BMTH live in Jakarta 2024

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This time around Ravel gets it right and BMTH (Bring Me The Horizon) are headlining the Nexfest festival in Jakarta which also features Babymetal. In this format there is no seating - which makes for a much more intimate experience - although you do have to arrive really early if you want to pick a spot right up close to the stage.  We arrived about six hours before BMTH were scheduled to start their performance and bought plenty of drinks to stay hydrated in the tropical afternoon heat (mind you, some of those were Iceland vodka mix!) This was a gig I had long been looking forward to - especially after the debacle last year. Not everyone likes BMTH of course. For deathcore fans the band sold out. For metal heads the band is not purist enough. And for the wider mainstream audience, the band is too heavy. You can't please everyone of course but there are few bands in the rock world which can match the sheer emotional velocity of BMTH. To bring metal and even aspects of metalcore t...

Kopi Luwak is selling well

Would you pay US$175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the bottom of a furry mammal in Indonesia? Probably not. But some people, incredibly, are. 

The coffee beans, which have a unique taste and aroma thanks to passing through the digestive system of palm civets (nocturnal tree-climbing creatures about the size of a large house cat), are being snapped up by foreign buyers. 

According to a company which has recently ventured into this niche market, its sales for Kopi Luwak rose threefold just before the Christmas holiday compared to the first half of the year.

Kopi LuwakAnd this year, the company hopes to export around 200 pounds of Kopi Luwak, even though it holds the distinction of being the world’s most expensive coffee. As for me, I’ve never tried Kopi Luwak. But maybe I should give it a try...

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