, but sex is the only physical thing I can be bothered with any more.'"

Official audio of the new single In The Heat Of The Moment, released 17 November 2015

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Neil Young performs “Who’s Gonna Stand Up?” from the new studio album, Storytone, available November 4th.
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di Mauro Episcopo

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Internazionale da settimanale cartaceo con una vocazione quasi letteraria inizia una nuova avventura sul web. Il direttore Giovanni De Mauro presenta la nuova avventura giornalistica a bordo di Radiobici

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