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A 'Beary' good time in Busan

September 9, 2009 by Moonbears.org/ Kelly Frances McKenna

‘A BEARY GOOD TIME’

On September 5th, the Groove Magazine and Moonbears.org team made the trek to Pusan for our much anticipated Bear Fundraiser, featuring the ultra-cool and creatively linguistic band ‘Hajimama’. The event was held at ‘The Basement’, a well-known local haunt that is small in size but well frequented. It’s the sort of place where “everybody knows your name” and owner Liam Cullivan probably knows your drink too. Expect a warm welcome and (if you're lucky), a drink on the house for being a new-comer.

Reconstructionism

July 5, 2009 by Elephant Talk

I was on the subway today, listening to some prog on the iPod, when a group of three young girls sat down in front of me. I couldn’t hear what they were saying because the music in my head was too loud. But somehow I knew by watching them that they weren’t speaking Korean. I took out my earbuds and sure enough they were speaking in fluent English. Not just English but American English. There was a slight accent, but the mannerisms, the colloquialisms, the verbal punctuation told me that this wasn’t simply a trio of good students.