Note (4 Feb. 2012): I originally wrote this post back in August 2003. However, at the time there were downloadable MP3s in the post. I was, let’s say, not so aware of copyright issues. Anyway, I’ve updated it with embedded videos from Youtube for almost all the original songs today (4 February 2012). ORIGINAL POST (4 August 2003): Lately I’ve uploaded some music to my server that I am recommending via one of my friend’s Korean Daum Cafes. Since I am hosting it here, I’m going to include the links on my own blog. I suppose I shall have to …
Category: MUSIC
New Song, Old Song, Prison Song, True Song
I’m trying to work on a new song for the band, something to expand our sound somewhat; the song is, I’m thinking, going to be a kind of warped version of the story of Bodhi-Dharma, the famed and highly mythologized Indian monk who went abroad and reputedly spread Buddhism across Asia. So, of course, I have a nice musical sample of what I’m going for. Lately I’ve been gravitating toward older and older styles, such as the road-country of Spiritwood as I intend it to be sung, and while I flirted for a while with a somewhat warped blues form, …
Dabang Band – Bbang Club Show
Dabang Band is playing at Bbang Club in Seoul on Saturday Night. As usual I don’t know exact times, but I think you’ll want or need to be at the club by 8pm to see us play. Here’s a page about clubs in Shinchon. There’s a map on this page though I don’t know how useful it is. There’s also a phone number for the club, if you can call and speak in Korean: (82-2)-362-1089. Of course in Seoul you only need to dial the last part, and in the rest of Korea only the “-2-” prefix. If you have …
Shivaji and the Ecstasy of Butter and Fire
26 March 2003/ Dabang – Shivaji and the Ecstasy of Butter and Fire This track is a bit of an oddity, perhaps the heaviest track on the band’s CD which is titled Pig Over Seoul. It features a poem I’d recently gotten published in Matrix Magazine in Montreal, and which Myoung asked me to read at the studio to fill out the track. I had a horrible cold at the time, which made my voice sound downright evil. I’m happy with the effect. We’re currently trying to figure out how to get someone to perform this poem during some of …
Live Rock Clubs in Sinchon
I’m posting this link for my own use, but anyone else who is curious should also follow it: it’s a page about live clubs in the Sinchon area of Seoul. I need that to get to our gig at Club Bbang (Bread Club) this Saturday.