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Anarchy in the SEA
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/03/2017
» 'The homeless used to run away from us," said Kyaw Kyaw.
Be@r With Me
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 22/07/2015
» The toy craze is hardly anything new in Thailand, a country where most of us grew up bingeing on Japanese manga and animé. Hello Kitty and her Sanrio comrades readily spring to mind as they have been widely counterfeited on these shores, but for real connoisseurs, one of the most mentioned and collected contemporary toys of today would be none other than the Be@rbrick.
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.
Getting goose bumps
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 09/06/2015
» After its first glorious instalment, Fungjai's Hedsod concert series made a comeback last Saturday. As expected, the indie-minded series managed to shine even brighter this time around.
Big name DJs set for Songkran and May performances
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 09/04/2015
» The Pepsi S2O Festival has succeeded in combining electronic dance music and Songkran fun, in a four-day event, at S2O Factory RCA, from Saturday through Tuesday.
Welcome to paradise
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 19/03/2015
» A mixture of intense, beer-smelling body odour and aggressive spitting can be fairly typical at hard rock concerts. Paradise Fest, featuring 11 of Thailand's top hard rock/metal bands at J.J Mall last Saturday, had none of that, but the rock experience was still taken to another level.
Eclectic and innovative indie sounds
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 24/02/2015
» The first Hostess Club Bangkok event at GMM Live House enjoyed a warm welcome from indie music lovers here. The franchise, which started in Japan, is noted for its innovative bookings as well as incorporation of a wide range of sounds.
Six years on and showing signs of age
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 16/12/2014
» Sometimes it's hard to believe that Big Mountain Music Festival (BMMF) is six-years-old. In dog years, that's already quite a feat. Over the weekend, the festival celebrated its sixth anniversary with a facelift in terms of stage decorations, site alterations and new additions tucked away at Khao Yai.
Lazarus, paper-bound
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 29/09/2014
» For many years the notion that "print is dying" has been repeated over and over. Countless studies and articles detail how technology is robbing the world of its on-paper reading sources. But the advent of publishing house Salmon Books and its gradual rise in popularity has given print-lovers a glimpse of hope.
Bold, blonde and all alone
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 19/08/2014
» In a transformation that has taken over a decade, Gene Kasidit has gone from iconic androgynous frontman of the now-defunct legendary dance punk group Futon to a full-blown alternative gender-bending electronic rock diva. A lot has happened over the course of Gene's career, but his first full-scale solo concert last Saturday re-cemented his carefully crafted world of rule-breaking fashion, music and hedonism.