The Colonel’s Roller Derby Roundup

Houston is the best U.S. city to live, work, and play according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. The magazine called Houston the “Comeback Kid” because of the area’s ability to battle back from the oil bust of the 1980s. Last year, Houston added over 100,000 jobs in the area, tops among all major metroplitan areas in the United State in job growth.

Personally, I think there is a direct correlation between Houston Roller Derby, and Houston becoming the “Best City” to live in in the United States. Ever since 2006 when I saw my first derby bout in Houston by HRD I have thought, Houston would be a great place to live. So I am giving a lot of the credit to the skaters and volunteers for HRD who make Houston such a fun place to visit.

See you June 8th! And if I weren’t in Dallas for a bout tomorrow, you know I would be checking out the Bayou City Bosses’ fund raiser.

Phil

In this new experiment in recording the podcast, we used Skype. It dropped out several times, and we finally succeeded on our third recording.

Bill Shirley discusses May’s bout with The Colonel who missed it.

73 Burlesque Brawlers
64 Machete Betties

86 Texas Rollergirls’ Honky Tonk Heartbreakers
49 Bayou City Bosses

 

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The Burlesque Brawlers came from behind Sunday night at Verizon Wireless Theater to win their first bout of the season over the Machete Betties, 73-64. In the first game, the Texas Rollergirls’ Honky Tonk Heartbreakers defeated the home town Bayou City Bosses, 86-49.

The Machete Betties opened up the first half with authority gaining a 17-8 lead after five jams. In the sixth jam, Audiomind scored eight points while Panty Raider (as Viet Thong) was scoring four to narrow the lead down to five points. During the rest of the half, both teams would play strong defense, and the Machete Betties would go into halftime with a 30-26 half. It looked like the short-handed Betties might be able to pull off a surprising victory. (more…)

[Edit: The Colonel didn't start this week, but should start next week]TOMORROW, Tuesday (5/20) will mark my debut performance of my weekly radio show on Marfa Public Radio, our excellent NPR affiliate out here in West Texas and next door to City Hall here in Marfa.

I’ll mostly be playing R&B tracks from the 70’s but also playing some hearty 80’s and 90’s Texas rock plus some Mexican rock crossover stuff from past and present. I will be the only live late night DJ on the air and my show will run weekly from 11PM-1AM CST on Marfa Public Radio.

Great news for all you computer nerds- the show and station are streamable at www.marfapublicradio.org Hopefully some of y’all will opt to listen as the studio is equipped with double turntables in addition to CD and cassette. I will be bringing bits and pieces of my extensive 45 and LP collection that I don’t get the pleasure of listening to nearly enough.

Feel free to call in to the station while I’m in the booth at 432-729-4578. I’m planning on a five to ten year lifespan for this show.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

(10) Bay Area Derby Girls - 99
(24) HaRD Knocks - 54

(11) Rose City Roller Girls - 154
(24) HaRD Knocks - 44

Sunday, May 11, 2008

(12) Minnesota Roller Girls - 97
(24) HaRD Knocks - 83

(–) OC Roller Girls - 76
(24) HaRD Knocks - 97

(These are UNOFFICIAL scores. The number in brackets is the teams
WFTDA ranking.)

Here’s a review of the 2007 Knockout bout vs Austin’s Heartbreakers. It was recorded and released just after the bout in June of 2007.

The Heartbreakers are about to visit again, so I thought you might want to re-listen.

 

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We’ve been super busy, and haven’t had time for a proper post-April podcast, so this one is going to have to fill in.

I talked to the Colonel briefly, but he didn’t make much of the podcast, only a cameo at the end.

April Bouts

126 Hell Marys (Austin)
83 Sirens

75 Bosses
37 Brawlers

 

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Many derby girls who didn’t travel to the California Fundraiser Event: Roll for a Cure, spent their Saturday at the 2008 Art Car Parade, with an estimated attendance of 200,000 people.

Play Spot the Derby Girl…

(Houston Art Car Parade 2008)