neighborhood #3 [power out]

deery-lou.
first of all i want to give a great big shout out to mistyl who celebrated her birthday on sept. 9.

happy birthday,
misty!

you know i wish i could have been there to help you celebrate. at least i got to speak to her so that was good. one day soon we'll be celebrating birthdays together again.

saturday before heading into seoul i had lunch with young teacher at the tofu house. we ate so much food. we spent almost two hours there. it was nice to just sit and chat. we haven't been able to do that in some time since school is quite busy these days. from ansan i travel to hongdae to meet up with bc and her beau charlie. we met at club ff for the "pop the cherry!" show…


the main draw was to see nunco band [see link in sidebar]. as usual they put on an awesome show. this was the third time i've seen them and they keep getting better. they are definitely one of these bands that need to be seen live. i dig their cd but it doesn't do them justice. they're definitely a performance group with loads of energy. you can tell they have a good time playing together. the lead singer has that chic-geek appeal to him. they have a way about them to make you feel good and wanna dance. everytime i hear them i can't help but think of them in the same vain as the b-52's [a band that brought me much joy in my youth].

oriental lucy was the first band. the lead singer works at club aura and i had met her once before awhile go. they good. they definitely got the crowd going. she look so cute too. decked out in a short flowy blue dress, marron hose, black heels, beaded necklaces, and a leather coat. i love asian rock stars. will definitely check them out again. plus the drummer is quite nice to look at. actually the whole band is.

throughout the show their were three peeps walking around in turbans. from the minute i saw them i assumed they were part of sultan of disco. of course i was correct. which leads me this act. i'm still not sure if i actually saw what i saw or i was dream. although i know that bc and others were there so it must have happened. describing it won't even do it justice. its one of the things that one must experience to get the full pleasure from it. it was part dance performance. part lip-sync. part like watching a singing comedy sketch. but it was all good. the element of surprise is a great thing. the sultans are definitely something i wouldn't have necessarily sought out but i'm sure glad i stumbled upon them. the audience loved it. they wanted an encore. since this was their first time playing out they didn't have any more. so they played the last song again and everyone loved it even more. i almost forgot. besides the turbans they had on sunglasses and white tops. the two girl backup singers wore all black with white lace that criss-crossed along the chest. and then there was the mask guy. not sure what he was about. during their set the masked one held up a sign that said "b-boy' and then a number to call. apparently they are looking for boy dancers. perhaps i've found my new calling…

sultan of disco

the masked one

last night i got to see arie, nabi bartender, again. its been awhile since i've seen her. luckily i had the cds i made for with me. she was quite surprise when i handed them to her. also met these two adorable girls that bc had met. they were so damn cute and very excited that they got to meet the members of nunco. will probably rank this show as one of the tops in korea.

be well…