Around two or three weeks ago, i found this page called 'Indonesia Tempo Dulu' on Facebook. Basically, what they are doing is posting some vintage photos & postcards of cities around Indonesia from the late 19th century to the late 80s. What i like is that on this page you can see how Indonesia, especially Jakarta was meant to be very decent from the side of transportation and city plan. Even in the '90s (since i was born in '87), I was able to witness some greatness that Jakarta had back then. Still green, people are cool, but somehow, our beloved city turns out to be extremely chaotic nowadays. What happened, really?
Check out these beautiful imageries of Jakarta, below, or head to Indonesia Tempo Dulu, here.
Glodok
Glodok
Pasar Tanah Abang
Prestasi a.k.a. President Taxi
Double Decker from Perum PPD
1968
Movie Ad from 1971
Vintage
To Bundaran HI
Volkswagen dealer near Monas selling Combis? So Retro
Pardon me for posting so much Nike products on this blog. But what can i do? They keep coming up with some good products that I believe lots of you want to cop 'em too. Images of Nike products for 2012 and the upcoming S/S'13 & Winter 2013 has been everywhere on the internet. And here you go, i have copied some of them just for you.
Nike Free Run+ 2 Wool
Nike Free Trail Black/Black
Nike Free Run+ 2 Suede Pack
Nike LunarGlide+ 4 Winter Pack
Nike Solarsoft Woven Moccasin
Nike Free Woven NRG
Nike FlyKnit 2013 Preview
Nike Air Epic Vintage - Exclusive for J.Crew
Nike Vortex Vintage Lunar NRG
Nike FlyKnit Chukka Mid
Gyakusou UNDERCOVER x Nike Free 3.0 V4
Nike Pre Montreal Vintage Lunar
Photos are from Footurama, EU Kicks, Sneakernews, Hypebeast, SneakerFreaker, and J.Crew
Congratulation to Mr. Barack Obama, the re-elected president of United States of America. Best of luck to you sir! Anyway, the guys at Four-Pins has a different sight about Mr. Obama himself, about his 'swagless' wardrobe, from the dad jeans to a tucked-in polo shirt. Check 'em out here.
O'Bomber
Tryin' out John Mayer's style eh?
A pair of New Balance made in Maine, USA, delivered to Obama's office.
In addition, here's some pictures of Obama, shot by Terry Richardson.
Have you checked out Whiteboard Journal's latest Roundtable? If you haven't, then you should. Because for this volume 17 of Roundtable, Mr. Leo had a chance to talk with the man behind lifestyle brand, MUJI, Mr. Kenya Hara. He was in Jakarta for Design ID Convention. Check out the video below.
Other than in charge as the Art Director of MUJI, He's also known for his works with Kenzo, and for Beijing Summer Olympics and Nagano Winter Olympics among others. Here are some examples of his works.
First post in November. Let's start this month with A Tribe Called Quest. If you checked on this blog frequently, then you should know that i'm a fan of a good hip hop. Talking about Hip Hop, you can't not talk about A Tribe Called Quest. A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group formed in 1985, consists of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg a.k.a. Phife Diggy, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White. They are known as one of the most influential and groundbreaking hip-hop group ever known and being associated with acts like Pete Rock, The Roots, Jungle Brothers, Native Tongues Posse, De La Soul, Jay Dee a.k.a. J.Dilla, Mos Def, Busta Rhymes, D'Angelo, Beastie Boys, L.O.N.S., and respectively gave inspiration for names like Pharrell Williams, Common, Consequence (Q-Tip's cousin) and Kanye West. Their touch of classic Jazz music, bumpin' Hip-hop beats and well Rap lyrics are things that make their music so good.
A Tribe Called Quest has released 5 albums, started with People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), followed by The Low End Theory (1991), Midnight Marauders (1993), Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996) and The Love Movement (1998). They also released some compilations, remixes and rarities album, including Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller (1992), The Anthology (1999), Hits, Rarities & Remixes (2003) and The Lost Tribes (2006).
Earlier this year, i got my Beats, Rhymes and Life : The Travels of a Tribe Called QuestDVD at Colette, Paris. And even though I always a fan of the group, I never knew that there were so much stories behind their legendary success. The documentary film was directed by Michael Rapaport (yeah you might known him from several TV shows like Friends, Prison Break and Accidentally on Purpose). You might tell how he's a fan of Hip Hop cause he appeared on some Hip Hop videos by Talib Kweli, Jay Z, or J.Dilla & Madlib.
Being in the music industry for more than 20 years, ATCQ have had their ups and downs. Their albums has reached platinum and they have been nominated for several Grammy Award Nominations, and regarded as iconic pioneers of alternative hip hop music. In 2005, A Tribe Called Quest received a Special Achievement Award at the Billboard R&B Hip Hop Awards and also formally honored at the 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors. Aside from their awards and huge success, the group has dealt with lots of trouble. Jarobi left the group and rejoined in 1991, Phife Dawg suffers from diabetes and stuffs, Q-Tip's fight with his childhood friend, Phife, and Ali had to see the group reached the bottom when ATCQ suddenly break-up in 1998, and shocked the hell out of their fans, friends and families.
They went their separate ways, and each of 'em got busy with their own projects. Ali with projects like Tony! Toni! Tone! with Raphael Saadiq, and then continued with the Lucy Pearl project with D'Angelo. Phife went solo and released track produced by Jay Dee and Pete Rock. The most successful from them three is Q-Tip. He released gold certified album, Amplified (1999), and continued with Kamaal The Abstract, and The Renaissance (2008). Tip has worked with the names of Norah Jones, Kanye West, R.E.M., the Black Eyed Peas, Mark Ronson, and DJ Statik Selektah(which seemed to produce some of ATCQ's track on 2012 album).
After years of separation, the group finally reunited for the first time in 2004 for a show, and fully reunited in 2006, performed several sold-out concerts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Interesting stuff said by Phife, it was :
"Man, We were only 18-19 when we first got started. When we broke up, we were still like 28. Now we are 35-36, It would be real different being in the studio, it would be real interesting to see where Q-Tip is. It would all be on a much higher level. But we are all into such different stuff from way back then. We would need at least a solid month to work on something. Trying to get all of us together for that much time.. I don't see that happening."
But, as they actually owed Jive Records one more in their six album contract, it seems that the year 2012 is the year when they finally releasing their final album. Is this "Abstract Revelations" is their final album? The album is filled with a bunch of tracks from their own and their friends where they are featured on it. When will the real 6th album's gonna be released? Check out A Tribe Called Quest's tracks below
Q-Tip performed medley of Tribe's tracks when promoting his album back in 2008. Nice performance even without Phife, but the crowd looked dead to me. Thank god there's a girl who actually loves ATCQ.
ATCQ hanging with Consequence and The Roots crew, doing a freestyle back in the mid 1990's.
A Grand Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest by Common, Pharrell Williams, Lupe Fiasco and Busta Rhymes.
A full album preview of Abstract Revelations (2012)
