Mersin And Turkey Links And News Stories

Below are some stories I had bookmarked earlier but only now got around to posting:

- Turkey's senior women's soccer team defeated Northern Ireland in Mersin as part of their EURO 2009 qualifying

- An Ak Party member of the Turkish Parliament from Mersin redefines the definition of political cowboy

- An Islamic version of creationism is being heavily pushed by mysterious forces in Turkey

- 2 women journalists arrested in Mersin were finally released after being held for 9 months

- Mersin Sosyete (Mersin Society), a well designed local entertainment portal opened in the summer although I only noticed it recently

- For your viewing pleasure, a video showing some of Mersin Province's highlights:



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Labels: current affairs, mersin, multimedia, turkey

Pearl Jam To Rock Adelaide

In the next few days my favourite band, Pearl Jam, will play two concerts in Adelaide. Last week, U2, another great group, were also in town. Unfortunately, I'm on the other side of the world and cannot attend.

This time reminds me of February/March 1998 when I went with university friend Ryan to see U2 in Sydney and then a week later saw Pearl Jam at Thebarton Oval.

A few days ago, members of the two bands performed a cheesy version of Neil Young's Rockin' In The Free World in Melbourne. Here is a much better version from Pearl Jam's 2003 Adelaide concert. If you look carefully, you may be able to see my sister Anna's and my bobbing heads in the front row. Anna received one of the broken tambourines this night. Other Pearl Jam Adelaide 2003 concert videos are here. If you haven't had enough Free World Rockin', there is also a video from Pearl Jam's Milan concert I attended a few months ago.

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Labels: adelaide, multimedia, music