Archive for September, 2002

Postpunk Déjà Vu

From: http://www.ausoug.org/working/dennis/factory/faq96.html New Order ...the band's official story is that Rob Gretton had spotted a news article in the daily paper which spoke of the "The people's New Order of Kampuchea", taken from from a piece in the UK paper, The Guardian(according to Select 9/93), and the phrase "new order" caught his ...

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Dirtbikin’!

Went out to Phnom Bok and Kpal Spean this last Sunday. My friend Paul runs ‘Hidden Cambodia’ Dirtbike Tours and has been encouraging me to go. So I borrowed one of his big 250cc riceburner dirtbikes and came along. Eight people in all. Usually I ride a Samyan 125cc motorbike. It ...

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The Cambodian Student Society of Cal State Long Beach will host the Rithy Panh Film Festival on Oct 11-13 as follows: Location: University Theatre (seats 400) FRIDAY OCTOBER 11 ( for 3 hours) 7:00 p.m. "The Rice People" (35 mm; 125 minutes) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 (5 hours) 2 p.m. Site II ...

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Chill Already

The US Embassy is closed in Phnom Penh, due to potential terrorist attacks. It already looked like a prison from the outside...now it is a prison for its staff. I don't like crazed fundamentalist bombers but Americans have a way of freaking out that just puts other countries to shame. Sigh.

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Preah Mohorsot

SOVANNA PHUM presents Shadow theatre- Preah Mohorsot- Khmer classical story. Friday 13th September 2002 at 7.30 P.M. Entrance fee 4 U$ No. 111a Street 360 (corner St 105) Boeung Kang Kong III, Phnom Penh - HP 012 84 60 20 or 012 857 437 - e-mail: art@sovannaphum.com

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