Nowhere #31-no sandals
Did Johnny Cash even own a pair of Tevas? I think we can assume he did not.
And that’s why everybody looks up to him so much… or at least why Aaron does.
The issue of rocking footwear’s a tough one. But, silly as it sounds, I think that in the end Aaron’s right: you can’t show up on a stage in sports sandals and expect to be taken seriously as a rocking force. I’m trying to think of counterexamples, and totally drawing a blank. Phish, maybe? Not that they rocked that much, but they did occasionally, and they seem like sports sandals guys. I don’t know. It’s tough.
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My girlfriend CONSTANTLY gets on me to wear sandals. She just. Doesn’t. Understand.
Your mission’s clear: get the boxed set of DVDs of the Johnny Cash show. Watch it straight through, keeping an eye on his feet the whole time. At the end of the ordeal, just say, “the defense rests.”
This’ll work just as well if you ever need to justify a speed addiction, too.
I agree…Teva’s don’t look rocked out. More like a hippie “eco” band…like Dave Matthews could sport them…or any other “jam” band.
Sandals, ugh. (Says the guy with bad arches.)
At least he wasn’t wearing socks with the sandals. Then again, it’s not winter.
I’ve actually seen the socks-and-sandals combo onstage… but it was a bunch of middle-aged hippies playing White Dude Reggae at some arts festival in Grand Marais. Which pretty much defines nonrock.
hippies. the mere sight of a pair a teva’s and a whiff of patcholi oil make some reflexively reach for tear gas and a tazer.
Is Teva still a going concern?
Pretty sure they are… although based on Outdoor Dude Around Minneapolis footwear observation, it looks like Chacos are giving them a run for their money as far as market dominance goes.