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Haha were they really trying to 'flee'?  Or were they going to make their flight?

Poor girl.  Better she just ends it all.

So from now on the news will be identifying everyone by their sexual preference?  

Straight prude Prayut speaks up about loud fisherman.

Straight but bi-curious Singaporean loses 1.5 million in cab.

British geezer secretly into ladyboys exerts homophobic sentiment on Thaivisa.

etc.

Will take a little more effort but if that's how they want to do it then fine.

I also love how the Thaivisa homophobe brigade jumped on this one.  Very predictable.

Well most Thais are fine with the military running things.  I guess I am too.  Just wish the military would make moves towards bettering the education of Thai people and reducing corruption.  If they made any kind of gesture towards enabling free thought that would be great.  Unfortunately that idea is antithetical to military rule.

Ok, a few I've watched lately I enjoyed:

• Stranger Things 2
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Young Sheldon (good if you like big bang theory)
• Mindhunter

On 11/23/2017 at 12:02 PM, evadgib said:

Episode 3 of 'The Detectorists' had me in stitches this morning 

Great show!

On 11/26/2017 at 9:12 PM, Jingthing said:

Please don't laugh but the Netflix adaptation of the young adult novel "13 Reasons Why" was pretty darned engrossing. I think it's one of the best shows ever made about the DARK side of the American high school experience. Especially relatable to those of us that weren't high school jock idols. 

It was great.  Dark and a bit depressing but good acting, plot, etc.  The soundtrack is great too. 

I guess a season 2 is in the works now.

Maybe if all young guys started refusing to report for military conscription until there was reform they would do something to correct things. They can't put everyone who dodges into prison if they all do it.

Sounds to me that they are referring to pictures of a VVVIP person who many from govt. claimed photos were doctored.  Good idea to delete any of those if you have them.

Apparently the health issue was too many kicks to the head.

Police won't accept it.  Way too much money and mafioso at stake.

And even if they have to cede power, then the BMA will become the biggest corrupt money maker.  Their turn!

1 hour ago, sklmeeera said:

lol seriously ??? . Well talented perhaps if you are a teeny something bopper . Maybe talented like Nick Astley or the Backstreet Boys eh ? The teens here play it on youtube and the gym plays it over and over Jesus christ give me a break from this dross Thailand . 

You are clueless.

Barbaric.

Is he a regular runner or did he just think he could do it without any training?

23 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

 

Well if anyone can do that, even you as you say, then why aren't YOU up on the international stage earning loadsa money just like he is?

Please don't feed the trolls.   Especially the ones who haven't taken their meds and had their morning electroshock therapy.  :)

2 hours ago, sklmeeera said:

I know . Must be a lot of juvenile ed sherring fans here . Juvenile music taste and juvenile outlooks.

On 11/21/2017 at 12:23 PM, Kadilo said:

Alison Moyet never sang with Culture Club, it was Yazoo. 

Agree she was/is still fab. On tour at the mo. 

I thought it was Yaz?

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

How come you have worked out that I am bitter?

 

I am not but my musical tastes lie in the 1930s to the 1990s music and very little of what I hear of moderm music appeals to me. I thoroughly enjoy british folk music as well as fascinating Aida (Google them) yet few new artitsts make me want to stop and listen. I also like ABBA, the Spice Girls but not Bananarama, Tina Turner but not Ike and Tina, The Beatles but not the Rolling Stones, a lot of US Country music, many of the big bands of the 30s, 40s and 50s but they are no more, Louis Armstrong, Glen Miller, The Andrews Sisters.

 

I detested punk, garage and grunge music of the 80s and 90s as it was so (to me) pointless.

 

The problem is what is good music to me may not be good music you you and vice versa. I come from an era where I can hear and understand the words that are sung, the music is pleasant to my ears, there is no profanity, as it is never necessary or clever, but it does attract some people.

 

I don't like rap either though some of it is well done and out together.

 

How about your choices?

 

Nice eclectic mix - I agree we like what we like.  But I do try to stay open to new sounds, or old sounds I may not have listened to before.

My grandma raised me on Glen Campbell, my dad on Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck, with lots of Brazilian jazz thrown in for fun.  My mom loved The Carpenters and the Beatles (and some Abba thrown in for good measure).  So I started off with a nice repertoire of favorites.

I learned sax at a young age and my brother learned trumpet.  Our music teacher was a hungarian immigrant who played 15 instruments and seemed to be able to teach them all - to a certain extent.  H would bring yellowed manuscripts of 20s and 30s jazz and we would be a trio playing for a couple hours at a time - it was an escape for him to play this music.  Fun to learn those songs at 11 years old as well.

I adored all the Beatles albums when I was young - and most of John Lennon's solo albums - would play them on my little record player down in the basement (this was when I was about 8-10 years old).  We were camping down at the beach when the radio officially announced their breakup - my mom was so depressed about that.

Around 13 I discovered Billy Joel, Jethro Tull, and then a whole slew of other music.  I would listen to the new hits every morning on the big console down in the living room before going to school.  A friend introduced me to The Rolling Stones - I liked them but I was much more a Beatles person.  Got obsessed with the Doors around 14 years old.

I went to a performance art magnet school at 16 and was introduced to more classical, lots of big band jazz, and lovely urban music.  Hip hop was coming alive and I loved it.  MTV arrived and I loved watching music videos, so much good music back then...Duran Duran, Human League, Culture Club, Wham, Hall and Oates - well the list goes on and on.  I really connected with the 80s sound and still like it.  But I loved blues, saw Muddy Waters live, that was amazing.  Also loved fringe acts like Klaus Nomi and Nina Hagen.

Went to Uni, more 80s music, lived in Mexico for a year on exchange and adored Mariachi and folk music, and loved pop stars Jose Luis Perales and Miguel Bose, as well as folk music like Juan Manual Serrat and others.  They are who I really learned Spanish from.  I also became a huge Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young fan - their music was super popular in Mexico at that time.

Back home and was introduced to XTC from a friend.  That was when Skylarking came out.  I was drawn to them like a moth to a flame and religiously followed them through their career until 96.  Amazing band.  I enjoyed some punk like Suicidal Tendencies, Camper Van Beethoven, The Clash, etc.  Oh, my obsession with Steely Dan also began.

In the 90s fell for REM, Robyn Hitchcock, and my favorite band, Radiohead - who I feel figured out how to take musical expression (in a pop-rock sense) to the next level.  Liam Gallagher referred to Radiohead as 'music to stroke your goatee to', hahaha.  But the are the best in my opinion - so free and genius.  I love Nirvana, Crash Test Dummies, Weezer, Bare Naked Ladies (if you like Beatles you would like them). etc etc etc......

Lately I am into Americana and folk-country-alternative....don't know what to call it exactly.  Jason Isbell is the bomb, if you like smart beautiful country check him out.  Also groups like Wilco, or Sturgill Simpson have my ear.  I still play music, jazz and pop ukulele and sing too, I do covers and write my own songs as well.

This is just stream of consciousness,  I always have some band or another I am listening to.  Like I said, with Spotify I can explore whatever I want.  I was an avid collector and spent so much money on albums, cassettes, CDs....then in the late 90s til recently became a big time pirate.  now that I am financially comfortable spending 300 baht a month for the world's catalog at my fingertips is something I love having (through Spotify).

Haha longer than I thought I was going to write....hope it gives you and idea of where I stand musically.

2 minutes ago, GarryP said:

It is one of his own put downs. He said he could not  rely on his looks. :) Not many ginger celebrities and few and far between successful ginger solo artists.  

Yeah he looks like a character out of Lord of the Rings.  But a volcano of talent.

1 minute ago, yellowboat said:

There isn't one.  To be smart, you must embrace knowledge and nurture creativity.   Does that sound like anywhere in Thailand ?

I work in the coaching field, before in education.  Coaching is all about embracing knowledge, and challenging yourself to be more creative and aware.   In general this is not emphasized in Thailand's school systems or offices.  But many companies recognize they need it now if they want to compete regionally or internationally.

They mention that the bike system works well in 'Smart Cities' so they would focus there first in Thailand.  

What is a smart city and where is one in Thailand?

Just now, overherebc said:

I like your post but do you think you'll get away with posting something that can be described as balanced?

???

Haha I take a chance once in awhile!!!!  ;P

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

So everyone who doesn't agree with your taste in music must be clueless. What a strange statement to make.

If Einstein disagreed with you on your musical taste or knowledge no doubt you would call him clueless as well.

Cohen never seemed to be great voclist but his music was good and I still enjoy listening to it. 

Anyone can sit and explain to me what I should listen to and why I should listen to it and when they are finished my answer will always be the same, I'll decide. In the words of Cat Stevens ' It's them they know, not me.'

'You' enjoy what you like and my only comment on that is 'happy for you that you like it.'

I love Cohen, actually discovered him in my late 20s.  Radiohead in my mid 30s.  It was lovely learning their catalogs.

I also agree that either music 'sings' to you or it doesn't.  No way to force someone to like music.

I use Spotify to find new music....it's 200 Baht a month for the entire world's song catalog in your pocket (and computer).  It does a great job finding music I ay like, based on what I download or listen to.  You should give it a shot. 

23 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

This is a disposable society and the me, me, me generation.

 

What is popular and fashionable now can be dropped in an instant if a new more popular person comes along.

 

For every popular singer there are thousands of unpopular ones, the one hit wonders, those who believed their own hype and failed on the way.

 

But pop music has always been like that, since the 1950s.  Tons of garbage and pearls and diamonds hiding there that sometimes get recognized and sometimes do not.  As well as godawful music that somehow becomes popular.

On 11/19/2017 at 12:36 PM, billd766 said:

 

Thanks for that link. I enjoyed it.

 

I am 73 and it still surprises me that so many of the younger posters have never heard the older stuff and get upset and blame us "oldies" because we don't know much about their musical tastes.

 

Yet when we post things that we enjoy they mock us without knowing what we like.

 

I am not nor are most of us oldies foolish and living in the past. We have realised over the years that while some of our tastes change and we change with them many of the younger members haven't realised or even accepted that they too will grow older and that their tastes will also change.

 

I first started listening to music in the 1950s on a radio with valves (transistors were a new thing) and in coffee bars. Many of the singers I listened to then are now long dead but some of them are still around, Cliff Richards for one, and he has been in the music business for 60 years. I liked the Beatles but not the Rolling Stones and they have also been in the business over 50 years and are still playing to sell out concerts.

 

Will Ed Sheeran still be a "superstar" in 10 years time or will the public, who after all made him a "superstar" move on to someone younger, newer, more trendy?

 

I have no idea.

How come so bitter?

I'm far from a young'n but I still like to keep up on music.  Ed Sheeran is the real deal - started as a busker at 13 years old in London, and shot to fame several years ago.  Beautiful folk and rock and pop songs, excellent guitarist, wonderful voice and melodies.  Lyrics that have substance.

PErsonally, I have never seen poster denigrating older posters for their admiration for the classics.  The other way around though all the time.    My teen years were in the late 70s - til 80s.  But I have always loved good music and seek it out.  I can understand getting fossilized in music of your youth as it is tempting and there is a lot of BS out there.....but when you find new artists that sing to you it is great.