Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

This and that

You know, feeling so postless lately... But honestly, I really want to share many things to you. Yeah, for the intermezzo, gonna tell you about what I love recently.





The Naked and Famous


Pepper Rabbit


Bloc Party



The Pains of Being Pure at Heart


Ash Stymest & Luke Worrall
Gosh, can you notice their faces? Terribly cute!


Kat Dennings
Still become the prettiest girl on earth. And also, just like me, the big fan of David Bowie!!!
Norah! Norah! Norah!




Fashion; Asian Invasion
Remember when I was taking a bath, my mom suddenly told me that there were an earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan. The first time that I thought about was... "Are you okay, Chisato? Shibuya Kei? Tatsuya? Yokoyama?"



Elle Fanning in Somewhere!


After Lost In Translation, I've been waiting for this movie. Sofia is one of the genius women in this planet I think.
Just imagine about her ideas and idealism that always make us 'Whoa!'. Well, the soundtrack of this movie was brought by... Thomas Mars. I mean, Phoenix. As I guessed before.
Enjoy the trailer, here!


“You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.”
(Ethan Embry)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Eh?

I just found this article from Topix. Read this one... What will you say?


I HATE INDONESIA
Written by someone named Indonesian


I hate this goddamn stupid "third-world" country. I hate the lame government ruled by old moron people. I hate the stupid eastern culture that's going on in this country. I hate their hypocrisy about everything. I hate their idiotic electric company.
I hate their policies, monopoly, and their inconsistencies about everything they do (or what they told you they would do). I hate the fact that this country is POOR, and so their people are also POOR, poor in knowledge, poor in resources, both human and nature.
I hate the fact that everything is so god damn expensive down here, and don't tell me about the low-life-cost here. There's nothing cheap here for people like me. I hate their economical so-called-growth. I hate rupiah. I hate their internet connection that's so slow and weak and terribly expensive too. I hate that I was born in Indonesia.
I never wish to born here :(

Then, one of the readers left a comment...

"Everyday what I heard and watch are news about Indonesian slaughtering people. Papua, brutal murderer, riot, city of thief... I just can not walk proud as Indonesian anymore here. The world has stamped big letter of "Man slaughter" on Indonesian's head. I hate my country... I wish i could leave this place."

The other one said...

"Do something about it, moron, is your complaining changes anything? You are not different that smashing drum in the side of the street!"

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Okay, enough. Now, I'm sitting in front of my computer with a simple-yet-bothersome question, WHY DO WE REGRET BECAUSE OF OUR NATIONALITY? I know we're too tired with a lot of creepy things that happen in our country. When you turn on your television and you see 'that' things again... Poverty, corruption, law, politic, economic, culture... Round and round again in your head. On the other hand, we sacrilege Malaysia for the plagiarism case, but actually, I envy my friends who live in that country. They live collectedly and peaceably with a good government and the bucking environment. Then, I start to compare both of them.
Finally, I realize something: I never do anything for my country. That's why Indonesia still walk on its blind site. Does Indonesia need our efforts? I think... Yes! We are rich, we have to dig the treasures with our selfmade. So, think again, Buddies, what do we regret most from Indonesia? Well, I'm standing on zero.

These are the clips I love to watch recently. Check the Radiohead's, Thom Yorke is dancing on that video. Agak nakutin sih, but forget it, dua jempol deh for the beautiful dance!



Have a good night, everybody!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

If you only remember it once



There is a time when we all fail
Some people take it pretty well, some take it all out on themselves, some they just take it out on friends
Oh everybody plays the game, and if you don't you're called insane

Don't don't don't don't it's not safe no more
i've got to see you one more time
Soon you were born, in 1984

Sit me down, shut me up
I'll calm down, and i'll get along with you...

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Casablancas, Hammond Jr., Valensi, Fraiture, and Moretti
-- I'll Try Anything Once, 2006







Monday, December 20, 2010

I screamed for Mew!!!!!!!

I've been waiting so long for this, watched Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Grae Jorgensen, live. Yeah, that was Mew!!! They came as a super-guest-star on Coca Cola Soundburst Festival in Surabaya (11/12). So I didn't want to bungle this moment easily. I've prepared my self and also my troop, then, we waited them for five hours, until finally they appeared on the stage.

I didn't know how to express my feelings, my knees were shaking and my hands were quaking! I saw Mew! I probably jumped onto the stage extremely if I could hehehe, but the fact, it didn't happen. I really enjoyed the show and couldn't stop singing the songs until the end of the show, especially when they played Special, Comforting Sounds, and Sometimes Life Isn't Easy. The stage really made me crazy. But unfortunately, I didn't capture Bo. I want to share the grandeur of the show with you, Guys. So, yeah, I give you these...

The cute one, Jonas


Gonna watch them again. I hope that...


Thank you to my dear bro, Rio Dinata, who already took the photos. Check him out!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Yearning after, him





My Prince, it has been a year...

I loved you, I'm still loving you and will always love you forever.
You're a child of fortune, in heaven.

Oh yeah, I found those watercolor paintings, created by someone named Nicole Wang. Wonderful.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Maybe, untitled...

Bonjour, Chacun, la longue période pas ne voit et vous voyez ma douleur aiguë maintenant...

Just so you know, Guys, ini sudah jam 00.20 dan saya masih terdampar di atas kasur dengan mata masih terbuka lebar bersama sepiring Ritz dan secangkir susu cokelat di sebelah saya--ada Tugas Mandiri saya juga yang seabrek, tapi nggak perlulah disebut. Setelah sekian lama otak saya buntu dan tangan saya macet untuk ngepost sesuatu di sini, akhirnya... Saya kembali dengan tumpukan aspal dan kerikil yang menjejali setiap bilik otak saya.

Saya mengalami malam yang buruk, semalam. Tangan kanan saya bekerja dengan biologi dan sejarah, mata saya bolak-balik buku-laptop, dan tangan kiri saya ngetik. Ya, ngetik. Ngebalesin semua chat dari orang-orang. Bener-bener malem yang weird. Sama sekali nggak ada yang menarik, kalau kamu mau bilang yang menarik adalah tugas biologi, sejarah dan sebelas mata pelajaran lainnya yang harus saya kerjakan minggu ini, sebaiknya hibernasi dululah, biar sadar hmm.

Entahlah, meskipun klise, tapi saya suka membahas satu topik ini: cinta. Kalo nggak ada cinta di dunia ini, mungkin nggak pernah ada ya ceritanya Tom dan Summer di 500 Days Of Summer, atau resepsi ayah sama ibu saya, atau kucing tetangga saya melahirkan anak, buah kasih sayangnya dengan kucing pasangannya. Let's 'coning' this topic, saya pengen nanya, apakah menunggu sesuatu yang nggak pasti itu worthed? I have to say that; falling in love is one of  the best things in the world that I've ever felt. Don't you feel the same? Hmm? Dan... Broken heart is one of the most ridiculous and blood-curding things in the world, for me, meh!

Semalem saya bener-bener merasa kecewa untuk kesekian kalinya. Ada kemungkinan terkabulnya harapan dan mimpi, namun ada juga celah untuk mimpi buruk menyusup ke dalamnya, yang pastinya bakal ngebuat saya stress. Berulang kali saya meyakinkan diri saya untuk segera buat keputusan, decision, all I have to think, is a decision. About me and him. 
Saya sadar banget sama liriknya Animal Collective, "...I don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status, I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls." Tapi saya agak berontak, saya tanya, di dunia ini siapa yang mau ngejalanin hubungan tanpa status untuk selamanya?

Bener-bener freak, saya nggak mampu ngelanjutin tugas saya karena hal ini. Sudah sekitar empat bulan lebih saya stuck, di tengah-tengah, dan selama itu pula saya nggak mampu untuk membuat suatu keputusan yang adil untuk saya dan dia. Saya egois. Saya nggak mau kehilangan dia, tapi saya juga ngerasa kalau saya ini 'korban', victim of love.
Aditya Nurmansyah membuat saya sadar kalau kunci itu harus dipakai di lubang yang bener, kalau lubang itu salah, nggak ada arti dan gunanya kita bikin kunci. Andaru Dhimas membuat saya sadar kalau segalanya itu aneh, semakin kita jatuh cinta, omongan kita makin ngelantur... Dan Intan Nadia Putri membuat saya sadar akan satu hal, apa yang kita inginkan, cuma kita yang bisa memutuskan, because what you say and what you do, is what you get.

These are really 'something', my guardian angels whenever I need...
1. Electric President - Insomnia
2. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
3. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
4. Beach House - Apple Orchard
5. Sonic Youth - What We Know
6. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
7. Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit
8. Hollywood, Mon Amour feat. Nancy Danino - Reality
9. Coldplay - Fix You
10. The Album Leaf - Falling From The Sun
11. Alcoholic Faith Mission - Nut In Your Eye
12. The Notwist - Consequence
...and the last is...
13. Pitbull, any songs of Armando Christian Perez! Crazy of 'em!!!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Taste, and Rock

Kalau sebuah tagline mengatakan 'Rasa adalah segalanya', saya setuju seratus persen. Bahkan kalau perlu nih, jumlahin aja deh seluruh helai rambut manusia di dunia, sebanyak itu mungkin persennya. Tapi bukan rasa yang menjurus pada yeah-you-know-it-yes-yourself, yang berhubungan dengan pengaman atau yang intim-intim (I talk about a good tagline dari tv sponsor yang salah sepertinya...), tapi saya berbicara tentang rasa, yang universal, rasa, di dunia... Ada sejuta rasa di dunia ini. Yang orang tahu mungkin manis, pahit, asin, asam, atau apalah. Tapi saya menemukan rasa baru, abstrak. Ya, abstrak. Perpaduan dari kesedihan, kegembiraan, bingung, perih, tapi menggelikan. Saya akan bertanya, pernah nggak sih kalian merasakan rasa seperti itu? Kapan? Dimana? Rasa itu mungkin yang ada di diri saya sekarang. Sudah lima hari ini saya nggak lihat batang hidungnya Parman (Heeeey, do you still remember about Parman!?), dan, hal itu membuat saya sedikit lupa sama dia. Saya percaya kok, masih banyaaaaak yang lebih baik dari Parman yang nantinya bakal datang-datang sendiri. Saya ngerasa abstrak. Di satu sisi, ada perasaan senang dan sedikit ahhhhh, lega mungkin. Saya jadi nggak terlalu ambil pusing tiap mikirin dia, mungkin memang bukan buat saya.

Tapi di sisi lain, ada yang aneh. Sebenernya dan sejujur-jujurnya saya masih butuh dia, butuh dia di handphone saya dan spend our times with some chit-chats, saya jadi suka mikirin yang enggak-enggak tentang dia dan pacarnya, yes, he's already taken. Dan sepertinya, I'm falling in love with the wrong guy!!! Saya suka sama orang yang hobinya menarik-ulur saya, itu.

Aaaaaaah, ini lho yang namanya rasa abstrak. Membingungkan. Kita nggak bakal tahu letak kesedihan atau kesenangannya, karena dua-duanya sama-sama saling mendahului dan nggak ada endingnya. Apalagi kalau udah berhubungan dengan masalah yang satu ini, sebenernya saya nggak suka bilangnya, saya bahkan nggak tahu cara ngomonginnya, but I just want to say that It's all about love (menurut saya cara ini yang paling 'normal').
Hmm gimana pun juga, saya pengen move on, nggak pengen stuck disini aja mikirin hal-hal klise seperti itu. Ada satu obat mujarab yang benar-benar ampuh menyembuhkan luka-luka nggak berbentuk macam yang di atas itu... Saya mau jatuh cinta lagi. Jatuh cinta pada yang masa lalu, dan masa kini... Jatuh cinta untuk yang kesekian kalinya pada musik rock.

Saya kenal dengan band ini saat saya SD, tapi saya jadi tergila-gila pas SMP kelas 2. Dan sekaraaaang, rasanya tiap denger jeritan Deborah Harry di album Parallel Lines, atau Autoamerican, saya lupa sama semuanya! They have everything that I want, I like new wave, but sometimes I need a touch of punk rock. They've ate them all!!!


Kalau yang ini jagonya rock alternatif. Lihat dong, udah kakek nenek tetep cadas! I love Sonic Youth since I was child, especially Kim Gordon. Dia yang bikin saya terobsesi untuk punya band, jadi anak band, jadi rockstar. Arrrrgghhhh! Inspirasi mereka nggak nanggung-nanggung, Glenn Branca, The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, they did all with their own way! Their different way... That makes me love them.


Placebo
I love Brian Molko's wavy voice, their Nancy Boy and Infra-Red, and their androgynous images (With the eyeliner too), although Stefan Olsdal is a gay...

Saya rindu The Doors. Saya rindu Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, dan tentunya Jim Morrison. Saya rindu nonton video mereka membawakan Moonlight Drive, atau L.A. Woman secara live. Saya rindu, rindu, rindu!!! Dan sampai sekarang, tipe cowok idaman saya sama sekali nggak pernah berubah, yang cadas dengan permainan gitar atau drumnya, messy, cool, tapi melankolis seperti Jim dengan An American Poet-nya.

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies, Nirvana...
Kurt Cobain, walaupun diamplas sampe ratusan kali, rockstar enchantment-nya nggak pernah hilang kebawa waktu. Salah satu rockstar dengan wajah terbaik sepanjang masa. Ornery, but charming. Oh iya, dari dulu saya nyari kacamata yang Kurt pake di foto bareng Dave Grohl dan Krist Novoselic itu lho, dimana ya?

Have you ever watch 10 Things I Hate About You?

Wajahnya selalu ngingetin saya dengan aktor favorit saya, Heath Ledger. Dulu saya suka 'Ini Ledger atau Joseph Gordon-Levitt ya?'. Mereka sama-sama main di 10 Things I Hate About You. Dan sekarang, saya sudah tahu cara ngebedainnya, Joseph punya wajah yang lebih annoying dan hmm, cute hahaha. Saya lagi nungguin film 500 Days of Summer, dan semua bungkus atau packaging atau brosur Burberry terbaru yang memasang wajah dia! Joseph!!!Actually, dia bukan rocker. But wait, look at him above, cadas dan messy banget bukan?

Andrew VanWyngarden
Saya selalu menunggu ide cerdasnya untuk MGMT, dan masih tetap menjadikan Destrokk dan Kids sebagai salah dua playlist yang paling sering diputar di handphone saya...

Saya mengidolakan semua laki-laki yang punya selera, salah satunya adalah Pete Doherty. He glorify something called taste. Fashion, music, poet, saya suka denger Last of the English Roses dan lagu-lagunya di The Libertines dan Babyshambles, tapi saya kurang suka dengan personality-nya. Andaikan dia nggak hidup dengan rokok, mariyuana, kokain, atau heroin... Hhh.

Sergio Pizzorno

Kalau yang kalian dengerin biasanya adalah Kasabian, pasti nggak asing sama cowok satu ini. Arrrgggh, seriously, he made me fall into a big hole!!! Saya jatuh cinta sama gitaris ini waktu saya lagi nonton video mereka live di Royal Albert Hall, London. Gosh, nggak pernah ya sama nemuin yang kayak Serge ini. Wajahnya little bit Spanish dengan mustache dan rambut gondrongnya, dan yang paling saya suka adalah his sense of fashion! Asli beda banget, agak folk tapi rock-nya nggak hilang.
Aaaaaah, check him out! www.myspace.com/sergiopizzorno


Nggak ada habisnya kalau biacarin rock, topik pembicaraan yang paling saya suka adalah musik, entah itu rock atau jazz, pop, blues, latin, hip hop, electronic, atau house music. Tapi akhir-akhir ini saya lagi tergila-gila dengan rock. Dan semuanya sudah saya tuliskan... Yang saya jatuh cintai setelah Parman, ahhh, all I wanna do now is one, forgetting him. Anyway, kartu lebaran dari Disemutin Bersaudara sudah datang!!! Thanks for Kak Ical, anak muda kayak Disemutin Bersaudara-lah yang dibutuhin Indonesia... Come on, do something! Don't waste your time with thinking about someone who don't love you, believe me, it hurts...

I glue you all my regards, I'll see you next!!!