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...

The Olympus Mju 770 SW

A waterproof digital camera? WTF! At first I thought they meant you’d have to put a casing on it. But no – this is a camera that is actually waterproof up to 10m!

It’s also crushproof under 100kg of weight and can even withstand being dropped from a height of 1.5m onto a hard surface like concrete.

Now that’s what I call a camera!

Sure you can’t beat digital SLRs of course, but there are times when you want something smaller and much lighter to carry. Especially if you are a backpacker.

The Olympus Mju 770 SWFeatures wise, it doesn’t disappoint either: 3x optical zoom (covering 38-114mm focal length equivalent), an 80-1600 ISO range (good for low light situations) and a more than respectable 7.1-megapixel resolution. It’s superbly constructed and its brush metal plating gives it an almost industrial feel. No folks. This ain’t no toy.

It also has 24 scene modes, including underwater macro and underwater snapshot, making it an excellent camera for snorkellers.

Just think – no need to worry about wasting another camera...

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