Okay. This is new and exciting to me, I actually get the chance to share with anyone who will listen, the wonderful discovery I have made about the beautiful part of the world called "Korea".If anyone would have told me that an invention called "The converter box" could unlock such a new world to me I would of called you crazy. Thank God I've always had an open mind to

Okay. This is new and exciting to me, I actually get the chance to share with anyone who will listen, the wonderful discovery I have made about the beautiful part of the world called "Korea".If anyone would have told me that an invention called "The converter box" could unlock such a new world to me I would of called you crazy. Thank God I've always had an open mind to


most things in this world. I have discovered "KOREAN POP"!! Well. Of course I didn't per se discover it but I have found a new and wonderful new outlet for my whirling creative and talented mind.

I am an african amercican, brown, negro man! I love being one and would never change that. But I've always loved to explore other cultures, other customs, other talents!

The objective of this blog is to give a glimpse of what I feel about the Korean culture and talent. I will be reviewing Korean vids and giving opinions on certain things that is going on in that country.No. I am not an expert on Korea, I will be learning as you are learning. But I can give a critique on a music video. I am a make up artist and have worked in the industry for a bit. I have danced. I used to have a 12 "0" Clock kick. But one day that kick went down to 9:45. So my creative outlet had to move on.

You may not agree with my picks or my critiques, but that's why it's called "growth". My choices of asian stars will go from RAIN to TAE YANG. BIG BANG to THE WONDERGIRLS. SHINEE to SUPERJUNIOR. And one of my favs!!! "WHEESUNG"!!! There's a wide variety of artists to comment on and love.

I welcome you to this wonderful world I have discovered and from this brown man's perspective I hope you learn to embrace and love something that might be a little bit different from your daily lives or comfort zone. Before I go on though I must first give credit to the people that gave their interest and support when some people just laughed in my face and blew off my interest in this matter. The first person I would like to thank is Demion. A korean man with a smile of gold and a character of stubbornness and strength. He works at a place where I get fried fish. Always pleasant and always kind. He has an accent that he hates and he thinks his english is bad but yet I can always understand him and more importantly I actually care about what he has to say. And by the way, his english is good. I'm proud of him. I took a chance and after first asking his cultural background I started a conversation about Korean music. He of course was in disbelief, but when I started rattling off names of artists I suddenly had this" korean cred." It was cool. I now had a korean music ally. Demion will always be remembered as the first person who gave me a mix korean pop music cd. He gave it from his own collection and later he had the heart to actually make me a second new one. Which featured songs from 2PM, Girl's Generation and others. Since I was still "Ol' School" at the time I wanted to know where to buy the cd's. He gladly schooled me and I learned about the world of music downloads. "New School" here I come. Demion! Thank you! The second person I would like to Thank is Dr. Huynh (dear God I hope I spelled it right) Not only was this a kind and efficient soul when I was hospitalized. (just to end speculation, I had a mini stroke) He took the time and interest to listen to me about my blog. About how I felt about Korea. He never once made me feel like I was boring him and his interest helped fuel my need to write from my hospital bed. While I worked on getting my left side physically back in shape. I kept my mind sharp by writing four reviews of the songs and videos that I knew by heart. I then asked the Dr.to read them and give me his critique. I saw him the next day during a routine follow up and he brought up the fact that he loved everything that I had written. And he did something that really blew me away.He actually quoted a line from one of my reviews. He called it clever and he understood the reference I had used. I was "Over the Moon". Dr. Huynh. Thank You! And the third and most important person, is my girl Vonnie. 'Hairstylist to the stars and the world at large". This girl has been a source of strengh to me for quite awhile. I first met her on a photoshoot we did in the an apartment in Inglewood. She did hair. I did make up. It wasn't love at first sight. It was love later at sight. I remember seeing my first korean video and calling her up. I put the phone up to the T.V. and she said " Baby. What was that?" She loved it. It wasn't just the music she loved. It was also my enthusiasm and the smile she could see over the phone from my sheer excitement from this genre that I had just discovered. Vonnie Ray! You my girl. You kept pushing me to do this and I finally fell into it. I "THANK YOU" from the bottom of my heart! Enough of me bowing down and thanking my muses..............



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