Project Global Cooling Concert | a moment of clarity.

Last Saturday, I went to a concert by a club called Project Global Cooling (PGC). Under the guidance of Clay Burell, its advisor, PGC is a global club held in 6 other countries around the world. The PGC concert was not only held in Korea, but in other countries, all dedicated to stopping global warming, and encourage “global cooling” (Hence, the name). It was held at a place called The Spot in a place near Hongik University in central Seoul. The lineup consisted of Rated-E, Jeong Joo, Poppa Midnight, Kong 151, E.X.Plosive, Dog Soup, and ABC Analysis.

Photo credits to Annie Park

Though there were many students and people that attended the crowd, the crowd was seemed mainly indifferent most of the concert, as the concert attendance was mainly supplied by the incentive of extra credit, instead of passion and fervor for music.

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Next, featured Dog Soup, which is another one of Bushnell’s bands. At this point, I couldn’t really listen to music properly, as the members in the PGC club were limited, so I went to the back of the club to help the other members of the undermanned PGC club. Patrick Nam looked especially tired. But from what I heard, Dog Soup exhibited the same style of music as Poppa Midnight, with some extra members included. The generation gap was sealed again by Bushnell, and the night’s surprise came when Clay Burell (advisor of PGC) came up to the stage to sing the last song himself. Though not the type to sing any song at all, Burell surprised everyone in the whole club with his surprising singing skills, and his appearance really fired up the crowd. In terms of musical technicality and talent, Poppa Midnight and Dog Soup probably comes out on top, as they get paid to perform in clubs in Itaewon during weekends.

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All in all, the concert was much better organized than I ever dreamed it to be. When I originally heard about this concert last year, I thought it would be near impossible to organize everything, but in doing it, they also inspired me to join their club next year. It seems to be as if this will be a traditional event that will be held by KIS for the years to come.

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