24 years ago today, four apartheid-era police officers, appearing before the court, admitted to the 1977 murder of the activist Bantu Stephen Biko.
64 years ago today, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discsânow known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.
Great art comes from great pain. Mungkin inilah fenomena yang sedang terjadi di skena musik Pulau Bali. Para seniman malah menjadi kian kreatif kala digencet nestapa. Musisi, terutama beberapa bulan belakangan ini, kembali meramaikan belantika. Entah merilis karya, entah konser virtual dan di jagat nyata. Faktor signifikan lain yang membuat kancah musik di Bali tetap tegar tentu saja karena ekosistem musik di Bali yang kokoh dan terbilang komprehensif, semua syarat telah komplet. Hantaman Covid-19 cuma menggoyahkan fondasi sementara. Cuma gegar sebentar, bukan ambruk.
101 years ago today, after it was ratified a year earlier on 16 January 1919, prohibition officially goes into effect, with the passage of the Volstead Act (also known as National Prohibition Act).
Ten years ago today, one of the biggest moments in my life, the very day I changed my title from âwriterâ to âauthorâ, I officially launched my first book: BLANTIKA â LINIMASA.
Suicidal Sinatra, the pioneer of pyschobilly in Indonesia, still alive and well. They just released a tight af, high-energy tune, the soundtrack for Kustomfest called âPsycho Locoâ.
41 years ago today, The Sugarhill Gangâs âRapperâs Delightâ became the first hip hop single ever to reach the Billboard top 40.
Beth Gibbons turned 56 today! Happy birthday, Bristol Joplin!
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, today in 1987, became the first female to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
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