So what is “New Rave”? Can we say for sure what it means? It’s such an ugly term and it makes no sense. New Rave. Say it out loud. It must have something to do with New Wave, right? Or it’s a progression of underground club culture? Oh, wait, it’s another genre invented by the British music press for the …
Jan 31, 2007
To stay or to go
I’m beginning to feel like it’s time to move on. I’ve been in Thailand for 19 months and I am unsettled by the same thoughts that were crossing my mind when I decided to leave the UK in 2004. Everything seems to be winding down now and the only thing that is really keeping me here is work. I enjoy …
Jan 30, 2007
Swallowing gum and killing people with pennies
I swallowed a piece of gum a couple of weeks ago while drinking a shooter of tequila at Jazzit. My initial reaction was panic, but I soon realized that I was neither choking nor in any great discomfort. I recalled the great story I was told growing up that if you swallow a piece of gum it stays in your …
Jan 29, 2007
Bangkok bombs suspects released, old airport reopens
So here we are, back to where we started after the Bangkok bombings of New Year’s Eve. No arrests, no evidence, no charges. So what have we got? Well, there’s the coup that didn’t exactly go as smoothly as everyone thought; there’s the escalating problems in the south, where this morning two couples were gunned down in Songkhla as they …
Jan 26, 2007
The greatest comment ever
Someone just left me this comment: you have the writing ability of a fingerless and retarded pre-pubescent mongoloid. please as im sure YOU would write find yourself some NEW cliches. That's fantastic. Someone actually took the time to write that. This guy must be a genius because he has written his comment as if he was actually a… well, I'll …
