cloudbusting

the battles gig confirmed how bad the local music scene is in bangkok although the decent crowd was a plus

i imagine it'll be a long time before a band as good as battles plays here again

...And You Will Know Them By The Trail of Dead Live in Bangkok

American Art-Rockers And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be playing Toys in RCA on May 21st.

The band are currently touring following the release of their latest album "The Century of Self "

This is the bands first time in Thailand and only Asian show on the tour.

WAHEY!

I never got to see these guys live before but have heard great things about their show.

Source Tags & Codes is a cracking album.

So where exactly is Toys or is this eventually going to be moved to Club Culture like Battles was?

yeap!

thanks for the confirmation

guess i'll be spending saturday night in silom then

Which bank companies said NO... Cloud???

I'm assuming it was a Visa or MC logo debit card???

It's a cirrus which was obviously the problem. Had to give it a try as it was my last resort.

I'm having major problems with banking over here the past few days.

Thanks Steve for some great feedback you too have given some good input to this thread & us Brits thank you

Cloud was this card a Nationwide cash card by any chance if so that answers the question raised with OTC use in Thailand, that to is cirrus with is part of the Mastercard network apparently.

Do you not have Kasikorn or the pink GSB or Ayudhya in your locality ? these are still fee free as of today.

It's not a Nationwide cash card. It's an Irish debit card using the cirrus system. Although it's part of the Mastercard network it doesn't mean that if a machine accepts mastercard it will accept cirrus.

I tried 2 SCBs, 2 Kasikorns and a UOB which was recommended by one of the Kasikorns.

I watched as they swiped the card and it was continuously rejected.

I'm not trying to avoid the 150 charge, i'm trying to withdraw 20,000 THB which ATMS aren't allowing me to do even though my limit from my bank at home exceeds this figure.

Which bank companies said NO... Cloud???

I'm assuming it was a Visa or MC logo debit card???

It's a cirrus/maestro which was obviously the problem. Had to give it a try as it was my last resort.

I'm having major problems with banking over here the past few days.

forgot all about the rugby!

it's not not going to be shown live then anywhere?

Rugby, Sat 11:15pm on SS5, Munster V Leister.

saw that on their schedule after making my previous post.

why does soi 8 say it's not showing it then?

will molly malones be showing it?

Wahey!

Someone else picked Irish!

After visiting 5 banks today. not one would give me a cash advance with my debit card.

PS: Seeing donx's post........ I think it's entirely possible that the bank employee was mistaken. As I recommended before for the over the counter route, it's always best to choose a branch that does a fair amount of business with foreigners - and probably a large one. Mistakes do get made and the staff will swear blind that "x" is the case when it isn't (a fluent English-speaker at a small SCB branch insisted to me today that the 150 baht charge is from "your" bank not "our " bank - I'll enjoy showing her the Thai Bankers' Resolution when I go back there............).

Where would you recommend then? I need to go try withdraw over the counter tomorrow and I'm now unsure if the banks in Fortune Tower would be the best place to go now.

forgot all about the rugby!

it's not not going to be shown live then anywhere?

Haven't seen Sia Dai but Sia Dai 2 is good although kinda depressing. Story of a young thai girl who gets HIV from a blood transfusion.

Sounds very much like the original, depressing but very good supposedly.

Not sure i'm going to find anymore of what i'm looking for in Fortune Tower so will try MBK next time I'm over that direction.

I see Pen-Ek has a new film competing at Cannes this year. Any idea when it'll be released over here?

What did you need to do an 'over-the-counter cash advance' and do all banks supply this service?

See this post.

Check about (local) commissions and limit beforehand. Passport, card and PIN should suffice.

thanks for the reply

i presume this works with a cirrus ATM card and not just a visa or mastercard?

i lost my credit card over the weekend and i need to take out 25,000 THB out tomorrow

the ATMs will only give me < 5,000 THB a day

i've no idea why though

In case anyone is interested, if one decides to use an "over-the-counter cash advance" from your Foreign ATM card, the banks here will give you the worst possible exchange rate since it is considered an international credit card transaction. I went to SCB today and inquired about doing this transaction and you can do up to 250k THB. However, even if the money is debited from a checking or savings account, they use the Visa/MC system to do the transaction. 34.14 was the rate I was quoted on doing this transaction.

What did you need to do an 'over-the-counter cash advance' and do all banks supply this service?

Can't smoke in Finnegans.

hence

the irish pub you have to smoke outside, but the rest is ok

well you couldn't seem to make up your mind so i was just trying to clarify the situation

Can't smoke in Finnegans.

Well try various video shops in thailand. But can also buy online at amazon or http://www.ethaicd.com/ or http://www.hkflix.com/home.asp

Also to add to my last list is Fan Chan (My girl)

that blog you linked to above is great, thanks

i've tried a few shops but it ain't easy finding these films amongst the hollywood crap on the shelves

fan chan is also on my list that i'm looking out for

also, sia dai

Check out this blog (http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/). Is an excellent English language blog about Thai film. Lots of reviews of Thai films there.

I recommend

Monrak Transistor, Dorm, Shutter (best Thai horror film), Syndomes and a century (very art-hourse thai film), Citizen dog, Tears of the black tiger, 6ixty Nin9, Last life in the universe, The first film of the สี่แพร่ง (sii praeng/ 4bia) compilation, beautiful boxer,

any idea where i can get hold of a copy of monrak transistor and 6ixty nin9?

*bump*

so last night i got to see Pen-ek Ratanaruang's "Last Life In The Universe" and i'm looking for more good thai movies

any recommendations and where's the best place to find them on dvd

'the legend of suriyothai' is next in line for whenever i have 3 hours to sit down and watch it

so i voted irish but i would have liked an 'irish with US citizenship' option

irish

they seem like great folk

*confused*

not

Bwahahahahaha, i found that hilarious, well done Man Ure...

LOL

10 quid says you wouldn't dare you to post that on the Spurs thread MS (which i notice is very quiet today!).

With the ROE as it is Rix, there's no point Mate plus, when they lose they seem to dissapear anyway..

Seriously, awesome second half against a distcinctly over rated Team but you can only beat what's put in front of you..

Wonder what would have happened if that pathetic excuse for a ref hadnt give a penalty and also booked Ronaldo for that nasty kick out yet AGAIN.He would have been sent off for taking his shirt off for the second yellow.I am fed up to death of these mamby pamby refs giving nearly every decison to this team.

Please please refs do your job and stop letting whiskey nose intimidate you,its getting comical watching a man poo game now as we all know what will happen,refs,no balls, game over.

no mention of this lunge i see?

very very hot

think i'm going to start complaining now like the rest of you guys

Spot on, sure if you look at our meetings with Everton this saeason it tells you that fielding our first team wasn't going to lead to automatic progression.

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