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Thai country music faces Facebook heartbreak
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 17/09/2012
» Taking after age-old oral tradition, luk thung - Thai country music - has always been able to encapsulate the moods of an era, trends of certain times and mass celebrations or social ills of any given year.
Lala LOVE it!
Muse, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 15/09/2012
» Linda Charoenlab attributes her patience, warmth and compassion - her calling-card traits recognised by those in fashion industry - to being a mother. Rushing back from taking her elderly mother to a hospital for an optical problem, the eminent stylist and Lalalove founder jumped out of her SUV before settling down, in swift manoeuvers, to have a lengthy discussion with a celebrity-cum-aspiring designer who plans to launch her own brand in the near future.
Word vomit insulting to Thai women
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 05/09/2012
» Meet Sunai Julphongsathorn, our distinguished member of parliament from the equally distinguished Pheu Thai party.
New Face, Fresh Start
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 04/09/2012
» Fans waited with bated breaths. No one knew what would happen to iconic rockers Big Ass when lead singer Ekarat Wongcharat announced, earlier this year, that he was leaving the band for good.
Best of the fest
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 15/08/2012
» Asia has hosted some of the biggest events in contemporary music in recent times, but none have managed to rival the Fuji Rock Festival, the continent's equivalent of Glastonbury or Coachella.
Sound off your support
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 08/08/2012
» For Thais, Japan is a Shangri-La. I've lost count of how many people I know who have fallen head over heels for this lovely land, its diverse culture, food, social conscience, mindful citizens and working infrastructure.
City's flaws are appealing
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 25/07/2012
» Once again, Travel+Leisure magazine has named Bangkok as the world's best city. It's the third year in a row. I'm sure the government, and especially the Tourism Authority of Thailand, must be over the moon now.
Expanding reach
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 18/07/2012
» What does Apichai Tragoolpadetgrai have in common with David Bowie, Justin Timberlake and Frank Sinatra? At first glance, the long-haired 40-something singer has no resemblance to Ziggy Stardust, the R&B boy wonder or Ol' Blue Eyes.
Not such a capital idea
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 11/07/2012
» If the world doesn't end in 2012, it will probably end next year when Bangkok becomes "Book Capital of the World".
Musical brawl
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 27/06/2012
» Like all ruling political parties, Pheu Thai has the upper hand in launching initiative after initiative. It doesn't matter how idiotic it might seem to us. In the same vein, Pheu Thai often comes up with streams of ideas which they claim to be culled for the greater good and the voting public. But reality often proves otherwise.