Archive for 2006

In Search of Khmer Hip Hop Part 1

Posted in dance, hip hop, music on Apr 22nd, 2006

In Search of Khmer Hip Hop Part 1 Geoff and I hit the opening of club 'R&B' a few weeks back. (#56 Street 360 Boeng Keng Kang 111, Chamkamon, Phnom Penh Cambodia) There was a free feed, and more importantly some enthusiastic breakdancing by a crowd of returnee Khmers. Geoff was full of ...

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Press ‘delete’

Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2006

Press 'delete' Getting a fair number of comments on the blog but folks, if you can't be bothered to sign your name, I'm not going to post it. I've deleted some particularly unkind comments about Soben Huon from an earlier post as well. (Added in before I'd ...

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La Lettre du Mékong n°2

Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2006

La Lettre du Mékong n°2 French Literary News about mainland Southeast Asia; PDF format. http://www.archive.org/download/La_Lettre_du_Mkong_n2/LaLettreduMkongn2.pdf

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Thai Blogger Meetups

Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2006

Thai Blogger Meetups Looks like our neighbor to the west is also doing some networking. http://www.keng.com/2006/04/15/thailand-blogger-meeting-make-money/ http://www.sf-day.org/wiki/index.php/First_Meeting_Wiki_Pages  

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Asia Addict & more

Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2006

Asia Addict & more Barangs Draw Cambodia: Artist "Mats!?" has a travel memoir out about Southeast Asia, reminiscent of Jerry Swaffield, just a tiny bit. Includes cartoons about Cambodian temples and Khmer pop. Available from Spark Plug Comic Books. http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/asiaddict/pages/Asiaddict.html http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/asiaddict/pages/Asiaddictpg2.html http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/asiaddict/pages/Asiaddictpg3.html And here's a downloadable PDF comic by Jose Encinas. It's from the 'Better Factories' International Labor ...

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