Last night’s show was pretty good. We performed as part of the Dongmun Festival, which is some kind of animation and film festival. We saw the most unusual Korean and Japanese animations, including our band’s apparent favorite, Frank, about a psychotic dog who goes ballistic and even perhaps homicidal when his Hominid-dog friend gets too chatty with a frozen chicken. I want the guy who animated that film to do our next album’s cover art. As Myoung said, “There’s a little bit of Frank in everyone…” Hell, some days there’s a big fat Frank in my saxophone, even. Anyway, we …
Month: October 2003
Friday Five: Ohrwürm
The latest Friday Five, courtesy of Dave: I’ve been reading a lot about Neurology lately, and the rhythm’s behind our thought processes. As if by fate, I came across this article yesterday that sums up one of the most insidious kinds of mental loops we all fall into. They’re known as earworms. “Earworm” is the term coined by University of Cincinnati marketing professor James Kellaris for the usually unwelcome songs that get stuck in people’s heads. Since beginning his research in 2000, Kellaris has heard from people all over the world requesting help, sharing anecdotes and offering solutions. “I quickly …
By the way…
If you are wondering why I am not posting as much, I finally have things going nicely on my novel, and I am trying to write at least a substantial scene a day. In addition, band practices have kicked in, now at a rate of two or three a week (plus occasional shows), so I am becoming increasingly occupied. I will try to keep on posting, but I am not sure I’ll get back to my original posting rate for a while. I’m also not sure I should try to… but of course I will continue posting here! Of course …
Gigs
Right, here are our gigs, which I probably should have mentioned here before, but I haven’t had time. Tonight, which is Thursday night, at the new Jukebox club in Jeonju, at 9pm. And Sunday, at the Jeonju Natural Map, which is near the Gaeksa in downtown Jeonju at 7:30pm. We’re going to play loud. Do not be alarmed. Simply join us in rocking out. That is all.
Korean Internet Problem? I Don’t Think So.
I honestly shouldn’t be shocked by what I read in this article at Forbes.com, but the unpretty picture that it paints about the net in Korea is kind of surprising… and perhaps misguided. I am very surprised to see that 60% of divorces cite infidelity with people met online as their causes. This is a shocking statistic… but I don’t think there is anything magical about the internet that induces adultery. I am skeptical that the marriages were so good to begin with, and I think probably infidelity was a major citation of the cause of divorce in the past …