twenty baht note

Twenty baht probably won't be enough to buy you lunch, but it would get you a couple of drinks, a ride on a river boat, or a bunch of bananas.

thai type

Not so much a tea-powered scribble as a series of noodle-fuelled photos. Still, I like these and wish I'd taken more.

NB. The keen-eyed Thai speakers amongst you will notice that the largest characters on the graffiti photo (centre left) say, 'LOVE'.

wat mahathat

This is a statue of the Buddha at Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai. Sukhothai was one of my favourite places in Thailand about which I'll write more later.

I made an attempt at colouring this today, but the original black and white image is stronger. I may return to this at some point and try again, but until then...

thailand

I've just spent a lovely four weeks in Thailand hence my recent lack of posts. Over the next few days, I'll upload some sketches I made whilst I was over there and I'm also intending to draw some images based on the many, many photographs I took during my stay.

Not forgetting the soul series I began before I left...

ben e. king

don covay

solomon burke

I think most people will know 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love' and 'Cry To Me', but his other, less well known stuff is excellent, and anyone interested should really give the following a listen: 'Stupidity', "Home In Your Heart' and 'Got To Get You Off My Mind'. My personal favourite though, and a track that may be a little harder to find judging by the tracklists on some Solomon Burke 'Best Ofs', is 'Keep Lookin'. I found it on the Ace Records compilation, 'At The Club'.

"There's a whole lot of love in life that you can get

But use that kind of lovin'

With a fat-bat-boom-bam-a-sham-a-lam"

Sound advice indeed.