![]() Anyone know the source? (I don't believe it's Brahms' Lullaby - or even a variation!) If so, e-mail me! (Best if allowed to loop for at least 15 minutes to achieve the vertiginous effect of the real thing.) 3 KB, 10 sec. loop Click this link to access the file directly for download.Īnother itty-bitty MIDI sequenced by your webmaster - this is the strange tune which emanated from the garbage truck that drove through my old neighborhood early in the morning. Part 2 is a "mondo" Nakashi-style piece I wrote which might be called "My Yellow Cow is Prettier than Your Yellow Cow" - or somethin'! 33 KB, 3 min. The intro to Part 1 contains the "Mondo-est" of Taiwanese riffs (see below), the middle is a blues shuffle with a stereotypically Asian-sounding motif (but with a twist!) and some wild piano pyrotechnics, and the end is a slightly tweaked intro to the ROC National Anthem. Your unfriendly neighborhood noise truck.Ī MIDI file written by your webmaster to inaugurate the Mondo Taiwan 2000 ("we're still waitin' for the real new millennium") version of this website. Police if anyone mistakenly decided to park their car in front of the driveway, it might not They painted their "NO PARKING" sign a little more clearly, along with a note that they'd call the Trying to set off the alarm or look for a telephone number on the dashboard to call the owner orĬalling the police to tow the fuckers away or any number of other, quieter options. Therefore, it goes on for several minutes before my neighbors start kicking the car Horn (including me), but the person parked in front of their driveway is far away, oblivious to * Why are they "assholes" when somebody else is parking in front of their driveway?īecause every time they blow their horn, hundreds of their neighbors get to hear their The neighbor's telephone ringing for more than 5 minutes non-stop Morning, noon, night, middle of the night, etc.Ībout 5 times a day, just for that family. My asshole* neighbors blowing their car horn at someone parked in front of their driveway. Most noticed in movie theaters and concert halls, ![]() The "whining"īelow are a few of the sounds I've encountered InĪll of Taiwan, there seem to be only about 10 people handling all of the dubbing duties,Īnd they suck! Little boys and old women alike are dubbed by women who sound like they're in theirģ0s. Obvious talent common to the creation of each of these characters, they're all quite unique. ![]() Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, and more, I was quite impressed. I remember when I first learned that Mel Blancĭid all of the voices for Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, ![]() Taiwan imports a lot of shows fromĪbroad and dubs the voices, usually in Mandarin. One of the things thatĭrives me nuts is the voices of the people who dub TV shows. Repetitious, you might go crazy if you don't find a way to ignore them. Some of the sounds you can hear in Taiwan are strange, funny, or unidentifiable. Means something like "lively, festive, AND noisy"! Place." That's what us foreigners'd say, but Taiwanese call it rè nào,Ī phrase that is difficult to translate directly into English (literally "hot noise") but which ![]() Mondo Taiwan - Sounds of Taiwan: Chanting Buddhists, Musical Garbage Trucks, Flatulent Scooters, Night Market Nakashi. ![]()
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