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Comment on KGG Staff 2009 Live Faves by Korean Indie » Funkafric & BoostDah (펑카프릭 & 부슷다) : You’re So Mean

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:32:13 +0000

[...] Funkafric & BoostDah (펑카프릭 & 부슷다) : You’re So Mean Posted by: Mark ˑ Date: January 30th, 2012 ˑ Filed under: Reviews ˑ No Comments Share/Bookmark Chang Kiha & the Faces are by far the most successful of the new retro bands, influenced by Korea’s golden age of rock. Kim Banjang’s various groups, such as Windy City, are probably Korea’s funkiest. But for me, one of my favorite groups these days is Funkafric & BoostDah, which combines retro and funk in a big ball of fun. In fact, I named a concert of theirs at Gopchang Jeongol my favorite live show of 2009. [...]

Comment on Ssamzie Ssend-off — 11 Yearss of Great Music by Korean Indie » A (Very Short, Partial and Probably Quite Biased) History of Korean Indie — part 1

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:32:27 +0000

[...] — bands like Jaurim, 3rd Line Butterfly, and Deli Spice took off in the early 2000s, and the art/music venue Ssamzie Space opened in 2000. On the whole, though, it was not a great time for indie [...]

Comment on Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? by jenny

jenny — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:52:00 +0000

nate/cyworld is the biggest headache of a website even without this “bug”. I think I gave up a long time ago.

Comment on More Music at Koreanindie.com by jenny

jenny — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:48:00 +0000

This is great news for me because though I am fluent in Korean I am far too lazy to find out about the k indie scene via websites written in Korean. A big “database” site sounds good to me.

Comment on Rubber Soul 2011: Rocking Out For A Good Cause by Chris in South Korea

Chris in South Korea — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:13:38 +0000

Some pictures from the event are up on my Facebook, if anyone’s interested – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151010202580304.767973.661520303&type=1&l=9518d9794f.

Comment on Building Band & Brand Recognition by test » [Recall 2010] Mini-Interview with Swimmingdoll (스위밍돌)

test » [Recall 2010] Mini-Interview with Swimmingdoll (스위밍돌) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:32:54 +0000

[...] tomorrow, December 19, and Shawn Despres offers some more info on it over at Korea Gig Guide: Building Band & Brand Recognition. The same Shawn had an interview with the band last month for an article on Swimmingdoll in Groove [...]

Comment on Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? by jesse

jesse — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:41:46 +0000

I hear ya. I borrowed a friend’s credentials so i can browse the various club’s cyworld pages. let me know if you want me to check any and pass along any info -jesse

Comment on Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? by mark

mark — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:08:05 +0000

Well, if that message is turning up in Korea, maybe it is just a bug. I have no interest in being a member of Cyworld, but it would be useful to be able to look at a few pages. Even Facebook is not totally closed off (yet).

Comment on Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? by hp

hp — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:13:50 +0000

I got that too, and I’m in Korea

Comment on Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? by Chris in South Korea

Chris in South Korea — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:36:48 +0000

You mean they have members outside of Korea?