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Phuket Music Scene: Time to get Moody

Phuket Music Scene: Time to get Moody

Phuket Music Scene: Having fun for a good cause

Phuket Music Scene: Having fun for a good cause

Phuket Music Scene: Homecoming at Hard Rock

Phuket Music Scene: Homecoming at Hard Rock

Phuket Music Scene: Getting down in Phuket Town

Phuket Music Scene: Getting down in Phuket Town

Phuket Music Scene: When three become one

Phuket Music Scene: When three become one

‘Nightbooks’: A Halloween horror story for the family

‘Nightbooks’: A Halloween horror story for the family
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Phuket Music Scene: Time to get Moody
Phuket Music Scene: Time to get Moody
Sunday 16 January 2022, 11:00AM
Moody Paul is well known in Phuket as a gifted Burmese Blues and Rock guitarist and singer, particularly in Patong where he played in the Moody Café for many years before COVID. However, Moody had to return to his home when the pandemic started. Happily, he has now returned and is playing here again, all made possible financially by an online crowd-funding appeal run by his fans. Andy Tong Dee met him to ask him about his life and about why he seems so particularly fond of playing the Blues.
Phuket Music Scene: Having fun for a good cause
Phuket Music Scene: Having fun for a good cause
Saturday 18 December 2021, 11:00AM
Phuket’s got talent! A Night at the Popra, held at Underwood Art Factory’s new Junkyard Theatre on Dec 4 was the third of a series of charity shows run by Gary Crause of Legend Music and the Phuket Academy of Performing Arts. This time the show was centered around music from films, covering 36 songs from 34 popular movies. 
Phuket Music Scene: Homecoming at Hard Rock
Phuket Music Scene: Homecoming at Hard Rock
Saturday 27 November 2021, 01:30PM
If you have never heard of the Hard Rock CafĂ©, then you must be an alien visitor from another planet who needs to get out more, for there are nearly 200 of its establishments now around the world. Hard Rock Phuket opened on November 29, 2009, 12 years ago now, but the first Hard Rock started up in London in 1971. I can still remember my excitement when I first went there in 1979 just after I left university. So I was delighted to be invited to Hard Rock’s official reopening ceremony in Patong on November 1, arguably the jewel in the crown of Phuket’s live music scene.
Phuket Music Scene: Getting down in Phuket Town
Phuket Music Scene: Getting down in Phuket Town
Saturday 30 October 2021, 11:00AM
The live music scene on Phuket was dealt a severe blow by COVID, but happily not a mortal one. We are now starting to see green shoots of recovery, particularly in Phuket Old Town.
‘Nightbooks’: A Halloween horror story for the family
‘Nightbooks’: A Halloween horror story for the family
Saturday 9 October 2021, 11:00AM
Netflix’s countdown to Halloween starts off with a family affair in the form of David Yarovesky’s (Brightburn) new film ‘Nightbooks’ which has just arrived on the streaming platform. There was once a time when the horror and family genres of films were kept wide apart, but with the rise in popularity in horror literature for young adults such as Goosebumps, it soon became a blend that Hollywood realised was an untapped venture.
Green Thoughts: How does your garden grow?
Green Thoughts: How does your garden grow?
Sunday 3 October 2021, 11:00AM
As readers of these columns can attest, for years, I included a ‘Tip for Gardeners’ to my weekly peregrinations about plants. Due to space restrictions, the practice was discontinued. Now, making up for lost time, I propose to devote this article entirely to hands-on advice.
The Suicide Squad goes cult classic
The Suicide Squad goes cult classic
Saturday 2 October 2021, 11:30AM
The original Suicide Squad movie may have been much maligned, although the ‘Director’s Cut’ version certainly didn’t deserve to be, but it did show the world that DC did know how to mix their darkness with some good times and surprising humour. But like Green Lantern before it, it did split DC movie fans over whether it was a good or bad film, so much so that I doubt many people would have ever expected that there would be a follow-up film.
Phuket Music Scene: The essence of Dark Fiber
Phuket Music Scene: The essence of Dark Fiber
Saturday 25 September 2021, 11:00AM
Gary Crause is well known in Phuket as a music producer, running his Legend Music company in central Phuket. He also heads up the Phuket Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA) which grooms wannabe pop and rock stars for success. What he is less well known for is his own band Dark Fiber.
Phuket Music Scene: When three become one
Phuket Music Scene: When three become one
Sunday 18 July 2021, 11:00AM
Having covered quite a lot of music venues in my articles for this column, now seems a good time to tell you about an exciting new band I have seen playing that has come out of the COVID crisis.
Blue Tree Phuket reopens
Blue Tree Phuket reopens
Wednesday 30 June 2021, 09:39AM
PHUKET: Blue Tree Phuket is delighted to announce it will be opening its Lagoon, Tree House Restaurant and Beach Lounge from this coming Saturday (July 3), while also re-introducing the bi-monthly Wansao Market from Saturday onwards.
Laguna Phuket Hits Pause On Revive 555 Festival
Laguna Phuket Hits Pause On Revive 555 Festival
Tuesday 6 April 2021, 03:40PM
In response to recent news regarding a band member who travelled from Bangkok to perform in Phuket last weekend having a positive test for covid-19, Laguna Phuket has decided to postpone all Revive 555 Festival events with immediate effect. Swift actions have been taken to test the other band members and people who were in close contact with the person. To-date, all tested people have shown negative results and will self-isolate for 14 days as a further precaution.   
Sustainably Yours: Delicious plant-based dishes
Sustainably Yours: Delicious plant-based dishes
Sunday 14 March 2021, 02:00PM
A year and a half ago Netflix released the documentary The Game Changers, about injured MMA fighter James Wilks looking for a way to heal his body. What he found was that many professional athletes, including Olympic cyclists, runners, weightlifters and American football players, had all switched to plant-based diets to improve their performance.
Phuket Music Scene: Rocking in Rawai
Phuket Music Scene: Rocking in Rawai
Saturday 6 March 2021, 02:00PM
In a previous article in The Phuket News, I described how the live music scene in Phuket has changed dramatically as a result of COVID-19. Some live venues have closed, others are hanging on, but some are thriving again and well worth a visit.
Phuket Music Scene: Colin ‘Illy’ Hill rockin’ on strong
Phuket Music Scene: Colin ‘Illy’ Hill rockin’ on strong
Saturday 27 February 2021, 11:30AM
Phuket’s veteran rock guitarist Colin Hill played with the band Dating Blondes last Saturday (Feb 20) in the multi-genre music show ‘The Lost Legends’ at the Grind CafĂ© at Underwoods on the bypass road, an event which may well be repeated. Andy Tong Dee interviewed him after the show.
The rockin’ sounds of Pastel
The rockin’ sounds of Pastel
Saturday 6 February 2021, 11:00AM
The Pastel Bar and restaurant in Phuket Town is on Phuket Rd, just 200 metres south of the clock at the Surin traffic circle. Only five metres wide, it’s not an easy bar to find, despite the shiny Harley-Davidsons you may see parked outside! When you do, you will find just inside a table and seats made out of the front of a Cadillac motor car. Nearby is a petrol pump and air supply pump as if from a 1950s American garage. A drum kit, PA and amplifiers stand ready for action and music videos play on TV screens around the bar.
Phuket Town’s evolving music scene
Phuket Town’s evolving music scene
Sunday 10 January 2021, 11:00AM
I’ve lived in Phuket now for 10 years and seen many changes, but none as dramatic and sudden as those caused by COVID-19. Patong, Kamala, Kata and Karon once had thriving music scenes based on covering Western songs, but all that is postponed.
Asia Pop 40 counts down Top 140 songs in Asia of the last decade
Asia Pop 40 counts down Top 140 songs in Asia of the last decade
Sunday 27 September 2020, 11:00AM
Throughout September, the region’s first and only syndicated radio chart countdown programme, Asia Pop40, counted down the most popular 140 songs from 2010 to 2019, over three weekly episodes.
Murder Mystery fun at Peppers Bar
Murder Mystery fun at Peppers Bar
Saturday 22 August 2020, 11:28AM
PHUKET: Peppers Sports Bar hosted a hugely successful and fun murder mystery themed evening last Thursday (Aug 20).
Buck to the drawing board Hollywood
Buck to the drawing board Hollywood
Saturday 29 February 2020, 06:00PM
If 2020 is remembered for anything in the world of cinema it will be as the year where Hollywood found it was not immune to outside influence. An actress lost a role because she was not transgender and an animated blue hedgehog was taken back to the drawing board all because of public backlash.
Celebrating the 21st Chinese New Year Festival in Phuket Old Town
Celebrating the 21st Chinese New Year Festival in Phuket Old Town
Friday 31 January 2020, 04:00PM
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana welcomed locals and tourists alike at the opening of this year’s 21st Phuket Old Town Chinese New Year celebrations at Queen Sirikit Park – also known as Dragon Park – on Thalang Rd in Phuket Town yesterday (Jan 30).
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