Stealing Dennis' thread, "Baja from the NOSE", I am always interested in the sounds that surround me.
I prefer the crashing waves and barking seals, but, the roofop speakers and various car sirens and alarms also amuse me.
What's your sound of Baja?
[Edited on 6-28-2013 by bajadock]oldjack - 11-9-2007 at 11:23 AM
The screaming/yelling emitted by the staff in the many cocinas of the taco joints I patronize... you get a good laugh at who's fault the supplies
didn't get delivered or why "Jose" couldn't get to work.... my second most favorite sound is the soft bell that rings letting me know that the airline
has parked and I can get off and start my next baja adventure
Horns
bajamigo - 11-9-2007 at 11:31 AM
Geez Doc, I think what I find fascinating is the different horns/sounds that each propane truck has. Every one is a little different so you can tell
which vendor is coming by the sound, before you even see their vehicle.Paulina - 11-9-2007 at 11:44 AM
First thing that came to my mind was the clicker on my fishing reel going off!
P<*)))><toneart - 11-9-2007 at 11:46 AM
Good topic!
Horns, vehicles unencumbered by mufflers, truck Jake-brakes and barking dogs.DanO - 11-9-2007 at 11:50 AM
The crunch of gravel under your boots.
Cicadas.
Wind whipping around brick corners.
Seagulls.
The whine of a panga outboard offshore.
A chair scraping across a tile floor.
The soft pop and hiss of a cerveza being opened.
The passing clatter of an ancient pickup on a washboard road.
Snoring.bajajudy - 11-9-2007 at 11:51 AM
We have a propane truck that comes through our barrio that plays the theme from the Lone Ranger and then yells GAAAAAAAAAAS which, of course, sounds
like gauze.
My favorite is the tamal lady. She has such an alluring voice and pretty good tamales too.
I miss the water guys and the tortilla guy who had a burgler alarm as his noise. Neither come anymore. We now have a tortilleria and my neighbors
drink the water that comes out of the tap(too much chlorine for my taste but no longer poison)
My most unfavorite noise is jake brakes on the trucks going to and from the construction of the marina.David K - 11-9-2007 at 12:03 PM
The cook at Tacos el Yaqui (in Rosarito) making dog and cat sounds while chopping up the carne asada!Wiles - 11-9-2007 at 12:09 PM
SilenceMartyman - 11-9-2007 at 12:20 PM
The sound of an aluminum lawn chair caught in a big wind and clattering across the desert.DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 12:20 PM
When I lived in Ensenada, the knife sharpeners would walk the streets with their sharpening wheels, blowing a short tune through what was like a Pan
Flute. It was a fun sound and could be heard two blocks away. They don't come out to Punta Banda.Tomas Tierra - 11-9-2007 at 12:22 PM
Rocks pinging off the undercarraige as I make my way down my favorite dirt road.
And the subsequent sound of my wife cursing as her beer goes flying
[Edited on 11-9-2007 by Tomas Tierra]Skipjack Joe - 11-9-2007 at 12:58 PM
1. The whooshing sound of your panga at 5:30 in the morning heading out into the darkness.
2. c-cks crowing at first light.
3. that yip yip yiping cry of an osprey.
4. No frene con motor Grrrrrrr! No likey.Russ - 11-9-2007 at 01:01 PM
The giggles of kids playing with my dog.Mango - 11-9-2007 at 01:44 PM
The roar of an old diesel engine...Natalie Ann - 11-9-2007 at 02:36 PM
The simple sounds of Mexicans in conversation all around me. I find that to be especially soothing "noise".Don Alley - 11-9-2007 at 03:46 PM
The jingle music of the "Las Parras" water truck, followed by the frantic barking of our ever-vigilant dog.bajaboolie - 11-9-2007 at 04:32 PM
The sound of the soft waves in Coyote Bay, the pelicans "punking" the water. Doves and other birds, and believe it or not--I like the grinding sound
of the trucks as they decend the hill coming North through Coyote Bay. It reminds me "I'm in Baja!!"
The sound of the ceiling fans at night and the 'clink, clink, clink' of the little metal chain that hangs from it. (the fan keeps those endearing
braking trucks from waking me up in the middle of the night!)
That's a start, anyway.
Is everyone deaf?
Dave - 11-9-2007 at 04:33 PM
When you guys are through with the romance and fantasy maybe we could have a serious discussion about noise pollution. It's endemic, pervasive and
rude.DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 04:41 PM
People hear what they want to hear.
More fantasy
Dave - 11-9-2007 at 05:01 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS People hear what they want to hear.
You mean other people, right?
I'm pretty sure that it was really loud Banda that I heard early last Sunday morning. I'm pretty sure I heard it at 2am. I'm also
pretty sure that I didn't want to hear it and convinced that the people playing it didn't care.DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 05:20 PM
Banda Music? What could be worse. Oh, I know....Living near a place that plays Banda Music.
I mean, a Banda band is huge. They don't just wander around your neighborhood with their Tubas and Drums with the sole intention of driving you
nuts, do they?
Or...Did you make a life decision to live near Banda friendly folks?
I made a somewhat different decisions in my habitat selection. My neighbors , when they get noisy, play Mozart. Never a problem for the ears.
Buenos noches.
banda music
sylens - 11-9-2007 at 05:37 PM
at 2am? i wish.
last saturday night the neighbors across the way had a big party with banda music until 3am. slept fitfully at best from midnite to 3am, when i
literally sighed and sank into my pillow.
whooooooooooops. relaxed too soon. that's when the karaoke started. speakers full blast and all the singers way beyond drunk.
sounded like drowning cats. until the sun began to rise. then they all disappeared like vampires and the silence was deafening.
i had a long siesta on sunday, trying to recapture lost sleep. really tempted to go ring their doorbell and run away several times between 8 am and
noon. but my better nature prevailed.
not sure how, as sleep deprived as i was.
but back to pleasant sounds. i agree with dennis about the pan flute of the knife sharpeners who make their way through our neighborhood regularly.
also, i enjoy the ice cream cart that plays "pop goes the weasel," and the church bells ringing on sundays (which i only hear when the santa ana winds
are blowing).Skipjack Joe - 11-9-2007 at 05:46 PM
I remember this one car that played the first few bars of "La Cucaracha" every time you pressed the horn.
I was at Castro's Camp one day when the fogged rolled in. It was so thick you couldn't see 100 ft in front of you. By evening the pangueros were
supposed to come in but the shoreline was completely obscured. So they got the car up on the edge of the cliff and kept blasting the "Cucaracha" horn
hoping to lead them to it. It was baja's version of a foghorn.
Mozart, as it should be heard
Dave - 11-9-2007 at 05:50 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
I made a somewhat different decisions in my habitat selection. My neighbors , when they get noisy, play Mozart. Never a problem for the ears.
But... Have you experienced the Jupiter Symphony played at full volume on a ten dollar, 5,000 watt stereo system through
distorted/overdriven speakers?
No?
I'll see if I can make that happen for you. How does next Sunday morning at 2am sound?
Invite the neighborhood.DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 06:05 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Dave
But... Have you experienced the Jupiter Symphony played at full volume on a ten dollar, 5,000 watt stereo system through
distorted/overdriven speakers?
Well, of course. Who hasn't. I use your referenced music to motivate my helper at work.
Reminds me of a story. Years ago in Newport Beach, there was a bar/restaurant called, "Sids Blue Beet." Sid had a happy hour, something like
quarter beers, and throughout that hour he would play funeral music to slow the drinking tempo.
One minute after the hour, Banda came on the air and beer flowed at a rapid rate.
That's the end of that story.bajadock - 11-9-2007 at 06:56 PM
One man's engine break(or Mozart) is another's Banda el Recodo(or hombre's exhale con frijoles).DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 07:03 PM
No le gusta Amadeus?vacaenbaja - 11-9-2007 at 07:26 PM
Almost asleep on the shores of San Lucas Cove one night when the silence was broken by the boiling sound of bait fish as they were were franticly
being chased to the shore by some hungry unseen preditors. I knew then what a "boil of fish" was.Paulina - 11-9-2007 at 07:28 PM
This time of year I like the noise of the first helicopter coming from a distance, letting us know that the first trophy truck is on it's way.
The roar of those huge 800 hp motors as they fly by gives me goosebumps every time.
I also like listening to Weatherman's radio relay.
There is a good video on that link that shows what I'm talking about.
P<*)))><
edit: tried to put BFGs on my fish, but they wouldn't stay put.
[Edited on 10-11-2007 by Paulina]DENNIS - 11-9-2007 at 07:32 PM
Kinda looks like "P" on a bicycle. .............Not that that's a bad thing
Kinda makes me look like I'm talking to myself after you pulled the wheels off...........Not that that's a bad thing.
[Edited on 11-10-2007 by DENNIS]Paulina - 11-9-2007 at 07:44 PM
Sorry Dennis, you must have posted while I had my fish pulled into the editing pit for wheel removal.
If any of you know Muchie, Tom's son, his baja bug is in that video link.
P<*)))><mike odell - 11-9-2007 at 07:46 PM
Here in La Ribera, we get Chaporo the night singer, comes by my bedroom
window about 4 am, good voice and powerful, but walks by fast, as I get to
back to sleep, the chickens start their singing, and it's time to get up and
get on with it.
I love it, most times, unless I have a bad hangover!!
MikeBob H - 11-9-2007 at 07:52 PM
Audrey and I were waking up one morning in our cabover camper (behind the Motel Saiani (sp?) in El Rosario this last October - early, to the sounds of
roosters. When we realized that they do not go "c-ck-a-doodle-dooooo" like they do Stateside. Laying there at 5am, Audrey all of a sudden figured it
out... they go "you're an Axx-hole"... we both started laughing so loud each time one would sound off - it was a very good discription to say the
least. The accent would be on the Axx part of the cackle!
Bob HMarie-Rose - 11-9-2007 at 08:52 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
People hear what they want to hear.
I so agree with that. Our casa here is in the middle of a very lively Mexican bario so we have it all... banda music, (I am so impressed with their
partying ability!!!), roosters, the occasional cow that gets parked by our gate, the muffler-less cars that get started at 5:30am (how can they do
that after partying until 3am???), the sounds of the "visiting" that goes on at any time of the day..., barking dogs. I go to bed with a smile on my
face and say "wow, listen to that!!!" I will wake up occ'l and say..." wow, they are still going at it" or " wow, is it ever quiet" and then back to
sleep i go!
When I am at home in Victoria, I can hear one dog bark 2 blocks away and then... that's it, I'm up for the nightbajaandy - 11-9-2007 at 08:58 PM
The sound of the cobbles as the wave recedes back into the ocean.
That is a good sound Andy
tortuga - 11-10-2007 at 08:06 AM
For me it was right after we got our lot set up for our trailer .
We had worked very hard building our fence , creating trailer pad etc. The day came when we moved our trailer out to our lot . The town of Los
Barriles is pretty noisy (God bless them).
So it was very nice to take in the quiet out at our lot (very secluded then). Just the sound of the goat heard nearby , the soft sound of the bells
around their necks and their chating with each other . Awe the peacefulness!!!
Tortuga
P.S. I think I might become a Nomad today bajadock - 11-10-2007 at 08:15 AM
Amadeus with my coffee this morning, Dennis. And what is that strange bright yellow thingy to the east?DENNIS - 11-10-2007 at 09:15 AM
That yellow thing? I don't know. It might be a big neon Pacifico sign.Mango - 11-11-2007 at 11:15 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Dave
When you guys are through with the romance and fantasy maybe we could have a serious discussion about noise pollution. It's endemic, pervasive and
rude.
Dave, I feel your pain. It's been said that the Eskimos have over 40 words for snow. I am pretty sure that Mexicans have zero words to describe
"noise pollution"
BAJACAT - 11-11-2007 at 11:34 PM
the noise the wind makes when it hits the pines in laguna HANSON,also the noise of my trucks muffler(flowmaster 40 series) while climbing the road to
San pedro Martir..rummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Grrrrrrr! No likey.
