I interviewed Sam from Kid Insane this week. This is a quote from the interview that I didn’t use in the final article. I’ll post the article up early next week. "The most scared I have ever been? Tough. I think I was skiing in France one time, and being a speed freak, I love going fast and doing huge …
Dec 23, 2006
Dec 22, 2006
Thai Radio plays Lily Allen
I can't believe it. After sitting through endless cycles of The Spice Girls and Paris Hilton, Next FM is playing Lily Allen. They are playing 'LDN', which I think is the best track on the album. That's made my day. I can now go to my grave happy. It must be Christmas. Addendum: My good mood has been cancelled out …
Dec 21, 2006
Images of 9/11 in pop culture
At Jazzit on Saturday there were two guys doing visuals for the party. One was a friend of Bill’s, the other was a friend of J Montonn’s. During one of Katsue’s songs, I forget which one, J’s friend played his pre-prepared visuals. They included images of the 9/11 attacks, of the tsunamis in Sri Lanka and Phuket, of the Challenger …
Dec 21, 2006
Interview with a ladyboy lover
A friend of mine recently mentioned that he had had sex with a ladyboy and not realized it at the time. It was only several weeks later that he became aware of this fact, and only then it had come to him thanks to some deep thought and piecing together of hazy memories. I think it’s fantastic that we can …
Dec 20, 2006
It's bloody freezing in Bangkok
Have you noticed how cold it’s been in Bangkok for the past three days? I had to wear a jacket to work today. I remember last year there was one day when I was so cold that I was shivering. Well, it’s happened again. I checked the BBC weather report and, to my surprise, it was allegedly 29 degrees today. …
