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Coldplay across the universe
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/02/2024
» The latest Coldplay concert in Bangkok was a feat of photogenic spectacles designed to bedazzle, complete with light-blinking wristbands, sci-fi-warped animation on spherical screens, balloons in the shape of planets and exploding fireworks above the roof of Rajamangala National Stadium ("The football field not often used to play football on," as a Thai national squad member noted.)
Lights, cameras and Pixels
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/08/2016
» The rain came down just before the scheduled kick-off, a scatter of teasing drops at first then a roof-rattling downpour. The well-dressed guests at "MahaNakhon: Bangkok Rising, The Night Of Lights", an outdoor bash to launch Thailand's new tallest building, found cover in the most civil manner. Beer, wine and finger food were whisked out on trays in Dean & Deluca, a bistro in the adjacent building owned by the same developer, Pace Development. Some wondered aloud: Where's Pharrell Williams? Where's Jose Carreras? Outside, onlookers who had filled BTS Chong Nonsi station and the surrounding footpaths, waiting for the light show, fled, scattered, or just held their position dauntlessly.
Billboard comes to Thailand - 122 years on
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/04/2016
» Billboard, the 122-year-old music magazine and an authority on chart reporting, finally has a Thai edition. The first volume just came out this week, with Zayn Malik, former member of One Direction, on the cover. It's a fortnightly free mag, and you can pick one up at most BTS and MRT stations, as well as at urban hangouts such as Dean & Deluca, Coffee Bean by Dao, Casa Lapin, J Avenue and many more.
A decade at House
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/06/2014
» House has been a home for small films — small in Thailand at least — for the past 10 years. In a city where stand-alone cinemas are listed as a severely endangered species, the boutique theatre House in the RCA strip (of all places) is a welcome anomaly in the scene dominated by neon-splashed multiplexes that dictate the popular taste of the whole country.