A Shot of Soju with Adrien Lee
Meet TV and radio host Adrien Lee: perfect charm, perfect hair, and that damn perfect smile. He could easily be the sixth member of Big Bang if he just dyed his hair one of the few colors that the band has not yet been tainted with. (I vote for orange). He is by far the...
A Shot of Soju With: Poi Expert Shin Masta
Poi is a performance art in which balls, usually made out of wax, are suspended from a length of flexible material, usually plaited cord. It is held in the hand and swung in circular patterns. Choreographed dancing and movement is usually involved . When asked how he felt when he played poi there was a...
A Shot of Soju With: Actor Paul Stafford
Three years ago, because he knew his chances of becoming an actor in London equaled to the same chance as an ajumma giving up her seat for anyone on the metro, indie producer and actor Paul Stafford packed his bags and moved to the ROK. Since then, he has created his own production company, was...
What You See is What You Get: CLARA 3000
Where can I go to hear more music like this? A regular Seoul party-head asked me, dripped in sweat, and in complete awe of the beats that were filling up Cakeshop this past Friday night. My response: Anywhere she’s at. “She” refers to Clara 3000. This past weekend, I was lucky enough to snag a...
Bass Attack’s Founder Tong Lanus
A little bit of drum and a face full of bass. This is only part of the recipe that makes up Bass Attack, the brainchild of Tong Lanus, the young entrepreneur, founder and owner of the regular club night. Bass Attack is made up of three key ingredients; love, peace and grimy dirty filthy bass....
WhiteLies Burlesque Revue
Burlesque seems like a divisive art form. The one time I witnessed a performance I was at a music festival in the UK. Half the crowd walked away but the other half stayed, entranced by the vivacious, talented, and often hilarious dancers. It seems incongruous then that since burlesque is not a widespread phenomena, even...
The Meet Market: For Queers and Their Allies
When we heard about The Meet Market we thought it sounded like an interesting, alternative and necessary event for the Seoul nightlife scene. We were eager to find out more so got in touch with kim thompson, one of the event organisers, and grilled her about what The Meet Market is all about, her opinion on being...
Band Interview: Apollo 18
Apollo 18 have come a long way since forming just outside of Seoul in summer 2008. In three short years guitarist/vocalist Hyunseok Choi, bassist/vocalist Daeinn Kim, and drummer Sangyun Lee have built up their reputation as a solid and alternative rock group, making music from a genre that isn’t widely listened to in Korea. They...
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