Vaffanculo!

Finally scored one of my personal holy grails. To say that I'm happy is clearly an understatement. How can we get so much satisfaction from such little things? Mind you, dildos seem to be just fine for that but that's besides the point. Since ebay has hit the collecting world with the delicacy of a neutron bomb, some records prices are close to third world countries gross national products. I was after that record for some times now and its going price often depressed me. Thanks to a fellow italian collector, I finally got it for way less than its "market value". WRETCHED are nothing less than gods to me, their "chaos non-musica" motto is well-known among hardcore/punk freaks. An incredibly raw sound with a wall of sound consisting of buzzsaw guitars and a pummelling drumming covered by vocals that spit anger. Indigesti ain't no feeble bastards either delivering harsh and brutal hardcore music.



The WRETCHED//INDIGESTI-split 7" EP ("Disco Autoprodutto", no label, no matrix number. Italy, 1982) is a work of art and maybe the best example of DIY ethics pulled to the max. No sleeves were ever issued, it simply comes with a stamped paper inner sleeve that most UK 7"'s seem to lack so much (hence their shitty condition), a simple sleeve that seem to remind us that the most important thing is the music. Three inserts were originally issued but mine simply has two of them (fair enough), inserts with lyrics that would probably mean jail in today's Berlusconi's Italy.

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So HAMAS won the elections. It's funny to see people claiming they're democrats but backing down when their awaited winner loses. We'll see how they handle power, will they act as thugs? Will they do better? No one can be sure. Like the brits say "wait and see"...

Freedom? There ain't no fuckin' freedom!


Fettah