No this was not a football match. It was another tribute for Manchester bands – this time it was for The Stone Roses and Oasis.
Tag: gigs
Festival Seperlima
A few days before the event, I read a post on Luky’s Facebook account saying that his performance at Festival Seperlima on October 26 would be his last one in Jakarta.
Park Jammers at Hidden Park
We have been wanting to play at Hidden Park since we found out about them around a year ago, so we were really happy when we were contacted by them that we could play at their latest programme. It was early September when Irawan contacted me that Hidden Park was going to make another event, …
[Pet Shop Boys Jakarta] The Concert
It was a warm Saturday night in downtown Jakarta – the people were celebrating the country’s independence by day and I was celebrating Pet Shop Boys’ first ever concert in Indonesia. The concert was not my first however, as I went to their concert twice in 2009 during their Pandemonium tour. The Pandemonium concert was …
The Stone Roses Performing Live in Jakarta
When I was in college I joined a band called Disco in Disguise and the band was heavily influenced by the Manchester music scene, so when I heard about The Stone Roses performing in Jakarta, I felt highly obligated to see them.
tjikini weekend // blues night
09.02.2013 At 7 we headed to Upstairs, a bar which at that evening held a Blues night gig. So we three (Titing, Arris, and I) headed to the bar to get some beers and had a look at the Blues gig. The bar was very nice, with old atmosphere that reminded me so much of …
java soulnation // scissor sisters
scissor sisters java soulnation 29.09.2011 I had never been that nervous. Not even when I was about to see Morrissey or Saint Etienne earlier this year. The last time I had this pre-concert anxiety was before Pet Shop Boys’ in 2009. And prior to their performance that Saturday evening, I had been watching “Let’s Have …
java soulnation // rnrm
RNRM java soulnation 29.09.2012 The last time I watched them live was at last year’s Soulnation. And I was bloody surprised. They had turned from something good to something really awesome. I even had not been able to take the song “Stuck in a Moment” out of my head for months. Yes, they really were …
java soulnation // hercules and love affair
hercules and love affair java soulnation 29.09.2012 It was the first time I watched their performance, and they were.. ab-so-lute-ly gorgeous I stood right in front of Gustaph, one of their singers, and I was melting like a lava cake. I will make a confession now: That was the first time I heard of them, …
java soulnation // valerius
29.09.2012 vette shit ouwe! Literally translated as “fat shit, old man!”, it is used to express compliment of something really cool. Probably it’s like, “awesome, dude!” or something like that. (Maarten said the expression is no longer common in the province of Noord Holland — where young lads use the expression, but some folks still …