 dude listen for a second. Monday, June 26, 2006 Could there be anything less 'Southern Redneck' on the surface than World Cup Soccer? Okay, maybe Brie, but you get my point. We got college football, college basketball, WWE, fishing and NASCAR and some people like the Atlanta Braves I guess, but soccer, outside of dropping the young'ns off for Saturday morning games, doesn't enter our required man-tube-time when it comes to competitive 'watching.' So then why in the Hell am I obsessed with it this year? And more importantly, we isn't every damned Redneck, cuz, I tell you it has all the trappings of quality redneck viewibility. Take yesterday's match between the Dutch and Portugal, yeah, I know you are saying, is Tread on crack the Dutch and Portugal? Yes, the Dutch and Portugal. This game, characterised by shameless provocation, serious flagrant fouls, fraudulent falls, bad play and all that for the sake of scoring 1 single, solitary goal which lifted Portugal past the Netherlands and into the next round. This went on for nearly 96 minutes, players were ejected, (a mandatory requirement into the pantheon of 'gooder' redneck sports) players were injured, and grown men cried...just like they did when Earnhardt died and much more than they did when Owen Hart did. It is estimated that of the 16 million people in the Netherlands, 8 million were watching...half the population, glued to the set. That is impressive from a country that could have been banging legal hookers and smoking the legal hookah. You have to believe the other 8 million were merely hungover or in the refractory stage of orgasm and were Tivoing the thing to watch later. All I am saying is when you tune into a World Cup game and you see the scads of brightly painted fans who have made the trek to Germany to support their country's team or the shots of places like London or Mexico City, streets full of crazed fans watching every play on giant public TVs you have to wonder if we Americans are just too stupid and unsophisticated to get it. Another incorrect characterization of your typical NASCAR or Wrestling fan I might add. So I impore my US counterparts to give this World Cup a sip this week, you might find you not only can take the pungent Euro flavor, it actually will grow on you quickly and drunken you with the delight of hard fought competition, nationalism beyond compare and if you are like me you will learn cuss words in other languages by lip-reading...Dude, seriously. A Chevy Belair at Dudes by the Pepsi machine. Olympus XA, Kodak E100, x'pro'd. Lightleaks 3. You really need it. I also have some work in the latest issue of U and I Magazine. Get yours... GoTreadGo got a PhotoBloggie for Best Writing on a Photoblog. Check out all the great sites who were nominated. Read about my thang in the latest issue of Photoblogs Magazine. Other places you can see some Tread work... Sunny16. Mooncruise. File. Filmwasters Gallery. Comment (14) | Permalink |
