Mac Demarco started his career in 2008 when he self-released his first album “Heat Wave”. Now Demarco has produced five albums and the latest one, “Salad Days” was released in April 2014. He is known with his soft rock music and rather-sluggard style. His guitar-based compositions create uplifting tunes that are easy to listen. Demarco himself describes his music as a “jizz jazz”. In his latest album “Salad Days, Demarco sounds more relaxed and the tunes are softer compared to his previous albums. Despite that, the gap-toothed Canadian stays with his relaxed music which goes with lyrics, which are relatable to everyday life.
One of Demarco’s advantages is that he is able to make his live performances be as good as the recordings, or sometimes even better. Plus, his slacker style fits his music very well. With plain t-shirts, jeans, and baseball caps, Demarco adds to the impression of his relaxed tunes. Being loose, goofy, and sometimes even raunchy during live performances have been also Demarco’s style. By engaging the audiences, he lightens up the atmosphere and make the crowd have fun.
It seems that his style is what makes him lovable, creating music to express and not to impress. Demarco isn’t the kind of musician who would change and follow trends to raise his popularity. He once said during his interview with The Guardian that as long as his music is making people happy, then why does he have to change anything?
Mac Demarco is coming to Jakarta this month and will be performing live at the SCBD area on the 22nd of January. The performance will be opened by Jirapah. If you feel like loosen up yourself, Mac Demarco will give you positive tunes and an uplifting performance to start 2015. Click here to find out more information about the event.
Kramer vs Kramer has a very simple plot: a divorced father fighting for the custody of his son. Director Robert Benton deliveres the story by focusing on the relationship between Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) and his son, Billy (Justin Henry). The film revolves mostly around Ted, a career-oriented man trying to take care of Billy on his own after his wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep), left him. Benton also shows Ted’s struggle to be a responsible father in order to win over the custody of his beloved son. The father-son relationship was shown in one of the most memorable scenes, where Billy has an accident at a playground and Ted has to sprint several blocks through ongoing traffic to bring Billy to the hospital, showing his tenderness and sense of responsibility toward Billy. The film ends with a touching conversation between Ted and Joanna which also adds to the emotional value in Kramer vs Kramer.
Young Meryl Streep and Justin Hoffman did a great job with their roles. Both of them successfully showed the emotions of a couple who fought for the custody of their one and only child. Their acting in this movie were awarded in the 52nd Academy Awards where Dustin Hoffman won the trophy as the Best Actor and Meryl Streep as the Best Supporting Actress. Kramer vs Kramer was nominated in 9 categories and won 5 of them in total including Best Picture and Best Director.
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. ()
Running has become a very popular sport in Indonesia. Not only does it excercise the body, it also creates an interaction between the runner and his surroundings. NusantaRun takes this interaction further by combining cross-country running with philanthropy, having participant trek through Indonesia and help put kids through school.
How does NusantaRun work? When you register for the run, the money will be donated to a foundation to help fund the education of underpriviliged children. This year, NusantaRun is working with Yayasan Pemimpin Anak Bangsa (YPAB), a non-profit organization with programs ranging from grade school through high school.
The location of the run changes at every event. Living up to its name (Nusantara meaning archipelago), the event has runners go through sections of Indonesia, and if you participate in all of the NusantaRun, you will have pretty much circled the whole country. The first NusantaRun was a 53.5 kilometer run from Jakarta to Bogor, which succeeded in accumulating 137 million Rupiahs - directed to Yayasan Care 4 Kids Indonesia. This time, the run will have participants trek from Bogor to Bandung.
Chapter 2 of NusantaRun will happen 20-21 of December. Do visit the links below to find out how you can be a part of it.
For more Information, visit:
Nusantarun.com
If you're a regular of Asian Food Channel 'Rebel Without A Kitchen', then you're familiar with the host, Matt “Fidel Gastro” Basile. Recently, he made a stop here in Jakarta during his “Matt Basile Kitchen Revolution” Tour in which he hosted a dinner and a demonstration at Bacco in Lotte Shopping Avenue. We were invited to his 4-course tasting menu which was inspired by North American cuisine, paired with a variety of robust flavors of The Balvenie handcrafted single malt Scotch whiskies.
We took the vegetarian menu option which was no less delicious than its counterparts menu. Some highlights from the menu were the Octopus with Fennel and Blood Orange which was actually replaced with orange and ruby red grapefruit since blood orange was difficult to find. The tastiest part from this course is not just the octopus but also the deep fried capers which added texture and saltiness to the dish. For vegetarian, the octopus was substituted with grilled corn with a brush of honey. Noteworthy main course was the Roasted Spicy Cauliflower with Yoghurt and Fennel Pollen with Poached Tempura-Breaded Egg. The spiciness was a delightful surprise from a rather fancy setting, suggesting his adaptation on local flavor. The dessert, called Elvis in a Jar, was a hit with diners. As the name suggested, it was a take on Elvis' favorite food, Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich, in a jar. Layering Peanut Butter Mousse, bananas, and French Toast with sprinkles of Vanilla Merengue bits, this tasty delicacy was a perfect ending to the meal.
We talked to this energetic Toronto native right before his dinner presentation. Here is what transpired from our short conversation:
MB: We didn't have a location when we first started so I sort of personified the name Fidel Gastro. When people see the name, they don't just think about the company but the person behind it. Before food truck, we would do pop-ups. I would bring tables to different venue, selling variety of sandwiches. From that, we received a lot of press coverage so the company started to grow. Also when we do catering, we do a very specific kind of catering. We do fun and engaging cuisine rather than traditional North American cuisine. The food truck, named Priscilla (after Elvis' wife) was a natural, logical progression since it's more affordable than opening a restaurant but still very grassroots and still retain the street food essence. Then the restaurant was opened and we named it Lisa-Marie (after Elvis' daughter). It's all under the name of Fidel Gastro.
MB: I used to work in an advertising company. I was coming up with names for the sandwich place. I wrote down Fidel Castro for no reason then I changed the letter to G which clicked instantly. It was a no brainer when we decided the name for the company. We just settled on the name. Same thing with Rebel Without A Kitchen. People kept asking me if I'm a chef. I told them I'm not a chef because a chef is a very specific role. I'm kind of a rebel cook because I do things my own but I don't have my own kitchen. In general, having a background in Marketing & Advertising really helped leverage our company. It hasn't make a better food company because in the end, the food has to be good. It helped us get into people's radar though with the right branding and visual. It's important to have both side of the business. It may be a different result if we were to call the company Matt's Sandwiches.
MB: Because sandwiches are very street food and mobile because you can eat it on-the-go. It's very versatile in terms of ingredients. We were also doing unique combination to the sandwiches such as mac and cheese to show how different flavors can work inside the sandwiches. There were also a lot of tacos, hamburgers in Toronto but no one was really doing sandwiches at that time. We evolved quite a bit now but that is still our focus. The restaurant has a different menu. It's still a street-food restaurant that draws inspiration from global street food menu but has been refined and repackaged so you can enjoy it in a restaurant setting.
MB: The menu was developed back home before I started my tour but in every city, it's been tweaked to reflect availability and local ingredients. In Jakarta, we're doing a menu using fennels which is not easy to get, same with Manila. Also for tonight's dinner, beef heart was originally on the menu but here, in Jakarta, and the previous city, Kuala Lumpur, we haven't been able to get it. So we're using chicken liver that is deep fried and people ended up liking better because anything deep fried is always a lot of fun. It resonates with the food truck mentality in which you make adjustments every day.
MB: Lamb fried rice! It was amazing, so flavorful and yet so simple. Since I can't read the menu, I look for long lines as an indication of good street food. That's how I found the lamb fried rice stall.
Thank you Matt! For more info on his show, please visit http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/mattbasile
or read his blog at http://fidelgastro.ca/blog/
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Celebrating writers and writing, Syarafina Viyadhana and Rain Chudori helped form The Murmur House, a community where writers can sharpen their literary skills together. They will be holding Murmuration1, an introduction to their community, this saturday at Reading Room (Jl. Kemang Timur Raya). Do make a visit and see the creativity of these young writers.
Murmuration1
A gathering which starlings cultivate warmth and passion for literature through collective reading.
Readings by:
Agung Setiawan
Agustina Pringganti
Arman Dhani
Ben Laksana
Dinda Larasati
Halida Aisyah
Josefine Yaputri
Laksmita Widyanie
Rain Chudori
Rebecca Kezia
Syarafina Vidyadhana
Tassilsa
and more…
Music performances by:
Bin Idris
Mataharibisu
27/09/2014
15:00 - 18:00
Reading Room Lt2
Jalan Kemang Timur No.57A
Jakarta Selatan
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Murmuration1 Press Release:
Modern technology has slowly distance, if not completely detach us—a generation born without any repression—from reality. We’re isolating ourselves from the real world, living in our own worlds we make. We build up a wall to separate us from the reality, and even the simplest and trivial things around us.
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.” (Ernest Hemingway)
Although writing has been considered as a solitary process, we often forget that in the process of writing, we need to look for ideas to produce a good writing and some criticism to improve our writing. Because of that, in 2013, Syarafina Vidyadhana and Rain Chudori initiated The Murmur House, a community in which young writers can enrich their ideas and experience. The Murmur House hopes to be a home for young writers to reconnect with reality and the real world, with new people, with our own emotions and our own selves. We want to learn and grow together.
In the meantime, The Murmur House has two main projects, which are Murmuration and Murmur Journal. Murmuration is a literature appreciation event in the form of readers’ gathering, in which there will be readings of poetry or novel excerpts. Another project of ours, Murmur Journal, is a literary journal which consists of poetry, prose and essays in English. The writings will be accompanied by photos or illustrations. The first theme for Murmur Journal is “Welcome to Warmth”, a manifestation of our longing to step out of our cold, lonely and alienating writing exile to share with our readers.
Most of our writers, illustrators and photographers are young people in their 20s with an urge to keep writing and developing their works.
To introduce The Murmur House, we will hold an event called Murmuration1 at Reading Room Lt2, Jalan Kemang Timur No.57A, Jakarta Selatan at 3 -6 pm. There will be poetry and prose readings from Agung Setiawan, Agustina Pringganti, Arman Dhani, Ben Laksana, Dinda Larasati, Halida Aisyah, Josefine Yaputri, Laksmita Widyanie, Rain Chudori, Rebecca Kezia, Syarafina Vidyadhana, Tassilsa and several impromptu acts, and music performances by Bin Idris and Mataharibisu. We will also open the first batch pre-order of Murmur Journal.
In Murmur House, we find and are found. We hope to keep growing and consistently not only produce fresh, diverse and unlimited works, but also give an exciting reading experience for our readers and become the quintessential voice of our generation.
The Murmur House
More info:
Meisya Citraswara : 087875795111
Twitter : @themurmurhouse
Instagram : @themurmurhouse
Facebook : The Murmur House
Website : www.themurmurhouse.com
Footurama-visitors probably have noticed that their website and social media has been filled with the phrase "#PastFutureSense", and a keen eye will also notice that the logo has also been altered. What does this rebranding mean? We cannot reveal everything just yet, but what we know is that Footurama is expanding its scope as well as developing new concepts based on its lifestyle and fashion roots. Apparently the details will be revealed very soon, so while you wait, do follow their channels (links below) and keep a close eye on the #PastFutureSense campaign.
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