The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 162

Because it is summer and there is an overabundance of heat, I am just going to let the thermostat continue to climb. I guess I am on a bit of a Sexy Beat binge. Do you ever go through favorite album rotation syndrome? Some days for me it’s Mirror and Mona Lisa. Some days Mirror and Broken. Seems this week it is Mirror and Sexy Beat.  Clearly, always Mirror. ^^ Anyway, I declare Day 162 of G.O’s service a Fan-Camming day, and make way for Smoky Girl and the amazing editing skills of MemenGO87.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 159

One year has passed. And rapidly at that. It has been one year since the fan signs in Myeongdong and Incheon last July. Yes, I said rapidly because indeed it has flown by. This gives me hope that the one year, six months, and twenty-three days remaining in G.O’s military service will march by equally as quick and he will return refreshed, renewed and ready to roll. Until then, I wish to reminisce.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 158

G.O’s 니가 떠난 그 자리 [The Place You Left] from the Mourning Grave OST is perhaps one of the most well-crafted, written, composed and arranged OST songs he has ever written. Have you listened to it recently? I have revisited it for the purposes of this post and have subsequently had it on repeat since.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 157

Have you ever had one of those in between days? You know, the kind that aren’t really good, but aren’t necessarily bad either? Where the mood of the day or your own mood teeters somewhere in the middle, neutral to everything? That was my day today. So by the time I got on my train to head home for the evening, I was looking to shake myself free from the neutral with something and that something turned out to be Episode 15 of the KBS wacky variety show, Idol Maknae Rebellion. Oh…what a perfect tonic it was to watch the antics of G.O and Mir.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 156

By October 2013, G.O had made appearances in two dramas that aired that same year. Come November he was set to have his last Immortal Song 2 performance AND see the release of his second digital single, Play That Song. He had a lot going on so it was nice that K Culture decided to feature the charming men of MBLAQ in the pages of their magazine in mid-autumn 2013.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 155

Can you imagine if every time you walked out of your house there was someone with a camera ready to point and click capturing your every move? I think about that when the lovelies of MBLAQ would go out on tour or need to travel for an appearance. Knowing that fans and/or press would be at the airport (foreign and domestic) to see them off (or greet them) had to have made them somewhat conscious of what to wear. G.O’s airport style was (and continues to be) comfortable, casual and so very cool.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 154

Lately, I have had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Yet the thought of losing you’s been hanging
‘Round my mind

I am sitting in the Retro Room tonight being serenaded by G.O accompanied by Seung Ho on piano with Stevie Wonder’s Lately, and the air has all of the sudden become extra heady and sweet. Seven months post-debut and the 87-Line joined forces on MNet Radio to give the world a little taste of what was to grow into a genuinely potent and creative partnership.

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