Author: Suwandi

  • Letto! Letto!

    Most listened album this week : Letto (Truth, Cry, & Lie)

    Yes! I was listening to Letto most of my time while driving my ‘grasshopper’ to work. Heard of them? If no is your answer, than you must try tuning in their hits like ‘No One Talk About Love Tonight’. At the end of the track, you probably will say “hmmm… I think this is one of Keane, or Oasis, or Coldplay, or Starsailor, or Athlete’s…”.

    🙂 Tell you what, they are very very good. I was in a record store last week, and this track had stolen my attention. I stay at the store until the end of the almost-5-minute track. And can’t hardly wait to ask the staff, “..what is the Now Playing?..”, and she replied, “Letto”. I said : “That indonesian band?” I was amazed. Damn, I thought it was one of the britpop megastars.

    The vocal is excellent. The music is good (in my opinion). The variety of the music and consistency of genre, impressed me more. They’re just not as lucky as other less-talented-bands like Samson. Poor Letto.

    Hope they can do better with marketing and promotion next time. I do believe this is a world class band. With a touch from international-minded-management, they can rock UK and US too. Trust me.

    You should also try “Ruang Rindu”, which I love the most in the album.

  • Man vs Woman

    A friend mailed me this :

    A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
    A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need.


    Hahaha… I smiled (and later laughed), so damn true. Do you think so too? 🙂

  • Walk The Line

    Jerry Lee Lewis : We’re all going to hell for the songs we sing!
    June Carter : And what about me, Jerry Lee; am I going to hell too?
    Jerry Lee Lewis : No, June, you’re beautiful.

    Just watched “Walk The Line” last night. A very very good movie, actually! I love it. Also, just found something interesting about the movie, Joaquin Phoenix’s role as Johnny Cash, was actually decided by Johnny Cash himself. Mr Cash was impressed with Joaquin’s performance in Gladiator.

    Interesting huh? 🙂

    But, i think the greatest part is, both Reese Witherspoon and Phoenix sang all the songs without being dubbed. They both can sing very very well. Overall, i like the movie.

  • Twinkling Stars

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
    How I wonder what you are!

    Up above the world so high,

    Like a diamond in the sky.
    Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
    How I wonder what you are!
  • Closer in Orchard

    It was the best thing I would like to do more and more…

    Warm night.
    Orchard Road.
    iPod’s singing Closer from The Wallflower.
    The beat gone by my walk.
    The crowd’s ignoring me, and I ignored’em…
    The people’s singing their own tune, as I sang mine. I forgot the time, and it forgot about me.

    The best walk I’ve ever had recently. It was 10pm, and I had to meet some crazy friends Robin, Erny, Tony asked me to go to Orchard for a quick hang out. Had Elephancino in NYDC that night.

    Great experience.