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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF RICHEY EDWARDS

26 years ago today, Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers vanished leaving no clues to his whereabouts. He left The Embassy Hotel in London, England, at 7am. Edwards & James Dean Bradfield (lead singer and lead guitarist of Manics) were due to fly to the United States on a promotional tour. His car was found on the Severn Bridgeâa notorious suicide spotâ16 days later.

THE KILLING OF STEVE BIKO

24 years ago today, four apartheid-era police officers, appearing before the court, admitted to the 1977 murder of the activist Bantu Stephen Biko.

THE BIRTH OF FRISBEES

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.

PADA PAGEBLUK INI, SKENA BALI PALING BERNYALI

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, DRINKING BECAME ILLEGAL

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).

A DECADE OF BLANTIKA | LINIMASA

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: PSYCHO LOCO

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.

RAPPER’S DELIGHT: HIP HOP’S FIRST TOP 40 HIT EVER

41 years ago today, The Sugarhill Gangâs âRapperâs Delightâ became the first hip hop single ever to reach the Billboard top 40.

BETH GIBBONS: WANDERING 56

Beth Gibbons turned 56 today! Happy birthday, Bristol Joplin!

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTS FIRST WOMAN

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, today in 1987, became the first female to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

EMBRACE THE MUSIC

No need to be ecstatic in welcoming 2021. Letâs keep it quietly. We, human being are fragile and vulnerable. Covid has almost killed us all. So, yeah, just stay calm. And embrace the music.

ROCKABALI MARAUDERS: PARA PENJAGA MENARA & PENEGAK MARWAH ROCKABILLY

Syarikat para hulubalang, pejuang, penjaga menara, dan penegak marwah Rockabilly di Nusantara: RockaBali Marauders.

ROD, RACHEL, RIO, MAGGIE

Rod Stewart married New Zealand model Rachel Hunter in Beverly Hills, this week in 1990. After the wedding Stewart was quoted as saying âI Found the Girl that I Want, I wonât be putting my banana in anybodyâs fruit bowl from now on.â They split in 1999. Four years later, still in December, Stewart played in front of 3.5 million people on Copacabana beach in Rio De Janeiro, and made into the Guinness Book of World Records for staging the largest free rock concert attendance in history.

RYAN ADAMS – SYLVIA PLATH

Ryan Adams shows his weird and wonderful sensitivity through "Sylvia Plath".

RYAN ADAMS – COME PICK ME UP

A wonderful love/hate/weak/drunk/wishful moment composition.

MACTITUDE: GO YOUR OWN WAY

A breakup song and record with a happy ending: it has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

MACTITUDE: LANIE GARDNER – DREAMS

The members of Fleetwood Mac were experiencing emotional upheavals while recording "Dreams". Mick Fleetwood was going through a divorce. Christine McVie was separating from her husband John McVie. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were ending their eight-year relationship; Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood had just started an affair. What made it more complicated and worse was that all the band members were so addicted to cocaine during the production of the album, Rumours. Hard drugs, bad romances, excellent album.

MACTITUDE: ORLA GARTLAND – EVERYWHERE

Song that can help you facing the Monday blues. And maybe we can learn a thing or two from Orla Gartland: she covers Macâs famous melancholy song, âEverywhereâ, with positive vibesâsmiling and looked happy.