Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
So, I got a kind link for the high and mighty Marmot, and what happens? The ISP's database goes down, and with it, my website. Argh....
Anyhow, thanks to the Marmot for the link.
A question for anyhow who has the interest. At the moment, I list my email address in my ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A couple of shows just added to the calendar:
- Japanese jazz fusion band BLACK RAIN will play at Moonglow in Hongdae on Friday night. Just 5,000 won.
- Samulnori is having a couple of concerts at the Sejong Art Center on March 6 and 7 to celebrate its 30-year anniversary.
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I can remember the first time I ever heard a Sanullim song. It was around 3 in the morning, and I had probably had too much to drink, when I stumbled into this random pojang macha in Hongdae. It was a special bar, with the walls covered in old album ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Here are a couple of shows happening today (Sunday), in case anyone is looking for something to do.
- Bulgasari. 4pm at Yogiga. Bulgasari is, of course, the local experimental noise collective.
- Sanullim tribue show. 7:00 pm at Badabie. Will include such bands as Juck Juck Haeseo Grunge, Jai, Siwa, Shinjejin, ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Ian from ANIMAL DADS asked me to add the posters to a couple of gigs going on in the near future -- including one tonight at the Rocky Mountain Tavern. Proceeds go to the Daejeon Animal Shelter, so it helps a pretty good cause.
Here is the poster to the DM ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Thanks to Blair, a member of the band ANIMAL DADS, for being the first to write in and let me know about some gigs to add to the schedule. Much appreciated. Apparently he and his bandmates put together that Saturday night show at Freebird, trying to present bands that are ...
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Okay, so I finally got that database problem sorted out (many thanks to Carter for doing that for me). The Concert Calendar now looks semi-presentable. Good enough for now, at any rate.
It is not Korean at all, but I am excited about the Bjork show this Saturday.
She strikes me as ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Sorry this blog is taking a while to get going. I am having some trouble getting making the concert calendar work properly.
In the meantime, I am impressed at the interest in Korea's (real) music scene out there in the blog world. Reminds me of the interest in the movie scene ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
So I have made the first, tentative steps toward getting these concert listings going. Trouble is, I have had a terrible time finding a decent template for what I want. The closest thing I could find was Gig Press... But that is designed for a single band, not a whole ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
I just checked out a show by the all-female band Juck Juck Haeseo Grunge (???? ???). And while they probably are not the band I enjoy the most these days, I would call them the best band in Korea.
How to describe them? A little Sonic Youth, a little PJ Harvey, ...
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