Prostitution, the CIA, David Bowie and Patpong – Undercover in Bangkok infamous red light district

[Kelsall]

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[mackayae]

On ‎11‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 9:11 AM, Damrongsak said:

 

 

Used to be a bar where expatriates would gather on a weekend afternoon and play Dixieland Jazz. 

Napoleon. George (I forgot his Thai name) was the proprietor. He was a graduate of Syracuse University. Sunday afternoon at 6 pm was the jazz night.

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[mackayae]

On ‎11‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 7:07 AM, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Wonder if Big Bill is still alive?

Bill Sawyer died in 2019. He was living in Pattaya at the time.

[mbenson]

Not all of the upstairs bars were so terrible. The Rose was quite nice actually.

I remember reading an article about this: 

 in Rolling stone magazine. I used to go there now and then. I remember a guy ringing the bell repeatedly for a full house one night. I had three drinks lined up behind the one I was drinking. I went over to thank him. A nice Scottish gentleman. There were a number of interesting types in there, and large back-lit transparencies of the twins with Montagnards upcountry in Vietnam or across the borders someplace. Rebel (US) flag on the wall. I found it to be really quite amazing.