Monthly Archives: January 2007

Bangkok versus Pattaya (Babylon Title)

The quarter slot porno parlors of Manhattan’s Times Square, Paris’ Rue St. Denis’ buxom putes beckoning eager schoolboys for a hallway education in the oral art, and Tokyo’s school girl tarts have been banished from the face of the Earth as an affront to the social order. Buoyed by these victories the forces of outraged righteousness have carried […]

Big Al’s Taco Stand (Pattaya)

First came milk. Next pabulum. Something sweet. Salty too. Sour. Yech, didn’t like beets. Taste buds take time adjusting to food. Italian from Portland Maine was the first extreme followed by Chinese from Randolph, Mass. No other ethnic cuisines existed until I entered a corner bar on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Concannon and Sennetts had several pinball machines and […]

Brittney’s a Mess

Brittney Spears the pop diva had a bad year. Divorce and accusations of bad behavior. The media hounds predicted her downfall after a sloppy night in Las Vegas. A town whose motto is what you do in Vegas stays in Vegas, except it looks like Brittney has been chowing at those Grammy Awards buffets a […]

Kate Moss weds drug addict in Phuket

That’s how the Daily Mail covered the white Biafran’s marriage in Phuket. Not the fireworks or the guests or the attire. Scandals of the past were the article’s highlight for this event, but what else can you expect from the UK media who drove Princess Diana to her death? Manners? During the Deauville film Festival in […]

Bangkok Bombings 1/1/2007

Three hours before fireworks could herald in the year of James Bond 007, six bombs exploded throughout Krueng Thep or Bangkok. Two more blasts followed once authorities cancelled the New Year celebration in the city of fun. The targeting centered on police stations and popular gathering spots. Most farangs blamed the Muslims from the South […]