Comments on: Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Bias http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-recovering-from-performers-bias/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 06:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Biashttp://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-recovering-from-performers-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-25380 Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Bias Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:25:53 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=11240#comment-25380 [...] More here:  Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Bias [...] [...] More here:  Dw. Dunphy On… Recovering From Performer’s Bias [...]

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-recovering-from-performers-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-53505 EightE1 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:18:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=11240#comment-53505 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's "Cool Love." I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.<br><br>I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into "Tequila Sunrise" or "Come Monday," or -- the best, the absolute BEST -- Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown." It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.<br><br>Rob<br>EightE1 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's “Cool Love.” I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.

I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into “Tequila Sunrise” or “Come Monday,” or — the best, the absolute BEST — Gordon Lightfoot's “Sundown.” It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.

Rob
EightE1

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-recovering-from-performers-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-39830 EightE1 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:18:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=11240#comment-39830 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's "Cool Love." I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.<br><br>I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into "Tequila Sunrise" or "Come Monday," or -- the best, the absolute BEST -- Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown." It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.<br><br>Rob<br>EightE1 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's “Cool Love.” I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.

I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into “Tequila Sunrise” or “Come Monday,” or — the best, the absolute BEST — Gordon Lightfoot's “Sundown.” It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.

Rob
EightE1

]]> By: EightE1http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-recovering-from-performers-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-25373 EightE1 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:18:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=11240#comment-25373 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's "Cool Love." I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.<br><br>I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into "Tequila Sunrise" or "Come Monday," or -- the best, the absolute BEST -- Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown." It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.<br><br>Rob<br>EightE1 My experiences with karaoke have been as a spectator and not a participant, though I did have a nightmare once in which I was onstage on karaoke night singing Pablo Cruise's “Cool Love.” I woke up before my dream-self attempted that high note going into the second chorus. Even in dreams, I am a wimp.

I like a good cover band on a night out in a bar, with friends; or, better yet, an acoustic act, like Jason's 80s thing. Somewhere around the third pitcher, when your best friend thinks it a good idea to order another two dozen thermonuclear wings, I kinda dig hearing the pharmacist who's played guitar for 30 years lean into “Tequila Sunrise” or “Come Monday,” or — the best, the absolute BEST — Gordon Lightfoot's “Sundown.” It's part of the decor, like the neon Corona sign or the burners keeping the stromboli warm on the buffet line. The pharmacist knows he'll never play Giant Stadium, or ride in a tour bus, or shag a groupie (except for his wife, who's probably not even there). There's something very cool about that, to me. Most of us have had to downsize our dreams in one way or another.

Rob
EightE1

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