We recently returned from our trip in Surabaya with an interview of man-about-town, Alek Kowalski. Creator of Sunday Market, owner of Soledad and the Sisters Company, Ore, Carpentier Kitchen, and All the Things I’ve Done, he shared with us stories about his projects and the city's creative scene when Whiteboard Journal visited Surabaya recently.
Just a selection of your dad's favourite hard soul and funk tracks.
01. Rasputin's Stash - Mr. Cool
02. Rueben Bell - Superjock
03. The Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)
04. Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers - Right On
05. Detroit Sex Machines - The Stretch
06. Ed Robinson - Face It
07. Mongo Santamaria - I Can't Get Next to You
08. Leon Mitchison - Street Scene
09. The Soul Seven - Mr. Chicken
10. Carleen & The Groovers - Can We Rap
11. Stovall Sisters - Hang on in There
12. The Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau, Pt. 2
13. Co Real Artists - What About You (In The World Today)
14. Dennis Coffey - Theme From Black Belt Jones
15. Sound Experience - Devil With The Bust
16. Johnny Harris - Stepping Stones
17. Billy Ball & The Upsetters Feat. Roosevelt Matthews - Tighten Up Tighter
18. Baby Huey & the Baby Sitters - Hard Times
Danny Wicaksono is one of the founders of jongArsitek! and Studio Dasar. A bright, young architect who recently completed his work on Anjung Salihara, his passion for architecture has him proactively sharing his knowledge with the public. We visited Danny at his home where shared with us his insights on the education and the state of Indonesian architecture.
Jakarta has been very humid as of late, so in this episode of Stereo Strange I have compiled songs that I believe are "humid." What does that mean? I have yet to figure that out myself - let's just go with it. Enjoy enjoy enjoy enjoy enjoy enjoy!
01. Sachiko Kanenobu - Far Away From You
02. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
03. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Sand River
04. Lenny Breau - That's All
05. Happy End - Natsu Nandesu
06. Paul Simon - Homeward Bound
07. Fairport Convention - Dear Landlord
08. Galt MacDermot - Woman is Sweeter
09. White Shoes and the Couples Company - Senja
10. Jorgen Ben - Chove Chuva
11. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
12. Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind
13. Sore - Pergi Tanpa Pesan
14. Rufus Wainwright - In Your Arms
With talents ranging from music, acting, radio broadcasting, writing, digital imaging to plumbing, Narpati Awangga or known as oomleo offers many interesting stories and outlook. Whiteboard Journal sat down with him and talked to him about his many endeavors at his equally fascinating office in ruangrupa.
I hope everyone’s having a great weekend! It’s been pretty hectic on my end but there’s always time for punk.
In this 2nd episode of Heartattack, I will be sharing some of my favorite jams. Whether it’s fast or slow, you just can’t deny the aggression of these particular bands. From USA all the way to Japan, raw is one cardinal word that you simply can’t escape. While we’re being bombarded by majority of safe & over-produced staleness within the pop music industry, punk provides legitimate space where every ugly things are majestic in their respective.
01. Gauze - Thrash, Thrash, Thrash
02. SQRM - White Stains
03. Gag - Intro_Squeeze
04. Urban Blight - Blight Makes Right_No Time
05. Framtid - UCAV
06. The Coltranes - Sweet
07. Tear It Up - Tear It Up, Tear It Down
08. Green Beret - Kulturekampf
09. Death Side - Burning Spirit
10. The Boston Strangler - Gonna Make You Pay
11. Avon Ladies - Power Failure
12. Violent Reaction - City Streets
13. D.S.B - Social Vibration
14. Blank Stare - Fuck Drugs. Fuck You.
15. Condominium - Big Plans
16. Nomos - Vertical Slum (Swell Maps Cover)