Singer/songwriter Shoon has just debuted with his first full length album, 하나도 안 괜찮아요. Songs range from the beautifully melancholic depressive to the more uplifting semi-jazzy and can all be sampled through the official YouTube channel.
June 24:
Together with a number of KBS radio DJs, The KOXX have recorded Sinawe‘s old 크게 라디오를 켜고 for KBS CoolFM. The song was included as the sole track on a digital single called KBS Cool FM 개국 46주년 특별 기획 음반.
Singer/songwriter Choi Go Eun first had her debut EP, 36.5ºc, released in October 2010. It sold out and now a second edition is available with extra track Amazing Grace. Choi Go Eub took part in an On Stage session late last year, with several songs from the EP being presented: Forest; Doubtless Wait Me; Eric’s Song.
After a number of digital releases acoustic guitar player Victor View had his first full length album released in April last year. Since then a couple of digital releases more have followed, and now a new CD single called Love has come out. Check out the single teaser here.
I spent today trying to get organized by setting a schedule for this week’s work. There have been way too many distractions over the last couple of weeks. Basically, I have not been using my time as wisely as I could have, for example, spending three hours lost on Wikipedia today, but I do feel rather stress-free. I am also considering having my cable turned off, but only after tomorrow’s hockey game( Unless Boston wins. Then, I will turn it off after game 7).
[From the book jacket.] Elegantly crafted and quietly moving, Ch’oe Yun’s stories are among the most incisive portrayals of the psychological and spiritual reality of post-WWII Korea. Her fiction, which began to appear in the 1980s, represents a turn toward a more experimental, deconstructionist and postmodern Korean style of writing, and offers a new focus on the role of gender in the making of Korean American Books, Korean American Readings, Korean American authors
A.K.A: Night Market Hero Year: 2011 Runtime: 2hour 3mn Country: Taiwan Language: Mandarin Subtitles: English Genre: Comedy Director: Tien-Lun Yeh Cast: Zheng-Long Lan, Ko Alice, Wang Lotus, Chu Ke-liang, Cheng Pin Chao, Xuefeng Lu. Plot/Sypnosis:
Chen Yi-hua, known to his friends as Ah Hua, narrowly wins the 888 Night Market union leader election despite the dirty tricks of rival Tsai Hung-kuei. But the stall holders of the night market are anything but united, competing for customers in a war that pits the tastiness of juicy steaks against the flavor of jumbo chicken fillets.
Ah Hua falls for reporter Yi-nan, setting her up to win the night market’s beauty contest that she has only come to photograph. In shock, she unwittingly disrupts the market’s power supply and must serve her community service at the market, helping out at different stalls. When she’s dumped by her boyfriend Chris, she begins to recognise Ah Hua’s qualities.
Meanwhile, property developers are planning a fifteen-storey building atop the market with shopping malls, gyms and a hotel, and are paying off local councillor Chang Chin-liang with a multi-million dollar bribe. When gangsters trash the market, Ah Hua decides to unite the stallholders to fight for their livelihoods while Yi-nan employs the power of the media.
Acoustic band Joyful Island plays music in the style of polka, swing, and Irish traditional with its members playing accordion, violin, djembe, guitar, and contrabass. The sextet’s 1st Mini Album was released on June 7.
가당찮 released a 17 track album called 간절기의 간지 on June 5. The sound varies between tracks but should be somewhere in the realm between hiphop, electronica, and rock. Hyang Music offers samples for three tracks.
Modern rock act Samack Dolphin’s self-titled debut album, 사막 돌고래, was released for digital distribution on April 28 and has since been self-released on CD. It includes the song 황야, released as a digital single in February this year. Hyang Music offers a brief sample of 익명 글 (No Name Writing)
I have to do a bit of conversation analysis for one of my classes this semester. Since I wanted to analyze second language speakers, I invited a few of our friends over for Mexican food. I figured a meal and drinks would be an appropriate bribe for agreeing to be recorded.
Tequila helps the conversation flow
My Participants.
I have almost 7 hours of recorded conversation to wade through this week. I am not entirely sure about my final topic for the paper, but I am leaning towards analyzing the use of reactive tokens, such as ‘aha,’ hmm,’ and ‘yeah’ by nonnative speakers of English. My friend Zach came over as well, and I was very pleased to have a non-Korean speaker present. In the first couple of hours, the Korean speakers used Korean tokens when I was telling stories. Thankfully, they did not use these with Zach. Their use of Korean tokens would be interesting to analyze, but I am just not sure I want to go that route for this paper.
I am also enjoying the reading that is required for this class, and I have been lucky enough to find some really interesting articles that have been written about Korean students and their use of English. I regret that the class is extremely fast paced, and I feel like I really do not have the time to explore the topic further. It is still hard to believe that this class is over in a little over two weeks.
JJ and I have been grounded for the last month since we both have an insane amount of work for our classes. The weekends tend to be spent sleeping late and catching up on required reading (Me)/trying to get prepared for the week ahead (JJ). Even though we both have a ton of work to do, we decided on Friday night that we were going to wake up on Saturday and drive down to Gulfport. We have both been wanting to sample a burger from 5 Guys. We were not disappointed. The burgers were juicy and the amount of fries that came with the order could have fed a few people; We left with about a half a bag full of leftovers.
Yum. That would be about 5% of the fries that came with the order
You can already see where the grease was soaking through.
We left 5 Guys and decided to drop by the Island View Casino and spend 30 minutes or so playing the slots. We haven’t really gambled since our last trip to New Orleans about 4 to 5 months ago. We started playing at a couple of slot machines side by side, and then JJ decided that she wanted to play cards. She was gone about 20 to 30 minutes and later found me at a different slot machine. I had turned my dollars into 0, and I was starting to get the feeling that it was time to go. JJ said that she wanted to drop another and would be right back. I kept playing never really getting up more than 0. She came back and as we were getting ready to leave, I told her that I wanted to play one more pull at the max amount. Well, it hit and finally stopped at just above 0. Needless to say, It was a good day!
Not my machine, but you get the idea
We stopped by the outlet mall on the way home and tried not to blow all of our winnings. After paying for gas, lunch, and JJ’s shopping, we came out ahead about 0. It was a great day, and our profits will be placed in our travel fund. We are shooting for a few weeks in Europe next June, but it will depend on the balance of our travel fund. If I could keep hitting jackpots, the trip would be placed on the calender in permanent ink.
The comparison of royalty income (music copyright fee) between producer Brave Brothers and Big Bang’s very own, G-Dragon has captured a lot of attention lately Ningin
New mini-album release from 8eight titled, “8eight”. 8eight’s latest mini-album shows how much they’ve grown as both a group and as individual musicians.
Composed by Park Sun Joo, the song is supported by 8eight’s amazing vocals and Don Spike’s sophisticated arrangements. Fans are mostly used to the 8eight that sings ballads, but they will see a brand new style with this new track.
The album’s main track is the funky dance tune “Covering Those Lips”, which stands out with its tight vocals and arrangement. The mini-album also features Baek Chan’s self-composed solo “You’re Really Amazing” and the hip-hop number “Even a Song Can’t Cure Sadness”, also composed by Baek Chan.
Singer : 8Eight
Mini Album : 8Eight
Release : 22 June, 2011
Label : Source Music
Track List :
1. Geu Ipsureul Magabonda
2. 그대는 정말 대단해요 (You are really amazing.)
3. 노래도 슬픔은 못 고치네 (I can not sing sad gochine)
4. U make me feel brand new
5. Dilemma
JYP Entertainment’s Park Jinyoung has revealed the meaning behind 2PM’s title track, “Hands Up.” On June 24th, Park Jinyoung revealed why he made the song for the group through his Twitter account. Ningin
Acoustic band Joyful Island plays music in the style of polka, swing, and Irish traditional with its members playing accordion, violin, djembe, guitar, and contrabass. The sextet’s 1st Mini Album was released on June 7.
Indie rock act Electric Eel CD debuted with the release of EP 충전 on June 2. You can 
Four member indie rock band Apgujeong Grunge released its first self titled mini album, 압구정그런지, on June 3. 
On June 2 metal band Sacrifice followed the 2007 debut album Burning Rage with second full length album Breed For War on June 2. 
가당찮 released a 17 track album called 간절기의 간지 on June 5. The sound varies between tracks but should be somewhere in the realm between hiphop, electronica, and rock. 
Modern rock act Samack Dolphin’s self-titled debut album, 사막 돌고래, was released for digital distribution on April 28 and has since been self-released on CD. It includes the song 황야, released as a digital single in February this year. 
