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Maggie Kim

Paris Isn’t Burning... Yet

About Me

The infamous IATV video that got plenty of nasty commentary. And yes, I had a champagne hangover...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2005
Band Website: newyorkinparis.com
Band Members: Maggie Kim, The Kitchen Sink
Brent Arnold, Producer
Chris Fudurich, Producer/Mixer

w/Special Guests:
Bryan Dunn, Guitar
Jen Turner, Guitar
Ryan Vaughn, Drums & Percussion
Influences: Prince, Madonna, The Cure, NIN, Queen, Pat Benatar, The Kinks, Damien Rice, Beck, Missy Elliott, Peaches, PJ Harvey, Timbaland, Depeche Mode, Chrissie Hynde, Alanis, Goldfrapp
Sounds Like: BUY THE MUSIC!!!!

"OBVIOUS/WANT YOU" Video - Director, Bill Hallinan

"GIMME ONE" Video - Director, Liz Hinlein
Record Label: Kokiri Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New (Old) Song

For the new album, I thought I'd do a cover and chose "We Belong" by Pat Benatar, which is a song I love. However, I don't know if I'm really feeling this new version we did, so I may not put in on th...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:04:00 PST

Independence Day (in more than a few ways)

I've just concluded about two weeks (and what seems like one year) of wedding madness. But I've sent my parents off to the airport this morning and I don't have to think about dresses, dinners, guests...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:06:00 PST

Guest-Starring: Mike Watt!

I am nearing the end of the mix. It's sounding pretty amazing, which I'm really happy about. One more day of me singing a few extra harmonies, a last round of revisions and it's done. I don't want to ...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Fri, 23 May 2008 04:59:00 PST

The Magics In the Mix (and Other Things...)

I am at the next-to-last stage of making this recordmixing. So far, it's going well. Chris is fast and for the moment, I'm letting him run with the first round of mixing before giving my very many op...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Mon, 12 May 2008 02:51:00 PST

My French Music Project & First Paris Concert!!!

While I wait to finish up my new album (next month back in the States), I’m working on a side project here in Paris with the very talented musician, Miro. The project is called (for now) Le Gara...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:27:00 PST

Youre So F-ing Special

I came across a post on John Mayer’s blog this morning. In it, he talks about the disease of self-consciousness, although what I think he’s really talking about is the over-reaching effect...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:09:00 PST

Fame, Online-Style

I’m reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (yes, I know Oprah’s big on it right now.) Anyway, I find the book rather interesting when it comes to ideas of ego, enlightenment and evolution. I...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:50:00 PST

More PR and Album News

Well, I was featured in KoreAm Journal, which is the biggest Korean American magazine around. It’s a nice piece, although they did get some things wrong, like the album I’m working on, whi...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:46:00 PST

Dear Abby... Who Me?

I got a very sweet email from a 16-year-old Korean girl who read my interview in KoreAm Journal.Basically, she was asking me advice about how to pursue her dreams despite her Korean parents’ obj...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:02:00 PST

BITCH IS THE NEW BLACK!!

This aired on SNL this past weekend but I've been to busy to blog about it. Dibs told me about this and I love it. Rock on, Tina Fey!Politics is such an emotional subject, especially when it comes to ...
Posted by Maggie Kim on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:22:00 PST