SONG OF THE DAY

Rufus Wainwright – “Hallelujah” [ Download ]

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This is how I want to remember Kang mae, I think – working diligently behind the scenes, with his happy dog for company.

I was looking at the dramawiki for Beethoven Virus, and it’s got all these awards. Kind of boggling, but I guess quality is in the eye of the beholder.

In case you don’t remember what’s going on with this series (I don’t blame you, it’s been a long time), here are the previous recaps.

Alright then. Let’s get this finished.

SONG OF THE DAY

Beethoven Virus OST – “사랑은 선율을 타고” (Day by Day) by Girls Generation. [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 18, Finale (2,394 words)

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Mea culpa, guys. For a multitude of reasons, I couldn’t bring myself to finish the series – and when I’d decide to finally get on with the recaps, something would inevitably come up. Many, many apologies to the people who expected this sooner.

So, er, in case you don’t remember what happened previously, click for episode 16.

SONG OF THE DAY

Alison Krauss – “If I Didn’t Know Any Better” [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 17 (1,970 words)

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Year in Review – 2008
- In which I practiced my ?? face a lot.

Well, I’m but a wee babe in dramaland compared to Sarah, thundie and Dahee – I really started watching kdrama in earnest in late 2007. *pause while everyone picks their jaws up from the floor*

Caveat: I don’t have a huge base from which to compare, so this is all in my own humble opinion. You don’t have to agree, and you are definitely welcome to discuss. (No trolling, though, or I will start waving the Baton of Baleetion.) First of all, I’d like to say that my watching dramas is purely for the sake of relaxation – I have enough stress and overwork from school already, plskthx. Therefore it’s rather unlikely for me to take a huge tearjearker and run with it, if you know what I mean.

(And the concept of tearjerkers in general just baffle me a little. Why make yourself unhappy? I do love Atonement to the itty bitty pieces of my fairly battered heart, though that’s neither here nor there.)

So, looking over at the ones I watched this year, I’m actually fairly monogamous about my dramas. (Yay for having schoolwork?) The one thing that kind of stood out in my memory of this year, however, is that mostly all of them tended to have many ‘bleh’ moments – including the ones I’d loved and watched like an obsessed thing.

SONG OF THE DAY

Alanis Morissette – “Orchid,” as it is currently my favourite song ever and I wanted to share it.
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For a certain Thundie, who really likes her Kim Myung Min.

SONG OF THE DAY

As One – “To Heart” [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 16 (2,300 words)

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I know, Kang Mae, the manufactured conflict gives me heartburn too.

Holladang – “안보이나요” (Don’t you see) [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 15 (2,469 words)

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I totally take back what I said about there being children involved in the future. Kang is so totally inept with them.

SONG OF THE DAY

Jang Geun-seok – “들리나요 Part 2″ (Do You Hear It) [This is the second version of the song originally recorded by Tae Yeon (here), which was recently released as a digital single. Jang Geun-seok sounds much, much better in this song than he has previously, doesn't he? --javabeans] [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 14 (2,450 words)

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Screencap credit to Luv and sayroo.

Isn’t she cute?

SONG OF THE DAY

牛奶@咖啡 / Milk@Coffee – “蝶恋花” (The Flower that Loves a Butterfly), by a Chinese indie group. Someone recently reminded me of the song (discussing the repeat butterfly motif in Painter) and I thought it would be nice to put it up. [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 13 (1,846 words)

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I will start referring to the first orchestra (Hee Yun, Yi Deun, Kim, Bae etc) as ‘Kang’s Irregulars’, because they really are.

He cooks, cleans, is relentlessly nice and has innate musical talent. If this was craigslist, Gun Woo would be so taken.

SONG OF THE DAY

David Usher – “St. Lawrence River” [ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 12 (2,124 words)

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Alas, that this shiny, happy couple is no more. (On the other hand, this does break the trend of having Kang Mae here and weakening some people’s resolve. )

SONG OF THE DAY

Rie Fu – “Negaigoto”[ Download ]

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Read the rest of Beethoven Virus: Episode 11 (2,530 words)

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