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.
Tag: MUSIC
I can’t find…
My Massive Attack CD Mezzanine. It’s kind of weird, I know I had it back in Iksan. But now I can’t find it anywhere. It makes me wonder where I put it or left it. It could be in someone’s stereo right now, or in someone’s computer’s disk drive. Maybe it’s sitting in the sleeve of some friend’s CD collection, or perhaps I left it on a bus or something. It’s quite odd, though. I guess I’ll download it so I can satisfying this urge I’ve had for the last week, which is just the urge to listen to that …
Wow! We DO Rock?!?
Not bad for a bunch of ajeoshis. We placed 3rd in the local K-Rock Festival auditions, meaning our band will advance to the 2nd round, and play a song in Seoul in November, competing for a chance to play in the K-Rock festival in December. For having placed in the audition, I am told, we will get 500,000 won, which is about $600.00 Canadian. Band money exists again! Nice, as we’re talking about the next album already. And here I was thinking the heavy metal girls in the tight clothes jiggling their tender bits would be a shoe-in for prize …
Lush Life
Sometimes when you feel like crap, it helps to listen to happy songs. And sometimes you have to listen to something that makes you feel sad. This is one of the classics of jazz, and one of the saddest songs I know. Sung by Johnny Hartman, sax by John Coltrane, and composed, of course, by Billy Strayhorn (I got mine from this page). Heartbreaking, sad, somehow hopeless but pretty anyway, like cut roses dying in normal air. (And by the way, the “gay” mentioned in the song is early enough to be understood as “happy” though this could easily be …
Yo La Tengo – Season of the Shark.
When I’m blue, this song makes me feel better. So do the videos here… especially the one for Sugarcube!!! Enjoy. I’m off to meet my friend for coffee and quiet talk and a movie.
Band Practice and Curry
Here it comes. A summary of the next gig we play, our rehearsals, and the dinner after. But it’s got loads of media and clips and links and so on for the musically-curious.
Music These Days
I really should start listening to something else. But when you hear these you’ll have some idea why I just am listening to the same albums over and over. Have a listen to these .mp3s Beck – Sea Change Nothing I Haven’t Seen Lonesome Tears George Harrison – All Things Must Pass The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Apple Scruffs Apples in Stereo – The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone What Happened Then Look Away Oh, and something a little more upbeat, to wake myself up after all this: Tabla Beat Science – Tala Matrix …
Music I Recommend
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 …
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 …