Our next litho-tune was suggested by Elena from Grosseto. She wrote us on March 21, the very day on which we kicked off Participatory Lithology and issued our call for songs someway related to stones, rocks, and minerals. John Prine falls in the category of songwriters who manage to mix in a single story sad … Continue reading Lithobag #13, Apr. 10, 2020: Sam Stone
If you are taking a stroll downtown and you find a street performer that you like, you will leave a little money as a token of your appreciation, often in a hat. In this period where people’s whereabouts are a lot more digital, if you happen to find an act by Jug Band Colline Metallifere … Continue reading Digital Hat
Elio da Cascina (PI), assieme a Corrado da Milano guida al momento la classifica dei DJ resident (a casa) come intrattenitore per la Litologia Partecipativa, con sette brani ciascuno a tema pietre, sassi, rocce ecc. Per capire partecipare da intrattenitori alla Litologia Partecipativa, consultate questa pagina, oppure scrivete a Mauro il Tirannosauro. Fra gli altri … Continue reading Lithobag #12, Apr. 9, 2020: Stones in my Passway
…we know, the Tuscan Metalliferous Hills, llike other rural areas, are often the setting for sighting and exotic findings. Who could ever forget about the 2011 panther, the 2007 UFO near Roccatederighi, or -going further back- the Accesa Lake crocodile? [1]. Anyhow, should you be passing around Tatti, in the Massa Marittima area (Southern Tuscany), … Continue reading Should you meet a T-Rex in Tatti, Southern Tuscany
[Prima di andare oltre: se vi manca, vedete anche la canzone della Litologia Partecipativa con Mauro il Tirannosauro. E’ uscita ieri e piace molto] …ora che ci siamo ricomposti….Questa segnalazione ci arriva dal nostro Dario Canal, lassù a Torino, sotto la Mole e parecchio attivo fra reading e concerti dal balcone (che però tiene suonando … Continue reading Lithobag #11, Apr. 8, 2020: Animali
The Jug Band Colline Metallifere (Metalliferous HIlls Jug Band) represents the musical branch in the little Participatory Lithology exercise launched on March 21, 2020 from Tatti, Southern Tuscany, by the pibinko.org network. In pratice, with Mauro the T-Rex as our creative director (see him spinning some vinyls in the header image) we are: Curating a … Continue reading Participatory Lithology
Following the “hard-folk” performance by Francesco Ceri from Matti delle Giuncaie, here comes the third Participatory Litology track proposed by the Jug Band Colline Metallifere. Imagine a jazz club ambiance: low ceiling, spirals of smoke in the air, whisky with ice, stirred, not shaken. Images flow in the background, between snapshots of Tatti, Southern Tuscany, … Continue reading Tatti and its Stones, feat. Liliana Cafiero (Participatory Lithology, Take 3)
To understand what Participatory Lithology is, and how we propose it, please see the summary of our first week of activity (March 21-27, 2020). In this project we have considered four roles: collectors, classifiers, entertainers, and sponsors. Let’s see here what entertainers can do. Resident (at home) DJ If, withouth looking it up on a … Continue reading Participatory Lithology: Instructions for the Entertainers
We are writing from Tatti, a small (pop. 209) village in Southern Tuscany, Italy. To give you some bearings, we are some 100 km “South by Southwest” of Florence. As a sort of resilient response to the COVID-19 crisis, we have launched on March 21 a project called “participatory lithology“. This is our project logo: … Continue reading Participatory Lithology is looking for an English mother-tongue vocalist/musician
In the Participatory Lithology project we are opening the sixth season of our branobag blog series. Given the context of the project, the articles will be issued as “lithobags”. If you don’t know what a branobag is, you can easily find out from this page. There will be two important differences with respect to previous … Continue reading Lithobag #1: Rock and a Hard Place