Soju King

One of the teachers at our school, Kane, is a really good musician. He sounds a bit like Jack Johnson or Xavier Rudd, if you know who those guys are. He played an open mic set at a bar called "Big Electric Cat" in Itaewon (the foreigners district) last night so we dropped in to see the show. Unfortunatly we got there after he'd already played, so we sat back and enjoyed the next act: Soju King. For those of you who don't know, soju is a alcoholic drink of choice in Korea. It's $1 a bottle and 20% alcohol. It tastes like straight vodka with a hint of lemon and neither of us like it very much. It's not uncommon to see men passed out in the street with a bottle of 'ol soju in their hands and all of the kids at our school joke about it and ask us if we like soju. Well, I think Soju King probably likes the drink OK, and here is a video of the performance for your enjoyment:



They had a female drummer, which is pretty progresive, and I was amused when later in the evening they sang Elvis' "Hound Dog".

If you want to know what Kane sounds like, click HERE. We'll be checking out his next show on Friday and promise to show up on time.