It's Stillwater!

There’s always something disturbing about seeing an established actor or actress do something other than act. I imagine it’s almost like catching your dad in women’s clothes: it’s not what you expected and though it seems to make your dad happy, it doesn’t look right either. Combine that with The Curse Of The Singing Actor and they really never stood a chance in the harsh music world. The Curse has consistently worked against nearly every actor that has tried to “dabble in music”. There are some examples of actors and actresses who have some success in the music industry, but for every actor that “made it” there are a hundred who crashed and burned. That’s all part of The Curse.

Northern Exposure was one of my favorite tv-shows in the nineties. John Corbett played Chris the DJ, a sensitive, but super-manly man. Since then he has played many similar roles, but I never tire of watching him act. So when I learned that he was recording a CD, I got scared. Out of morbid curiosity - the same that makes me want to watch Mariah “act” in Glitter and listen to William Shatner’s “dramatic readings” of popular songs on his CD Has Been, which is actually so bad it’s good - I listened to some of The John Corbett Band’s songs on their site. Oh, how I wish I hadn’t. His music of choice is that horrible New Country music, made popular by Garth Brooks and the like. We here at 100b try to not make it a habit to tell the world why exactly some band sucks. But I’m sorry John, that sound will linger in my brain and come back when I least expect it, like an embarrassing memory, which is what this musical stint should be. I’m all for creative diversity, but his talents clearly lie elsewhere. I would’ve been the first to celebrate him if he had turned out to be a gifted musician but, sadly, The Curse has struck again.