Archive for January, 2009

The Pagodium, Vol. III (Brian Barnhart)

Posted by Roy Hobbson on January 30th, 2009 under Pagodium, Roy Hobbson  •  8 Comments

Welcome back to The Pagodium — IndyCar’s pressroom equivalent of the Thunder Dome. For there are no rules here. There is nothing off limits … except, of course, for the mundane. That is off limits, and will be dealt with swiftly. The Pagodium hog-ties the mundane and beats it senseless with a sack full of Ferris [...]

It’s Not Easy Having Green‏

Posted by Jeff Iannucci on January 28th, 2009 under The Velvet Terrace  •  8 Comments

Most of you probably didn’t notice that last week some driver you never heard of was announced by some team that hasn’t won an IndyCar race in years. This was because at that very moment you were busy watching two million people shivering with joy as part of the peaceful transfer of power in our [...]

Welcome Back, Arute

Posted by Roy Hobbson on January 14th, 2009 under Arute, Roy Hobbson  •  5 Comments

Just gaze upon this here picture. GAZE UPON IT, I SAY! Focus in on the seduction … but don’t ignore the smarm either. Shhhhhhh. Give in to it. Let it embrace you. Let it caress your soul and/or thighs, just as it wants. Good, good, good. Anddddddddd … stop. Ladies — you are now pregnant. Gentlemen [...]

The Fouled Plug (Episode II — Adventures in Poor Marketing)

Posted by Flash Rensselaer on January 8th, 2009 under Flash Rensselaer, The Fouled Plug  •  5 Comments

  After seeing ESPN’s pathetic clutch at drumming up excitement by pulling the mildly intriguing TJV/VS (Tirico-Jackson-Van Gundy/Vitale-Shulman) switch of an NBA broadcast team calling an NCAA game, and the caricature-of-his-former-self calling an NBA game … I started harkening back to some of the ill-fated marketing attempts on the IndyCar front.  I don’t want to say [...]

The G’s … They Are A Comin’

Posted by Gen. Johnson Jameson on January 7th, 2009 under Brace For the G's, Gen. Johnson Jameson  •  1 Comment

One of the most prolific and inspirational thinkers of our time once said: “Our shadow, the dark side. C.G. Hume writes about it, in terms of the fact that every one of us has a dark side. And my dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons [...]

Where Do I Sign Up?

Posted by Roy Hobbson on January 6th, 2009 under General, Roy Hobbson  •  3 Comments

These are dark times in Indianapolis. Dark, sorrowful, rage-filled times. For the Colts are no more, I’m afraid. They’ve been ousted. By the detestable, slack-jawed Chargers. Again. And I want to clusterbomb something.