= Some dope shit
Album
reviews have been moved to individual album pages in the discography.
Seam
lyrics can be found here.
Full band bio can be found here.
Not
in chronological order. I've provided what dates I can for these articles,
so live with it.
Two articles by the Seam webmeister on Seam's trip back to Korea in June of 2000, as well as the current state of Asian American indie rock. (May 16, 2000)
Ear
of the Dragon San Francisco Bay Guardian article. (May 10, 1995)
Seam
in Seoul. San Francisco Bay Guardian article written by the inimitable
Ben Kim. Covers the Korean indie rock scene in depth you probably won't
find anywhere else in the States. (12-8-99)
Seam's
Korea Move.Chicago Reader article on Seam's sojourn to Seoul. (12-3-99)
WEIV
Korea interview. A superb interview covers Sooyoung's family
background, the Chicago scene, Korean independent music, and more.
Hit
it Or Quit It interview is
guaranteed
to make you laugh, I promise.
Drooling
Seam fan and webmeister Kerwin So backs
Sooyoung Park into a corner and asks him every question he could possibly
think of. Mmm... long and satisfying. May
9, 1999.
Yello
Kitty interview is literally one of the best interviews with Sooyoung
I've ever read.
Relicc
interview from 1997 explores what others see in SYP. Another must-read--
serious.
No
Idea fanzine interview, circa 1994-- a scanned image. And pretty darned
funny. (Thanks to Asiantrash)
Koreatown
Crawl. September 3, 1998 Metromix article on Korean nightlife
in Chicago.
1999
Chicago Asian American Showcase. July 6, 1999 Metromix review.
"Don't
Get Around Much Anymore." Chicago Reader, 11.6.98. A must-read
for any fan wondering what took the new album so long to be released.
Includes a nifty photo.
An interview with Sooyoung from the zine MILK.
(Thanks to Tim Hsu. ;)
Five
questions for Sooyoung Park. (ULTRA Magazine, September 3, 1998. Also,
a station call.)
Sooyoung hates printing lyrics,
don't read them.
A September 1995 article in Detour magazine in which Sooyoung discusses
the issue of Asian American role models.
An article by Todd Inoue from the San Jose Mercury
News, May 22, 1998. Very informative: has background on some
of the new songs, an interesting tidbit about the last European tour, and
more details on Sooyoung's ever-busy life.
A
great ConcertDirect interview with Sooyoung from December 17, 1997.
Gear, new bands, labels, food-- it's all here. Don't miss this.
A
nice, beefy 1995 Pandemonium article that I typed up. Gives some
insights into Sooyoung's personal history. (Thanks to Asiantrash.
;)
Heckler
magazine interviewed Sooyoung & Reg about songwriting & commercial
radio.
Brian
typed up an Alternative Press interview with Sooyoung
on equipment, influences, & geekoid tunings. Maybe this will
help you figure out some tablature.
Todd
Inoue, in a November
1995 interview with Sooyoung, discusses major labels & the indie
rock lifespan.
UltraNet(?)
in Belgium has a kooky ABC
Interview with Sooyoung. Highlights include favorite bands, "Hey Latasha,"
& lots of other stuff.
The
Los Angeles Loyolan did an interview with all
the members of Seam, and they wax philosophic about bands, touring, &
perfect happiness.
DeclarAsians
of Independence. Despite the title, this is a superior and important
article from AsianWeek about Asian Americans in independent rock
music.
Yes,
Janeane
Garofalo likes Seam. And a bunch of other cool bands.
China
News article! Includes a blurb about the status of Fortune 4.
(2-12-99)
Live
Reviews
Ink
19 live review of the January 30, 1999, Middle East show. Geez, who
wasn't
there that night?
Paul Corts strikes again: a drunken review
of Seam's Minneapolis show, April 24, 1999.
A Chicago Tribune review of the Lounge Ax show
on November 6 1998. I couldn't have said it any better myself.
An amazing review of an amazing show: Seam
at the Lounge Ax, July 25, 1998. By Paul Corts.
A great review of the Valentine's
Day 1998 show in Chicago.
Tepid
Ear of the Dragon tour review in Chapel Hill from Twee
Kitten.
Here's
a "U Dub" review of a 11/11/95
show at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe w/Spent.