gigs, cigs, and buds

10:00 PM

Be Be Your Love

10:00 PM

It was Valentine's Day. The main act of the event was Duncan Sheik, I wasn't really fond of him since I thought he was like a one...

It was Valentine's Day. The main act of the event was Duncan Sheik, I wasn't really fond of him since I thought he was like a one hit wonder. What I was interested was the opening act: this girl. To be honest I wasn't really obsessed with her music, I did listen to some of her songs, and she seemed pretty cool I guess (I was a poser back then --still am) and I got a free ticket so I decided to go there.

The venue was obviously packed, I wasn't really paying attention to anything rather than the tall glass of Long Island on my hand. After the show was done, my friends take me to the backstage and I was already tipsy so I thought why not. And there she was, laughing and being really noisy, she seemed really drunk and fun to be with. I approached her and we started mumbling to each other since we were both intoxicated, we got along really fast, mainly because we found out that we are both librans and the conversation just ran really fun afterwards. Next thing I knew, we took a photo of us kissing each other's cheek. It was so weird and lovely.

I should've talked about the show here but those moments pretty much outshined everything. Twas a great night.

8:30 PM

This is My Baptism

8:30 PM

Started 2k11 with Crystal Castles concert which happened to be one of the best nights of my fucking life. It was also my first time travelin...

Started 2k11 with Crystal Castles concert which happened to be one of the best nights of my fucking life. It was also my first time traveling to Singapore. Before the show, me and my friends got a chance to interview them (!!!!!!) but it turned out only Ethan because Alice wasn't feeling well (rumor said that the show should had been canceled since Alice got her leg injured in Madrid, but she didn't give a fuck, fortunately), which was all right how could I complain I was going to meet and ask Ethan stuff!

Then the show started. I was in the front row. Then she came, it was really surreal, she came with crutches owing to a broken ankle, the way she walked with that was just so inhuman, like a beautiful zombie messiah. Then suddenly the crowd went berserk, the fences fell, then you know the rest.

It was a typical show of them (or so I heard), explosive, chaotic, the worst concert I've ever been to but that made it the best either. My body was aching everywhere, I even got into a fight with other basic bitches.

But really, watching Alice singing in front of your face was just so out of this world.

It was embryonic.

11:56 PM

Ready to Uff

11:56 PM

There was this event calIed Sudirman Secret Garden Party. I was coming alone for the sake of Uffie (turned out there was Aeroplane as wel...

There was this event calIed Sudirman Secret Garden Party. I was coming alone for the sake of Uffie (turned out there was Aeroplane as well but back then I din't know him, too bad). I was desperately wanting to see her. The rain was pouring and it was outdoor and I was just super cranky because of the rain and the waiting, didn't enjoy the DJ even a bit.

And finally Uffie came, it was a mess. A hot one.
She was drunk, lip-synced, and passed out for about 6 songs later.
It was just fucked up, but somehow I liked it, she was supposed to be like that anyway, a hot mess.

Too bad I couldn't come when she came here the second time.

11:23 PM

Goodbye Happiness

11:23 PM

It was my first experience watching a live-streaming concert. WILD LIFE is Utada Hikaru's final concert before she went on hiatus. It...

It was my first experience watching a live-streaming concert. WILD LIFE is Utada Hikaru's final concert before she went on hiatus. It was pretty good although it couldn't top UNTADA UNITED for me, the fact that it was live-stream made it pretty cool.

My highlights from the show was Take 5, BLUE, Show Me Love (Not A Dream), Stay Gold --in which was pretty fucking gold the way she performed it, Niji-iro Basu was quite sentimental, then she covered The Beatles' Across The Universe whilst playing acoustic guitar, and the show was ended with one of her classics Time Will Tell, a pretty intriguing pun about her hiatus.

She is the biggest role model for me so this concert was kind of a big deal. I wish her a beautiful life experiences ahead.

10:35 PM

Sing Tomorrow's Praise

10:35 PM

I was really excited when I heard Asobi Seksu coming to Jakarta. I was totally in love with their Hush album. The concert was held in a v...

I was really excited when I heard Asobi Seksu coming to Jakarta. I was totally in love with their Hush album. The concert was held in a venue where the traffic is always ugly, and it was friday and raining, so the traffic was ridiculously horrible.

The concert went quite on time, which was pretty weird since not many people are there yet. Still remember the crowd was only like three lines in front of the stage. Their performance went quite well, although they mostly played songs from Citrus album instead of Hush, which I understand since Citrus is more popular. But I was quite disappointed.

I also felt sorry for them, coming all the way to faraway place to only perform to little crowd, due to inaccessible venue and not really good promotion.

10:21 PM

I Think I'm a Contra.

10:21 PM

I usually go to a concert because I love the band, but this time, I love the band because I came to their gig. I think it would be the la...

I usually go to a concert because I love the band, but this time, I love the band because I came to their gig. I think it would be the last time I did this.

I tried to listen to their records but I had a hard time getting their music, I didn't get the feel of this cheerful indie sound. So I gave them another chance by going to their gig and I couldn't say anything but thank God I went there.

I love the crowd (it was definitely the best crowd I've ever seen), the venue, and most surprisingly, this fucking band. They were just so good at live. Everybody was dancing throughout the show, really enjoying the music with their mates instead of screaming at the band like groupies, I could see everybody was happy when the lights in the venue were on. Very satisfying.

I will absolutely come again if they happen to make another gig here.

9:58 PM

The Moment I Said It

9:58 PM

I can say that I'm pretty proud towards the fact that Imogen Heap was the one who took my concert virginity. Her voice is an amazin...

I can say that I'm pretty proud towards the fact that Imogen Heap was the one who took my concert virginity.

Her voice is an amazing instrument, and I am always astounded at the intricacies of her finely-crafted lyrics. I would have enjoyed nothing more than to stand there for 3 further hours and listened to anything she designed to sing for me. I can vividly remember how she played many strange instruments and how quirky she behaved on stage.

In short, my experience of her concert was completely captivating, and I was driven to the fervent use of expletives in my later attempts to describe it.