Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

Vietnam 1958. Complete sheet with folds. 100 x 100 Dong. Ho Chi Minh portrait. Canceled to order. Michel Nr. 5 B Vertical and horizontal folds. There are 4 strong folds at the right part, the longest is 4 inches. A brown spot is at the lower part otherwise fine condition....

North Vietnam highlights 10 days A ten-day Vietnam introduction to northern Vietnam. It's a busy tour, taking in the three main attractions – Hanoi, Sapa, Ha Long Bay and Ninh Binh. If you want to delve deeper into the villages, forests and the local lifestyles, you might consider adding a day to ...

Mekong River Delta - Vinh Long Vinh Long province is located in the heart of the Mekong Delta, between Tien and Hau Rivers. It’s bordered on the north by Tien Giang, on the southwest by Can Tho, on the northeast by Ben Tre and on the northwest by Dong Thap. Vinh Long is about two hours drive from ...

Asia Scout Network has an interesting overview of the growing energy drink market in Vietnam.  Along with the international leaders (Redbull, Lipovitan, Coca-Cola, etc.), several local brands and cheaper copy-cats (Saigon Ice, Number One, Energy, M150, Buffalo) are working hard to capture a market ...

In my last posting photographs, you may have noticed a tent camp in the middle of the site under demotion behind my house in HCMC.  It is typical in Viet Nam for some of the construction laborers to live temporarily on the construction site.  You most often see them within the structure of whateve...

Rising cases of dengue fever, chikungunya, bird flu and ebola viruses were reported in several Southeast Asian countries in the past two months. Relax, there are no pandemic threats. Not yet, anyway. Last month, 4,521 dengue cases and 13 dengue-related deaths were reported in Malaysia. These are ala...

. US "ADVISORS" "TRAINING" PAKISTANI TROOPS US "ADVISORS" "TRAINED" SOUTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS, IN THE BEGINNING YOUTUBE: CBS: THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR [1968] "Pete Seeger: Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" Pete tried to warn us. Before You Knew It, We Were Ass-Deep In The Big Muddy. And The Big Fo...

I’ve followed the discussion about the Bill Moyers “scandal” (see, for example, today’s (WSJ piece “Bill Moyers’s Name Is Linked to J. Edgar Hoover’s Abuse of Office”) out of the corner of my eye for the last couple of days  and am having trouble seei...

Revisiting The Vietnam War From Ho Chi Minh City It's a 75-kilometre journey from the heart of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City northwest to the Cu Chi tunnels, and our bus has to weave through a mass of status symbol motorbikes (with those made in Japan at the top, Korea in the middle and China at the bo...