무료 22 Table of Contents Letter from the Editor 1. Cover Another issue, and I find myself in a very different place from last time. If you were to ever tell me I’d be editing Broke 22 in the office of the Times after 2. This Page hours, I’d say you were crazy. But that’s just where I am, at 11:30pm the night 3. Tim Butcher before this thing should print. And just as I was working on the cover image, Issue 22 my copy of Photoshop decided my 30-day free trial was over and stopped co- 4. LOD December 2015 operating. It is what it is. That’s going to be the unofficial motto of my workplace some- 5. Dead Chunks This zine has been published time in the near future. I’m not going to say too much on that topic, other at random intervals for the than to suggest that this is what I’d intended all along. Also, if you want to try 6. Shining Cocks past ten-odd years. writing an editorial for the newspaper, it’s easy. Basically, if you can read this, congratulations, you’re qualified. Just send me an e-mail and we’ll figure it out. 7. The Brigade Founders Or I’ll peer-pressure you into writing for Broke. 8. The Plastic Kiz Jon Twitch Anyway, this is something like my third Christmas issue in a row, and I’m Paul Mutts getting a little tired of the concept. Maybe next year I’ll aim for a Halloween 9. Things We Say issue instead. Editor Putting this together, I had a ton of bands in mind I wanted to interview, and 9. Mr Headbutt Jon Twitch as time went on a ton more names popped up as well. I decided to delay a few, including Reddot who would be better to interview in the spring around when 10. Fanzui Xiangfa Contributing Writers they’re set to tour Germany. I also initially did a pretty half-assed interview Kyle Decker 12. Octopoulpe noisemyulchi with Acid Party, not taking it all that seriously which annoyed the band mem- Miss Mislone bers. Iain returned the answers to me in Spanish in an interesting display of 13. Max Reynolds Dan Orozco passive-aggressiveness. Ultimately I decided it would be better to wait an is- sue before trying again. Interviewing bands can be unpredictable, as some will 14. Iman’s League Translators answer the most complicated questions with one word, and you’ll ask others 15. The More I See Minji Seo “How are you?” and end up getting a whole manifesto. Iain mentioned he was Park Solmin more interested in talking about music, and fair enough to him, but the craft of 16. World Underground Rin Park making music doesn’t hold my attention and I’d be incapable of writing about noisemyulchi it on a meaningful level. 17. Stephen Epstein Brother Anthony I’ll let you in on a little secret: the craft of music bores me to death. Sort of Christine Kwon like how my eyes glaze over whenever I meet another photographer and they 18. Colouring Book Sophie Bowman ask me what camera I have. “Uh...kit lens?” “Is it 18-55?” “Probably?” Or maybe the reason I thought I’d be interested in biology, but as soon as it got to 21. Haunted Places Photos cellular shit I had no interest. I’m much more interested in the content of things, 22. i.Broke.u Jon Twitch which is why in Broke interviews I ask about band names, genres, and opin- Lee Juyoung ions, rather than how a guitar riff is played. I’d actually be grateful if anyone 23. Words I Made John Yingling who liked that sort of stuff were to step up and contribute to Broke. I’ve men- Yangbantal tioned before this is why Broke has a lot of totally nonmusical content, as it’s 24. Don Junbar Gems more interesting to go after ideas than to sit and think about fingers on strings. Art We have quite a lot of that this issue, and I think we’ve struck gold with Paul’s 25. SALM Paul Odds colouring pages. Might have to bring that back in the future as well. 26. The Soft Times izoxxx The week before this issue printed, I got word that Tim Butcher had passed Im Yeji away. It seems like I never actually met him, but the news has greatly impacted 27. Offensive Band Verv the scene here, as well as over in the US. I axed my previous plan for a page- special thanks to three article, no tears lost, and added in the article and pictures from friends. Names Richardson Comly I also cancelled another article I was going to run, announcing band breakups for Jeff art in a joke obituary page, as it doesn’t seem right to run a real one adjacent to a 27. Metal scene letter joke one. I also modified some small bits of the Choose Your Own Adventure, 28. Crossword Layout though probably improving it anyway. Jon Twitch Whoa, the lights automatically turn off at the Times at midnight! That was 29. What you say?! pretty freaky. I’ve gotta finish that damn cover, rip to PDF, and I’m out of here. Contact So many people here don’t turn off their computers. Man, this place is starting 30. Reviews [email protected] to freak me out. I keep catching view of movement in the corner of my eye, but I’m the only one in the whole press room. If I go missing, print this zine for me! 32. 닭꼬치 PDFs of Broke: daehanmindecline.com/broke 33. Fiction Jon Twitch Contributors are 35. Yangbantal always welcome. This zine laid out in a tri- Choose Your Own Crime Procedural al version of Indesign CC 2015, suckers. Who Killed Jeff Moses? Ever since you were deputised as Moses, husband, cat owner, and lead Generation”) a KCSI agent at the 70th Police Day vocalist of a local punk band with a Even though it’s your first case, holiday, there haven’t been any ma- name that sounds something similar you’ve somehow been put in charge jor crimes in Korea. to ...What Do You Mean? of the investigation. How do you Until now. “Looks like,” you say, putting on want to start? A grisly murder: a body with six your sunglasses (or taking them off stab wounds found under Wow if they were already on), “there will I’ll go to the morgue for the au- Bridge in Seogyo-dong. ID on the vic be no encore.” topsy. Go to page 3 identifies him as an American resi- (Smash-cut to opening credits, I’ll investigate the crime scene. Go dent of Korea named Jeffington Alva featuring a Who song—let’s say “My to page 4 Rest in Power, Tim Butcher Jon Twitch said. After his death was announced, In- Tim Butcher was in Korea for stagram was filled with graffiti of his a brief time, but he made many name, said Iain, and his Facebook strong connections with the lo- wall “is just this crazy wall of me- cal music scene. After it was an- morial messages and stories about nounced on Saturday (Korean time) what a believably fucking righteous that his family had decided to take dude he was.” him off life support, his friends in A concert titled “Tim Forever” is Korea gathered for an impromptu scheduled for Sunday, December 13 wake. at Nori Bar in Sinchon. The lineup “A lot of tears, a lot of beers and will include Yuppie Killer, crasher a lot of love,” said Iain Whyte, gui- crust band Scumraid, hardcore punk tarist of local hardcore group Yup- band the Kitsches, female-fronted pie Killer. Iain and friends are cur- fastcore band Dead Gakkahs, Agari rently planning a memorial concert and possibly one more. for Sunday. “Basically the scene rallied like Butcher was in Korea for about quick and it’s been incredibly great,” three months in fall 2014, traveling said Iain. “I barely had but to ask through Korea with his fiancee. and everyone immediately agreed to “I first met him shortly after he participate.” had just arrived outside the GS25 Iain stressed the group effort be- store next to Badabie during the hind putting the show together, with The More I See show,” said Iain. help from Sohn Changeun (Find the “He was standing there with (his Spot), Ryu Jihwan (Scumraid), Gar- fiancee) and I just felt like going rett Belair (Jordan River), and oth- over and saying hi. We decided to ers. The poster was designed by start a band the next day and ba- Yim Yeji, and Park Jung-min also sically recruited Mac/Haehyun and spontaneously made some art un- Graham in two minutes outside der his name izoxxx. Three Thumbs the Hongdae Playground bathroom Photo: Lee Juyoung which co-manages Nori lacked hah.” Butcher left for home in California ramento hardcore band Trash Talk, equipment, so they managed to Together they formed Tokki Jot, in late November, but there were and when they came to Korea he get Jo Sumin, manager of the new and Butcher also played a few shows plans for him to visit in March 2016 wasn’t a member anymore, but he Steel Face venue, to donate his amp with Yuppie Killer, appearing with and record a demo. jumped on stage and took over gui- backline. them at Spot’s final show on Hal- “He wasnt here long physically, tar on their final song.