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  Pimba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pimba is a Portuguese term used for a variety of popular Portuguese solo singers and bands.
The Pimba groups and musicians/singers are deeply influenced by the rural areas of the country and the emigration phenomena which permeated Portuguese society from 1900 to the 80´s.
Pimba music and musicians/groups are seen by some to be inferior to others dedicated to more mainstream genres, although often more popular.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pimba   (683 words)

  
 Pimba - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Pimba groups and musicians/singers are deeply influenced by the rural areas of the country and the emigration phenomena which permeated Portuguese society from 1900 to the present day.
Pimba music and musicians/groups are seen to be inferior to others dedicated to more mainstream genres.
The "Queen of Pimba" is Ágata and the "Prince of Pimba" is Saúl, when very young performed the Pimba hit "O bacalhau quer alho" (which translates to "The codfish wants garlic"), "quer alho" when spoken sounds as a swearword in Portuguese.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pimba   (284 words)

  
 PIMBA Constitution
PIMBA was founded in February of 1996, thus effecting a split from the PA Federation of Contest Judges.
A. PIMBA shall be an integral part of the overall planning for this event given its 'Championship status' and shall coordinate the appropriate facilities and procedural accommodations involved with the Championship Host Director.
PIMBA shall be the 'primary contractor' of all the judges for the Championship showy.
www.pimba.org /resources/constitution.asp   (4765 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Pimba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group.
The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period.
Quim Barreiros is a Portuguese pimba poet and singer.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pimba   (1241 words)

  
 Outback Areas Community Development Trust (OACDT) >> South Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Pimba is strategically situated on the Stuart Highway and the Ghan/Indian-Pacific railway line at the junction with the sealed road north to Woomera and Roxby Downs.
There is a stock and freight trucking business located at Pimba making the most of its access and location in relation to the Stuart Highway, Port Augusta, Woomera, Roxby Downs and the west and north west pastoral districts.
There is a seven-day roadhouse at Pimba (the legendary Spud’s Roadhouse) with accommodation and all other services now being effectively provided from Woomera which is only six kilometres away.
www.oacdt.sa.gov.au /html/communities/pimba.html   (216 words)

  
 "Adelaide to Alice Springs"
Pimba, Cadney Park, Kulgera, Mt Ebenezer, Curtin Springs, Kings Creek and Stuart Well all have cabin, camping and caravan facilities.
Woomera and Pimba are the last major stops from Alice Springs to Adelaide before the major towns of Port Augusta.
Until 1980 the road from Pimba to the NT border was loose surface and 'Spud's" pub at Pimba was a popular watering hole for travellers.
www.wilmap.com.au /stripmaps/stuartsa.html   (618 words)

  
 Log: Some problems in darkside
Pimba was trying to hitflee me down but constantly getting hit back harder when a legend troll logs on, gets me incap and Pimba gets the last hit.
Pimba decides that since someone samesided, hes going to without know any thing that caused it, the reasoning behind it, or who started it.
Pimba deserved to die for first of all not sticking up for his fellow trolls and secondly for not finding out the facts before randomly attacking someone.
www.elvenrunes.com /cgi-bin/logs/mumps?rou=show&log=59427,48005   (13659 words)

  
 Novo-Rico e Pimba
Blog que podia igualmente chamar-se "Isto é que é vida", destina-se a divulgar as virtudes de uma vida exemplar de novo-rico e com gostos pimba como somos todos nós os que conseguimos fortuna sem trabalhar para isso ou que a UE nos presenteou com subsídios a fundo perdido e por isso os perdeu definitavemente.
Para nós novos-ricos e pimba, a vida é belíssima.
A música pimba não nos chateia, é sempre a mesma coisa mas diverte-nos, fala de coisas simples, rima mariazinha com cozinha e isso é que é poesia!.
www.alternativa2000.org /novorico/pimba.html   (720 words)

  
 2CSWOMMERA
Prior to the main body moving to the rail head at Pimba, personnel were detached to Darwin and Uranquinty, New South Wales, to disassemble surplus pipes and the control tower, respectively, for use at the desert airfield.
However, the squadron was not able to fully commit itself to this project until August after participating in mining operations at the Ben Bullen open cut mine near Lithgow, New South Wales.
After a survey of the coal field by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader Harrison and his Works Officers, Flight Lieutenants Lings and A.H. Perry, it was decided to familiarise the airmen with the equipment that they were expected to operate.
www.homestead.com /raafacs/2CSWOMMERA.html   (1793 words)

  
 Sirius Travel: Divrigi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Woomera (including Pimba, Nurrungar and Arcoona) is a famous outback township which, since the 1940s, has been the centre of Australian and British rocket launching experiments.
The visitor enters Woomera via Pimba, which is little more than an old style roadhouse, pub, and service station near the railway line.
The decision to build a rocket range was made in the postwar environment when the world was still recovering from the slaughter of World War 11.
siriustravel.com /australia/woomera.html   (492 words)

  
 az
The word "pimba" became a synonym for bad music and Emanuel was crowned king of pimba music.
Pimba artists sell millions and make a fortune overnight.
Nowadays, we also have pimba television, pimba literature, pimba cinema...
www.joaopena.com /az.html   (1481 words)

  
 Woomera Siding - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Railway Archaeology)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
During WW2 a weekly roadside freight known as the 'bomber' ran from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie?, dropping parts at Pimba, which was then moved along the private siding by the Department of Defence.
I was at Pimba a couple of weeks ago and had a look around.
The remnant of the line which is the apex of the triangle at Pimba was being used for the new acid tank wagons traffic (for Roxby Downs?).
www.railpage.com.au /f-p41385.htm   (1170 words)

  
 Log: Good old Toby's!
Pimba LEAVES N O R T H. Ok. Your fireball completely envelops *Misdur the Half-Elf* in flames.
Pimba LEAVES S O U T H. *Gobur the Dwarf* has arrived from the south.
Pimba panics, but can't stop fighting to flee.
www.elvenrunes.com /cgi-bin/logs/mumps?rou=show&log=59955,59737   (5310 words)

  
 Memories of Woomera - 34
I lived at Pimba from 1970 to 1985, then went back 1986 to 1988.
Living in Pimba, we use to have to catch the school bus each day.
Then came the day when we had the donga bash at Pimba - we had danceing in the dirt; there was a live band and the fair came to town - a day that was!
homepage.powerup.com.au /~woomera/memor34.htm   (445 words)

  
 Your local guide for Pimba SA 5720 Australia - part of the Localguide Network - Real Estate, Accommodation, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Your local guide for Pimba SA 5720 Australia - part of the Localguide Network - Real Estate, Accommodation, Restaurants, Motels, Hotels.
Welcome to the local guide for Pimba SA 5720 Australia (http://www.pimba.localguide.com.au.
In fact, the local guide for Pimba SA 5720 Australia has done all the searching and compiling of local sites for you and is looking forward to your visit today.
www.pimba.localguide.com.au   (102 words)

  
 Pimba [Fromunda Mix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Pimba [Fromunda Mix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Pimba [Fromunda Mix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Pimba [Fromunda Mix] [+] performed by [+] written by  
www.music.com /performance/pimba/4   (91 words)

  
 Biking the Stuart Highway
Day 27, Pimba to Bush camp 12: 143 km.....
I already had biked 52 km and the next town Pimba was 118 km away.
After I left Pimba, the wind was in my back.
www.geocities.com /fcandido2001/australiatrip.html   (10937 words)

  
 PIMBA.org - The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Marching Band Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Beginning this season, each band must confirm their classification prior to the start of each season.
Twenty-two bands participated in the 2005 PIMBA Championships held at Elizabeth Forward High School, vying for Championship honors in one of five classes.
Our new champions now appear alongside past PIMBA Class Champions on our Champions page.
www.pimba.org   (219 words)

  
 COOBER PEDY - BACKPACKERS TRAVEL GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The road from Port Augusta to beyond Coober Pedy passes through a treeless waterless landscape.There is only red earth between evenly spaced salt bush and a few salt lakes.
Pimba has a service station - Spud’s Roadhouse - at the junction of the Stuart Highway and the side road to Woomera.
Woomera is a dry and quiet isolated army town in arid lands 10km off the Stuart Highway.
www.geocities.com /austtravel/sa/cooberpe.html   (963 words)

  
 Roxby Downs Rail Line
That is just one-twentieth of the length of the Alice to Darwin line but, due to the fact that a Roxby to Pimba line would need few bridges and could use second-hand material, the cost would also be a great deal less than one-twentieth of the cost of the Alice to Darwin line.
It is an issue also in terms of the number of heavy vehicles on our roads with an expanding economy which we are now enjoying in South Australia.
Against that background, I highlight to the honourable member that I am aware that the rail section of Transport SA is exploring with Western Mining-and generally with ASR, I think-a rail line from Roxby to Pimba.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/22144/20011016/sa.democrats.org.au/parlt/spring2000/1115_h.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Alle-Kiski Today Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In earning its PIMBA Championship, Kiski won all three "caption" awards for outstanding music, outstanding visual performance and outstanding general effect.
Kiski score of 95.8 was the highest score among all 24 bands competing at the PIMBA competition.
This is the second consecutive year that Kiski has won the National Class championship at PIMBA.
www.alle-kiskitoday.com /news/118   (222 words)

  
 Galinha Estéril: Pimba vs Hip-Hop
Não deixem o Pimba seguir o caminho do nosso Fado.
P.S. não confundir Tony Carreira (grande cantor romântico) com os cantores Pimba.
Em relação a isto de a música pimba portuguesa estar a ser esquecida e relegada para último plano em detrimento do rap e hip hop e pop e o car****, só tenho a dizer uma coisa: "afinal havia outra" (expressão que nos remete para a rivalidade entre os tipos de música acima referidos, claro).
nacapoeira.blogspot.com /2005/02/pimba-vs-hip-hop.html   (704 words)

  
 Elucubrações Vertiginosas: PIMBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Sinceramente, estou mais pra PIMBA - Pseudo Idiota Metido a Besta e Anta.
Mas PIMBA é oque há, vc não precisa mais pq já é um de carteirinha, se ficar mais pimba ainda vai ficar meio que chato jah..
Beijao da sua maninha que sempre comenta no seu blog PIMBA e que tb está se tornando uma PIMBA..
obvio171.coolfreepages.com /2004/08/pimba.html   (650 words)

  
 Tribulandia: Perfil de candidato pimba e moderno a secretário-geral
Tribulandia: Perfil de candidato pimba e moderno a secretário-geral
Perfil de candidato pimba e moderno a secretário-geral
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tribulandia.blogspot.com /2004/07/perfil-de-candidato-pimba-e-moderno.html   (89 words)

  
 Australian Towns, Cities & Highways: Stuart Highway (SA)
The highway continues in an easterly direction to Glendambo where the railway line continues west with the Stuart Highway again heading in a north-westerly direction, passing through some extremely remote, pastoral and arid countryside up to the opal mining town of Coober Pedy.
The highway north of Pimba was completely re-aligned and subsequently properly sealed in 1986 - thus no older, narrower bitumen prevails.
The road between Port Augusta and Pimba has mixed surface patches but is generally acceptable.
www.hotkey.net.au /~krool/photos/sa/stuart.html   (421 words)

  
 Drummerszone.com Pim “Pimba” van Ham artist, artist pages, artist news
Pim van Ham is best known as Pimba, a session drummer who focusses on creative drumming and drum programming, fusing electronic an accoustic beats.
Pimba studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam and currently plays with Oxide 9.
He is also a drum teacher and clinician.
www.drummerszone.com /artists/artist.php?artistNR=9807dacad07fa2190031c2ddbcc6c57f   (86 words)

  
 Pennsylvania? - Marching Band Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Here are the COB Yankee scores so far this season...in order from oldest to most recent...
I believe McGuffey is in the PIMBA band association, try going to PIMBA.org to get information on them.
I'm from cochranton and we compete in PIMBA.
www.marchingbandplanet.com /index.php?showtopic=1233   (333 words)

  
 Portal Açores - Actualidade - Música
Comentário: Quem Chama pimba aos Scorpions o que melhor ouviu em concertos deve ter sido o rancho etenográfico lá da terra (sem querer memnosprezar os grupos foclóricos).
Meus amigos: pimba, seja cantado em português ou em inglês, seja protagonizado por açorianos ou por alemães...
Mas com uma diferença de vulto: quem vai trazer os Scorpions aos Açores paga pimba a peso de ouro (inversamente proporcional à qualidade desses senhores que se chamam Scorpions!).
acores.sapo.pt /noticiaprint.php?id=4689   (1163 words)

  
 Pimba (Primair Instrumentaal Muziekonderwijs in de Basisschool) :: Over Pimba
Pimba (Primair Instrumentaal Muziekonderwijs in de Basisschool) is ontwikkeld om leerlingen van het primair onderwijs te helpen bij het leren bespelen van een muziekinstrument.
En sinds kort kunnen ook PABO-studenten gebruikmaken van de vele mogelijkheden van Pimba.
Stuur een mailtje naar info@pimba.nl als u wilt weten wat Pimba voor uw organisatie kan betekenen.
www.pimba.nl   (184 words)

  
 Capsule 150 - Pimba [Remix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Capsule 150 - Pimba [Remix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Capsule 150 - Pimba [Remix]: Reviews, Audio Clips, and more
Pimba [Remix] [+] performed by Capsule 150 [+] written by  
www.music.com /performance/pimba/3   (96 words)

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