Jack O’Malley, featuring Mauro Tirannosauro on ultrasonic backing vocals, in a back-facing cover of Willin’ by Little Feat, looking South.
Making sense of the reference to crickets implies either a deep knowledge of places around Tatti, Southern Tuscany, where this video was shot, o sending a mail to micalosapevo@pibinko.org to inquire.
I been warped by the rain Driven by the snow I’m drunk and dirty, don’t you know And I’m still… willin’
And I was out on the road late at night I seen my pretty Alice in every headlight Alice, Dallas Alice
I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah Driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made Driven the back roads So I wouldn’t get weighed And if you give me weed, whites, and wine And you show me a sign I’ll be willin’… to be movin’
Well, I’ve been kicked by the wind Robbed by the sleet Had my head stoved in But I’m still on my feet And I’m still… willin’
I smuggled some smokes And folks from Mexico Baked by the sun Every time I go to Mexico And I’m still…
And I been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah Driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made Driven the back roads So I wouldn’t get weighed And if you give me weed, whites, and wine And you show me a sign I’ll be willin’… to be movin’
After wading through “phase 1” of the COVID-19 crisis in Italy with the launch of Participatory Lithology, we are glad to invite you for an online event we will be hosting on Saturday, May 16. There will a geoparty with the artists which have been animating in different ways our weeks since March 21, in their role as entertainers for our little resilience exercise started from Tatti, Southern Tuscany, and gradually engaging people from seven Italian regions.
Before the show, there will be a brief introduction to present the project: who are we? why did we start such a story in such a peculiar moment? what would we like to see happening in the near future? Is Elvis alive?
There will also be some updates on other historical initiatives by the pibinko.org network
The detailed schedule of the event, with times, guests, (nice) surprises, and more, will be provided by Monday, May 11.
To start getting into the groove, you may review the news section of the Jug Band C.M. and of the pibinko.org network, at least going back to March 14
If you are interested to sponsor this event: please visit this page.
The language of the event is TBD. It will reasonably be partly in Italian, but some form of English version will be considered, and we are evaluating also other languages in relation to our geographies of interest.
Between March 21 and April 30, 2020, with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere and some colleagues we produced six videos, proposing different examples of “geomusica”. With an outlook toward the mid-May Participatory Lithology event [1], we would like you to help us create the Lith’ Parade. This like a hit parade related to the first phase of our little participatory exercise on lithology. Below you find the videos listed by publication date. You can provide input on your preferred song by adding a comment at the end of this article [2].
By the way: if you like these videos, you can leave something in the Jug Band C.M.’s “digital hat“. The JBCM will distribute the amount resulting by May 15 evenly between the artists and the support staff who worked on these productions.
[1] The actual date and the program of the mid-May event will be published within a few days.
[2] Comments are subject to approval by the pibinko.org site administrators. If, for any reason, a comment will be rejected, the author will be contacted via e-mail with a motivation. The average netiquette of a typical digital community will be followed.
This was the first song which came to Jack O’Malley’s mind during the Participatory Lithology planning phase (March 15-20) to give a mood to the project. It was subsequently used as a base for the first rhyming presentation of the project, performed by Francesco Ceri from Matti delle Giuncaie. Starting form May 3, you can vote for Francesco’s song in the the Lith Parade, from which we will create a chart of the six geomusical songs produced by Jug Band Colline Metallifere & friends during Phase 1. Votate, votate, votate.
These were the lyrics by Jack O’Malley for Francesco:
Sono a Tatti e fotografo le pietre | I am in Tatti, taking picture of stones Sto a Torino e classifico le pietre | I am in Turin, and I am classifying stones Dovunque sono, sai, dei minerali assai | wherever I may be, if there loads of minerals li analizzo dalla rete senza guai | I analyze them on the net with no troubles Sarà così – finché mi va – sarà così | this is how it’s going to be, as long as I want to Quando ho fatto, a classificar le pietre | when I am done with classifying stones ci faremo un bel sito con le pietre | we will make a nice site with our stones Ma non solo in rete dài, se volete siamo qua | but, come on, not just on the web…if like we are here ci verrete a visitar in Maremma | you can come and visit us in Maremma [i.e. Southern Tuscany]
Since on May 4 I Italy we are starting “phase bue“, we thought of letting you hear the original song, which technically was not yet aired as a Lithobag. Most of all, we need to let you appreciate the hairdos of some of the characters in this video.
Tu sei buono e ti tirano le pietre. | you’re a good guy, and they throw stones at you Sei cattivo e ti tirano le pietre. | you’re a bad guy, and they throw stones at you Qualunque cosa fai, dovunque te ne vai, | Whatever you do, wherever you go sempre pietre in faccia prenderai.| you will always get stones in your face Tu sei ricco e ti tirano le pietre | you’re rich, and they throw stones at you Non sei ricco e ti tirano le pietre | you’re not rich, and they throw stones at you Al mondo non c’è mai qualcosa che gli va | In this world there is never anything ok e pietre prenderai senza pietà! | a without pity stones you will get Sarà così finché vivrai Sarà così | so it will be, until you live Se lavori, ti tirano le pietre.| if you work, they throw stones at you Non fai niente e ti tirano le pietre. | if you’re idle, they throw stones at you Qualunque cosa fai capire tu non puoi | whatever you do, you cannot understand se è bene o male quello che tu fai. | if it is good or base Tu sei bello e ti tirano le pietre. | you’re handsome, and they throw stones at you Tu sei brutto e ti tirano le pietre. | you’re ugly, and they throw stones at you E il giorno che vorrai difenderti vedrai | and the day that you will want to defend yourself, you shall see che tante pietre in faccia prenderai! | that you will get a load of stones in you face! Sarà così finché vivrai Sarà così.
To watch a total-adrenaline video of the special “Maremma rèlli” between Tatti and Roccatederighi, that led Mauro T. to go head over fee, you can check out this article. Vin Diesel could not stand all of it, and left the theatre as he was too impressed. Jason Statham, with all his “transporter” experience, did a bit better, but still he closed his eyes on some of the turns.
Mauro before the special Maremma rèlli trialMauro after the speciale rèlli trial
With an ambient audio from The Minutemen (and their Double Nickel on a Dime audio), this is just before phase “bue”, and various two- and four-legged characters along the way.
If you do not live in a rural area, we recommend also reading the “Bitter Maremma?” article from November 2016.
“rèlli” is the way an Italian would spell the world “rally” as pronounced by a lot of Italians (which is different than mother-tongue English speakers pronounce it). Explaining why we like using mis-spelled English words is out of the scope of this post, but we might come back later on this topic.
Dice Mauro Tirannosauro: ciao a-mici.. …ieri dietro casa a Tatti ho trovato questo gattino che si aggirava solingo, forse si è perso, forse si è ritrovato.. comunque: mi ha detto di chiamarsi Slim e che stava studiando l’ordinanza regionale n. 46 del 29.4.2020 per capire se può andare a spasso con dei topi
