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James Newman

@strangetv.bsky.social

Bangkok based writer, filmmaker, conscious entity, and modern-day flâneur.

59 Followers  |  134 Following  |  9 Posts  |  Joined: 18.11.2024  |  1.6623

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Darkwave Legend Martin Bowes Talks Attrition, John Lennon & Playing Bangkok and Transylvania.
YouTube video by Strange TV Darkwave Legend Martin Bowes Talks Attrition, John Lennon & Playing Bangkok and Transylvania.

I caught up with Martin Bowes founding member of legendary electronic He shares stories from running the early fanzine Alternative Sounds in Coventry in 1979, watching the Sex Pistols and The Stranglers live, to his first-ever gig the night John Lennon was shot.
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02.07.2025 11:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Perhaps the sharpest metaphor for addiction can be found in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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03.06.2025 07:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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REVIEWED: Bob Dylan Gets the Hollywood Treatment in A Complete Unknown “I’m just thankful and grateful to be seeing the real you at last,” sings Dylan on 1985’s Empire Burlesque, and that’s cute because there’s not enough gratitude in the world.

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23.03.2025 08:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I AM JOSEPH. The FILM about a MAN who WALKS the STREETS of BANGKOK armed only with a BOOK...
YouTube video by Strange TV I AM JOSEPH. The FILM about a MAN who WALKS the STREETS of BANGKOK armed only with a BOOK...

I AM JOSEPH
A fILM I MADE.
On YOUTUBE for a FEW days before festival submissions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVQo...

20.03.2025 09:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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REVIEWED: Luca Guadagnino's Adaptation of William Burroughs' early novella Queer. William Burroughs – A man who shot his wife, battled drug addiction throughout his life, cut off his little finger on a Van Gogh kick, and found himself in trouble with the law in pretty much every co...

Nobody really wants to see their literary hero blow a dude in a shabby apartment room, but if Luca Guadagnino felt it essential, then blown he must be.

04.03.2025 06:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Going Viral with a Little Mole. @ A Million Hits Go to My Head.

This month I saw two million organic clicks on a social media site and began following a little mole.
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Subscribe if it seems appropriate.
"Going Viral with a Little Mole. open.substack.com/pub/stranget...

05.02.2025 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Filmmaker James Newman on his Documentary Bangkok: City of Angels [S7.E49]
YouTube video by Bangkok Podcast Filmmaker James Newman on his Documentary Bangkok: City of Angels [S7.E49]

Thanks to Greg and team at The Bangkok Podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCG...

11.12.2024 00:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In much of the world, prevailing winds tend to blow from the west to the east meaning that industrial pollution, smoke from factories, and other airborne nastiness travels eastwards

21.11.2024 00:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I Am Joseph - A Documentary Film by James Newman and Paul Lindsay filmed in Bangkok, Thailand.
YouTube video by Strange TV I Am Joseph - A Documentary Film by James Newman and Paul Lindsay filmed in Bangkok, Thailand.

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18.11.2024 01:28 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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