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Music Notes

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Thanks a lot to Shawn for adding so many gigs to the concert calendar. No way I could keep on the scene on my own. I have been picking up a lot of CDs lately, as well as listening to albums that I bought a while ago but never got around ...

Updated Calendar Is Coming, Honest

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Sorry for not updating the site over the past week. I became suddenly busy... although busy with some fun projects, so that was okay (you can read a bit about them at my other blog). Hopefully I should find some time in the next few days to update the concert ...

Freebird, Pentaport, and Random Notes

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

A fun little night last night, as I caught Mineri and Animal Dads at Club Bbang, then followed them over to Freebird where they played another show (this time with We Need Surgery). Not a bad couple of shows at all. Mineri has gotten considerably tighter and more polished over the ...

Today’s Shows

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Okay, I know one of the Gig Guide's biggest problems has been that today's shows do not appear in the calendar. At 12:01 am each day, my database deletes the day's concerts. I have not figured out how to change the Gigpress plugin to fix that problem, but I do ...

Hongdae Fun

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I just wrote a little blurb about the rise of fun new places and shops around Hongdae. Far from complete, it is just a little essay about Indian restaurants and other fun things around. It was a decent-sized little essay, but I barely even scratched the surface. Did not talk ...

Lee Sang-eun on TV

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Singer Lee Sang-eun is going to be on TV a couple of times soon. KBS on May 17 (don't know what time, sorry), and then on EBS on May 19 at 8:50pm. Her concert at Club Answer in Cheongdam-dong is being billed as her 20th anniversary concert. Which would be a ...

Shady Promoters Still Going Strong…

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

This is a couple of weeks late (well, three weeks), but I just discovered Janis Ian's announcement that she was canceling her part in the Flower Power Peace Concert. And it is depressing: The South Korean dates have been cancelled, for reasons too numerous to go into here, but among them ...

Jeonju Gigs?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Looks like I will be in Jeonju this weekend, for the Jeonju International Film Festival. While I am there, I thought it might be nice to check out a live show or two... unfortunately, I know nothing about the Jeonju club scene. Anyone out there in Internet world know anything about ...

Hippy Drippy

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

So the Marmot excitedly links to a Joongang Daily story about some Flower Power Peace Festival that is supposed to be held May 4 and 5 at Olympic Park. The concert organizers claim the show will feature Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Alan Parsons Project, Don McLean, Donovan, Linda Ronstadt, Judy ...

Maps maps maps

Monday, March 24th, 2008

If you go to the "Maps" part of the Korea Gig Guide, you'll see that I have swapped the old map for a slightly different one. I am still not happy with the new map, though. Indeed, I am not happy with any of the maps of Hongdae I have ...