The lyrics by Ezra Pound and boogie woogie: looking for a common denominator, the heartbreaking songs by Piero Ciampi and the incredible talent of soccer player Igor Protti, on a journey along the Arno river, with a detour to Leghorn, along the canale dei Navicelli. Next, we move to Catania, a beautiful town rich of monuments and history that today hosts an avant-garde scientific cluster, the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud. A research center focusing on the physics of particles with many applications: from the new techniques in cancer treatment to the astrophysics observation of outer space.