This Blog Has Moved

So I know it's been a short-lived existence for the distant/imperial. the name just never really fit. I think I found a better one.

I hereby christen my brand new blog "wowee zawiya", you can find it here: http://woweezawiya.blogspot.com/.

What does it mean? First off, Wowee Zowee is Pavement's third full-length LP. As my former co-blogger G.L. pointed out to me, it's also kind of a grab bag of a record -- all sorts of different sounds and styles and moods in pretty random order. Since I'll probably cover music, sports, the Middle East, food, and maybe some current events, it seemed like a good fit.

The pun, of course, is trading "zowee" for "zawiya". A "zawiya" (or zaouia) has a few different usages in Arabic, but usually means either an Islamic school or place of learning, or a Sufi lodge. In parts of North Africa, specifically around the Sahara, it's used to refer to the scholarly tribes (as opposed to the warrior and subservient tribes on either side of a kind of caste system).

So there you have it. Expect the same stuff. Just with a different name. Kind of like Hardee's and Carl Jr.'s. Or regime changes in Algeria. Either way.