We asked The Number Twelve Looks Like You singer Jesse Korman to fill us in on some of the weird and wonderful misadventures of life on the road, and the dude got back to us with a guest blog about watching DVDs. Not porn DVDs, not bootleg street fight DVDs, but DVDs of his favorite TV shows. And then he went on to explain how he fantasizes about TV commercials and tuning in tomorrow for the next exciting adventure. Dude, whatever happened to groupies and drinking games? Well, here he is, the wild and crazy Jesse Korman:
Being on the road sure can take a toll on your “daily-back-at-home-social life.”
What I feel like I’ve completely lost out on are the new TV shows. You go back home and you hear your friends talking about the new “Lost” episode or “how funny last nights ‘Family Guy’ was”. So, one of my favorite things to do on tour is to catch up on all of these.
I’ll get full season DVDs of whatever I’ve missed — like “Family Guy,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Lost” — and make like I’m watching them on TV in real-time. For example, I just started watching the show “Lost” (my first time checking out the show). During down time on tour, I’ll go back to the van, get some snacks and watch one episode of a series as if it was on TV normally. I even stop at the little breaks as if it were a commercial to grab a drink, and then start it again.
At the end of the show, of course I can play the next episode, but that’s what makes me look forward to tomorrow! It also makes me go nuts and wonder for the next 24 hours, “What are polar bears are doing on a deserted paradise island?”
