Karaoke and Catfish

On our drive back from Toraja I asked Ikhsan about what music he liked. He said he had played in a band that played 90s music, Greenday, Blink 182 etc. I said I was a child of the 70s. He only knew Stairway to Heaven and Space Oddity from movies. So I played him some more Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. Then Brian Eno, Jethro Tull, Roxy Music. I got him to recommend some Indonesian music. He said Superman is Dead and DEWA19. Also Bento an old song satirizing Suharto.
Good musical sharing.
So then Ikhsan invited me to his friend's cafe to join in a jam session to sing 90s songs. Budi and Mira came too. It was good fun. Luckily they didn't get me to sing. The young woman had a great voice and did the singing. She sang some Indonesian songs too. At least Mira knew the songs.
The cafe also had a food stall out the front and I had very fried catfish. Never had catfish before. I thought it would have a muddy taste but I actually liked it.Read more