The Picturesque Scene of Passing Fantasies

Here is Richard's answer on Suede Press Conference.

Here's the full-page-article from Tempo newspaper (Koran Tempo) on Monday, March 21st 2011, page A18. The article is in bahasa Indonesia. Article in English: Suede Shake Jakarta The British alternative rock band shake Jakarta. Unfortunately, the sound system was inadequate. Accompanied by spotlights and hysterical screaming, four black-clad men arrived on the Hall A stage at Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran on Saturday evening. The four members of Suede – drummer Simon Gilbert, 45, bass player Mat Osman (43), keyboardist Neil Codling (37) and guitarist Richard Oakes (34) – took their positions. The screaming grew louder when Brett Anderson, 43, the vocalist of the British alternative rock band joined them and stood centre stage. Without further ado, Brett, dressed in black shirt and trousers, took the microphone and sang This Hollywood Life. Brett completed the song, taken from the album Dog Man Star (1994), perfectly. Without pause, Brett performed the numbers She, Tr...

Friday, March 18, 2011 It was a hot and sunny day in Jakarta just like any other day here, but there was something special happening today. Suede—my favorite band ever since 14 years ago—will have their press conference regarding their upcoming gig on the next day. The press conference itself will be held in Ritz Carlton, Jakarta at 3pm, according to the invitation. I came to the hotel with my sister, Fanny and we met my friend, Tyas there. We arrived there, did the registration and waited… The conference finally started at 5pm. Mat, Simon, Richard, Neil and Brett came into the conference room, bombarded by camera blitz from the audiences. After they sat on the front chairs, the host invited us to ask questions for Suede (and Shontelle who also has a press conference and will share stage with Suede). Some reporters asked questions fro Suede. I tried to write them down and share them here. Question (Q): The reason why Suede chose Indonesia on this tour. Mat: I think the reason we chose ...

Some pictures from Suede's gig on Saturday Night, March 19, 2011 Setlist: This Hollywood Life She Trash Filmstar Animal Nitrate We are the Pigs By the Sea Electricity The Drowners Killing of a Flashboy Can't Get Enough Everything Will Flow So Young Metal Mickey The Wild Ones New Generation Beautiful Ones ----ENCORE---- Lazy Saturday Night It was a fantastic performance. Thank you very much for singing old songs. Personally, I prefer Suede's first three albums and also the compilation album, Sci Fi Lullabies. Too bad, they only sang Killing of A Flashboy from B side tracks. Wish I could see them singing Sadie, Sound of the Street, My Insatiable One, My Dark Star, Living Dead, Young Men and others.

Brett Anderson signed my painting. Me: Brett, could you sign this for me? Brett: Is it me? Me: Yes, I painted it Brett: What's your name? Me: Tessa Brett: Can you spell it? Me: .... (suddenly I don't know how to spell my name, luckily I signed my own painting on the left bottom) Like this! *pointing my name on the painting* I gave him the printed version on the gig. Brett (on stage picking my painting): "Oh, it's a picture of me. Thank you" Thank you so much for Tyas Palar who took this picture XD

I wanna share some pics I got from Suede press conference yesterday. Enjoy the pic :) Suede's Press Conference at Ritz Carlton Jakarta on March 18th, 2011. Neil Codling with his dazzling smile and blue eyes Richard Oakes who looks a bit different Simon Gilbert. He's really nice to his fans. We love you, Simon! Matthew Osman. What a lovely guy! He answered almost all questions yesterday. Brett Anderson. I lost my words when I saw him. XD He's very quiet on this press conference. The band! SUEDE! Me, Simon, and Tyas Me, Matt, and Tyas Neil and me Being able to meet Brett was one of the greatest moment in my life. He's one of my inspirations. The picture above was kinda blurry. I think the camera was nervous too. I took this pic right after he signed my painting (the one that I hold). Brett was soooooo nice. He let me took another picture because the first one was blurry. I asked him him to hug me and HE HUGGED ME! This is my painting I talked about. I was so nervous...! I...

YAY! It's Brett Anderson from Suede! I made this portrait painting to express the euphoria of Suede's upcoming gig in Jakarta. Yes, I'm gonna see Suede live this Saturday (March 19th). I couldn't tell you how happy I am. I've been a fan of the band since 14 years ago and I missed their concert on 2003. Well, things happened when the promoter announced the ticketing system. We have to trade-in the oh-so-famous-smartphone Blackberry which costs at least 300 USD in order to get the ticket. But Suede fans didn't give up. Some of us spoke our mind on the band forum. Luckily, the band management showed up and told us that they will try their best to find a solution. And yes, they did have solution for us. The management decided to giveaway 500 tickets to Suede fans by answering a series of Suede related question. On March 10, they give us a link to win those tickets and I think it's more than just 500 tickets. That was fantastic! Social forum has beaten the capit...