I’m driving 4 hours this morning to the 3-day IHSA track meet. For the first time in 45 years I will not be in charge of a team.
The picture below is from the 1999 state meet. Dad was 63, I was 40.
Dad always said the state meet was his favorite weekend of the year. He loved track & field, loved my team, and he loved spending time with me. Every race was discussed.
Dad died at age 88. I’m now 67. I will hang out with my sons (age 39 & 33) high in the stands above the finish line, just like 1999.
Circle of life!
Interesting how times change. There are no longer 30-page programs because everything is online. Stop watches are rare due to automated timing. And… no one goes shirtless!
"Hurt" is not an original by Johnny Cash. The song was written by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) in 1994 for the album The Downward Spiral. Rick Rubin had to insist several times on Cash recording his version, at first Johnny found the idea completely insane because the original version is industrial and noisy. At 71, already very ill, almost blind and with trembling hands, Cash completely transformed the band.
The iconic video, directed by Mark Romanek, was filmed at the House of Cash (his own museum). June Carter Cash appears looking at him fondly, the video was shot in February 2003, a few months before she died (May) and Johnny himself (September).
Trent Reznor was so moved that he declared, "This song is not mine anymore." It is considered one of the best covers of all time.
NEW: Country music star and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jamey Johnson performed “In Color” during the National Memorial Day Concert.
I didn’t realize he served. RESPECT. 🇺🇸
This song gets me everytime. Both of grandpa’s funeral videos featured this song.
Backdraft - released 35 years ago today
Donald Sutherland rocks up for 7 minutes and it's genius. The Suth was a lifelong professional scene-stealer; effortlessly brilliant moments like this pop up all across his career.
His switch in this scene is chiling. 'Burn it all' 🔥
The first born daughters have that warrior mentality following their fathers. This video breaks it down. Does this resemble the first born daughter in your family?
I think it fits my sister pretty well, what about you?