I missed Jalan Jaksa Arts Festival..
commonly Kuku invited me for spent time there

"Jalan Jaksa Arts Festival: Jakarta's Tourist Street will come alive with Traditional Betawi Folk arts, parades, music, and food that will stretch out the KH. Wahid Hasyim shopping street."

"Jaksa Street Festival
7/01/2007 - 8/31/2007
Jalan Jaksa is the main backpacker and tourist street in Jakarta which is lined with cheap accommodation, budget restaurants and friendly bars. Each year it celebrates its diverse identity with the annual Jaksa Street Festival which includes live music, art exhibitions, craft stalls and sporting contests. The sole goal of the day is to have fun and entertainment usually carries on late in to the night."

The only prominent artists on Jaksa are piss artists and bull artists. And the charming fellow who used to do charcoal drawings of bare-breasted women, but now mainly peddles unobjectionable oil paintings, including imitations of Dutch masters.

Who is that old bastard who craps on about "tarif lama" to every poor unsuspecting soul who even looks like they may need a taxi?

I thought that was Kuku, he had to take a part time job to support the new addition to his dynasty!

Sounds like ole T. Rex to me.

This is an old local geezer with teeth like a burnt out village and a pony tail - looks like a right good steam cleaning would do him good.
In saying that the whole of Jaksa would disintegrate if you threw a bar of lifebouy in the middle of it.

Yep, that's definitely T. Rex - to a 'T'. except for the teeth. And the pony tail. And the bit about giving advice on taxis.

Ken does a top impression

That would be nice - it would at least confirm the identity of the said soap dodger

Doesn't confirm anything, as my teeth are in immaculate condition, much like the rest of me. Perhaps you're thinking of Cedric Digsby?

Spot the soap dodger on Jaksa ? They're all covered in a layer of crust down there surely?

noted your apology in The Jakarta Post yesterday! (first time i've read the sunday post for ages, actually. there were at least 3 articles/columns worth reading ...)

i don't know what happened to the festival ... it was supposed to continue into sunday, but it seemed to have had the plug pulled. i'm doing the audit on their books this week, so should be interesting to see what really happened ...

Just saw the pictures of Fuzzy and the Jaksa boys on stage during the festival and I believe the two blokes are part of the "wild regulars" from Romance. They can usually be found in Romance with there wives every weekend trying to coax them down from the tree pole in the middle of the cafe.

The resident Romance pole dancers? It all adds to the ambience.

for me jalan jaksa is only for yaudah cafe.

hate to tell you that yaudah cafe has relocated to kelapa gading..but you can still see bancis sucking bule cock at romance cafe on a friday night

...and also observe sassy tinted ladies berating their silvery male brethren for being panty wasters.

Apparently there's no end to the scum they'll allow to participate in the Jalan Jaksa Arts Festival. We're playing a short gig tonight on the stage set up more or less next to Romance Cafe. We are *supposed* to be starting anywhere from 8 to 9PM.

Will there be silveries?

Will there be an aristocracy?

You the opening act for KiwiDan's band are ya?

Will there be exotic pole dancers?

near to my place, i will be there for sure...:-)

Samiun. Can i entrust you with a very important and confidential message for Rex T. Marcus ?