Last week I’ve noticed for the first time near my apartment the distinctive sound of a late 70’s space shootemup laser. It’s coming from the empty plot opposite my building.

Are aliens attacking Panama or is it just some geek running MAME on his cellphone. It turns out none of the above. The sound is produced by a tiny frog that is very common here in Panama. When I first heard it a couple of years ago, I couldn’t believe my ears. It sounds so much like something generated by a 70’s model VCO it’s uncanny. Of course here in the city we just get a few patches where we can hear them. If you go further out it gets really intense.

When I went to El Valle in the mountains a couple of hours from here it positively sounds like a 1981 version of a Demo Party

So I’m glad to finally have my own little amphibian demo party next doors. Maybe I should send them pizza and coke tonight?