"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."
Coelho, P. (1988). Sang Alkemis. Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
courtesy of http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/064/b/3/The_Alchemist_by_RekTruk.jpg
my BEST-I-EVER-HAD-AND-STILL-HAVE-FOREVER-AND-EVER friends.
my guiding lights.
the shoulders to cry on.
the comfy coach to lean on.
the allies to count on.
buddies I know well and regard with affection and trust .
buddies with whom I am acquainted.
buddies before flowers.
narrow edge.
unpaved isles.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.
straight forward.
frankly speaking.
tensions.
without pretensions.
worthy of being depended on.
worthy of belief.
worthy of reliance or trust.
advantageous.
contagious.
conspicuous.
obvious.
clockwise:
grey sweatshirt, glasses: HENDIMEN. he always got me tongue-tied.
blue stripes tees, glasses: CERRYMAN. ajeng's.
flowery scarf, glasses: AJENG. cerry's. ME MOI!
hijab, glasses: DIAN. because LAKON ki BAHAGIANE KERI~
white jumper, glasses: PEMIA PEAK.
we took these photos at exactly the same place. "Wedangan Gollig" is officially our headquarter. we usually arrive around 7 pm, book a table, order some menus, and having sweet-heart-to-heart-crappy convo up until 12 am. the owner will only wait for us to get our ass off until then she can close her so-called trads cafe :D
seriously, as the end result of a succession after 9 years fan-girling, I WATCHED SORE's LIVE PERFORMANCE!!!
T'was just totally MAGNIFYING!!!
I got Sore's newest album, contains their selected tracks and one new song entitled "SSSST..."
I also took some photographs with 'em!
HEAVEN.........
Lemme hear you sing!
"...and I'm so GLAD you're mine..."
with Bang Ade.. :))
with Bang Awan.. :))
He noticed my Beatles' Hello-Goodbye Tees.
Thanks to dhimagine for giving me this bloody awesome tees FOR FREE :))
Bang Awan said, "KAOSNYA KEREN!"
IN THE LIMELIGHT!
with Bang Echa.. :))
He's undoubtedly kindhearted and very pretty yet soooooo extraordinarily handsome!!!
oh, those photos of my foolish-looking face!
what's being a truly lamentable state was that I couldn't have any chance to take another foolish-looking face with Bang Bemby..
I was on my 11th grade at that time, when I first peripherally listened to "Somos Libres". It was back in 2005, as I withdrew. I began to unconsciously sing the song by no means. It turned out to me that I soon began savoring the song's radically distinctive ambiance and conspicuous harmony.
ATM, we still had MTv on the national television channel. I ran into this video clip of "Somos Libres" and I found out that Sore was the band behind those pleasingly music. I started to request "Somos Libres" in one of capitalistic youth-segmented radio in Solo. Even one of the radio DJ noticed me since I always requested the same song. One evening, (Wednesday, October 25th, 2006) my ex surprisingly came to my house bringing me a bouquet of red roses and Sore's very first album, "CENTRALISMO"
MUEHEHE, I used to call him, "My Bxx" :P
SORE - Indonesian Indie Band Symphonizing Oldie Goldie Pop Sound
from my own way of regarding topics, as a common people who don't really perceive and comprehend the nature and significance of musicality, I was simply being hypnotized by Sore's euphony. Sore is a Jakarta-based indie band that is totally unique and outstanding. They classify their music genre as "Indonesiana Rock Revival" and I don't really get it. Their musical variety is just indescribable. It's exceptionally beyond a kind of sort; they are one of a kind, at least for me. LOL.
They are heavily influenced by The Beatles, Morrissey, Steely Dan, Interpol, Gino Vannelli, Frank Zappa, Antonio Carlos
Jobim, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Procol Harum, America, Paul
Simon, Burt Bacharach, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Ludwig van
Beethoven, Masaru Satoh, Krzysztof Komeda, Michael Franks, Gil Evans. Enriched by similarly obsecure harmony from Eggstone, Andrew Bird, Arcade
Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, Last Shadow Puppets, Beirut, The Wondermints.
Their music is a pleasing combination of elements in a whole which is adorned by any melodious strings and brass instruments. Sore comprises 4-main members who are all multi-instrumentalist and are able to play their guitars and bases left-handed-ly. Some of them deliberately claimed their-selves ambidextrous. (I can't remember, either Ade, Echa, Awan, or Ade and Echa, or Awan and Echa, haha, nervermind). All of the members take part as vocalist, too. To a very great extent, it's so obviously mind-blogging having different vocals divulging different tones wrapped in one album. PERPLEXING!
SORE's first album received mostly critical receptions. The Time Magazine
Asia admitted the existence of 'CENTRALISMO' as "One of Five Asian Albums Worth
Buying", and ranked number 40 in "150 Greatest Indonesian Albums of All
Time" in the Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine. Their second
album entitled 'PORTS OF LIMA' (Aksara Records - 2008) got great critical
acclaim. It was voted "Best Album of 2008' (number one) by the
Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine.
Sore, first renowned.
from left to right: Bemby Gusti Pramudya, Ade Firza Paloh, Awan Garnida, Ramondo Gascaro, and Reza Dwiputranto. Additional player: Dono Firman.
Sore, nowadays.
Mondo left the band to concentrate on his own project.
my favorite tracks:
*Centralismo*
Mata Berdebu
Somos Libres
No Fruits for Today
Etalase
Lihat
*Ports of Lima*
Bogor Biru
Senyum dari Selatan
ESSENSIMO
Setengah Lima
Vrijeman
Apatis Ria
Karolina
IMHO, Sore is not merely a band; it's a cult. It's my object of such devotion. It serves me that kind of disposition, a strong feeling; implies some control over my own thinking, actions, and emotions.
