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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Mark Ebner Six Degrees of Paris Hilton SIX DEGREES OF PARIS HILTON I met author-journalist Mark Ebner in Bangkok in the wake of the David Carradine affair. He is a graduate of Bard College. Mark was once addicted to drugs and alcohol, but is now teetotal. His remaining vices are [...] BY ANTONIO PINEDA AND ALEC CHRISTIE Baseline, an independent film shot on location in London, will have its world premiere on Tuesday 29th June at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London’s West End. Directed by Brendon O’Loughlin, it is a visceral underworld crime drama set among the warring factions of the criminal society [...] 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 [...] THE HAPPY HOOKER The airplane soars high above the Amsterdamned, as the Voodoo Chile downs a vodka tonic. High above the clouds I fly, no mercy for the Philistines quoth the Superfly. Le revanche du le Voodoo Chile, as I clear customs at Schipol and board the train downtown. I roll [...] The Beat Culture is now receiving its due as a major American art movement. The halcyon days of the Haight- Ashbury live in the pages of history, my childhood mates and I founded the Straight Theatre . The Beat Poet Michael McClure lived on Downey St. We premiered his theatre piece, The Blossom, with a [...] OLIVER STONE LIVE IN BANGKOK- 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 [...] CHAMPAGNE X- THAI FILM GODDESS THE GOLDEN KINAREE AWARDS 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, [...] Juan Antonio – Flamenco JUAN ANTONIO DE LOS REYES-FLAMENCO AMBASSADOR I met Juan Antonio De Los Reyes in Madrid. He was the only other dancer in the dance studio at El Amor De Dios with long hair. He was a hippie during the dictatorship of Genarilissimo Franco which took a lot of bottle. His [...] PETER RNIC CHARACTER ACTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE
AFTERMATH – DAVID CARRADINE MORGUE PIX 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 [...] 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 [...] DIRECTED BY LAB KY MO Lab Ky Mo, director of Monks and Mamasans, strides impatiently and Brendan is an Irish-Brit whois [...] CONFESSIONS OF A DAY PLAYER PART 2 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 [...] 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 Action [...] Just a quick note to let you know that Barcamp Bangkok 3 dates have been Barcamp Bangkok 3 will be held on May 23-24, 2009 at Sripatum University. We will have more details and open registration shortly. We will send another For more details on why Barcamp Bangkok 3 is going to be even [...] STRIPTEASE AS AN ART FORM 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 [...] DREAMSCAPE THE LABYRINTH 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 . [...] received from Richard Rubacher Rubacher has been studying people who have learned to “be alive, [...] 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 [...] LE SALON DES TANGO 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 [...] Synopsis 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 [...] 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 [...] Tony on flickr on SaffronSicko’s photostream. Bookmark, Share and Enjoy: HIGH ART AND UNDERGROUND BANGKOK RADIO 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. [...] 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 [...] XAVIERA HOLLANDER THE HAPPY HOOKER 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 [...] 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 [...] THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Beware the dog days of summer She resides in the genetic lacunae Long ago, gallant lover on a black stallion UBRADIO.NET–UNDERGROUND MUSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE 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. [...] 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 There will also be an almost-all-day “Intro to Drupal” track for OCEAN FANTASIES AND DREAMS 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 [...] The Coronation of King Naresuan By Antonio Pineda
Dawn flowers over the trees and bushes of the old military base in Kanchanaburi, site of the shoot for the motion picture King Naresuan 3. The minivan rumbles through the grounds, occupied by five gorgeous Thai actresses and myself. Khun [...] This video by magickpapers blogmeister is getting thousands of hits on google, it features Casey Mckinnon, Veronica Belmont, Bonnie Pierzina, and Leah Culver. Stars of bloggerdom now rock stars. Bookmark, Share and Enjoy: As part of our 100 video interviews at SXSW, Paul Terry Walhus interviews Casey Mckinnon. Casey has included Paul’s video of her all woman rock band at SXSW on CaseyMcKinnon.com/blog Casey McKinnon is an actress, producer and writer who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She has worked and appeared on three popular [...] Magickpapers blogmeister recently went to South by Southwest and made over 100 video interviews. We’ll start with Zadi Diaz of epicfu. In fact, a bunch of our SXSW videos are published on this site under the user springnet. Zadi Diaz, a native New Yorker now living in Los Angeles, is a producer, [...] Sex and the City THAI STYLE By Richard Rubacher (From Rubacher’s Thai Touch, available thru Barnes & Noble bookstores, and Amazon.com) I was determined to find out why Thailand thrives on HBO’s chic chick show, Sex and the City. What is it about the series men and women? It’s obvious that men (Thai and [...] POP ART BY ALAN BERG The Tamarind Cafe was the venue for an exhibit of pop art by French artist Alan Berg. I am greeted by Cyrille and Ellen , they have just done a show of the works of Alan Berg at Bed Supper Club at which several paintings sold. The paintings on [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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. Bookmark, Share and Enjoy: 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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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