‘Queen’s Gambit’ Hype Piques Chess Interest in Thailand
BANGKOK — Her classmates used to practice covers of K-pop dances. Now, some are turning to chess boards.
Noma BKK is RCA’s New Cosmic Cafe
BANGKOK — Three years after live alternative music venue Cosmic Cafe closed its doors, a Bangkok music promoter is opening a new booze and tunes joint Saturday in the same location.
Nelly Coming to Bangkok in May
BANGKOK — Ready to go back in time to the oughties and a place called Nellyville?
Bill Paxton, ‘Aliens’ and ‘Titanic’ Actor, 61
LOS ANGELES — Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as "Apollo 13" and "Titanic" while also...
Get it On With Electric Duo ‘Honne’ in March
BANGKOK — This year is starting with a busy concert calendar made more so by the announcement an electronic soul band is coming from London.
Hit Movie by Zhang Yimou Fuels Tourist Rush to Ancient County
TAIYUAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- As China's Spring Festival holiday film "Full River Red" tops the country's box office, a county in north China's...
From ‘Sgt. Pepper’ to ‘Velvet Undergound,’ 10 Notable Albums Turn 50
NEW YORK — The world still celebrates the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which came out 50 years ago in June. But...
Dragon’s Bangkok Weekend Party Picks
November means cooler weather and a return to what Bangkok does best – have fun after dark. It’s the perfect weather for the beer gardens and outdoor music festivals which crop up this time of year.
Get Lost in ‘The Eye of Time’ Next Month at Jam
Marc Euvrie, or The Eye Of Time, studied cello and started composing music in his early teens before going experimental to mesh old with...
An Open Letter to Drum ‘n Bass Skeptics
Playing Drum ‘n Bass music in Bangkok in the ‘90s, I felt like a leper. No one wanted anything to do with the music. But with the frantic breakbeats and dark heavy bass of Jungle, or what was to be later called Drum ‘n Bass, or dnb, to me it was punk music for Generation Rave. Most importantly, it didn’t compromise.
