IN the queue to see Titanic - 1st
couple: "Can't wait to see the film,
apparently the sinking is spectacular."
2nd couple: "Thanks for ruining the film."
AMAZING THAILAND 1998-'99 got
underway with two-tier pricing,
overcharging and the Beggars Brigade in
full dress (i.e. tatters). Murphy's Law -
everything that can go wrong, will - is in
evidence throughout the nation. Locals
have many attributes, but logic and
efficiency aren't among them. You are
well-advised that if you want something
done right, do it yourself. Depend on
others and you'll be left in the lurch. Sad
but true.
COSMOS CLUB (Patpong 2), run by
Vinai, is putting on its annual sexotic
show tonight featuring two Dutch lasses -
at 10 p.m. and midnight. No cover charge.
Worth going out of your way for.
KING'S LOVE BOAT (ground floor of
the Bat Boat, Patpong 2) is picking up, not
least because KG has ordered its bar
girls/Go-Go dancers not yet bought out to
converge on the constellation after
business hours. Check it out.
TABASCO CHARLIE'S Disco (third
floor of Nana Entertainment Plaza) should
be opening right about now
BRIAN SULLIVAN, owner of the
Cactus Club (Soi 4, off Silom), will be
back in Bangkok from January
23-February 9, his friends would like to
know.
I am sad to pass on that "Crazy" Jack
Robert Allison passed away in Korat last
Sunday due to a heart attack and
complications (i.e. a diabetic coma). He
was 55, an Ohioan and a veteran. In
accordance with his long-standing wish,
he was cremated in a wat (in Korat) on
Tuesday.
Jack ran the Shadow Bar on Soi Cowboy
for six years before selling it and moving
to Korat several months ago. He was in
the process of opening Korat's first
entertainment complex. Jack is survived
by his wife, Pranom ("Nom"). VFW
(Veterans of Foreign Wars), of which he
was a member, assisted his family.
THE Pattaya branch of Delaney's Irish
Pub (Royal Garden Plaza) is now in
operation. Tony Sorakrai's Band
alternates playing there and at Delaney's
in the capital (Convent Road). Lend an
ear.
THE Storyville Jazztet from Down
Under, featuring jazz singer Beverly
Sheehan, is returning by popular demand.
It'll perform in the Tropical Garden of the
Amari Orchid Resort on Friday, January
23, with a grand buffet dinner - 680 baht.
And at the new Henry J. Bean's Bar and
Grill on Sunday the 25th, with a special
brunch - 550 baht. Dinner from 7 p.m.,
brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jazz
aficionados, please note.
AFTER mentioning that it has a free
barbecue every Friday evening, Terry
McBroom wants it known that he's
looking for a manager or buyer for
Shamrock Bar (Pattayaland). Interested
parties, please note.
RICHARD WYNNE of El Gordo's
Cantina will have the first exhibition of
his paintings on the 28th and 29th floor
lobby of the Bangkok Club in the Sathorn
City Tower (175 South Sathorn Road) on
Tuesday, January 20, to run for 30 days.
For more information, call 679-5550.
Drop up.
THE 2nd Thailand Festival of the Arts
by Volvo, January 17-February 28, is
being held at the Bangkok Playhouse
Theatre (New Phetchaburi Road, next to
Charn Issara Tower II). All concerts start
at 8 p.m. Tix at 800 and 500 baht
(students with student card 50 per cent
reduction at the door) available at Asia
Books (Sukhumvit Soi 17).
Today (sponsored by Kawai) - Fong
Nam; tomorrow - musical clowns Gogol
& Max; February 7 (sponsored by
Australian Embassy) - percussion music
B'tutta; February 8 - guitarist Hucky
Eichelmann & Friends; February 21 and
22 (sponsored by Nortel & Staedtler) -
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal; February
28 (sponsored by Northwest Airlines &
Kawai) - pianist George Winston. Hit it.
SIGN in a restaurant window: "Don't
stand there and be hungry, come in and get
fed up."
WHAT'S the difference between
Chinese chopsticks and Japanese
chopsticks? According to LM Boyd,
Chinese - blunt ends, about 10 inches
long, same for both sexes. Japanese -
pointed ends, seven inches long for
women, eight inches long for men.
THE closest thing to an art theatre in the
metropolis is World Trade Theatre 2
(World Trade Centre, sixth floor).
Drawbacks are that each pic plays no
more than one week and the showing
times are odd. Still, neither should deter
cinebuffs from attending.
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