Posts Tagged ‘Indonesia’

Shoegazer Sunday: Jellybelly’s “Illusion Dreams”

Sunday, January 11th, 2015

Here’s another bite of Indonesian shoegaze band Jellybelly:

And is it just me, or do the intro chords to “Illusion Dreams” sound an awful lot like a down-tuned version of Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer”?

It’s a pleasant piece, though the female harmonies need a little work…

Awesome Photography: Kawah Ijen by Night

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Dwight saw this amazing gallery of photos and drew them to my attention. You look at them and go: “What is that, a picture of someone in World of Warcraft raiding Molten Core?” And the answer is: “No, those are sulfur miners in Indonesia working in an active volcano for $13 a day.” This is Pulitzer-worthy photography by Olivier Grunewald, and you should really take a look.