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OK, FIRST, ARKARNA MEANS HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE....THEY'RE A VERY COOL TECHNO BAND FROM LONDON. THEY ARE : OLLIE ( LEAD SINGER & PROGRAMMING ), JAMES ( BASS, GUITARS ), LALO ( GUITARS, BASS ), AND BID (DRUMS) THEIR FIRST ALBUM'S CALLED FRESH MEAT, WHICH CONTAINS 10 COOL SONGS, WITH ANOTHER COOL VERSION OF HOUSE ON FIRE HIDDEN. THEY WRITE AND CREATE THEIR OWN SONGS. THEIR SONG "HOUSE ON FIRE", IS IN THE SOUNDTRACK OF BATMAN AND ROBIN.

I ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET THEM WHEN THEY CAME TO JAKARTA, ON THE 12TH APRIL ( THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO COME ON 22ND MARCH, BUT SOMETHIN HAPPENED, SO THEY HAD TO CANCEL IT ) THEY PERFORMED LIVE AT "BENGKEL NIGHT PARK", THEY WERE ALSO SUPPOSE TO PERFORM AT 2PM, BUT THEY PERFORMED AT 3PM.. WELL, ME, MY BEST FRIEND ( ANDARA ) AND HER COUSIN ( DINI ), CAME LIKE AT 9AM..I'M SO CRAZY FOR EM, SO I CAME WAY EARLY. WE QUEUED IN THE LINE FOR LIKE MORE THAN AN HOUR, WHEN THIS BIG GUY CAME AND TOLD US THAT WE WERE SUPPOSE TO WAIT IN THE BASEMENT.. SO ME, ANDARA AND DINI, AND LOTS OF OTHER GIRLS AND GUYS RAN TO THE BASEMENT AND WAITED. WE CAME INSIDE AT 11PM..AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, ME, ANDARA AND DINI RAN TO GET TO THE FRONT ROW..WE DIDN'T GET IN THE VERY FRONT THOUGH BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE, THEN AT 12PM, THE OPENING BAND STARTED TO PLAY, IT WAS THIS PERSON OR BAND, I DUNNO CALLED "AGUS SASONGKO" IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY COZ WHEN THE SINGER SANG, HE THREW THIS TEDDYBEAR TO THE CROWD, BUT NO ONE TOOK IT, THIS PERSON CAUGHT IT AND THREW IT AWAY..WHATTA PITY.. I JUST DON'T LIKE THEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYIN HAHAHA...

WHILE THEY WERE SINGING, PEOPLE WERE LIKE SCREAMING " WE WANT ARKARNA " AND THE CROWD STARTED TO PUSH PEOPLE AROUND..ANDARA ALMOST FELL... THEN, THEY CAME IN LIKE AT 3PM, OLLIE SAID "HELLO, APA KABAR??", WHICH MEANS "HELLO, HOW ARE YOU DOING?"..THEN HE STARTED TO SING, THE BAND STARTED TO PLAY.. WILL WAS ON THE KEYBOARD, JAMES WAS ON THE BASS, LALO ON THE GUITARS, BID ON THE DRUMS AND OLLIE SINGING..WE ALL WENT CRAZY AND STARTED TO JUMP AROUND.. PEOPLE STARTED TO PUSH AND PUSH TO GET TO THE FRONT ROW...YEAH, THE NEXT THING I KNOW THAT I WAS FAR BEHIND FROM ARKARNA..THEN, SUDDENLY I FELL.. I COULDN'T GET UP COZ LIKE THERE WERE PEOPLE ON TOP OF MY LEGS AND FEET, IT WAS HORRIBLE..THEN ANDARA, DINI AND SOME OTHER STRANGERS, STARTED TO HELP ME..THEN I STOOD UP AND WENT BACK I WAS VERY FAR FROM EM....SO ME, ANDARA, DINI AND HER FRIENDS STARTED TO PUSH PEOPLE AGAIN...YEAH, THEN I GOT QUITE NEAR TO THE STAGE, THEN I STARTED TO TAKE PIX OF HIM..I COULD ONLY TAKE OLLIE'S PIX COZ JAMES, LALO, BID WAS SO FAR BEHIND, AND THE PIC I GOT WASN'T VERY CLOSE HAHA..AT LEAST I COULD GET SOME..

THEN, THERE WAS ONE SONG THAT JAMES SANG, WHICH IS "BLOCK CAPITAL"..WAY COOL.... OH YEAH, THEN THERE WAS A PART WHEN OLLIE'S SHOES FELL OFF, SO HE SMILED AND QUICKLY TOOK IT AGAIN AND WORE IT BACK, THEN THERE WAS A PART WHEN HE CAUGHT THIS PURPLE SHIRT FROM A FAN THAT CAME DIRECTLY YO HIS CHEST AND HE ALSO FAILED ONCE, WHEN THERE WAS THIS FAN WHO THREW LIKE A NAPKIN, AND HE DIDN'T CATCH IT, HE JUST SMILED HAHA..THEN THERE WAS A PART WHEN HE SANG A PART FROM THE SONG DIRECT DUBIT "COZ I ALREADY KNOW", LOOKIN TO THE CROWD AND I THINK HE WAS LOOKING AT ME, COZ U KNOW I SCREAMED VERY LOUD " OLLIE, I LOVE YOU!!!", MORE THAN 7 TIMES...HE LOOKED AND SMILED AT ME FOR A WHILE, HE ALSO SAT IN THE STAGE AND FIXING HIS HAIR WHICH LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL MESS..AND TIRED TOO I BET COZ HE KEPT JUMPING AROUND AND SAYING INDONESIAN WORDS, LIKE "AYO LAGI" WHICH MEANS "COME ON!!", AND LIKE "TERIMA KASIH" WHICH MEANS "THANK YOU"...MY SISTER, IRA AND HER FRIENDS ALSO WENT TO THE CONCERT, BUT GUESS WHAT?? SHE AND HER FRIENDS CAME LIKE AT 2PM CAN U BELIEVE IT??...SHE'S SO SLOW, MAYBE SHE DOESN'T LIKE EM AS MUCH AS ME..GEEEEEEZZ.... WELL, ANYWAYS, SHE AND HER FRIENDS WERE LIKE AT A BALCONY ( 2ND FLOOR ), AND SHE EVEN STOOD UP ON A TABLE ( I MEAN IT'S LIKE A STOOD )...JUST TO SEE JAMES ( THE ONE THAT SHE LIKES ), WHILE ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE IN A MIDDLE OF CRAZY WACKO PEOPLE..I HATE THE CROWDS, YEAH THEY'RE SO TALL, I COULD'T SEE A THING HAHAHAHA..........

AFTER IT'S DONE, ME, ANDARA AND DINI QUICKLY GOT OUTTA THERE ( WE GOT OUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT'S DONE, COZ ANDARA WANTED TO BARF ), AND STARTED TO FIND ANDARA'S CAR WE WANTED TO MEET THEM AGAIN AT THE HOTEL THEY STAYED IN WHICH IS HOTEL "CENTURY PARK", WHILE WERE WALKING, THIS BLUE CAR CAME AND SOMEONE TOLD US TO MAKE WAY, I GOT ANGRY LIKE, WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?? WE WEREN'T BLOCKING THE ROAD, DUHH..THE CAR PAST BY SLOWLY, SO I DECIDED TO PEEK WHO'S INSIDE.... I GOT SUPRISED COZ...COZ....HOLD YOUR BREATH....LALO WAS INSIDE THE CAR, HE WAS LOOKING AT ME TOO....I WAVED AT HIM AND SAID "HI!!", HE JUST SMILED AND WAVED TOO, WE WERE SO CLOSE, JUST SEPARATED BY THE STUPID WINDOW..THEN....WHEN I LOOKED IN THE OTHER MIRROR IT WAS BID!! YEAH, HE WAS LOOKING AT ME AS IF I WAS AN ALIEN, NAH...JUST KIDDING, HE MADE FACES AT ME, I WAVED AT HIM AND SAID " I LOVE YOU!!", THEN HE PUT HIS FACE IN THE WINDOW AND WAVED TOO.. I WAS VERY HAPPY....ANDARA AND DINI WERE LIKE " I HATE YOU!!"...THEN, WE FOUND ANDARA'S CAR AND QUICKLY CAME INSIDE AND WENT TO THE HOTEL THEY STAYED..

AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, I RUSHED MY WAY INSIDE, IT WAS QUIET...THERE WERE NO FANS WAITING FOR THEM, AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP, I SUPPOSE THEY CAME FROM A SECRET DOOR THEN.........THERE WAS THIS BIG, HUGE BODYGUARD SAYIN, "STATS?", JUST KIDDING, HE SAID " BACK OFF!"....HOW RUDE.....WELL, AT LEAST I GOT TO SEE EM AND YELLED AT EM....WAHAHAHAHAHA....IT WAS A BLAST.... SO, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AROUND.......AND THANX ALOT FOR READING THIS VERY COOL TRUE STORY!!.......BYE!!!

ARKARNA'S BACK IN THE YEAR 2001 WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE "LIFE IS FREE", SO SAD TO SAY THAT JAMES LEFT THE BAND, THEIR NEW ALBUM'S ENTITLED "THE FAMILY ALBUM", GO GET IT IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT'S COOL, THE SONGS ARE A BIT SLOWER BUT STILL CATCHY, I HAFTA SAY THAT THE ALBUM'S ENTIRELY GREAT, A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST BUT STILL COOL, "YOUR PSYCHO" AND "FRONTAL LOBOTOMY" ARE MY FAVORITE SONGS!

NEWS FOR ARKARNA FANS IN INDONESIA! WATCH OUT FOR THE UPCOMING GIG IN JAKARTA ON THE 25th APRIL AT TEATER TANAH AIR, TMII, ISTORA SENAYAN, AND AT BANDUNG ON THE 29th MAKE SURE YOU GUYS DON'T MISS IT, BET IT'LL BE A BLAST!!!
LATEST STORY!!!!!!! AFTER I HOSTED A RADIO SHOW ON THE 23RD APRIL, ARKARNA CAME TO THE RADIO STATION FOR AN INTERVIEW AND BAM! I MET THEM! THEY WERE TOTALLY NICE AND CUTE, I GOT THEIR AUTOGRAPH AND WAS ALSO HUGGED BY OLLIE, YEAH BABY! I EVEN SAT ON HIS LAP, I JUST GOTTA SAY THEY'RE TOTALLY COOL. THEN ON THE 25TH I WATCHED THEIR CONCERT AND IT WAS GREAT! THEY PLAYED NEARLY ALL THE SONGS FROM THEIR LATEST ALBUM, EXCEPT FRONTAL LOBOTOMY AND INSOMNIA, AND THEY ALSO PLAYED SONGS FROM THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUM LIKE HOUSE ON FIRE, EAT ME, R U READY...THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO ENTERTAIN THEIR FANS! I GOT SOME PICS, AND I'LL SCAN EM RIGHTAWAY SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK, TATA!

well, u can't really c em clear here, but the one with the yellow shirt is my guy, ollie..

this pix and the one above is a pic when they held a concert in oz

well, here they r, from left to right, James, Bid, Lalo and the cute Ollie

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