Interview with Jim Irsay - On the Road Text Script - IMA

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Interview with Jim Irsay

Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts and Jack Kerouac's On the Road scroll gives an interview on how Kerouac and The Beats influenced his life.

The IMA will reunite two of the iconic members of the American anti-establishment "Beat Generation" of the 1950s, novelist Jack Kerouac and photographer Robert Frank. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the 120-foot-long original typescript for Kerouac's 1957 cross-country odyssey, On the Road, owned by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The manuscript, 84 feet of which will be on display, will be accompanied by 83 photographs taken by Robert Frank during his own two-year cross-country pilgrimage and published first in Europe in 1958 as Les Americains. The IMA will borrow the almost singular complete set of Frank's photographs owned by the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts

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[jdlund]

@ravenswinsb35, that was a completely incoherent response. Any particular part of my answer you disagree with or are you just generally ignorant and unable to come up with an intelligent response? BTW, I hate the Redskins.

Pissed off Baltimore people are full of shit when they whine about the Colts moving. Fans stopped coming to the games, the stadium was in shitty condition and the city refused to do anything, and then the city tried to steal the team. They moved, get the fuck over it.

[ravenswinsb35]

@jdlund , blowoff....you know nothing!!!!....your  probably a redskins fan!!!!!

[Horse1888]

Jim Irsay is, without a doubt, the hippest NFL team owner!!

[steveox1961]

What if the New York Mets move to Buffalo? Will they become the Buffalo Mets? Or Buffalo Bisons?

[jdlund]

Because they wanted to give the team a name connected to Baltimore. Sometimes do that, but the Colts are in no way unique.

For example, baseball: Dodgers, Giants, Athletics, Braves; basketball: Lakers, Hornets, Warriors; football: Cardinals, Rams, Raiders, Redskins, Chargers.

The sense of obligation to change the team name is relatively recent. Most teams kept their name post move unless the result was really weird (e.g. the Texans moving to Kansas City, name changed to the Chiefs).

[steveox1961]

Then why could Art Modell take the Browns name? He bought em! The Browns dont belong to Cleveland it Belongs to Mr Modell.

[steveox1961]

William Hudnut lives in Maryland now. But if i were Governor OMalley i order the chief of Maryland State Police to pull over Hudnut every chance they get and write him up on several moving volations. Whatever is unsafe lane change,Speeding or Wreckless driving. State Troopers have that power if the Governor orders it. Its the only way get Hudnut out of Maryland. And he can bitch to the judge about police harrassing him, And who is the Judge gonna believe? And you cant win in traffic court!

[steveox1961]

Thats why Shaffer is gonna get whacked by the Mafia! You dont have any idea what Baltimores mafia group can do. My grand dad told me about em. Many were Colts season ticket holders and theyre pissed off! Shaffer is living in Honolulu in a compound full of armed guards. You cant get away from these guys. Just like Vito cant get away from Tonys guys. If Colts win another superbowl theyre comming after Shaffers ass!

[jdlund]

Because the name belongs to the organization. The Colts franchise is a private organization and it never belonged to the city of Baltimore.

It was an organization that happened to be in Baltimore and then moved. Why should it change its name? It's still the same team, it just found a new city willing to build them a proper stadium and one that wouldn't try to steal it from its rightful owners.

Oh and this was twenty-six years ago. Get the hell over it.

[jdlund]

The city of Baltimore is at fault for the Colts moving. They refused to build a new stadium when the old one was crumbling (quite literally). Then they pass a law in an attempt to steal the team. Irsay had every right to move the team, he owned it not Baltimore. The city forced his hand and he moved the team in the middle of the night because he knew that the state would attempt to steal his company. Indy appreciated the team more and were willing to invest in it. The Colts are better off.