Category Archives: RIP

Dead Man Rolling in NYC

January 16, 2008 – 11:52 pm

Pattaya attracts pensioners and old geezers by the thousands. Rents are cheap, food is plentiful, drinking is less than the west, and you can drive drunk. Not always successfully as a Finnish man discovered on 3rd Road this week discovered after a head-on crash with a Honda Civic. DOA. He had been coming from a […]

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Khun Sa RIP

October 30, 2007 – 11:50 pm

The Golden Triangle has been a source of opium since the 1800s. Tribesmen in the mountains grew it for a cash crop as well as a source of comfort after a long day in the rice fields. The French controlled the overseas trade until the Commies took over in China. Mao had the opium dealers […]

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Silence for the Fat Man RIP

September 6, 2007 – 9:03 am

With its climate and cheap prices Pattaya is livable, despite missing several vital ingredients for a sophisticated life. The most glaring omission is music, mostly since so many of my years have been dedicated to the appreciation of music; rock, jazz, folk, ethnic, classical, country, blues et al. Here you only get techno in the […]

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One Giant Step for Mankind in Pattaya Park

February 12, 2007 – 3:42 am

As previous reported Thais and farangs have not been feeling as happy as in 2006. Whatever the reasons a Swiss national decided to step into space off the 56th Floor of Pattaya Park Beach Resort. He was not a base jumper. His impact in the parking lot did not add to the general malaise as he missed […]

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James Brown Godfather of Soul RIP

December 25, 2006 – 11:58 pm

Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud. James Brown sang those words to the entire nation.

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