FSO - on Saturday - the sounds of Rio

I have blogged about noise, I mean sounds before; one of my favorite complaints about Rio de Janeiro is its sounds. Sounds that combine, build, becoming a cacophony of noise, unpleasant and hurtful to the ear. Yesterday, I sat at my computer, well mine and Camillo's, trying to get mine to work, downloading from the net on Camillo's, moving to mine and etc. All day. While waiting for the downloads, I listened through my open window - sounds. The fan moving hot air form side to side, a happy bird singing from his cage, a newborn baby crying (again!), and TRAFFIC, constant, 24/7 traffic: gear shifting buses, cars, horns, breaks, cars with loud speakers, traffic. And more, glass breaking, someone sweeping glass, maids calling to each other through open window to open window; cacophony of sounds.

Last night, having given up on my computer, I began to try and give you what I really wanted to do this week, Brazilian Music. This is the best sound Brazil has to offer. It is under sold, under appreciated by the rest of the world. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mHf-UCZp0] I wanted to bring you the sound of Carnival and Samba... After much trying, I decided to leave this for a later time. After all Carnival is mid-February so I have time to figure out how to do a slide show of prior year's photos with music - not as easy as they make it sound.....

Finally giving up, walking out into the rain for a beer and french fries at our favorite place, DeVassa, I thought maybe the sound of night on our street could give you a glimpse of what Sound means here in Rio.... the following video is not altered, this is real..... enjoy.