Beanie level: Contract girlfriend

PENINSULA / HERO / VICTORY / MOGADISHU

Korean films expected to hit theaters in summer
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200405000214

HERO = sageuk musical on patriot Ahn Jung-geun in 1909-10

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    A summer release is also being planned for disaster comedy SINKHOLE with Cha Seung-won, Lee Kwang-soo & Kim Sung-kyun.
    http://asianwiki.com/Sinkhole_(Korean_Movie)

    Info for the other flicks:
    http://asianwiki.com/Peninsula_(Korean_Movie)
    http://asianwiki.com/Hero_(Korean_Movie)
    http://asianwiki.com/Spaceship_Victory
    https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Mogadishu.php

    See also:

    20 Highly Anticipated Korean Films of 2020
    by Rhythm Zaveri, 01/28/20
    https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/01/20-highly-anticipated-korean-films-of-2020/

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      Neat! But I must say, right now I could do without more ZOMBIES 😄

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        @bbstl,
        Zombie fatigue is real. 😉

        I’ll take Korean zombies over microbes any day of the week… oh, wait. Alrighty, then. I’ll take Gang Dong-won carrying on where Gong Yoo left off. As long as there are zombies rampaging around Korea, there will be handsome oppas to battle them, and that’s good enough for me. 😉

        I’m interested to see how the story unfolds after TRAIN TO BUSAN ended with that tunnel interlude that took me apart at the seams. I never got around to watching SEOUL STATION, so am not sure if I missed out on how the pestilence actually got started. Recombinant DNA run amok? Genetic mutations caused by environmental pollution? (Sounds like business as usual here in the state sardonically known in the 1970s as “cancer alley.” Not to mention endemic Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses with nasty neurological consequences. Those bacteria are killers. *sigh* )

        I’m a wimp when it comes to horror movies after being traumatized by Boris Karloff, et al. when I was a kid, so I turn them into spoofs in my mind. Sic the TOXIC AVENGER from Tromaville, New Jersey on the zombies. If all else fails, summon BUCKAROO BANZAI back from the 8th Dimension. Call in the KILLER TOMATOES for a counterattack and then double-cross them by broadcasting “Pubetry Love.” As a last resort, there’s the fatal resonant frequency of “Indian Love Call” that splatted the invaders in MARS ATTACKS. I bet it would work on zombies. Problem solved. 😉

        PS: Hwaiting, Lee Chang! KINGDOM 3 can’t come soon enough.

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          HA I was traumatized as a child by the monkeys in the The Wizard of Oz, so probably needless to say I’ve not seen ANY of the shows you just mentioned 😲

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            @bbstl,
            Those flying monkeys creeped me out, too. I recall reading that Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West, didn’t let her own child watch the movie until he was older. She did a great job with that role.

            I may have seen part of THE TOXIC AVENGER. The others are all spoofs of horror movies, which suited my warped sense of humor just fine. 😉

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SNOWPIERCER TV adaptation premieres May 17 on TNT

‘Snowpiercer’ to come to small screen sooner
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200405000239

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lFMpmwn_hQ

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AI HER (4/07/20) & SF8 (July)

New AI thriller to be launched exclusively on YouTube
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200331000784

AI HER, Ep. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_AgNCmdTu0

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Video Series

Nat’l. Gugak Center to highlight traditional art performers online
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200407000694
http://www.gugak.go.kr/
https://www.youtube.com/user/gugak1951

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For Education

Korean language education video series featuring BTS set for release this week, 03/23/20
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200323003400315

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Manseh!

Actor So Ji-sub ties knot with ex-announcer girlfriend, 04/07/20
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200407002751315

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I’LL FIND YOU ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY, Ep. 2

Daniel Kobialka, violin: “Trois Gymnopédies” by Erik Satie (Fragrances Of A Dream, 1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6b2k9oC_0

Hypnotic.

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Didn’t I hear the drone of uilleann pipes?!

Ilse de Ziah: “Pachelbel’s Canon for Solo Cello” with “Pachelbel’s Frolics”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZMb-QiqDJY

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    My mother loved the Canon. Many years ago I gave her a cd of nothing but versions of it, it was called “Pachelbel’s Greatest Hit”.

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      @bbstl,
      I love it, too. And I have a dim recollection of seeing that album title. 😉

      Mr. P & I used “Kanon” as our processional when we tied the knot. I think this is the version:

      Daniel Kobialka: “Pachelbel Kanon” (Timeless Motion, 1982)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuXmrD4gmhc

      https://www.discogs.com/Daniel-Kobialka-Timeless-Motion/master/437428
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kobialka

      On YT, there are renditions transposed into keys other than D and C (as in George Winston’s variations). E minor and B-flat and F-something sound so different from the original. A couple of them sound like dirges. G is very nice.

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        Wow, what a lovely way to start my day, thank you 😀
        I always thought of going down the aisle to the Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks, but that never happened! 😂

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          @bbstl,
          Glad you enjoyed it, although it might have zonked you out. Daniel Kobialka released a bunch of New Age albums for relaxation. The beginning of “Kanon” sounds like a lullaby played by a music box. Don’t listen to it while driving. 😉

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          @bbstl,
          This ought to float your royal barge on the Thames:

          Handel – Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks + Presentation (ref. record. : Rafael Kubelik)
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTVG0hjYOTE

          You can’t go wrong with the Berliner Philharmoniker, circa 1962. Enjoy, Chingu. 😉

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            Thank you, that brought back great memories! I always thought it would be a crackup to come down the aisle to that Overture and then use the Bouree as the recessional. So listening to it, I just had a good laugh 🤣

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PARASITE Infests Hulu

‘Parasite’ and three other Bong Joon Ho films now streaming on Hulu
https://bgr.com/2020/04/08/parasite-where-to-stream-hulu/

along with BARKING DOGS, THE HOST, & MOTHER

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Silver Lining Dept.

Pandas use lockdown privacy to mate after a decade of trying
https://news.yahoo.com/pandas-lockdown-privacy-mate-decade-trying-110913382.html

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    That’s the best thing I heard this week! Or month! Or even year!
    I adore pandas and this is just want I needed.

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      @marina,
      I’m glad the article caught my eye. Talk about going to extremes to get a little privacy. Not that I’m suggesting that coronavirus was unleashed by frustrated pandas. 😉

      If this isn’t incontrovertible proof that pandas are classy, dignified, private creatures, unlike so many couthless two-legged exhibitionists, I’ll eat my gat.

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RIP

John Prine, One of America’s Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73
By Stephen L. Betts & Patrick Doyle, 04/07/20
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-obit-253684/

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“Isolation Waltz”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/seven-year-old-greek-piano-prodigy-pens-an-isolation-waltz
https://youtu.be/DZovpz8SpSE

Thank you, Stelios Kerasidis! It’s beautiful.

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DIY Mask Tutorial

Dave Barry confronts coronavirus armed with bandanas and ready to stock up on spatulas
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241785841.html

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US Movie Premieres

Every Film Release Affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/coronavirus-film-releases-delays-movie-theaters-1203539436/

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    @PakalanaPikake

    I hope you are doing well!
    Please stay safe <3.

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      Mahalo nui loa, @kiara!
      Mr. P and I are well. I hope you and yours are, too.

      I haven’t been posting much for a while because of too many new shows. 4 on Mon-Tues, 2-3 on Wed-Thurs, 2 on weekend. Yikes. I’m about half-way through CRUEL PALACE. Need to get back to it after a needed respite from the sad history. A great production. Thanks for the tip. 😉

      Take care and be well, Chingu. <3

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        Good to hear💕. Doing well here too, thank you.

        Confession, I skipped some episodes in the middle of CP. I loved the show though and I’m glad you are still going back to finish it.

        I hope you ll be getting some beautiful spring weather soon.

        Much aloha to you and Mr P!

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365: REPEAT THE YEAR: Dream Theme?

Aerosmith: “Dream On” (Aerosmith LP, 1973) 4:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F19f3Kr021U
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_On_(Aerosmith_song)#Background
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RIP, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 4/4/68

The one thing about Martin Luther King Jr.’s greatness everyone keeps missing
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/us/martin-luther-king-jr-listener-blake/index.html

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365: REPEAT THE YEAR, Ep. 7 / LA BOUM (1980) / SUNNY (2011)

Richard Sanderson: “Reality” lyrics (1980 single)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arg-TuFxmq0

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365: REPEAT THE YEAR, Ep. 7 / LA BOUM (1980) / SUNNY (2011)

Clip from SUNNY (2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y2DxTaLqZs

@18:45, as Det. Hyung-jo gives Ga-hyun an earphone to… (MORE)

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    @18:45, as Det. Hyung-jo attempts to give Ga-hyun his earphones, oldie “Reality” by Richard Sanderson plays in a spoof of the 2011 movie SUNNY. It’s a great coming-of-age flick with terrific music, set in the 80s and 25 years later when the characters reconnect in mid-life.

    In the clip, middle-aged Na-mi anonymously delivers a package to the proprietor of a music room, where she sees his son, who is the spitting image of him at 17. It triggers a flashback of her teen self going to give her unrequited crush, disc jockey Joon-ho, her pencil portrait of him, only to see him putting his Walkman headphones on another member of the Sunny gang, lighting her cigarette — and smooching her. After adult Na-mi leaves before Joon-ho can open the package, she encounters her broken-hearted younger self and comforts her.

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TIME TO HUNT premieres April 10 on Netflix

Will coronavirus pandemic trigger platform shift to Netflix from theater?
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200326007700315

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