Dress Code: Think Vivienne Westwood's S&M gothic-punky outfit, or dress-to-kill like Rockabilly Revivalists, or wear your "Sid Vicious Is Dead" t-shirt with jeans and boots if you wanna go simple. Bikini is not suggested since the room is quite freezing.
What To Drink: Planet Hollywood is now promoting cheap Tequila named, er, Frozen Tequila, Rp 20,000 per shot. 3 shots of Tequila is guaranteed to make you brave enough to say "Hi, what's your name? Can I buy you a drink?" to the swimsuit model.
Survival Tips: If you are recently pretty broke--as we all are--go buy your own cheap booze and drink at home before going to PH (suggested booze: Indonesian's sub-standard Vodka (truly fake but licensed by government. Ha. Welcome to Indonesia!). It's low budget, ugly and amazingly strong)

Date: December 15, 2002
Venue: Kartika Plaza massive no man's land (next to Musro discotheque)
Time: Around afternoon till late
Performers: (fasten your seat belt...) Slank, Gigi, Edane, God Bless, Padi, Dewa, Harley Angels, Superman Is Dead, and other phenomenal acts in Indonesian Rock scene
Dress Code: Wear your Slank t-shirt or other fave band of yours who performs that day. If you are into none of them, wear again your "Sid Vicious Is Dead". If it's already too dirty and it stinks-as-hell, borrow your uncle's Grateful Dead t-shirt so people will think you are a cool old-skoolhead (although you have no idea who in the world Jerry Garcia is). Matter of fact, bikini is OK to be worn at this time but please be careful with those high-libido drunken people. Oh, don't forget to prepare your raincoat since it's open-air venue and rainy season now
What To Consume: Mountain spring water (if you plan to slow dance to Padi's beautiful ballads); Fanta Orange (to shake-your-booty to Gigi pop-rocky sound); Bir Bintang or fake Vodka (to pogo to Superman Is Dead's glampunkabilly anthems); Cannabis Sativa (to sing along to Slank's pieces); Foster's lager beers (to headbang to Edane's AC/DC-esque songs); First, Nasi Campur Warung Made + Black Coffee + Djarum 76/Bentoel Biru/Gudang Garam kretek, and then Tiger black beer (to kick back with Harley Angels' and God Bless' old skool vibes); Anything that makes you get drunk--and being anarchist--fast (to raise your middle finger up high to very-talented-musician-but-so-arrogant Dewa's Ahmad Dhani)
Thank-God-They-Are-Not-Involved Elements: No DJ this and DJ that. No International DJ Liars phenomenon. No persons who play other people's record in huge venue--and they think they are cool. In this context, God bless Electrofux. Vive le Mobil Derek.


Keep It Real,
RUDOLF DETHU