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On the Night Joey Ramone Died gets 5-star review in Bangkok Post
Jim Algie gets to revisit a past life as a punk rocker in the hugely entertaining ‘On The Night Joey Ramone Died’ writes Max Barclay of the Bangkok Post in the May 15, 2018 edition. “Write what you know” is an axiom familiar to all who have learned the craft...
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Comical Crime Caper Set in Hollywood by Timothy Hallinan
The fifth book in the Junior Bender Mystery series brings together a compelling a cast of characters in a Hollywood thriller by Timothy Hallinan, writes Jim Algie in this review from Bangkok 101 magazine. Fans of Thailand-based novels will know the name Timothy...
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My Close Encounters with Rock Stars Part 1: Joe Strummer
Whether on stage or on the street the late Joe Strummer took great pains to portray himself as an everyman of the people. In person he was very much the same, writes author and former punk musician, Jim Algie. After producing the Pogues’ album Hells’ Ditch the former...
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Bangkok Prison Visit with a Convicted Killer
To get a glimpse of Thailand’s dark side and its Third World injustice system, no daytrip is more illuminating than a Bangkok prison visit, writes Jim Algie. Opening the back door of a pink taxi, I told the driver in Thai that I wanted to go to Klong Prem Prison. I...
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Celebrate Thai New Year in the Isaan Heartland
The Thai New Year, or Songkran, has become watered down in many urban centers, writes author and photographer Jim Algie, as you can see from all the malls where Buddha images are set up to be rinsed by patrons who go through the blessing motions with little heart and...
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Apunkalypse Now and Then: Jim Algie Will Spin Punk DJ set at WTF
Author and former punk rock musician Jim Algie will be spinning a tribute to the genre’s resilience and enduring influence at the WTF Bar and Gallery in Bangkok on Friday, March 30. Starting at 9pm, the DJ set will commence with the keystones of punk from 1976, like...
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