Paul Margach

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About me

Gender Male
Location Naju, South Korea
Introduction Paul Margach is an associate professor of English and a blogger with interests in music, ESL and short stories. He hasn't won any prizes for his writing but he did once win a free soft ice cream cone when he was six. He lives in South Korea with his wife and their dog.
Favorite Movies Amadeus, The Commitments, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daytime Drinking, Dogtown & Z-Boys, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Frost/Nixon, The Godfather II, Heaven Help Us, The Host, If..., In the Name of the Father, The Last Days of Disco, Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, Ocean's 13, Ode to My Father, Peppermint Candy, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Red Violin, Rushmore, Russian Ark, This Is Spinal Tap, Trainspotting
Favorite Music Abba, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Beautiful South, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Blondie, Blur, Booker T & The MG's, Billy Bragg, Burning Spear, Kate Bush, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Chic, Codona, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Deacon Blue, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duke Ellington, Fairport Convention, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Glenn Gould, Herbie Hancock, The Housemartins, The Human League, The Incredible String Band, The Jam, Kraftwerk, Love, Madness, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Curtis Mayfield, Paul McCartney, Jackie McLean, Mercury Rev, Charlie Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, New Order, Laura Nyro, Buck Owens, Art Pepper, Pet Shop Boys, Prefab Sprout, Bud Powell, R.E.M., Return to Forever, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Scritti Politti, The Specials, Dusty Springfield, Steely Dan, The Style Council, Talking Heads, Weather Report, Kim Wilde, The Wonder Stuff, Stevie Wonder, XTC
Favorite Books Austerlitz, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, Black Lamb & Grey Falcon, Buddenbrooks, But Beautiful, The Catcher in the Rye, The Code of the Woosters, Coming Through Slaughter, Cosmicomics, Hav, Here Is Where We Meet, The Magic Mountain, Memories of the Future, Never a Dull Moment, Out of Sheer Rage, Pacific, Revolution in the Head, Rock Stars Stole My Life, Running in the Family, The Skies Belong to Us, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, The Stories of John Cheever, Very Good Jeeves, W. Somerset Maugham: Sixty-Five Short Stories