Limbabwe Records

Thursday, 29 December, 2011

This place has weird winter weather situations. It’s a small valley, not canyon like (narrow) but hills smoothly going up almost all around. In the middle is a small, flat area about 100 meters wide. On one hill side of the valley its every day like full summer t-shirt temperature. The middle part is cold and slightly frozen every morning. The other hill side is cold, wet and partly frozen. Walking the valley at daytime from one side to other temperatures can vary in 10 degrees (Celsius) within few steps. Turning point is a little (2 steps) bridge over small stream on north side bottom. Immediately after crossing (direction west) temperature sinks drastically. All is ofcourse caused by low position of the sun. In this time of the year it doesn’t reach over the hills and trees warming up the west hillside but meanwhile shining bright on north.
Strange, the house (built by previous residents) is on the winter-cold/wet west side. Would think people prefer to live on the warmest and driest spot surviving the ‘worst’ season. Weather is similar all over the valley in the other seasons. Hot! Probably there were good reasons I still must discover having the house situated in winter-shadow.
On the sunny-side are old ruins. Cleaned one and created a nice terrace I can sit enjoying winter sun. Good spot! Plan building my hut there. Great hang out for next winter.

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Have some visitors for the xmass week. 2 dogs. Their keepers are on a short vacation celebration trip. The dogs are called Pataya and Rok. Already for few days I watch the utmost better soapshow any tv station ever could/can supply. Here we go…
This is the continuing story of ‘Porcaria’ (animal mess).
Here is Tomas.

Regular visitors from these pages know him a little. He lives together with the two female cats Branca

and Preta

at Juntas, Portugal. Last week two more dogs joined them for short visit, Rok

and Pataya.

Tomas likes Branca, but ignores Preta. Preta made that very clear in their first encounter by taking position (‘if you come to close I smash your face’). Branca likes Tomas and Tomas likes Branca. They play, kiss, lick each-other all the time. Often Tomas cozy rubs Branca behind the ear. Its real love but without being racist they figured out that cats and dogs can’t do ‘it’ together what forces their relation to be pure platonic. Branca and Preta like each-other too. They sleep together every night. Obviously besides her interest in male dogs, Branca has lesbian feelings towards Preta that got answered. Preta is faithful to Branca and doesn’t seem to mind that her girlfriend flirts around. Rok, a castrated male, likes Tomas and Tomas likes him. To the disturbance of Branca who stays at distance, they often play rough and wild manly games finishing with licking each-others sexual parts. Obviously Tomas is interested in this smaller (but older) boy. Rok doesn’t mind playing around with a young attractive teenager. Pataya is much older and looks at all this like a disturbed queen. To demand respect she forces everybody making space of at least 1 meter and bow when she wants to pass by. Incidentally Pataya comments if situations are too disturbing for her.
Today Tomas tried to seduce Pataya while Branca was trying to get her attention by rolling over the floor. Meanwhile Rok was chasing Preta who ran together with Branca on the roof, unreachable for dogs. Therefore Pataya raced by Rok taking lead in the afternoon walk while Tomas kept up with her. To get his attention Rok jumped in the bushes successfully immediately followed by Tomas who didn’t want to miss this opportunity. Back in the house Branca and Petra awaited the complete party. Pataya chased Petra who smashed Tomas who licked Branca who jumped on Rok. Confused? Well I am. This is the endless continuing story of

‘Porcaria’.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2011

Has been few days again. Enjoying the weather and working. Few pictures today. Posted about the famous Portuguese forest fires few months ago. Here the result after the fire. Desolated landscape of black trees. Hope is on ground level where new life starts.

Will start some construction. Building a hut, barn and such. Chopped some woodfor that. Here the wood.

Here the spot I took it from.

Its going to be interested months. Always wanted to build from zero with natural material given to me from nature and/or human dump places. Keep you updated!

Wednesday, 14 December, 2011

So how are you all doing? (weird opening from a post?) Like the new look from this site? Old guestbook entries will return. Everything else works, I think. If you miss previous published material, find broken links or notice other failures, please let me know.
Considering time of the year (December) weather is still great here. Biggest part of the day I spend outside working, drinking coffee and eat lunch. Its very comfortable when the sun shines. Ok, there are a few rainy days too. That doesn’t bother me. Evenings are colder but not freezing. I go inside and burn the wood fire. Comparing with my former location this is easy, warm, comfortable and pleasant.
The irregular posting is an extension of my lifestyle. I let it come and go as it is (it = life). I afford myself this luxury with the knowledge you only live once. Don’t want life wasting away in a 9 to 5 repeating career boredom. Prefer to keep it dynamic! Let it change regularly. Take risks, move around, try new challenges. Even now, reaching age many start thinking about the approaching retirement, I am busy planning future adventures. Easy going nowadays (am few years older). Few decades I have been hopping around in a life full with speedy dynamics. There are official meanings for the word ‘dynamic’ (see few posts ago below). My interpretation is what I write in these lines today. I understand not everybody feels the need for adventure. Whatever attracts you for your own good without bothering others.
Opposite of dynamic is popmusic, the most conservative boring music style ever. Nobody in pop pioneers, invent, experiment. You get the same overcooked tasteless hotchpotch over and over again. Even at Limbabwe you find few ‘unsalted’ recordings (not all) in the downloads (they are free, go ahead, grab!) Pop is not an expression, art-form or creative exhaust valve. It was, is and always will be cheap soap for making cash!

Thursday, 08 December, 2011

Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός – dynamikos “powerful”, from δύναμις – dynamis “power”).

In music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a sound or note, but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic (staccato, legato etc.) or functional (velocity). The term is also applied to the written or printed musical notation used to indicate dynamics. Dynamics do not indicate specific volume levels.

Yep, lets talk some more about dynamics. Dynamic for sure does not mean volume.
Ofcourse dynamics can be interpreted more widely nowadays than just technical music terms. Often though people in ‘pop’ mention dynamics inappropriate. Pop musicians repeat the same formula endlessly. This is slacking, exactly the opposite of dynamic.  Raises questions like: Why is this boring popmusic so popular? Is dynamics unpopular? Don’t pop musicians give shit because they just want to make easy cash? Do most people prefer to live a boring life?
Lots of questions and posts to write about this subject. I will come back on this upcoming days. And again I would like to inform you that for me the word ‘pop’ includes all styles, not only music obviously created for quick sales, although all pop is just that. Pop includes everything that is not jazz or classical. Pop is Led Zeppelin, Ice T, Metallica, Miles Davis, Mozart, Joy Division, Pink Floyd,..folk, country, metal, rap, hip hop, underground, noise, college radio, seattle, techno, house, punk, hardcore, rock, soul, funk, r & b, r ‘n’ r, fusion, and everything else without dynamics I didn’t mention.  Light up the dynamite!