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fflavio

@fflavio.bsky.social
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I play and teach guitar (classical, electric, acoustic). Teach up to & beyond ABRSM Grade 8, also TR&P, Rockschool. I read, write and take photographs. Venezuelan/Italian in London.

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David Davies @dsixbass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The news
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As I teach on week-ends, Thursdays is my day of doing nothing, so I'm washing clothes, preparing programme for what I'm going to play on Sunday, getting the rubbish and recycling ready to take it down to the bin store room, preparing a shopping list for shopping and errands to do later...
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do have a listen and, maybe, maybe, buy the track if you like it: fflavio.bandcamp.com/follow_me
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A Moment's Thought, by fflavio
track by fflavio
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'Sidereal Moments' is a work by Walter Fabeck dedicated to me, which I premiered at Burgh House on 2002. This was recorded in concert at Rustique, Tufnell Park, London on 23/07/26. youtu.be/Dx3sTfTpQU8 guitar ,contemporaryguitarmusic ,classicalguitar ,rustique ,tufnellpark ,kentishtown ,london
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'Sidereal Moments' by Walter Fabeck
YouTube video by Flavio Matani Guitar
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
fflavio.bandcamp.com/follow_me Recorded live at the Summer Garden Recital, Café Rustique, London. #guitar #acousticguitar #classicalguitar #flavmusic
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A Moment's Thought, by fflavio
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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
People of Clacton! your mission is clear!!! I for one welcome our new intergalactic overlords!!
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Garden Gutiar concert at Rustique went very well. We had a full house (that is not saying much since capacity must be around 25 to 30) and they seemed to enjoy it. Should do more of these....
Me playing guitar at a garden recital.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interesting watching the vitriol gently drift from being aimed exclusively at Boomers, to GenX now being in the crosshairs as responsible for all the world's ills. Perhaps it's simply that each generation has a cohort of powerful, wealthy, entitled people who only care about themselves?
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ah, seems to be resolved now.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Facebook seems to be down, at least here. One of my Instagram accounts also gives me an error page but the other one loads ok.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I have to say, I hate Dice and all that sort of event ticket seller where you have to download their app, consent to their Ts&Cs, find that they withhold the ticket till two hours before the event -& the ticket is solely in the app, no alternative. If your phone is flaky, or the app, etc no ticket
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Juliet (can't remember the actor's name) is very good. But especially Walker ( a man in the books but works much better as a late middle age agoraphobic woman)
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So says the writer of the books, even!
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Crowd noise sort of scares me. There was a lot of that earlier and then suddenly it's gone very quiet. No, I don't need to be told what that was about, but it is something outside of my world.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Watching Foundation. In the books, Demerzel is R Daneel Olivaw. In the series Demerzel is more like the Borg Queen.... #foundation #demerzel #etodemerzel #borgqueen
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
that is... scary....
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ah, i miss a lot of it. Not the twice-daily crash, mind....
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
At least my sister and family are ok but a lot of people in my hometown (Caracas) are not (and a cousin of ours in La Guaira, the worst affected area, is still missing -one amongst thousands)i. The US Geological Survey estimates upwards of 10000 deaths -hoping they are wrong. #earthquake #venezuela
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Given the humidity levels in the UK, the fact that meteorology reports aren't routinely including wet bulb temperatures is a dreadful omission. Never heard of wet bulb? Please learn, because it's something you really need to know. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bul...
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Wet-bulb temperature - Wikipedia
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thunder _before_ the proper heat-wave? Hadn't seen that.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sciatica (if that's what it is) is no fun at all....⚡️
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 10/06/2026
Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/
Comic. [Person in front of images of pogs, a Tamagotchi, and huge fungal tower over mossy ground.] PERSON: Who else remembers pogs? Tamagotchis? Vast forests of prototaxites towering over the mossy landscape as armored fish stir in the deep? [caption] Due to a database error, millennial nostalgia now includes a portion of the Early Devonian.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Guitar players across the globe are vowing to boycott Fender guitars. Fender has announced a new project to try and win them over, it's called the Fender Disastercaster. It's actually a shame to see an American business with a lot of great history take this step and destroy itself.
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Fender reportedly demands boutique builders stop making Stratocaster-style guitars: this is what it means for the industry
At least one US guitar brand is claiming that they’ve been told to destroy their S-type instruments and pay damages to Fender – but what are the facts behind the headlines?
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I forgot to mention here that I did play that concert at Café Palestina and it went very well, contrary to my usual fears about these things (i'll make a mess, forget the music, nobody will turn up, etc). Full house. Half th proceeds go to their charity. I was rel. happy with my playing. All good.
Me playing a guitar concert at Café Palestina here in Kentish Town.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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The River. #riverthames #... - @fflavio | Loops.video
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
@mikeduncan.bsky.social laying it down: Charles I, Nicholas II, Louis XVI weren't even as stupid as Tr*mp is (and see what happened to them) but he has the power to do far more damage than they ever did. And he is doing it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzW...
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‘Trump is the most stupid leader in history’ – with Revolutions host Mike Duncan
YouTube video by American Friction
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My recital at Café Palestina last night went very well. It may be a little silly to talk about a 'sell-out' when their events room takes 30 ppl max but, still, a sell-out; half the proceeds go to their charity. Thank you so much to those of you who were there (and liked it), I really appreciate it.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Wow! Sounds like something out of a Monty Python sketch... by the sound of it, good riddance, non?
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands / artists you’ve seen live. New Model Army Pink Floyd / Roger Waters Depeche Mode Ensturzende Neubaten Fields of the Nephilim Lebanon Hanover Tool Nine Inch Nais Kaelan Mikla Nitzer Ebb
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Happy Birthday!! :)
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
12° C mid May. London has many lovely things but the weather seldom is one of them…,
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Teaching on Zoom now. My pupil is currently playing an easy version of 'Fly me to the Moon' and... Eric Clapton's version of 'Crossroads' (which is a bit more difficult). Yes, he's doing both acoustic and electric (not at the same time... b'dum tish..) #guitarlessons #guitar
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Gothtart @gothtart.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Saturday night Mondlicht club downstairs at The Albany, London with djs @dj-ben.bsky.social and @martinoldgoth.bsky.social
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Raise your hand those who believe that shooting was real and not staged. Nobody? I thought so...
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Playing at the @cafepalestina on Friday 22nd May 2026. Would be good to see some of you there. Details in bio. As always, it would be helpful if you bought tickets early so we have an idea re numbers, etc. #guitar #classicalguitar #flaviomatani #kentishtown #cafepalestina #yulongguoguitars #london
Playing at the @cafepalestina on Friday 22nd May 2026. Would be good to see some of you there. Details in bio. As always, it would be helpful if you bought tickets early so we have an idea re numbers, etc.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Good riddance. May this trend continue.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I say the Vulcans are taking their own sweet time coming. And we seem to have somebody worse than Khan Noonien-Singh at the reins.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/04/2026
CREATION Happy April Fool's Day! xkcd.com/3227/
4-panel comic. (1) [Black panel with white text boxes] TEXT BOX: And God said, "Let there be light," (2) [Sun radiating light.] TEXT BOX: And there was light. (3) [View of bright sun rising over Earth's horizo] (4) TEXT BOX: God saw that light was-- [Chat bubble from Earth] CHAT BUBBLE: Can you add support for dark mode?

Open xkcd.com to view toggles for different modes.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Shame. Having just finished 'Project Hail Mary' which is political, social commentary and 'woke' (how I hate that word) to the hilt SF and now to find that the author does not believe in any of it. How does that work?
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We may be walking into a dystopian world where what you do or say or look up online is info being collected and may be used against you. @seanmcarroll.bsky.social 's 'Mindscape' podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOZ...
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson on How Your Data Will Be Used Against You | Mindscape 347
YouTube video by Sean Carroll
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Had very yummy dinner at @cafepalestina tonight. May play a concert again in their events room in the late spring, fingers crossed. More on this anon. Couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the ceramic and assorted stuff. #cafepalestina #kentishtown #neighbourhood
Dinner at Café Palestina.Olive oil and various things at Café Palestina.Ceramics and various things at Café Palestina.Ceramics and various things at Café Palestina.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
THREAD. THIS ISN'T HARD, PEOPLE.
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
There is bad news. Majd's condition has deteriorated, and he really needs to get out of Gaza to get adequate treatment. Aya urgently needs to raise funds for his medicine. gofund.me/6b0df7824 @dgmeek92.bsky.social @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @merryrobin.bsky.social @fairshare.help 🍉
A cheerful-looking Palestinian man with his three young daughters crowded around him, at a displaced persons' camp on a beach.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid An immigrant from foreign, distant lands -probably not a good thing, in these dark times. (didn't quite end up like this one, but hey)
George Reeves as Superman/clark kent
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Super-creepy and indeed like the start of a horror film. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...
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A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?
Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci...
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Yikes. Reading article on 'Wired' on Peter Thiel, who is one of the richest, most powerful men in the world, as well as a Trump supporter... and an extreme fundie Christian bent on bringing about Armageddon, an idea he got from a Nazi lawyer. apple.news/ASkA50fXCSq2...
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The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession — WIRED
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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fflavio on Instagram: "Morning 2. #morning #sunrise #London #kentishtown"
0 likes, 0 comments - flaviomatani on March 4, 2026: "Morning 2. #morning #sunrise #London #kentishtown".
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.facebook.com/flaviomatani...
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Flavio Matani
Morning 1.
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I wasn't even aware that this cartoon by @tomgauld.bsky.social had generated a long stream of memes, like the one here. Topical and ever more relevant today. Wonder what he thinks about the phenomenon.
'Our Blessed Homeland' - 'Their Barbarous Wastes'
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fflavio @fflavio.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Maybe I don't want 'intelligent' vacuum cleaners or fridges that tell me I'm low in milk... Excerpt From “Security News This Week: Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums” Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner WIRED UK apple.news/A-fIK95UsQwK...
'Area man accidentally hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums'
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