Rabu, 27 Oktober 2010

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

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i'm trying to post some random songs, artists, albums, or fascinating quotes that pop into my head regularly. just for the sake of killing my boredom actually, i can't think of any other way since there's nothing really worth to share.

well, my first try is Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. have you heard of it? or maybe, only the first name? yeah, he was the vocalist of The Clash. it has disbanded though, in 1986, and in 2002 he died, a year before his final album Streetcore being released. The Mescaleros itself is a backing band due to his solo project.


slightly remind you of The Clash, by the way (alright, they have the same vocalist). but i read one reviewer said that this is probably what The Clash would sound like if only they still existed. i mean, Joe Strummer (solo)'s album still blends the same formula: reggae, punk, rock, folk, world music, etc. and is sung by his mellow rasp of a voice. and the lyrics, still fascinates me as usual. he never tried to write things simply or be pleonastic. he writes like it is, reflects English urban culture, his working class background, politics and social issues, remarks his opinion, and all of them ends up shortly amusing.

Bhindi Bhagee, one example, tells about London's cultural diversity. "Welcome stranger to the humble neighborhoods, you can get inspiration along the highroad" .
Tony Adams, is about.. err..Tony Adams? (Arsenal legendary defender FYI, although Strummer is a Blues fan).
Shakhtar Donetsk, one of my favorite track, is about the journey of a Macedonian who had the wooly scarf of Shakhtar wrung around his neck.
Minstrel Boy, a closing track of Black Hawk Down movie, derived from an Irish patriotic song with some changes in lyrics (I suppose, i don't know the original one). yes, it's about a warrior and his battle, and the track is almost 15-18 minutes long, more instrumental.
Ramshackle Day Parade, also my favorite one, a moving 9/11 tribute, one of the soundtracks of The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (you should watch the movies, really, it could bring you to tears).

and maybe, you can start by listening to his version of Bob Marley's classic, Redemption Song. a very poignant one, the voice, the rendition, and also the fact that it is released after his death.
LISTEN HERE.

oh, should i remind you, one of the lengthy tributes after his death, at the Newcastle-Liverpool match at St James's Park on Boxing Day, before a crowd of 52,000 football fans, a minute's silence was held before kick-off..

berita pagi

Diposting oleh anindita di 08.46 2 komentar
Senin kemaren, udah lewat jam 5 sore dan hujan masih deras. Saya terjebak di kantor, gak bisa ke kampus, gak bisa pulang karena (kirain) ga ada payung, dan akhirnya pesen mie goreng sama OB. Sambil makan saya masih asyik buka-buka twitter, facebook, dan looklet, lalu facebook saya berbunyi tanda ada chatting masuk.

"belom pulang ris? lembur?""masi ujan deres nih, males, hehehe"
"ooohhh..dasar"
"loh terus ngapain?"
"ya browsing2..sambil makan mie nih.."
"ya sudah, habisin makanmu gih."


dan seperti biasa, saya emang gak pernah berlama-lama buka facebook. gak lama, saya close dan tinggal pergi.
besoknya saya gak masuk kantor.
dan pagi ini, saya dibuat terkejut ketika teman saya memberitahu bahwa dia telah meninggal. serangan jantung ketika lari pagi. saya gak pernah tahu dia punya penyakit tersebut, well, saya memang tidak tahu banyak tentang dia. kami baru saling kenal ketika sekelas di diklat prajab bulan Agustus lalu, dan tidak banyak menghabiskan waktu selepasnya, but it still leaves me devastated.

once we spent time to study together, a night before the test, 5 of us and we were having so much laugh and pleasure..
once or two, you and I had some arguments back in our prajab days. social and politics issues, ha! i recall you as one of the most brainy, and i must admit, those talking we had is all worthwhile..
and how about, once i updated my facebook status, and you came to quip with your biting satire?

You know you're strong and dauntless if watching flat bellies all the way in Step Up 3 doesn't stop you from eating snacks..
Does watching movie have something to do with leading you to be dauntless? Never happen be-fore..

*thanks God, we won't see Liverpool in the next premiere league*

Elementary, Watson, as I mentioned before, if it does then it really does, hihihi. They'll stay in the league, betcha.
They mite've notched, up to rank 19th. Betcha.. Haha..
Happy wedding anniversary Bapak-Ibu. 20 years of joy and sorrow, 4 children to grow, may this love last forevermore as you are the couple whom I adore.
20 years full of joy and sorrow U said? Are U sure? No joy, they've been bearing the merely sorrow for nurturing the naughty girl named riris. Piss!
ngiahahahaha, kurang ajyar kamu ya kuh! justru itu kebahagiaannya, kesedihannya karena harus berpisah dengankyu :p
I can't really imagine what your parents have to fake their reaction as they read your aforesaid comment. Better U contact them soon. I'm afraid they see some shaman in Samarinda because of the twenty-year-unbearable-suffering. Wakakakak..
you're delusional. slap slap slap!
And you are imaginary stuff. Spank!
i should call the cop, this man's trying to spank me.
Did I perform corporal punishment, so you are to call the cop? Haha.
.


i will really miss you, dude. semoga Allah SWT mengampuni dosa-dosamu dan melapangkan jalanmu ke surga-Nya.

RIP Kukuh Raharjo

Senin, 25 Oktober 2010

kenalan dulu!

Diposting oleh anindita di 15.57 0 komentar
ehem ehem..
buat yang pernah baca atau sekedar mendengar blog lama saya di multiply, dengan ini saya nyatakan blog tersebut belom ditutup. belom memutuskan mau ditelantarin aja atau kadang-kadang dicolek dikit, tapi sekarang mau coba main dengan akang blogspot dulu, hihihi. 
>>kenapa namanya holy red bean? 
karena saya suka es kacang merah.
>>lah? teruss??
eh biar gitu mikirnya 2 jam lo. apa coba ide yang lebih baik?
>>kenapa gak xxrismindaxx, xxriscongxx, xxucilxx? 
plis yah, i'm already nineteen, time to change my image. miley cyrus aja umur 17 taun uda berani buka-bukaan, masa saya ga boleh buka-buka (blog-baru-tanpa-nama-alay) an juga?
>>kalo brisk swish and a new day? maksutee?
karena tiap bangun pagi saya sering meler, apalagi kalo kipas angin lupa dimatiin, jadi saya rasa brisk swish judul yang bagus untuk menandai bergantinya hari bagi saya. see? dari kejadian sehari-hari bisa muncul ide yang bagus bukan? as long as you can turn it into a more poetic term aja!
>>gak capek ngetik sendiri ngomong sendiri jawab sendiri?
enggak, aku senang kok hidup di duniaku. ya kan tom? *peluk boneka*
>>jalan aja yuk neng (Hugh Jackman sms)
yuk ah bang, mau kemana kita? 

wooosshhhh, enough with my stupid imaginary stuff. blog baru! yaaayyy!


Life at 19

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Hello, life, it's me Riris...

Sekarang umur saya udah 19 tahun. One more year to adolescence. Kadang-kadang kita baru merasa tertampar dengan keadaan diri sendiri kalo udah dekat-dekat hari ultah. Maksud saya, yak ampun, taun depan umur saya udah kepala dua, uda bisa dikawinin orang cyin! Sementara saya bahkan belum sarjana, kerjaan juga masih gini-gini aja, ilmu pun belum nambah sesuatu yang berarti. Yeap, so little time, so much to do, so much to plan. Juga four years already spent wasted karena tinggi saya gak nambah-nambah sementara konsumsi kalsium saya sudah dinyatakan bagus oleh tukang cek kesehatan. Dan ini berarti berakhir sudah doa dan harapan saya. Saya sudah gak bisa mengonsumsi Hi-Lo Teen lagi, gak bisa curi-curi Boneeto lagi.. buat apa? Toh tinggi badan saya sudah gak bisa diperjuangkan lagi *nangis*
Oh, sisi baiknya ngomong-ngomong, berat badan saya mencapai angka terbaik dan terjaga sampai sekarang. Voila, BMI saya cuma 19,67 dari yang sebelumnya 21an! Sungguh berkah dari-Mu Tuhan, saya janji akan menjaganya mati-matian.

Ngomong-ngomong, di usia 19 tahun ini, tidak banyak berubah sebenarnya. Saya masih suka main FM sampai tengah malam walaupun sekarang cuma pas weekend, saya masih suka karaoke, nonton film, dan pergi ke konser (malah lebih rajin dari sebelumnya), masih suka nonton bola sampai tengah malam juga, saya udah bisa pergi ke tempat-tempat pengisap harta dan masi bisa berderma ke tempat lain juga. Yeah, not much has changed actually, tapi setidaknya saya punya banyak rencana ke depan yang entah kapan baru bisa saya realisasikan. I mean, dulu waktu masi kere saya pengen les gitar, piano, kickboxing, lanjutin taekwondo, renang, fitness, les bahasa Spanyol, jalan-jalan ke New Zealand atau Yunani, at least ke Bali deh (ya Tuhan, saya belum pernah ke Bali!!!!) dan kalo saya cukup rajin berhemat dan gak males, itu bisa aja dilakukan. Di sisi lain, saya ingin sekali menambah ilmu ekonomi saya, sebagaimana tempat saya bekerja, biar saya gak bodoh-bodoh amat, biar saya kalo menganalisa berita atau informasi pakai dasar yang bener dan bukan sekedar insting liar, biar saya keliatan pintar kalo ngomong. Banyak hal ya yang saya inginkan? Well, masih ada hal-hal lain juga sih yang sama penting, saya punya adik-adik yang masih harus dibantu, dan saya juga masih harus memikirkan mau dibawa kemana pendidikan saya ini. Huff, kuliah itu mahal sobat. Kamu baru tau gimana rasanya saat harus membiayainya dengan uangmu sendiri. Yeah, shame on you, orang-orang-yang-6-tahun-gak-lulus-lulus. Dan tetep ya, ego saya masih tinggi, saya udah bertekad pingin masuk universitas bergengsi dan S2 di luar negeri, jadi banyak sekali hal-hal yang harus dipikirkan dari sekarang. Hidup memang memberi kita banyak sekali pertanyaan dan pilihan.

Yah walaupun saya ngomong gitu karaoke juga tetep jalan terus sih.

Dear life, sederhana saja. Saya sedang dalam proses menjalani hidup saya dengan sebaik-baiknya. I know that I'll be doing a lot of mistakes, I know that I'll regret a lot of things here and there, but just so you know, you can't beat me this time. I've told myself time and time again ever since my last birthday, I'll be growing up and be unbeatable. Maybe I can't be any prettier, can't be any skinnier, can't be any taller (sigh), can't be any smarter, but if something hits me hard, I won't just give it a scary look and hit it back, I'll learn how to do a bullet time so I can catch and shove it right to your face.


*scroll up and down*

*oh life, why can't I avoid talking about height and weight? i should've talked about something smarterrrr!

 

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