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Songs for life, for life
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 28/06/2020
» Say what you will about Carabao and their sometimes questionable politics, there's no denying that they remain one of the most influential phleng phuea chiwit (songs for life) pioneers Thailand has ever seen.
Aching For Colours
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 10/05/2020
» Having grown up in an artistic household, it was only a matter of time before Brooklyn native Zsela Thompson would unleash her own creativity and morph into an artist in her own right.
Hygienic and tasty
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 19/04/2020
» In general, the daily life of Bangkokians who are staying at home in a concerted effort to prevent transmission of the novel coronavirus is not too bad.
Taking up the pots and pans
B Magazine, Story by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/04/2020
» The spread of Covid-19 has prompted us to take precautions in safeguarding ourselves from transmission.
Hail the hawkers' haab
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 29/03/2020
» If you ever come across a hawker selling khanom jeen namya (rice noodles in fish and anchovy curry sauce) in a flea market upcountry, you will see diners sitting on small stools in front of the haab (the hawkers' containers loaded with food), with their left hand holding a plate and right hand holding a spoon.
Go further west
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 23/02/2020
» Throughout their decades-spanning career in the music biz, Pet Shop Boys have always operated within the realm of sophisticated synth-pop that advocates varying degrees of dancefloor abandon. For lyricist Neil Tennant and composer Chris Lowe, however, it's not just about the allure of club culture or pure hedonism. From day one, social consciousness gets woven into the sonic fabric of their music. "In a West End town, a dead-end world/ The East End boys and West End girls," Tennant sings about the class and wealth gap on their 1984 debut single West End Girls.
Keeping it real
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/02/2020
» Thailand can be dubbed the land of kuay tio (Chinese noodle) dishes. But we know very little about how they came into existence. It is known that kuay tio nuea (beef noodle soup) was created about a century ago in Chinatown, where a large number of migrant Chinese workers sold their cheap labour loading goods using their bare shoulders or pulled carts. Homeless and desperate, they took refuge in temporary shelters or storage warehouses at night. They went for the cheapest food, which was boiled pig or cow intestines with steamed rice. Peddlers sold the food in front of an opium den, where many labourers went to sleep at night after eating dinner.
Unknown pleasures
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 30/06/2019
» Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said his ministry will seek to have tom yum goong (spicy prawn soup) listed by Unesco as part of the country's tangible cultural heritage. That the ministry is giving some attention to Thai food culture makes for a welcome, and somewhat surprising, change.
A portal into trouble
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/03/2019
» This story begins 12 months ago. I needed a new door for my bathroom, so I walked down to the end of my soi where there is a giant wood factory.