Bangkok Life
The Digital Tsunami: Return of the fax?  Firstly, let us congratulate you on successfully downloading this page. As you may have heard, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake south of Taiwan has severed undersea fibre-optic communication cables in several places, disrupting international ...Read more
Exposed
The Poker Playboy  In a luxury hotel suite overlooking Bangkok, Sampo Löppönen reclines on the bed, running a computer mouse over white sheets to collect his winnings. Like a growing number of gifted people, he ...Read more
MORALLY DIMINISHING  To anyone who has stumbled across his blog, Bangkok’s ‘MORALLY DIMINISHED’ needs little introduction. As his pseudonym suggests, these are the content wallowings of a man unburdened by social constraint. In the ...Read more
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Fashion
Get Undressed for Breakfast  Is this my reality? Is this a fantasy? The words linger in my ears as my eyes overflow with decadence. Upon arrival at the boutique tucked in the middle of bustling Sukhumvit Soi 24 ...Read more
Music
Agrikulture Interview  Agrikulture’s homegrown musical vision has captivated concert halls and dance floors around Indonesia. With microphone checks in the background, Bangkok Recorder sidelined two of the group’s founding members before they kicked off Jakarta’s ...Read more
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The word "spa: literally means solus per aqua or health by water. It is taken from the town of Spa in Belgium, which was one of the first places to ...
In a billion baht industry, health clubs in Thailand are constantly facing off to attract new members. Most affluent gym-goers in Bangkok can be divided into members of either UK-based Fitness First and California Wow ...
Cock fighting at JJ market, a spot of buffalo fighting on Samui, or an all-night dominoes session with the old ladies around Victory Monument – gambling in Thailand certainly has its own ...
Whether you choose to go out in Bangkok or stay in and watch MTV, it's hard to escape LouLou Ferrari these days. As our party pic archives show, this clubland ...
Remember that Bangkok Fashion City Project (BFCP)? I hear you reply, "what Bangkok Fashion City Project? ...Oh yeah, that time when there were zillions of boring fashion shows every week." ...
Let's face it, in terms of contemporary art and culture, Bangkok is not exactly on a par with, say, Paris or Rome. Sure, Krung Thep has its fair share of graffiti artists and indie bands, ...
Adam Ficek, drummer of Babyshambles, is not your typical rock star. No visible tattoos, no sunglasses at night. Hell, as we were chatting he ordered a “still water” instead of whisky ...
