I recently found out that my musical tastes match up with what a Korean woman my age would have been listening to as a middle school student. That was an amusing discovery, though not completely unexpected ( Read more... )

The end of October saw a reenactment of King Gojong's enthronement as head of the Korean Empire at Unhyeongung in Jongno-gu, Seoul that was an interesting experience to attend. Admission fees were waived on account of the special event, though the light rain that afternoon seemed to keep many people from attending. It was also a little ( Read more... )

Before moving to Korea in 2007 I lived in the Pacific Northwest -- Washington State in particular. While the state may be best-known for its apple and timber industries, the 1960s music scene is also worth noting. The I-5 corrider between Seattle, WA and Portland, OR saw a plethora of bands emerge, with three in particular achieving a large ( Read more... )

I've noticed a few mentions of (Korean) music popping up on blogs recently, with the most noticeable example coming from Roboseyo's two-part discussion of K-pop (here and here for those interested -- go check them out). Now, the majority of the LiveJournal users who read my blog probably know that I run an international music blog at radio_alouette, so it ( Read more... )

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One of the newer blogs I've noticed within the Korean blogosphere is White on Rice, which the author describes as "the story of one dude and his on-again/off-again relationship with Korea over 20 plus years". Current entries are dated from May 1987 and presumably come from a journal that the author kept during his (much) earlier years in Korea. ( Read more... )