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End our self-harming celebrity obsession
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Admit it — we're not above soap opera addicts, harlequin novel champions or airport mobbing fangirls/boys.
In pursuit of stardom
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 08/07/2015
» The popularity of the first season of the Mint and Mew mini series led to its second installation of Mint and Mew To be Continued. In a nutshell, it's a comedic story of a gay man who falls in love with a very straight man. Ben Chalatid and Somchai Khemklad play the lead characters of lovesick gay man and ultra macho object of desire respectively. The second mini series has obviously picked up on the success of its precedent's over-the-top delivery as it has doubled the campy dosage.
The man who is everyone's type
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 04/03/2015
» Sean Freeman understands Thailand. He might have not known it before he arrived here, but his "Absolute Siam" art installation feeds right into Thais' pervasive, photo-obsessed, colour-enthusiast psyche.
Elder statesman of Thai rock
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 02/10/2013
» Nakarin "Pang" Kingsak is an elder statesman of Thai rock. Not that he possesses an air of know-it-all pride or strokes his proverbial white beard while passing on pearls of wisdom. Nakarin instead has earned admiration through his long-term contributions to Thai music and his sombre, quiet personality as well as moderate lifestyle considerably at odds with the usual debauchery of rock 'n' roll. With his respectable reputation, his peers and younger artists are often in awe when they chance upon him backstage.
Pretty damn cool
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/06/2013
» It's never been this complicated to sort out a photograph to accompany an article. But Damn magazine editor-in-chief Chatchawan Munsutrukskool is anything but plain.
Break on through to the Other Side
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/03/2013
» In the near future, our online word will probably merge with the offline world completely. The booming internet cross-over phenomenon in the music world _ when online "stars" move out of the screen to become real-life somebodies _ looks to be the first step.
Dogg daze
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 23/01/2013
» Ask any 90s kids, a chunk of our formative years would have been spent listening to or trying to get into hip-hop, rap and R&B before some of us discovered alternative rock. Then ask any club-going hipster, and electro would still rank high on their list even with the more recent invasions of dubstep and trap.
Shade of Gaga
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/06/2012
» Lady Gaga may have long bid farewell to Bangkok, and in her wake left a long trail of controversies _ including the brouhaha when the Ministry of Culture lodged a complaint against her with the police. But nothing can ruffle Waratchaya Pukrod. For her, every day is a Gaga day.
Thailand, branded
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/06/2012
» Thai authorities are very good at wasting taxpayers' money. Even setting aside the ongoing diabolical corruption, our governments - past, present and future - have a knack of spending our hard earned cash in the most nonsensical manner. Elite cards? Bangkok Fashion City? Tablets? Fake CCTV cameras? The litany goes on.
Denial in the land of drama
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 30/05/2012
» For the past few days, I've said, typed and read her name so much that it feels like I, as a non-fan, must have been related to Lady Gaga in a past life, paying dearly for it now.