We're goin' to Jackson!

Submitted by adammyerson on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 15:23

Driving to training camp this week. I was going to do El Paso, Austin, Jackson, Winston, but then I never got out of Tucson on Monday. Tuesday was 12 hours from Tucson to Austin, a nice ride and a late start today from Austin, and hopefully I'll make it to Jackson tonight.

You know, I have to confess, I thought Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon really killed it in Walk The Line. I never took Witherspoon seriously as an actress until I saw her in this movie.

Since that's probably all I'm going to have time for this week, I'd like to direct you here:

http://www.pioneerevents.com/2009/02/you-are-dead-to-me.html

Seriously, WTF? JD nailed it.

Comments

Submitted by mayhew (not verified) on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 16:35.
I'm a diehard enough fan that my son is named after JC's first hit. I thought they both nailed it too. Pretty close to the book too.
Submitted by GeWilli (not verified) on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 10:10.
I'm a huge JC fan, love his stuff and when I hear Joaquin Phoenix singing I cringe and have to turn the song off. He just flat out can't sing the way Cash can. Reese was way better, and if it was just her singing it would be different. I didn't mind the movie so much, but g-damn can't listen to Joaquin, made it all of 5 seconds into the second vid.
Submitted by Skinny Phil (not verified) on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 11:33.
JD definitely nailed it. I was watching the race with my wife and we started talking about what it was like when jock's found mosh pits once grunge got popular. When that dude dressed like Borat in the neon green bathing suit in the TDF received some live comments and coverage from Phil Liggett, that was something of a novelty, but last week was officially Fonzie jumping the shark. At least the dude in the TDF had cycling tan lines. Most of the losers in CA looked like out of shape frat boys. May the cycling gods force them to ride Trek 1000's on a trainer while listening to La Bamba on a loop for eternity.
Submitted by Mark (not verified) on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 13:43.
The first time I heard "Jackson," I was 16, and it was the version by Pansy Division and Calvin Johnson. It was the A side to a 7" with Pansy Division's "I Really Wanted You." It's fond memory because I didn't know what the hell I was listening to, but folks like Pansy Division and Calvin Johnson made high school bearable for me. I'm a big Cash fan now, and I wonder how differently things would have turned out if I was listening to him back then.
Submitted by chrisb. (not verified) on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 14:33.
Skinny Phil's "I was watching the race with my wife and we started talking about what it was like when jock’s found mosh pits once grunge got popular" pretty much sums it up for me. The before and after were night and day. I haven't been in a mosh pit since. -Chris