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Dancing Fool... I'm Halfway There
Dancing Fool... I'm Halfway There
absence of dancing ability and remark upon it to one another, and I finish the night sweaty and tired? I'm sorry, but that seems to me like a typical day at work. My fondest dream, dance-wise? I want to hit a stage out of nowhere, and move like David Byrne in the Talking Heads' concert video "Stop Making Sense." To dominate a stage like that, and make viewers think: "Wow! This is cosmic..." Whereas, if a person had moved like that on the sidewalk or in the mall, viewers would think: "Is he OK? Should we call 9-1-1?" In other words, like Michael Stipe of REM. Like Joe Cocker, onstage at Woodstock. Like Bruce Springsteen, when that girl jumped onstage at the concert and he danced with her for like a minute, and people were like, "Awww!" Like...like... OK, I won't spoil the surprise. But one day before long, I might just break loose, now that the mere act of dancing won't consign me to The Bad Place. If I can accumulate some extra pain medicine for my arthritic condition, I may even go for broke. Any day, I may Bust a Move. Pray for me, that I don't bust anything else. Amen. ### (Dale Short is a native of Walker County. His columns, books, and photographs are available online at www.carrolldaleshort.com, and his radio show "Music from Home" airs Sundays at 6 pm on Oldies 101.5 FM. For information about his weekly writing workshops in Sumiton, call Woni's Bookshelf at 648-6161.)