Category Archives: Nightlife

The Gift Of The Hitman

May 17, 2012 – 9:34 pm

Pattaya has a well-earned reputation for a refuge of scoundrels. The city fathers campaign ceaselessly to promote the city’s other attractions such as golf, food, shopping, and the beach, but a pig is a pig is a pig no matter what color the PR flaks paint the pig. Things have improved since the 90s, but [...]

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Hurrah Hot Foot

May 15, 2012 – 5:01 pm

Back in the late 70s, I was working at Hurrah as security. A good number of the punk disco’s male clientele came from the bridge and tunnel suburbs of New Jersey and Long Island. The gay owner thought that they were cute and these tough boys were easy pickings after they dropped a few ‘ludes. [...]

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Casse Toi Brigitte

April 12, 2012 – 3:04 pm

Working at a nightclubs I met a lot of people; famous, infamous, and nobodies. Sometimes I had no idea who was who. One night at Hurrah I tried to stop Mick Jagger from entering Hurrah. The singer of the Rolling Stones was wearing a beard. His bodyguard Tony steered me right. At the Mudd Club [...]

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Five Excuses For Why A Farang Must Go To Walking Street

April 5, 2012 – 10:41 am

Most farangs in Pattaya are not church-goers, for their temples are the beer bars and go-go bars. For some it’s an every night adventure, but the majority only attend services on the weekend, which sets up the rest of the week. It’s Friday and you’ve haven’t ventured in the direction of Walking Street for the [...]

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GOOD AS IT GETS FOR GERMANS by Peter Nolan Smith

April 5, 2012 – 9:02 am

My friend Fabo had heart of gold and the young Belgian oil explorer was happiest with a Heineken in his hand and his eye on Gai, the Rubenesque beauty of the Buffalo Bar. He had loved her forever. She loved him too in her own way, whenever she could do so. Gai was a popular [...]

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