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...call it Indonesian pop," says 26-year-old vocalist Aprilia Apsari. That's not because it bears any resemblance to the Top 40 fodder on sale in the country's malls and markets, but because it is steeped in the spirit of vintage Indonesian acts like Ismail Marzuki, Jack Lesmana, Noor Bersaudara and Guruh Gipsy. White Shoes is "unafraid to embrace the kitsch aspect of the past and have fun with it in their music and image," explains Ardiasyah. "Hipster kids can relate to their image, which is pop but not cheesy mainstream...
...consider such existential musings. One or two even grew angry. Was I saying God had punished Aceh? Wasn't Aceh famous as the cradle of Islam in Southeast Asia? Wasn't it known worldwide for the deep religious belief of its inhabitants? "If anything," an elderly man named Marzuki told me, gesturing to the vista of flattened buildings that stretched away for miles around us, "all this is because we weren't religious enough. We must always have faith. Without faith we are nothing...
...planning attacks on Western embassies in Bangkok before his arrest. Under interrogation, they add, he also made it clear he thinks JI will function just fine without him. For one thing, Azahari is by no means the only leading figure still at large. Recent news reports suggested that Zulkifli Marzuki, JI's alleged financial mastermind and key link to al-Qaeda, was nabbed in Cambodia in June. But intelligence officials tell TIME he remains in hiding. "While Zulkifli is still out there, JI has the ability to fund more attacks," says one official...
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