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Phnom Penh’s Cultural Revival in The Guardian

May 2, 2012May 2, 2012tomLeave a Comment

I published a piece on Phnom Penh’s current cultural revival in The Guardian last week. “Welcome to the Penh my friend, big city in the kingdom of wonder, where all the streets are numbered and when it rains it thunders, them smiles stay infectious, chaps asleep in their cyclos or pushing a Lexus.” Thus rhymes […]

From the Archives: Devadasis – The Sex Angels Of Life And Insanity

March 18, 2012March 18, 2012tomLeave a Comment

In 2004, I traveled to Hubli in Karnataka, India to investigate a temple which allegedly still had devadasi, traditional temple dancers cum prostitutes. The Indian government had already made moves to ban the practice of enslaving young girls in Brahmin temples but old tradition tend to linger in India. I think this story has never […]

Tom Vater interviewed about Sacred Skin in Bangkok 101 Magazine!

July 10, 2011July 13, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Max Crosbie Jones of Bangkok 101 Magazine interviewed me about my new book Sacred Skin for its July edition! And we made the magazine´s front cover this month! Read 1 on 1: Tom Vater on inking his new book, Sacred Skin here! Or take a look at the book´s official website www.sacredskinthailand.com.

Tom Vater on Pussy & The Learjets in Traversing the Orient Magazine

February 19, 2011February 19, 2011tomLeave a Comment

Tom Vater reports on Pussy & The Learjets – Bangkok’s loudest Rock’n’Roll band – in the February issue of Traversing the Orient Magazine, published in Thailand and the Philippines. For more info on the band, visit The Learjets’ Website. Images by Aroon Thaewchatturat.

Tom Vater reports for the SEA Globe – The Overstay – Bangkok’s Underground Music Venue

January 17, 2011April 15, 2011tomLeave a Comment

The Trash Palace The crowd surges forward. The singer, a skinny white guy, screams into the microphone, which has been taped to the top of a camera tripod. The room is so hot that water drips from the ceiling. Strips of linoleum are coming off the floor in long torn rolls of dirty plastic. The […]