by
Jon Twitch
It looks perfectly normal, huh? Not if you remember what was painted there before.
On Thursday, April 21, Skunk owner Won Jonghee and volunteers painted over a great deal of the graffiti outside Skunk Hell and the front entrance. They were ordered to do it by residents of the building where Skunk Hell is located.
“It was when two foreigners had sex that they asked to erase [the graffiti],” said Won Jonghee.
One thing in particular that bothered tenants was the spraypainted Korean word for “group sex.” In conjunction with the lustful sounds at their door, they began to postulate.
In Won’s words: “’Is Skunk a sex club?’ they wondered. ‘Erase it or we’ll sue you. And do not have sex on the stairs.’”
The magic night was April 16, at an otherwise ordinary show. The two participants had met for the first time that night, got incredibly drunk, and during the last band snuck off together. Little did they know, they were propped against the door to someone’s home. What’s worse, the residents may have been inside. “That’s why the owner of the building got to know it,” suggests Won.
The racket they caused lured up a few Korean punks, who ogled the tryst for a few minutes. According to eyewitness Joseph Atskunk, “There was a whole crowd of onlookers when they dragged me up there.”
When Won was alerted, he told the participants: “I’ll give you guys five minutes. After five minutes, I don’t wanna say this, but come down.”
However, neither fucker can recall his warning, as a side-effect of their intoxication. The female participant, a Canadian English teacher, began vomiting all over the stairs. “I blacked out for a while,” she said by e-mail, “so the end of the night is a bit of a fuzz.”
She offered an apology to the venue, which Won promptly refused. “I have swore off soju for the rest of my life,” she says. “I would just like to forget the entire night happened.”
The male participant, an American airman stationed in Osan, was chased away by other foreigners. According to a colleague, he was later arrested for a separate fight elsewhere in Hongdae.
“You don’t have to worry about seeing [the male] anymore anyway,” announced Atskunk. “He was involved in an ‘alcohol-related incident,’ which is bad news bears for those of you who know nothing of the military. And if that wasn’t enough for the poor guy, he’s underage. I think they slapped him with 45/45 (an Article 15), which will totally suck ass in Korea.”
An Article 15 carries a fine up to 45 days’ pay, extra duty for up to 45 days, and reduction in rank. “Basically, [it’s] like being grounded for big people,” explains Atskunk.
On top of that, he is banned from Skunk. When asked if either foreigner would ve allowed back, Won exclaimed, “No way.”
The airman told another Osan punk that he will not return to Skunk, because Korean punks are all “tight-asses” and punks should permit chaos, rioting, property damage, and public sex.
“Having sex with people is okay,” said Won, “but this is Korea. If you go to Rome, you gotta act like a Rome person. Here you’ve at least got to act like you’re a visitor.
“I don’t want to say this is not your country, but this [Skunk Hell] is not your room.”
Atskunk left harsher words on the Broke message board. “Drink at fucking home if you can’t keep your pants on. If you feel the need to fuck out of the house, at least go the hell away from the venue.”