Eddie B:Rockin’ The Xmas Cradle December 11, 2009
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You are invited to a very special evening at THE 23 BAR, Sukhumvit Soi 16 on Christmas Night, Friday 25 December at 10.30pm, when Rockin’ Eddie Baytos & the Nervis Brothers are once again Live in Bangkok putting a great show on totally free of charge! Eddie comes direct from New Orleans via Hollywood, and will be pumping out hot Zydeco, Ska, Blues and Tex-Mex at Rain Dogs. Accordionist, pianist, producer and choreographer for a long list of world-class artists (including Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, Los Lobos, John Fogerty, R.L. Burnside, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Meters, George Jones, Percy Mayfield, Johnny Adams, Ernie K-Doe and the Eurythmics), Eddie has also contributed to the scores for film features such as Runaway Jury, Thirteen, and Rugrats, as well as composing the score for an independent documentary on the history of “B” movies entitled ‘Mau Mau Sex Sex’. Eddie knows how to whip the crowd into a frenzy with this funky accordion and sturdy frottoir, ‘ribbed for your pleasure.’ Backing Eddie on this occasion are the Bangkok edition of the Nervis Brothers, guitarist Joe Cummings (The Tonic Rays), bassist John Dooley and the drummer known only as “Hood.” Get along and dig the Kiss Miss spirit!
Tips For a Faster Computer December 24, 2009
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Ready to speed up your computer? Let’s start with the easy, free methods. A well-groomed hard drive gives the best speed performance when reading or writing data. A hard drive, with its moving parts, is the critical bottleneck that limits computing speed. Over time, a hard drive gets cluttered; slightly damaged; disorganized. Free tools are built into your operating system to keep your hard drive running at peak performance. (more…)
Schu-ee ready to rock and roll again! December 23, 2009
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Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport is reporting. The German, who will be 41 on 3 January, has signed a contract and the deal will be announced imminently. Schumacher will partner compatriot Nico Rosberg in the team that won the drivers’ and constructors’ titles in 2009 in its former guise as Brawn. His spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said she could not make any comment. The German newspaper Bild is reporting that Schumacher signed a one-year deal and it is likely he will have the option to continue beyond 2010 if his returns goes well. (more…)
2010 Holidays December 21, 2009
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New Year’s Day Friday 1 January
Maka Bucha Day Monday 1 March (in lieu of Sunday 28 February)
Chakri Day Tuesday 6 April
Songkran Day Tuesday 13 April
Wednesday 14 April
Thursday 15 April
National Labour Day Monday 3 May (in lieu of Saturday 1 May)
Coronation Day Wednesday 5 May
Visaka Bucha Day Friday 28 May
Asarnha Bucha Day Monday 26 July
H.M. The Queen’s Birthday Thursday 12 August
Chulalongkorn Day Monday 25 October (in lieu of Saturday 23 October)
H.M. The King’s Birthday Monday 6 December (in lieu of Sunday 5 December)
Constitution Day Friday 10 December
New Year’s Eve Friday 31 December
Backroom brains at Ronnie Scott’s dies December 21, 2009
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Peter (L) and Ronnie Scott
PETER KING, the former saxophonist who co-founded Ronnie Scott’s jazz club 50 years ago, has died at the age of 80. East London-born King, who died yesterday, suffered Alzheimer’s disease and deafness in recent years. But at the club he ran with the eponymous Scott, he had presented the biggest names in jazz – including Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus and Nina Simone. The Evening Standard’s jazz critic, Jack Massarik, said King was arguably the most significant entrepreneur in British jazz for half a century. (more…)
New Orleans Jazz Fest Booked Up December 21, 2009
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Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and joining Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin will be Pearl Jam, making their inaugural appearance at the fest, as well as Lionel Richie and actor Steve Martin, who plays banjo in his bluegrass outfit the Steep Canyon Rangers. Darius Rucker, former Hootie and the Blowfish front man-turned-country award-winning singer, is also slated to appear. (more…)
Amy Gets Her Man- Again! December 21, 2009
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You heard it here first! Yes Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil has confirmed they are engaged to be married for a second time! The couple divorced in July following a turbulent two-year marriage, which saw the pair sink into drug abuse and Fielder-Civil jailed on charges relating to a 2007 attack on a pub landlord. The union ended with the singer admitting adultery in court papers. Rumours of a reunion have been rampant since they were spotted enjoying an intimate night out in September. Amy has since been seen wearing her engagement ring and was snapped visiting her ex-husband’s apartment in Sheffield earlier this month, where he is undergoing treatment for drug addiction. Fielder-Civil has now confirmed reports they are engaged and planning to re-marry – and even considering starting a family. (more…)
Nomads’ Web Site Up and Running December 12, 2009
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Predecessor ‘Noriega’s’ never made it properly to the Internet but the new owners have changed the name to NOMADS on Silom Soi 4 and put up a web site to let the world know they are there and what they are up to. And it looks like they have a webmaster too who will keep it up to date…so now you know. Check it out at www.nomadsbar.com
Billy The Mountain Spotted in UK December 6, 2009
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Bangkok resident Billy The Mountain was recently caught hanging out in the UK with jazz star Amy Winehouse and rumoured to be booked to play solo at Prince Harry’s private Xmas bash ’somewhere in Scotland’. Protocol precludes any comment but he does confirm he headlines a Boxing Day concert at the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen and has been booked to see in the New Year with the family in Fochabers, Scotland who own Baxter’s soups. Otherwise he tells us he has finished ten new songs for an acoustic album his label Acmebroadcast has planned, and heads into the studio in Bangkok and the UK in the new year with ‘a few surprise special guests lined up’. The Billy The Mountain project is getting major mileage in Europe and ‘Billy’ says his management plan a 12-date plus summer tour in summer covering Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the UK.
