By Michael Passage January 3, 2021 Off RIP Paatje Phefferkorn Verdi Phefferkorn von Offenbach (born 26 February 1922 and passed 1 January 2021), better known as ‘Paatje Phefferkorn’, is an Indo (Eurasian) practitioner of the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat in the Netherlands. As one of its…
By Michael Passage January 3, 2021 Off Moesson Magazine goes International. The younger generation Indos have grown up abroad and although they are still interested in their Indo roots and history, they can’t read about it, because as far as we know, there are no Indo…
By Michael Passage October 11, 2020 Off Eddie Van Halen, a SoCal Indo, The Über Indo and Guitar God… ON THE GOING OF EDDIE VAN HALEN. Now that the shock waves around Eddie van Halen’s death are slowly ebbing away, here is a small in memoriam. The photo shows him together with his first…
By Michael Passage April 26, 2020 Off Jenifer Leidelmeijer Hello! Hallo! Hola! I’m Jenifer Leidelmeijer and I am a first-generation Dutch-Indonesian (Indo Dutch or Dutch Indo) Mexican American also referred to as a “Latindo”. I grew up establishing multiple identities to maneuver through my…
By Michael Passage April 12, 2020 Off PINDAH*, The sequel By popular demand. The second edition of “the glossy with an Indo Dutch touch”. Immediately after the release of the first issue, there was a high demand for a sequel. Once-only stood in the way…
By Michael Passage March 18, 2020 Off THE ELEPHANT GOES TO WAR THE ELEPHANT GOES TO WAR…THIS STORY SHOWS THAT THE WAR IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES WAS A DIRTY WAR.Earlier a piece was written about the battalion Andjing Nica, now I am writing about the KNIL…