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The Pleasure's All Hers
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 19/07/2020
» It might be nearly a decade ago, but the year 2012 would still go down in history as one of the most vital years for pop music.
A pop renaissance
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/06/2020
» If Madonna's long, illustrious career has taught us mortals anything, it's that a pop chameleon makes the best kind of pop music.
Nostalgia for the future
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 26/04/2020
» Over the last decade, STRFKR have proven themselves to be a reliable supplier of feel-good electro-indie ditties.
Not in our best interest
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/06/2019
» It was only meant to be a courtesy call. Last Monday I packed my bags and headed off to Australia for a quick visit. As usual I contacted my bank to inform them of my travel plans so that when they started to see overseas entries they would not suspect anything untoward. You see? I really am thoughtful and even sensible at times.
The more things change ...
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/04/2019
» My Thai experience is bookended with two memorable explanations of impolite English phrases. The first was 30 years ago; the second this week.
Forget romance
B Magazine, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/02/2019
» Thai soaps are full of mia noi, or mistresses. A typical mia noi is a wicked woman who usually wears red lipstick and sexy outfits in order to lure married men into her trap with her evil plans. Whenever people come her way, the mistress doesn't hesitate to fight them, physically and psychologically.
A Spiritual land
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2018
» It's a particularly ghostly period in Thailand, where last Wednesday we witnessed the annual ghostly fireballs on the Mekong River and now we're preparing for Halloween this coming Wednesday.
China's heavenly nature
B Magazine, Dave Kendall, Published on 21/10/2018
» Harmony. Simplicity. Tranquillity.
If it looks like a duck ...
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/10/2018
» The triangular yellow flags first began fluttering in my neighbourhood two weeks ago.
A Return To Form
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/09/2018
» There is an oft-recounted anecdote that tells the story of how B5 came to be B5. Basically, each of the group's members -- Suwira "Q" Boonrod, Mariam Grey, Saksit "Tor" Vejsupaporn, Chalatit "Ben" Tantiwut and Uthai "Cake" Poonyamund -- was slated to pursue a solo career as part of Bakery Music's new crop of artists. But that was before they shared the stage for Boyd Kosiyabong's Million Ways To Love: Part I concert, subsequently leading fans to believe that they were an actual, single-unit group. The label, apparently subscribing to the "there's no such thing as bad publicity" ethos, decided to market them as a quintet called B5. And what a decision that was, for their 2004 debut Event became a huge success, giving Bakery Music, whose popularity had been waning during the country's 1997 economic crisis, a much-needed boost.