An impassioned plea for dangdut music on TPI and an ode to its earthy soulful charms.

I loph you full Indonesia, youthful, artistic expressions of nationalism by the roadside.

Whither dangdut mania? Financial woes of TV station TPI puts dangdut music under threat.

What lonely women want, what adults get up to, Sasak singers get in trouble for suggesting answers.

Whether to ban "nikah siri" informal marriages, Rhoma Irama and Abu Bakar Bashir are on opposite sides.

Signs of the end of the world are read at a dangdut concert in Blora, while spectators are barely moved.

Celebrity Islamists, including mother daughter team Emilia Contessa and Denada Tambunan, line up for the Development Party in 2009.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.

Ross complains that the government is trying to restrict the activities of the wrong people, Ahmadiyah instead of Muslim militants.

Julia Perez distributes free condoms with her latest musical masterpiece, "Kamasutra".

Timdog enthuses over the brothel district of "Dolly" in Surabaya.

The arrest of politician Al Amin Nur Nasution on corruption charges.

Ross urges readers to support sexy dangdut singer Dewi Persik.

Achmad's Tips on Picking Up Babes in Malls: Part 1.

Rhoma Irama advises Indonesian Muslims to stop fighting each other.

Maria Eva, deeply religious woman and star of the Golkar porn flick, a hive of contradictions.

A sex scandal involving a Golkar politician and a dangdut singer.