In a great bit of news for music fans in Thailand, it looks like the British rock group Muse are set to head out this way some time in December. I’ve been unable to find any solid info about this with regards to dates, but during an interview at the Q Awards earlier this month, [...]

I love it when things like this happen. I was in Bangkok over the weekend, but it appears that not everyone knows who I am. If ever you want to engage in a bit of role play, Bangkok is the place to do it.
The first case of mistaken identity happened on Friday night at CRC [...]

You know those moments when something happens and your heart stops? This was one of those moments. I got home after a night out and was lying on my bed minding my own business when a strange feeling in my right ear came about. It felt as if I’d just been swimming and I could [...]

This year was once again touted as the year that Thailand’s DJ Nakadia was supposed to make DJ Mag’s top 100 DJs list. Every year since 1997, DJ Mag has compiled a list of the top 100 DJs in the world, as voted for by the general public. The credibility of the list is continually [...]

We had another guy quit at work today. He lasted one week. I hate this certain mentality of some foreigners who come here to work, but expect to be able to do so without doing any actual work. Why apply for a job, waste everybody’s time being trained up, getting a work permit, getting a [...]

The Phuket Film Festival started on Saturday. Organizer Scott Rosenberg is hoping to create something similar to the success of the Bangkok International Film Festival. All great things have to start from somewhere. The problem with this film festival is that there isn’t anything about it that leaps out and demands attention.
The event schedule was [...]

We’ve been getting a lot of calls an emails recently from concerned locals and tourists wondering if Phuket is safe after the recent air-crash and the wave of attacks directed at foreigners. Is life on Phuket spiraling out of control? Of course not!
I think I gave an unrealistic image of Phuket when I wrote about [...]

The media coverage of the hunt for Christopher Paul Neil reminds me of the John Mark Karr freak show we were forced to endure, but the difference is, the evidence behind the case against Neil is stronger than a few deluded statements.
Neil is allegedly seen on the Internet in over 200 photos abusing young boys [...]

I guess a life of leisure must be quite boring. Poor old Thaksin is resorting to making videos on the Internet to reach out to his supporters. The videos will, apparently, contain mostly “business advice”, according to Noppadon.
“For example, the video may show Thaksin in a department store shopping for brand-name goods. He will explain [...]

The recent spate of attacks on foreigners in Phuket has a lot of people on the island worried. These attacks occur late at night on quiet stretches of road. Thai youths are targeting foreigners driving motorbikes.
Thais attacking Thais is nothing new, but so many muggings of foreigners is cause for concern. It’s unsafe to ride [...]

Life in Phuket is great… unless you need to get anywhere with public transport. This is a topic that gets raised constantly because it’s one of the things that desperately holds the island back in terms of tourism. Tourists come here, they see how expensive and difficult it is to get from A to B, [...]

At Club Lime last night:
Some guy: “You wouldn’t happen to be The Lost Boy, would you?”
Me: “Umm, yeah, I guess so.”
Some guy: “Oooooh hooooo hooo.”
And that was it. No further explanation given. Just a knowing look from someone I’d never met before. It happened at Bed Supperclub once too.
Some girl: “Are you Matt Crook?”
Me: “Yes… [...]

I was pretty damn excited when my download link for Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows dropped in my inbox yesterday. I couldn’t wait to hear what my three pounds had bought me. I put it straight on my iPod and have listened to it all day today, and on first impressions (whatever that’s worth for [...]

Last night was the beginning of what I think stands as Phuket’s only regular drum ’n’ bass event. It was held at Club Lime on the beach road in Patong. The DJs were me followed by T-Base from Bangkok. The turnout wasn’t exceptional, with maybe two-dozen people in all, but we’re pretty much trying to [...]