Archive for April, 2010

S-21 survivor/artist Vann Nath hospitalized, appeal for money for hospital treatment from Rithy Panh. Dear Friends Please allow me to send you this urgent call for help. Vann Nath whom you all know as a S-21 survivor, a painter and a restless and dedicated witness of the Khmer Rouge regime atrocities has ...

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[caption id="attachment_1787" align="alignnone" width="637" caption=" "][/caption] 'Don't Think She's Forgotten' - Laura Mam adapts a classic Pen Ron song, alternating past and present with 'The Like Mes'. Yay! Enjoy! From YouTube: April 26, 2010  — After 3 months of planning, creating, networking, shopping (lots of shopping), story-boarding, daydreaming and then MORE re-planning...its ...

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Last evening: The newly rebranded Overseas Press Club of Cambodia had their first do at the Himawari hotel, presenting four journalists who'd worked in Phnom Penh up until the 1975 revolution. A huge crowd turned up demonstrating great interest in the 'old hacks' as they'd dubbed themselves. In addition to the ...

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Wishing you and yours a happy (Khmer) New Year.  Three for three! The rainy season is starting and it's nice to beat the heat.

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The Cambodian Space Project

has two tidbits for you: *Pan Ron* was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s. She had some success in the early 60s, but her career really took off when she began recording with Sinn Sisamouth in 1966. After that, she had ...

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