Here we are with Claudio Spinosi, aka Bob, a trumpet player and one of the historical palla a 21 players, during an impromptu photo shoot to provide images for a Tuscan newspaper, on paintings by Franco “Cangialli” Soldatini, a painter from the Farma Valley. Things which may happen on a Friday morning in Torniella, Southern … Continue reading The Set for the Cangialli Paintings Photo Shoot
Romano Granci from Casal di Pari and Claudio Spinosi (aka Bob) from Torniella elaborate on innovation technology applied to the automotive sector. This happens while in the background folks from Florence try to play Palla a 21, locals meet visitors from whom they already met 1991 in a disco, and other typical situations. This all … Continue reading Sunday, after lunch, in Casal di Pari, Tuscany (Feb. 17, 2019)
In Casal di Pari, Southern Tuscany, Feb. 17, 2019. We then had an interview with Romano Granci, and the story of the FIAT 500 in Finland, told by Bob.
sabato 5/1/2019 a Torniella (GR) con: Peter Crivelli, guitars and vocals Wolfgang Scheibe, one-string bass Dario Canal, lead vocals, guitar, washboard Jack O’Malley, drums, guitar, vocals Simone Sandrucci, guitars, vocals Fabiano Spinosi, drums Peter Marini (guitars and vocals in “Noi non siamo figli” and “Sognando il Vaticano”, then transforming into Pyro DJ with his vynils … Continue reading The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band during the “Live and vynils Night” in Torniella, Tuscany
The topic of the evening was memories from 1968, and at least half of the instruments were at least from that year (kudos to the Giacomelli and Spinosi families for lending the Eko guitars). For more information see the main web page for the collective. For booking write to jugbandcm@pibinko.org
On Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 we were invited at the Tana del Bianconiglio (White Rabbit Hole) recording studio in Montecchio, a tiny village not far from Pisa, for a recording session putting together three generations and moods from different latitudes. Let’s see who was there, and how they got to this spot. The line-up The headliners, and hosts, … Continue reading Sep. 27, 2018: Etruschi & Friends Country Session at the White Rabbit Hole in Tuscany
[For a general presentation of the Festival see the Nov. 28 post] Some visitors reached the valley already in the morning, enticed by the idea of getting to know this lesser know part of Tuscany. Indoor activities started early PM, with a printing workshop by Wolgfang Scheibe from Tatti, who delivered t-shirts, cards and other … Continue reading Farma Valley Winter Fest 2017: how did it go
Please note: not all the weekly newsletters issued in the past 23 weeks have been translated into English…you can still review most of the initiatives and events presented in the English version of the news. With the presentation of the 2017 BuioMetria Summer Campaign and the “Earth Observation Open Science” conference in Frascati on Sep. … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter #24 (Oct. 2, 2017) – end of part 1 for 2017
The flyer The July 27 AM interview for “Cult” (Radio Popolare Milano) In Italian: http://www.pibinko.org/out/20170727-cult-vdf.mp3 Highlights Observed objects Summing up those recorded by our two stargazing guides: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn. M31, M51, M13, M22, M57, M16, M17, M8, M20, M11, M26, M52, M6, M7, M57, M27. Night sky quality measurements …for the BuioMetria Partecipativa project. … Continue reading Farma Valley Day and Night at the Belagaio State Reserve (Southern Tuscany) – how did it go
Our geomusical activity continues, after the launch at the Farma Valley Winter Fest (December 17, 18 and 19, 2016), the presentation at the FOSS4G conference in Genua (9-2-2017), the international webinar for Geo4all/ASPRS (7-4-2017) and the lecture at Politecnico di Milano (30-5-2017). At the 12th conference of the Geomatics and Information Technologies section of the Italian … Continue reading Geomusic at GIT 2017 (Gavorrano, Southern Tuscany, June 12-13, 2017)