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Reggae, Ska & Mor Lum

“Ska Variety” by OK Mocca released in the early of 2009 and then immediately got into a hit song among Thai youngsters. This song was written by OK Mocca’s bassist, Thanawut Hirunkan, who also mentioned in the lyrics “What kind of the song we are playing now? Is it Ska or Reggae?”. In the seminar [...]

Posted 03 September 2010 † viriya § ‡ Comments (1) °

Between 10.4 and 11.1~How I Used the IACS Special Issue on Popular Music in One Class

Last semester (spring 2010) I taught at my university (National Taiwan Normal University) an M.A. level course called Popular Culture Seminar: Inter-Asia as a Method. Thanks to Hyunjoon Shin’s timely digital dissemination of the entire issue, I quickly integrated the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Special Issue on Popular Music (Volume 10, Issue 4) into my [...]

Posted 14 August 2010 † terebikun (eva) § ‡ Comments (1) °

“Listen to Your Mother” lyrics

Dear all, it was lovely to meet you all at the IAPMS in Hong Kong. It was by far the most awesome conference experience I’ve ever had. Thanks to everyone and especially the (transnational) organizers and local hosts.
I thought I would post the translation of the lyrics of the Jay Chou song, “Listen To Your [...]

Posted 01 July 2010 † terebikun (eva) § ‡ Comments (3) °