OST The Great Gatsby

After watching the following Great Gatsby trailer, I immediately fall in love with songs in the trailer.  Most definitely OST The Great Gatsby will become one of the most anticipated album this year!

Lana Del Rey  - Young and Beautiful

My favorite part of the soundtracks. The dark melody, cinematic and emotional feeling mashed perfectly with the movie scores. Lana delivers the song very well. 

Florence and the Machine  - Over the Love

Florence’s voice sounds as evocative as ever,  her voice in a climax like a theatrical explosion which gives me chills!! Just amazingly powerful !

Sia – Kill and Run

Don’t you think she fits perfectly to sing a Bond theme song?! I thought so, when I first heard this song. She give a Shirley Bassie epicness doesn’t she? Love it!

The XX – Together

Despite all the comments who said that The XX will become mainstream, etc.  I think the song is great and man, it’s so sexy!! And I personally thinks this song still represent them, and glad that the band will have more recognition,,,,

So far those 4 was the one  who left big impression for me,,, other tracks,  I don’t hate but I don’t adore it either.  But I don’t quite like the cover of “Happy Together” by Filter and “Back to Black” by Beyonce and Andre 3000. “Back to Black” are supposed to be sing by Amy,,,the one and only Amy! 

Vacation Time : Phuket, Thailand

One day I just went crazy and book a flight to Phuket despite all the works and study that I should've done.

Why Phuket? First, I never been to Thailand before, it's not that far from where I live, I had brother in law who works in Indigo Pearl Resort in Phuket,  and I haven't had vacation in ages,,,so yess, why not?! I went there for a week and spend my Birthday there,,,which is very lovely,,,

The beaches
Walking, swimming, sitting, lazying around the beach, I do that every day in Phuket,,,,I tried most of the beaches from Naiyang, Patong, Kata, Karon and Surin. And the one that I love the most is Kata beaches. And I take a photos in Reggae bar up near Kata Karon viewpoints, and see all the beaches line up very beautiful


The Temples
I didn't get to see a lot of Temple, but I did go to Wat Chalong and Big Buddha, which is very very beautiful. Thank God I wear a proper dress to visit the temple. If you wear tank top and shorts, you'll need to cover yourself with a sarong that is prepared there.
 

Phi Phi Island!!
Yay,,,,Phi Phiiiii,,,,amazing white beaches,,,the beaches are so soft!! love love love it!!


The Food!! 
I gained 4kg in one week!! I ate like a pig,,,everything is so yummy! almost every night I eat pad thai. All of the food is my favourite I guess,,,I have one restaurant that I absolutely adore,,,I don't know the name because it's in Thailands but it's near Kata beach.
 

The Cruise,,,
Yess, I'm delightful when we got to play one day in a cruise,,,the ship is called Asian Lady,,,


The Family
My soon to be brother in law has one year old son who amazingly cute!


I came home very very much tanned, fat but HAPPY!!!

The Day That I met Jebraw = AWESOME MAN!

Perasaan gw saat ini? PECAH MAN!!! Jebraw is like the most entertaining person I've seen so far,,,,and I met him in person today! He host an Indonesia travel series on malesbanget.com with title Jalan-Jalan Men! I've been a fan of these series since two months ago when I first saw it on youtube,,,I fell in love instantly with Jebraw with his ukulele, Naya with her harmonica, the concept, the music,,,,everything!!

"I think trains are for hipsters,,,and my mood is a bit mainstream today,,,so we decide,,,we take a cab" it has an English sub for episode 1

 "Chuck Norris is nothing compare to Pak Tukijo, Man,,,he dive using freakin life jacket, Man"

 LOL at Jebraw's comments!!

Incubus Live in Jakarta

IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

Say Hello to the best band ever,,,

INCUBUS!!

Overwhelm. Cry of happiness. Uncontrolled emotions
Just imagine the person you admired your whole life is standing 150m  in front of you,,,
I fell in love with Incubus since I was in Junior high school, Fungus Amongus album made me fall in love with the band at the first sight. Dreams come true for sure,,,

This is the second time Incubus comes to Indonesia, I couldn't attend the first concert due to my study in Swiss. So hell yeah, I have to attend this one,,,if not now when? The performances itself is flawless, Brandon was so hypnotizing,,,*sorry i can't be objective with Incubus*. One thing that makes me disappointed is they didn't play their old songs such as : Sink beneath the line, azwethinkweiz, anti-gravity, hilikus, you'll be a hot dancer, etc. I'm kinda looking forward for that songs. The reasons maybe because they played it in 2008, their first concert in Jakarta. That's a pity,,,,

I didn't take any pictures at all because I'm too busy singing and jumping around luckily my Incunesian friend takes photos!! I thought I'd share it here,,,





Thanks Incubus for making my dream come true,,,,

Kylie Minogue "Aphrodite" Tour live in Jakarta

The SHOWGIRL return,,,,give it up for

Ms. KYLIE MINOGUE!!

The journey to attend Kylie’s concert is just WOW!! We’re stuck in a traffic jam for about 2 hours, our car broke down in the highway and we (4 girls) have to push the car until highway office at windy night with only shirt and short pants on. We have to leave the car if we plan to catch Kylie’s concert, we look for a taxi in a highway which is IMPOSSIBLE to get, so we decide to take a full loaded bus with our minimalist clothes on (believe me if you live in Indonesia, hot pants with tank top ride a bus is a big NO NO). We ride the bus just until we find a taxi , luckily we found taxi quite quick and go straight to Kylie’s concert venue! We’re on time! Lucky for us the concert was delayed for 1 hour due to traffic jam. FIUUUUH!!

The theme of her “Aphrodite” Concert 2011 is Greek so we could see a Parthenon stage and three gold stairs filled with dancers wearing Greek costume sets. Kylie came out beautifully from a gold giant shell and she sings Aphrodite!


Kylie knows how to entertain and performs that’s for sure! She brings a gold Pegasus and her sculpture, harp, chariot as stage property, plus 30 dancers, 6 musicians and 200 costume sets with her. Two words for her ALL OUT!!!


She sings 25 songs in total in about 2 hours show. She sings most of her hits songs such as “Can’t get you out of my head”, “Spinning Around”, “Get out of my way”, “Love at first sight”. Her dance numbers successfully turn the arena into a club! What makes me amaze are she re-arrange the song “Slow” into a slow sassy and sexy jazz!! And turn it around in the middle of the song into dance song! For me personally, that song is the BEST!! In the song “Looking for an angel”, one of the dancer come down to earth as an angel which is very beautiful to look at. She ends the concert with her latest hits “All the Lovers”. I just can’t believe 43 years old woman can be that energetic and HOT!


Kylie is highly communicative with the audiences, she asks the audiences what song do they want to hear next, she sings “Hand on your heart” and “Locomotion” as requested. In several songs she looks coquettish which I love. She changes 7-8 times costume set and it’s very quick! The video that played on the LCD really3x a services for gays, no wonder she becomes a gay icon,,,


I also love the audiences, well mostly it filled with women and gays but they’re all out! Love their clothes,,,everybody looks unique! Throughout the concert, she brings Greek and Vegas to me!! Certainly one of the concerts that I won’t forget!! Standing applause for Ms. Kylie Minogue, you’re truly an entertainer!

MGMT Live in Jakarta

Jakarta, 26 Maret 2011 – Urbanite Asia present “BeatFest 2011” with MGMT and The Whitest Boy Alive.The event takes place at Bengkel Night Park, SCBD Sudirman Jakarta.

I don’t know much about MGMT and The Whitest Boy Alive (TWBA). I started to like MGMT one year ago I guess, their artsy video clip intrigue me! Ok, first liner in this year Beatfest is Sajama Cut (local band), I seriously don’t know anything about this band and I come late so I didn’t watch their performances. So sorrrrrrry,,,,

Second liner is TWBA with Erlend Øye as the leader. This electro band is quite familiar with Indonesian crowds, this is their second time in Indonesia. Erlend is very communicative with the crowds which makes the performances is more enjoyable despite simplicity in their music. In the middle of the show, Erlend ask the audience to silence for a while to respect Earth Hour. Their performances closed by the one and only song from TWBA that I knew which is “1517”.

Quite long transition from TWBA to MGMT and the venue is getting hotter and hotter (because of the Earth Hour, they use less Air con). The crowds was screaming when they come out and sing “It’s working”. Later on, MGMT’s catchy hooks like “Weekend Wars?” and “Electric Feel” got the crowd moving. One more thing that I remember that the song “Siberian Breaks” last more than 10 minutes which is quite overwhelm for me, Thank God after that they played “Kids” ,,,that’s refreshing!!





In summary, MGMT’s performance was exactly the same as the records, which was impressive considering how complex their music’s are. Every note and layer from the records was there, and it really show how accomplished this young musician is. Because the performances stole most of their concentration, they didn’t interact much with the crowd which becomes a weak point of their concert in my opinion. What I looooove the most is MGMT’s psychedelic 80’s retro videography projections that complemented their sounds!!





Ok,,,see you guys in the next concert : Incubus live in Jakarta!

SUEDE Live in Jakarta!!

After almost 8 years, we meet again my dearest

SUEDE

Suede came to Jakarta in 2003 for the first time! *minus Mr.Codling*. Not long after that, they split up. Each of them is busy with their project. Brett has his solo album project, Simon and Oakes is busy with their other band Futon and Artmagic, Mat toured with Brett while Neil toured with Natalie Imbruglia.

In 2010, they decide to reunite and played in London's Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2010 Teenage Cancer Trust shows. After that, they release "The Best of Suede" in September. And they've been touring to promote the album.

They wrote in their official websites about the Jakarta gigs, which cost a leaked information because it is supposed to be a surprise. As I mentioned before in my previous post about the ticketing system for Live and Rockin, we have to do trade in! However, because of this insanity, Suede fans share the problem on Suede's official forum. And amazingly, Suede management hear our complaints and find a better solution for us which is 500 giveaway tickets for Suede fans. Thank you guys for fighting for us!!!

Ok, enough with the introduction to Suede! Here comes my overwhelm expression toward Suede's concert on 19 March 2011.

It's funny before Suede comes out, the MC said "We have to thank Blackberry for this bla bla" and all the audiences BOO-ed him and blackberry *including me*

Here's the setlist for the night


If I compare with 2003, the sound is better in 2003 however the crowds, the ambiances 2011 are definitely full of awesomeness!! There are many die hard Suede who misses them a lot and express their joy and excitement!!



It's hard to get Brett's photos because he moved a lot!!! i still can't believe he's 43! How he dance, how he spin his mic and his body! *kapan lagi bisa liat dance langka itu?*

And, what makes me enjoy this concert more than 2003 is because MR. NEIL JOHN CODLING! and he's in front of my eyes!! My camera = Neil-minded *help,,,i'm melting!!*





I'm fully satisfied especially they played a lot of songs from old albums : Suede, Dog Man Star and the booming Coming up album! this 3 albums definitely THE BEST OF SUEDE!! I was hoping that they'll play My Insatiable one and Europe is our playground!

The best concert of the Year!!