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Bangkok dreams
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/04/2019
» To any outsider visiting Bangkok for the first time, the first word they might use describe the city would probably be "chaos". From the polarity of old and modern, rich and poor, nature and synthetic, it's a lot for anyone to take in.
Feeling the XX Factor
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 01/02/2018
» When concert organiser VIJI Corp announced that British indie band The xx would be performing at Thunderdome Muang Thong Thani, I was concerned. The hall boasts a notoriously horrid sound system, potentially able to completely wreck the band's minimalistic and hypnotic sound.
In tune with the times
B Magazine, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/07/2018
» For over 30 years, Pongsit Kampee has been telling stories about people, their struggles, grievances, and of love lost. To say that he is Thailand's Bob Dylan may be a bit of an overstatement, but he's one of the few we have who may merit that comparison.
Reeling in the viewers
Muse, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/07/2017
» To the eyes of your average Joe, Googling the words "Bangkok Hooker" may get you some strange, if not disgusted looks. But to anyone who knows a thing or two about fishing, it's a whole different story.
Different cast, same big sound
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 07/03/2017
» For 19 years, Thai rock band Big Ass has given Thailand some of its most iconic rock anthems, like Len Khong Soong and Kar Noi Som Kuan Tai (I'm bad ... I know). Writing, producing and having full autonomy on their own songs since their conception, they've been nominated and have won countless awards for their heavy melodic sound and motivational lyrics, growing a large and solid fan base.
A gift from the King
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 06/12/2016
» Most, if not all, Thais do not know the Tilapia nilotica by its full-fledged name. But most, if not all, have probably eaten it before.
The Thai-French connection
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 02/08/2018
» A body of a naked woman lies lifeless on a muddy hill as curious bystanders look on; a ghostly shadow in front of an abandoned train station flails as if in pain; and on a footpath, an elderly woman sits dejected in front of her broken car, daydreaming.
Who pays for art?
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 02/07/2018
» Should museums be funded by the state or by private sponsors? The question looms large with the current problems at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), the largest publicly-funded art gallery in the country -- and with the rise of many private galleries that seem to flourish with the burgeoning art scene.
Monochromatic masterpieces
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 25/05/2018
» Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in treacherous waters during his enlistment in the US Navy, Ralph Gibson had an epiphany. He decided then and there, at 21 years old, that he was to become a photographer.
The writing's on the wall
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 16/03/2018
» In the past month, outrage surrounding the Italian-Thai mogul's alleged killings of protected animals -- chiefly a black leopard -- manifested itself into a form of protest that's rarely ever seen in Thailand: Street art.