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MOTHERJANE touched down in Jakart 1pm their time and were picked up by the Java rock reception commitee.

First bit of rockstar reception was that we bypassed the entire customs & immigration formalities. We just stood around while they tagged all ur luggage and took us out to the artist bus.

2nd rockstar moment- We had a friggin police escort all the way from the airport to the hotel. That cuts down a 1.5 hr trip to 30 minutes

Jakarta looks a lot like an indian metro, with modern skyscrapers &extremely humble shanty huts, standing side by side. When a cty looks back at you like that, it feels like it is winking.

To me that always indicates the wordwide practice of the pursuit of wealth & at the same time suggests that the same place, values its people for other things as well. I am not glorifying poverty, I like countries that do not sweep its poor under the carpet.

Walked into the 5 star Hotel Borobudur to what may have been a traditional Indonesian welcome and a welcoming letter from the minister of culture and tourism

Bumped into Eric martin and Billy Sheehan right outside our rooms. We stay on the same floor. They are really chilled out. Got pics that I’m sure u will see soon.

Just getting into sound check now as i write. It is the 8th 10am, we r watching Mr Big doing their soundcheck and we r on the next stage. I must admit, this es exciting as hell. It is not everyday that Eric Martin comes up to u in the morning and say ”motherjane- you guys rock. I checked u out and ”fields of sound” is a great song. And by the way I liked ur rockumentary too.” Like I said they are all chilled out. Baiju had a chat with Paul Gilbert at dinner last night. Wonder what they had to say. It must have been intense

Signing off
Motherjane from Java rock
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Leaving today to Java rocking land. Intend to kick some serious butt! Janiacs, your songs will be sung to brethren yet unmet and hopefully the world will once again become closer. Not because of technology, but bcoz of love
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“Rolling Stone Magazine Announcement ! We are giving away five CDs of Motherjane’s album, Maktub, personally autographed by all the band members. What you need to do to win is send in a review (maximum 100 words please) of any Motherjane song. (All their songs are up for listening  on motherjane.in.)  Mail in your reviews to bobin@rollingstone-india.com, by August 15.”

So Janiacs we would love to know the magazine was flooded with reviews and will try to get copes of them all from the magazine. Just a reminder Motherjane was the featured artist for July in the Rolling Stone Magazine link is here.

The band is all together now in Cochin getting ready the Java Rockin Land Festival they arrive late on the 7th and have the great time slot before Mr. Big.  I have created a new event page on facebook so we can interact with the new fans in Indonesia before and after the show.  We are are going to try to do something special a give you lil updates from the band while they are in Indonesia , so stay tuned to the live streams on facebook and twitter.

A  blog from a new fan who found the band on myspace, we hope more and more of you who have never heard of motherjane happen upon the band and share it too.

Hello friends and fans just going to post a few links to bring everyone up to speed that visits the blog to get their  fix of all and everything that is motherjane

There have been a few articles posted recently..

Motherjane is featured in the July Issue of  Rolling Stone  India, the Article was written by Bobin James the Editor of the Magazine.  Here is the link to the article , a must read for all fans. 

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on the JRO 09 Chennai  Show, the band loves reading them and  I will be collecting  many them for future promos on the band .