Monthly Archives: April 2018

Fast Talking

April 14, 2018 – 11:50 am

L Back in 2010 I rented a car from Uan at Buffalo Bar for the drive north to visit my wife and daughter. At Chonburi I decided to cut through Bangkok instead of wrapping around the megatropolis on the outer ring. The cityscape was clear under a peerless sky. Traffic was minimal. The direct route […]

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The Death Of Disco

April 14, 2018 – 8:47 am

Punks prayed for the death of disco in the 1970s. Few were ready for Blondie’s dive into the dance genre with HEART OF GLASS and RAPTURE. Disco thrived into the 80s. Rap attempted to assassinate disco only to become another sub-species of the zombie dance music. Michael Jackson’s THRILLER LP sold 65 million copies, beating […]

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You Bet I Would – Blondie @ Coney Island

April 14, 2018 – 2:45 am
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Peace At All Costs – Gaza

April 6, 2018 – 10:55 pm

After the Deir Yassin massacre by the Irgun, Palestians fled the violence of the 1948 War. The refugees numbered over 800,000. This diaspora was never allowed to return by Israeli authorities and the frced exs has been called Nakba or the ‘Disaster’. Camps sprouted up all around the partitioned lands. The exiles lived in squalor. […]

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