AmazingUniversalCallibration
It really freaks me out sometimes how the universe throws things at me in groups. This morning whilst I was testing a student's laptop I came across an article about Istanbul and how it is one of the most happening cities on Earth, the planet. Intrigued, I perused the article until I was distracted by a turn of phrase that I had never come across before: Sufi Electronica. I think we can all agree that something with that categorical naming convention demands investigation. So yes, I went out to the wild frontiers of the etherwebs with only Google as my guide and got me some info on Sufi Electronica and Bear Share provided some substantial examples of what could be a new musical infatuation.
And then, just moments ago, I was looking at the Wikipedia home page and saw that on this day in 1071 the Seljuk Turks captured the Byzantium Emperor at the Battle of Manzikert, which we all know was a chief factor in the demise of old Byzantium. Isn't it just eerie how all these things just sort of go together? Of course, I guess it was a few hundred years before those naughty Turks actually took the city, but as the song goes:
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
And now for something stoatally different. I found the bit about Stoats and humans totally fascinating and I trust you, filthy readers, will too. In fact I urge you to find it fascinating.