Jamie Cullum……. enyoy the music !!! March 19, 2007

 

Sebenarnya tueeellllllaaaaat banget kirim ceritanya… tapi gak salah toch kalo kasih komentar tentang konsernya Jamie Cullum 

Diantara semua konser Java Jazz 2007 gue paling menikmati nonton konsernya Jamie Cullum. Bener-bener menikmati permainan musicnya. Gokil banget !!!! Gak nyesel harus terjebak arus penonton *hahahaha… hal yang patut disyukuri karena stuck di venue ini*.

Tadinya sich cuma mo nge-cek venue aja apa si JC udah siap untuk show… maklum, kasihan para photographer kalo gak bisa masuk karena banyaknya penonton kayak event Java Jazz 2006 kemarin. Alhasil masuk Plenary pas liat si JC lagi sound check… akhirnya liat JC juga gue !!!  *sayangnya gue harus kerja sich jadi kurang bisa begitu menikmati permainan JC ..huhuhuhuuu*

Tiba-tiba pas lagi enak-enanknya liat latihan si JC, gue inget punya utang  janji ama Libert untuk kasih tahu ke dia kalau gue liat JC maen. Begitu gue kasih tahu ke Libert, dia teriak kegirangan.  Begitu pula Viena di Medan. Begitu khusyuknya gue liat JC latihan sampe selesai, yang tadinya harus segera kembali ke posko gue.. tanpa gue sadari ada kawanan penonton yang berlarian sudah masuk ke venue. Ampun dechh… gue bener-bener stuck di barikade depan. Sampe mau ditolong temen gue photographer untuk masuk aja ke dekat stage, gue bilang gak usahlah *enakan jadi penontonlah *. Dan yang paling gw syukuri.. bisa nonton konsernya JC !!! Thx GOD !!

Dari masuk lagu sampe akhir lagu, gue bener-bener menikmati perfoma JC. Dulu ampe ngirim email ke promotor lain untuk datengin JC *pas album pertama dia keluar* sampe sebelum Java Jazz. Gak salah memang dugaan gue untuk seneng ama karya-karyanya. Begitulah seharusnya konser musik… menyatu ama penonton. Tapi sempet juga sich karena lagu favorite gue Everlasting Love gak masuk dalam list lagu yang JC bawakan. Tapi gak papalah… dengan adanya High & Dry lumayan menghibur. Dengan berakhirnya show JC, gue berarti harus balik ke posko di Kakaktua Room sambil senyam senyum sendiri mensyukuri bisa stuck di venue *hahahahaha*.

Pas balik ke posko gue baru inget.. kalo JC ada press conf. ….dan itu berarti gue akan ketemu JC lagi… soalnya tempet press conf. ada di posko gue *hahahahaha… thx GOD !!!!!!!* Biasanya kalo pas press conf. artis lain gue keliling ngontrol jadwal photographer, kali ini sampe gue bela-belain ngendon diposko *huahahahahahaha*… Akhirnya JC dateng juga ke press conf. …pas akhir acara tiba-tiba iseng gue timbul. Gue teriak aja ” Jamie I Love You* ….Hahahaha, temen gue ampe bengong liatnya, jarang banget gue bertingkah konyol kayak gitu, mana diliatin ma bos gue lagi *hahahaah…. sekali-kali gokil gak salah toch* ….wartawan yang lain sich nyengir aja ngeliatin gue.

Hhmmmm… moga-moga aja Jamie Cullum jadi dateng lagi untuk konser. Dan gue nonton lagi !!!!!!!!!!! Amiinnnnnn !!!

Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album March 8, 2007

On May 15, Linkin Park will unleash Minutes To Midnight, their much-anticipated follow-up to 2003’s Meteora. And though the album has been in the works for nearly four years now, it’s actually based on a concept that’s much, much older — and much, much creepier than you might expect.

“The title is a reference to the Doomsday Clock, which was created by these scientists at the University of Chicago after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II,” Linkin Park co-frontman Chester Bennington explained. “Given the idea that mankind now had this ultimate destructive power, they were contemplating what the repercussions of this would be and the idea that the end of the world could be imminent.

“After WWII, when the Soviet Union tested their first bomb, the Doomsday Clock was set. It basically has hands from the 45-minute mark until midnight … and at 45 past the hour, it means the world is relatively stable, but since we have this [nuclear] power, we’re always just 15 minutes away from the end of the world,” he continued. “And when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were involved in their nuclear standoff in the 1960s, the clock was set at three minutes to midnight. And it’s moved back and forth about 18 times since its inception. Right now we’re at [five] minutes until midnight.”

And while Bennington insists that the new Linkin Park album — co-produced by Mike Shinoda and Grammy winner Rick Rubin — isn’t going to be a complete rumination on the perilous state of the world, he does acknowledge the fact that for the first time, the band is writing about “things they wouldn’t have touched” a few years back. Which sort of makes the Midnight metaphor all the more apt.

“When we wrote Hybrid Theory, I was the oldest one in the band and I think I was 23 or something. And things that weren’t important to us then are definitely important to us now. And while we don’t write too specifically about most things, there’s definitely a political hint to some of the songs,” Bennington said. “So I thought of the Midnight concept, not just in relation to the world, but in relation to the band. What people have known Linkin Park as, and how they will know them as when they first hear the album … that’s going to change. The way we’ve been classified, and how people think they know us, that’s all going to die.”

Take, for example, Minutes To Midnight’s first single, “What I’ve Done.” Written by Bennington and Shinoda after the band had decided on the whole Midnight concept, it’s Linkin Park dropping the bomb on their rap-rock roots and embracing a new, more stripped-down sound.

“Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and I and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes To Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be,” Bennington said. “The lyrics in the first verse are ‘In this farewell, there is no blood, there is no alibi,’ and right away, you’ll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren’t tripled. It’s just us out there … and that’s how Rick wanted it. Basically he told us, ‘If it sounds like it could’ve been on the first two records, then we’re not going to work on it.’”

The band will take that new attitude on the road this summer on its rejuvenated Projekt Revolution Tour, which LP originated in 2002. While details are scarce, Bennington did let MTV News in on a few select details.

“I can’t say much about it, but Projekt Revolution is going to be happening this summer,” he laughed. “It’s looking like it’ll start around July 24 and run through around Labor Day, and it is going to be a tour that no one will miss. And in my opinion — as a music fan — it’s the most exciting tour that I’ve seen in a very long time.”

Currently, Linkin Park are whittling down a list of 17 songs to make the final Midnight track list, and while there are no sure bets about just what will make the cut, Bennington is hoping that one song in particular — “The Little Things Give You Away” — will be there.

Bennington calls the track “the pinnacle of what we can achieve as a band,” underscoring its expanse and sonic grandeur. It is — in short — the audio equivalent of the detonation of an atomic bomb, which you’d think would make it a mortal lock for an album about blowing things up and starting all over again.

“It’s an epic song, but it’s also kind of delicate in a lot of ways. There’s a great guitar riff that comes in acoustically, and the words really say a lot. And I think that they’ll touch people in a way Linkin Park haven’t touched people before,” he enthused. “And there’s a breakdown that’s my favorite moment on the record. It’s beautiful and timeless-sounding, with this great synth sound … and Brad [Delson] breaks into this beautiful solo and it just builds and builds and builds until it breaks down into this a cappella section. It’s a huge explosion of sound, over six minutes long, and it’s truly, completely amazing. And I can’t wait for people to hear it.”