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CHRISTOPHER G. MOORE NOIR AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE-BANGKOK NOIR
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Once again in the guise of bespoke noir poet, I cross the threshold of the scene of many a literary crime, the Foriegn Correspondents Club in the noir heart of Bangkok. The venue is celebrating the book launch of, Bangkok Noir. Christopher G. Moore greets me and [...]
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Boaz Zippor, celebrated Bangkok photographer and promoter of the arts greets me at the entrance to his art studio and private gallery. It is located in a multi level house, the patio grounds have been converted into a bar, the ground floor and upper tier house an eclectic collection of paintings, collages [...]
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The Thailand premiere of Carmen conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul, was performed with spoken dialogue in French, as was conceived by the composer Bizet. The venue was the Thailand Cultural Center. At the ticket queue I encounter film actor Krystal Vee, she is the star of The Lazarus Papers directed by Jeremiah [...]
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A NIGHT OF BUTOH, POETRY AND ART- BOKA GALLERY
By Antonio Pineda
Boaz Zippor greets me at the entrance to Boka Gallery in the Saphan-Kwai area of Bangkok. He lights up a cigarette, as he greets his guests and discourses at length on painting and photography.
“My photographic art in this exhibition is as raw as you can [...]
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CARLOS SANTANA-MASON RUFFNER THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Il y ya un temp, once upon a time, back in the halcyon days of the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, my childhood mates and I organized the Straight Theatre, an old cinema recrafted into a psychedelic ballroom. The Dead, James Cotton, John Fahey, [...]
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BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Boy George affects a spectacular entrance in the foyer of the Sheraton Hotel, hard by the Pratmnak hill in Pattaya, overlooking the cozy cove next to the Royal Cliff Hotel. The Boy is resplendent in makeup, lipstick and a pink hat on which a glam Jolly Roger flies embedded in rhinestones. He is [...]
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A Magickal Evening of Poetry and Music
8pm Mon, February 22nd, 2010
Free
Please join Antonio Pineda, author of “The Magick Papers,” in the Clubhouse as he reads from his new collection of poetry, “Poets at the Gates of Dawn.”
He’ll be accompanied by the chilled beat electronic sounds of DJ Darryl spinning a fine selection from La [...]
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LE NOUVELLE VAGUE- THE NEW WAVE
A CINEMATIC RETROSPECTIVE
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
The passing of Eric Rohmer, at age 89, has magnified the importance and influence of the art movement entitled Nouvelle Vague. Post war France saw many contraversial changes on the artistic front. In the USA, Method Acting,based on the avatars Stanislavski and Michael Chekov,as pioneered by [...]
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OLIVER STONE LIVE IN BANGKOK-
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Once again in the guise of bespoke poet, the lysergic pirate of Savile Row crosses the threshold of the Foreign Correspondents Club, to attend the gala event featuring 3 time Oscar winner Oliver Stone. Peter Rnic arrives with the film crew for Sawadee Pattaya TV and we set up [...]
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CHAMPAGNE X- THAI FILM GODDESS
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Peter Rnic, character actor extraordinaire, waits for me in front of the Kings Table. Peter is conspiring to put Sawadee Pattaya Tv on the map. The Amsterdam Connection, Ron and Donovan, cameramen on the shoot hover about waiting for the arrival of Champagne X. The Dutch Connection and I reminisce [...]
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THE GOLDEN KINAREE AWARDS
BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
The Chatrium Suites, located hard by the Chao Phraya River, is the venue for the closing ceremonies of the Bangkok International Film Festival, The Golden Kinaree Awards. I take the lift to the fourth floor. Nicholas Snow and his associate Natalie are interviewing film actors Rachel Nichols, [...]
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Jim Belushi: Steal my show!
by Joel Gershon
In town for the Bangkok International Film Festival, the sitcom star shares his impressions of Thailand’s food, football access and bootleg DVDs
Jim Belushi on the red carpet at Thursday night’s opening for the Bangkok International Film Festival
Actor Jim Belushi recently arrived in Thailand to headline the Bangkok International [...]
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PETER RNIC
CHARACTER ACTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE
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AFTERMATH – DAVID CARRADINE MORGUE PIX
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Fools rush in, where angels fear to tread. I stride across the opulent lobby of the Swissotel Nailert Park, take the lift to the 5th floor, where investigative journalist Mark Ebner admits me to his suite. He has had dinner with Dr. Pornthip, the famous Thai forensic scientist [...]
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David Carradine was murdered and there is a cover up over here in Bangkok. It was probably done by a ladyboy, either on purpose or accidently. The ladyboy would be strong enough and big enough to pick him up and place him in the closet. I want to see the tapes from the hotel’s cameras. Please try to get your hands on them and check them out as they may have been tampered with [...]
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Winters talked with Chuck and Tiffany, the agents for Carradine. The actor was lined up for work years in advance. People of a certain social class always have the obligatory gold Rolex watch, diamond ring and gold chain plus the mandatory roll of mad money in their billfold. No mention was made of this by police. David produces the wild card from the deck. He contends that a katoey, ie a ladyboy or transexual, could have easily possessed the strength to murder Carradine. Katoeys are part and parcel of the Bangkok scene. They blend into the fabric of the demimonde. They are often indistinguishable from the real [...]
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I am a blogger on the scene in Bangkok at the hotel where Carradine died and am blogging about this on http://magickpapers.com/blog
ICON OF AN AMERICAN FILM DYNASTY
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
The announcer for the BBC breaks the story on TV. David Carradine was found dead in the Swiss Hotel on Soi Nailert. The film star was [...]
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excerpt from People Magazine
After a maid found David Carradine’s body in a closet in his Bangkok hotel room, police called it a suspected suicide. But the actor’s manager refuses to believe it.
“I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide,” Tiffany Smith, who along with Chuck Binder managed the Kill Bill [...]
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DIRECTED BY LAB KY MO
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Lab Ky Mo, director of Monks and Mamasans, strides impatiently and
peers into the camera lense as he awaits the set up for the next shot.
The venue is the Peppermint a-go-go bar. Comely damsels are on stage,
as the featryred actor Brendan Mackey prepares for his scene.
Brendan is an Irish-Brit whois [...]
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CONFESSIONS OF A DAY PLAYER PART 2
DARK BRIDGES
DIRECTED BY MARCELO VON SCHWARTZ
The Furama Hotel is the venue for the shoot for Dark Bridges, directed by Marcelo Von Schwartz. It is a boutique hotel situated next to the prestigios Siam Society in Bangkok. Attired in the guise of bespoke poet , I join my accomplices in [...]
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from the organizers of BarCamp Bangkok
We still have a lot to do because we are making this Barcamp a truly awesome Barcamp. We need people to jump in and make things happen.
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Bug and Bee Coffee House, Silom Road at Saladaeng Station
Map to Bug and Bee: http://is.gd/xgDe http://is.gd/xgDe
Action [...]
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STRIPTEASE AS AN ART FORM
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Once upon a time in America, the striptease was elevated to an art form. Ecydiasts were trained in classical ballet. Their acts were superbly choreographed and contained elements of the theatre. Unlike the lap dancers of todaywho perform buck naked and leave little to the imagination, the strippers of [...]
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DREAMSCAPE THE LABYRINTH
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
The rain drums against the windows, wind lashes outside creating a hissing snakelike sound, the vodka lulls me to sleep. I am transported to a sculptured garden, a lush maze of manicured arches, bridges and mysterious paths. The rain is warm and soft. A luxurious melody is accentuated by violins, the [...]
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Attended barcamp Bangkok. As I entered faculty of engineering an arrow pointed to barcamp and undeneath were the words “geeks this way” I registered got a t-shirt . As always, my topic got 3 votes so i was not invited to speak . Lunch was bangup . [...]
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Are You Ready for Barcamp Bangkok 2?
This is a reminder that Barcamp Bangkok 2 is coming up this Saturday and Sunday August 30th and 31st.
Register for this event and hear the author of this blog talk about “Blogging the Film and Nightlife Scene in Bangkok”
A Few Things You Should Know:
We have some awesome international guest [...]
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LE SALON DES TANGO
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
The motorcycle taxi whips down soi 49, winds past Samitivej Hospital and deposits me at the entrance to a small sub-soi. A plaque against a wall marks the residence of His Excellency Don Felipe Frydman, Argentine Ambassador to Thailand. Felipe greets me at the door, a mirror by the entrance [...]
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Synopsis
Inyaki Andoni Goigochea comes to Madrid to seek his fortune. The young Basque is rounded up by corrupt Spanish police in a sting operation.He is tortured by rogue police who specialize in ripping off drugs dealers as a lucrative entreprise. In prison Inyaki is radicalized by ETA. On his release he tracks his torturers and [...]
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The death of the Spanish dictator Generalissimo Franco in 1975 ushered in extreme changes in society. The political compass swung from extreme right to left, and from the ashes of fascism emerged the phoenix of a new art movement, La Movida Madrilena.
This glorious epoch intrioduced new faces and injected modern values in Spain. The premier [...]
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BY ANTONIO PINEDA
I lord it up at the wrap party producer Raine Grady hosts at Ali Baba a hip venue in Pattaya. The shoot by award winning British director Lab Ky Mo has gone down a storm. Locations varied from the fashionable Peppermint A-Go Go to the Orchid Massage Parlour and the sexed up strets [...]
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Tony on flickr on SaffronSicko’s photostream.
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HIGH ART AND UNDERGROUND BANGKOK RADIO
www.ubradio.net
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Once again it is time to resume the guise of bespoke poet. I suss out my vestuary designed by my bespoke tailor in Bangkok Lucky Ricky. Black silk suit and shirt are complemented by blue tie. I am back in black, bespoke spake Zarathustra. quoth the poet evermore. [...]
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I am honored to announce that I have been invited to attend the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival on June 27 to launch my own documentary produced by John Patrick Patti, and directed by Robert Dunlap: “Xaviera Hollander – the Happy Hooker, Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary”. From July 29th to August 1st this documentary will [...]
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XAVIERA HOLLANDER THE HAPPY HOOKER
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Last summer i was invited to read from my novel in progress by Mila Jansen at the Hemp Bar in Amsterdam. I crashed at the crib of my dear friend Michael Burke on the Johannes Verhuylstraat, not far from Leidseplein, in the heart of the city. Xaviera graciously invited [...]
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Irresponsible agriculture and ruthless deforestation
the poet searches to define his times and social fabric
the train with defined social order has left the station
human behaviour controlled by government rubric
Eve sacrificed Adam to possess secret knowledge
the fall from Eden in the shade of vernal leaves
leaving humanity balanced on the knifes edge
the past bathed in a golden light [...]
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BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Bangkok author Richard Rubacher and I roll off the BTS train at Siam Station and wend our way to La Scala, venue for the Bangkok International Film Festival. We go to a desk where Umberto, a charming bloke from the Italian Embassy, issues us VIP passes. La Scala is a marvelous piece of [...]
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THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Beware the dog days of summer
when good and evil are kissing cousins
sky bright with the winged horse of thunder
the honeysuckle beckons and threatens
She resides in the genetic lacunae
drinks in the bars of Hollywood Boulevard
wild pagan fecundity her animae
glassy filaments of brain evoke a communard
Long ago, gallant lover on a black stallion
when her [...]
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UBRADIO.NET–UNDERGROUND MUSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE
DJ AMNESTY ROCKS THE HOUSE
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
I contract a motorcycle taxi outside the Grace Hotel in Bangkok to take me to Khao San Road, the Bohemian sector of town. The motorcycle rages and swerves through traffic, it is a sultry eve , the rainclouds above dark, thunder booms signalling the advent of rain. [...]
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TANGO, TANGOING, POEMS AND ART
ILLUSTRATIONS AND POEMS OF MONG LAN
WRITTEN BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Born in Saigon Mong Lan fled Vietnam on the last day of the evacuation of Saigon in 1975. She recieved her Mater of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. She was the recipient of a Wallace E Stegner Fellowshipfor two years at [...]
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Antonio may be attending DrupalCamp which will be held on Saturday May 24, 2008 from 9:00am to 6:00pm.
10:00 – Registration, Post topics
10:45 – Set Agenda
11:00 – Start!
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Afternoon Sessions
17:00 – Wrap Up Session
18:00 – Leave Building
There will also be an almost-all-day “Intro to Drupal” track for
people that want to learn what Drupal [...]
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OCEAN FANTASIES AND DREAMS
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
F-Stop gallery in Bangkok was the venue for an exhibit of underwater photo imagery by Alex Wu. A totally unique art form creates new sensations via a lense by combining water and modern imagery tecniques. Alex was born in Singapore, educated in Toronto and Vancouver and resides in Bangkok. He [...]
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ON LOCATION WITH KING NARESUAN
BY ANTONIO PINERA AND GREG PEEK
The taxi deposits me at the casting center for Naresuan 3 on the outskirts of Bangkok. It is 3 am. A young Thai dude named Eddie, who studied at Washington State greets me. A minivan awaits to transport us to Kanchanaburi for a two day film [...]
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Herod’s Law directed by Luis Estrada
By Antonio Pineda and Jenny Bleccker
The venue for the premier of Mr. Estrada’s film is the Foreign Correspondence Club. It promises to be an exciting night, half high culture, half hit TV. Series The Entourage. I consult my bespoke vestuary and select a sharp grey suit, crisp black shirt and [...]
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Watch live video from austintexas on Justin.tv
Now you can talk to Tony’s blog editor directly about ideas for the site! If you need a website, blog or tech advice, Paul is the guy to talk to and this site lets you talk to him directly.
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by Antonio Pineda and Matt Superfisky with Edits by John Long
Dusk falls over the Chao Phraya River. I stand at the dock waiting for the boat to ferry me to the Oriental Hotel. I am to meet an American gigolo in Bangkok, as he is now a professor of literature at [...]
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San Francisco poet Joe Shakarchi and I walk through the endless Bangkok night. We roll down Sukhimvit in the heart of the red light entertainment area to Soi 7. The bright lights of the notorious Eden Club shine in the distance as we enter a trendy pub, Absolut. It is a well lit space with [...]
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richard rubacher and i are in touch with hollywood producer steven roeder re his manson script -we both are tracking xaviera hollander story so please give a shout re her 2008 letter to her fan base as well as letter of consent from xaviera i sent you -if you have not recieved them please notify [...]
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from Thai Touch by Richard Rubacher
On the fateful day of June 23, 1993, a man named John Wayne Bobbitt became front-page news throughout the United States and around the globe. The unexpected surgical action performed upon John Wayne by Lorena Bobbitt, his then-wife, was known as the “cut heard around the world.” In a fit [...]
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Older white women join Kenya’s sex tourists | U.S. | Reuters — Cripes!
Bethan, 56, lives in southern England on the same street as best friend Allie, 64.
They are on their first holiday to Kenya, a country they say is “just full of big young boys who like us older girls.”
Hard figures are difficult to [...]
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