Photo of the Day
in Arts
on Jul 27 2009
Poached News:More English Radio, Move Over English Teachers, Asia Leads the Way, When Politicians Attack
in News
on Jul 27 2009
Daegu, Ulsan, and Daejeon are scheduled to get there own English radio stations by the end of the year. Seoul (TBS eFM), Busan (Busan eFM), and Gwangju (GFN) were launched earlier this year. Read The One One Four’s profile on TBS eFM in Life&Style on July 29th. (more…)
Jisan Rock Fest: Day Three
in Music
on Jul 27 2009
The last day of the Jisan Rock Festival drew the biggest crowd of the weekend. With Patti Smith, Jet and Oasis headlining on the Big Top stage and Priscilla Ahn and Sister’s Barber Shop headlining on the Green Stage, attendance nearly doubled today.
The rain held off, and the temperature cooled off in the evening. Campers reported that camping over the festival was well-organizing, and the facilities well-maintained, making the stay a comfortable one. Overnight, campers weren’t confined to their camp sites and could continue the party through out the night anywhere on the grounds.
Jisan Rock Fest: Day Two
in Music
on Jul 26 2009
On the second night of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, there was fevered anticipation, as well as curiosity, for headliner’s Basement Jaxx, in their first-ever show in Korea.
Many festival goers weren’t sure what to expect from the London based duo, but what the crowd got wasn’t a duo at all, but rather a full band bringing an unprecedented level of energy, excitement, musical virtuosity, and brain crushing beats to the stage.
The rain mostly held off for the later hours of the show, but my guess is that it wouldn’t have mattered if there was a hurricane because this groups mix of garage, disco, ragga, funk, and hip-hop, orchestrated under the umbrella of deep house provided by beat masters and Basement Jaxx founders Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, sent the mostly Korean crowd into a frenzy of jumping, moshing, and crowd surfing. (more…)
The One One Four Talks with Zelen’s Mihal Ashminov
in Life and Style
on Jul 26 2009
When Mihal Ashminov, Zelen’s co-owner and operator, suddenly found himself flush with cash after the unexpected sale of his last busniess, the idea to “open a Bulgarian restaurant,” he says, “just, you know, came from nowhere.” He goes on, happily retelling the story of Zelen’s spontaneous begining. “Really, we just had all of the money and we didn’t know what to do with it.”
Before he had time to realise that his would be, not only the first Bulgarian restaurant in Korea, but the first in all of Asia, he was handed two plane tickets and rushed off to Sofia. Without stopping even to visit with friends or family, in less than ten days he had bought all the dishes and decorations and found a chef crazy enough to accpet his offer. “Hey, you wanna come with me, some guy never saw before, and work in a restaurant in South Korea.”
