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supernaut
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
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 Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: A Hongdae thread |
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This board needs a Hongdae thread, I'd like to hear what clubs/bars people like there and don't like.
I went to Harlem by mistake last night, stupid ,move, it was expensive to get in and I felt like I was going to get jumped by Koreans at any time. I would not go to Harlem in USA, so I guess I would not like it in Korea either. It was way too packed for my liking as well, and every time a Korean girl started dancing with me, 3 guys would jump in and tell me she was their girlfriend.
Halabogi is usually good fun, TinPan is cheap, FF's has good music. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Agreed. That place is full of posers, and the one in Gangnam is even worse. I actually went there with MY girlfriend and was accosted by a group of young thug-wannabe-towel-carrying-oversized-jersey-fake-platinum-chain-wearing-would-run-away-like-a-sissy-if-a-black-guy-even-looked-at-them punks who tried to break us apart on the dance floor. My girl threw a drink on one of them, and we left. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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I knew a black guy who went to Harlem once and he told me the Koreans there made him feel very unwelcome.
Probably everyone on here knows which clubs I'd recommend: mainly DGBD and Skunk. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: A Hongdae thread |
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| supernaut wrote: |
| I would not go to Harlem in USA, so I guess I would not like it in Korea either. |
Yeah because Harlem in KOREA would be really representative of Harlem, NY? My brain hurts from reading that bit of tripe.
Harlem is the ghetto moronic view of what Harlem must be in the eyes of spoiled obnoxious Koreans.....it is in no way shape or form like the Harlem I know... I mean HELLO! Koreans in Harlem? As if! |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: |
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i always love ripping on kiggas. there was about 100 of them in the park in hongdae acting all aggro and tough last night. it was so much hokey BS.
every time i hear korean perceptions of what hiphop sounds like it makes me want to get AIDS for like 2 weeks. shitty flow, wack beats, wack rhymes.
i even heard a song at the gym that had this refrain...
"I'M GONNA KEEP THUGGIN' TILL MY PARENTS COME GET ME!"
imagine that scenario... dudes hanging out, high-fiving, texting fly honeys on their bling'd razrs... "aw yeah, word... oh hold up, dogg -(answers phone) yes mom? 11? yeah, ok, i'll meet you in front of apkujeong starbucks (hangs up) - aw sorry dogg, i gots ta BOUNCE!"
one of the best hiphop chump stories (that i've told before) is this one -
a group of us are in itaewon for lunch. about 10 decked out kegro fools are trying on new era hats and big phat jerseys.
my buddy looks over, the guy gives him a hard stare that could only mean "i'm rollin' 10 deep with a crew, cracker. step off" - so he cracks "hey guys, hip-hop style, huh?"
the kigga nods, pumps his fist in whatever his imagination told him what a gang sign looked like, pounded his chest, and said "yeaaah. hip hop style, yo."
"uh, more like hip-hop halloween, kids"
the three or four african-american soldier dudes waiting for the light to change all bust out laughing, and the k hiphop badasses looked like they wanted to build a tent out of their oversized b.s. wardrobes and hide for a couple of days. |
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supernaut
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: Re: A Hongdae thread |
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| Alyallen wrote: |
| supernaut wrote: |
| I would not go to Harlem in USA, so I guess I would not like it in Korea either. |
Yeah because Harlem in KOREA would be really representative of Harlem, NY? My brain hurts from reading that bit of tripe.
Harlem is the ghetto moronic view of what Harlem must be in the eyes of spoiled obnoxious Koreans.....it is in no way shape or form like the Harlem I know... I mean HELLO! Koreans in Harlem? As if! |
sorry, i wasn't seriously comparing the 2, it was more of a joke, there was absolutely nothing I liked about that club. But actually, one time I did get lost in New York and ended up in a bad part of Harlem, the cops seemed generally scared for my safety and pretty much had me follow their car out of that part of the city. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: A Hongdae thread |
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| supernaut wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| supernaut wrote: |
| I would not go to Harlem in USA, so I guess I would not like it in Korea either. |
Yeah because Harlem in KOREA would be really representative of Harlem, NY? My brain hurts from reading that bit of tripe.
Harlem is the ghetto moronic view of what Harlem must be in the eyes of spoiled obnoxious Koreans.....it is in no way shape or form like the Harlem I know... I mean HELLO! Koreans in Harlem? As if! |
sorry, i wasn't seriously comparing the 2, it was more of a joke, there was absolutely nothing I liked about that club. But actually, one time I did get lost in New York and ended up in a bad part of Harlem, the cops seemed generally scared for my safety and pretty much had me follow their car out of that part of the city. |
Don't mind me. It really burns my grits how Koreans love "Hiphop" but hate Black folk (Yes generalizing! I know I know...) and would never step foot in Harlem. But to be fair, I've met quite a few Koreans who lived in the Bronx, near me in fact....You could have knocked me over with a feather with that info...
I am not a fan of Seoul so I don't have much to add to this thread. I've been to NB and Harlem (those are the two that are next door to each other right?). I wasn't a real fan of either but I can drink and pretend for a split second that I'm back home...
Maybe it's just me but I'm never comfortable in a Korean club because what I've noticed is that Koreans will copy whatever I'm doing on the dance floor. It's weird to have a bunch of people watching you dance (At least for me it is) and then mimicking whatever you are doing as if you are a dance guru (which I'm not). 6 more months and I'm out of here. I guess I should hit up some clubs before it's back to college for moi.... |
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organicspua
Joined: 17 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| Been in Harlem both Hongdae and Gangnam countless times, never had a problem. Never felt threatened. Nothing. Don't know what you all are talking about. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Harlem hongdae. Used 2 go.
main thing that stopedd me is that is so jam packed, overcrowded with people. Mostly K-boys. You can hardly move in there. |
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