Articles Written By Pitchaya Sudbanthad
TMN Contributing Writer Pitchaya Sudbanthad lives and writes in New York City. Aside from being an all-purpose rabble-rouser and raconteur, he is the founding editor of the Konundrum Engine Literary Review. Visit him at his website.
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Movies
Ashes of Time
As more of his contemporaries have become practiced in making international wuxia blockbusters such as Hero, the uniqueness of Wong Kar Wai's poetic and enigmatic Ashes of Time, released in...
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Spoofs & Satire
The Southwestern Canon
Harold Bloom is perhaps our finest Shakespeare critic and certainly one of literature’s most passionate lovers. Who knew he’s a big chili fan too?
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Things
Pocky
Pocky, a coated stick-biscuit snack, is ubiquitous in Asia. Now that it's available at ethnic grocery stores in New York and other cities with Asian populations, U.S. youths can...
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Books
The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake is a collection of works by one of the best American short story writers you've probably never heard of. He was a young man,...
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Personal Essays
Do Right Man
When you find someone who can cut your hair right, get engaged. Otherwise they’ll eventually leave, and you’ll have to find someone new. Someone who, in our author’s case, would love to see you with a high-top fade.
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Magazines
Stay Free Magazine
Tired of picking up an esteemed magazine only to see that it has turned into a disguised catalog of what to buy next? Well, consume Stay Free Magazine. It's more...
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Gallery
No Yellow Jerseys Here
The thighs may be as thick, the spandex just as tight, the stench of grease and melting energy bars just as rank—but the 2005 Cycle Messenger World Championships is a far cry from the Tour de France. A story and photo gallery from the race.
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Bars
Lillie’s Bar
West of Lillie’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a weed-tattered lot, and south of that is the Erie Basin, slated to become the world’s largest Ikea. Presided...
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The Non-Expert
Gypsy Cabs
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help a nervous tourist understand that mystery of New York City transportation: the unlicensed car that will drive you either to your destination, or to your death!
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Personalities
Roundtable: Street Art
It’s art, it’s play, it’s political protest—no matter what it’s called, street art is all around us, changing the face of our cities when no one’s looking. So what is it exactly? Pitchaya Sudbanthad rounds up some of the legends of the scene to talk about the history of street art, and where it’s headed next.
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New York, New York
Your Books and Neighbors
A used-book store stocks its customers’ tastes and perversions, and then sells them to their neighbors. A Brooklyn shop find life after New York’s Book Row heyday by providing a service computers can’t beat.
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Stories
Diaries of Andy Warhol, Terrorism Czar
The White House has found trouble in recent weeks with its security appointments, so the president boldly takes a new approach. Our writer reports on Andy Warhol’s installation as the ultimate (and silvery) homeland defense.