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Punk Rock Thailand

Back in the last decade I received an email from Willem Dafoe mentioning his having read Legs McNeil’s punk opus PLEASE KILL ME. “Just finished kind of fun- kind of junky- no pun intended PLEASE KILL ME- An Uncensored History of Punk. All interview excerpts-a lot of bragging about drugs and who fucks who. Some […]

FOR BETTER OR REALLY WORSE by Peter Nolan Smith

Six Aprils ago Nick and I were drinking beer in Buffalo Bar to celebrate Beermas. It was a holiday for every day of the year. We never go to go-gos, since disco music wasn’t conducive to meaningless conversations. The DJ was spinning an insipid boy band tune, which was the perfect background music for our […]

Sexy Thai Valentines

Red red red. More red. Ready for red. Red Lady Karn More red Lady Karn Ever red. Thai red. And just a redhead. Ladyboys all red.

Old Black Magic of Siam

Four years my friend, Pi-Noi brought his work crew down from Ban Nok to install an air-conditioning system in a Pattaya bar. The 400-kilometer drive gave them a healthy thirst and that night under my mango tree we drank a case of Chang Beer. Nearing midnight the bottles were empty, but the out-of-towners wanted more […]

Nothing Like Luk Thung

Check out Pornsak Luk thung