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K-pop Takes Over The World One Owl At A Time
With 2012 coming to a close, various organizations and entities are putting up their "best of the year" lists and this morning's Guardian Guide managed to pay homage to a Korean song other than...
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Happy New Year
We're still in 2012 back in Blighty, but over in Korea you're all happily snuggled into 2013. I hope the future is treating you kindly and that it'll be a fabulous year for one and all. May your side...
View ArticleThe Whole Story
If you're a fan of Korea and comics there's something you should know about...There's a Kickstarter project that deserves your cash, I discovered it this morning after splurging out a little too much...
View ArticleMay 18th
Today marks the thirty third anniversary of the start of the Gwangju massacre. Hundreds killed, thousands of lives ruined.It's worth taking the time to discover more about what happened. If you can get...
View ArticlePsy's Gentleman Gets A Much More Genteel Makeover
I'm not keen on Psy's latest pop creation, but at least this cover version I spotted on Reddit has some charm about it...Psy's "Gentleman" done 1920's style:The Korean may be almost unintelligible, but...
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Yellow Dust
Jaundiced smoggy skies greeted me on the way home tonight. It looks as if the yellow dust is making an unwelcome return. Nowhere near danger levels yet, but still eye-stingingly frustrating.
View ArticleHello Again...
This blog has been quiet... too quiet.I've been busy and with only fourteen posts in the last twenty months, I've been lax! Perhaps this will be the start of a renewed and revitalised blog, with much...
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Bossam Tacos
One of my regular guilty pleasures is a trip to Vatos in Itaewon, it's only a five minute walk from home and there's a guarantee of good beer and a good bellyful of food. I've never been to Mexico, so...
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Celebrating 9 Years of Adverts in the New York Times
Photo credit: http://me2day.net/seokyoungdukThere's an advert in the latest New York Times for Bulgogi (Thanks to Roboseyo and Zenkimchi for bringing it to my attention). A celebration of...
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One Man's Song Silenced After Eighty Years
Photo credit: Naver NewsDo you know this man? If you're not familiar with Korean traditional music then you most likely haven't seen him before. If you read The Korea Times you might have seen his...
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English Subtitled Shamans Ahoy!
Photo credit: IndieplusReally exciting news for fans of documentary cinema living in Seoul. Park Chan-kyong's "Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits" is being shown with English subtitles this week at...
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Kolleen Park's Kaboom And Becoming a K-Performance Supporter
My return to regular blogging has also meant a foray into a group run by the Korean Tourism Organization known as the K-Performance Supporters - a large number of people from all over the world who in...
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Seven Reasons Why You Need To Go See Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits
Yesterday I popped down to the Indieplus Cinema near Sinsa Station to see the morning screening of Park Chan-kyong's "Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits" (만신) and I was blown away. It's a beautiful, tragic,...
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More Manshin Screenings
If you haven't caught a screening of the fabulous Manshin yet then do not fear, for Indieplus have extended their English subtitled showings for a few more days:Monday 31st March - 12:30 and...
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Gettin' Down In Dongdaemun With The Klive Crew...
Look! It's a big shiny building designed by a prestigious architect! I don't know what it's meant to be, but heavens to Betsy it's shiny and big and filled with sparkly things! Is it an "urban pimple"?...
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A Cool Fusion Music Festival For These Hot Summer Nights
It's too bloody hot these days and I'm in need of some sort of distraction. Fortunately the National Theatre are offering their own musical remedy in the form of the 여우락 (Yeowoorak) Festival....
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A Musical Whale Of A Time!
A week and a half ago I had the good fortune to be given a free ticket to the Yeowoorak Festival by the K-Performance Supporters programme. There have been numerous performances throughout the...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Well, 2014 is dead and gone and I’m still here sitting in my underpants and considering what 2015 may hold. New experiences? New friends? New work? Rainbows? Unicorns? Kittens with lasers for eyes?...
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The Joys Of Summer (Plus A Little Bit Of Shakespeare)
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.My vibrating bottom will haunt your earsSummer is well and truly here on the peninsula, we've survived the muggy monsoon season and now we're onto the...
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Happy Easter!
Yes, just like that bloke 2000 years ago, my blog has risen again on Easter Sunday. Now that blogging is completely unfashionable, antiquated and of no interest to anyone, I feel like it might be the...
View ArticleAn Ode To Gimbap
Here's your moment of zen for the day - a beautiful 10 minute film about Gimbap:Munchies have put together an excellent little documentary titled "Self Expression Through Gimbap" about chef/artist...
View ArticleA Sober End to 2022
Somebody subscribed to me on Medium. It piqued my curiosity and so I logged in for the first time in goodness knows when to discover that I have never written anything on there.Perhaps it’s time to...
View ArticleThe Fox and the Crow - An adaptation for EBS Radio's Morning Special (최수진의...
For the past few years I've had the pleasure of being a regular guest on EBS radio and this season they very kindly asked me to not only do the news on a Friday, but also join the host Choi Suejin on...
View Article2024 in Books - Week One
I used to post a list of books I was reading/listening to on Twitter each year, but since that site has turned into a billionaire's personal "pick me" project, I thought that perhaps this year I might...
View Article2024 in Books - Week Two
Week two of January was busy. Plenty of performances to see at the ASSITEJ Winter Theatre Festival (if you have kids, the summer and winter festivals in Seoul are a great way to get a dose of very...
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