Bangkok Beat by James A Newman
Bangkok Beat is a compilation of short stories, interviews, literature reviews and author profiles, plus the previously unpublished history and pictures of the iconic Bangkok cabaret nightclub, Checkinn99 located on Sukhumvit Road. In reading Bangkok Beat you will get up close with many well-known and not so well-known expats and characters staying in Thailand and Southeast Asia. You'll also find a section of noir poems by John Gartland, in which the author depicts life in the city's dark zone. Between the covers of Bangkok Beat you will get to know: champion male and female Muay Thai boxers, a surfing historian, a legendary mamasan, Chris Coles - noted expressionist artist of the Bangkok night, and a gold chain snatching ladyboy. You'll also encounter the inside of Baccara Bar on Soi Cowboy, an Australian front man for a Khmer band, a smiling waitress named Mook, a spirit house for a Hollywood screenwriter and producer, and the biographer for Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix. Plus world class musicians including Jason Mraz. In addition you'll find interviews and profiles of many well known novelists living in and writing about Thailand and Southeast Asia. (Contains 54 black and white photographs.) This book of non-fiction is ably assisted with an introduction by Bangkok pulp fiction author, James A. Newman, a short story by T Hunt Locke titled The Beauty of Isaan and a chapter of noir verse written by the poet noir, John Gartland. Many of the 54 black and white photographs found in Bangkok Beat were taken by professional photographers Eric Nelson, Alasdair McLeod, and Jonathan van Smit. There are a variety of interesting tales chronicled in words and pictures in Bangkok Beat.
Kevin Cummings has lived in Bangkok Thailand since 2001. Kevin's interviews, book reviews and short stories have been featured over 50 times in Southeast Asian and USA newspapers, including the Bangkok Post, Phnom Penh Advisor and Chiang Mai CityNews. In another life Kevin Cummings once played basketball against the Susanville maximum security prison team, at the prison, was a dishwasher at the Lake Placid Lodge in the Adirondacks of New York, hitch-hiked from Vancouver, Canada to Chico, California and hopped a freight train from Roseville, California to Reno, Nevada and back with two of his mates just to play blackjack. In 2001 he met his future wife Ratree in Perth, Western Australia. In 2013 Kevin created a popular blog - Thailand Footprint. Its focus is on the people, places, things and music of Thailand and the region with a little Henry Miller philosophy thrown in. Kevin Cummings now splits his time between Thailand and a small beach community in Northern California, known as Surf City.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780692396452 |
| ISBN 10 | 0692396454 |
| Title | Bangkok Beat |
| Author | James A Newman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Frog in the Mirror Press |
| Year published | 2015-06-08 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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