Leo shares his response towards BBC findings that Indonesia is the best country for entrepreneurship and what needs to be improved still. With so much international attention, how can we use the momentum to improve our creative economy.
W_Music Series: an original Whiteboard Journal feature online video program dedicated to propagating informative entertainment concerning music. Hosted by Punang Adipradana, the program seeks to engage content related directly or indirectly to music and have discussions on an assortment of topics. The goal of this series is to entertain and empower viewers with information that is concise, exciting, and educational.
Arriving late for our interview at Munich’s Feierwerk a few hours prior the band’s performance, Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. is coolness personified. Despite the exterior though, Lewis is surprisingly soft-spoken, guarded even, especially at the start of the interview. Sitting in the hallway of the venue, W Music chatted with him about his music, his image, the tour and his future plans.
How connected are we with our planet really? How far is too far when we use our electricity and technology to achieve a 'good life' without sacrificing a balanced co-existence with the planet? Nadine shares about taking off his leather boots, a swim in the ocean and how the Lion King soundtrack is inapplicable to the earth that we step on today.
Ever since the long cold European winter forced him to spend more time indoors, jan learned to keep himself busy by listening to all kinds of music he could get his hands on. This kind of unnatural activity subsequently lead to a number of unhealthy obsession with certain artists, eras or genres for which he has since received the appropriate treatment. Now aiming to awaken the dormant music-lover that resides within every (wo)man.
Here is a mixtape consisting of songs that are clearly pop songs, songs that could have been pop songs, songs that should be considered pop songs and songs that are obviously not pop songs.
01. The Radio Dept. – Heaven on Fire
02. Matmos – Public Sex for Boyd Mcdonald
03. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
04. Spoon – My Mathematical Mind
05. Are You Employed Mr. Lebowski?
06. Television – Little Johnny Jewel (Part 1&2)
07. Silver Apples – Oscillations
08. Björk – Venus as a Boy
09. Mulatu Astatke – Asmarina (My Asmara)
10. Minutemen – The Cheerleaders
11. Cee-Lo Green – Talking to Strangers
12. William Shatner – Mr. Tambourine Man
13. Yo La Tengo – If It’s True
14. Guv’ner – Tom Tom
The North Sumatran ethnic group, Batak people are predominantly known for their strong attributes - facial features and personality. So it bears no surprise that their cuisine holds the same characteristics of being strong and highly favorable. Lisa Virgiano shares to us her curious experience of being a Nanilu, a term that refers to being a Batak people wannabe, in her journey as she savours the Batak delicacies.