Coffee and Contemplation - 1

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  It was a pleasant evening, and I always order a Japanese iced filter whenever I spend time at this particular slow bar in Jakarta. As I sipped my 50k-something coffee, my mind began to contemplate the passage of time. Ten years ago, I only paid 18k for the same menu item, the same beans. I understand how inflation works, and I know that coffee crops depend heavily on nature to thrive. Yet, as I sat there, I realized how drastically prices have skyrocketed over the last decade—not just for coffee, but for everything. Even though my salary has increased fourfold in that time, I still feel as though my buying power has weakened. It wasn't just the price of the beans that bothered me; it was the realization that the cost of living is quietly eroding everything I’ve worked for. I won't go into the weeds of government mismanagement, but it reminded me of a scene in The Trial of the Chicago 7 , where Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character asks Sacha Baron Cohen’s about his contempt for hi...
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Jaman sering nongkrongin MTv Fanatic, gue suka gak percaya kalau para fans bilang ‘your songs make me stay alive’. Berlebihan menurut gue. Pun demikian, gue punya beberapa lagu yang jadi soundtrack hidup gue. Dari sekian banyak itu, satu-satunya band yang gue puja sampe beli beberapa albumnya adalah Matchbox Twenty.
Awalnya gue ngeliat video klip Bent, di MTv, gue langsung suka sama gaya rambutnya Rob Thomas. Trus gue pantengin deh itu video, gue dengerin kata per kata. Back then, I was junior high school student. Akses informasi gue cuma tivi dan majalah. Untungnya, biar sempet disebut one hits wonder, banyak juga majalah yang bahas Matchbox Twenty ini. Apalagi pas Rob Thomas masuk sexy man alive versi majalah manaaa, gitu.
Gue beli-lah kaset Mad Season, yang memuat lagu Bent, tadi. Gue pelajari liriknya. Dan gue nangis. Well, my life is hard from beginning. Ngebaca lirik lagu-lagunya Matchbox Twenty, gue ngerasa related. Sejak itu, tiap kali life throws me hard time, gue pasang headphone dan muter lagu-lagu Matchbox Twenty.
Hari ini, seharian gue dengerin lagu-lagu mereka. Pelan-pelan, mood gue membaik. Setelah Bent, favorite gue adalah Unwell dan Push. Ah, gue suka semua lagunya sebenarnya. Apalagi lagu-lagu di Exile on Mainstream jadi soundtrack pas gue bikin skripsi.
Yourself or Someone Like You, 1996
Mad Season, 2002
More Than You Think You Are, 2002



Exile On Mainstream, 2007

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