Since the very first online moments of the pibinko.org network (the first web page written by pibinko is dated 1994, and the first site un pibinko activities was launched in 2006) we have proudly maintained our contents at leat in Italian and English (please note that on our sites we have around 6000 articles.
For our first tour in Germany with the JBCM we actually started a line of articles in German, with Wolfgang Scheibe providing the translations in addition to hand-made prints and one-string basslines. After the months we looked each other in the eye and said “Really?“.
Translating has never been a technical issue (pibinko also works as a translator and reviewer for international companies). However, with the launch of the uni*rural* (and after publishing a couple of months ago an announcement for translators) we start with the following line, considering the significant amount of material we expect to write:
We will be stopping the creation of the English versions of our articles (unless this is required by a customer or has a specific value for the network).
If you have issues reading our material in Italian, feel free to try your favourite translator (just reminding that, with the online ones there is a history of mistakes made on pibinko text))…
If, at any moment, your favourite translator will not suffice, we are available to provide clarifications and further information.
Otherwise, we will end up spending more time translating than doing the things we write about! Thank you for your understanding, and good luck with the improvement of your Italian on the pibinko.org sites! We will be re-assessing the case at the end of May 2026.
(**) Per la precisione bisogna escludere testi di canzoni di cui abbiamo curato la traduzione et similia, che comunque sono una quota trascurabile del totale
I am receiving around one e-mail per month, at least, with this subject. So the question is once more raised…why, as a professional and a researcher should I be interested to “preemptivee generation” of a random article from my scientific literature body of work?
In addition to not wanting this, and getting mildly irritated (but this is my fault), I also need to spend unwarranted time and energy to interrupt this sterile flow of information. Why? Because in order to do this I need to log in in my profile on this prestigious platform for the promotion of academic content, and toggle off an option which I never toggled on in the first place. In the meantime, people are suffering, and the ice caps are melting (o vice versa, you choose the order).
If you know of a valid reason for which, in a professional space, the preemptive generation of podcasts based on your original content makes sense, please let me know at micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228. I will be glad to buy you a drink the next time we meet.
p.s. clearly – is it worth to unsubscribe from the prestigious platform and then risk being told by fellow scientist “hey, are you not on ABCDEFGXXXX? come oooon” (choose your favourite accent)
In 2013 I was invited, as the Italian point of contact in the European “Loss of the Night” research network (LoNNe) with BuioMetria Partecipativa, to the first night sky monitoring campaign for this project. This was in the island of Lastovo, Croatia.
In a meeting held on Sep. 12 with the friends from Circolarte (the space where the micro-exhibition was to be held, and where the bar was located) the key question was: how many people will attend? As usual, it is difficult to count people in an event of this type.
An estimated headcount, averaging three or four guesses at the end of the event are between 80 and 100 dancing souls in the final part. Let’s say 90. With an official resident population of 189 (2021), this is like having 600000 people in Milano [1]. Around half the the attendees were not from Tatti.
The other element to be considered is that this was a perfect end-of-Summer day: sunny, warm, breezy here and there. So many people decided to reach a lesser-known inland hamlet to attend an event where they didn’t really know what was going to happen, rather than going to the beach.
In the initiatives organized by the pibinko.org network this is not a novelty…you really don’t know what is going to happen, it you are in an interdisciplinary event.
Una cosa simile capitò a cavallo fra il 2009 e il 2010 a Torniella, frazione di Roccastrada (GR), in cui si fece una festa di “capo danno” in cui arrivano 40 ospiti da fuori paese (allora sui 400 residenti), di cui una metà soggiornarono per tre giorni e due notti per una “experience” che alcuni ancora oggi definiscono “oltre Jodorowski”. Abbiamo poi visto e vissuto varie altre occasioni simili. Vi invito a leggere questo articolo sugli effetti della rete pibinko.org del 2023 per un approfondimento..i dati non sono aggiornati, ma lo spirito del discorso è sempre valido.
Come punti più a nord di cui abbiamo conoscenza, ci ha fatto piacere la visita di Benedetta e Vito da La California, frazione di Bibbona (LI) e di Stefano e Marusca (la fan n° 1 di Simone Sandrucci) da Pomarance (PI). Un’oretta di viaggio in auto. Da sud non mi è chiaro.
Cosa volevano?
Forse un fiorino? No, quello caso mai dovevamo chiederlo noi… ma qua la dissertazione potrebbe farsi lunga. Già troppe persone mi dicono che scrivo troppo, e comunque ho anche altre cose da fare, tipo mezza giornata di ferie dopo un mese di organizzazione della Jubelfesta, in mezzo ad altri progetti…
Il prossimo appuntamento con la Jug Band Colline Metallifere: in via di definizione (Dario Canal ci ha chiesto di dare indicazioni su un venerdì per novembre in provincia di Livorno)
Se avete video o foto della Jubelfesta che vi fa piacere condividere, scrivere a micalosapevo@pibinko.org o 3317539228, così prepariamo un reportage fatto meglio.
Per altre informazioni e booking della Jug Band Colline Metallifere come intrattenimento interdisciplinare: jugbandcm@pibinko.org o 3317539228.
Sigla
Brufolazzi, tapparella giù e poltiglia più ascella purificata: ti ricordi che meraviglia la festa delle medie? “Tu non vieni”. Non importa, sai, ci avevo judo. Ma se serve vi porto i dischi così potrete ballare i lenti, “Porta pure ma non entri”.
Ma perché siete così? Io che credevo, io che speravo. Parteciperò, mi autoinviterò, dannata festa delle medie. Mi presento: burp, haha, ciao ragazzi. Faccio un vento e gli cambio il clima, temporeggio bevendo spuma chiedo fonzi e mi danno avanzi. Cristo, perché?
Parapiglia. scatta il gioco della bottiglia Se avrò culo potrò “Tu non giochi” baciare. “Ahhiam fatto le squadre prima” palpare “Ma se aspetti fra un po’ finiamo” amare. Sì va be’ però poi balliamo, “Non ci rompere i coglioni”.
Sul piatto gira un geghegé, danzo da solo e me ne vanto. Fantastico zimbello, io Non consumerò, non deglutirò questa amarissima aranciata.
No, invitato no. niente fonzi no sul bicchiere no niente nome ho. Ballo lento no, ballo forte no, la bottiglia no, gioco scopa no. Amicizia no, cortesia no, convenienza no, ampio parcheggio no.
Basta Questa festa è insoddifacente, ma ne ho un’altra nella mia mente. Una festa molto particolare dove saranno invitati tutti: molti amici, molti nemici anche Panino.
Forza, Panino.
[1] non funziona proprio così, ma fa più effetto ;)
We have revamped the presentation of services by the pibinko.org network: interdisciplinary projects about culture, environment, promotion of lesser-known territories and products, etc…always with a soundtrack and a map!
The renovation of the ancient Fonte delle Tanelle in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, and of the adjacent washhouse, has been completed. The works have been supported by the Amministrazione Separata Beni Usi Civici (ASBUC) di Tatti, in the context of the activity it manages to benefit the local population.
If you are not from Tatti: in the map below you may see thee location of the fountain, together with a suggestion by ASBUC for a light hike (3.7 km) around the village, with the fountain as a mid-point for a stop and a snack along the way.
The Italian statistics institute (ISTAT) as of August 2025 provides a list of streets, avenues, squares which have been named in time. There are a little over 1.2 million names. The top street names as “Roma”, “Giuseppe Garibaldi” (the national hero for the unification of the country in the 19th century), “Dante Alighieri” (the author of the Divine Comedy) etc….but there are a lot of lesser known street names which turn out to be curious.
As an example, we started looking for streets and squares dedicated to singers/songwriters. In the map below you can see the ones for Lucio Battisti (the green circles), Rino Gaetano (the yellow diamond), Luigi Tenco (the blue triangle). The size of the symbol is related to the size of the street or square, and clicking on a symbol will show the name of the municipality where it is located*.
If you live in Italy, you know of a street or a square dedicated to a singer/songwriter, and you would like to add to the map the distribution of that name, please write to micalosapevo@pibinko.org. Also, if you know of streets or squares named after singers, songwriters, and musicians in other countries around the world, please let us know! NOTE: this is not a hit parade!
If you like the mapping initiatives by pibinko, you can support them (please contact micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228 for more information on how to do this).
Data source: Stradario ISTAT 4-8-2025
Photos: Wikipedia
Base map: OpenStreetMap
[1] Please note tha the locations used are the centroids of the municipal territory, since a given street or square may not just be located in the
No AI was involved in the creation of this article
The Jug Band Colline Metallifere, the inter-generational and international collective created in 2018 in Southern Tuscany to convey music and territorial issues has just returned from its fourth tour in Germany.
Thanks again to Huober Brezel, Thomas, Gerhard S., Gerhard G., Tatti Stay & See, Paul, Erika, Samuel, Luca & Cristina, Crissi, Florian and several other folks who helped to make this a successful mission. Ten events in ten days between Munich, Stuttgart, and its surroundings. Some friends from past years, as well as new situations. All of which very interesting and animated.
With Simone Sandrucci’s mobile studio we recorded various sets and in the coming weeks we will be selecting some material. To see all of the Jubel Tour articles in this blog: https://www.pibinko.org/en/?s=jubel+tour. Should you happen to have photos or videos of the events and you would like to share them, please write us (contacts below).
Photo credits: all photos are by Jug Band Colline Metallifere, except those by Marden Smith (Simone Sandrucci on the couch, the band on the Midnight Bazar stage, second last row , Jack O’Malley on drums, and Dario Canal + Simone Sandrucci at Vits Café…line 6), Gerhard Geerling (the band after the Tatti Stay and See concert, last row), Crissi Mosselman (the band in the market square in Ludwigsburg).
Following “episode 1” on May 9 (see blog post), on Sunday, June 15, the shooting of the documentary by Susan Gluth in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, continued, and we were once more involved with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere.
This time the set was at Guido and Valeria’s Ixtlan Agricamping. Following the shooting session, we also had the opportunity of jamming a little with Hans, one of the guests at the camping, who happens to be a very cool jazz guitarist.
