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Category Archives: Super Junior
It's a while since I did a round-up of celebrity news, which means that I've almost forgotten all the things I was going to mention, and lost most of the links that I was going to use. So before things get completely out of hand, here's one of my not-so-regular posts shamelessly plundering the celebrity blogs.
1 Bada
After my recent post defending Bada against the assaults of Popseoul I exchanged a few emails with the Popseoulites. They don't have an issue with her singing ability, just her sense of style. I'm coming round to their way of thinking, based on one of their more recent posts.
A weird vision. And the singing ability? Well, I've now listened to Made ...
Cute videos featuring brotherly love
13-Aug-07
I couldn't resist posting these videos. Read the Party Pooper's commentary on them here, with links to more SuJu vids.
First, Super Junior - stranded on the road to Busan, only 21 dollars between them, and having to share a room for the night. Sweet.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGN7Jshhitk[/youtube]
And now TVXQ / DBSK
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqV0JpHiOw[/youtube]
Read Rowan Pease's commentary on cute Korean boys here.
July statistics and site updates
09-Aug-07
Traffic
Not much changes month on month now. Whatever set of statistics you look at, my growth period seems to have come to an end. Just as well given the problem reported last month regarding my using too much CPU. The site isn't taken offline quite so frequently any more, but maybe that's just because the trackback spammers and other nuisances who are abusing the CPU are all on vacation right now.
Spammers
Today I passed a significant milestone. 300,000 spam comments received in the 5 months that I've been with my current webhost. (And thankfully not one of them has ended up appearing on my site)
As I mentioned last month, implementing the "only registered users can post comments" control cut my spam ...
I'm conscious that I haven't posted any celebrity pics for a while, so here's an update.
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The relentless rise of Kim Yun-jin
MSN's recognition of Kim Yun-jin isn't quite the kiss of death that I thought it was going to be. She's now made it into the Stuff's top 100 babes. A peculiar computer-enhanced photo of her accompanies the Chosun piece:
The Chosun also reports on her new Korean film project, Seven Days, focusing on the coverage in the international media. Rain, meanwhile, not to be outdone, has made it on to a list of the world's most beautiful people.
BoA's tired feet and blind dates
You have to admire the dedication and hard work of BoA. Sacrificing her feet and love life to her ...
Super Junior T: Rokkuko
30-Apr-07
(Released February 2007)
Stern(1,g)
Every now and then in my somewhat random purchases of Korean pop music I hit upon a gem. By the law of averages, every now and then I have to come across a dud. This is one of them.
I've started investigating Trot, and perversely thought I'd start with its latest reincarnation and work backwards in time to the classics of the genre. I'm hoping that Super Junior T's version of Trot bears as much relation to the real thing as Britney Spears does to Maria Callas, because I find it incredible that a proud nation with 5,000 years of history can produce such a monstrosity as this, or that millions of ajummas and ajossis would be happy listening ...
Trot makes a comeback
21-Feb-07
To be perfectly accurate, I don't think Trot ever really went away. Rather, like many trends in popular culture, its fanbase was getting older and there would come a point when no-one was listening to it any more. But when Trot compilations are selling millions through street vendors (see chapter 7 of Keith Howard's book), it's not dead yet.
But what has been happening is that it's finding a new, younger audience. Just as Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart have been exploring the songs of the Rat Pack, so a young generation of K-pop singers have been exploring the popular music heritage enjoyed by their parents and grandparents, reintroducing it to the new generation.
The revival is generally dated to 2005, when ...
Korea’s cute and funky cultural exports
22-Dec-06
Chatham House Korea Discussion Group
China's 'Korea Wave': National Branding, Piracy, Idols and Fans
Speaker: Dr Rowan Pease, 6 December 2006, 1:15pm
If ever you get the chance to hear Rowan Pease talk on her chosen subject of the hallyu in China, drop everything and go to it. Even if you've heard some of her material before, there will always be something fresh and new. And even if you've heard all of it before, it's still entertaining to hear her quotes from teenage Chinese chat-room frequenters.
Her opening remarks at her Chatham House talk earlier this month had the assembled company of academics, diplomats and city slickers completely embarrassed at their disconnection from popular culture. When did any of us last go to a ...