I would like to say that I was pitifully huddled on a pallet in a Singapore jail, awaiting my sentencing for smuggling illegal chewing gum, but the truth is much more simple: I have just been busy and preoccupied. Thanks for all the caring and concerned messages you have left on my last post. It's r...

COMMENT  Adam Smith's market never stood alone By Amartya Sen Published: March 10 2009 20:15 | Last updated: March 10 2009 20:15   Exactly 90 years ago, in March 1919, faced with another economic crisis, Vladimir Lenin discussed the dire straits of contemporary capitalism. He was, however,...

Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game and Rules of the Game. He is also the co-author of four previous bestsellers: How to Make Love Like a Star (with Jenna Jameson), The Dirt (with Mötley Crüe), Don’t Try This At Home (with Dave Navarro), and The Long Hard Road O...

i love when the boundaries of art and life seem to blur, which is totally the case with the home of artist christopher bettig of the mountain label. one look at the LA home of this frenchman (who grew up in nyc and ct and studied at mica), and i was instantly reminded of his work - with its fresh, w...

this isn’t really a bad photo. this was how it looked like when i took the photo. no post-processing whatsoever. the sky above ubin and beyond was already pouring with rain and if i had better luck, i would have been able to catch a ray of lightning striking down in the distance… yup…just week...

The whole of the Malaysian Twitter scene is abuzz with the official launch of the iPhone 3G by Maxis in Malaysia. Now, you can see the i-Value Plan with a 12 month contract, i-Value Plan with a 24 month contract, and the more sensible Value Plus Plans with a 6 month contract. Such is life, where Max...

Somalia’s governing council has voted to institute Islamic law (sharia). There are also stories tonight about the effects of Islamic law in Afghanistan and Algeria. Despite the protests of Islam’s apologists, the Muslim world is becoming more radical, not less. Thanks to Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni,...

I have started a Myspace page for my new book MUSIC TO DIE FOR and it’s here: http://www.myspace.com/musictodieforbymickmercer Obviously I plan to contact all bands in the book to let them know the book is out and to ask if they will add to this page and then include it in their Top Friends becaus...

Empire of the Sun, French edition, Denoël (1985), with cover art ‘Singapour 1945′ by Ronald Seatle. Thanks to Herve for all cover scans. Interview by Tony Cartano & Maxim Jakubowski. Translation by Dan O’Hara. The following interview, originally titled ‘Le passé compos...

Good Morning guys! Guess what? Hindi pa ako natutulog. I’ve been surfin’ the net since 1pm of March 10 (yesterday) and until now gising pa rin ako.. ‘eto nakareceive ako ng text from Karen, pinapagawa ako ng testi kaya nagtesti naman ang lola mo. I’m sure that she is gonna re...