David Schembri

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Dear Spotify, what about listening to an entire live Radiohead album makes you think that I'm open to listen to any other band when it's done? Take the hint.

‘Il-Ballata tax-Xagħri’: a love song for the garrigue It pays tribute to the spaghetti western soundtracks and the instrumental music of the sixties

My latest and also first music video has been featured on @timesofmalta.bsky.social

Say what you want about Macs, but their user interface has barely changed since OSX came out, and using their OS is much more consistent than on Windows.

The great thing about the user interface of new Windows OSes is that it levels the playing field for old and new users alike. I've been using Windows (and even MS-DOS) for around 30 years and Win 11 feels so unfamiliar it may as well have been Linux.

Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing ‘illegal protests’ US president also claims he will imprison ‘agitators’ a day after administration called for review at Columbia University

More news from the land of the free.

YouTube video by KEXP Alt-J - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

It only took me 13 years (and having seen them live at Rock-a-Field in Luxembourg), but I'm finally into #alt-j.
Like books and films, I do believe that the #music will find you when you're ready for it.

I like how not-shit @bsky.app is, but I wonder how many users from smaller countries like me are affected by the lack of engagement. All the posts I'm suggested/shown are from the UK or the US.

Woke up with a hankering for Nickelback and pastizzi. I know they're supposed to be bad for you, but the stuff is well-crafted and hits the spot.

*tell your friend to hypothetically go there

The Belleville area for some beautiful grit - go there before sunset.

January 22, 1996

Radiohead released 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' as the second single from The Bends.

Bishop calls on Trump to ‘have mercy’ on migrants and LGBTQ+ people Right Rev Mariann Budde’s appeal amounts to bold public criticism and prompts frosty response from US president

Free speech and Christian values out in full force.
This is what having a backbone looks like.

Went through bookmarks and likes to save what I needed, and deactivated X. Here's some good stuff I was reminded of: cover for the 1931 Japanese translation of Woolf's Orlando // concept art for Batman Returns // Eva Green contact sheet // photo of Palestinian girls in the snow, Jerusalem 1921

To have all those billions, and no backbone.

Trump 2 .0: A New World Order
He's back. And this time he means business.
If only the left had got their house in order...

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Djarju 06.01.2024 Se jkolli nerġa’ nikteb kollox ta’ Joe Gatt Staqsejthom kif iħossuhom dwar il-bliet li jgħixu fihom issa u tawni tweġiba mimlija kwalifiki u eżitazzjoni. It-tnejn qalu li forsi xi darba għad imorru lura. Għaraft sew x’kienu qed jgħidu, jew għal...

"Bħal-lum tletin sena tlaqt minn Malta."

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

What a ridiculous organisation.

Saudi Arabia to be confirmed as 2034 World Cup football hosts by Fifa – live * World Cup hosts will be ratified during the Fifa Congress * A history of World Cup sportswashing | And email Niall Today’s Extraordinary Fifa Congress begins at 2pm (GMT), 3pm local time in Zürich. The agenda can be seen here; the process of…

Saudi Arabia to be confirmed as 2034 World Cup football hosts by Fifa – live

When I was 14 or so, I was actually at a crossroads over whether to get an electric guitar or a set of bagpipes.

I've just replaced the bridge on my new Jazzmaster without taking the strings off.
Pretty pleased with myself.
#itsthelittlethings #smallvictories

"Social media platforms have already poached most of the advertising that media companies relied on to survive. Not content with stealing our supper, now they seem intent on kicking us out of the house."

Excellent piece on @timesofmalta.bsky.social by @bertrandborg.bsky.social

Important question: given that this isn't Twitter, is this still considered a tweet?

This feels like a full-circle moment: the book I worked on after my shifts at The Times of Malta 13 years ago, has now been featured on a spread the same publication.
timesofmalta.com/article/i-sa...

I guess this is why you're here.

Thanks, friend!