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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.
Words you don't really want to hear
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/12/2022
» It's that time of the year when publishers of major dictionaries bombard us with what they regard as the "words of the year". They rarely agree on the same offering, but there is one common theme -- nearly all words selected are frankly rather depressing.
Sampow of Asean song dead at 59
News, Payom Valaiphatchra, Published on 20/08/2022
» Sampow Triudom, a co-composer of the Asean anthem, passed away last Sunday at his home in Bangkok after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 59 and is survived by two brothers and a sister.
Soft power must have global appeal
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2022
» The presence of the 19-year-old rapper Milli at the Coachella Music Festival in the United States has reinvigorated Thailand's soft power ambitions -- an area the Thai government has not fully explored nor exploited.
Milli's sticky rice and mango stunt grabs world's attention
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/04/2022
» Teenage rap sensation and government critic Danupha "Milli" Khanatheerakul on Sunday grabbed the world's attention at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival after ending her show by eating mango sticky rice on stage.
Versatile director, artist dies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2021
» Chalee Intaravijit, a national artist and well-known film director, songwriter and actor, died at Sirijaj Hospital late on Tuesday night. He was 98.
DES pursues court action against social media accounts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2020
» The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) has sent evidence to police to take legal action against social media platforms that fail to remove URLs deemed inappropriate.
Police station 'rioters' face prosecution
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/08/2020
» Police plan to charge pro-democracy activists who caused chaotic scenes in support of their colleagues on Friday.
Tai dishes the dirt, Au lashes Chor party, Blue feels heat
News, Mae Moo, Published on 14/07/2019
» Former actress Saitarn "Tai" Niyomkarn has dished the dirt on her former boyfriend, accusing him of raising a wife and family on the sly and systematically defrauding people.
Frenchman's music not to the regime's ears
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/06/2019
» A short clip featuring a song mocking a once well-known musical ditty, We Will Keep Our Promise, by junta leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has become an instant hit. Yan Marchal, the clip maker, a budding songwriter and singer, has shot to fame overnight.