This year’s TED Global talks at Scotland’s capital was simulcasted in this month’s TEDx Jakarta Live. On Thursday evening, I joined more than 200 other attendees in watching presentations by people with ideas worth spreading.
This year’s TED Global talks at Scotland’s capital was simulcasted in this month’s TEDx Jakarta Live. On Thursday evening, I joined more than 200 other attendees in watching presentations by people with ideas worth spreading.
Arizonan alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World held a one-night concert in Jakarta’s Nusa Indah Theatre. The jam-packed gig was nothing short of unforgettable — with a great sound and lighting system, to boot — as the audience was pampered with a set list of twenty-two songs. As an added plus, I also stood metres from and was at eye-level with the gorgeous frontman, Jim Adkins.
A friend of mine visited Jakarta last weekend to attend Jimmy Eat World’s Jakarta concert. It was his first trip to Indonesia, so as his unofficial tour guide, I filled the non-concert days of the itinerary for roaming the city. We kicked off Saturday with a stimulating tour of Central Jakarta’s old and new towns.
While on his Indonesian tour, American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik held a surprise gig in the flagship store of one Jakarta’s well-known bookshops. Word of the impromptu concert went out through the bookstore’s Twitter account about an hour beforehand, and it is the first concert I’ve attended spontaneously.
I was once told that my musical choices gravitated towards male artists and groups of predominantly male talent. Since the evidence presented in my iTunes library supports the claim, I decided to explore the details of the gender disparity that lies within my playlist — and plug some of the feminine voices hidden beneath all that masculinity.