A Hollywood Critic
Amir often criticized the spread of American pop music in Indonesia. He felt that since the 1950s Indonesian music had gone off the rails.
February 24, 2009
JAKARTA, 1954. A pedicab is moving towards Kampung Bojong, Lenteng Agung, a small country village in Pasar Minggu. In the pedicab sit a number of artists who are members of the Greater Jakarta Arts Council who have been given a mandate by the Jakarta Municipality to oversee the peoples’ traditional arts. Present are the literary observer Rivai Apin, novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, cultural critic Joebar Ajoeb, painter Basuki Resobowo, and the
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