Archive for the ‘Random crap’ Category
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
By Mark
Okay, this does not have much to do with live music, but I just ran across this brilliant website and just had to share. I'm talking about Model B, an unauthorized and unofficial tribute to Boa.
Apparently a collection of Korean avant garde, electronica artists have gotten together for ...
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
By Shawn Despres
I meant to post this weeks ago, but have been swamped with other work. Oh well ... better late than never, right?
[caption id="attachment_1850" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Surprisingly enough, we didn't break the camera lens! Dain, Mark, and Shawn (L - R) photo by Dylan Goldby"][/caption]
Korea Gig Guide ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
By Mark
So I guess our friends who are playing North America at the moment are all about halfway done their tours. And we are starting to get a little press on them.
At Canadian Music Week in Toronto, where Seoulsonic took Galaxy Express, Vidulgi Ooyoo, and Idiotape to play last ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
By Mark
Some fun news, via Korean Homesick Blues -- apparently the long-time Hongdae band We Need Surgery is about to sign a three-album deal with 604 Records, with international distribution by Universal, produced by David Ogilvy. Nothing is signed yet, but they say contracts are on the way (and, as ...
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
By Mark
Another tough break for Supercolorsuper, as they have been forced to cancel their Liars shows this weekend. Apparently someone filed a complaint with the Korea Media Ratings Board, which needs to sign off on all live shows by foreign performers so the artist can get a visa -- and ...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Mark
Hi all. I was just messing around with the cpanel and some other internal stuff on the site. Nothing too fancy, but pushing the sad limits of my coding knowledge.
Anyhow, I think the calendar might be a little easier to read now. But if you dislike the new ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
By Mark
If you have the time to check out Club Day this Friday in Hongdae, you might want to go -- because it looks like this is going to be the last Club Day. At least for a while.
Yes, after nearly 10 years and 117 editions, Club Day -- ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
By Mark
Just a few random notes about a few Korean music things:
- Moonglow, my favorite jazz bar in Korea, looks like it will be closing in February. But not without a fight. Fans of the bar have started a "Moonglow Lovers" club, to try to raise the funds needed to ...
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
By Shawn Despres
We at Korea Gig Guide are obviously big fans of live music and do our best to get out to as many shows as we possibly can. Although we all saw many great performances over the last year, we've each compiled lists of the ones that stood ...
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
By Mark
Some happy news to report -- the nice people at 10 Magazine have chosen the Korea Gig Guide as their Blog of the Month (BotM?) for November.
Winning the BotM award means the KGG will now receive vast amounts of money, fame and endless swag ... er, well, maybe ...
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