Babazula
Baba Zula is a Turkish musical group.Known for its unique sound created by the amalgamation of natural field recordings coupled with traditional and modern acoustic and electronic instruments, Babazula, an adventurous İstanbul-based underground band has brought a brand new dimension to the alternative world music scene.
I love their music since university.One week ago I went to make a interview with them but when we started to talk my interview turned to a chat, and we have talked about their music,insprations and their life. I drank their home made wine....It was a great experieance for me."Our main focus is never just about the music. Theatrics, poetry and dance are a part of it. Dance is really linked with the Oriental culture we are living. The belly dancing can be a very touristic attraction but our dancers aren't traditional, they combine lots of other elements."
It's really reasonable because nobody has a freaky stage show like them."Body language and music is the best way of communication, but unfortunately people prefer chatting with their masks, we think this is the main reason of disagreements, day by day people creat huge walls around them and become selfish..."
I loved their determinations about life."In Istanbul nobody goes to theatre, because here everybody acts. People live with their masks so nobody needs to go theatre..."They have always guest musicians in the stage and in their albums,include , Canadian vocalist and regular collaborator Brenna MacCrimmon and Selim Sesler who span the spectrum from traditional Turkish music.
" We prefer to share our stage with others, this supports our music and inspires us, but in our last album "Kokler" we prefer to be alone except Brenna, she is already in our family." I lived near Abbasaga Parki (this is a big park in Istanbul) for two years, and in Kokler album they have a song which name is "Abbasaga Parki".
"I'm living near Abbasaga Parki for years, I love this park because you can escape from chaotic city life in this park, but last year municipality started to change this area, I have collected the people who live near this park and we protested municipality for three months, I'm a musician so this reflected to my music..."
Babazula is a great band with eastern instrumentation such as electric saz and hand percussion, you should see them in the stage...And you should visit Misket Wine House, you can drink home made wine in there...
I want to thank to Pozitif, they arranged this interview for me.
10/1/99 - Calvin College, Michigan
Our biggest fan in Western Michigan would be one Jon Bull. We were chatting after the Grand Rapids show last night and he mentioned having a setlist from when we played there in '99. Thought it would be cool to share it with you guys...
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6 peculiar museums in the United States
When you visit Paris' Louvre, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art or Washington's Smithsonian, you're at least vaguely aware of what you'll see when you wander halls. The insides of these places look predictable enough -- Impressionist art, stoic security guards, a gift shop that sells space food.
They say art is in the eye of the beholder. So we can thank the respective beholders for assembling these six unique collections. In fact, that's what's so mind-blowing about these museums -- who would've ever thought to collect this stuff?
- Lizzie Borden Museum: Fall River, Massachusetts. The Fall River Historical Society has a collection of all things related to Lizzie's infamous slaying of her parents. Tourists can even spend the night at the scene of the crime, which has been faithfully restored to its appearance at the time of the murders.
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: Ossining, New York. The 2,000-plus inmates that call Sing Sing Prison home may not think it's worth celebrating, but a museum down the street does just that.
- Liberace Museum and Foundation: Las Vegas, Nevada. The Liberace Museum, located in Las Vegas, houses Liberace's world-famous collection of 18 rare and antique pianos, including a rhinestone-covered Baldwin grand and a mirror-encrusted concert grand.
Full list at HowStuffWorks.com.
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How healthcare reform will affect small business
Are you trying to figure out how the new health care law will affect your small business? The folks at the American Express Open Forum have provided some guidance in these three articles:
- For Small Businesses, Health Care Reform Has Some Positives – But Cost is the Wild Card by Anita Campbell
- Small Businesses Face Rising Health Care Costs As New Laws Loom by Joe Wisenthal
- How Health Care Reform Will Impact Your Small Business by Thursday Bram
5 lessons Apple could learn from Amazon
Sure Apple can do no wrong these days, but David Gewirtz has compiled a list of five lessons that Apple can learn from Amazon. My favorite is: "Don't restrict what your customers can buy." This is a very funny line from Gewirtz's essay:
…Apple is pretty much like North Korea. It seems to be run by a relatively unhinged leader, everything is shrouded in darkness, and very little useful information leaks past its borders.
Full story at zdnet.
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Connecticut girl scores stinkiest sneakers award
The smelly sneakers of an 11-year-old girl from Connecticut nabbed the top prize at the 35th annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker contest Tuesday in Montpelier, Vermont. Stinky-footed Trinette Robinson says her shoes got to their current disgusting state after a trip to Girl Scout Camp and community walks for charity. Robinson bested nine other finalists ages six to sixteen to score the coveted title, $2,500, and an all expense paid trip to New York City.
Full story at Huffington Post.
Oodles of (odorless) oddities.
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What Color Is Your Parachute?
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"High compensation and high happiness are not incompatible.We should first seek to love, or at least to like, what we're doing."Software Used
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Rock climber debunks surfer's 'everything theory'
Mathematician and rock climber Skip Garibaldi has published a paper refuting the 2007 "exceptionally simple theory of everything" proposed by surfer and physicist Garrett Lisi, who suggested that E8 is the unifying force for all the forces of the universe.
First identified in 1887, E8 has 248 dimensions and cannot be seen, or even drawn, in its complete form. Below, is an E8-inspired graph.
Full story at Futurity.
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Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt are getting coffee at Starbucks right now!
Genius.... pure genius. The technology industry is know setting up
photo opps like Paris Hilton having lunch at the Ivy.
Books are dead! Long live books!
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The video, of course, over simplifies the issue just a bit, but it may make for a good light-hearted intro to a deeper discussion on the future of publishing. And by the way, as far as the "If we like your brand, your job is done" line. Sorry, if you get enough people to actually pay attention and actually like your brand, your job is *just beginning.* But I think I get the spirit of their point.
Poop bubbles threaten Indiana
In what sounds like the plot out of second rate horror flick, a farmer in Indiana is battling giant bubbles of livestock feces. Yep, you heard that right—poop bubbles. Dairy farmer Tony Goltstein of Winchester, Indiana gathers his cows' fecal matter in giant lagoons and, in 2006, he noticed small bubbles popping up on the crap lake. Zip to four years later and those small bubbles have grown to the size of small houses.
In an effort to control problem, Goldstein asked state regulators for permission to pop the bubbles, but officials nixed that idea citing a case in Minnesota last year when a hog farmer flew forty feet in the air following an explosion caused by methane gas in a manure pit. Oh, crap!
Full story at Huffington Post.
All about agriculture.
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185 singers across 12 countries perform
185 singers across 12 countries perform American composer Eric Whitacre's "Lux Aurumque" as a "virtual choir" made up of individual YouTube video submissions collected over the course of six months.
Poem for lazy people
How to give a pep talk
When your staff is down and morale is low, how do you raise their spirits? Next Level Blog offers some pointers on how to produce a rallying cry for your employees. For instance:
- Acknowledge the difficulties
- Clearly define the stakes.
- Define the opposition.
Full story at Next Level Blog.
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How to give your boss feedback
It's easy to talk big, but when actually giving constructive feedback can be a tricky art. Harvard Business Review offers a couple of tips on how to give productive feedback to your boss. For instance:
- Gauge the effectiveness of your feedback by your relationship with your boss.
- Hesitate to give unsolicited advice.
- When in doubt, hold your tongue.
Full story at HBR.com.
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This shot was an accident...but somehow I like it...
Sent from my iPhoneTimes and Sunday Times moving to pay models in June
The Times and Sunday Times, both UK journalist outlets, will begin charging for Web site access starting this summer. The two publications are the first two of potentially four News International publications (the other two being The Sun and News of the World) to start with a pay model. Though James Harding, editor of The Times, acknowledges in a BBC News article that the move to paywalls is a risk, he tells the BBC, "But it's less of a risk than just throwing away our journalism and giving it away from free."
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How changing content increases revisits
Jaime Teevan of Microsoft discusses how changing content increases revisits to websites.
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iPad will be "transformational" for newspaper and magazine publishers, says focus groups
For all the buzz and hype, the question still remains: Will the iPad truly remake the publishing world as we know it? To predict the answer, Frank N. Magid Associates conducted some thought-provoking focus groups, which served as the fodder for a Q&Z with Magid marketing strategist Natalie Suski. For instance:
Q: Is the iPad the savior of the publishing industry?A: We do believe it will be transformational for newspaper and magazine publishers. Whether it will save the business or not is a different story, but we definitely think it will put a new face to the way consumers can actually interact with print content as well as advertising within print content. It kind of gives the industry a breath of fresh air.
Full story at MediaPost.
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School cancels classes because of good weather
File this one under "why didn't this ever happen to me as a kid?" A school in Washington state canceled classes one day this week because of beautiful weather. Students and teachers rejoiced at the spontaneous "Sun Day" and the principal even accommodated parents who could not afford day care, allowing everyone to indulge in the great weather without stress.
Full story at UPI.
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100 April Fools gadgets
Looking for a way to exact revenge on your coworker that reported your cubicle porn watching habits to HR? Well, with April Fools right around the corner, the perfect time has arrived for you to lay out a vengeful plot. Walyou has tracked down the top 100 April Fools pranks and gadgets that will have you giggling like a middle school prankster.
Mildew Lunch Bag
Auto Caps Lock
Plug Mug
Full story at Walyou.
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Hockey dad fights $75 fine for too noisy street hockey
Yet-another reason to love Canada. A dad in Montreal is fighting a $75 fine for making too much noise playing street hockey. (Hat tip—or hat trick—to @amyluft for pointing out this story.)
My solution in New Brunswick was to take over a parking lot.
Full story at CTV Montreal.
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Online dating by the numbers
If you've ever browsed eHarmony, OKCupid, or any other online dating site, you know that the pursuit of love via the internet can turn into a challenging and frustrating journey. Especially, when Bachelor #3 shows up and looks about 20 years old (and not in a George Clooney kinda way) and four inches shorter than his profile led you to believe. The data nerds at Online Schools broke down the numbers on the world of internet dating for your stats-loving pleasure:
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Looking for love? Tons of dating resources.
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9 ways to #fail at online marketing
While there are a plethora of articles telling online marketers what they should be doing to reach their targeted audiences, there is a significant lack of posts outlining the opposite—what not to do. To help remedy the situation, here are nine ways to fail at digital marketing. See a few below:
- Spamming. Before you start blindly throwing marketing messages around on various platforms, think about how annoying it would be if you were the recipient.
- Pop-ups. Like spamming inboxes, intrusive advertising on web pages is equally startling (when paired with music) and annoying.
- Keyword stuffing of URLs and page content. It's unethical, it adds little to no value, and it's seriously out of date.
See all nine at Econsultancy.
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Coloring book + Dress = Color-in dress
Feel like you can't find a dress to match those killer you heels you scored on sale? Don't fret, my fashionista friend, because now you can just color your own dress with the Color-In Dress by by Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman. The coloring book styled dress comes in four sizes and sells for 250 Euros. Plus, it provides hours of fun a la childhood. Stay inside the lines!
Full story at Illusion 360.
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