CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your sins are pretty mild, Capricorn. Still, you have from time to time violated some of your own highest standards; you have on occasion failed to live with impeccable ethical integrity. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in 2007 you will have the best...
Dec 29 2006
You’d be hard-pressed to find another film from last year—or even the last few years—that’s as disgusting, rude, politically incorrect and offensive as Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. But we’re willing to bet that...
Dec 28 2006
What is behind the concept of Venus Flytrap? Naughty: Sony BMG had this concept of five gorgeous transgender ladies who can do it all, from singing to dancing. This creates wholesomeness and a girl-next-door vibe, which people can easily relate to. We have whatever it takes to become the next big...
Maybe you’ve been there too—that moment when you think the dry cleaner has shrunk half of your wardrobe in a terrible steam-pressing accident, causing your legs to no longer fit into your pants. A trip on the Sky Train is scrapped because going up those stairs seems far too much like...
I enjoy my work. Every day is a holiday. I grew up in Thailand and then I went to Australia when I was 12. While in Australia, I learned that you have to be honest—that you don’t have to be caught as a cheat to be a cheater. I worked as an economist soon after I returned to Thailand...
Dec 22 2006
Hard Rock Café
Hard Rock Café 424/3-6 Siam Square Soi 11, 02-251-0797. BTS Siam. Open daily 11-2am. The long running internationally branded bar and restaurant plays disco and rock tunes on all three floors. American music, beer and food (in American sized portions) also available. Re-Feel 21/18-21, Block...
Dec 22 2006
Best Bud
Imagine having someone walking around your home, sharing your bedroom (and bathroom), eating your food and expecting to be entertained. Welcome to the wonderful world of houseguests. Like it or not, sometimes putting your friends, relatives, friends of friends or friends of relatives up in a hotel...
This is it, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: the final news quiz of 2006. Pencils ready? Which of the following products will soon have warning labels: a. Snack food. b. Sports equipment. c. Credit cards. d. Condoms. Why was the Million Cows Project scrapped? a. Cows don’t vote. b....
Dec 22 2006
CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Happy Holy Daze, Capricorn! I’ve been meditating on the perfect holiday gift for you. What symbolic offering might inspire you to be in closest alignment with the cosmic currents in 2007? I’ve decided on Ed Anger’s book Let’s Pave the Stupid...
Dec 22 2006
And you thought your family had problems. It’s the 10th century and the royal family of the Tang Dynasty is tearing itself apart. Emperor Ping (Chow Yun Fat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has been slowly poisoning his second wife Empress Phoenix (Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha). The Empress,...
Dec 21 2006