Books Of March 2013!

If you saw last month's post then you saw that I actually read more books than I expected and this month is the complete opposite. I don't think I've been on such a bad reading slump in a long time. I had my TBR for this month specifically planned out but unfortunately, that went down the drain. The only book I read this month was Warm Bodies. I'm not going to blame the book because it was actually a really good book. I feel bad for not being in a better mood because I think I would have been able to cherish each word better. Now, I have to leave Looking for Alaska and Sharp Objects for another time.

Warm Bodies
byIsaac Marion

I gave Warm Bodies  a 4 STARS. I loved the storyline. It's the first zombie book I've read and I'm definitely ready for more now. I loved the characters and how it all played out. I'm actually a bit surprised to see that there are more books in the series because I wouldn't of minded if the story just ended with this book. I'm curious to see what happens in the second book though because there are still a lot of questions left unanswered. Overall, I do recommend this book. Now, I just need to go watch the movie.

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Music Of March 2013!

 The month of March has been a great one for music. I've definitely discovered some songs that I know I will love forever. Lee Hi's Rose is definitely one to check out. It's only been out for 2 days and it already has 150 plays on my iTunes, not including the million more times I've listened to it on my iPod.

Lee Hi - Rose

New To My Playlist:
The Way (feat. Mac Miller) - Ariana Grande
I Could Be The One (Nicktim) - Avicii vs. Nicky Romero
The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy
Oops! (feat. 정일훈 of BTOB) - G.NA
Expectation 기대해 - Girl's Day
Snow Flower - Gummy
Man In Love 남자가 사랑할때 - INFINITE
Something's Got a Hold On Me - Jessica Mauboy
Rose - Lee Hi
It`s Over - Lee Hi
Thank You - MKTO
Standing Still - U-KISS
More Painful Than Pain 아픔보다 아픈 - U-KISS
#thatPOWER (feat. Justin Bieber) - Will.I.Am

Watch the playlist of all my new favourite songs this month!



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Liebster Award!

Hey guys! I've been nominated for a Liebster Award from Life with RA is a Pain. I'm really honoured and grateful. I think I've been nominated before, but didn't realize it or understand what a Liebster Award was. I've read through Ior's post and I'm pretty sure I get it now. I'm really excited and didn't think my blog would ever be acknowledged. I'm just a girl who loves music and loves books. I just wanted to share what I thought should be loved by people the way I enjoy them.

 So these are the questions I've been asked to answer. 
1. Why did you create a blog?

I created my blog because I've always loved booktubers and book bloggers. I love music for every occasion and of course I love reading. I decided to just put them together and make a blog. I've also been inspired by many other book bloggers and bloggers in general.

2.  On average how much time a week do you spend blogging or doing blog related   activities?

Unfortunately, I don't blog as much as I'd like to. Even though I don't post a lot though, I am still always ready to reply to any type of emails. If you count that, then I guess I do blog related activities at least a few times a week.

3. What is your favourite season, and why?

My favourite season would be spring or autumn. Summer is too hot. Winter is too cold. Spring and autumn is just right. You can wear a jacket if you want but you don't have to.

4. What do you like most about youself?

I feel so weird answering a question like this but I'll be optimistic and say that I love everything about myself. Not in a snobby way, just in a I accept myself for who I am way.

5. Who is the most important person in your life?

The most important person in my life is definitely my mum. Of course I do get angry at her sometimes but I still love her. She's been an inspiration. The most important people in my life though are definitely my friends. Without them, my life wouldn't be as amazing as it is today.

6. What type of music do you listen to most?

Well like my blog says, I love pop and k-pop. I honestly don't listen to one or the other more and I like my mix. Aside from that though, I like specifically dance-pop, electro-pop, rap, and well all of that in korean. I'm not sure though, I just like anything that's good. 

7. What is your most prized possession? 

I don't really have a prized possession. Nothing that I couldn't live without. I love my electronics though, if that counts. My laptop, iPod and camera. 

8. What is the one thing that gets on your nerves?

If you know me in real life, you know that A LOT of things get on my nerves. Right now though, I just really wish everyone would believe in themselves more. That gets on my nerves.

9. What do you love most about your followers?

I love my followers for taking the time to read my gibberish.

10. Have you become close friends with any of your followers?

 Sadly, not really. I wouldn't mind it though. I think the blogging community is a really nice one. Maybe one day.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 

Well of course I'd love to be prettier, smarter, funnier, better, but we can't have everything. I would want to be more beautiful, on the inside.

11 Facts About Me

- I've never been overseas.

- Get into really big reading slumps easily. Like right now.

- I'm a hopeless romantic.

- Cockroaches scare me more than spiders do.

- On weekends, I spend at least 10 minutes picking out what to wear.

- When I'm sad, I blast my music really loudly and just cry it all out.

- I have a weird obsession with quotes.

- I'm an atheist though I understand and appreciate other religion's beliefs.

- If I had to pick a favourite colour, I'd choose pink, but I'm not racist, I love all colours.

- I don't have a colourful wardrobe. I fashion but I keep my style pretty neutral.

- I spend many hours of my life watching tv shows and dramas.

Read more for the 11 bloggers I've selected and the questions I've asked them. They all have to have less than 200 followers but definitely deserve more.

 
 Bloggers
1. My Mother Stuttered
2. Hannah Artistry
3. NailGlaze
4. Science So Sexy
5. Live and Dictate
6. Everyday Life with Tosyn
7. SillySilberman
8. Sunny Days Are Love
9. Sammy's Sweet Reads
10. Love and in Between
11. Chubby Anecdote

Questions
1. Favourite artist/band?
2. Favourite song?
3. Favourite book?
4. Why did you choose a blog over a YouTube channel?
5. Do you have a goal related to blogging?
6. Biggest pet peeve?
7. Do you have a pet? If so, what is it?
8. Favourite animal?
9. If you were an animal, which one would you be and why?
10. What is your favourite quote?
11. What's your lucky number?

I know that my questions make absolutely no sense, but oh well.

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Giveaway: Strong Enough by Ellen Harger

Here with another giveaway! Today, you can win Ellen Harger's new debut novel Strong Enough. Unfortunately, at this time, the book is only available in e-book form but that doesn't stop me from throwing a giveaway. You can win an .epub or .mobi e-book which you can read on all e-book readers including iPads, tablets and the like. Please read Ellen Harger's guest post as well. Read the synopsis here.If you don't win that's alright because you can still buy it on Amazon.
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Guest Post: Evolution of A DJ by Ellen Harger

Guest post by Ellen Harger. Her self-published, debut novel, "Strong Enough" was released February 25, 2013. Her blog is My Mother Stuttered where the synopsis can be found.

She is thrilled to write her first guest blog post on Music Plus Books.

If you've taken a writing course, you'll likely cower in fear whenever someone suggests using copyrighted music in a novel. You've been conditioned with electrical shock critiques. BAD! zzzzttt! BAD! ZZZZZzzzttttT! Fried writer with chicken, coming right up!

If you're a reader who has thought, "I've never heard of that song," and stopped reading only to lose an hour on the internet, you've experienced why music is discouraged in novels. Even more likely, you rolled your eyes and thought, "Pretentious twit. I have no idea what you're talking about. And I'm not impressed." Author 0, Instructor 1.

But why are some authors tempted to combine real music with novels? Why not make up lyrics? Yeah, and I'll just pick up a guitar and be Eddie Van Halen, too. I blame movie soundtracks. Off the record, I'm a huge fan of movie soundtracks. So despite suffering from shock treatment via class critques, I wanted to include all the lyrics that ever moved me.

Whitney, the main character of my novel "Strong Enough," became a DJ to justify my use of musicians' words. But when I read a book with a similar technique and skipped all of the lyrics, it crystalized. If I wasn't going to work that hard to figure out what the author was trying to suggest, why should I ask others to do the same? Lightbulb--lyrics are cumbersome tricks that break a reader's enjoyment and a crutch for the uncertain author.

We experience music and novels differently. Describing the sound of a song for a reader is tricky so lyrics remained critical to me--they just couldn't be quoted. I had to do the work and  replace them with character comments or the weaving of particular phrases into narration. Whitney's musical selections had to tell stories that were plausible to both the fictitious and real audience.

On a personal whim, I decided to purchase music that had Superman as, or in, the title. It was a surprisingly large list. I opened up my search to include lyrics and very first radio show was born. Whitney's first show of the novel, Black Box Songs, was designed as a training exercise for her while the MTSYWB show gave me the opportunity to mention Sheryl Crow's "Strong Enough" without being obvious.

My final touch was naming each chapter with a song title. A few chapters were already titled after songs that embodied their arc, so I decided to turn the chapter list into a playlist. There were four non-song chapter titles that I really liked so I made up artists and albums. It was as close as I got to writing my own lyrics. Just call me E. Vedder.

Writing is an art. When done well, the reader is unaware of the work. When done right (with careful intention), breaking the rules can be good. And when stubborn enough, an author will endure the electro-shock to write the story she imagined.

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TESTAMENT REKAM LAGU SCORPIONS DAN IRON MAIDEN SEBAGAI BONUS TRACK

19 March 2013 -

Untuk menghargai dan merayakan Record Store Day yang biasanya dirayakan secara internasional di minggu ketiga hari Sabtu di bulan April, Nuclear Blast akan merilis versi 7″ album TESTAMENT dalam jumlah terbatas hanya seribu keping.

Versi 7″ ini berisi dua lagu bonus yang sebenarnya sudah mereka rekam disela merekam “Dark Roots Of Earth” yang jadi album teranyar TESTAMENT.

Di Side A, Chuck Billy cs mengkover lagu Animal Magnetism yang sejatinya milik Scorpions di sisi lainnya ada klasik milik IRON MAIDEN, Powerslave. Dua lagu ini juga ada sebagai bonus di versi deluxe “Dark Roots Of Earth” yang rilis 27 July tahun lalu.

Record Store Day ini sendiri merupakan perayaan dari kultur toko kaset dan label indie dengan memainkan band-band mereka secara live yang biasanya disertai dengan rilisan-rilisan khusus pada skala global. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

MANTAN GITARIS ANTHRAX SENANG BERGABUNG DI VOLBEAT

19 March 2013 

Kepada Artisan News, Rob Caggiano yang merupakan mantan gitaris ANTHRAXmengaku senang dapat memproduseri “Outlaw Gentleman & Shady Ladies” menjadi album terbaru VOLBEAT dan bahkan kini gitaris berusia 36 tahun itu juga menjadi personil baru band heavy metal Denmark tersebut.

Masuknya Caggiano mempertegas posisinya menggantikan Thomas Bredahl yang keluar dari band bulan November 2011 lalu, sementara Rob Caggiano memutuskan diri keluar kembali dari ANTHRAX pertengahan Januari lalu.

Dan baru-baru ini VOLBEAT juga merilis video klip untuk lagu ‘Cape Of Our Hero’ yang merupakan single awal album terbaru mereka. Lagu ini dikabarkan sudah hilir mudik di radio lokal dan klipnya bercerita tentang seorang remaja yang mencoba mengingat kembali hidup masa kecilnya dan mengingat bagaimana ayahnya menjadi orang yang paing heroik di hidupnya.

Sedangkan di Pulse Of Radio, vokalis Michael Poulsen mengaku lagu ini benar-benar menyentuh personalnya. “Aku kehilangan ayah sekitar empat atau lima tahun lalu dan aku yakin setiap orang di dunia ini punya tokoh jagoan dan kebanyakan dari mereka menjadikan sosok ayah sebagai jagoan utama,” ujarnya.

Di Denmark, VOLBEAT merupakan salah satu band penting untuk skala musik global disana sejak terbentuk di tahun 2001 di Copenhagen.

“Outlaw Gentleman & Shady Ladies” sendiri menjadi album penuh kelima mereka dan akan kembali dirilis lewat Vertigo Music yang merupakan anak perusahaan major label Universal bulan April nanti. Vertigo diketahui juga sudah merilis beberapa band metal legendaris yang diantaranya ada BLACK SABBATH, DIO,METALLICA dan masih banyak lainnya.

Sementara Rob Caggiano yang merupakan gitaris kelahiran New York, Amerika namanya menjadi sangat terkenal ketika menjadi gitaris ANTHRAX untuk pertama kali di tahun 2001. Dia juga turut menginspirasi ANTHRAX untuk merilis “Worship Music” di tahun 2011 setelah tujuh tahun tak merilis album baru. Sejauh ini posisi kosongnya bersama salah satu big four thrash metal tersebut masih belum diisi siapapun sebagai personil tetap dan Scott Ian memilih untuk menjadi gitaris tunggalANTHRAX setidaknya hingga saat ini. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

BEHEMOTH MULAI REKAM ALBUM BARU

18 March 2013 -

Salah satu band black/death metal terbaik dunia asal Polandia, BEHEMOTHdikabarkan mulai merekam proses album baru mereka akhir Februari lalu di Hertz Recording, satu tempat di kota Bialystok, Polandia dimana DECAPITATED danHOUR OF PENANCE juga pernah merekam albumnya disana.

Kemungkinan album ini akan keluar pertengahan tahun nanti yang sepertinya masih tetap ditanggungjawabi Metal Blade Records sebagai suksesor “Evangelion” sebagai album teranyar yang dirilis empat tahun lalu.

Album baru ini akan menjadi album penuh kesepuluh BEHEMOTH sejak terbentuk di tahun 1991 dan sejak merilis debut “Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)” delapan belas tahun lalu. [Chimoth/Banjarsari Underground]

SLIPKNOT MEMENANGKAN REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS 2013

3 Mei, 2013

SO LONG, SEE YOU AGAIN, KURT!

10 April 2013


Berbagai kontroversi mengiringi tindakan bunuh diri Kurt, dan tidak ada yang menemukan jawabannya. Semoga beristirahat dalam tenang, Kurt, percayalah lagu-lagumu akan abadi. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

KAWAN YANG MENGENANG

10 April 2013


Wanita berbaju hitam dan berkacamata itu adalah Susie Tennant, figur sangat penting dalam musik Seattle, yang bertugas mempromosikan Nirvana. Di atas, terlihat ketika dia sampai di rumah duka. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

HOODIE KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


Seorang penggemar duduk di rumput, mengenakan hoodie dengan gambar wajah Kurt di bagian punggungnya, sementaraheadphone terpasang di telinga. Apakah lagu Nirvana yang didengarkannya?. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

PENGHORMATAN TERAKHIR UNTUK SANG LEGENDA

10 April 2013 


Ribuan orang menghadiri acara tersebut, berbagi rasa yang sama. Bahkan cuaca yang mendung di hari itu seolah turut merasakan kesedihan, semua ingin memberikan penghormatan terakhir. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

TERTUNDUK DALAM KESEDIHAN

10 April 2013 


Semua yang menghadiri peringatan kematian Kurt di Seattle Center, tertunduk dalam kesedihan. Wajah-wajah muram memadati lokasi, bahkan tak sedikit air mata bergulir. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

HARI BERDUKA UNTUK KOTA SEATTLE

10 April 2013


10 April 1994, penduduk setempat seolah menjadikan hari itu sebagai hari berduka nasional. Mereka menyampaikan rasa berkabung tak hanya di pemakaman dan rumah pribadi Kurt, namun juga di Seattle Center, sebuah tempat publik. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

PESAN DARI PENGGEMAR

10 April 2013


Berbagai coretan penggemar di bangku luar rumah Kurt, di 171 Lake Washington Blvd. E, Seattle, Amerika Serikat. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

CORETAN DI BANGKU TAMAN RUMAH KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


Ini adalah bangku pinggir jalan yang terletak tepat di sebelah rumah Kurt. Penggemar menorehkan nama dan tulisan sebagai kenang-kenangan di sana, juga meninggalkan bunga sebagai tanda mereka mengingat sang idola. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

BUNGA DAN LILIN UTNUK KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


Masyarakat meletakkan bunga dukacita, menyalakan lilin, menuliskan puisi dan doa terakhir mereka untuk Kurt. Bagaimanapun, kehilangan seorang sosok yang membawa kebanggaan orang banyak memang tidak mudah. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

BERDUKA DI PEMAKAMAN KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


Tanggal 10 April 1994, tujuh ribu orang memenuhi pemakaman Kurt. Berkabung dalam kebersamaan, ada beberapa orang yang terlihat tak bisa menahan dukacita. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

Review: COLLAGE by U-KISS 유키스

Genres: K-Pop, Pop, Synth-Pop, Dance-Pop, R&B, Dance
Released: 7 March 2013
Members: Soohyun, Kiseop, Eli, AJ, Hoon, Kevin, Dongho
NH Media

This is my first full album review. Today I'm reviewing U-Kiss's newest album COLLAGE. Because I'm doing every song, each review will be brief. First of all though, can I just say, OMG! Stop Girl is one of my all time ultimate favourites and I'm really excited for their come back. I give the album an overall 3 STARS. The only songs I'm not reviewing are the instrumentals. First thing's first: 
1. Step By Step (Intro)
This is 48 seconds on pure awesomeness. It kind of has a Skrillex feel to it. The intro is an array of amazingly put together electronic, synthy sounds, that are put together effortlessly. Love the dubstepness. It's a great start to the album and a wonderful accompaniment for the next song.
2. Standing Still
The beginning of this song kind of sounds like the beginning of Rolling In The Deep. Then you hear the lyrics and it's nothing like Adele. The English sounds just a little bit off but other than that, the English lyrics in the song are fine: "Cause I'm on fire but you keep on standing still". The Korean lyrics are symbolic and metaphoric. Very fancy. They basically express the how even though they're hurting (on fire), 'you' don't do anything and "keep on standing still". The parts in this song all fit together really well. Me, being the bias person that I am, like Eli's part the best of course. I absolutely love his rap! Then AJ comes in and it's like D: But I love it too. Number one song. I love the whole song and I'm glad they chose this to be the title song.
3. Can't Breathe 숨도 못 쉬어 
I didn't like this song as much as the previous but it's still okay. It has a nice uplifting tempo and atmosphere. Unfortunately, I feel like the song is a bit scattered and their voices don't effortlessly move together like they could. At first, everything seemed weird but once it grew on me, the chorus become my favourite part. The chorus and the rapping was the only looking forward to though. I like the emphasis on "so" in the chorus.
4. Missing You
Sorry, not my thing. Favourite part? The music in the background. It sounds really really cool. I liked the song somewhat but the repetition of "Missing you" was a tad to overboard for me. Though it doesn't suit me well, it has a very soothing tone and I would listen to this song when I'm sad. BUT then there's like a little bit of a rap and then that's when the whole song starts becoming amazing. There's some piano and the whole song becomes just that little bit happier.
5.Bad Person 나쁘다
I was a bit shocked the first time I heard this. The beginning was unexpected and this ballad isn't U-Kiss's usual style but I actually liked this song. The repetition of  "나쁘다"   in some parts of the song in the background sounds really nice. It sounds like a whisper and then the music kind of stops for a split second. This adds a really nice element to the song. Even the rapping sound more ballady and nice than it normally does. The lyrics have a sad meaning about leaving, pain, breakups and all that. Surprisingly my third favourite song on here.
6. More Painful Than Pain 아픔보다 아픈 
Definitely my second favourite song on the album! It was so extremely beautiful. A song about empty love. I kind of wanted to cry just listening to this song. This was a duet by Soohyun and Hoon and it was a perfect ballad in every way possible. It's a bit cliche but I love it anyway. Their voices sound amazing together.
7. My Reason
Yep, another ballad. This is definitely the sweetest though. The other songs are all so depressing. This one was soooooooooooo cute! About the one, the first time meeting and all the other cute things you'd expect in a song like this. Even though sometimes I feel like Kevin always gets the most lines and attention, he deserves it, and he deserves this solo. It sounds amazing and because his American, the English is spot on.
8. Party All The Time
Equal third favourite. I can't choose between this and Bad Person. I love them both for different reasons. This song was totally up my alley. I loved the up beat music. This was AJ and Eli's duet. They aren't the best at singing but in this song, they showed that even though they are rappers, they can sing. I loved every single part of this song and the extremely happy and fun lyrics. I loved the bridge the most "If you are sexy and you know it put your hands up put your hands up". Yes sir.
9. Sweety Girl
This song totally reminds me of Grease! I can't put my finger on what song it was or maybe it wasn't even Grease but it definitely sounds like them. The song starts off with a guitar riff and it sounds alright but I really really don't like this song. I didn't even like the rapping. Shocker right? Yeah, didn't even like the rapping. The lyrics are alright but doesn't make up for the rest in my opinion.
10. Cause I Love You 사랑하니까
This song is about staying together with no regrets. It is better than a few other songs but I still don't quite like this one. It does get better as the song goes on but I feel like the beginning of a song should be just as good. The background music though is really nice with a techno feel. Finally, of course, yes I do like the rapping in this one.

Wow, this was a long post. Like I said though, there are really really great songs and then there's the ones that make this album an overall 3 instead of a 5. Oh well, good album though. Check Standing Still on YouTube here.



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KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


 Lahir pada 20 Februari 1967, meninggal pada 5 April 1994 dan jenazahnya ditemukan pada 8 April 1994. Kematiannya yang tragis membuat begitu banyak orang merasa kehilangan. Bukan saja seorang bocah Seattle yang suka marah-marah, namun lebih dari itu.

Bagi banyak orang, Kurt Cobain adalah wujud nyata seseorang yang bisa meraih mimpi, meski dalam keterbatasan musikalitas. From zero to hero, Kurt bahkan menjadi ikon kultur, dan sayangnya, juga anggota Club 27 (sebutan untuk musisi-musisi yang meninggal di usia 27 tahun).

Bila FOTO-FOTO OTOPSI KURT baru saja kamu simak, sekarang waktunya melihat, apa yang terjadi di masyarakat ketika mengetahui sang pahlawan meninggal?. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

FOTO-FOTO DUKA CITA SAAT PEMAKAMAN KURT COBAIN

• KURT COBAIN
• BERDUKA DI PEMAKAMAN KURT COBAIN
• BUNGA DAN LILIN UTNUK KURT COBAIN
• CORETAN DI BANGKU TAMAN RUMAH KURT COBAIN
• PESAN DARI PENGGEMAR
• HARI BERDUKA UNTUK KOTA SEATTLE
• TERTUNDUK DALAM KESEDIHAN
• PENGHORMATAN TERAKHIR UNTUK SANG LEGENDA
• HOODIE KURT COBAIN
• KAWAN YANG MENGENANG
• SO LONG, SEE YOU AGAIN, KURT!

TEKNISI LISTRIK YANG MENEMUKAN JASAD KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013


Gary Smith, tukang listrik yang pertama kali menemukan jenazah Kurt Cobain. Dia sendiri tidak bersedia melakukan interview mengenai saat menemukan mayat Kurt. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

SAHABAT YANG DITINGGALKAN KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013 


Para sahabat dan orang terdekat Kurt pun segera datang ke rumah ketika mendegar kabar tersebut. Mereka tak mengiraKurt bakal pergi untuk selamanya. Wajah murung ini tak hanya dirasakan oleh para sahabat namun juga seluruh fans di dunia. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

MEDIA MENUNGGU KABAR DARI PIHAK KEPOLISIAN

10 April 2013


Saat otopsi berlangsung para awak media pun berkerumun di depan guna mendapat berita dari hasil pemeriksaan. Tampak didepan adalah garasi dan atasnya Green House di mana Kurt mengakhiri hidupnya. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

JENAZAH KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013 


Jenazah Kurt pun dikeluarkan dari rumah untuk dibawa ke King County Medical Examiner. Meski foto ini diambil pada 8 April 1994, namuin belum pernah sama sekali diterbitkan, dan baru kemarin 5 April 2013 diterbitkan sebagai penghormatan kepada pentolanNirvana ini. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

TIM FORENSIK DATANG MEMERIKSA

10 April 2013


Tim forensik memeriksa secara detil sebelum mengangkat jenazah Kurt. Dalam catatan foensik tersebut ditemukan heroin beserta alat suntikan serta senjata jenis shotgun dan secarik puisi. Dari dosis heroin yang digunakan Kurt melebihi takaran dan bisa mengakibatkan kematian. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

TEMPAT KURT MENGAKHIRI HIDUPNYA

10 April 2013


Green house di atas garasi ini kini sudah musnah setelah 4 tahun kematian Kurt Cobain. Di dalam ruangan inilah Kurt mengakhiri hidupnya secara tragis. Foto ini diambil pada saat penemuan jasad Kurt, 8 April 1994. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

PENYELIDIKAN DILAKUKAN SECARA TERTUTUP

10 April 2013


Polisi pun melarang wartawan untuk masuk ke dalam tempat kejadian. Semua penyelidikan pun dilakukan secara tertutup, bahkan para fotografer pun harus mengambil foto dari jauh dan bersembunyi. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

POLISI MELAKUKAN PENYELIDIKAN

10 April 2013


Kepolisian juga melihat di luar rumah, dengan asumsi jika Kurt meninggal karena dibunuh dan bukan bunuh diri. Semua sudut ruangan pun tak lepas dari mata para penyelidik. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

PAGI YANG MENGGEMPARKAN

10 April 2013


Kurt baru ditemukan 3 hari sesudahnya oleh Gary Smith, teknisi listrik yang diminta untuk membetulkan instalasi rumah hijau tersebut. Polisi dan ahli melakukan otopsi guna menyelidiki penyebab kematian frontman Nirvana ini. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

RUMAH KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013

Di rumah hijau inilah jasad Kurt Cobain tergeletak dengan kondisi mengenaskan. Kurt mengakhiri hidupnya dengan cara menembak kepalanya. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

BANGKU RUMAH KURT COBAIN

10 April 2013

Jumat 5 April 1994 menjadi hari yang mengejutkan bagi seluruh fans Nirvana dengan tersiarnya kabar meninggalnya Kurt Cobain. Sosok pria yang menjadi figur Seattle sound atau grunge di tahun 1990 ini meninggal di rumahnya di Lake Washington Boulevard East.

Dia ditemukan 3 hari sesudahnya oleh seorang teknisi listrik yang melakukan tugas rutinnya. Kurt ditemukan dalam kondisi mengenaskan dengan luka tembak di bagian kepala. Kejadian tragis ini masih membekas di ingatan fans Nirvana baik di Seattle dan di seluruh dunia.

Kini mereka diingatkan kembali pada kejadian tersebut untuk mengenang kembali. Sebuah foto yang diambil oleh Mike Urban, fotografer Seattle PI kini diperlihatkan kembali. Foto-foto ini sangat eksklusif dan belum pernah diterbitkan sebelumnya. Rest in Peace Kurt. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

FOTO OTOPSI KURT COBAIN YANG BELUM PERNAH DITERBITKAN

• BANGKU RUMAH KURT COBAIN
• RUMAH KURT COBAIN
• PAGI YANG MENGGEMPARKAN
• POLISI MELAKUKAN PENYELIDIKAN
• PENYELIDIKAN DILAKUKAN SECARA TERTUTUP
• TEMPAT KURT MENGAKHIRI HIDUPNYA
• TIM FORENSIK DATANG MEMERIKSA
• JENAZAH KURT COBAIN
• MEDIA MENUNGGU KABAR DARI PIHAK KEPOLISIAN
• SAHABAT YANG DITINGGALKAN KURT COBAIN
• TEKNISI LISTRIK YANG MENEMUKAN JASAD KURT COBAIN

KERRY KING: MERAGUKAN LAMBARDO BISA KEMBALI KE SLAYER

4 March 2013

Fans SLAYER tentu sangat menyesalkan keputusan yang sudah dikeluarkan minggu lalu dengan tetap melanjutkan tur Soundwave di Australia meski tanpa Dave Lombardo.

Keputusan Dave Lombardo yang tak ingin ikut dalam tur tersebut bukan tak mungkin menimbulkan babak baru dalam sejarah perjalanan salah satu godfather thrash metal tersebut. Bahkan Kerry King sebagai mastermind mengaku ragu meski tak menutup juga kemungkinan memecat Dave Lombardo secara permanen.

Dalam tur Australianya ini, SLAYER awalnya berencana memakai tenaga Charlie Benante sebagai pengganti yang kemudian gagal mendapat visa. Beruntung mantan drummer sementara mereka di tahun 1996 dan 1997, Jon Dette sedang berada di Australia bersama ANTHRAX yang kemudian didaulat menjadi penggebuk sementara SLAYER. Uniknya keberadaan Jon Dette di ANTHRAX juga hanya sementara sebagai pengganti Charlie Benante yang juga tak bisa terbang ke Australia.

Jon Dette ini dikabarkan juga mulai membantu sesi perangkuman beberapa lagu baru SLAYER di sela tur yang sebelumnya sudah ditulis bersama Lombardo. “Aku membuat beberapa lagu baru bersama Dave Lombardo. Jadi aku belum memutuskan apakah kami bisa melupakan Dave. Aku juga belum memutuskan apakah akan merekrut drummer baru atau hanya drummer sementara,” ujar King.

Saat ini SLAYER hanya tampil dengan dua dari empat personil asli mereka mengingat selain Dave Lombardo, gitaris Jeff Hanneman masih harus istirahat masa pemulihan setelah tergigit laba-laba beracun dua tahun lalu.

Dave Lombardo selaku personil asli SLAYER pernah hengkang di tahun 1986 sebelum setahun kemudian bergabung kembali, namun hengkang di tahun 1992 dan bergabung kembali ke band di tahun 2001 menggantikan Paul Bostaph. [Chimot/Banjarsari Underground]

Books Of February 2013!

I've had an extremely productive month! Well I guess I've actually had a very unproductive month since I've only been reading but I've been productive in reading. I finished five books this month. These are the four out of the five that I actually liked. I also read UnWholly but that unfortunately was a disappointment. Click here for that post. Without further ado, here it is:

Hopeless
byColleen Hoover

This one gets a special mini review cause that's just how awesome it is. I know I said that this was going to be a March read but I finished Unravel Me so I was like, meh why not? I went through it so fast! I loved the characters. I loved the emotions it brought out. There were definitely some parts I didn't expect but I love how each character connected. The writing was also amazing. I can't wait for the second book even though I wouldn't mind if this was a novel on it's own. Go read it! NOW!

Unravel Me
byTahereh Mafi

The Indigo Spell
byRichelle Mead
SYDRIAN FOREVER~ 

Easy
byTammara Webber

                                  
                                            I definitely give all these books 5 STARS. I wish that I could've liked every book I read this month but oh well. 80% of them were amazing so I'm happy. I'm currently reading Warm Bodies. I just started so I'm not going to judge it yet but we'll see.
Buy these books on Amazon!

Hopeless
Unravel Me
The Indigo Spell
Easy

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