back on Twitter to say I’ve started a newsletter, talking to interesting people who love music about how intentional discovery can still bring joy even in these frictionless times. Nostalgia is great, the algorithm is great, you can fight them. Free at howwelisten.co.uk !!
this may be toxic but I live for when it’s 23 degrees out and London gaslights me into thinking it’s the best city in the world
Today, in things I never thought I’d get to witness - the Dominican Republic (that’s where I was born! and my other nationality) played (and didn’t lose?!) its first ever game at a “proper” football tournament against Egypt at the Paris Olympics 🇩🇴
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It's not that profound: the music industry needs culture, the music industry needs breeding grounds, the music industry needs music journalism, the music industry needs music venues, the music industry needs musicians who get paid.
PSA per i miei amici italiani all’estero, se non vi siete mai iscritti all’AIRE è ora di farlo, il caro governo ha introdotto delle multe per chi non lo fa
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Just watched the Glasto crowd sing Someone You Loved for a clearly struggling Lewis Capaldi and it is suddenly very, very dusty in our house. Very fair play everyone.
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Music fans: "why doesn't the music press Elevate new bands and give them a chance?
Also music fans when it does just that: "why is that new band getting coverage? Must be bought, a conspiracy".
Yes it is as dumb as it sounds.
l’ultima volta che ero così teso dovevo andare alla prima date con @ffernweh e appena arrivato al ristorante ho rotto un bicchiere #MilanInter
I’m sorry but I will never not laugh at the irony of band dudes making fun of fans they’ve met because “they don’t get sarcasm” or “are awkward” in a foreign language when they probably can’t spell “danke” after touring Germany for a month every year for the past decade
seeing @themenzingers AND Milan beating Juve on my birthday? I’ll take it. A+
Yesterday was general election day in Italy, things really didn’t work out great (as expected). Went to see @frankturner in the evening and I’ll just say the song ‘1933’ hit a lot closer to home than it usually does.
“don’t go mistaking your house burning down for the dawn”
















