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I wrote a letter to a derby-ignorant British friend this morning describing the history of the sport. I’m sure it reflects a few biases I have, but I think it’s correct for the most part. So if you don’t know much about derby and are curious (i.e., “what the hell is Stacey constantly […]

I failed to find a post-able picture of the man himself, but as he was a music lover of the highest order, the image above seems appropriate.
Sterno had cancer. Since I hadn’t been a fixture in Chicago’s club scene for at least a couple of years, I hadn’t seen him in awhile and […]

…because I’m all about accuracy. And posting on a daily basis is apparently beyond my capabilities. Now on to today’s entry.
This is my team captain, Lucy Furr:

She’s so smokin’ hot they built an ad campaign around her. You can purchase this poster here.
When I was a lowly skater tot before the 2006 […]

I love it when I “discover” a “new” band that’s actually been around forever and I’m just too lame to have heard of them until now. I always feel so damned lucky when that happens.
Behold The Dirtbombs:

They are from Detroit. That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Just look at them: […]

(OK, so “Daily” was a bit optimistic. Sue me…)

This is Miss Conduct of the Lonestar Rollergirls (TXRD), the banked track league in Austin, TX that was at the forefront of the current roller derby revival, and was featured on this year’s ROLLERGIRLS reality show on A&E. She jams and blocks for the Holy […]

Last night I almost made it through a 30 minute pace line.

The pace line is an endurance drill where all skaters form a single-file line and skate laps, each skater maintaining no more than an arm’s distance from the girl in front of her. A pace line can have many variations: last night, for […]

Since roller derby is officially eating my life, I now will attempt to leave a daily smudge of derby on this site: the trials and tribulations of a 38-year-old, exercise-hatin’, secretly hippie novice derbette; thoughts and reflections on developments in this “emerging” sport; and profiles of or links to leagues and players I think […]