Минтимер - Min Timer

Living in the State of the Governator, I thought this was appropriate. Schwarznegger hasn't been the worst governor, but I don't think he's a very intelligent person, and quite possibly the worst actor ever.

i found this here: http://iayupov.livejournal.com/

Yulduz Usmanova - Alma Alma

She's Uzbek, not Tatar, but being a cousin from the Golden Horde, the Uzbek words are really close to Tatar and easy to understand. The first time I heard people speaking Turkish, I thought, "These People don't know how to speak Tatar properly."

I also grew up knowing a man called, "Uzbek". Are all these people related to him?

I like her music and she looks like Central Asian Terence Trent D'Arby, which is so appropriate because, "My Momma Said! It's Good To Be Truthful!".

this cd was acquired through intouchmusic in Berkeley, California.

Telenche - Tukay

Gabdullah Tukay

Pilav and Ikra - Siberian Russia

I've never seen a cookbook that issues "Siberian Russia" its own category.

Here are two simple classics:

This is from a 1947 cookbook called "Far Eastern Cookery" by Elinor Burt.

Qazan Tramways! What Was That Fellini Film?

What a cool site this is. It's about the Tramways of Qazan.

This pic is from that site. Opera House and Streetcar.

http://untifler.narod.ru/prestatlat.html

USSR PHOTO REGULATIONS 1976

There certainly must have been more known about the great City of Kazan in 1976 than we would be lead to believe.

Photo Regulations are fascinating. Are you permitted to remember what you saw? I recently found this book in Louisville, Kentucky and I admit, it leaves me a tad nostalgic for totalitarianism. Kazan was sealed in a time-capsule for so long. It's changed so much in such a short amount of time.

Shake A Leg - N-Judas

I was thrilled that our drummer Boo put this video up so quickly.

Her camera rests on a ledge. I'm very comfortable as a mummy.

A clean Virgo Mummy.

I was Jet-Set, racing off to Kentucky after this gig.

The people that come to our shows are the best part, so much screaming and yelling.

Tatar Amtrak-Caravan To Louisville, Kentucky

I've been away for weeks and missing my home and my readers and laptop. I went by Amtrak rail (Camel) to Kentucky, a four day trip across the country. My closest friends went insane and ran off to the South. I needed to visit. I miss them terribly. Kentucky is a charming and beautiful place, described to me as "The Midwest With A Southern Twang". The architecture is tremendous and like San Francisco, in Louisville you could spend a lifetime absorbing the architectural details around you. The Roman Revival homes are incredible. The Barbacue is to die for and the people talk with charming accents and call everyone "Honey" and "Darling" and stuff like that. "I Dooooo Declare!". I'm looking forward to going back again and again.

Colonel Sanders of "Kentucky Fried Chicken" is from Louisville. We had to make a pilgrimage to his grave. I was hoping for a bronze chicken or a bronze bucket or something. We were the only ones here and there wasn't an odour of fried foods for miles and miles. I used to like their "Spicy Rice".


I went hunting for Tatar books at the Louisville Free Public Library, a beautiful structure. Alas, there were none. There were a few books about the current state of Central Asian economics and a couple of other pseudo-relevant books, but no holy grail of Tatar Culture. Great sign at the front door though.

On the way home from Kentucky, I went through Cincinatti and saw this cafe downtown. Hmmmmmm? Getting closer!

I looked in the phone book and there were listed three Mosques in the greater Louisville area, A kind man I met there named Bob told me he had gone to prayer services with a friend at one of them.

Essalam Alleykum Y'all!