A popular tradition of Occidental, Christian countries is about saint Valentine as the protector of lovers, and identifies the day dedicated to the same saint as the feast of lovers, also named “Saint Valentine’s Day”. Saint Valentine was a priest living in Rome in the 3rd century A.D., during a ferocious persecution of Christians by Romans. Well, he used to secretly marry Christian couples, but the secret didn’t last for a long time, and Valentine was martyrized. The traditional feast of lovers reached a peak of diffusion in the 19th century, and after that it has especially become a commercial event. Despite, Saint Valentine’s Day is not always lovely, and, on the contrary, bad things might happen during it. The page exemplifies some of those bad things.
On February 14, 1929, in Chicago, during the prohibition years, there was the climax of a war between the North Side Gang, whose chief was George “Bugs” Moran, and the Chicago Outfit, Al Capone’s gang. The episode is named “Saint Valentine’s Day massacre”, when 7 members of the North Side Gang were shot to death with the Thompson machine gun. After that, in the year 1934 the National Firearms Act was approved. It was an example of gun control, that nowadays doesn’t seem repeatable.
On February 14, 1984, the Italian government, presided by the socialist Mr. Bettino Craxi, obtained the approval of the Saint Valentine’s Decree, that abolished the so called “scala mobile”, a mechanism of automatic increase of salaries, bound to the increase of inflation. The Italian neo-communist party, unproperly named “democrat party”, is still fiercely contrary to the cited Decree, although it has saved Italian economy from a dangerous, unstoppable inflation spiral, and represents one of the rare appropriate decisions adopted by a Minister belonging to the Italian political left. Moreover, Italian workers have proven to be much more intelligent than the executives of the communist party, because the majority of them didn’t vote the referendum for the abolition of the Saint Valentine’s Decree, despite of a violent propaganda, accompanied with bloody terrorist acts. Consequently, it’s clear that Italy needs a new constitution, founded on direct democracy, in order to stop the craziness of politicians and bureaucrats, that has caused a public debt major than 3000 billion euro, and a current annual public expenditure major than 1000 billion euro, in presence of a GDP, substantially stable, near to 2200 billion euro.
On February 14, 2026, in Ceresara, a small village near Mantua, an unlucky dog was gunned to death, for unfounded reasons. A criminal trial has been started, under a big collective attention. I fear that it will last some years. Nevertheless, pets are becoming ubiquitous, and they seem to have taken the place of new born humans, given that natality has dramatically collapsed.
On February 14, 2026, the globally known Lovers’ Arch, a natural rock arch in Melendugno, Italy, collapsed into the sea, because of stormy weather. They say that it brought good luck to the couples who kissed while passing beneath. Maybe, it’s a sign of Fate, and good luck doesn’t want to go on in protecting traditional lovers.
In effect, statistics and studies have revealed that Saint Valentine’s Day is a favorite for breakups of couples, because a percentage from 12% to 15% of total breakups happens on February 14. Generally, there’s a new fashion, which is changing frequently partner, more and more spread all-over western countries. About serial breakups, psychological studies have demonstrated that, in reality, those who change many partners are always in search of the same person. It means that patience and humility might greatly improve your life, keeping you safe from useless expenses, legal controversies, and periods filled with frustration and bad feelings. The mix of the page is dedicated to frequent changes of partners, and it’s based on the most suitable music, dub house, given that massive echoing voices and effects recall the psychology above described.
File name is “echoing changes, by Max Look DJ (Mar 2026)”, 1 hour 21’ and 19” of trippy tunes, belonging to the dub house genre.
Echoes in your personal life, the playlist:
Keith Nunnally - seasons of love (Maurice's deep dub)
Todd Terry presents Sound Design - happy (dub mix)
Jackie Reverse - you are my cutie (Back Into 70's)
Joey Negro meets the Reese Project - so deep (Fruit mix)
D Train - D Train (dub mix by F. Kevorkian)
Electric Dred - butter up (instrumental)
Michael Wilson - groove it to your body (instrumental mix by F. Kevorkian)
Supercar - tonight (night dub)
Karen A. Jones - Aquarius (Trani's Love Message)
Rachid - pride (Dobie's It's a Thing mix)
Smoke City - underwater love (Morales Salsoul)
Dua Lipa - don't start now (Purple Disco Machine extended)
Musia Soulchild - just friends (Sunny) (Masters at Work dub)
T & F and Moltosugo Vs Rondò Veneziano feat. Ce Ce Rogers - stay (Broggio Vs Strump Dump mix)
Shakedown - at night (Mousse T's Feel Much Better mix)
Brand New Heavies - sometimes (Nuyoricans Meet the Heavies)
Asian Dub Foundation - tu meri
