Popular in Gybria: Predictions, Local Natives

• In the Music Department, Talking Heads meets Paul Simon's Graceland to hopefully forever kill all Vampire Weekend nonsense. Presenting: Local Natives.

• Two weeks ago, Monday night. A martini, two beers and a couple of capirinhas later, talking soccer and sketching out chances of Turkey making it to the Euro Cup 2012: Check the schedule here, look at this awesome forecast based on worst odds that puts Turkey, errr, 4th with 17 points.

• In the Paying-Catch-Up-With-The-New-Yorker Department, belated humor about the Taliban, hipster edition: Not Your Father's Taliban.
• In the Tipping Is a Town in China Department, finally and American who thinks like a Turk: Hey, Waiter! Just How Much Extra Do You Really Expect?
• Last but not least, The Department of Made-Up-Famous-People-Visiting-a-Coiffeur: Spot the missing letter, window of hairdresser next to Pera in Midtown. (Disclosure: Photo not edited, full window included.)