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ANN DRUYAN GORGEOUS LOVE LETTER TO CARL SAGAN

Rudolf Dethu July 23, 2020

Ann Druyan’s note is irrefutably one of the most poignant letters ever written about the special peculiarity of love.

DISCO INFERNO: THE NIGHT DANCE MUSIC DIED

Rudolf Dethu July 12, 2020

41 years ago today, disco was killed by a public backlash with the infamous Disco Demolition Night at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. At least 9 were injured and 39 got arrested.

I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS

Rudolf Dethu July 6, 2020

In 1979, Brenda Ann Spencer (16) opened fire on Grover Cleveland Elementary School shooting eight children and three adults which ended up killing the school’s principal, Burton Wragg, and the caretaker, Mike Suchar. Spencer’s shooting became particularly notorious for inspiring Bob Geldof to write “I Don’t Like Mondays”.

JOHN HINCKLEY JR. FOUND NOT GUILTY

Rudolf Dethu June 21, 2020

38 years ago today John Hinckley Jr., was found not guilty of attempted murder—he tried to kill President Reagan—by reason of insanity.

YOUNG PUNKS & GLUE SNIFFERS IN THE 80S IN THE SOCIALIST HUNGARY

Rudolf Dethu June 16, 2020

A little rockumentation about young punk Hungarians in the socialist era in the 80s, with lots of interesting images by Budapest-based prolific photojournalist Tamás Urbán.

FLOWER POWER

Rudolf Dethu May 23, 2020

The expression Flower Power was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Ginsberg advocated that protesters should be provided with “masses of flowers” to hand out to policemen, press, politicians, and spectators. The use of props like flowers, toys, flags, candy, and music were meant to turn anti-war rallies into a form of street theatre thereby reducing the fear, anger, and threat that is inherent within protests.

WEAR A MASK OR GO TO JAIL

Rudolf Dethu May 6, 2020

In an effort to curb the spread of Spanish Flu in 1918, some states in the US quarantined citizens; others made the wearing of face masks mandatory, at the same time as shutting down “all places of amusement”. According to a law passed in San Francisco in October of that year, on the day that state-wide infections passed 50,000, anyone seen not wearing a gauze face covering was subject to fines that ranged from $5 to $100 and the possibility of 10 days’ imprisonment.

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Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, & Transphobia.

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RAINBOW FLAG: THE STORY BEHIND
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⁣⁣The rainbow flag was created in 1978 by artist, designer, Vietnam War veteran and then-drag performer, Gilbert Baker. He was commissioned to create a flag by another gay icon, politician Harvey Milk, for San Francisco’s annual pride parade.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣The decision to enlist Baker proved serendipitous, as the idea of a flag to represent the gay and lesbian community had occurred to him two years earlier. As Baker told the Museum of Modern Art during a 2015 interview, he had been inspired by the celebrations marking America’s bicentennial in 1976, noting that the constant display of stars and stripes made him realise the cultural need for a similar rallying sign for the gay community. At the time, the most commonly used image for the burgeoning gay rights movement was the pink triangle, a symbol used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Using a symbol with such a dark and painful past was never an option for Baker. He instead opted to use a rainbow as his inspiration. The different colours within the flag were meant to represent togetherness, since LGBT people come in all races, ages, and genders, and rainbows are both natural and beautiful. The original flag featured eight colours, each having a different meaning. At the top was hot pink, which represented sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow signifying sunlight, green for nature, turquoise to represent art, indigo for harmony, and finally violet at the bottom for spirit.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣With the help of close to 30 volunteers working in the attic of the Gay Community Center in San Francisco, Baker was able to construct the first draft of the now world-renowned rainbow flag. It was first showcased at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Photo via Toronto Star.⁣⁣ #RainbowFlag #ProLGBTQ

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New normal Monday at Rumah Sanur: essential food and basic empathy.

Stay safe and healthy. We're all in this clusterf--k together.

#Covid19CommunityCare #KawanBaikIndonesia #FairFutureFoundation

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Tuesday, 19 May, 8pm Bali time. Anugerah Musik Bali will have a chat with me (live on Instagram) re music management, product branding, and showbiz in general.

You can also join the conversation, of course. Cheers and enjoy the apocalypse :)
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Reposted from @anugerahmusikbali • AMB NEWS

Rahajeng siang, semeton 🙏🏽
Punapi gatre sareng sami?
LIVE INSTAGRAM pertama yang akan kami lakukan, guna mengisi waktu luang semeton sami khususnya para penggiat Musik di Bali. Sesi Live Bincang Musik #1 ini, kita akan ngobrol banyak dengan seorang Tokoh Musik di Bali yang sudah sangat tidak asing bagi Musisi di Bali pastinya. Beliau sangat dikenal sebagai seorang Manager bertangan dingin, membawa Superman Is Dead, Navicula, The Hydrant, dan masih banyak Band2 dari Bali hingga bisa dikenal luas secara Nasional bahkan Internasional. Apa saja tips2 beliau dalam me-manage sebuah band, membangun image sebuah band, juga mempublikasikannya hingga bisa dikenal secara luas. Ini akan menjadi diskusi yang SANGAT BERMANFAAT buat kamu semua yang sedang fokus dalam memperluas karya, jaringan, dan kiprah di dalam Industri Musik. Jangan dilewatkan, 19 Mei 2020 pukul 20.00 Wita LIVE BINCANG MUSIK #1 bersama the one and only @rudolfdethu , yang akan dipandu oleh @gdbagus . Jika kalian punya pertanyaan yang harus kami siapkan untuk Bli Dethu, silahkan tulis di kolom komentar 👇🏾
#amb2021 #amb #anugerahmusikbali #rudolfdethu #musikedukasi - #regrann

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Tonight! Saturday, 16 May, 4pm - Bali time!

VIRTUAL DE LO HABITUAL
Diana Rosa (Singer/Songwriter/The Voice 2016) feat.
Kadek Anna (Contemporary Dancer/Actress)

Livestreaming on Instagram: @dianarosamusic
Livestreaming on Facebook: Diana Rosa and Panji Tabanan

A digital concert of Motown meets eclecticism!

Please show some love & support to the artists, donate/pay what you want to:
BNI Rek 391894976 - Aditya W. Sumampouw
or paypal.me/adityasumampouw
(DM/inbox for further details)

Thank you and stay safe!

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This virtual show is organised by PROTAGONIS & RUDOLF DETHU SHOWBIZ in collaboration wiith BBN - Berita Bicara Network & ANAK AGUNG NGURAH PANJI ASTIKA of Puri Anom Tabanan.

#VirtualDeLoHabitual #CeritaNada #ProtagonisLive #ProtagonisMusic #RudolfDethuShowbiz #BeritaBicaraNetwork

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“Konser Solidaritas Bersama Jaga Indonesia” @konser_jagaid bertujuan untuk menggalang dana bagi teman-teman insan pekerja seni, event, budaya dan pariwisata yg terkena dampak COVID-19.

Tayang live hari Sabtu, 16 Mei 2020, pukul 20.00 WIB serentak di 6 TV @kompastv, @officialrcti, @sctv, @officialtrans7, @netmediatama, dan @antv_official serta live streaming di YouTube Channel @kemenparekraf.ri dan @KompasTV.

Untuk kamu yang ingin berdonasi, silakan kunjungi kitabisa.com/konserjagaindonesia atau klik link di bio @konser_jagaid.

#KonserSolidaritas
#KonserJagaIndonesia

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CHAOS TO COUTURE: SAFETY PIN, PADLOCK, PUNK ROCK

Early punk fashion was defiantly anti-materialistic and initially handmade, trying to stay true to egalitarianism ideology. That's why accessories like gold necklaces or silver braces, they were rarely seen in the punk scene. Items that were easily found around us, part of our everyday life, those were used more as accessories in punk fashion. Especially these two: padlocks and safety pins. They have become the integral parts of punk fashion.

The bass player of Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, often seen wearing padlock necklace. While Johnny Rotten, the singer, he used many safety pins as important components of his outfit.

Safety pins became associated with punk (in the UK) in the late 1970s. Some claim the look was taken originally from Richard Hell whom the British punks saw in pictures, and whose style they adopted. This is disputed by a number of artists from the first wave of British punk, most notably Johnny Rotten, who insists that safety pins were originally incorporated for more practical reasons, for example, to remedy "the arse of your pants falling out".
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Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren played significant roles in punk fashion via their boutique back then at 430 King's Road, London, SEX. Mainstream punk style was influenced by clothes sold in SEX. Glen Matlock and Sid Vicious, both bassists of Sex Pistols, respectively, used to work at SEX.

These days, punk fashion has been commercialised, and well-established fashion designers—such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons, Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang, Ann Demeulemeester, Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Sui, and several more—have used punk elements in their production. Punk apparently has invaded Paris/Milan/London/New York Fashion Week's catwalks. In Indonesia, the infamous clothing label Suicide Glam pretty much having similar spirit with SEX: angsty and subversive.

In spring 2013, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York held an exhibition with a specific theme: punk fashion, examines punk's impact on high fashion and culture in general.

#PunkFashion #ChaosToCouture #HistoryIsCool

Note: For photo details, see comment section.

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New Moon on Monday. That's Duran Duran.

The videos here: A new normal Monday at Rumah Sanur.

#Covid19CommunityCare #KawanBaikIndonesia #FairFutureFoundation

Instagram post 2306357114676728491_175505343 $YOUNG PUNKS & GLUE SNIFFERS IN THE 80S IN THE SOCIALIST HUNGARY To be punk in early 1980s Hungary was more than just a fashion statement. Looking stylish as hell never hurts though, especially when your enemy is omnipotent state control. In those years, Eastern Bloc countries were thirsty for the fractured, rage-ridden themes of English and American bands like the Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys. In those foreign screams, young Hungarians understood an echo of their own frustrations, and a dark reassurance that even life in the democratic West was as despondent as the situation at home. And in a political climate where having fun and playing music with your friends can earn you a jail sentence, innocuous activities quickly become subversive statements. Prolific photojournalist Tamás Urbán was in his mid 30s when he started documenting the punk scene in Budapest, but he was no newcomer to the underground. A staffer at Ifjúsági Magazin (Youth Magazine) since 1969, Urbán was the rare press photographer at the time who wasn’t restricted from covering some of the darker corners of Hungary’s so-called socialist utopia. From glue sniffers and juvenile prisons to crime scenes and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Urbán’s work was a clear critique of the socialist system. Not that everything he shot was published—most of these pictures weren’t seen until the 1990s. At the time, anti-establishment punks were facing serious harassment by police. In 1982, the members of punk band CPg were tried and convicted of “political agitation” for their openly anti-communist lyrics and famously violent performances—seen as an assault on state authority. Most of the band served two years in jail for the offense. Urbán’s photos expose his comfort with young people at the periphery of society. In underground clubs like the Black Hole, among nationalist skinheads or new wave party kids, his perspective is as consistent as it is empathetic. _________ Text: Timeline. #PunksInHungary80s #HistoryIsCool$

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