| (no subject) |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|02:50 am] |
Fuckin youtube...i swear. They've got everything there.
I was digging around for some reference to a friend of my family's (he's dead now of cancer) so i could link to him in a debate going on in my knefew's journal.
I knew he was mentioned on a couple of google-able sites because I'd seen him there before, but when i googled him this time i found a video of him.
Bert Poe was a very dangerous man, and he made his living protecting people from other very dangerous men. His bio is not accurate, but i have seen him running those super-long q-tips soaked in peroxide through a fresh bullet wound in the wattle of his neck ("If i wasn't so old they wouldn't have got me" --Bert referring to the extra flesh that age had put on his neck) and he is mentioned enough by other bad asses for me to be sure that although I don't really know where he came from, Bert Poe was definitely a very scary man.
He was a very good friend of my Dad, and he had a major influence on my family.
One of the reasons my family was so well armed was because of Bert Poe, and the reason I bought my fiorst .45 ACP was because of how he swore by it.
He is not fucking around in this video...he did this stuff to people.
And in my family, he was a hero.
|
|
|
| "Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound, funny, but it's folk/psych/prog/70s Korean rock to me |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
|
http://www.metafilter.com/86427/Everybodys-talkin-bout-the-new-sound-funny-but-its-folkpsychprog70s-Korean-rock-to-me Boys dared to grow their hair and girls dared to wear mini skirts and in Korea indecency officers patroled the street with scissors and rulers, publicly cutting hair too long and checking if skirts were too short. Shin Joong-hyung, was there with his 70s hit, Beauty, as were other musicians and artists like Sanullim and the Key Boys.
Shin's memorable hook from "Beauty" of "I look at her once, look at her twice, I want to keeping looking at her” matched with an addictive beat and guitar riff created the trend of "I _____ once, _____ twice, I keep wanting to ______" wordplay according to Jishik Shidae's E documentary on Shin (link to part two, giving video clips, photos and some of the music from the time). Shin was performing since the 50s, beginning his career entertaining US troops, and in the 60s in bands like Add4 and he continued to pump out popular hits that are still familiar to the ears of many Koreans today.
For example, Beautiful Rivers and Mountains, topped the charts again in the 80s when it was covered by power vocalist Lee Sun-hee, and is now considered one of her greatest hits (song clip is actually from a 2003 performance in North Korea as part of a "Reunification Concert" where South Korean singers went to perform in North Korea).
Shin, who is considered the godfather of rock and soul in Korea, was an influential guitarist and musician. He also wrote songs for and worked with other acts like the Pearl Sisters (1, 2). Another one of his great hits, Officer Kim Returning from Vietnam, was performed by Kim Chu-ja.
Sanullim were also a force to be reckoned with. Even though they created progressive and psychedelic music, the trio were also responsible for many recognizable hit now part of the Korean pop music lexicon with hits and exploded onto the scene with "Oh, no! Already?" (linked above) from their first album.
From Sanullim's first album:
Restless Heart
Open the Door
Girl
A couple of songs from Sanullim's second album:
I Think It's Really Like That
Dear One Leaving Me
Lining My Heart With Silk
The Key Boys were responsible for another one of the most recognizable Korean songs Let's Go to the Beach, a karaoke favorite and covered by numerous performers, including punk band No Brain in 2001.
It wasn't just the boys who got to play, there were also female artists with a more pop sound like Kim Jung-mi and Yoon Si-nae
Another song that most Koreans are familiar with: Song Gol-mae's 80s hit, You, Who I Accidentally Ran Into
To see album covers read up some more info (including how much collectors are paying for some of these albums!) check out Belgian Psyche Van Het Folk radio show's collection of Korean psychedelic folk music and their labyrinthine links.
Other folk-style acts to note:
Yang Hee-eun
Onions
Kim Jung-ho
One of Shin Jung-hoon's hits was One Cup of Coffee, (performed by the Pearl Sisters). Interestingly enough, one of the more current incarnations of Korean folk and psych tradition, Chang Ki-ha and The Faces, were able to escape unknown indie band status with another coffee-themed hit, Cheap Coffee.
Chang Ki-ha and The Faces perform with an enigmatic, silent and stony-faced background dancer/backup singer duo named The Mimi Sisters," an obvious nod to the 60s-70s both in the naming convention and in their sometimes retro style of dress:
Why Does that Man...?
The Moon is Becoming Full
Accept Me |
|
|
| Just...stop opening your mouth, please. |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|10:39 pm] |
| [ | general state of mind: |
| |  aggravated | ] |
| [ | current noise: |
| | Battlefield by Jordin Sparks | ] |
My Calculus teacher is pretty cool, and if you say something stupid in his class, he'll let you know. There are only eight people in class, and you would think it wouldn't be very interesting, but it is.
Today, he was telling us about Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect. One girl didn't know who he was (and I didn't either) so she asked him. Before he could respond, another girl, who is kind of stupid, said, "Don't you know, he's the flying brothers." And she made little 'wing' motions with her hands.
I burst out laughing at her, and so did the teacher. Eventually, he calmed down enough to inform her that, no, he wasn't one of the Wright brothers. Their names are Orville and Weber. I've known that since fifth or sixth grade. And let's not comment on the grammar fail of 'he' also being 'brothers'. |
|
|
| anatomy fail |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|05:47 pm] |
my boyfriend might be retarded, or he might need to pick up a dictionary.
bf: im going to kick you in the uvula
me: do you even know where the uvula is?
bf: its part of your vag right
me: *dies laughing* no. |
|
|
| (no subject) |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|10:05 pm] |
Sitting in my infectious organisms class - it's a 400-level class and can be taken for graduate credit as well, so it's not easy stuff.
We're talking about herd immunity and the graphs that go along with it. My professor mentions that when you get sick with an acute disease like the flu, one of two things happens - you A) get better and have immunity or B) you die. He also mentions that the incidence tapers off as more people recover.
A girl in class raises her hand and asks "But, what about the dead people - are they immune?"
The prof looks at her silently for a moment -
"No?" She asks.
Then it clicks. "OH! Ohhhh... He he, never mind!"
I headdesked. |
|
|
| Lollercoaster! Everyone Buckle Up And Enjoy The Ride! |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|06:06 pm] |
My brother-in-law is a supposed expert on cars. Always offering to save me a couple of bucks. He did a brake job on my car, but didn't even check the bearings, figuring they were so big, "I don't see how they could ever fail." Well, they did, and I had to replace the front axle.
My brother-in-law has a compact truck that was starting to give him some problems. So, he negotiated a trade with a guy for a car. Straight trade, no cash. All I heard from family was how my brother-in-law is a shrewd negotiator and really pulled one over on the guy.
Today, the car won't start. And my brother-in-law looked under the hood for the first time.
How do I know he hadn't looked there before?
There was a lawn mower battery wired in instead of a regular car battery.
I nearly passed out from laughing and am now a bit hoarse. But it was worth it. |
|
|
| People are stupid! |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|07:18 am] |
I'm listening to a quiz show on the radio. The question is "What far-eastern city has the most Rolls Royces per capita?"
People answered the following:
-- Germany
-- Saudi Arabia
-- Iran
-- China |
|
|
| Gladwell for Dummies |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|03:46 pm] |
|
http://www.metafilter.com/86425/Gladwell-for-Dummies Such are the contradictions that seem to riddle not just Gladwell's thinking but the thinking on Gladwell's thinking, and perhaps even the thinking on thinking on that, and it is precisely these slippery but substantive contradictions that have allowed Gladwell to tout his revolutionary "big ideas" without couching them in anything so mundane as a logical, well-supported or otherwise sound argument. Gladwell for Dummies.
|
|
|
| Pork and the mean streets of K-town |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|01:09 pm] |
|
http://www.metafilter.com/86421/Pork-and-the-mean-streets-of-Ktown Don't you want to watch a critically acclaimed chef get drunk and shout about the wonders of ham? (video is NSFW, due to cursing)
David Chang, chef/owner of the Momofuku family of restaurants in New York, has garnered a lot of praise and awards for his food, including two Michelin stars and multiple James Beard awards. His personality, characterized by an apparent lack of care for the judgement of other people and refreshing honesty, has gained him notable celebrity, especially for a chef that doesn't star on The Food Network. He's been profiled recently by NPR on All Things Considered and Weekend Edition, telling stories from his new book. In the past, he's been covered by The New Yorker, the New York Times, and New York Magazine. He's also appeared on Charlie Rose.
It's hard not to love a man who thinks and talks this openly about himself and his craft, or one who sits down with Anthony Bourdain to call bullshit on various things.
And seriously, this looks delicious. |
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
symbioid's Friends Page
