NORTON STREET ON KAY GOD
1930 Cabaret
Step through the velvet curtains and into another time.
Tonight, Kay GOD presents 1930 Cabaret, a collection of original Norton Street songs reimagined as though they were performed in one of the legendary nightclubs of the early twentieth century. The lights are low, cigarette smoke curls toward the ceiling, the piano has just found its key, and somewhere in the back of the room a trumpet quietly waits for its entrance. Continue reading
Puy Roti Lady (Benjawan Kaewsaen) whose video I have posted below, has become one of the best-known street food personalities in Bangkok. She makes roti near the Silom/Sala Daeng area and has built a huge following through her livestreams and videos. She usually works from late afternoon into the evening, and after closing she often chats, sings, or spends time with her online audience. Continue reading
Everyone knows the old Las Vegas saying:
“What happens here, stays here.”
It’s a clever advertising slogan, but it also describes something much deeper.
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The Gemini Gallery has a full stock of wholesale paintings and prints. Ask at our morning meeting on zoom.
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There are records you play while cleaning the house. Continue reading
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Jim Marzipan chases whatever happens to be drifting through the studio door around three in the morning. Continue reading
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Not because you’ve heard them before—but because you somehow remember hearing them in another lifetime, or because I used a gag as a band name. Continue reading
Somewhere between the last AM station and the first rays of dawn, there was a band that almost everyone remembers… although no one can quite prove they ever existed. Continue reading
I spent the night working on covers, liner notes, things like that. Continue reading