#malang (campus beats)

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malang: "...the ones who never understand anything."

neel *🥺emoji personified* : "idiot...on the contrary actually. maybe you don't know but you're a sunshine for many." *stares longingly*

malang *smiles softly* : "...this version of yours is the best."

neel: "sometimes you need someone special to become your best version...and for this version of mine, you're responsible."

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I Was Lost In My Own Little Thing When a World Historical Thing Happened Nearby

I'm skipping over a few entries to try to stay current with the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy/disaster. Please read this article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/06/indonesia-kanjuruhan-stadium-stampede-police/ - and watch the videos there. My last weekend should fall under the category of "I was lost in my own little thing when a world historical thing happened nearby." Well, "world historical" might seem a bit much, unless you follow football/soccer. As most of you know, this last Saturday, October 1, 2022, a riot started after the local Malang Arema FC game. The home team lost to their nearest and greatest rival, Persebaya Surabaya - the first such loss to them in 23 years, I'm told. Since there is often violence between the ultra-fans at these matches, the Surabaya fans were NOT ALLOWED to come to the game. So, the Arema fans didn't really have anybody to fight - except the Persebaya team, and their coaches, and the referees, whom they attacked after Arema lost 3-2. The angered fans streamed onto the field and accosted people they should have left alone, and when the police intervened, that's when it became world-historical. My students and colleagues here tell me that everyone knew that there would be tension at the game. And there certainly was after it was over. The videos of the field are pretty wild, with riot police chasing people down and smashing them with shields and batons, and fans brazenly approaching the police to beat them with whatever they have at hand. The most important thing to remember, of course, is that not everybody who attended the game was involved in the riot, and most were simply taking to the exits to leave and go home. However, most of the exits were closed - for what reason, perhaps we will never know. The second most important thing is that the police - long known for careless, unaccountable brutality - started shooting tear gas canisters into the crowd. Now, you may have heard in the last week (something I'd not known consciously) that tear gas is for CROWD DISPERSAL. To security professionals 'dispersal' means, the police should want people to leave the area when and where they shoot off the canisters - and they should have the space to disperse. But, because the exit gates were locked, and it is a small stadium with thin stairways, doorways, and halls, when the tear gas entered the inner halls of the stadium, hundreds were unable to breathe, and panic ensued. With nowhere to disperse, 187 people died (the number quoted here in Malang), and several hundred were injured. And that's what makes it world-historical. Only one or two soccer events have ended with such carnage, in Chile and Russia. It seems like every single thing that could go wrong, went wrong, and you'd think the organizers and the police would be held to account - not to mention the rioting fans. An investigation has begun, which they say will take two weeks. It will be extremely complicated. First, you have the police, various layers of them. Next, you have the football club Arema itself (Arema is a shortened version of Arek Arek Malang, which means "Malang Boys.") Then you have the University on whose campus the stadium is located. (The Arema club isn't allowed to play at the bigger central stadium in town - too many violent incidents over the years.) And finally, those rioting Ultra Fans. I don't think many people expect justice. But I haven't seen people act in anger yet. Around campus, shock remains the more obvious emotion. I saw two different demonstrations on campus, both were dignified by the suffering the demonstrators clearly felt. One group hung up banners of solidarity, and sat on the pavement, listening to a man speak gently, sorrowfully into a bullhorn. The banners are now hanging around at least two of the entrances to the campus. I haven't heard if any UM students were killed. But, once again, the thing that makes this a tragedy is that families and other innocent people, who had gone to the game, and were going home without incident, were caught in the tunnels of the stadium when the police cornered them and caused their deaths. When the shock wears off, I expect calls for justice to grow louder. But the last reformation of the security apparatus in Indonesia, 20+ years ago, gave MORE power to the police, who are now almost as militarized as the military was when the last reformation occurred. I tried to talk with three of my classes about the incident, but only one group wanted to get into it. After they told me they didn't expect much and related their sadness at it all, I suggested, like in America, the police in Indonesia seem to occasionally take the citizens, whom they are sworn to protect, as enemies. I spoke at some length with one of my colleagues, who said that the ultra fans are nearly paramilitary, and the police have paramilitary support, so there is a wide gray area for various groups of young men to exhibit their violent tendencies. I'm not excusing the rioters, who obviously wanted to fight. But very few who died were ON the field. The dead were trapped like rats in a hole when the poison was thrown in. And for that, there should be justice. During that moment of world-historical importance, I was tying one on in my new house, with no wifi, no frig, no tv, no air-conditioning, no washing machine. I was feeling sorry for myself, even as I knew my circumstances were improving. I drank too much and blew out my bowels and didn't know about the football catastrophe until about 36 hours later, when I returned to UM campus and had wifi. I found many emails and texts from friends and family asking if I was all right. I was fine, except I was still hungover from two nights before.

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THESE INDIES #10 : INDONESIA’S INDIE DAY 

17th August is marked as Indonesia’s Independence Day. As a part of the celebrations, let us give you the picture of typical Indonesian street situation and introduce you to three rising Indonesian indie bands you need to know. 

Coldiac is indie band based in Malang. By picking indie pop genre with 80s retro touch, they successfully released debut album in 2016 “Heartbreaker”. Well, they maybe were dubbed as The 1975′s sound alike, yet they prove themselves by trying softer tunes with fractures, rather than flowing melodies and upbeat as their old works in their recent release “Wreck This Journal”, strengthen their own musical identity. 

Heals comes from a city called Bandung. The 5 piece-band’s signatures are double guitar riffs, fading vocal effects, plus backing vocals harmonies, make it a perfect shoegazing music. Listening to them is like imagining Foo Fighters and hippo campus collide. No, better try to judge it by yourselves !

Polka Wars is Jakarta based indie-pop band. Well, their genre is unidentifiable as they combine many elements in their music, from folk, rock, electro, ska, etc. “Mokele” is the first single which become their golden ticket in music industry.Hit it so well with the unique lyrics and the bombastic honking, strumming, and beating collisions. They successfully release the debut album “Axis Mundi” last year. 

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also i finished watching S4 🧍🏻‍♂️of campus beats, pwaaahhh is it the greatest thing ever ... no ... but anyway i started watching it for neel x malang and if they aren't endgame in the last season (which is S5 right? how long are they gonna drag it? 💀) ... i don't even know why am i here ... 😮‍💨

like i like moksh. he's a sweet boy. but like GIMME MY TOXIC DESI YAOI BACK TO ME GODDAMNIT!!! yes i like them foul, and? plus the whole juiciness of neel being the worst version of himself and malang giving him grace anyway (so much so that he literally falls in love with him man). and now the next season giving us malang in his worst era perhaps?

him teaming up with ri and possibly better explanation on how did he even return? did his dad disown him? what are the consequences he'd to face? did the bi-awakening even happen ... DO NOT GIMME OH BI FOLKS ARE SO FICKLE THAT THEY CHEAT❤️ TROPE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, don't make malang x ri canon (ri ily queen but not again please).

like ik the love trianglea hinted at are ri/ishaan/netra while malang/neel/moksh but you never know ... and i'm a wimp. 🤷🏻‍♂️

ah anyway if anyone has finished S4 LMAO or started watching CB for neelang(?) wtf is the ship name please feel free to hit me up in my DMs i don't mind or reply to this post. i doubt there's even a fandom for CB or neelang(?).

but tumblr and it's curating features are a blessing and i'd love to mutually rant. 🫡