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Pleng Luk Thung or Music of the rice field children is the plaintive country music of Thailand. The songs about the bad times, broken hearts, and busted dreams appeal to the exiles from Ban Nok or the hicks much like country/western brings tears to the eyes of Okie oil drillers stuck on a drilling platform […]

ROCK & ROLL 1 & 2 are sports arena favorites after the home team has scored a goal. Few of the mob are aware that the genius behind this rock anthem is Gary Glitter or that the ex-glam rocker has been serving a 3 year prison sentence in Viet-Nam. The crime - child molestation.
The ageing […]

“I ate the music my kids play,” John McCain told reporters.
Here’s a list of his 23 year-old daughter Meghan McCain’s CDs
David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Beach Boys, Madonna, Jay-Z, the Smiths, Björk, Kanye West, the Cure, T. Rex, the Velvet Underground, 2 Pac and Dr. Dre, Elliott Smith, […]

Years ago a friend of mine went to a boxing match in Jakarta. Muhammad Ali was a guest of Tommie Sukarno, the son of the Indonesian dictator. The fomer heavyweight champ was visibly suffering from his ailment, but greeted his fans with enthusiasm and My friend went over to shake Ali’s hand.
“You know you look […]

THE SUN has aired online a video during which Amy Winehouse snorts cocaine with her Hoover-sized beak. It’s illegal in London to huff blow. She’s a bad girl. So what? Rock stars are supposed to be dopers. It’s not like she’s pretending to be Snow White. Go for it.
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