Tag Archives: Pattaya

No DARKSIDE OF THE MOON at Thai Go-Gos

January 6, 2019 – 7:25 pm

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON had sold over 15 million LPs, cassettes, and CDs. Pink Floyd soared to even greater heights with THE WALL. 22 million units, yet I have never heard a song from either effort in a Pattaya Go-Go. Pink Floyd does better in Soi 8 beer bars. “We don’t need no education.” […]

By Peter | Posted in music, Pattaya, semi-fiction | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

147 A GO-GO by Peter Nolan Smith

December 26, 2018 – 2:28 am

Last week the best antique dealers in our diamond exchange moved to a new address. Their vacated booth was both minuscule and expensive. The building management had been hard-pressed to find a new tenant in these hard times after Christmas. I stood by the glass counter with the departing salesman and Jo-Jo the security guard, […]

By Peter | Posted in Bet On Crazy, Diamonds, semi-fiction | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Thappraya Road Obstacle Course

December 13, 2018 – 3:49 am

“Cars destroy. Roads kill.” Back in 1988 I got drunk with Dmitri and the rest of the East 6th Street bikers. The tyranny of DWI and DUI was in its infancy and I returned home on Park Avenue on my 1966 Triumph Trophy, which was a writing job bonus from Monty Montgomery, a Coca-Cola heir. It was […]

By Peter | Posted in Driving, Pattaya | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Wonderful World of Yesteryear

July 3, 2018 – 11:20 am

www.2bangkok.com published this color photo on their website. The caption said ‘Chonburi’. I have pinpointed its location to Wongamat Beach in Naklua. If only it was like that now. The problem was only few people could foresee the future and one of them was Mr. McGuire in the film THE GRADUATE. Mr. McGuire: I just […]

By Peter | Posted in Environment, Pattaya | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Drinking Yourself To Death

June 12, 2018 – 1:07 pm

Every week the Pattaya Media highlights another farang leaving this mortal coil from suicide. Favorite methods of self-demise tend to be jumping from a condo, poison, or hanging yourself with a plastic bag around your head, but few people ever comment on the most popular technique ie drinking yourself to the grave, since the process […]

By Peter | Posted in farangs, Life, Pattaya | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)