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ONE OK ROCK’s Tomoya explains the shouting technique on “Cry Out”

youtube.com/watch As you know, I ❤ Tomoya-san. And he’s got a great post out today to Tomoya Studio walking us through the drum line on “Cry Out,” one of my favorite ONE OK ROCK songs. They didn’t play it at their San Francisco concert that I saw in May, so I was psyched to seeContinue reading “ONE OK ROCK’s Tomoya explains the shouting technique on “Cry Out””

Friday Favorites: Recent Audiobooks

A quick list of audiobooks I’ve enjoyed over the last several months: The Vegetarian and Human Acts by Han Kang. Both of these were a tough listen for different reasons, but I’m glad I had to really slow down and pay attention to the way that Kang develops her characters. Even in translation, Kang’s layeringContinue reading “Friday Favorites: Recent Audiobooks”

Making 갓 (Gat): Traditional Korean Scholar’s Hat

I’ve been watching Dear Hongrang on Netflix, and since it’s a costume drama, there are a lot of beautiful hanbok, hair pins, etc. But I swear the hats are like their own characters, they get so many close-ups in this drama. That started me wondering what they’re made of and how they’re made. And thenContinue reading “Making 갓 (Gat): Traditional Korean Scholar’s Hat”

Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs

So, there’s this whole bizarre and strangely addictive little sub-genre of Korean lifestyle blogs where people go camping overnight. Generally, this is the script: You watch them (most frequently a pretty young woman who’s had a noticeable amount of plastic surgery) set up a tent (frequently one of these amazing inflatable multi-room tents, like aContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs”

Narrowboat Life

There is this amazing network of canals left over from England’s industrial era, and some folks putter around them on super-skinny houseboats called “narrowboats”: I don’t know the exact width, but I’d guess something like 8 feet? Skinny enough to fit through all of the canals at any rate. This charming couple, Kris and Andrew,Continue reading “Narrowboat Life”