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	<title>Comments on: Open Thread #45</title>
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	<description>Deconstructing korean dramas and kpop culture</description>
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		<title>By: Ina</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54717</link>
		<dc:creator>Ina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sonam,

Everytime I tried crunchyroll my new laptop goes crazy and gives me virus warning danger alert signs so I&#039;ve been hesitant and cautious in the past.</description>
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<p>Everytime I tried crunchyroll my new laptop goes crazy and gives me virus warning danger alert signs so I&#8217;ve been hesitant and cautious in the past.</p>
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		<title>By: Sonam</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54669</link>
		<dc:creator>Sonam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ina, have you tried Crunchyroll.com . Woah....I can&#039;t believe Soju&#039;s gone! Goodbye Soju and thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ina, have you tried Crunchyroll.com . Woah&#8230;.I can&#8217;t believe Soju&#8217;s gone! Goodbye Soju and thank you!</p>
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		<title>By: Ina</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54663</link>
		<dc:creator>Ina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been sooo hooked on mysoju for my dramas and the website no longer exist!!!!! yikes!!!!What to do????? first no more Lyptika on Veoh and now no more SOJU.  Any suggestions????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been sooo hooked on mysoju for my dramas and the website no longer exist!!!!! yikes!!!!What to do????? first no more Lyptika on Veoh and now no more SOJU.  Any suggestions????</p>
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		<title>By: diane</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54632</link>
		<dc:creator>diane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>is it just me or did this summer lack some good dramas? Now that we started school...it seems like some good kdramas are coming up..go figure..thats how life works. ;) ...labor day will be reading/studying already. college sucks !!! jk</description>
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<p>is it just me or did this summer lack some good dramas? Now that we started school&#8230;it seems like some good kdramas are coming up..go figure..thats how life works. <img src='http://www.dramabeans.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8230;labor day will be reading/studying already. college sucks !!! jk</p>
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		<title>By: Oatmeal</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54626</link>
		<dc:creator>Oatmeal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOVE THE SONG!!! 

School started which means only one thing.....EXAMS!!! So thats what i pretty much am doing for this whole week and labor day.  I got 2 exams and 2 quiz coming up this week and the next back to back!!.  
Remind me again why i should like school? because at the moment i&#039;m getting fuzzy.</description>
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<p>LOVE THE SONG!!! </p>
<p>School started which means only one thing&#8230;..EXAMS!!! So thats what i pretty much am doing for this whole week and labor day.  I got 2 exams and 2 quiz coming up this week and the next back to back!!.<br />
Remind me again why i should like school? because at the moment i&#8217;m getting fuzzy.</p>
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		<title>By: triple6</title>
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		<dc:creator>triple6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>really like the song. thanks once again for a nice one!</description>
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<p>really like the song. thanks once again for a nice one!</p>
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		<title>By: K-lover</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54624</link>
		<dc:creator>K-lover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow @ Belleza&#039;s review.  I checked out Younha&#039;s previous albums too and her lyrics.  So I could not quite fathom why I could not find as many korean songs since most of her songs are mainly japanese which is a little weird given that http://aheeyah.com/lyrics/index.htm is the first site I see when I google for romanized lyrics.   

Other than that I do love her strong vocals with Tablo&#039;s rapping.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow @ Belleza&#8217;s review.  I checked out Younha&#8217;s previous albums too and her lyrics.  So I could not quite fathom why I could not find as many korean songs since most of her songs are mainly japanese which is a little weird given that <a href="http://aheeyah.com/lyrics/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://aheeyah.com/lyrics/index.htm</a> is the first site I see when I google for romanized lyrics.   </p>
<p>Other than that I do love her strong vocals with Tablo&#8217;s rapping.</p>
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		<title>By: La-Nuit</title>
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		<dc:creator>La-Nuit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YAY javabeans and sevenses! Sorry, I didn&#039;t mean to rush or anything but, I really like reading your stuff. Lolz.</description>
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		<title>By: belleza</title>
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		<dc:creator>belleza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First impressions of Younha&#039;s 2nd album:

I guess Younha genuinely loves J-pop, because 75% of Someday plays like Go Younha 2. Much of the of record plays like a sequel to Go Younha.  Big 80s rock choruses, guitar solos, and loads of piano phrases and string backups.  Save for &quot;Memory&quot; (track 2 of the record), which is written by Tablo and is a wonderful Clazzi-style house number, there&#039;s superficial electronic flourishes.  The 2nd half of the record emphasizes adult contempo friendly folk-pop, and some of the orchestrations could have come from a Chihiro Onitsuka record..  If you liked &quot;If&quot; or &quot;Yubikiri&quot;, you&#039;ll really like the 2nd half of the record.  &quot;My Song and . . . &quot; is entirely in English.  Not until track 12 is there what would be typically characterized as a K-pop love ballad.  There&#039;s a few piano interludes -- For Catharina and Rain+The Bar.  &quot;Telepathy&quot; is one of the weaker numbers on the album, but it does reflect the sound of the album.  And other tracks like the shlocky &quot;Hero&quot; sound like they should be on a Korean melodrama.  The Tablo written number, &quot;Memory&quot;, will be a big hit whenever it&#039;s released.  It&#039;s AWESOME!!!!  Track 7 is a laid-back pop-jazz number that wouldn&#039;t seem out of place on a Norah Jones record.  

I&#039;m not sure how this album will take, but you can tell that Younha had pretty strong creative control over the record.  It never feels like she&#039;s pandering to any one demographic, and the material, which still suffers from overproduction and an anemic mix.  (See Rumble Fish to see how to mix in guitars, piano, and orchestra touches while keeping the voice front and proper.)  There&#039;s no real push into R&amp;B or soul, which is the usual direction for &quot;maturity&quot; for a K-pop female vocalist.  Instead, she brings out her inner Vanessa Bon Jovi  Carlton.  If you&#039;re not loving that, there&#039;s still the stunning Tablo number.

Younha/Tablo -- Memory

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<p>I guess Younha genuinely loves J-pop, because 75% of Someday plays like Go Younha 2. Much of the of record plays like a sequel to Go Younha.  Big 80s rock choruses, guitar solos, and loads of piano phrases and string backups.  Save for &#8220;Memory&#8221; (track 2 of the record), which is written by Tablo and is a wonderful Clazzi-style house number, there&#8217;s superficial electronic flourishes.  The 2nd half of the record emphasizes adult contempo friendly folk-pop, and some of the orchestrations could have come from a Chihiro Onitsuka record..  If you liked &#8220;If&#8221; or &#8220;Yubikiri&#8221;, you&#8217;ll really like the 2nd half of the record.  &#8220;My Song and . . . &#8221; is entirely in English.  Not until track 12 is there what would be typically characterized as a K-pop love ballad.  There&#8217;s a few piano interludes &#8212; For Catharina and Rain+The Bar.  &#8220;Telepathy&#8221; is one of the weaker numbers on the album, but it does reflect the sound of the album.  And other tracks like the shlocky &#8220;Hero&#8221; sound like they should be on a Korean melodrama.  The Tablo written number, &#8220;Memory&#8221;, will be a big hit whenever it&#8217;s released.  It&#8217;s AWESOME!!!!  Track 7 is a laid-back pop-jazz number that wouldn&#8217;t seem out of place on a Norah Jones record.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure how this album will take, but you can tell that Younha had pretty strong creative control over the record.  It never feels like she&#8217;s pandering to any one demographic, and the material, which still suffers from overproduction and an anemic mix.  (See Rumble Fish to see how to mix in guitars, piano, and orchestra touches while keeping the voice front and proper.)  There&#8217;s no real push into R&amp;B or soul, which is the usual direction for &#8220;maturity&#8221; for a K-pop female vocalist.  Instead, she brings out her inner Vanessa Bon Jovi  Carlton.  If you&#8217;re not loving that, there&#8217;s still the stunning Tablo number.</p>
<p>Younha/Tablo &#8212; Memory</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px5oly0PztQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px5oly0PztQ</a></p>
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		<title>By: K-lover</title>
		<link>http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/08/open-thread-45/comment-page-1/#comment-54613</link>
		<dc:creator>K-lover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha...ha with all this whining of school coming to a start, it ain&#039;t that bad till you flunk.</description>
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