Visitors to Town? February 9, 2010
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Bangkok Events and Bangkok Festivals
Around the city of Bangkok you will find an array of celebrations, festivals and events, a number of which are celebrated all over Thailand, such as the colourful dragon parades during the annual Chinese New Year Festival. Further events are specific to Bangkok and include Film Festival in February, the International Bangkok Motor Show in March, and the International Fashion Fair (BIFF) each August. Many events and concerts are held at Bangkok’s popular Thailand Cultural Centre along Ratchadapisek Road, and within other notable entertainment venues around the city centre. (more…)
Vote Yr Fav Brit Album February 9, 2010
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Gil Scott-Heron: Godfather of Rap Is Back February 9, 2010
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In the 70s and 80s, Gil Scott-Heron’s music was a mesmerising mix of wry poetry and politics and he became known as ‘the godfather of rap’ and ‘the black Bob Dylan’. But then he got into drugs and, not so long ago, it looked like he was finished. Now the great outsider is back, he’s made a new album and he’s here on tour. He tells Sean O’Hagan his extraordinary story. (more…)
Techno Gluup…in case you need to know February 7, 2010
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Essentially a beefed-up iPod touch with optional 3G connectivity, the iPad’s basics are no surprise: a just-under-10-inch capacitive multi-touch display; a focus on ebooks, videos, web-browsing, photos, and music; new multi-touch versions of Apple’s iWork productivity apps ($9.99 each for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote); linkage with Apple’s app-glutted (140,000 and counting) App Store and the company’s new iBookstore; and a custom Apple chip at its core – what Cupertino refers to as the A4, a system-on-a-chip running at 1GHz and presumably developed by the PA Semi team that Apple acquired back in April 2008. (more…)
SEGAR SAYS: Just a Cotton-pickin’ moment! February 6, 2010
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Toucha Thai Cultcha February 6, 2010
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Since ancient times, the Thai people have known how to make musical instruments or to copy the patterns of others and adapt them to their own uses. In fact, there are several kinds of musical instruments which the Thais apparently devised before they came in contact with the culture of India, which was widespread in Southeast Asia before they migrated there. (more…)
With Walker: Use Somebody February 5, 2010
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Marilyn Manson makes Top 5 Worst Ever! February 3, 2010
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This is a sign the rock world
has taste too…they finally
noticed MM as a rock artist
is a complete train wreck…
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