A new series here on Dodgy. Fictional Hoosier of the Month. Because they’re aren’t enough worthy real Hoosiers to honor? You said it not me. Stop the Lights! We’ve honored her before, and we’ll do it again. This month’s honoree is April Ludgate – smart-ass prettynot parks department worker for the city of Pawnee. Played of course, by the slightly hotter Aubrey Plaza. We’ll try to keep this montly series from being an all-Parks and Recreation. Surely there are other worthy fictional Hoosiers. Yes there are. Maybe not a lot from NWI. Slainte
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You don’t realize how lame Chicagoland radio is until you travel around the country. It’s really pathetic that this major city has such crappy radio. To say WXRT is the best in the city is like saying it’s the cleanest toilet at a Speedway gas station. Out of touch? Tired, old? It’s like they don’t know what’s cool to play anymore. Here’s an example: More than likely, when you hear an INXS song on ‘xrt it’s going to be the tired “Devil Inside” or “Suicide Blonde.” How about digging a little deeper into the catalogue with “Original Sin” or “Kiss the Dirt” ??? And I really believe I hear the same Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin songs over and over. ‘xrt ain’t much more than a…
Lots of riff around the region about what to call it’s fine citizens. You mostly hear it in the media, and maybe some wank dive bar in Hammond. “Region Rats” is the most popular moniker. I won’t get into the history of that. You can look it up. It supposedly has good connotations, but a rat is a rat. I think Region Rats I think smelly, puss-faced politicians. Or “The Departed” comes to mind, when Jackie-boy tells Leon he “smells a rat.” Now apparently some wank wants to oust Region Rat and replace it with Regionnaire. Yea, I’m not the first to say it sounds like a serious affliction. Meh on that. “Hoosiers” I suppose, is too state wide. This is a suburb…
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