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Music of My Life

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:33:00 +0700

So, this time I want to talk about the music that I favored.

No Nooo, I’m not going to boast about how tasteful I am in choice of music, I actually considered myself musically illiterate. If somebody happens to pop question like “What is your favorite music?” I’ll probably response with a “Huh?”

I just won’t say that I loved jazz or orchestra or classic just to falsely show how classy and artsy I am.

So again, this is not about wine tasting competition, this is about the sound of my soul, ok? Pheww, let’s keep going, it feels good after putting this kind of disclaimer, because you know, people nowadays are very easily misunderstood you and then get offended, hohoho.

Back to the topic, the music of my life would be the most songs by Joni Mitchell, and she the singer-songwriter herself would be my all time favorite artist and poet.

For you who know who she is and enjoying her music as well, I shall tell you that I have been listening to her for at least 4 years. At first, I was drawn to her most “commercial” album Blue, then I advanced to her much more sophisticated later albums such as Wild Things Run Fast. Now for months, I stayed with compilation album Travelogue, listening to Job’s Sad Song and The Judgement of The Moon and Stars, seven days in a week enjoying the matured voice singing many songs from her youth, adding them with thick layer of aged experiences.

And for you who does not know who Joni Mitchell is, few things I can describe about her (from my point of view) are:

She was a heavy smoker, and probably still so.
Her music changed from time to time but always ahead of time, and her voice was changing just like her music too, it got matured by the smoking. The haters often bash her on this matter though.
She describe herself as a painter, she paints a lot, she never sell her paintings though, and somehow I think that painting is her last and purest reserve of idealism, something that is not tainted by commercialism.
She despised music industry.
She is terribly judged by media.
Nowadays, artists are made, not born. That is what she said, which I agree heartily.
Contemporary pop lover will describe her as bitter and full of preach. But I and other fans will perceive her as an idealist with heart and mind.
More information about her is on the wikipedia.

After reading all of that, for you who find yourself curious and want to try to taste her music, I must warn you though, her music is not some catchy tunes that will glue onto your mind easily, I would simply say that it will take time to actually feel most of her songs, she is a poet, the lyrics of her songs are naturally deep and personal. At her prime time, her music publisher actually told her to made more “radio friendly” song.

Of course, if you insist, I would recommend you to start with some of her “easier” songs. If you are feeling a little bit naughty right now, try You Turn Me on, I’m a Radio, that is a song from her For The Roses album, a song she made sarcastically after being told to create more radio friendly song, and ironically that song actually was very well received. If you are melancholy, try River, or Blue, those two songs are from her Blue album. If you are feeling old and wise, try Both Sides Now.

Basically, that was what I did when I stumbled upon her music, I started from easy to sophisticated, song to song, to the point that I choose each of her album for each phase of my life. So, try that if you could, and after that, whether you are into her music or not, it will be your call.

Last but not least, one thing I want to share is about my past music taste, I loved mainstream pop songs, I loved the so called diva level singers with their sharp melodic voices. But now, they are much like confetti seen on TV set, nothing but a bunch of high pitched screamers slapping their colorful shiny boobs and asses around. Things change, time flies, and I’m glad that I get to know a bit about Joni and her music.

Ciao.

Dark and Light

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:57:00 +0700

So, I stumbled upon an online news about a korean star who had committed suicide.

In case you are wondering, nooo no, I don’t watch K-Drama, so don’t look at me with that kind of stare, hehehe.

Frankly, I care less about the news, it was the comment below the news that caught my attention.

A commentator preached about how a person should have strong faith toward God, so that kind of tragedy won’t happen.

That just made my eyes couldn’t stop rolling.

I just want to say, SHUT UP BITCH! As if being faithful to God will make a person becoming a Superman. As if you know the mind of those who had killed themselves.

Imagine this, suddenly you are cast into the darkness, and you have to walk alone, you can’t think, only despair there, and suddenly death seems to be the easiest way to end it all. So it’s not about faith or choice, you just walk straight and ended up at the bottom of the abyss, mindless and lifeless.

So again, SHUT UP and live your life, just cherish your damn holy mind as long as you have it, and pray that God would give you endless light. Maybe you’ll get lucky because the God happens to have the very same faith as yours.

While tragedy will always be faithless.

Crazy World

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:10:22 +0700

Well darling,

If what you seek is morality,

I’m not the right person to look into.

I’m just a mortal,

struggling to hold my sanity,

as long as I could.

Religious? I'm not.

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:36:00 +0700

I come to believe that civilization is driven by human curiosity. We are what we are today because we always wanted to know the unknown, to seek the knowledge, to think the other way around. So, on that path, this is my thought.

At the time Adam and Eve lived in the garden, they actually had no curiosity, they lived in God’s will, till the moment Eve reached the forbidden apple (which is forbidden because God said so) and made it Adam’s apple instead, that was the moment of truth when they decided to live on their own will, to find out why and what.

Thus, God decided that Adam and Eve had passed all the qualifications to be independent, God gave them a new playground filled with mysteries an wonders waiting to be discovered. That was the first light of civilization.

That’s what I always believe, and if I’m wrong, then I have to say that what The God neglected was the fact that human is bound by dualism. Part of us enjoyed freedom with all the struggle, while others prefer to live as God’s pet. The deliverance is also perceived as a form of damnation.

So, some of us come out with the idea of religion, craving to be back to the garden, seeing that all the shits are a form of the God’s wrath, rejecting the idea of mankind determining their own fate.

Alas, that is a form of free will too.

So, go on. I completely forgot what this writing is about.

Coffee, Milk, or...?

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:36:00 +0700

You know what? Trinity is not a myth, it’s the way this world goes around.

We as human being, live in three zones; black, white, and gray.

Surely you can argue that it should be only black and white, the yellow and green, or whatever the dualism is; and yes I would agree with you. Dualism should be the nature itself, just like you have two nose holes, two ears, two eyes, one hole for input and another for output. Sadly, when it’s about human being, most time we would have to take it apart from the nature, and yes, that would make the unnatural become part of the nature too, or is it just the two sided coin?

So, back to the trinity thingy and the zones, which one would I prefer? Should it be black, white, or grey?

Black and white are just like dictator and benevolent leader; gray is the opportunist (or situational wise if you love to put it that way).

Black and white are just like homosexual and heterosexual; gray is the bisexual being.

Which one will you choose?

Dictator would say, “Follow me or dead.”

And the benevolent leader would say, “Follow me and thou shalt be rewarded.”

While the opportunist is coming up with the idea of “Follow me, for the greater good.”

The homosexual prefers same sex, the heterosexual is the opposite sex, and the bisexual takes them all and set the rule about how being gay is about choice.

For now, I would personally say that I shall follow either black or white, definitely not the gray one. For me, it’s about being a person, where you can stand your ground. It’s a rigid path of glory or destruction.

This world we live in now is ruled by the grey, isn’t it? You might hold your idealism high at one time, and being forced to ditch it like shit at the other, and then you can pick it up again later. All for the namesake of the greater good.

In the end, would you be a one day glory phoenix, or thousand years surviving cockroaches? That’s your call.

bokek

Sun, 30 May 2010 09:23:34 +0700

jika tuhan itu pohon duit,

maka gua tinggal memanjatkan doa,

yang meraih hingga puncak ranting,

meluruhkan lembaran rupiah,

dan gua kaya raya sekaligus religius,

semua bahagia.

doanya yang tetap seperti monyet.

pipi bersemu merah

Sun, 30 May 2010 09:20:28 +0700

owalah, jadi kemarin itu di facebook, si phoenix mengulas tumblr blog yang udah setahun gak terbelai ini.

jadi malu, nulis lagi ah, sekadar menghilangkan sarang laba-laba.

Marketing Nu-era, Marketing Nurani?

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:16:56 +0700

Suatu ketika di suatu sudut maya:

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Mari lawan dengan ganti avatar, jika tak mampu dengan ganti avatar
maka ubahlah dengan invite friends di
http://www.facebook.com/indonesiaunite, dan jika tak mampu dengan
keduanya maka ubahlah dengan pake #indonesiaunite trus2an di semua
tweet kamu, itulah selemah-lemahnya iman

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Kalimat kunci terkait:

- ikut-ikutan nanti jadi ikut benaran

- republik quick count

- RUARRRRRR BIASAAAAAA

- kuantitas di atas kualitas

- senin harga naik

- bisnis 5 milyar

- buat anak kok coba-coba

- tuhan hype

- antre crocs

the value of an idea

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:29:31 +0700

idea is not about ‘who’, it’s a ‘what’.

Aturan Pengkhianat

Sun, 24 May 2009 17:40:41 +0700

Pernah tahu rasa dikhianati peraturan/hukum/tata-tertib?

Contohnya begini:

Di Carrefour Puri Indah Jakarta ada kasir Express dengan embel-embel aturan bahwa maximal pembelian adalah 10 item dengan pembayaran tunai.

Konon untuk memudahkan pembeli yang belanjaannya sedikit.

Nyatanya?

Ada pelanggan gak tahu diri yang dorong-dorong kereta belanja, pastinya isinya bukan 10 item dong, pindahin belanjaannya dari kereta ke 2 keranjang.

TETAP DILAYANI!

EXPRESS tapi NUNGGU SETENGAH JAM?! BAH!!

Entah apa gunanya plang peraturan yang digantung-pasang gede-gede itu, jadinya kasir express pun sekadar nama doang.

MBOK YO KALAU BIKIN PERATURAN ITU DITEGAKKAN LAH, JANGAN BIKIN PELANGGAN YANG TAAT PERATURAN MENJADI MERASA DIKHIANATI.

Bikin kesal saja, untung tadi bagian pengaduan pelanggannya cukup serius menanggapi omelan.

Indonesia Anonymus has (have?) a book laaaarr...

Tue, 05 May 2009 10:55:12 +0700

Hey! There’s a new book in town, Kopi Merah Putih from Indonesia Anonymus, the bunch who write without the limitation of a name. ;)

Nowadays, there are too much weewee craps about the so called “true identity” on the net, the “civilized” always perceive it as a sign of competency. Of course, that’s not true.

I love anonimity, and definitely will support anything that is not “trendy”.

It’s the idea that matter, not the name behind the idea.

Anyway, heard this news from the infamous Father of Blogger, this might be a potential sour candy for the cynical mind, or whatever you want to call it.

Forward!!

DW-5900 RESKINNED & REVIVED!! Once again feels like Bad Boy....

Sat, 02 May 2009 15:55:19 +0700

DW-5900 RESKINNED & REVIVED!!

Once again feels like Bad Boy. ;)

PIRUS

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:32:45 +0700

Kata Mr. Smith (kemungkinan besar kata Mother Earth juga): “Manusia itu virus bagi bumi.”

Kata Manusia: “Flu Babi/Burung itu gara-gara virus.”

(Jangan-jangan) Kata Virus Flu Babi: “Zat yang dipoloduksi sistem imun manusia itu adalah virus.”

Jadi, ehh ehhhhhh, penyakit itu adalah “zat” yang dipoloduksi Mother Earth buat mengenyahkan manusia?

optimis-pessimis-realis-tic

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:48:19 +0700

O: That glass is half full. P: That glass is half empty. R: That is a half glass of jizz.

Serious Joke, Joke Seriously

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:07:00 +0700

The origin of that concept?

68% more likely to be originated from Kampung Gajah.

How to learn it?

Think or sink. Or here’s the shortcut: join Kampung Gajah.

What is it?

Serious joke is joke that you value as your own life, seriously. It means that you get that joke out of your mouth with all the possible consequences that you have thought over beforehand and bear eagerly, not a joke that you throw away like shit and then you walk away when that shit get bigger and backfired.

Why?

To distinguish whether you are a person or merely a dick (dickess if you’re a woman).

So?

This is just another joke, seriously.

joke seriously (put a comma between)

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:41:40 +0700

Some people love to include ‘lies’ in their joke.

Seriously, whether it’s a white lie or black lie or whatever, it doesn’t sound cool, and definitely not funny.

So, folks! Next time, never forget to put that joke of you in a serious case.

Joke, seriously!

That means joke seriously or not at all!!

Signed,

Ha Ha

dungeons and dragons 2

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:35:00 +0700

every hero starts with a crude buckler and torn armor, but as time goes by, crude buckler will become a magical tower shield, and torn armor will be replaced by dragon scale plate mail. heroes know how to represent themselves.

dungeons and dragons

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:22:17 +0700

penjaga gerbang dungeon: - baik hati - ramah - banyak membantu * passed. quest: - diplomasi, dependency: charisma point. - solve puzzle, dependency: intelligence point. - smack of the righteous, dependency: psycho point. * passed. pengelola dungeon: - fair - realistic * passed. pemilik dungeon: - elit - aura of darkness - ogah menatap lawan bicara - tante * BAH!

2009

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:47:06 +0700

Ahoy! Avast! There’s a shiny ship ahead!

pancake

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:59:00 +0700

akhir-akhir ini, demen banget bikin pancake buat cemilan malam.
resepnya cari di internet, modal wajan anti lengket dan pemanas listrik, maklum anak kost.
pertama kali bikin, pancakenya terlalu lembek dan tipis, tepungnya terlalu sedikit jika dibanding dengan susu dan telornya, maklum nakar bahannya pake perasaan doang.
hasilnya masih bisa dimakan sih, tapi bikin eneg.
kali kedua ada sedikit kemajuan, walaupun hasilnya tetap produk gagal, hehehe.
dan seterusnya hingga entah sudah kali keberapa, barulah pancakenya agak sesuai dengan selera.

mots?
lumayan, ada peningkatan kasta makan, dari indomie ke pancake, paling nggak msg agak berkurang.