On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 15:59:26 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 6:35:36 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 3:53:12 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:02:23 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 2:16:10 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > >> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:06:04 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > As I said I use the standard American usage. It's irrelevant who I
>> > >> > idolize, the only thing that matters is how Americans use the word
>> > >> > "Asian." If you're saying that Americans idolize Japanese, Chinese,
>> > >> > and Koreans, you're pretty much out of touch with the United States.
>> > >> I didn't say that at all.
>> > >> > OTOH, I guess you could say that American youth idolize Koreans. It's
>> > >> > pretty much that way around the world.
>> > >> Because of that extremely nasty K-pop scene?
>> > >>
>> > >> Is a Thai an Asian in your vernacular?
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Not Dave Smith
>> > >
>> > >BTS is #1 on the Billboard top 100 charts at the moment. That don't mean much to you but it's kind of a big deal. This group is bigger than Jesus. That don't mean I idolize BTS or the Koreans. My wife probably does. She says that she wishes her Korean mom could have lived to see this.
>> > I've seen a documentary about the Korean pop scene. It's extremely
>> > nasty. The young artists are complete slaves to the record companies.
>> > I don't think stuff like this happens in the western music industry.
>> > At least not THIS bad. That's irrelevant to girlies who like to jump
>> > around to that music, of course.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Not Dave Smith
>> It's a bad scene alright. OTOH, life for the professional musician has always been tough. It's probably a better life than being out of work for over a year and living in your car.
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>Look, its about getting around. Some people have a natural gift of gab. Did you know that a few people can't even walk down a street block unless they've gotten to know every single person on that block? Can you believe that? Combine that personality with a song and dance and then you'll have a musician that's actually going somewhere.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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Not Dave Smith.