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An evening of "Bot ding"

I have fond memories of Koh Samui. I lived first near the airport where I could see the planes take off and land on the runway by looking through the window of my kitchen. There were vibrations and we no longer hear talk for a few minutes, but there were more flights, at least, past 11 pm. I then moved

to Maenam, north of the island. I lived there in a little soy who entered the interior, a small street lined with banana and palm trees with huge water holes during the rainy season. My house had a huge terrace (almost bigger than the inside of the house itself) where they spent evenings playing cards and drinking Chang.

A card game popular in Thailand is called "Ding Bot" is literally means "double blind". As this is a kind of Black Jack where to bet, this game is illegal, but in the jungle, there is only one law. So there is a "dealer" who distributes two cards to all players and they have the option of taking a third. Sum the 2 cards (aces are worth 1, Figures 10) and be closer to 9. It drops the tens, so a king and a seven (10 + 7) give 7. The highest is 9 with 2 natural cards only, the lowest 0 (eg 3 + 7). To zero, we say " bot" (blind). There are ways to double, triple or even quintuple their initial bet by certain factors. A total of nine cards with two hearts and is called "gao ding " (nine doubles).

This game is very fast, but the most fun is to see the superstitions of the Thais when they play. For example, place the figure of the king up with good luck coins. Do not look at the two cards together, but open one, like the figure of the second and reveal very very slowly. When the "dealer" loses too much, the cards when changing direction. If you have the chance to play, do not miss not!

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Rixe on Khao San Road

Friday night, I go out with friends to see a ska concert at Brick Bar, a box that is located behind a shopping center in the famous Khao San Road. For those who have already traveled this road is near a famous fast-food restaurant that I boycott and prefer not named (my friend likes to say we will eat shit clown " ).

The atmosphere is overheated, the dense crowd, the powerful music as it should and cigarette smoke everywhere. I appreciate that, but at some point I sneak away from the bar to take a deep breath of fresh air. On the sidewalk, few other friends drink a beer bought at Family Mart (the crooks sell the big bottles at 60 baht instead of 40 at night). Suddenly, a small concussion. I turn and see a Thai seated, obviously drunk, bringing his hand to his face. Beside him stands a security guard comes, it seems, to give Klitschko a kick. Why? No idea. Thailand's long hair stands up, looks at attention and in the race. It smells bad.

It moves away, continuing to drink, discuss, observe wildlife alcoholic Khao San Road. Suddenly, the Thais appeared together again a friend and ... a knife 30 centimeters long. Loss of face in a Thai is to seek trouble. There are cries of panic, anger, surprise, the crowd moves on all sides. In the tumult, I saw another Thai who comes out and points a revolver at I-don't-know who. A moment a second, I think it's the guard who will die of his stupidity, but no. The cops arrive (they have stores), handcuffed the two assailants. The security guard part in an ambulance with a leg cut.

Two shows in one evening.

Bangkok is not a violent city, at least not more than any other major city in the world, but violence is a universal reality. Thais are known to be Zen, "jai yen yen " (Heart quiet calm) as they say, but they are proud. Let them lose face and the dragon awakens in them.

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It sun, but it is dark

Bangkok. The sun finally shining after several days of rain monotonous, but not everyone in the capital. The City of Angels home actually several blind. There's no pretty white canes, no coaching, no dogs. Since I am in Thailand, I think I found two jobs "traditional" for these unfortunates: singer and seller of lottery tickets.

The first category seems more to be pitied. With a small speaker sometimes hanging from their necks, he wanders the streets with their microphone in hand. A relative, perhaps, is their arm, bring them from point A to point B, then from point B to point C. The blind man stops in front of a crowd of tourists he sees it, he sings frantically, hoping to hear some sounds of small coins in his little cup of metal. But hey, there are fears scams, you say 'This is probably not a true ", it is reinforced in thinking that another good samaritan will certainly give him money.

The second category makes me smile. They have their board with all their lottery tickets. They are sitting, waiting, but not much. Thais seem to be given some powers of divination to the blind. Get advice from them on the winning number is not really negligible. It should be understood that the lottery is the only gambling license in Thailand. Interpretation of dreams, blessed amulets, prayers at the temple: everything to maintain their dream of money.

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It rains, it rains shepherdess

"It rains, it rains shepherdess" the song says, "watching television".

I do not know, but it seems that Bangkok has three different seasons than the rest of Thailand (for those who do not know, there's the hot season, cold season and the rainy season). In Bangkok, I feel it is the rainy season, the season of mist and rain season.

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crushes watching television. This film on HBO? Déjà vu. That one on StarMovies? Too. I still have the Thai channels. Nothing better to learn the culture of a society that soap operas ("soap"). No need to understand the language. For 5 minutes, the players cry of joy or pain, for 5 minutes they shouting at each other between couples or friends. For each serials, there are two songs: a dramatic and romantic.

Well, well, I caricature, all the Thai soap operas are not identical, although the scene of the stepmother who puts poison in a glass is a true classic. There are soaps for teens, where young students who possess supernatural powers live all kinds of adventures and a little more masculine soap with Mafiosi, guns and prosecution 4x4.

If you always try to understand love Thai, watch soap operas and you contemplate the immutable paradigms of their collective psyche.

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Psychology Thai is she? Cheap Charlie

I do not know, but I am wondering. Thai psychology is she? Yesterday, my colleague tells me that a person of his property was thrown off of I-don't-know-what floor to arrive too death, of course, in the street. The third case of suicide in his apartment building apparently.

Well, there are suicides in all countries, no surprise. What intrigues me the most, for having discussed with the Thais is that depression is not something that seems to exist. We do not feel well, we had a bad day, you're tired. "May sabai " they say. In French, we have a whole range of negative emotions: melancholy, melancholy, nostalgia, sadness, depression ...

In Thailand, it seems rather say: 'Come you worry too much about nothing, eat a little to regain strength and it will be fine. Why not? I've never seen a psychiatric clinic or office in Thailand to see a psychologist. Pilulles no, no berth to lie down and talk to the ceiling. What are the Thais? I do not know. They say "Mai Pen Rai ", "Never mind," "Never mind" and continue to live. Maybe they will go to the nearest temple burn some incense sticks.

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Listening Room # 11: Body found

must participate to feel [1]

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A few days, it will be a year that had the last room listening. Too long for my taste. Some are still angry with us for the chaotic distribution of this CD Pop & Oriental evening. But now is the time to fix it.
This new listening room [2] looks like a painting. The evening's theme is "The body revealed."
one hand, we have the great honor to present the painting of Stephen Lengrand. It's a bit like a media preview for Etienne Lengrand not yet knighted by a gallery (although he had offers), a unique opportunity to see the painting of this painter trained by the Academy of Wavre . You want to pin the patience with which he built up his expertise. The strength of his subjects is matched only by the mystery he manages to extract. I resist the temptation to say too much. My meager computer skills prevent me from sending you digital photos of his works (photographs, they are far from top). On this one, I tell you: "Trust me".
On the other hand, you've chosen the music in perfect harmony with the body painting of Stephen Lengrand. I am happy for you to choose a selection of music that will emphasize the fragility of our bodies, the difficulty of discovering and vulnerability of one who dares to show it. As each time it will be 45 minutes of music available to your contextualized listening.
To discover the "Bodies Revealed", we chose a place at the height of the subject. The Bunker Movie Theatre is a former film development laboratory (for cinema). The dirty side strengthen the sense of unease. The place looks precarious. The label Kraak Ghent-3 to 4 times per year organizes concerts of adventurous music. In addition, Patrice, the owner, gives us the opportunity to use the real theater seats it has.

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-Evening with Jacques Rancière at Bozar the 21-11-2007: the fourth and final lecture of the cycle in the folds of this organized by our friend Ivana Momcilivic. An opportunity to hear the great philosopher of the "sharing of the sensible" (and despite a few disappointments an essential reference for us). Delays versus-
trio Vivat conventionné dance and theater scene in Armentieres (15 minutes from Lille) Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 21h: one of the ten best shows of my life (with Laurence Weerts seen the last dance festival at the Balsa) where the bodies are to shoot at the same time they are projected.
-The New Pornographers Botany at Saturday, November 24, 2007: An excellent pop-rock band from Canada. Nothing porn but I could not resist the ease.
Other extensions will complete this list.



To participate in this evening-ational sense, simply reply to this email before October 20 and pay 5 euros on our account 063-1645113-28 (with communication your name and the words " body "). This price includes your first drink, the CD of the evening and your TECC (the traditional fee for group listening and Context). Participation in the opening is, it is free. Your friends are welcome. The number Space is limited.

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Axel Pleeck

[1] I borrow this phrase Leroi-Gourhan, cited by Bernard Stiegler.
[2] Officially it is the eleventh since the tenth was temporarily put on ice.
[3] Reminder: the extensions are a way to extend the collective evening.

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City of Angels is full of bars. Most of them are all alike: the popular music business, a pool table, bar stools and daughter on the stools. Not the kind of place where you can sip a drink while discussing philosophy.

, there are few benchmarks against alcoholics who have their own character. The bar Cheap Charlie is one of them. Along Sukhumvit 11, you will see on your left a bar in the street, surmounted by a pile of assorted objects. Behind one man, a Thai of course, serves a small Chang for as little as 50 baht. "To be a Cheap Charlie" is actually a very popular expression in Bangkok and is often used for Thai girls to describe foreigners who do not want not burn all their money for them.

short, it sits on one of the stools, they enjoy its cheap beer, listening to Elvis or other music coming out soon and a tourist or an expat you initiate the conversation in a natural way and friendly. Not sure where to go out at night in Bangkok? I suggest you quickly and simply.