White shoes and the couples company in USA tour

One of my favorite Indonesian bands. Voted 25 best bands in MySpace by rollingstone.com.

clipped from www.thejakartapost.com Accolades from respected music websites including All Music Guide and Rollingstone.com led to the Jakarta indie-pop sextet releasing their self-titled debut in the U.S. late 2007 under prestigious Minty Fresh Records. Since then, the band made its maiden voyage to the United States last March to perform at South by Southwest, a music festival in Austin, Texas known as a breeding ground for up-and-coming acts. In late October, the group returned to the U.S. for an invitational performance at the New York-based CMJ, another music festival known for showcasing fresh talent from around the globe.

Buddha bar opens in Jakarta

I went to the newly opened Buddha bar last wednesday evening. It was packed (on a weekday). Got gin tonic at the bar and wandering around at the second floor restaurant, moved to the terrace outside overlooking the garden and the fountain outside. The club/restaurant is housed in the Dutch colonial building. It was the centre of cultural life back then before turned into an immigration office in the past years.

The interior is elegant. The music is nice (although weird because they played Culture Club, Kenny Logins, Gloria Gaynor etc that night). Is Wednesday an 80's music nite?

Didn't try the restaurant. I suspect it tasteless and expensive. Anyway, I don't think you go to this place for the food.

Want to have ago at this decadence? Just head to Jalan Teuku Umar 1, Jakarta Pusat.

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Jakarta international film festival begins.

Here is the Brazilian award winning film I'd like to see: Tropa de elite / Elite Squad. The festival will last only 5 days this year from 5 to 9 December 2008.

clipped from 2008.jiffest.org In 1997, before the visit of the Pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from an elite squad to combat drug deals is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby. He is trying to find a man to replace him, and narrows down his choices to new recruits, Neto and Matias. They join the squad after backing out from the corrupted, incompetence and stupid bureaucracy of the military police. Without their knowledge, the squad and its operations challenge these guys views to their cores.