Telefon Tel Aviv!

[audie_alb]

Jujur pertama kali denger lagunya gw gak ngerti, lama kelamaan mulai ngerti tapi gak terlalu suka. Dan gw juga gak terlalu berharap banyak pas mereka mau manggung kemaren di bandung. Tapi setelah ngeliat mereka live, bener-bener proper audio visual experience, probably the best in my life! Gw jadi gak peduli ama sekitar gw, temen  gw ngomong apa gw cuekin, bener-bener fokus ke screen dan suara-suara yang mereka bikin. Sound dan tempatnya yang emang keren nambah lagi kenyamanan. Mungkin saking mereka bener2 mau isolasi experience audio visual itu dari gangguan luar, panitia gak ngijinin flash kamera segala! Walaupun seskali ada gangguan teknis dari sound dan screennya sih, but what the hell.

Emang sih bukan musik biasa yang bisa dinikmati dengan cara biasa, but I LOVE IT. Gimme more like this. dan FYI im NOT in ANY influence at that moment. GOKIL!!

[Jah bless]

wah iriiii,,, datengin lagi donk,, kali ini giliran jakarta deh! nyesel bgt neh ga nonton.

[disc'O'mate]

more about them www.discomate.com/tag/telefon-tel-aviv

hehehe

[rhodes]

gw nyesel banget gak bisa datang... telat info nya nih..
btw search di google soal kedatangan mrk di bdg kemarin ini..nemu reportnya dr mrk..
btw mrk nemuin sedikit kasus ya di bdg.. ternyata produk minuman soda Pocari sweat ambil sample dr lagu mrk tanpa izin... hmmm .. kyknya bakal kasus nih..

ini isi artikel nya..dr http://nolababy.blogspot.com/2007/12/telefon-tel-aviv-plays-bandung-and-does.html



Here is an update from Josh about their Indonesian adventure. It is in borderline stream of conscious style, touching on everything from animal slaughter to Japanese soft drinks, the usual Josh fare. It is totally entertaining. He asked me to share it with all of you, so here goes:

> hey You All,
>
> So, it only took 32 hours to arrive in Jakarta. We were both still wired, and the airline had lost the bag with all our clothes, so the kids (I should say, our entourage from the radio station) took us shopping in the stores they shop at - you know, like hip young 22 year old Indonesian kids... we got all of it for free. I got a pair of jeans and a bunch of t-shirts. We got our bag back yesterday morning.
>
> Yesterday, we had meetings and interviews at the radio station all day. A feature in Rolling Stone is among them. Weird. Anyway, we had an itinerary to go to certain stores first, and our guide from the radio station had to call in to the station while we were in the car, and go live on the radio with updates of what we are doing. It was really bizarre. They play our stuff on the radio all the time here. As of today, they have sold 1800 tickets to our show. 1800!!!! It's going to sell out for sure, they say, with at least 2000 people, but probably closer to 2500. I'm kinda scared. They all think we are famous, and people are really star-struck when they meet us.
>
> Today I woke up, and guess what? I caught "the bug". I mean, there is nothing like it. I feel terrible. The worst bathroom experience of my life! Now i'm all hopped up on antibiotics, or I should say, hopped down - I feel like sheiße and after the very treacherous drive to bandung through the very beautiful mountains today, I wanted to die. I lay in bed all day while Charlie and our guide, Ryan, went to see the sights. I'm really jealous but very grateful, because Ryan has hardly stopped moving the entire time, going to the apothecary to get all manner of medicines, and to secure me food which may not destroy the delicate balance of chemicals in my stomach. If it weren't for Ryan, I would be dead.
>
> Also - I had an eye opener today. It's a very important Muslim holiday, and we went to the ceremony this morning, because I wanted to see it for myself, and maybe take some pictures or film it. The people were very rustic (I could go so far as to say "bucolic") but also very friendly, and they were very kind to let me film the whole thing - they slaughtered their animals in praise to God, and divided up the meat among the poorer people who cannot afford it. While I understand the theory behind this tradition, it is not beautiful to me. I was at least very honored that as a Westerner, and a white man who is not Muslim, was so warmly received at the ceremony that is so sacred to them. I think few places in the world treat outsiders this way, and I think it's a good example to follow.
>
> Anyhow, I have never seen or heard anything like it in my life, and I am officially not going to eat any animals that walk on the land anymore, I think. Enter hyperbole, vintage Josh - let me revise and say that at least, I know that it will be that way for a little while, until I get over what I saw today. I fell victim to the strongest and most irrational athropomorphist emotions I have ever felt.
>
> There is a cantor, a singer, who sings praises of God, while small teams of men wrangle either a gigantic cow, or a goat, to the ground, and they slit the throat completely open and let all the blood drain out. Of course, humans have been doing this for thousands of years! But it was so shocking to me - not so gross, which it certainly was - but more sad. I kind of wanted to cry. I will NEVER show you all the footage, or the pictures from it, because I think it will ruin you all the way it did to me. It broke my heart in a strange way, that people will do such strange and almost Babylonian things for the love of God.
>
> Also, interestingly enough - I think Charlie and I may have hit the jackpot: the largest soda company in all of Asia - from Japan to China all the way down here (you will see on your map that we are nowhere near either of those places!), Pocari Sweat, is using one of our songs only slightly modified in their television campain for their new drink, Ion!!!! It came on every one of the televisions in the lobby of the very chic place we are staying in here in Bandung, and it surprised the hell out of me to hear sounds that I know so well, the entire beat from the first 8 bars of Sound in a Dark Room, with a flange effect on some parts of it in an attempt to do some masking (come on, it will take more than that!), and some small added noises. We have certainly never authorized anything like that before! So before we come out guns blazing, I think Charlie and I want to try to approach the company on terms of friendship, and try to set up a deal where they can keep using that song/sample if they hire us to do all the audio for the campaign from here on out, or for another one in the future, and if we can collect ALL the back publishing and royalties for the use of the song or sample, since they finally will have to report its use, whichever way it works out. If not, I guess they have to pay us a massive amount of money as a sync/license fee - and I mean huge - at least six figures, because this commercial plays all the time. Julie, what should/can I do about this? Does Pop maybe have any ideas? Do I need to hire an entertainment lawyer? How crazy is all this?!??!!? Ok, I'm through ranting. Sorry for such a long email, rife with TMI...
> love you guys!
JJJ_JJ_J_JJ