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Buat parkiran we can't complain. Waktu Tiesto, ada org harus jalan kaki 40 hari dan 40 malam dr mobil sampai ke venue karena begitu packed.  

Gw sampai jam 11 dan gak ada masalah..one lesson for raves..don't come late or da parking is gone. Untung, mobil gw cukup besar biar bisa tidur di dalam just in case I needed a refresher. But gw langsung dapat tempat ok dan satpam2 cukup banyak biar ga usah kwatir mobil.  

gokil bgt!!

Sebagai wakil orang bule di GG, gw harus bilang selamat ke 1945....it's really a good event  

Only thing, lain kali, cari lokasi mana tanah lebih rata...aduh kaki gw sakit bgt jalan di atas batu2 antara semua stage Sampai malas turun lagi untuk liat Raja2 Ravelex main visual di 1945 stage  

Oh ya, lain kali (biar dapat duit juga  ), shud make the area buat minuman lebih bagus...oh dan ajak lbh banyak ce2 bersayap  

Kemarin gw dengar soft opening buat lounge area minggu depan. Ttp for the club gw pernah dengar bulan ini dan ada org lain bilang habis lebaran...don't know who to believe.

tiket PP : confirmed
hotel: nggak usah -- siapa mau tidur di Bali? .. 
celana renang baru : in progress
new flip flop : Lagi searching
kacamata baru : siap
friends : Ada acara khusus member2? Anyway, sudah..
Extra Alkohol: udah siap...have some extra in the collection
slimmer body: I'm a guy...not necessary     

Wow...very interesting semua...

@Wedhus..
Props 2 u. Gw pernah pernah ke Purwokerto sekali aje ttp gak masuk akal ada clubbing scene sana...gw pengen bgt kesana suatu kali.

Kemarin katanya ada rave party di rooftop MATOS di Malang. Gw gak sempat hadir but I heard it was ok. Kalo di Malang, club scene is ok...but Hugo's is lebih ke live band..sama dgn Bale Barong. Ttp one thing is kalau ke Malang gw 100% akan ktemu teman baru disana...mungkin sikap org di kota kecil is more relaxed.

Mungkin, it's unfair untuk bandingkan kota kecil dgn Jakarta. Feeling gw, orang jakarta selatan especially sudah educated bgt dengan clubbing dan EDM..malah lebih dari 'clubber2' di banyak kota besar di dunia. Misalnya, gw asli Toronto..ttp it's no comparison to Jakarta. Clubber2 disini party much harder.. 

Gw mau tanya....dulu dunia clubbing difokusin pada kota2 besar. Ttp baru2 ini, gw liat ada dj yang booking sampai ke kota kecil sprt Purwokerto, Kediri dll...

Ya, penasaran aje utk siapapun yang pernah ke party2 di kota kecil, gimana? How was the crowd, the venue....just wanted to hear experiences...

Buat gw, pernah coba di Sukabumi..ttp biasa2 aje..it's not really party ttp more like ada pilihan antara music tong-tong atau live band...

so gimana?

I heard Flame. Ttp belum sempat kesana

Wah...gw datang hari khamis...katanya private party...dgn 3000 orang 

Bener2 gak mungkin bosan....dgn 4 rooms tinggal pindah aje kalo mulai bosan. Personally I like it..dan parkiran jauh lebih nyaman dari X1 Bisa mabuk dan happy tanpa repot

@Sonique - banyak org aneh di wb? Huh    ???    Maybe I'm one of them 

Gw ikut kemarin ttp dari jam 12 langsung di WB... gw lebih prefer musik di bawah.

Guys,

Ada sih siapapun yg lg susah bayar pake kartu kredit ke Beatport? Gw sudah coba 2 kartu (termasuk 1 dr luar negeri) dan tiap kali declined. Gw kira masalah dulu dgn mereka sudah selesai. Anybody got any tips?

Thanks

Gee..gw sekali aje kesana--mayb thn 2004. Ya ok2 aje...ttp gak bisa dibandingkan dgn daerah Gatot Subroto sekarang

@Sonique -

Kesian-deh lu. Semoga km dan keluargamu tabah dan sabar walau hadapi tantangan yg sangat berat.

Gw baru balik Jakarta dari luar negeri hari jumaat kemarin. Emang, gw rasa untung krn waktu gw pindah rumah tahun lalu gw sangat concern cari tempat yang beban. So far so good but I know ada banyak daerah yg belum pernah mengalami banjir ttp thn ini kena banjir parah. Di jalan dari bandara gw kaget juga liat banjir udah sebar begitu jauh. Tampaknya lebih parah dari tahun 2002.

Well, sayangnya, this is the problem with Jakarta -- kita bangun busway sebelum kita deal with masalah2 yg lebih serius.

Guys,

Just came from Los Angeles dan punya teman yang udah mulai dj tanpa turntable atau mixer. Menurut dia, pake dua software Megaseg (buat Mac aje) dan Ableton Live cukup. Waktu gw ke Guitar Centre disana, mereka bilang Ableton Live oke aje buat remix ttp mereka prefer pake turntable dan mixer. Ada juga Serato yang pakai turntable.

Jadi, my question. Kalo misalnya mau jadi amateur DJ, software ini bagus gak? Dan yang mana lebih berguna?

Thanks yach.

Of course np. Gw baru mulai cari. Ada teman2 di Amerika juga yang cari d/a gw. Kalau liat di E-bay aje, ada set2 seken utk $1200 per 2 pc.

Hey Guys,

Anyone punya 2 pc CDJ1000? Gw pengen -- yg seken gpp. Boleh2 aje. CDJ800 is ok too.

Ya..emang tempatnya sempit dan minimal...ttp I actually liked it...underground banget dan crowdnya fun aje. Emang tempat ideal utk charging seblm ke Embassy atau Wonder Bar.

Hey ada yg pernah coba kaki lima ketoprak di gang Kebun Kacang pas di samping masuk parkiran Plaza Indonesia? Harga cuman Rp4000 dan menurut gw jauh lebih enak dari ketoprak ciragil.

apa bedanya party di atas vs di bawah?  Gw udah reserve keatas...

Kalo gak disconnect terus, ur lucky. Kemarin, gw udah keluar kantor setelah jam 3...putus asa..seperti putus connection hehe. Sampai hari ini masih sloooooooooooooow bgt. Even Ravelex gak begitu cepat. Gw lagi mau blogging minggu ini juga tetapi karena putus2 segini susah.

Happy birthday guys. Gw hadir kemarin ttp kebetulan don't remember much of what happened. After 8 or so drinks, otak gw udah gak fungsi lagi.    Na, great event, seru banget, good crowd, music was great.

Gw di jakarta juga...kayaknya, ajak pacar dan nonton The Discovery Channel bareng 

Dari Pihak Diesel, I want to thank Ravelex for all of your support for the party and especially kepada semua member2 yang hadir thank you banget for your support. Wah...really senang sekali sampai ada member dari Bandung hadir. Pasti, lain kali harus ada event di Bandung aje biar gak usah jauh2 ya ? 

Also, congrats to all the winners of the free watch. Sejauh saya tau belum pernah ada kolleksi jam tangan that came directly from voting like this one via Ravelex. Really, the response for the voting was AWESOME guys!!!

Lain kali, harus party bareng lagi ya.Pasti ada event2 lagi so we'll keep you updated.

Again to all you guys, thank you so much.

Ya...pasti lebih clear sekarang.

Hehe..my recent blog on Stadium (sorry guys, bahasa inggris dan dikit panjang ya?)

Here's to Stadium


Glodok has long been given a reputation as a place where the so-called "lower class" of clubbing society hang out, listening to tong-tong-tong music and swallowing X pills like they were going out of style. And indeed, if you go to most clubs in Glodok area like Golden Crown or Millennium, you can come to no other conclusion that everyone in the 5 km area is either tripped out or preparing to be tripped out. It's to the point that the music doesn't matter anymore because while people spend the whole night trying to do their best "Exorcist" imitation moving their heads back and forth, you wonder whether they could just be scratching records and people wouldn't care.

However, in all of this x-filled fun and mayhem, there is a bastion of relative serenity. Stadium, long known as the 'Carrefour of nightclubs' recently celebrated its 9th anniversary. It's easy to understand how the club could be financially viable given that it contributes to half of all jobs for women in the Indramayu/Karawang area and has mastered the art of being a practical brothel from the hours of 5 pm - 2 am, all the while giving a totally new meaning to the term "happy hours".

Yet, for some reason, the club has managed to endure for nearly a decade as a worthy alternative in the northern side for those looking for real Selatan dance music without having to leave the comfy confines of Glodok -- or for those who simply figured that the best way of not getting their parents angry by coming home in mid-morning after a late party was just to keep partying from Friday night to Monday straight and come back when their parents had already left for work.

On Saturday night, Stadium celebrated its 9th anniversary with a big party by inviting 2 Spanish DJ's for the event. Actually, the place was mobbed (like usual) and I even got up to the stage for the first time in my life. Well, of course, I did get approached every 20m I walked by someone offering X, and I did have to keep my hands in my pockets in fear of pickpockets. But truth be told, from the very beginning, I always liked Stadium. It was like a healthy compromise where you could make friends (both long-term and for a night or two hehe) in a non-pretentious environment with people who like good music (or are too tripped out to care).

Anyway, out of respect for Stadium's 9th anniversary, here's 9 good tips on how to survive a night at Stadium

#1 - Bring glasses - not just to enhance your 'X' trip but to keep the smoke out of your eyes

#2 - DO NOT stop on the 2nd or 3rd floor before midnight -- unless you want to take the guesswork out of the evening and get your action early

#3 - DO NOT stop anywhere within the first 20 metres upon entering the disco - unless you want to take the guesswork out of the evening and get your action early

#4 - If a guy with a moustache and a funny look on his face wants to be your friend, the chances are very high that he is looking to take the guesswork out of your evening by getting you totally blasted on X

#5 - Going up on the stage is actually the safest place to be to really enjoy the party with people who appreciate music - the farther back you go, the less people even know what's being played and the farther left or right you go, the greater the chance the people will be totally tripped out

#6 - Bring shoes you don't care about - especially if you're a guy - this will bode well for you when slogging through those toilets

#7 - Parking at Plaza Hayam Wuruk is akin to trying to drive through a Cambodian post-war field. Better to just park in front of Garuda. That way, gak repot and you can pick up some good nasi rendang at the 24hr Padang resto to wipe away memories of the previous night

#8 - Given how crowded the place is, a lighter is not of much use to attract waiters' attentions. A blowtorch instead is highly advisable. This can also aid you in clearing the way for the waiters to get through.

#9 - If you want to party all-day without the fear of an early-morning hangover, why not just start at 9am. Then, you can be refreshed just while everyone is ready to pass out and if it's bad, you can enjoy the rest of the day.

Enjoy!!!

Hey guys,

Gw mau ke Malang jumaat-sabtu ini. Anything going on there?