![]() ![]() Like me, many who bought this collection soon became fans of specific artists. When this collection came out I realized that although many Europeans and Jazz fans were already followers of Brazilian music, many of the fans of Talking Heads and what was called New Wave music had never heard of these songs or these artists. The label I was signed to at the time must have not expected it to sell well, because they made a horrible licensing deal such that they lost money on every record sold! Beat that Amazon and Spotify! We were losing money to spread the reach of this music 30 years ago, way before internet businesses learned to lose money in hopes of gaining market share before their investors walked away. For a while I got used to hearing this record in cool restaurants and clothing boutiques. This was one of our most popular compilations. ![]() I also learned that musical sophistication like that heard in these songs is not antithetical to acceptance by a popular audience (many of these artists and their songs were hugely popular) and to the work being approachable and accessible. I saw that songwriting can do this-speak brutally and honestly and at the same time provide a hint of a way out. The music says that-while the words might describe the situation as it is, in all it’s pain and suffering. This kind of writing, like Gaye’s and many others, invites us to rise above, to be the change we can imagine. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm-which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream-though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. Like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. In my notes at the time I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Ankara's Altınpark and İzmir's fair area are the two other places where they fly over the sky, coloring the branches.Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they’re truly timeless songs. It is possible to spot them during a walk along Gülhane Park in Sultanahmet or Yıldız Park in Beşiktaş. Around 200 parakeets are said to have escaped from their cages at Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport. Researchers say that these parakeets began to populate Turkey after they were first brought to Istanbul by animal sellers in 1997. These elegant birds mainly live in forests as well as open woodlands. Psittacula and the Alexandrine parakeets are also seen in European countries but mainly originate from an area ranging from Africa to southeast Asia and the islands of the Indian Ocean. ![]() They are foreigners to the region but have adapted themselves to the climate thanks to their resistance to cold. We publish their photos on the website," the researchers said.Īlthough Turkey is not a native homeland for these exotic bird species, how they came to Turkey is still a matter of interest. "We are mainly studying their behavior, nutrition and how they influence the environment. Kiraz Erciyes Yavuz from 19 Mayıs University and Esra Per from Gazi University are working together to identify their population and calling everyone to inform them when they spot any parakeets outside. Through their website, the researchers share photos of Psittacula and the Alexandrine parakeets, offering a visual feast. Two researchers from the 19 Mayıs University in the northern Samsun province and Gazi University in Ankara have rolled up their sleeves to identify this tropical bird population and their whereabouts. These outgoing and independent Afro-Asian parakeets adorn trees in parks and recreational areas mainly in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir, yet it is possible to see them in more than 20 cities around Turkey. Commonly referred to as ring-necked parakeets, brightly colored Psittacula and the Alexandrine parakeets, named after Alexander the Great, fly over Turkey's different regions each year, with their population on a rise. ![]()
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