Ghax il-kultura mihiex b’xejn u galadarba jinstabu l-flejjes ghal futbol (li minnu sodisfazzjon qatt ma hadna) ghandom jinstabu ghal kultura wkoll.

L-isbah haga li t-teatru jopera kull meta jista. Anke profit ta’ 500 euro ahjar minn gurnata maghluq minghajr profit.

Issa fil-kaz taghna it-teatru jista jaghmel izjed minn hekk. Pero banda ta’ 10 min nies trid taghmel profit ta’ €1500 (mill-inqas) BILFORS biex tkampa.

Iz-zminijiet li wiehed jiddetta u l-iehor ihallas spiccaw. Wiehed irid ipoggi u jahdem skond ic-cifri disponibbli. Ic-cifri li provdejna ahna huma realsitici u bi ftit rieda jistghu jigu akkomodati.

Biz-zewg partijiet jaghmlu l-profitt taghhom. Jekk tridu izjed dettalji ta’ logitika iccekkjaw il-profil tieghi fuq Facebook. Hemm kollox. Sa l-icken dettal. Ilni sitt snin inkampa ghal rasi u naf x’jien nghid u x’jien naghmel.

U din li tpoggu kulhadd f’keffa ta PL u PN f’KULL argument tridu taqtawh. IKBRU FTIT.

Jien PL ivvutajt u l-progett tal-Belt Valletta joghogobni hafna. Il-kxaxen f’mohhkom qieghdin …..u fil-qalb hazina tal-mostri li tippropagaw bil-fanatizmu politiku taghkom.

Tal-ahhar: stajt mort ghand xi Herrera jew xi Alla iehor kieku ridt. Offrewli u RRIFJUTAJT ghax ma nemminx li politici ser isolvu l-problemi ta’ infrastruttura li ghandna.

Bghattom jixxejjru bhalma bghatt lil-William MAngion jixxejjer. Minflok komplejt niddiskuti mal-proxxmi li qieghdin jippruvaw jaghmlu bicca xoghol tajba fil-kariga rispettiva taghhom.

Sfortunatment kultant il-burokrazija tahem kontrihom ukoll. Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar dejjem hemm xi accountant inutli li jridu jirrispondu ghalih.

1. Brikkuni QATT ma riedu jew hadu xejn free, Ahna whud mil-ftit nies li ghandna x-xorti nkunu self sufficient ghax nemmnu li ma jezistux ‘free lunches’. IMKIEN

2. L-ilment tiegh kien jirrigwarda n-nuqqas ta vizjoni fl-ewwel dewqa li kelli tat-tregija. Teatru bhall dak (li lili DEJJEM ghogobni tant li QATT ma inghaqadt mal-brigata li kienet kontinwament tghid li huwa ikrah u inutli) jirrikjedi skaletta ta prezzijiet sabiex ikunu jistghu jigu akkomodatai produzzjoni kemm kummercjali u ohrajn izjed ta’ nicca li mhux ser jigbdulek daqstant nies (mhux neccessarjament ghax il-kwalita tkun fqira izda ghax f’pajjiz ta 400 elf ruh ma tistghax tippetendi udjenzi ta eluf ghal hwejjeg kemmxejn raffinati (il-percentwali huma pro rata ghal kull pajjiz

3. b’dan mhux qieghed nghid li ahna grupp ta nicca estrema. Ahna bejn wiehed u iehor ahna il-hamesl-ikbar grupp fil-pajjiz f’termini ta biljetti mibjugha (li jfisser li nbieghu madwar 500 iljett ghal kull kuncert. Cifra li tinstema ridikola pero emmnuni dawk hafna ghal pajjiz ta 400K) Jigifieri huwa ridikolu li banda f’din il-faxxa ma tistghax taffordja li taccedi ghal tali spazju

4. Ahna ma nfittxux sponsor ghax ma nemmnux li ghandna nbieghu xi haga ohra hlief il-muzika. Ghandna obbligi lejn l-ammiraturi taghna u lejn il-lirika tal-kanzunetti taghna (jew ahjar tieghi)Minn dejjem iddizgustatni id-dinja konsumerista li nghix fiha u mhux lest nipprostitwixxi fehemti f’gieh l-zijed haga li nhobb f’hajjti (bizzejjed nipprostitwixxi ruhi biex semplicement nghix)

5. Jien ilni nimmilita sentejn nipproponi soluzzjoni irhas li jistghu jevitaw tali sitwazzjonijiet imbarazzanti (fosthom inqas burorazija zejdamil-pulizija meta tapplika sabiex tuza spazju pubbliku. Strutturi MA JEZISTUX. Ghanda xi 5 Amfiteatri li jiswew bagatella liria li ma jista jaccedi ghalihom hadd u jekk tipprova taccedi ghalihom, u ma jkollokx il-konoxxenza ta xi bidillu setghan, demmek igibuhulek ilma

6. Ghandi kuntent li l-PN qala damdima. Ma nhallatx il-hass mal-bass. M’ghandi bzonn l-empatija ta hadd.

Grazzi hafna

The way he spoke today about ‘the elite’, makes one think we owe him that stage.

Who’s this wanker? If there’s one thing that puts people off, it’s ‘artists’ with a grudge.

As for those peeking in, they could enjoy a bit of the show without the Government taking public funds as it did for the Joseph Calleja concert, in yet another populist move.

When enough time has passed and events have proved them wrong, I am sure that they and their organisations would be in the forefront in the defense of these iconic projects that they now so loudly criticize.

This has happened before when the Tal-Karmnu church dome was being built in the late 60s/early 70s, and in that case the concerns about the scale and impact on the Valletta skyline had some legitimacy. Yet today the same dome so vilified at the time is an icon of Valletta, whether one likes it or not.

What is telling is that none of them said anything against them.

Kenneth, let your anger at your failure to get your own way subside before attempting to enter Valletta by the main entrance once again. The cooling off period may allow you to come to terms with yourself, uplift your spirit and start to appreciate the genius that is Piano.

I believe that her account reveals that Piano’s project was intended so that the patrons’ attention can be directed onto the surrounding heritage and history, and not onto the dress, makeup and bowtie of those who think they are the cultural elite of the country.

Well, Mario Vella of Brikkuni had this to say on his FB wall after the election (I didn’t lift this off myself, but copying it from someone who did,

“.”Good riddance to bad rubbish. It has been a perverse pleasure watching the PN sinking slowly and painfully. Let’s hope they regroup, rid themselves of their unwarranted god complex and replace their sorry excuse for a leader and vice leader with individuals who will deliver some… See More much needed respite rather than spite. And Lejber…our eyes are on you. Switchers such as myself will be here to ask for your head in 5 year’s time should you fail to deliver on your promise of transparency and accountability.”

So frankly I’m not too sympathetic towards them. In any case, why should they get it for free?

Not Mario Vella of Brikkuni. He’s off in a huff. Bad attitude.