Here's a Reason to be Thankful you have a Job in Korea

Apparently the recession, in America, has affected some people so badly that they have taken to stealing bricks. I've heard of scrapping metal, but folks are burning down houses just so that the fire department can come and knock the mortar out of brick walls with the fire hoses. Then thieves come and steal the left over bricks and sell them.

Towards New Things do with Your Hand's in the Air

Musicians for over the past thirty years have been instructing audiences to throw "Throw their hands in the air, and wave them like you don't care."

I feel that world events don't afford us with so many opportunities for apathy for what we do with our hands in the air. So I'm trying to think of new things to do with your hand in the air.

So everybody one time, throw your hands up in the air and:

1. make like you're pealing a pear.
2. touch a stranger's hair.
3. pretend it wasn't you with the au pair.
4. do disgusting things with your taxi fare.
5. throw your money everywhere.
6. poke a homeless man on a dare.
7. fopishly say "I do declare."

I'm getting tired of this.

Hite D

It was a few years ago since the good people at Hit came out with Hite Max. Now they have an all new product called Hite D. Hite D is certainly something to drink, and it does indeed taste different to the original Hite. I still don't know if it is better or not. My original impression was that it kind of tasted like Heineken, but I'm sure if I came out full on and said that, people would jump all over my shit. Hite D boasts a "dry finish." It lives up to it's promise. There isn't much in the way of an after taste.

I think that the folks at Hite were trying to come up with a type of beer that lets you drink all you want and doesn't make you smell all beery when you come home to your family. Besides that it boasts a robust 5% alcohol rate. So you can be completely krunk off your rockers and your family will just think that you have gone crazy since you don't smell like beer.

The dry finish might also better take mixing with soju for some good ole poktang joo. Notice to foreigners...If you are foreigner in Korea and you drink soju by choice, you probably have a problem. If you drink poktang ju...get yourself some help. I know that Hite is by no means a great beer, but nobody has to ruin it further by mixing Soju. That's what Cass red is for.

Anyway, go out and try some Hite D. Tell me what you think.

Tribute to Grand Master Sun Hwan Chung

Post on my martial arts blog about my Tae Kwon Do instructor.

Music Bank

Okay so I was watching music bank today. Music Bank is one of three weekend kpop concert shows.

Normally Kpop can be described as sexy communism with a beat. Many of the artists are talented, many can't sing for shit. Many can dance well, but most of them are just hot teenagers who got picked and groomed by a talent agency.

I'm actually not that sour on K-pop. I like to participate in it because I find the teenage fandom somewhat fascinating. It's also good to know about pop stars because it is something that kids like to talk about.

So it was quite a shock to see this band on KBS's music bank today.



These guys are called Galaxy Express. They are hailed as Korea's loudest band. It was a shock, but it was also a relief. I mean these guys were pretty awesome. The clip here isn't from the show, it's just something I searched for on youtube when the show was over. All I can say is...well that I'm impressed. Long live rock.

Update:
Here is the Music Bank performance:

I wish K-pop Was More Like this These Days

This is Kim Choo Ja. She was famous back in the sixties and seventies. Great stuff for movie sound tracks.

Learning

The New York Times had an interesting piece on learning a few days ago. It's worth a read.