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March 30, 2010!
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Showing posts with label Peristiwa (Events). Show all posts
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
My Birthday Song of This Year
My Heart Sings - 311
It's a beautiful song.
Who wouldn't want their heart to sing?
I guess, our heart sings as we feel good.
As we feel good about life.
Feel good about our own life and other people's life.
People that we know and care for.
We feel good about our own life when we appreciate what we're doing with it and in it and what we're getting from it.
Appreciating good feelings, bad feelings, and in-between feelings in life.
Appreciating good feelings or good times is easy, but necessary to caress our spirit.
Appreciating bad feelings or bad times is not easy, but also necessary to build our will and perseverance.
Appreciating in-between feeling is tricky, but most necessary to develop our skill in decision making.
So, they're all necessary.
They're all part of life.
It's a need for us to learn to appreciate each those feelings/times.
So we can appreciate, and enjoy, our life.
Because it's one of those things that we have to do ourselves.
If we don't enjoy our life... then, who will?
All of the above seem quite a cliche, but I think they're relevant to anyone celebrating a birthday.
They also seem to have nothing to do with my birthday song of this year, but they are, to me.
Talking about a beautiful song isn't all about the lyrics, the harmony, the artist...
All that is already so obvious.
Wanna emphasize on how good the song is?
Talking will never be enough!
Play it.
Listen.
It's good.
Yeah...
What's more on talking about a beautiful song, is the effect that the song brings to our heart.
It's on the way that the song relates to our life, and a good relation is always a good thing.
That way, the song becomes part of the soundtrack of our life.
I think I'd been lucky enough to knew someone so special that makes my heart sings, almost as awesome as described in this beautiful song.
I haven't been that lucky again though, for quite some time now... :P
But, like everyone does, I had plenty of other times when my heart does sing.
That's my relation to the song.
That's beautiful.
My heart sings.
Yes.
Awrite!
What a beautiful feeling.
Thank you 311.
Chad-Nick-PNut-SA-Tim.
Sexton-Hexum-Wills-Martinez-Mahoney.
I'm glad to be just another one who've been appreciating the band since quite the beginning and down the road.
Bring it on... :)
311 Live in Jakarta
It's a beautiful song.
Who wouldn't want their heart to sing?
I guess, our heart sings as we feel good.
As we feel good about life.
Feel good about our own life and other people's life.
People that we know and care for.
We feel good about our own life when we appreciate what we're doing with it and in it and what we're getting from it.
Appreciating good feelings, bad feelings, and in-between feelings in life.
Appreciating good feelings or good times is easy, but necessary to caress our spirit.
Appreciating bad feelings or bad times is not easy, but also necessary to build our will and perseverance.
Appreciating in-between feeling is tricky, but most necessary to develop our skill in decision making.
So, they're all necessary.
They're all part of life.
It's a need for us to learn to appreciate each those feelings/times.
So we can appreciate, and enjoy, our life.
Because it's one of those things that we have to do ourselves.
If we don't enjoy our life... then, who will?
All of the above seem quite a cliche, but I think they're relevant to anyone celebrating a birthday.
They also seem to have nothing to do with my birthday song of this year, but they are, to me.
Talking about a beautiful song isn't all about the lyrics, the harmony, the artist...
All that is already so obvious.
Wanna emphasize on how good the song is?
Talking will never be enough!
Play it.
Listen.
It's good.
Yeah...
What's more on talking about a beautiful song, is the effect that the song brings to our heart.
It's on the way that the song relates to our life, and a good relation is always a good thing.
That way, the song becomes part of the soundtrack of our life.
I think I'd been lucky enough to knew someone so special that makes my heart sings, almost as awesome as described in this beautiful song.
I haven't been that lucky again though, for quite some time now... :P
But, like everyone does, I had plenty of other times when my heart does sing.
That's my relation to the song.
That's beautiful.
My heart sings.
Yes.
Awrite!
What a beautiful feeling.
Thank you 311.
Chad-Nick-PNut-SA-Tim.
Sexton-Hexum-Wills-Martinez-Mahoney.
I'm glad to be just another one who've been appreciating the band since quite the beginning and down the road.
Bring it on... :)
311 Live in Jakarta
Sunday, July 26, 2009
AFTER THE FUNERAL
Sitting, on the back seat.
Being, a good cousin.. or whatever.
Crying, silently.
Trying, to stay apropriate.. or whatever.
I,
shedding tears.. after the sad moment had passed.
He was my uncle.
He was one of my favorite uncles.
I wish,
there was more time,
to get back among relatives,
sharing feelings.
Not to mourn,
just to share fond memories,
to raise hope,
for tomorrow,
for us,
the heartbrokens.
Yet,
there I was,
driven away,
by choice,
by circumstance.
I'm so,
so sorry..
I,
shedding tears.. after the sad moment had passed,
always,
silent.
Still.
Misunderstood.
Incomplete..
Ya Allah,
the almighty, the wisest.
Please bless my humble being,
one tiny share,
of your might and wisdom.
Being, a good cousin.. or whatever.
Crying, silently.
Trying, to stay apropriate.. or whatever.
I,
shedding tears.. after the sad moment had passed.
He was my uncle.
He was one of my favorite uncles.
I wish,
there was more time,
to get back among relatives,
sharing feelings.
Not to mourn,
just to share fond memories,
to raise hope,
for tomorrow,
for us,
the heartbrokens.
Yet,
there I was,
driven away,
by choice,
by circumstance.
I'm so,
so sorry..
I,
shedding tears.. after the sad moment had passed,
always,
silent.
Still.
Misunderstood.
Incomplete..
Ya Allah,
the almighty, the wisest.
Please bless my humble being,
one tiny share,
of your might and wisdom.
R.I.P UNCLE YADI
Ya Allah..
He was my uncle.
He was one of my favorite uncles.
It's been a week.
The final chapter of his story, complete.
Rest in peace, my uncle.
He was my uncle.
He was one of my favorite uncles.
It's been a week.
The final chapter of his story, complete.
Rest in peace, my uncle.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
RAMADHAN
Puwwwasaaa...!!!
- Kapan Mulai Berpuasa? @ detik.com
- Jadwal Imsakiyah @ detik.com
Ada aja yang bilang, kalo pas bulan puasa anggaran makan malah naek.
Padahal bisa sama aja sama bulan biasa.
Tinggal dibagi 2 tuh anggaran makan siang, trus bagian pertama buat sahur, bagian kedua buat buka.
Hmmm, teori yang bagus bukan?
(bukaaan...!!! hehe)
Gw akan praktikkan di Ramadhan ini!*
*Artinya: Di Ramadhan2 yg lalu anggaran makan gw memang tekor! Hehe...
Curi'= Cuma teori'!!
Mari buktikan... Mau?
- Kapan Mulai Berpuasa? @ detik.com
- Jadwal Imsakiyah @ detik.com
Ada aja yang bilang, kalo pas bulan puasa anggaran makan malah naek.
Padahal bisa sama aja sama bulan biasa.
Tinggal dibagi 2 tuh anggaran makan siang, trus bagian pertama buat sahur, bagian kedua buat buka.
Hmmm, teori yang bagus bukan?
(bukaaan...!!! hehe)
Gw akan praktikkan di Ramadhan ini!*
*Artinya: Di Ramadhan2 yg lalu anggaran makan gw memang tekor! Hehe...
Curi'= Cuma teori'!!
Mari buktikan... Mau?
Sunday, March 16, 2008
SKID ROW
ExDriveIn Ancol
7 Maret 2008
Ngambang..
Itu kesan yang terasa/tersisa kelar konser SkidRow di ExDriveIn Ancol, dari komentar dua orang yg jadi temen gw nonton malam tadi (sepupu gw Harry B. & temen KIS FM Bubu).
Gw pribadi sih netral, gak oke tapi gak drop juga.
Ada beberapa hal yg bikin konser ini gak nendang. Dari sisi shownya, SkidRow terlalu cepet bubaran.. masak jam 23 udahan? Jadi, karena kali ini gak ada freepass & beli tiket 100rb, rasanya kok rugi..
Mungkin gak terasa bngt, kalo Snake Sabo gak absen manggung. Kata seseorang sesama penonton, gitaris itu kena cekal di Amrik karna kasus narkoba atau apalah. Padahal gitaris itu sdh sangat identik dng SkidRow. Scotti Hill, dari sisi skill memang gak kalah gape, tapi masih kalah dari sisi karisma.
Beberapa hal yang lain, gak khusus terkait dng show di Indonesia. Susahnya, buat SkidRow, ada beberapa masalah yang saling terkait:
Scotti Hill jadi yg paling ekspresif, Bolan cepak, Dave G. (drummer) mirip Tommy Lee (tatonya), sementara Ryan Cook yg ngegantiin Sabo keliatan 'belum nyambung' gaya panggungnya & kebanyakan kalem.
Si Salinger ternyata satu2nya redneck dari Texas, pake topi koboi (model simpel, bukan model Tantowi Yahya), & sempet ngajak penonton tereak yiihaa!
Mungkin juga Indonesia terlalu panas cuacanya bwt SkidRow, makanya cepet kelar, padahal ada juga beberapa break (pas I Remember You yang cuma Salinger ditemenin akustikannya Cook, Salinger istirahat pas yg laen bawain Ramones, trus pas encore). Pertama kali di negara tropis kali..
Ada yg aneh jg, pas encore.. Kok cuma gw yg semangat tepok tangan minta tambah lagu? Tapi begitu bener2 kelar, malah banyak banget yg minta tambah. Ada yg salah..
Keseluruhan, gak mengecewakan sebenernya. Toh gw gak dateng sendiri & 100rb termasuk murah bwt artis luar. Di lagu2 lama, penonton juga asik2 reaksinya.
Masa depan SkidRow mungkin kurang asik, tapi kesempatan nonton konser artis luar selalu punya daya tarik tersendiri..
Not many yeahs to SkidRow, but lotsa yeahs for more concert like this..
YEAH!
7 Maret 2008
Ngambang..
Itu kesan yang terasa/tersisa kelar konser SkidRow di ExDriveIn Ancol, dari komentar dua orang yg jadi temen gw nonton malam tadi (sepupu gw Harry B. & temen KIS FM Bubu).
Gw pribadi sih netral, gak oke tapi gak drop juga.
Ada beberapa hal yg bikin konser ini gak nendang. Dari sisi shownya, SkidRow terlalu cepet bubaran.. masak jam 23 udahan? Jadi, karena kali ini gak ada freepass & beli tiket 100rb, rasanya kok rugi..
Mungkin gak terasa bngt, kalo Snake Sabo gak absen manggung. Kata seseorang sesama penonton, gitaris itu kena cekal di Amrik karna kasus narkoba atau apalah. Padahal gitaris itu sdh sangat identik dng SkidRow. Scotti Hill, dari sisi skill memang gak kalah gape, tapi masih kalah dari sisi karisma.
Beberapa hal yang lain, gak khusus terkait dng show di Indonesia. Susahnya, buat SkidRow, ada beberapa masalah yang saling terkait:
- Album terkini mereka yg gak dikenal
- Sebagian besar penonton mengharapkan lagu2 era Sebastian Bach
- Komposisi konser mereka dibikin sama banyak antara lagu lama & baru
- Vokal Johnny Salinger yg gak gape ngebawain lagu2 era Bach
- Slave to the Grind
- Monkey Business
- Sweet Little Sister
- 18 & Life
- I Remember You (setengah akustik & gak nyampe vokalnya trus jadi suara dua)
- Psychotherapy (lagunya Ramones, dinyanyiin Rachel Bolan sementara si Salinger istarahat)
- Youth Gone Wild
Scotti Hill jadi yg paling ekspresif, Bolan cepak, Dave G. (drummer) mirip Tommy Lee (tatonya), sementara Ryan Cook yg ngegantiin Sabo keliatan 'belum nyambung' gaya panggungnya & kebanyakan kalem.
Si Salinger ternyata satu2nya redneck dari Texas, pake topi koboi (model simpel, bukan model Tantowi Yahya), & sempet ngajak penonton tereak yiihaa!
Mungkin juga Indonesia terlalu panas cuacanya bwt SkidRow, makanya cepet kelar, padahal ada juga beberapa break (pas I Remember You yang cuma Salinger ditemenin akustikannya Cook, Salinger istirahat pas yg laen bawain Ramones, trus pas encore). Pertama kali di negara tropis kali..
Ada yg aneh jg, pas encore.. Kok cuma gw yg semangat tepok tangan minta tambah lagu? Tapi begitu bener2 kelar, malah banyak banget yg minta tambah. Ada yg salah..
Keseluruhan, gak mengecewakan sebenernya. Toh gw gak dateng sendiri & 100rb termasuk murah bwt artis luar. Di lagu2 lama, penonton juga asik2 reaksinya.
Masa depan SkidRow mungkin kurang asik, tapi kesempatan nonton konser artis luar selalu punya daya tarik tersendiri..
Not many yeahs to SkidRow, but lotsa yeahs for more concert like this..
YEAH!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
HELLOWEEN
HELLISH ROCK World Tour '07 '08
Tennis Outdoor Senayan
Friday, 22 February 2008
Helloween is a legend. In highschool, almost in every band I played in, the guitar-boy asked to cover 'I Want Out' in studio or simply play that tapping-intro when we hanged-out at one member's place. Back then, I was with Metallica and Faith No More, so I didn't really dig it. Most vocalist-boys back then rather sing Nirvana, so I guess they didn't dig it either.
So, when Helloween come to Jak-City for the second time after 2004, I didn't prepare anything other than browsed some info about the gig in the Net. Suddenly, that late-afternoon came a call from Harry B. about a chance for a free pass or ticket.
Harry is my metal-mania cousin who works at Ramako Radio Group and occassionally he gets free pass or ticket. He and I went to last year's Dragon Force gig and almost made it to Paul Gilbert gig a couple years earlier (not the sold out Megadeth gig, he only got one free pass for himself and I had an computer-emergency call from another one of my cousin).
So, at about 6pm I went to the venue and got there by 7. I wore black pants and black polo shirt, which is as black as I can recently. I was going to wear Utchink's over-sized-and-given-to-me Metallica shirt, but I switched at the last minute for two reasons: It's Metallica shirt but it's Helloween gig, and I went to Dragon Force gig with similar outfit (dark-blue pants instead). It turned out that I saw some Dragon Force shirt at the venue. Still no Metallica shirt, although maybe there's some at the festival (I didn't know how it was going on the festival I because ended up sitting at the tribune, surrounded with some rather clueless free-passers, just-out-of-the-office-still-wearing-office-shoes guys, and some pinky females).
Helloween was scheduled to play in Tennis Indoor (like the coming Incubus gig), but (Harry said) the mishap in Bandung underground gig (features thrash band 'Beside') with ten fatalities affects the permission to hold a rock concert in an indoor venue, so the promotor ('Solucite', the same promotor of Dragon Force gig) transfer the venue to Tennis Outdoor. Check out Hindari Rusuh, Helloween Konser di Ruang Terbuka @ okezone.com for a review on this matter. I think it's lucky that we have the choice of two indoor-outdoor venues side by side like here. It would be complicated to move a gig to a different venue that is located far from the original venue. I don't now whether Incubus gig will be transfered too, it has different promotor (Java Musikindo).
The opening act was already started, but we stayed out for two reasons: Harry don't really dig the opening act (thrashy growly kinda stuff) and the press-pass for me was still in his friend's (from KIS FM) hand somewhere outside the venue.
We went in at 8.30, with the last opening act still performing. Nice, the band featured a female vocalist in one song. Harry called it, "A kinda progressive song" (I think he calls it because the song was not in one tempo from start to end..).
We sat on the tribune, because the other guys wanted to for yet another two reasons: They just got out of work (one of them still wearing formal/work shoes) and wanted to sit down instead of standing at the festival area and, I eventually figured out, they didn't really dig Helloween either (apparently less then I am, and guess what, one of them only knew 'I Want Out'). The center tribune was already full, so we went to the side tribune.
Gatot Widayanto (or Fugaziyanto?) is the MC, again, and that old-metal-crack behave comically, again. Man, I respect you for being true to classic rock scene, but your way is so-not-rocker. Like his comical way is not enough, he was accompanied by three guys, each wearing a Helloween pumpkin on their head.. Ha! Applause to you anyway, citing that Helloween would record this gig and release it as a CD, if only the crowd would go crazier than Bangkok.. we'll see! He also posted a promotion-review, some pre-review (before the show and way before the show), and a post-review, with some more comical attitude and some photographs.
There was this rather long sound-check break, accompanied with a background of jazzy songs (Err.. excuse me sir, is this JavaJazz venue?) and one loud AC/DC song ('For Those About To Rock We Salute You').
Finally, the show started with 'Halloween'. Yeah, we're rocking!
I only recognise two older member: Markus Grosskopf and Michael Weikath.
The stage consisted of two main part: The standard right-on-the-crowd's-face with four mike-stands and the riser with the drum on the center of it and some space on both side with one mike-stand each. There's a stair on each side that connects the standard-stage and the riser. Other than the fact that both guitarists can come up to the riser on each side of the drum kit, the stage was plain and dark-colored. The Helloween logo below the drum-kit (stretched along the front-side of the riser) wasn't visible from the side tribune (I kinda see the pumpkin that is the letter 'O', but not the whole 'Helloween'). Later I figured out from the reviews that there's a full-image backdrop (I did see a glimpse of the mascot which is the guy with a pumpkin head.. Anybody knows his name?). But to make up with the plain stage, the lighting work was nice.
The 'S' and 'E' banners from 'Solucite' (the promotor) hangs on each side of the stage, where the speakers should be, but I swear there's no speaker behind it! In fact, I couldn't see (from the tribune I'm sitting in) where the speakers were! Well, there's got to be speakers, because the sound is rocking..
I don't know most of the song but, as always, I can't stay still with that kind of powerful sound! I bang my head, pound my feet to the tribune (which is already vibrating to the drum beat) and my hands to my thighs, yell, making symbols with my hands, and clapping enthusiastically (compared to some people around.. I know we're in the seated tribune but it's a g-damn rock show, c'mon!). Harry was the only one around me that also rocking. Of course, his the master of the genre. It's funny how everybody asked him, before the show, for some please-makes-us-less-clueless facts about Helloween.
Maybe it's caused by sitting in the side tribune instead on the center tribune or the festival, the sound I got is less powerful than Dragon Force (and Korn, because Arena PRJ was a kinda similar venue in term of sounding, I think). Festival is better, though I kinda like the way my seat vibrates with the bass drum (What? I better be joking..).
I got some chances to sing along: There was a crowd-choir part. I dunno the song, but the part that we sang was "I am the perfect gentleman" and then "Perfect!". And then there was another song (I think it's 'The Hells Of The 7 Bells') that sang "We are the people" and then a yelling-part "Hell!".
There was a drum solo at about mid-way through the show by Daniel Loble. Nice, nothing extraordinary. One part sounded like Mike Portnoy's part (and Portnoy said once, "I hate drum solo..").
There's a guitar solo part that was embedded in one of the song. Sascha Gerstner's solo was fast, while Grosskopf's was kinda mellow (the solos were embedded in a slow song).
Weikath's bass sound is so unclear from the side tribune. But come to think of it, the guitars' sound wasn't as clear as (I think) it supposed to be either. The bass-drum is so dominant, along with Andi Deris' vocal (of course). This was the same case with the Dragon Force gig (although I was on the festival then). Maybe Solucite had the same sound engineer? I dunno..
Some songs that I recognized was 'Dr. Stein', the awesome 'Power', and the inevitable 'I Want Out'.
I can't really slamming sitting down. But I got my chance to stand up freely at the encore. It was funny, because I was making a standing ovation when it went dark right before the encore and completely forgotten about it (I thought that's it), but I think that's what drives Harry (and eventually the other guys) to stands up at the second encore.
Yup, that's right, there was two encores. Just before the first one, everybody's making comment about how lousy an encore is and everybody knows that those mo-fo is going to come back for some more songs anyway. Well, there you have it you smarty-pants: Two encores!
The encore was awesome. Not only that I can slam and jump freely at the second one, there was 'Power' at the first one. Medley though (with 'I Can'), but it's the one song I dig that night (I got it recorded on my old Nokia, for 3 minutes, but I dunno how the hey am I going to transfer it to a more decent format).
The second encore contains, none other, 'I Want Out'. Well, what the hey, I slam anyway..
There was also some pumpkin-shaped ballons kicked around the stage during the encores and eventually to the festival crowd (I want it! But it was difficult to get, even if I was standing in the festival.. Anyway!).
Almost two hours Helloween rocked Jak City. Harry said, the setlist was not so different than Bangkok (the earlier gig on the Hellish Rock Tour). It also started with 'Helloween' and also ended with two encores.
The crowd was less attractive than Dragon Force or Megadeth (Harry said, "No moshing".. though I did saw one guy on the festival tried to mosh, and failed) but that's a comparison to a different genre (speed metal, fast-kicking bass-drum from start to end) and to a greater legend (someone around me commented about the rather-long sound-check break, "I didn't mind waiting for Dave Mustaine, this is too long.."). It's Helloween's second visit anyway, maybe the fan anxiety was lesser too.
Overall, it was nice for me. No matter how clueless I am, it was metal professionals at work and they awesomely rocking.
KEEP IT COMING!
This is my personal review for the gig. For more standard review in Bahasa Indonesia, check out Konser HELLOWEEN: Hantu Buah Labu itu Masih 'Menakutkan' @ rileks.com that includes names of the songs played. A similar but shorter review can be found at Helloween Menyihir Penonton Bernostalgia @ okezone.com.
Tennis Outdoor Senayan
Friday, 22 February 2008
Helloween is a legend. In highschool, almost in every band I played in, the guitar-boy asked to cover 'I Want Out' in studio or simply play that tapping-intro when we hanged-out at one member's place. Back then, I was with Metallica and Faith No More, so I didn't really dig it. Most vocalist-boys back then rather sing Nirvana, so I guess they didn't dig it either.
So, when Helloween come to Jak-City for the second time after 2004, I didn't prepare anything other than browsed some info about the gig in the Net. Suddenly, that late-afternoon came a call from Harry B. about a chance for a free pass or ticket.
Harry is my metal-mania cousin who works at Ramako Radio Group and occassionally he gets free pass or ticket. He and I went to last year's Dragon Force gig and almost made it to Paul Gilbert gig a couple years earlier (not the sold out Megadeth gig, he only got one free pass for himself and I had an computer-emergency call from another one of my cousin).
So, at about 6pm I went to the venue and got there by 7. I wore black pants and black polo shirt, which is as black as I can recently. I was going to wear Utchink's over-sized-and-given-to-me Metallica shirt, but I switched at the last minute for two reasons: It's Metallica shirt but it's Helloween gig, and I went to Dragon Force gig with similar outfit (dark-blue pants instead). It turned out that I saw some Dragon Force shirt at the venue. Still no Metallica shirt, although maybe there's some at the festival (I didn't know how it was going on the festival I because ended up sitting at the tribune, surrounded with some rather clueless free-passers, just-out-of-the-office-still-wearing-office-shoes guys, and some pinky females).
Helloween was scheduled to play in Tennis Indoor (like the coming Incubus gig), but (Harry said) the mishap in Bandung underground gig (features thrash band 'Beside') with ten fatalities affects the permission to hold a rock concert in an indoor venue, so the promotor ('Solucite', the same promotor of Dragon Force gig) transfer the venue to Tennis Outdoor. Check out Hindari Rusuh, Helloween Konser di Ruang Terbuka @ okezone.com for a review on this matter. I think it's lucky that we have the choice of two indoor-outdoor venues side by side like here. It would be complicated to move a gig to a different venue that is located far from the original venue. I don't now whether Incubus gig will be transfered too, it has different promotor (Java Musikindo).
The opening act was already started, but we stayed out for two reasons: Harry don't really dig the opening act (thrashy growly kinda stuff) and the press-pass for me was still in his friend's (from KIS FM) hand somewhere outside the venue.
We went in at 8.30, with the last opening act still performing. Nice, the band featured a female vocalist in one song. Harry called it, "A kinda progressive song" (I think he calls it because the song was not in one tempo from start to end..).
We sat on the tribune, because the other guys wanted to for yet another two reasons: They just got out of work (one of them still wearing formal/work shoes) and wanted to sit down instead of standing at the festival area and, I eventually figured out, they didn't really dig Helloween either (apparently less then I am, and guess what, one of them only knew 'I Want Out'). The center tribune was already full, so we went to the side tribune.
Gatot Widayanto (or Fugaziyanto?) is the MC, again, and that old-metal-crack behave comically, again. Man, I respect you for being true to classic rock scene, but your way is so-not-rocker. Like his comical way is not enough, he was accompanied by three guys, each wearing a Helloween pumpkin on their head.. Ha! Applause to you anyway, citing that Helloween would record this gig and release it as a CD, if only the crowd would go crazier than Bangkok.. we'll see! He also posted a promotion-review, some pre-review (before the show and way before the show), and a post-review, with some more comical attitude and some photographs.
There was this rather long sound-check break, accompanied with a background of jazzy songs (Err.. excuse me sir, is this JavaJazz venue?) and one loud AC/DC song ('For Those About To Rock We Salute You').
Finally, the show started with 'Halloween'. Yeah, we're rocking!
I only recognise two older member: Markus Grosskopf and Michael Weikath.
The stage consisted of two main part: The standard right-on-the-crowd's-face with four mike-stands and the riser with the drum on the center of it and some space on both side with one mike-stand each. There's a stair on each side that connects the standard-stage and the riser. Other than the fact that both guitarists can come up to the riser on each side of the drum kit, the stage was plain and dark-colored. The Helloween logo below the drum-kit (stretched along the front-side of the riser) wasn't visible from the side tribune (I kinda see the pumpkin that is the letter 'O', but not the whole 'Helloween'). Later I figured out from the reviews that there's a full-image backdrop (I did see a glimpse of the mascot which is the guy with a pumpkin head.. Anybody knows his name?). But to make up with the plain stage, the lighting work was nice.
The 'S' and 'E' banners from 'Solucite' (the promotor) hangs on each side of the stage, where the speakers should be, but I swear there's no speaker behind it! In fact, I couldn't see (from the tribune I'm sitting in) where the speakers were! Well, there's got to be speakers, because the sound is rocking..
I don't know most of the song but, as always, I can't stay still with that kind of powerful sound! I bang my head, pound my feet to the tribune (which is already vibrating to the drum beat) and my hands to my thighs, yell, making symbols with my hands, and clapping enthusiastically (compared to some people around.. I know we're in the seated tribune but it's a g-damn rock show, c'mon!). Harry was the only one around me that also rocking. Of course, his the master of the genre. It's funny how everybody asked him, before the show, for some please-makes-us-less-clueless facts about Helloween.
Maybe it's caused by sitting in the side tribune instead on the center tribune or the festival, the sound I got is less powerful than Dragon Force (and Korn, because Arena PRJ was a kinda similar venue in term of sounding, I think). Festival is better, though I kinda like the way my seat vibrates with the bass drum (What? I better be joking..).
I got some chances to sing along: There was a crowd-choir part. I dunno the song, but the part that we sang was "I am the perfect gentleman" and then "Perfect!". And then there was another song (I think it's 'The Hells Of The 7 Bells') that sang "We are the people" and then a yelling-part "Hell!".
There was a drum solo at about mid-way through the show by Daniel Loble. Nice, nothing extraordinary. One part sounded like Mike Portnoy's part (and Portnoy said once, "I hate drum solo..").
There's a guitar solo part that was embedded in one of the song. Sascha Gerstner's solo was fast, while Grosskopf's was kinda mellow (the solos were embedded in a slow song).
Weikath's bass sound is so unclear from the side tribune. But come to think of it, the guitars' sound wasn't as clear as (I think) it supposed to be either. The bass-drum is so dominant, along with Andi Deris' vocal (of course). This was the same case with the Dragon Force gig (although I was on the festival then). Maybe Solucite had the same sound engineer? I dunno..
Some songs that I recognized was 'Dr. Stein', the awesome 'Power', and the inevitable 'I Want Out'.
I can't really slamming sitting down. But I got my chance to stand up freely at the encore. It was funny, because I was making a standing ovation when it went dark right before the encore and completely forgotten about it (I thought that's it), but I think that's what drives Harry (and eventually the other guys) to stands up at the second encore.
Yup, that's right, there was two encores. Just before the first one, everybody's making comment about how lousy an encore is and everybody knows that those mo-fo is going to come back for some more songs anyway. Well, there you have it you smarty-pants: Two encores!
The encore was awesome. Not only that I can slam and jump freely at the second one, there was 'Power' at the first one. Medley though (with 'I Can'), but it's the one song I dig that night (I got it recorded on my old Nokia, for 3 minutes, but I dunno how the hey am I going to transfer it to a more decent format).
The second encore contains, none other, 'I Want Out'. Well, what the hey, I slam anyway..
There was also some pumpkin-shaped ballons kicked around the stage during the encores and eventually to the festival crowd (I want it! But it was difficult to get, even if I was standing in the festival.. Anyway!).
Almost two hours Helloween rocked Jak City. Harry said, the setlist was not so different than Bangkok (the earlier gig on the Hellish Rock Tour). It also started with 'Helloween' and also ended with two encores.
The crowd was less attractive than Dragon Force or Megadeth (Harry said, "No moshing".. though I did saw one guy on the festival tried to mosh, and failed) but that's a comparison to a different genre (speed metal, fast-kicking bass-drum from start to end) and to a greater legend (someone around me commented about the rather-long sound-check break, "I didn't mind waiting for Dave Mustaine, this is too long.."). It's Helloween's second visit anyway, maybe the fan anxiety was lesser too.
Overall, it was nice for me. No matter how clueless I am, it was metal professionals at work and they awesomely rocking.
KEEP IT COMING!
This is my personal review for the gig. For more standard review in Bahasa Indonesia, check out Konser HELLOWEEN: Hantu Buah Labu itu Masih 'Menakutkan' @ rileks.com that includes names of the songs played. A similar but shorter review can be found at Helloween Menyihir Penonton Bernostalgia @ okezone.com.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
RUNNING NOSE
Yay..
Whew..
Progress,
as never before.
Intertwined feelings.
What to say, what to say?
I'm just like..
happy-confused,
excited-uncertain.
Most things that was me, or I thought was me, are diminishing.
This feeling,
losing grip on what I was for so long,
while reaching for something better.
I know it's better, I'm happy for it.
I just never gone this far from 'home', I can't help worrying.
It's like catching flu while the season changes.
Knowing that things will be different soon,
but the nose just can't stop running..
Whew..
Progress,
as never before.
Intertwined feelings.
What to say, what to say?
I'm just like..
happy-confused,
excited-uncertain.
Most things that was me, or I thought was me, are diminishing.
This feeling,
losing grip on what I was for so long,
while reaching for something better.
I know it's better, I'm happy for it.
I just never gone this far from 'home', I can't help worrying.
It's like catching flu while the season changes.
Knowing that things will be different soon,
but the nose just can't stop running..
Thursday, June 14, 2007
RE-CAPTURING
Ow yeah..
It's been awhile.
I stumbled over some uncertainty, new ones (thank God, I'm progressing..), here-and-there.
Job..
It's been.. more demanding, less fun.
So far, it paid the bill (sigh..).
Can't complain..
Friend..
It's been awhile.
I stumbled over some uncertainty, new ones (thank God, I'm progressing..), here-and-there.
Job..
It's been.. more demanding, less fun.
So far, it paid the bill (sigh..).
Can't complain..
Friend..
Friday, March 02, 2007
MRCH
Thirty-one now
The innocence really seems to have passed by
Music, laughter, gathering
Can't find much of it anymore
Prejudice, ignorance, business, disconnection
All around
Think that's the way it is
One should has settle by now
In a personal world
Relationship, work, marriage, children
That world would be warm enough
To compensate the coldness around
But hey
Nothing's absolute
Not everybody got onto the track
So there's something to look down to
And feeling grateful
Here's me
Standing on the ground
Beside that track
That took most people away
On that scheduled train
Looking around
Trying so hard not to look up in waste
Or to look down in hate
Because I know there's got to be someone else
Who missed that train
Whom I have to find
And hop on together
To that tiny train
And finally goes on
That right track within
The innocence really seems to have passed by
Music, laughter, gathering
Can't find much of it anymore
Prejudice, ignorance, business, disconnection
All around
Think that's the way it is
One should has settle by now
In a personal world
Relationship, work, marriage, children
That world would be warm enough
To compensate the coldness around
But hey
Nothing's absolute
Not everybody got onto the track
So there's something to look down to
And feeling grateful
Here's me
Standing on the ground
Beside that track
That took most people away
On that scheduled train
Looking around
Trying so hard not to look up in waste
Or to look down in hate
Because I know there's got to be someone else
Who missed that train
Whom I have to find
And hop on together
To that tiny train
And finally goes on
That right track within
BIRTHDAY BRAIN-STORMER
| > | Harry Potter 6: The Half Blood Prince | |
| Finally got it. Delayed by Rp110.000, but the 7th is about to be published. Cool. Leave me numb just like a cool movie. Just when I need it the most. Relate, rejoice, reborn. | ||
| > | Audioslave - Revelation | |
| I told my best-friend that I couldn't relate with this one. I was just into something more P.O.D. Turned out that there's not enough P.O.D spirit around anymore. My pick: Moth (very-very Cornell), Until We Fall (mellow-melodic), Revelations, Shape of Things to Come, Somedays, Jewel of the Summertime, Original Fire (yeah). | ||
| > | Over the Hedge | |
| Shrek-graphic with curious down-to-earth reality. Av is here ("It was like... Whatever!"). Couldn't recognize Bruce Willis' voice (neither was Nick Nolte's). | ||
| > | The Guardian | |
| Heroic otherwordly lonely people. The plot summary really didn't do justice to this movie, I almost pass because of it. |
Saturday, January 06, 2007
HERO OF THE (BEGINNING OF THE) YEAR
| > | Two NYC men save falling toddler - Yahoo! News | |
| > | New York's Second Samaritan Save This Week - ABC News |
We all can use more hero around...
2006
| > | Yahoo! Answers - The Best of Answers 2006 | |
| > | Wikipedia - 2006 in Music | |
| January 24 - 'Testify' released by P.O.D. 'Lights and Sounds' released by Yellowcard. | ||
| February – Alice in Chains reform with new singer William DuVall as the replacement of Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002. Their planned tour will embark their first performance since 1996. | ||
| February 10 - White Lion/Black Label Society bassist James Lomenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth). | ||
| March 14 - 'Super Colossal' released by Joe Satriani. | ||
| April 24 - 'Let Love In' released by The Goo Goo Dolls. | ||
| May 16 - 'Every Man by Himself' released by Hoobastank. | ||
| May 23 - The Wreckers release their debut album, 'Stand Still, Look Pretty'. 'We don't Need to Whisper' released by Angels and Airwaves. | ||
| June 6 – Metallica play their new song (Yet to be titled) for the first time in Berlin. | ||
| June 27 – 'Liberation Transmission' released by Lostprophets. | ||
| July 18 – 'A Collection' released by Third Eye Blind. | ||
| September 5 – 'Revelation' released by Audioslave. | ||
| November 16 - The Offspring announce on their official website that they are now back in the studio recording their first album since 2003's Splinter. The album is produced by Bob Rock of Metallica fame. |
Monday, January 01, 2007
2007
Celebrating the new year with (once again, it's the 3rd times) Dream Theater's 6DOIT 'Overture' at 0.00 sharp!
What was:
What is:
What will be:
prev: New Dog Year 2006
What was:
| > | 081586212547 | |
| My old cell number |
| > | The 4th year | |
| Blogging |
| > | A better year | |
| Oh yeah! |
prev: New Dog Year 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
PAHLAWAN
Hari ini gw mengheningkan cipta 60 detik pas jam 08.15
Udah sangat lama waktu gw terakhir upacara dan mengheningkan cipta
Mungkin sebagian besar orang bilang itu klise
Bahkan banyak pengendara di jalan yg mengumpat karena mereka terpaksa berhenti di jalan dan di pintu2 tol
dan daerah Kalibata jadi luar biasa macet oleh konvoi Presiden dan para pejabat
Toh, buat gw ada manfaat dari 60 detik itu
Kita jadi berhenti sejenak dari memikirkan dunia sendiri-sendiri
Merelakan waktu sejenak untuk orang-orang tak dikenal
yang sebenarnya dan sesadarnya menjadikan kita punya waktu untuk hanya memikirkan dunia kita sendiri-sendiri...
Udah sangat lama waktu gw terakhir upacara dan mengheningkan cipta
Mungkin sebagian besar orang bilang itu klise
Bahkan banyak pengendara di jalan yg mengumpat karena mereka terpaksa berhenti di jalan dan di pintu2 tol
dan daerah Kalibata jadi luar biasa macet oleh konvoi Presiden dan para pejabat
Toh, buat gw ada manfaat dari 60 detik itu
Kita jadi berhenti sejenak dari memikirkan dunia sendiri-sendiri
Merelakan waktu sejenak untuk orang-orang tak dikenal
yang sebenarnya dan sesadarnya menjadikan kita punya waktu untuk hanya memikirkan dunia kita sendiri-sendiri...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
MOHON MAAF LAHIR BATIN
Asalamualaikum
Oh
kata-kata
tingkah laku
dariku
Nelangsa
demi semua perbuatanku
terpatri di ingatanmu
sebagai wakil diriku
yang belum yakin
untuk terwakili
Mohon maaf
tunduk diriku...
Oh
kata-kata
tingkah laku
dariku
Nelangsa
demi semua perbuatanku
terpatri di ingatanmu
sebagai wakil diriku
yang belum yakin
untuk terwakili
Mohon maaf
tunduk diriku...
Thursday, March 02, 2006
ULANG TAHUN
Lucu juga. Sudah dua momen di tahun 2006 ini menunya sama2 ikan. Tahun Baru ikan bakar, Ulang Tahun ikan tuna. Hmmm... Yah, jauh lebih baik dari tahun lalu yg cuma segelas susu Nasional stroberi, minumnya sendirian pula... Alhamdulillah...
Tahun lalu tahun penyembuhan, tahun ini tahun pengembangan. Insya Allah...
Bismillah!
(05/03/2006)
Tahun lalu tahun penyembuhan, tahun ini tahun pengembangan. Insya Allah...
Bismillah!
(05/03/2006)
Sunday, January 01, 2006
NEW DOG YEAR 2006
16-Feb-2006
Setelah 2 tahun ber-turut2 sendirian bertahunbaruan di rumah kosong, kali ini tidak lagi. Masih ada bau2 tahun baru yg lalu, karena sepupu2 ngajakin ngumpul di rumah yg sama. Tadinya gw udah mikir tuk tak kembali ke sana, di mana kenangan kosong berada. Tapi gak mungkinlah gw nolak. Jadi kalo kemarin cuma bisa nyetel 'Overture' DT kenceng2, sekarang terompet yg gw tiup kenceng2 sambil manggang ikan. Teeet!!! Semoga jadi tanda buat tahun yg lebih baik, di luar kenyataan bahwa ini tahun anjring yang gak akrab sama naga kayak gw ini. Toh gw gak percaya shio bisa meramal masa depan, meskipun cukup membantu memahami masa lalu. Lanjut!
next: 2007
prev: New Year 2005
Setelah 2 tahun ber-turut2 sendirian bertahunbaruan di rumah kosong, kali ini tidak lagi. Masih ada bau2 tahun baru yg lalu, karena sepupu2 ngajakin ngumpul di rumah yg sama. Tadinya gw udah mikir tuk tak kembali ke sana, di mana kenangan kosong berada. Tapi gak mungkinlah gw nolak. Jadi kalo kemarin cuma bisa nyetel 'Overture' DT kenceng2, sekarang terompet yg gw tiup kenceng2 sambil manggang ikan. Teeet!!! Semoga jadi tanda buat tahun yg lebih baik, di luar kenyataan bahwa ini tahun anjring yang gak akrab sama naga kayak gw ini. Toh gw gak percaya shio bisa meramal masa depan, meskipun cukup membantu memahami masa lalu. Lanjut!
next: 2007
prev: New Year 2005
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