Sek Loso is "going inter" and loving it
It looks like the storm clouds have finally receded for rocker Seksan "Sek Loso" Sukpimai. He told the press at the Sweat Rock and Friends Charity Concert that he'd just come back from performing in Australia and is going to Japan and the US soon for more
“Every time I go abroad I set aside about 20 days because it’s also a chance to spend time with my family – they always travel with me,” he said.
Meanwhile his latest album, “I’m Back”, is selling well and he’s thankful to his fans for their continuous support – in good times as well as bad. As for the next Sek Loso concert in Thailand, though, there’s nothing in the foreseeable future. “Maybe in another two years, when we celebrate two decades as a band. We’re in our 18th year now,” he said.
Next year, however, he’ll be developing his “Loso Channel” for television. “My foreign trips will be featured on the channel and I want to share what I learn abroad with my fans.”
Perhaps more exciting is that he’ll be releasing an “international” album – by which he means a collection of English-language songs. “I’ve written nine songs so far, all in English. It won’t take that long to finish the album.”
Sacrificial humour
Comedian Waratnut “Yong Luk Yee” Prapananyodanan’s hilarious turns on the anti-government protest stages isn’t doing his day job any good. He says a lot of his gigs have been called off thanks to his political activism. “A TV station called to cancel a project and two soap-opera producers warned me to stop getting up onstage.”
It’s not like he has a lot of time to tape TV shows anyway. The man’s constantly on the go, from one protest site to another. “I actually go to every place that has an anti-government protest,” he says.
But losing out on the job opportunities has got to hurt the old bank account. He couldn’t care less, he says. He intends to continue voicing dissent against the government and, if it damages his career, well, that’s just too bad. It’s certainly not like he’s doing this at the bidding of the Democrat Party, as some have charged. “I fight for the country. I’m not afraid to speak out, and if I die, I will die for a noble cause,” says Yong.
Maybe Yong doesn’t need to worry too much about finding fresh work – or dying – once the latest round of political animosity cools down a bit. A lot of TV producers and other entertainment big shots have joined the whistlers at the Democracy Monument, including Takolkiat “Boy” Viravan, Thanya “Daeng” Sopon, Sutheesak “Kru Joe the Star” Pakdeeteva and Yanee “Tuk” Chongwisut. Surely some of them will want to sign Yong up.
And, if not, many editors from the glossy magazines are there too. Let’s all picture Yong as a cover boy.
