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Congrats to both of you on your super special day,

Congrats to both of you on your super special day, JT x MA! Best wishes and lust for life!
#JTMA
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Second slide via Glenda Chong.

"Non, je ne regrette rien" (No, I do not regret an

"Non, je ne regrette rien" (No, I do not regret anything), a classic French song composed by Charles Dumont with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire and popularised by Édith Piaf in the 60s, here covered so gorgeously by one of my most fave songstresses ever: Aldous Harding.
Dumont states that Vaucaire's original title was "Non, je ne trouverai rien" (No, I will not find anything) and that the song was meant for the French singer Rosalie Dubois. However, thinking of Piaf, he changed the title to "Non, je ne regrette rien".
According to journalist Jean Noli, when Dumont and Vaucaire visited Piaf's home at Boulevard Lannes in Paris, in October 1960, she received them in a very impolite and unfriendly manner. Dumont had tried to offer Piaf his compositions on several occasions, but she disliked them and had refused them. On that day she was furious that her housekeeper Danielle had arranged a meeting with the two men without informing her, so she let them wait an hour in her living room before she appeared. She told them she would listen to one song only. Dumont sang Non, je ne regrette rien, to which Piaf reacted extremely positively, saying "This is the song I have been waiting for. It will be my biggest success! I want it for my coming performance at L'Olympia!"
Piaf dedicated her recording of the song to the Foreign Legion. At the time of the recording, France was engaged in a military conflict, the Algerian War (1954–1962), and the 1st REP (1st Foreign Parachute Regiment)—which backed the failed 1961 putsch against president Charles de Gaulle and the civilian leadership of Algeria—adopted the song when their resistance was broken. The leadership of the Regiment was arrested and tried but the non-commissioned officers, corporals and Legionnaires were assigned to other Foreign Legion formations. They left the barracks singing the song, which has now become part of the Foreign Legion heritage and is sung when they are on parade.
Let's keep the spirit alive. No regret. Happy Sunday!
#AldousHarding #ÉdithPiaf #NoRegret
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Sources: Golden Plains 2015, Wikipedia, Aunty Meredith Home Videos.

Last Sunday, 26 Feb, an intimate birthday celebrat

Last Sunday, 26 Feb, an intimate birthday celebration, a small-scale civilised debauchery, under heavy rains and wind, with my Jakarta's social circle. Booze, pork, Studio 54's vintage disco, warm and friendly vibes. Couldn't ask for a better night.
Thanks for showing up, guys. A great present to be 27!
#Arakbica #TwalenWarong

Went to see Aurora in Jakarta on Saturday, 25 Feb.

Went to see Aurora in Jakarta on Saturday, 25 Feb. A birthday present for myself :)
Ethereal, hypnotic, clear and crisp sound production. In brief, a gorgeously quirky Scandinavian Disney. A full goosebump moment, a truly amazing night!
#Aurora #NyawaSession
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First and last slide via @donnyheru.

THE STONES CRAWDADDY-O On this date in 1963, The

THE STONES CRAWDADDY-O
On this date in 1963, The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Crawdaddy Club, located at the back of The Station Hotel in Surrey, England.
The Stones were paid £24 ($41) for the gig. This first gig was not a commercial success; Giorgio Gomelsky, the club promoter, had to plead with customers of the main hotel to attend, offering two entries for the price of one ticket—it ended up with a total of 66 people.
And it was at the Crawdaddy Club The Stones met The Beatles on 14 April 1963. “Halfway through the set we kind of glanced up, and there were four silhouetted leather-clad persons standing just in front of the bandstand in amongst all these kids who were all dancing and playing around,” Bill Wyman recalled, noting that John, Paul, George and Ringo were “being totally ignored by the audience.” “I turned round to Charlie [Watts], and I said, ‘It’s the Beatles!’ They’d had two or three big No. 1 hits and they were like the rave of England at that time. So when we finished our set, we got chatting to them and had beers, and they stayed for the second set."
After the show, the two groups went back to the Chelsea flat shared by Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Keith Richards. "We hung out all night playing blues music, just talking about music and became great mates.”
Slides:
01) The Stones performing "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly cover) at the Mike Douglas TV Show, 1964, first time they visited USA.
02) The Stones at the Ed Sullivan Show performing "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry), their other TV performance while in the US.
03) The Stones in Holland, 1964. In the 60s and 70s they were branded as the Bad Boys of Rock 'n' Roll. Riots and physical fights were common at most of their concerts.
04) The second part of the Holland's concert. Did you see the stage dive? Most prolly the first ever stage dive in rock 'n' roll history!
05) The Beatles met the Stones back stage at Crawdaddy, April '63.
06) The Stones setlist at Crawdaddy, April 1963.
07) The Stones group photo, 1963.
08) The Stones debut album (US Edition), 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, April 1964.
#TheRollingStones #RocknrollSocmedtelling

"Where do you see yourselves in five years?" "Loo

"Where do you see yourselves in five years?"
"Look, we're just trying to make it to Friday."
#Arakbica #TwalenSpirit