Cy's Film

Hey Cy,
Just got to Mzuzu last night. What a week! The elements are starting to take root and as a result I'm losing a bit of focus. I had a near replay of your food poisoning episode on Thursday night from midnight to about 5am with both the entrance and exit door at work. I too got all the way down to the yellows of my stomach. Every time I replaced water it shot right back within 30 minutes. I've finally woke up with a bit more strength today thanks to the comfort of Zanyiwe's house and hospitality. I drank 7 bottles of Cokes last night as I watched Feroz, Fat Joe and Robert get drunk. (Feroz has been fasting for Ramadan and he's been wanting to hang out since I arrived) When I woke up Zanyiwe cooked me chips, cabbage and chicken livers for breakfast. Man it's hard to take care of yourself here. Unfortunately, I had Friday set up for 3 recording sessions and two for Saturday. I made two of them Friday and missed both Saturday due to another funeral in Kapalala. If I told you last time I didn't yet start to panic, scratch that, now I am. Again, as I already knew organizing and mobilizing people who are living, due to their circumstances, in such an immediate way is nearly impossible.

I did lay down some local 'mitungu' tracks that sound pretty tight. 'Mitungu' is the local music that the guys play with their makeshift instruments like jerry-cans and pots with maize. The goalkeeper SuperNganga, his brother Chitenge and their Dad are the local authorities on mitungu. Tuesday night I bought them 10 liters of wine and we went to work. I was surprised to hear how sharp the instruments sound. Otherwise, I’m back in town dropping off Tuff Gong's truck and getting set for another week in Zolokere in which I’ll repeat all these past sessions. I've got a bed set up outside so one cot should be sufficient. Also, are we still planning the night in Lilongwe or will we take the 4 hour road to Mzuzu? I'll check my email again in a few hours to see if you've responded. Otherwise, I'll be back out next Sunday when I’ll check again. Hope you well.
Jake
PS Went to Fitz's record launch, funny story ill save for next time




	Malawi Dispatch: Words from Jake Post #3 Hey Cy, Just got to Mzuzu last night. What a week! The elements are starting to take root and as a result I'm losing a bit of focus. I had a near replay of your food poisoning episode on Thursday night from midnight to about 5am with both the entrance and exit door at work. I too got all the way down to the yellows of my stomach. Every time I replaced water it shot right back within 30 minutes. I've finally woke up with a bit more strength today thanks to the comfort of Zanyiwe's house and hospitality. I drank 7 bottles of Cokes last night as I watched Feroz, Fat Joe and Robert get drunk. (Feroz has been fasting for Ramadan and he's been wanting to hang out since I arrived) When I woke up Zanyiwe cooked me chips, cabbage and chicken livers for breakfast. Man it's hard to take care of yourself here. Unfortunately, I had Friday set up for 3 recording sessions and two for Saturday. I made two of them Friday and missed both Saturday due to another funeral in Kapalala. If I told you last time I didn't yet start to panic, scratch that, now I am. Again, as I already knew organizing and mobilizing people who are living, due to their circumstances, in such an immediate way is nearly impossible. I did lay down some local 'mitungu' tracks that sound pretty tight. 'Mitungu' is the local music that the guys play with their makeshift instruments like jerry-cans and pots with maize. The goalkeeper SuperNganga, his brother Chitenge and their Dad are the local authorities on mitungu. Tuesday night I bought them 10 liters of wine and we went to work. I was surprised to hear how sharp the instruments sound. Otherwise, I’m back in town dropping off Tuff Gong's truck and getting set for another week in Zolokere in which I’ll repeat all these past sessions. I've got a bed set up outside so one cot should be sufficient. Also, are we still planning the night in Lilongwe or will we take the 4 hour road to Mzuzu? I'll check my email again in a few hours to see if you've responded. Otherwise, I'll be back out next Sunday when I’ll check again. Hope you well. Jake PS Went to Fitz's record launch, funny story ill save for next time Cy Kuckenbaker :: 10. 8.08 :: Permalink post a comment (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)	This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on October 8, 2008 12:01 PM. The previous post in this blog was Drinking the TIgris: New Shots from Baghdad. The next post in this blog is Malawi Dispatch: Words from Jake Post #4. Many more can be found on the main page or by looking through the archives.

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