Maybe you’re heard it — a long, loud howling, hooting and hollering starting at 8 every night and lasting for around five minutes, reverberating through neighborhoods, hillsides and canyons.
“I was just trying to get the community together during a time where a lot of people are experiencing isolation,” Hugh Kuhn told the IJ in explaining why he started the Mill Valley ritual that has since caught on elsewhere in Marin.
Larkspur has its own way to connect neighbors. Pipers in the MacIntosh Pipe Band of Larkspur have been playing a tune outside at sunset, — a signal to all that they have made it through yet another day of this pandemic.
Ever since quarantined Italians formed a sound flash mob from their balconies and sang opera together from their windows, the idea of connecting through song and sound has caught on, from San Joe to Oakland to New York to Madison, Wisconsin, to Indianapolis and elsewhere.
The howl fits Mill Valley, although some have questioned why Mill valley wasn’t singing Rita Abrams’ 1970 hit song, “Mill Valley.”
“We have coyotes, and coyotes howl. Sometimes we bark back,” Kuhn says. “Then I heard some kids howling the other night, and I thought, ‘Yeah, that could work.’”
And while a few other Marin towns and communities have adopted the howl, we thought it would be fun to crowdsource ideas of what each community truly sounds like. What does Fairfax sound like? Sausalito? Novato? Point Reyes Station?
A friend, with a bit of tongue-in-cheek snark, offered some suggestions — 420 smoke rings at 4:20 p.m. in Lagunitas, honking of Tesla SUV horns in Tiburon, revving of pick-up truck engines in Nicasio, salad knife tapping on Waterford crystal champagne flutes in Ross. But the IJ wants to hear from you. What does your town sound like and why?
You can be serious about your suggestion — perhaps choosing a song from a local musician — or, like my friend, play off some of the stereotypes of your town. Either way, let’s have some (much-needed) fun.
Send your ideas to vlarson@marinij.com and calendar@marinij.com by 5 p.m. April 17 with “Marin Sounds” in the subject line, and we’ll run them in a future lifestyles section.
Please include your full name and Marin town. If you are suggesting a song, please check the correct name and spelling of the song, and put it quotation marks.
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