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The mad flautist ..........cali
A month or so ago one of the guys that lives here in the "big friendly house" whilst cooking his almuerzo happened to mention that the previous night he had been kept tossing and turning all night because of a tune, a tune repeated over and over again all night and this afformentioned tune had deprived him of valuable shut eye, beauty sleep if you will. HA of course, ok your way ahead of me, bad dream I asked. No No No his rapid retort, its hapenning alot lately so much so I've bought ear plugs. I meandered off thinking, well if you sample the local goods welcome to the world of wierd. When another of the " big friendly house" clients complained of a possible vagrant who has stolen a flute and practises the calling signal from the film "close encounters" remember the tune "do Do do do Dooo" and this looney or "troubador" I prefer to think being a strugling musician myself has targeted this house to sit outside under the cover of darkness avoiding highly trained vigilantes with evil wooden sticks to rehearse an important role maybe in the west end of london, the stage version of Close encounters of the Cali kind, I digress. So, in my apathy and "whatever" state of mind I persued my frantic day to day life for a few days thinking nothing of this wannabe Jethro Tull userper, you know getting on with the norm and so forth only to be bitten on the ass when one pleasant night around midnight two other clients stormed down cussing, " no more, no more, kill the flautist in a kind of mob rules hysterical blood lust gargle. At this time I was doing a little home improvement to the BFH, so the blood thirsty mob grabbed anything at hand, conduit, electrical cable, hammers, chisels, at one stage because I was so still and calm someone grabbed my arm but I held onto it. Anyway like a scene from frankenstien off they set armed to the teeth all reason and logic now within their blood. I have a witness to this madness and also have a front balcony that overlooks the street, so me and witness trotted up to see the theatre with front row seats about to unfold outside the BFH right infront of our golf ball like eyes. With trepidation the pack nervously opened the gate, slowly they moved towards the sound only the shadow of the trees protecting them because the moon was almost like an enemy casting tell tale light from above. However, now I could hear this bewitching sound like the sirens dragging the ships onto the rocks in ancient times and I had this inner desire to hurl myself of the balcony but a firm friendly grip on my arm rallied my concentration. Armed to the teeth the conquistadores edged forward, THEN amongst the ever repeating tune of the mad flautist by then an echoing reverberation of insanity someone stuttered "look up in the tree"...................." Its a bird" true story
By la campiña on Apr 11, 2008, 16:45 in Friendly Talkzone.
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la campiña says on Apr 11, 2008, 16:54: but seriously the sound was very loud and deep and for me beautiful and I could hear a distant reply, obviously a mating call ........ any ideas what bird , yea close encounters is not much to go on however in 7 years its the first time I-ve heard this bird
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la campiña says on Apr 11, 2008, 18:27: indian resteraunts that curry my brain, newspaper wariors changing there names there was a little boy that stood upon the burning deck rubing his hands with glee he said OH mother england did you light my life or did you light this fire under me, one day I'll be a minsteral in the gallery
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la campiña says on Apr 11, 2008, 21:14: sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent, snot running down his nose, greasy fingers smearing shaby clothes, aqualung, I think youd be carted of in this day and age for those lyrics
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la campiña says on Apr 11, 2008, 21:34: oohh ooOH oo OOHH ooo OOOHHhhooo that kind of gig you know but bird like
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la campiña says on Apr 15, 2008, 16:51: so all you ornithologists dont know what bird chirps like a jethro tull flute solo, rack your brains guys I'm itching to know.
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nueva york bombero says on Apr 15, 2008, 16:57: Where have you been hiding camp?
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la campiña says on Apr 15, 2008, 18:18: ha, I've been camping, ha nooo, I jest, but realy in 7 years of living in the valle I've never heard this depriver of sleep before, ...............aahh what the hell maybe it was a little man dressed as a bird just looking for a good nights sleep in the safety of a tree tinkling around on a flute he happened upon one fortuitous night, stranger things are happening or have happened.
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jonas says on Apr 15, 2008, 22:23: How did the story end? la campiña frying the bird up with some mustard sauce? Singing birds are quite a delicacy, ask robi how to prepare it. What I have, I do not want to lose, but Where I am I do not want to stay, but those I love, I do not want to leave, but those I know I no longer want to see, but Where I die, I do not want to go;I want to stay where I have never been |
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la campiña says on Apr 15, 2008, 22:41: ha my stories never end, but garlic helps, and a little rosemary and sage, like a helicoptar over the nevado Huila o Del Ruiz
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goin_south says on Apr 15, 2008, 22:44: did you get that out of a simon & garfunkel cook book? and, thank you. |
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la campiña says on Apr 15, 2008, 22:55: ha , gail.......... force wind.......... you got me there but you need parsley sage rosemary and thyme. rok on dude
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christobeldawg says on Apr 15, 2008, 23:08: la camp, how ya been, or should I even go there? admittedly, arriving can feel great too |
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el torcido says on Apr 15, 2008, 23:16: that must be camp, the herbalista. don't know much about 'conomy |
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la campiña says on Apr 15, 2008, 23:29: wow so good to see so many avatars but call me ... la cramp to much exercise up on the 3 crosses cali plays havoc with the left testicle, another story ha
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christobeldawg says on Apr 16, 2008, 00:30: True, I asked for it. admittedly, arriving can feel great too |
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la campiña says on Apr 16, 2008, 00:33: there are more ways to boil an egg........... or have i got that completely right
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la campiña says on Jun 13, 2008, 17:07: A Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot
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la campiña says on Jun 13, 2008, 19:31: does anyone know of any good sites to search for birds, plants, tree names especialy if in english, I know this comes off the back of an ambiguos thread but realy... hey no I'm going to post a good eco thread
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