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I'm with the band -- how music made me British
News, Howard Chua-Eoan, Published on 31/08/2024
» 'Wonderwall' is all I remember. The rest of Oasis is a blur to me. I was still living in New York City when the band had their global breakthrough -- and that song was everywhere. From the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, it's one of the few mid-1990s songs whose lyrics this Boomer can remember. I admired its Beatles-like off-kilter poetics, its love-will-save-the-day (if not, maybe it'll just save me) sentimentality. And Liam Gallagher's voice, while not beautiful, was pure plaintive Britpop, a plangent inflexion echoing from as far back as 1962's Love Me Do by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Not to die in vain
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/06/2024
» A month has passed since political activist Netiporn Saneysangkhom died in a prison hospital, and yet we still haven't seen any progress regarding the probe into her tragic passing.
All you need is love?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 14/11/2022
» In uncertain modern times, the young generation grapples with questions like whether to have children or not? Or is it safe to have another child?
Chinese dams cloud Mekong River relations
News, Montree Chantawong, Published on 23/08/2021
» The new Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Han Zhiqiang compares relations between the two countries and their collective effort to combat Covid-19 pandemic as being "one family".
A lesson for Suu Kyi
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2021
» It is possible to feel sympathy for Aung San Suu Kyi to the extent she is a very brave woman who wants the best for the Burmese people.
Focus on substance
News, Postbag, Published on 31/08/2019
» Re: "Oath 'fix' tipped for today", (BP, Aug 27).
What's past is prologue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/07/2019
» The movie Chang is a cinematic curiosity from nearly 100 years ago.
'Worst is over' for Pheu Thai
News, Published on 01/12/2018
» The Pheu Thai Party has been battered by a series of political misfortunes of late and it is facing a hard time to get back to its former glory.
Political scene gets colourful
News, Published on 07/04/2018
» The "political market" has reopened as parties are waking up from an almost four-year hiatus following the May 2014 coup, said Suriyasai Katasila, political commentator and deputy dean of Rangsit University's Social Innovation College.
Beach dystopia: Still hope for paradises lost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 31/03/2018
» About a decade ago, I hosted a friend from overseas. We visited the Grand Palace and Wat Pho and spent a few days in Koh Samet. It was an enjoyable experience and one we still reminisce about fondly from time to time.