CHICK COREA & JOHN McLAUGHLIN; KONSER 2 PENTOLAN FUSION JAZZ

Kabar dari Hongkong: Chick Corea & John McLaughlin reuni dua alumni “Bitches Brew”
Posted on 17 January 2009 by Arief Budiman

Apa yang terjadi ketika dua pentolan fusion jazz melakukan reuni setelah 40 tahun? Chick Corea dan John Mc Laughlin yang kiprahnya dikomandani Miles Davis pada album “In a Silent Way” dan “Bitches Brew” yang dirilis tahun 1969 akan berjumpa dalam konser reuni di menu acara 37th Hong Kong Arts Festival yang berlangsung February mendatang. Chick Corea (piano, keyboards) dan Mc Laughlin (gitar) akan ditemani “jagoan” lainnya pada konser itu yaitu Kenny Garrett (sax), Brian Blade (drums) dan Christian McBride (bass). Baca selengkapnya di Wartajazz

DUKA YANG MENDALAM ATAS KEPERGIAN BOBBY

Doa dan perhatian semua pihak baik musisi, penikmat musik Bali maupun keluarga memang tak henti dipanjatkan bagi kesehatan Bobby semenjak kejadian kecelakaan yang menimpanya. Namun Yang Maha Kuasa telah berkehendak untuk memberikan yang terbaik bagi Bobby, Pada sore di hari Minggu 14 Desember ini Bobby menghembuskan nafasnya meninggalkan kita semua. Mari sekali lagi panjatkan doa untuk Bobby agar dimaafkan segala kesalahannya dan diterima amal baiknya oleh yang Maha Kuasa. Dan bagi keluarga yang ditinggalkannya diberi ketabahan. Amin

Bali kehilangan salah satu musisi penyanyi terbaiknya. Semoga muncul Bobby-Bobby lain yang menggantikan dan meneruskan semangatnya.

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BALI CREATIVE POWER QUICK PREVIEW

Komunitas Kreatif Bali baru saja mensosialisasikan keberadaannya melalui sebuah acara Bali Creative Power 2008 yang memiliki agenda acara Konferensi, Expo, Evening with Designer dengan menampilkan Stefan Sagmeister, Creative Presentation dan Creative Entertainment. Ada pula Creative Workshop yang diadakan tanggal 30 November 2008 yang menampilkan Video Jockey sebagai media grafis alternatif. Dan pada hari Sabtu jam 14.00 wita bertempat di Kampus B New Media akan diselenggarakan workshop mengenai ekspresi kreatif dengan blog yang terbuka untuk umum serta pada 22 Desember 2008 akan diadakan Pameran Poster Internasional “One Globe One Flag”. Berita event Bali Creative Power yang dilangsungkan pada hari Sabtu 29 November 2008 di Sanur dapat dilihat pada Event Quick Preview di situs berita Komunitas Kreatif Bali

Surprise! Organic Food From The Villages of Bali

Minggu, 24 Mei 2008 sangat beruntung saya mendapat kesempatan menyaksikan kesibukan masyarakat desa Sibetan-Karangasem, Tenganan-Karangasem, Plaga-Badung dan Nusa Ceningan mengolah makanan dan minuman khas desa mereka di Loloan Restaurant Seminyak. Para perwakilan masyarakat 4 desa tersebut tengah menguji dan membuat presentasi resep masakan khas desa masing-masing dengan dibantu chef dari Loloan restaurant untuk nantinya disajikan pada acara peringatan 6 tahun perjalanan program Jaringan Ekowisata Desa pada tanggal 4 Juni 2008 mendatang. Keempat desa tersebut adalah anggota Jaringan Ekowisata Desa Bali bersama Yayasan Wisnu sebagai fasilitatornya. (more…)

NEW TOURISM BRAND INVOKES BALI OF PEACE

(The Jakarta Post) Following six months of intensive research, which included direct interviews with hundreds of Balinese residents and foreign visitors, the local government has finally unveiled its new tourism brand for the resort island.

The new brand is expected to unite the tourism industry under a single flag and battle cry in an effort to elevate the vital economic sector, which had been paralyzed by two terrorist attacks, environmental degradation and the locals’ increasing resentment toward tourism development.

“We hope this brand will give us new energy in our struggle to recover the industry, which for decades has been the backbone of the island’s economy,” Bali Tourism Agency head Nurdjaya said.

The new brand — comprising a logo, a tagline and a series of strategic recommendations — centers around the vision of making Bali known as “The World’s Place of Harmonious Peace”.

Teguh Mahasari, the engine behind the so-called Bali Reborn team responsible for preparing the new tourism brand, said the vision was the key, recurring message conveyed by a large majority of the research participants.

“It genuinely reflects the true aspiration of the Balinese people as well as the visitors’. Harmony, balance, peace and spirituality are several major themes that kept appearing in our interviews with people from a wide spectrum of society,” she said.

In the course of their research, the Bali Reborn team interviewed 900 Balinese individuals, from Hindu high priests to academic scholars, and from farmers to housewives in every regency of the island.

The results showed that over 50 percent believed “paradise” or “heaven” was the image that most correctly described Bali. This was followed by “balance” at 26.5 percent of respondents then by “harmony” at 21.9 percent. Curiously, “vacation” was only selected as the most suitable image by 16.5 percent of respondents.

Moreover, they also listed temple, culture, traditional customs and arts as the island’s most precious heritage. A staggering 73.5 percent majority viewed the temple as the perfect icon to represent Bali.

Meanwhile, 37.3 percent of 327 foreign visitors to Bali recalled “Island of the Gods” as the island’s most popular tagline. Only a minuscule 5.8 percent considered it to be Bali is My Life”, the most recent tagline, as popular.

“The team analyzed and interpreted the findings and then came up with this new brand,” Teguh said.

The brand concept was based on the ancient Balinese Hindu principle of Tri Hita Karana, the harmonious and balanced relationship between three primary elements: mankind, nature and God.

“That’s the philosophy behind our triangular-shaped logo. The triangle perfectly captures the stable relationship between the three elements,” Teguh said.

The spiritual nature of the brand is further reflected in the colors of the logo — red, black and white, the colors respectively associated with the Balinese Hindu trinity of Brahma, Wisnu (Vishnu) and Siwa (Shiva).

The final touch was the tagline “Shanti, Shanti, Shanti”, obviously taken from the daily Balinese Hindu prayer of Tri Sandhya. Literally meaning peace, shanti and its repetitive chant is a sacred invocation for a reign of peace in the three worlds — the under, middle and upper.

“Frankly, we want this brand to inspire the Balinese as much as the foreign visitors. With the increasing internal conflicts among Balinese, the people of this island needs peace as much as any other in this world,” Teguh stressed.