From The Nation yesterday: “Bangkok Rock Festival 2007 – which was initially scheduled for February 10 and 11 – will be cancelled mainly due to the government's ban on alcohol advertising.” This is only the beginning. Addendum: In case you aren't aware, the proposed acts for the Bangkok Rock Festival 2007 included, wait for it, The Prodigy, Damien Rice, and …
Nov 23, 2006
Nov 22, 2006
There was The Lost Boy, casually eating at Burger King
I spent two hours in Asia Books today looking for something to read. The Wisdom of Confucius simply screamed at me and I bought it on a whim. As of yet, I’m too scared to pick it up. While I was in Paragon, I saw something utterly dumbfounding. I decided to go to Burger King. I hadn’t been for a …
Nov 22, 2006
Thailand's ban on alcohol advertising less than two weeks away
December 3 will go down in the books as the day one of the maddest ideas in Thai political history came into effect: the complete ban on alcohol advertising in all media. “Spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Md Suphan Srithamma, revealed that the Public Health Minister Md Mongkol Na Songkla announced at the November meeting between executive officials that …
Nov 19, 2006
Interview with Thailand's first all-ladboy pop group
They could be Thailand’s answer to the Spice Girls. They have attitude, style and grace; everything needed to be bastions of ‘girl power’ in the Land of Smiles. They go by the name of Venus Flytrap and have been taken under the watchful wing of Sony BMG. The girls are known by the monikers of Hot, Posh, Cool, Naughty and …
Nov 19, 2006
Sweet Jesus it's a miracle
I ran 'chkdsk' as a 'run' command and my external hard drive is now fixed and readable. It looks as if I have all the data in-tact. I'm still not exactly sure what caused the problem, though. This is the first good news I have had all day and I am going to celebrate by having lunch now.