Punk is better that religion…
November 25, 2007 — tbelfieldThe music scene in Jakarta is no doubt a vibrant cultural force (visit Equinox DMD). And the word from the street is that “punk is better than religion”.
Jakarta: Where Punk Lives
It’s after midnight in Jakarta and, below a highway overpass, a party is just getting started. Students and the unemployed are listening to well-worn cassette tapes, swigging from bottles filled with a cocktail of beer and local wine and loitering in front of Movement Records — a punk-music shop that has become a nexus for local youths. It is also home to Onie, one of Jakarta’s self-proclaimed original street punks, who both works and sleeps on the premises. “It is very quiet at night,” Onie says. “The shops are closed, so society is O.K. with us being here. My friends can come at night and argue, laugh and fight for as long as they want.” … > read full article
