Goodbye Jakarta, Hello Seattle!

Helloooooooooo! I finally got to Seattle! Blargh this jetlag is killing me so umm... I think I'll go back to bed...

Dispatchwork

"Dispatchwork" by Jan Vormann

As you can see, the main idea of this work is patching those Lego blocks into the wall holes, creating a contrast ambience. The result of this art project goes edgy and unique as typical to Jan Vormann's signature. This work was done in Bocchignano, Italy, a village close to Rome, as part of the group project "20 Eventi".

Leon Trotsky's Last Testament

My high (and still rising) blood pressure is deceiving those near me about my actual condition. I am active and able to work but the outcome is evidently near. These lines will be made public
after my death.

I have no need to refute here once again the stupid and vile slander of Stalin and his agents: there is not a single sport on my revolutionary honour. I have never entered, either directly or indirectly, into any behind-the-scenes agreements or even negotiations with the enemies of the working class. Thousands of Stalin's opponents have fallen victims of similar false accusations. The new revolutionary generations will rehabilitate their political honour and deal with the Kremlin executioners according to their deserts.

I thank warmly the friends who remained loyal to me through the most difficult hours of my life. I do not name anyone in particular because I cannot name them all.

However, I consider myself justified in making an exception in the case of my companion, Natalia Ivanovna Sedova. In addition to the happiness of being a fighter for the cause of socialism, fate gave me the happiness of being her husband. During the almost forty years of our life together she remained an inexhaustible source of love, magnanimity, and tenderness. She underwent great sufferings, especially in the last period of our lives. But I find some comfort in the fact that she also knew days of happiness.

For forty-three years of my conscious life I have remained a revolutionist; for forty-two of them I have fought under the banner of Marxism. If I had to begin all over again I would of course try to avoid this or that mistake, but the main course of my life would remain unchanged. I shall die a proletarian revolutionist, a Marxist, a dialectical materialist, and, consequently, an irreconcilable atheist. My faith in the communist future of mankind is not less ardent, indeed it is firmer today, than it was in the days of my youth.

Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

L. Trotsky

February 27, 1940

Coyoacán

Straight Up Adoration

Hello, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been very busy lately. Today I add one more feature on my blog, "Oohed and Aahed". Showing you about my latest muse on blogs, and you'll find out why I can't keep my mouth shut from "ooh" and "aah". And I promised, I'll keep it updated once every month whenever I can.

P.S.: Credits to moi petite, Shelvy for linking me to Sally Jane Vintage

Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

And here I dreamt I was a soldier/And I marched the streets of Birkenau/And I recall in spring The perfume that the air would bring/To the indolent town/Where the barkers call the moon down/The carnival was ringing loudly now/And just to lay with you/There's nothing that I wouldn't do/Save lay my rifle down

And try one, and try two/Guess it always comes down to/All right, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way

And I am nothing of a builder/But here I dreamt I was an architect/And I built this balustrade/To keep you home, to keep you safe/From the outside world/But the angles and the corners/Even though my work is unparalleled/They never seemed to meet/This structure fell about our feet/And we were free to go

And try one, and try two/Guess it always comes down to/All right, okay, guess it's better to turn this way

And here in Spain I am a Spaniard/I will be buried with my marionettes/Countess and courtesan/Have fallen beneath my tender hand/When their husbands were not around/But you, my soiled teenage girlfriend/Or are you furrowed like a lioness/And we are vagabonds/We travel without seatbelts on/We live this close to death

And try one, and try two/Guess it always comes down to/All right, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this/But I won, so you lose/Guess it always comes down to/All right, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way

Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect - The Decemberist

Don't know why, I couldn't get this song outta my head... I'm amazed tho' this song is kinda old...

Rave to the Max!

Guess what, guess what?! Klaxons have let slip some news about their second album, as reported by BBC and NME on how the new songs are coming along and even got a quote or two from record producer James Ford (also known for being one half of Simian Mobile Disco). He said that this future album will be sticking to the "melodic" sound which won them the Mercury Prize but are taking it in a different direction.

Simon Taylor told BBC 6Music: “We’ve got back together to start writing and we are just kind of starting and it’s sounding really, really good and heavy and delirious and a bit all over the shop.”

Their second album isn’t due out until next year, so we’ll have to wait a bit before we hear anything more.

Read the full BBC article here and the NME article here. And also... James Righton has also been blogging about their recordings with his photovisual.

The Intergalactic Enquirer, The Son, and The Neu York Thymes

Check out these Modular's silly headlines on modularpeople.com in flash!

Dim Mak Collection and Other Rag Enterprise

Just a view minutes ago, I was browsing through Dim Mak's website and the first thing that caught up my eyes is the word "Indonesia". Surprise, surprise! It was so fucking rare to find Indonesia, listed in international electro scene's websites. I was curious about it, and hell my internet speed was very slow, grrr! I have downloaded The Presets' recent mixtape; Get Off the Beach (yikes, 92.6 MB!) for two hours now, and I'm going insane, groarr! And here the news goes...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

WEEKLY STORE SPOTLIGHT: ORE

This week we are spotlighting ORE (Other Rag Enterprise) in Indonesia, the first and only shop out there carrying Dim Mak Collection!

Here's some screenshots of DMC from their website:

If you're currently or ever in Indonesia, stop by, say hi and pick up some Dim Mak tees!

ORE
oreisnobody.com
info@oreisnobody.com
Pandan 1 A, Surabaya, Indonesia
Ph. +62 31 5323231

Posted by ANDREW DMC at 12:27 PM

Wizard! I was so excited about the news, although the store is located in Surabaya. I'm glad Steve Aoki's collections are finally got here. Not bad, huh?

Rushing August

Gosh! Time flew so fast without realizing it, tomorrow will be the first day of August. In conclusion, I only got +/- 40 more days to spend here, in Jakarta. Until then I'll be leaving Indonesia, and heading forward to Seattle. Starting a new life as a college students *woohh cheesy* at North Seattle Community College. Majoring architecture.
For sure; I am going to miss my friends, terribly! I could hardly imagine I could enjoy my days there without their laughter.
After all, this is my last chance and learn how to be responsible for my own sake...

The artwork belongs to Muqliza Imroni, swiftly check her out, God blessed her soul with amazing talents and her artworks are cool and edgy!

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain. Yann Tiersen – musical genius as compared to Chopin, Erik Satie, Phillip Glass and Michael Nyman – scored the soundtrack. The trailler above contains Tiersen's, "La Valse d'Amélie".

Beautifully shot, shame on me I just watched it last night. If you are same as I was, you should grab fast this film. A very delicate film to watch.