Jan 20, 2011 Luk-thung Baby
“To write about a place as an outsider can veer on the dishonest. Everyday experiences that pass as mundane or simply unnoteworthy get analyzed, recast in our own image, or simply observed with removed amusement.”
–Chris Menist, the Bangkok-based British DJ behind the recent Soundway Records compilation The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk-thung, Jazz and Molam in Thailand, 1964-1975, writes for CNNGo about his role as the farang interpreter
Find the rest of his piece here.