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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 217

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Imagine your bias gets his first solid, non-cameo role in a hyped-up drama with a pretty impressive cast. Then, imagine the network airing the drama decides to hold an event where your bias, along with two of his co-stars show up to promote that drama the same day it is set to premier. This is exactly what happened on 30 May 2012 when SBS brought G.O, Im Ji Kyun and Song Ha Yoon together to have a watch event with fans for the premier of the Korean drama 유령 [Ghost].

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 216

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The Picnic Live broadcast is probably one the best live performances caught on tape of MBLAQ. Performing a few of their classic hits backed by a live band (ska punk group Lazybone) resulted in a powerhouse performance. There is nothing quite like the energy of a live band and when that band is a rock band, the energy generated on stage rises and hovers like an electrical storm swirling around igniting passion and emotion in the songs, and in the performance. 전쟁이야 [This Is War] is a force to be reckoned in and of itself.  It was extra special powerful at Picnic Live and watching G.O completely segue into rock mode during rehearsal (and subsequently the performance) was proof that 전쟁이야 had all the makings of a serious rock anthem.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 214

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On 26 May 2011, Episode 12 of MBLAQ’s Sesame Player aired and with it the final Fragrant Interview. The Fragrant Interview segment was one of my favorite of the series because it was almost like a truth or dare (without the dare) game wherein one of the men acted as interrogator asking a series of questions to their unsuspecting MBLAQ brother. If the answer was not acceptable, a penalty was issued in the form of a fart bomb. In Ep 12, the Interview was like a retrospective of the previous Interview segments and is my random Sesame Player episode choice for Day 214 of G.O’s military service.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 213

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My last Heavenly Collaboration post on Day 199 featured G.O’s vocal partnership with his Seopyeonje co-star Jang Eun Ah. I must have G.O’s musicals on the brain because I decided that his collaboration (on the 바람의나라 musical stage) with Go Young Bin was equally as heavenly. For this post, I am revisiting KBSLife’s Bookmark Culture show where, back in May 2014, the two talented musical actors sat down to talk about their work together on the musical stage. They also performed a song from 바람의나라, and that is my focus for this post.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 211

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Is anyone else left unhinged after watching G.O’s Special Angles version of MBLAQ’s Mona Lisa Style First Special DVD? It is almost impossible to survive the sensual broodiness G.O repeatedly throws at the camera. Even more disarming is the way in which his eyes bore into the camera’s lens with absolute intensity and emotion. G.O possesses the kind of gaze that penetrates every defense and barrier you could possibly muster if you wanted to avoid losing all sense and sensibility after being catapulted into the fiery passion of his art.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 210

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I think one of the main reasons I love Broken so much is that the men of MBLAQ took the sensual vibe of Sexy Beat, let it mature like a fine wine and came back with sheer elegance and sophistication when they released their 6th mini album. With the smooth groove, 둘이라서 [Because There Are Two], I felt as if G.O was also maturing as a writer and composer. Coupled with that was his instinctive ability to call upon outside assistance from respected writers, composers and producers (Avengers and Radio Galaxi) to help take what was simmering in his melodically sound retro soul and give it cohesion and vibe.

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 209

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It is day 209 of G.O’s service which is not so big to commemorate but certainly worth a sweet and delightful One Shot picture. For today I turn to the exquisite work of the mysterious Blackbird. Blackbird has had her camera affixed exclusively on G.O for some time and her work, in my opinion, is true art. She has consistently been able to capture nuances in G.O’s look, demeanor and mood like no other. From the playful to the absolute sensual, she has managed to capture it all. I am going to play it safe and will choose playful today.^^

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The Soulful Countdown to G.O’s Discharge ~ Day 208

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It just occurred to me that I have not given myself any hard and fast rules about visiting The Retro Room here on the blog. I have set some guidelines with other posts like the G.O One Shots, and Fan-Camming, for example, but have not set any parameters for The Retro Room. This is fortuitous as I really, really felt like revisiting G.O’s gentle and heart-felt performance of The Eagles’ Desperado from the I.Callist Idol Vocal Concert back on 14 February 2016. That is, if my heart can weather the emotion in the wake of that remembrance.

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