At the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, conformity, consumerism, and bad taste suffocate creativity. About a week ago, I ventured into the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) for the first time. I had seen the building around for a while and I had always wanted to go, but hadn’t gotten around to it, as [...]
Category Archives: Thailand
Now Hiring: Camwhores
September 24, 2009 – 02:50
My office is next to a school. Today, the pedestrian overpass right in front of the school was plastered with these leaflets: The text roughly translates as: New work for teenagers We are now recruiting the youngest team ever to use programs such as MSN, hi5 and Camfrog [webcam chat, also with "adult rooms"]. Work [...]
Sex Shows Are the Thai Version of Ballet
July 16, 2009 – 22:06
One of the few podcasts that I regularly listen to is Thinking Allowed, an excellent BBC Radio 4 program about sociology, anthropology and modern culture. I was very surprised when last week’s episode — after discussing the implications of Darwinian theory for modernization of man — turned towards a certain subject of grave importance that [...]