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roscoe2000
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:31 am Post subject: "Strange Fruit" bar in Hongdae closed? |
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| Last time I was in Korea I loved this bar, Strange Fruit. Someone told me that it's closed now. Can anyone confirm whether it's open or closed? |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: Re: "Strange Fruit" bar in Hongdae closed? |
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| roscoe2000 wrote: |
| Last time I was in Korea I loved this bar, Strange Fruit. Someone told me that it's closed now. Can anyone confirm whether it's open or closed? |
IT BETTER FUCKING NOT BE!!!
It's one of my favorites, although...god, I wouldn't be surprised; I've only seen it full once. |
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roscoe2000
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:53 am Post subject: |
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no kidding. i told people in canada about how great that bar was/is. better than anything in Toronto.
someone told me they walked by it a month ago and it looked shutdown.
hopefully they're wrong. |
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strangerbegins
Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:00 am Post subject: |
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I just went there last weekend.........
In fact, some friends of mine are going to be hosting a 60's/70's soul/funk/rock night there. Watch out for it in Feb. |
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Darashii
Joined: 08 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| What a weird name for a bar. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds cool. Any website or directions and more info on it? I Googled it, but nothing... |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| I heard it closed too. I tried to find it about 2 months ago to no avail. Any good directions would be nice. |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Darashii wrote: |
| What a weird name for a bar. |
I wonder if they know the significance of the phrase  |
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Poemer
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Mullae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| Darashii wrote: |
| What a weird name for a bar. |
I wonder if they know the significance of the phrase |
I doubt it. I'm sure someone just saw the song title and thought it sounded good. |
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Bigfeet
Joined: 29 May 2008
Location: Grrrrr.....
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I doubt anyone would name their bar after a song title without having looked up its history first. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| Darashii wrote: |
| What a weird name for a bar. |
I wonder if they know the significance of the phrase |
Uhh, they do, actually. If you go into the bathroom the song that it's from is on the wall.
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I don't find it hard to believe. you like the song you name your bar after it. i wonder how many americans, much less Koreans, know it's a lynching reference.
anyways is it open or not? anybody know |
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Fits right in with with the Nazi theme bars, and Coreanna's ad campaign using Hitler to sell soap.
Why is it Koreans find fascism and racism so cool?
Maybe because they believe they are racially superior to every other people on Earth.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/117_37466.html
In case anyone (especially any Koreans reading this) wants to know what "strange fruit" is, here is a picture (warning: it is offensive):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasShippAbramSmith.jpg
If Korea were a real military power, it would be dangerous.
You are living in a country that believes that Blacks are the lowest form of life on Earth, with the lowest IQs, where children, when they see a picture of a Black person, laugh, and yell "monkey, monkey!!" These children are taught by their parents and teachers that they are the Master Race.
My guess is that the bar owners knew what they were doing when they picked the name Strange Fruit. Koreans are unapologetic racists. |
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XAdamX
Joined: 29 Dec 2008
Location: Yeongtong-dong via Orlando, FL
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't there an Uncle Tom's Cabin in Apgujeong as well? |
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404
Joined: 14 Nov 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| XAdamX wrote: |
| Isn't there an Uncle Tom's Cabin in Apgujeong as well? |
Yup, my old gf used to go there a lot but had no idea what an Uncle Tom was. |
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