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Thanks for the musical tour,

acanuck — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:22:13 +0000

In reply to Around the World in 80 Songs: Indonesia

Thanks for the musical tour, Orlando. Interesting stuff, but what a lot of foreign influences! Seems to work in the Samba Sunda, though.

Call me an old fogey, but it would be a real shame if the current generation discards or sidelines the rich, varied, sophisticated, energetic gamelan tradition for something as derivative as (say) homegrown hip-hop. Not that I think that's happened or likely to happen.

I first heard gamelan gong kebyar 40 years ago, and even though I haven't dug out my old tapes in well over a decade, passages sometimes pop into my head. They always makes me happy. Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc

They have internet in Jakarta, don't they? No reason you can't be the Asia/Pacific correspondent for the expanding world media empire that is dagblog. Enjoy the next stage of your journey.

Aw, don't be like that. If

Orlando — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:21:33 +0000

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Aw, don't be like that. If you're nice to me, you'll have a place to stay. When want to visit an Equatorial paradise with jungles, beaches, and volcanoes, you just let me know.

I'm going to take a different

Nebton — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:50:44 +0000

In reply to Around the World in 80 Songs: Indonesia

I'm going to take a different tack from A-man and just come out and say it: I hate you. You and WKW. OK, maybe by "hate" I mean I am extremely jealous of. Maybe.

I used to live in a foreign country (Germany). Then, when I was 2 my parents moved to the States. (I was an Army brat.) You know what memories I have from when I was 2? Bupkus, that's what.

Of course, I suppose you could say that since I was born in Germany, I've been living in a foreign country for the last 37 years.

Nope. I still hate you. :P