Heading out to Astra on a Wednesday night seemed like a bad idea until I considered the other option – missing Josh Wink after all these years of hearing his tracks on the dance floor – and decided that not going would be just plain rude. So after making countless cajoling phone calls and applying peer pressure liberally as directed I finally convinced 2 friends to go. Warming up with a couple of quiet beers and yelling obscenities at Thaksin’s Backstage Show, we eventually jumped into a taxi and arrived at Astra just after midnight.

Approaching the club from the Petchburi side of RCA things did not appear to bode well for Wink, the crowd out front of the club looked anemic at best as they lethargically shuffled about, some wearing their complimentary Paul Frank shirts and generally looking way too cool to go inside.

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