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January, 2008

Bangkok Community Theatre Auditions

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Men and Women of all nationalities (minimum age 16 years) are invited to attend auditions for BCT’s Fringe Festival 2008, an evening of one-act plays/scenes, to be performed for BCT members and friends only on March 20th and 21st .

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Van Boys On Asian Festival Trail

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The Van Boys, a Scottish blues band based at Tokyo Joe’s in Bangkok have been booked to play the three-day KL Blues Festival in Kuala Lumpur in March, headline the blues day at the Nagaland Music Festival in India in May, and are on the bill at the Jonker Walk Music Festival in Malaka, Malaysia in late June.

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PILLARS: Bill Heinecke

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

He’s often touted as the guy who brought the pizza to Thailand years ago, but the truth is he is one of Thailand’s most admired entrepreneurs who owns the Minor Group an organisation embracing hospitality, leisure and restaurant operations, a distributor of lifestyle products and a contract manufacturer.

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FLASHBACK: LENNON’S ‘INSTANT KARMA’

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

It was 38 years ago Sunday (January 27th, 1970) that John Lennon recorded “Instant Karma.”

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Guest Guitarist: Drew ‘Baron Do’ Barron

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Canadian guitar ace Drew Barron stopped by Tokyo Joe’s recently to remind us that there really are some fine musicians out there who should be standing shoulder-to-shoulder to the likes of Clapton

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FLOYD DO ‘STILL EXIST’: DRUMMER

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says that the band does still exist, although there are no plans for a reunion. When asked by Mojo magazine whether a reunion could be in the cards, he answered, “I wish I knew.”

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ALERT: Outbreak of Harmonicitis

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Harmonica or harp players in Asia have been placed on RED ALERT following an outbreak of the dreaded condition“Harmonicitis Ballus Tremendocus” which drives all musicians to distraction when harp players are stricken by this frightful bug

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SEGAR SAYS: Seller Beware!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Online sales need a good picture sometimes and we often get more than we bargained for in the pictures…and you should be extra careful with your exposures too as this picture shows.

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No Crocks on This Site

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

The former Johnny Crip has called and offered large amounts of used bank notes to tell the world he and his band are now known as Johnny Ripple and the Rockodiles, as the Johnster is no longer crippled.

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS TO REUNITE?

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland told the Miami Herald to watch out for a reunion of his previous band, Stone Temple Pilots, in the coming months. Weiland made his comments at an all-star gala event at the Ritz Carlton hotel in South Beach, Florida

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Country Picker JB Camp Dies

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Guitarist/banjo player J.B Camp died Sunday in Texas aged 78. Camp - a friend of this site - played with the likes of Willie Nelson and Box Car Willie and many more in his time, but like so many other sidemen in the business, got little credit for the fine work he did

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Glenn Patrik Up For KL Blues Festival

Monday, January 21st, 2008

One of the headliners at the KL International Blues Festival ‘08 will be our buddy flying in all the way from the USA. The Glenn Patrik Band will bring their brand of Blues to KLIBF ‘08 to add to the already varying sounds of the Blues at the fest.

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