I had it all planned out: skive off work at 4:30, and catch the dubbed Chinese Thai flick pictured here. Alas, over the weekend they’d changed the picture at Cinema Lux. Foiled. I’ll have to wait for the video.
I’d put off seeing the film, my anglophone friends were disinterested, and most of my Khmer friends don’t seem to like ghost stories – though someone is buying the tickets.
Cambodia has one of the fastest growing cinema industries in Asia, and it’s mostly digital. Some theatres specialize in Korean or Chinese dubbed films. Most homegrown films veer towards horror.
These ‘Wild West’ style film posters are great, but I regret that most theatres are now using photo posters instead of painted signs, a change from just a few years ago.
Long Nih Long (‘Chase the Chaser’ or ‘Hound the Hound’ in my amateur translation) looked like it was worth 4500 riel ($1.12) – I’ll advise when I do clamp my eyes on the story. For more film fun, Khmerbird has been known to do the occasional review.
Tags: cambodia,cinema,cowboy,zombie,film,chinese,khmer
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In ‘Point Form’ today; been keeping busy.
*Dai Krahom transition Update:
http://dayeekrahom.blogspot.com/2007/08/dayee-krahom-conflict-on-aug-4.html
Considering that many of the evicted were artists, it calls to mind the opera La Boheme and the more recent Rent. Maybe the residents don’t need news stories to raise awareness; perhaps a rock opera would be less controversial?
*Adopt A Duck For Cambodia
‘Quack if you like Prakok’
http://www.thegreatbritishduckrace.co.uk/charitypage.php?charity=22
*Discovered a few old zine friends who now have moved to blogs. What is a zine? Back before the internet, there was the papernet.
*Hooray, Cambodia has oil! Oh no, Cambodia has oil! Can we avoid the petroleum curse, as in Nigeria and other countries?
http://altmapcambodia.blogspot.com/2007/08/cambodias-offshore-oil-concessions.html
http://www.africamasterweb.com/AdSense/NigeriaOilBountyDauntingCurse.html
*and With oil, who needs aid? Africans to Bono: “For God’s sake please stop!” Nicholas Kristof takes a break from his flawed analysis of Cambodia’s sex trade to make a handful of cogent points about the need to ‘make aid smarter‘.
*Tonle Sap: dialysis needed?
http://leahbowe.com/deathpower/2007/08/08/downstream-in-the-liver-of-asia
*Ooh, pretty photos.
http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2007/08/jenny-jozwiak-wanderlust.html
*Drinkin’ beer @ Cambodia’s Shooting Range:
http://peripateticlis.blogspot.com/2007/08/fun-with-gunswhy-there-is-need-for-gun.html
tags: cambodia,music,rock,opera,africa,oil,guns,aid
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Kung Nei (Chapei) is touring the States and Europe, Dengue Fever (Khmer classic rock) is playing soon with Khmer Fusion (Jazz), DJ Sdey & Universal Speakers (Hip Hop) step up to the mic. Whatever your taste, Khmer music is getting some attention!
Join The Golden Voice team and your favorite band Dengue Fever for a special night of Cambodian music and film in Hollywood, California!
Live Bands:
Dengue Fever (Los Angeles)
Khmer Fusion Project (San Francisco)
Films:
The Golden Voice (Greg Cahill)
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (John Pirozzi)
Music:
DJ Siem Reap
Tuesday August 14
Knitting Factory
7021 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
Doors 7:30 PM, $15, All Ages
Tickets: www.knittingfactory.com
Dengue Fever: www.denguefevermusic.com
The Golden Voice: www.thegoldenvoicemovie.com
Poster Courtesy Greg Cahill
LIVE PERFORMANCE and Artist Talk with DJ S’day
6:30pm at Sala Artspace
tags: cambodia,music,rock
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If you’re a regular at the Zeppelin Bar you’ll be familiar with this crew;
Betty Ford and the GT Falcons have downloadable rock and roll for YOU at
http://www.myspace.com/bettyfordandthegtfalcons
In their short and memorable existence much was done on the part of BFGTF to assert that indeed there was a Phnom Penh ‘scene’.
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