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9 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Sorry to hear about any young person's death. I had never even heard his name before so I sampled some of his hits. Yes, of course, I've heard his stuff before. My impression is fun and catchy tunes, on the frothy side,  kind of a more modern "bubble gum" music. I'm no music scholar so I was curious if other people saw his stuff as a type of bubble gum music (which in case you don't know is kind of a pejorative unless you're a pre-teen). Not much on google except some rude insults on forums! Anyway, like I said, I'm no music scholar. 

Yeah it was very commercial electronic music, he got popular since he was making accessible EDM at the point it took over the US.

Way too young, RIP

I like some of his unreleased stuff, especially this one:

 

On 4/9/2018 at 10:47 AM, Thian said:

Who would let their 18 yo daughter go to koh tsao? 

When you were 18 would you "obey" your parents? I certainly didn't. She's an adult.

3 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

 

Ketamine a medicine 555555555555555555555555

 

 

They put horses and buffaloes to sleep with it

It's used on humans as well in many places around the world, is listed by the WHO as an essential medicine (http://www.who.int/medicines/access/controlled-substances/recommends_against_ick/en/)  and is increasingly being used as a treatment for depression https://health.ucsd.edu/news/features/Pages/2018-01-03-q-and-a-ketamine-for-depression.aspx

13 hours ago, Hupaponics said:

So, how many Bar pressure is it in those guns? Maybe can use them as high pressure washer to clean the car?

Talking of which, I've painted my Karcher in camo.

It's almost as if somebody might be waiting to see which party gains traction before inserting themselves at the helm.

Actually I wasn't trolling. I really did hope it was her.

On 3/28/2018 at 10:43 AM, WorriedNoodle said:

Buy a non smart TV cheap brand and plug in a decent 2500THB valued Android box into it. Watch the whole world then. I did that with a 32 inch screen all for under 8400THB.

Definitely this

I grabbed a non smart 55" TCL (had very good reviews for the display itself) for about 11k off Lazada a couple of years back and paired it with an Apple TV 4, 3BB fibreoptic, an IPTV sub, Plex and a lifetime getflix sub (https://stacksocial.com/sales/getflix-lifetime-subscription), has worked perfectly and I have access to pretty much anything live or catchup.

Great news, I love walking round with my nips out anyway.

22 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

C'mon, be fair, there is the new mascot.

What we really need is another new song, everybody likes songs.

I recommend a little RATM ditty.

28 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Why stupid comment it works 

And innocent people get kill here too

Because it doesn't work, and drawing from prior evidence in Thailand (as well as currently in the Philippines) it gets abused by police forces who use it to take out people unconnected to drugs for other reasons.

Trial by cop is never a good idea - this is why the judiciary exists.

21 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

This is Thailands biggest problem so meny use drugs need hit hard as Philippines both drug user and dealers 

Stupid comment, the Philippines is not a nice place to live, innocent people are being killed and this approach has been attempted before in Thailand and was widely abused by Thai authorities.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/03/12/thailands-war-drugs

22 hours ago, observer90210 said:

I wonder, how does one say "Yo Man", in Thai ?

I think you have to go back to the 1980s to be allowed to say that in any language.

2 hours ago, Just Weird said:

What is garbage is the main suggestion of this story that the dartboard issue was happening across Thailand. It isn't, it happened in a few bars in Pattaya and it was not the military that was involved.

 

There have not been intermittent curfews since the coup.  The junta imposed a curfew initially getting people off the streets before a certain time at night and that was lifted and has never been reinstated.  Enforcement of closing times for bars is not a curfew! 

Fair point in regard to "curfew" - it's quite common in British slang to use it to refer to drinking hours which is what I was referring to.

The "dartboard issue" is very much an aside rather than the main story though, it's not the crux of the article which is as per the headline "Lights dim on Bangkok’s nightlife" and the intro "Thailand’s military government is crushing the spirit of Bangkok’s nightlife amid an intensifying crackdown that is forcing many bars and clubs to close early or indefinitely". The dartboards are mentioned only as one example of long forgotten and ignored licenses and it specifically states that this occurred in Pattaya.

1 hour ago, lamyai3 said:

I don't think the OP article is accurate. There was early closing enforced throughout the month of February (many after hours street bars were exempt), but closing times returned to normal from the beginning of March. 

Exactly - it is not the areas focused on prostitution that are affected. There is (or at least was) plenty of activity outside of that arena.

There is thankfully far more to Bangkok that Soi 4 and Cowboy - in fact they are the crap parts of town, there are endless places that are more interesting.

17 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

Perhaps you should follow the media release. The government has been transparent and open on this initiative. I am a longstanding critic of the military regime, but on this they are right. In Thailand as in the west,  no successful night club not linked to a large public corporation, can operate without the blessing of organized crime.

I've read the release and am also very familiar with some of the clubs mentioned, and numerous ones that are not mentioned, that have been affected.

It is not true that they were all *ran by gangsters* - plenty of them operated on a shoestring budget and catered to music that the mainstream clubs and bars do not feature.

Neither is it true that *in the west* a successful club must be linked to either organized crime or a large public corporation - I spent almost a decade putting on nightclub events at a variety of venues and that's just cloud cuckoo land stuff.

This type of thing - http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailands-pm-prayut-urges-thais-to-wear-period-costumes-for-outings, https://coconuts.co/bangkok/lifestyle/students-recite-prayuths-12-values-daily/ is the motivator here, the intention of some powerful people to make the country highly "conservative", regardless of what the people actually want.

22 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

This reads as a tale of sorrow from the  perspective of the pimps and foreign perverts who  exploit the mentally impaired and socio-economically disadvantaged  sex trade workers. If the sexpats and sextourists are so distraught, please  go elsewhere.

 

No. If you consider the enforcement of longstanding laws common in many  countries  as "militaristic" please consider moving to . a country such as Sierra Leone   or Liberia where such laws do not exist.

 

This is how they justify the imposition of draconian measures and martial law:  When adults do not behave themselves and do not respect some basic principles of peaceful society, it is imposed on them. The people who build society can do without the drunken debauchery making our lives difficult. If you want to behave in a drunken manner, do it at your home.

 

LOL, you are upset because the   price of alcohol increased. How pathetic. The cost of alcohol is not unreasonable and not much different than the cost in Australia, or Canada and is still cheaper than in much of Europe. It's one of the ways  how the  public health  is paid for and how  public transit is covered.

 

You are upset because they make it difficult for pimps and those who profit from the sex and drug trades. Boo hoo. Foreigners complain about corruption and illegal activity, yet when the  government won't tolerate criminal activity and won't take bribes to let it continue, some foreigners are upset. You carry on as if the operators of the illegal clubs and bars contribute to society. It is no secret that these are linked to organized crime and are used to launder money.

 

Bangkok wouldn't be badly impacted if these areas were more tightly regulated. I was in Siam last week. Filled with well heeled Thais and Asian  tourists. All were shopping or  visiting places. No need for  tacky  whore houses and the like. The targeted venues are disgusting filthy firetraps. They are  places where foreign suckers are robbed and ripped off. No big loss if some close. Better yet, photograph the foreigners and share the info with their home countries. Post the images online and see if the sex tourists are so bold  when co-workers and family hold them accountable.

 

How  is  cracking down on  a small number of illegal venues bad for tourism? Have you not seen the latest numbers and data? There has been a fundamental shift in tourism. As Thailand becomes wealthier, the need for young boys and girls to sell themselves to depraved foreign perverts for a bowl of noodles has come to an end. Now it is just people who are mentally impaired, drug addicted, infected with disease or in debt who dominate the sex trade work. ere is a need to crush it.

You're completely focusing on places related to prostitution, yet many of the clubs and bars affected were not in the slightest related to it.

There is, believe it or not, more to Bangkok nightlife than gogo bars - and many of the venues affected attracted tourists who weren't here in the slightest for bargirls.

The places that DO cater to sex tourism, ironically , are unaffected - they don't tend to stay open particularly late anyway.

Given the law has not been enforced for many years, it has been common knowledge that there are places to party late into the night - just like most other major cities around the world. It is true that the law says 12 (or sometimes 2) but sometimes laws need to move with the times.

Certainly there are higher priorities in this country to address than making sure all bars close at midnight.

3 hours ago, Just Weird said:

This is just garbage from the Washington Post, nothing to do with what is actually happening in Thailand.

 

There have not been intermittent curfews, there was one curfew after the coup that was lifted and never reinstated.

 

It wasn't the Military that enforced dartboard licencing it was either the local police or local government officials and that only happened in Pattaya and that is old news that has never been heard of since.
 

The rest of the article relevant to "entertainment" seems to be complaining about illegal street bars being moved on, illegal after-hours drinking places being closed and a late-night club that was subject to a successful drug raid being shut down! 

So... exactly what is *garbage* or *nothing to do with what is happening* about that? They are all true, and they were all attractions to many people (and I don't just mean junkies and clients of prostitutes - most of the latter have been able to carry on as usual).

Yes, legally most places should close at 12 (or 2am with the right license in the right location), but that is very early when compared to other major cities internationally and for years, in practice and with the full knowledge of the police, Bangkok went on lots later than 2am.

Also there HAVE been intermittent curfews beyond the one you refer to, in terms of these types of bars being forced to shut up shop at 12, then allowed until 2, then allowed until 4, then back until 12 again.

On 3/20/2018 at 8:58 PM, tryasimight said:

20 year old high school student???? 

Not real bright then. 

 

Or just from a poor family - plenty of families pull their kids out at a young age and get them to work. If they want to continue, they must complete the high school levels before moving on to anything higher.

So there is... and now I realise it's a bird flying across close to the camera

On 3/20/2018 at 9:18 PM, LivinginKata said:

 

Anyone else see the weird flash to the left of the truck at 17 seconds?

Seen this sort of thing in videos where people die before, i'm not superstitious, but that's a bit spooky... the whole video is glitch free apart from this weird split second flash.

RIP