Here’s a stylish artwork on this promotional Video for Ron McMillan’s Yin Yang Tattoo. Via ROK Drop. http://bit.ly/cghkDx # LKL’s review of the book can be found here. [Read More]
Category: VoDs (page 13)
Lee Jae-min and the Robot Dance in the 1980s
“Until just now I was unaware that Korea too had synth pop in the 80s. And people that did the robot dance: 이재민. http://youtu.be/LBV8wGW1aYY” Thanks to Indieful RoK for the link to this 1987 video. [Read More]
Anna interviews Kinzli & the Kilowatts
Great interview with London-based Korean singer Kinzli & the Kilowatts by Anna over at Indieful ROK: http://bit.ly/cSLWUb She first started singing in the Korean orphanages. Below: Kinzli’s Safe Place for Us #. Links: Kinzli & the Kilowatts on MySpace [Read More]
BoA is back with Hurricane Venus
BoA is back with Hurricane Venus. My first commercial K-pop purchase of the year: http://tinyurl.com/32qqvx2. It’s even on UK iTunes already. #. An exciting sound, and some great moves. [Read More]
Mot’s eAeon does trailer for Kim Young-ha novel
Missing the sound of MOT(못)? Wishing Kim Young-ha would write another book? Check out @eaeon‘s trailer for Kim Young-ha’s new novel (Nobody knows) what happened (무슨 일이 일어났는지는 아무도) # (via @indiefulrok, who has the full story here) [Read More]
This summer’s soundtrack
In response to the question “So what's the soundtrack to the Korean summer? What's everyone listening to on Haeundae beach or wherever?” #, Indieful RoK responds: “Haven’t really kept up, but right now I would go for Ukulele Picnic:” Check it out. [Read More]
The Korea Promotional Video competition
Check out 10 Magazine’s Korean Promotional Video competition. Great fun. Winning entry is number 13, by Michael Aronson. http://bit.ly/cuEbiv # [Read More]
How close is this to your typical Korean TV drama?
Here’s collection of YouTubes of a Korean TV Drama spoof courtesy of MADtv. Although I’ve never watched a Korean TV drama from start to finish (the most I can claim is two episodes of Winter Sonata), I can kind of see that this spoof looks spot-on. How true to the mark is it? Starring Bobby … [Read More]
Tablo interviewed by CNN
by Saharial The dark jumper and checked shirt might not be the average wear by hip hop artistes, but then Tablo of the group Epik High is not your average hip hop star. Well spoken, Stanford educated, he was interviewed on a number of topics by CNN earlier this week including the censorship of his … [Read More]
Rain MV banned for breach of traffic regulations
Rain’s latest music video, Love Song, has been banned for flagrant jaywalking. via @allkpop http://bit.ly/9zYlpS #. According to AllKpop, Yoo Seung Chan, PSY and Kim Jang Hoon have also had MVs withdrawn or edited as they too violated traffic regulations. [Read More]
The Korean Music Awards
The winners of the Korean Music Awards were announced on 30 March. Anna over at Indieful ROK has the complete list. A couple of the winning acts were highlighted by LKL contributors as leading lights of 2009. First, Anna herself voted Apollo 18’s Red Album as her Album of the Year: “the most amazing post-rock … [Read More]
Arirang sells French Connection
“This is The Woman,” opens a new ad for French Connection. “The Woman of All Women.” The voiceover is rather reminiscent of British children’s TV programming from the 1960’s (Watch with Mother), albeit with a French accent. The footage is in black and white, adding to the slightly dated feel. And in the background, we … [Read More]
S Korea v Ivory Coast: interviews with Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo
Aashish Gadhvi managed to interview two key members of the South Korean world cup squad after the match with Ivory Coast last week. First, Lee Young-pyo, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur. Next, probably Korea’s best known player, Park Ji-sung. No subtitles this time: both interviews are in English. This wraps up LKL’s coverage of the South … [Read More]
Biuret to play in Southampton
Good news for K-rock fans near Southampton. Biuret, the overall SUTASI Pan Asian winner 2009, will be performing at The Brook, Sunday March 14th at 9.20pm. They’ve also been invited to perform at the International Live Music Conference in London on 12 March. After their Southampton gig they’re off to Vietnam to perform in Ho … [Read More]
Lee Eun-ju, still remembered 5 years on
It’s five years to the day since she took her own life. To remember her, here’s a recording of her cover version of the Corrs’ song Only When I Sleep (1997). The version is from Lee Eun-ju’s final film, The Scarlet Letter. Via James Turnbull and SuzyinSeoul [Read More]
Lampard lampooned in Kara video
Frank Lampard scores chart-topping single in South Korea, says the Daily Star http://bit.ly/6nmuPb. Can anyone find it? 12:03 AM Jan 9th from bit.ly JamesTurnbull: @lklinks Try here http://ow.ly/Updr 12:07 AM Jan 9th from HootSuite in reply to lklinks @JamesTurnbull Thanks for the link James – but they’ve already taken the video down 🙁 12:12 AM … [Read More]