Monday, March 23, 2015

Simply Red - Never Never Love



La la la la la 
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la

So now we've got our independence
What are we gonna do with it?
Learning to play different games
Already using different names

Cause now our love bears no resemblance
To what we had before
When our love was good it was all that we saw
When our love was good it blinded us before
This real revolution baby
Where you're not below me anymore

Never never love can never be enough
Never be enough, just ain't good enough yeah
Never never love can never be enough now
Never be enough, oh no

So now we've got our independence
What are we gonna do with it?
Building the houses, claiming back the land
Burning the bridges, cleaning up your hands

Cause now our love bears no resemblance
To what we had before
Now our love has something for the future
Now our love will grow the seeds to sow this real revolution
This good revolution baby
Where you're not below me anymore

Never never love can never be enough
Never be enough, just ain't good enough yeah
Never never love will never be enough
Never be enough, oh no no no

La la la la la 
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la

When our love is good we had something for the future
Now our love will grow the seeds to sow this real revolution
This good revolution baby
Where you're not below me anymore

Real revolution oh yeah, oh no no no no no
Real revolution so good, oh no no no no no
Real revolution, so real revolution no no no
Real revolution, so real revolution no no no
So real, so real

Friday, February 6, 2015

Rock Album Covers

If you like rock music and appreciate album's covers, sometimes you wonder where all those album covers took place, what's the story behind them?
Well, this site popspotsnyc.com is one of great place to check out.
Especially if you are a traveller and rock history's buff.
The level of detective works, details and accuracy mostly fascinating, makes you want to grab your camera and passport and took off.
Just don't get lost..

Here is an example

The album cover

The building years after with mock up

The building years after

Another side

Different view angle


Sattelite view of the location

The location with Google Maps

And one of my favourite albun


Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill



Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light 
Wind was blowing, time stood still 
Eagle flew out of the night 
He was something to observe 
Came in close, I heard a voice 
Standing, stretching every nerve 
I had to listen had no choice 
I did not believe the information 
I just had to trust imagination 
My heart going boom, boom, boom 
Son, he said, grab your things 
I've come to take you home 

To keep in silence I resigned 
My friends would think I was a nut 
Turning water into wine 
Open doors would soon be shut 
So I went from day to day 
Though my life was in a rut 
Till I thought of what I'd say 
And which connection I should cut 
I was feeling part of the scenery 
I walked right out of the machinery 
My heart going boom, boom, boom 
Son, he said, grab your things 
I've come to take you home 

When illusion spin her net 
I'm never where I want to be 
And liberty she pirouette 
When I think that I am free 
Watched by empty silhouettes 
Close their eyes but still can see 
No one taught them etiquette 
So I will show another me 
Today I don't need a replacement 
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant 
My heart going boom, boom, boom 
Hey, I said, you can keep my things they've come to take me home 

Come back home 
Come back home 
Come back home


Friday, January 30, 2015

The Who - Who Are You?



Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who

Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who

I woke up in a Soho doorway
The policeman knew my name
He said, "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"

I staggered back to the underground
The breeze blew back my hair
I remembered throwing punches around
And preachin' from my chair

Well who are you?
Who who who who
I really want to know
Who are you?
Who who who who
Come on tell me who are you
Who are you?
Who who who who
Cause I really want to know
Who are you?
Who who who who

I took the tube back out of town
Back to the rolling pin
I felt a little like a dying clown
But with a streak of Rin Tin Tin

I stretched back and I hiccuped
I looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the tin pan
God there's got to be another way

Well who are you?
Who who who who
I really want to know
Who are you?
Who who who who
Who the fuck are you
Who are you?
Who who who who
I really want to know
Who are you?
Who who who

Who are you?

Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo
Whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo aa whoo

Who are you?
Who who who who
Who are you?
Who who who who
Who are you?
Who who who who
Who are you?
Who who who who

I really want to know

Who are you?
Who who who who
I really want to know
Who are you?
Who who who who

Tell me who are you

Who are you?
Who who who who

Cause I really got to know
Who are you?
Who who who who

I really want to know

I really want to know

Come on
Tell me who are you?
Who who are you?

Pink Floyd - Live8 (2005)





Led Zeppelin "Celebration Day" (2012)




Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Black Crowes - Appaloosa




Be struck by the arrow of weakness 
On the gilded path to forgiveness 
Find my way home when the morning comes 
To stay your friend when it's all said and done 

Simple as lightning starting wild fire 
Just down from a trip off my high wire 
Just coming home to walk my own floors 
Just coming home to the one I adore 

Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Take me home 
Where I can dream my days away 

You took your tears back to the river 
Knowing all the while there'd be more later 
So it goes in a rainy day town 
Come on and won'cha let me lay you down 

Sometimes the sun makes beggars believers 
And sometimes a shrine is built to deceive her 
In between let oblivion ring 
Whoa let me hear all you sad angels sing 

Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Take me home 
Where I can dream my days away 

Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Appaloosa 
Take me home 
Where I can dream my days away

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (1994)



I want to hold the hand inside you
I want to take a breath that's true 
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth 
You live your life You go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go blind 
Some kind of light into your darkness 
Colors your eyes with what's not there. 

Fade into you 
Strange you never knew 
Fade into you 
I think it's strange you never knew 

A stranger's light comes on slowly 
A stranger's heart without a home 
You put your hands into your head 
And then smiles cover your heart 

Fade into you 
Strange you never knew 
Fade into you 
I think it's strange you never knew 

Fade into you 
Strange you never knew 
Fade into you 
I think it's strange you never knew 
I think it's strange you never knew

Monday, January 19, 2015

DropBar Mountain Bike

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Panasonic MC Comp using Nitto DirtDrop Stem and Dropbar
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Bridgestone MB4 using Nitto DirtDrop Stem and Dropbar
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Kona Explosif using Dimension Stem and Salsa Woodchipper Dropbar

"Kenapa pakai dropbar di mountain bike?"

Mungkin ini pertanyaan yang timbul bila melihat dropbar dipakai di mountainbike. Melihat dropbar sekilas terlihat dan terkesan ribet untuk dipakai di medan offroad. Terbayang posisi yang tak nyaman dan terkesan ekstrim saat melewati jalur-jalur offroad, apalagi bila melewati turunan, bagaimana mengeremnya?

Dropbar, dalam sejarahnya ada sejak dahulu, mendahului flat handlebar.
Kelebihan dropbar dibandingkan dengan model lain adalah lebih banyak posisi tangan yg bisa ditawarkan dalam mengontrol sepeda.

Awal mulanya alasan dalam pemakaian dropbar untuk offroad di mountainbike adalah karena posisi tangan yang lebih ergonomis dan juga memanfaatkan tangan serta tubuh kita sebagai suspensi alami karena belum adanya sistem suspensi depan waktu itu.

Untuk mencapai itu ada beberapa syarat yang harus diterapkan dalam penggunaan dropbar untuk offroad yang berbeda bila dibandingkan untuk onroad. Jadi tidak hanya langsung memakai dropbar seperti di roadbike ke mountainbike. Syarat-syarat yang dibutuhkan untuk mendapatkan hasil yang baik dalam penggunaan dropbar di mountainbike antara lain:

1. Posisi dropbar yang harus lebih tinggi.
Maksudnya lebih tinggi adalah posisinya harus lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan dropbar di roadbike. Karena untuk mountainbiking kita lebih sering memakai posisi di dropnya untuk kontrol sehingga posisi dropnya harus selevel dengan posisi flatbar.

Hal ini bisa dilakukan dengan menggunakan stem dengan rise yang lebih besar sudutnya >40 derajat, contohnya: stem sepeda trial atau untuk sepeda Panasonic MC-Comp saya menggunakan quillstem DirtDrop dari Nitto, atau kalau punya dana berlebih bisa custom stem sendiri. Bisa juga dengan menambahkan steerer extender atau mengganti fork dengan steerer tube yang lebih panjang.

2. Memakai dropbar yang lebih lebar,
Untuk offroad, semakin sempit jarak handlebar akan semakin susah mengontrol sepeda kita, oleh sebab itu handlebar lebar seakan menjadi standar untuk mountainbike. Untuk penggunaan dropbar sangat disarankan pula untuk menggunakan dropbar yg lebih lebar, dalam hal ini bisa dicapai dengan menggunakan dropbar dgn sudut flare yg besar sehingga akan lebih ergonomis. Untuk ini saya beruntung bisa menemukan dropbar DirtDrop RM-14 dari Nitto.

3. Menyesuaikan drivetrain dengan kokpit yang sekarang.
Mengganti flatbar dengan dropbar otomatis akan merubah pula drivetrain untuk penyesuaian.
Untuk pengereman bila kita masih memakai rem cantilever maka kita cukup mengganti brakelever dengan brakelever standar roadbike yang tidak terlalu sulit untuk ditemukan, namun bila sepeda sudah menggunakan V-brake atau discbrake maka diperlukan brakelever khusus dengan mekanisme linear pull ataupun menggunakan discbrake khusus roadbike yang sekarang sudah mulai banyak bermunculan.

Sementara untuk gearshifternya harus pula disesuaikan, bisa digabungkan dengan brakelevernya (brifter) ataupun dipisahkan. Bila memakai brifter maka derrailleur depan pun harus disesuaikan. Untuk sepeda saya, saya menggunakan Shimano bar end shifter yang bisa diatur untuk mode index ataupun friction.

Untuk mountainbike dengan memakai dropbar kita bisa lihat kembali ke sejarah awal-awal perkembangan mountainbike, dalam hal ini dipelopori oleh Charlie Cunningham, Steve Potts, Ross Shafer (Salsa)Scott Nicols (Ibis) dan tidak lupa Grant Petersen (Rivendell) dengan Bridgestone MB-1 yang merupakan mountainbike dengan dropbar yang pernah diproduksi secara massal yang kemudian diikuti oleh Specialized dengan model RockCombonya, dan mungkin pabrikan-pabrikan lain yang saya tidak tahu.