Oct 11th Act III: Derby, aka Helle's Belles

so in continuation...

Holy crap roller derby is rad! i went on Saturday night to the match and it was brutal, it reminded me how much i like sport. aside from all of the cultural over and undertones that derby has it was a heckuva good time. very physical, very simple scoring system, moments of anticipation, it is everything a spectator could want in an event. There were definitely some surreal moments.

Recently i have been listening to bands like the choir and the prayer chain. very layered, textured, guitar driven. i could only think about how rad derby would be if there were some other mood elements like swank lighting and hammering riffs, not just having every third song be cake. yeah we get it, their song the distance is great for derby but if you push play one more time on that track i swear to the derby gods i will tie you up.

there was the largest cross section of stinktown population i have ever seen at an event. seriously from tux to lil john impersonator to hill billy deluxe. odd moment of the night - dude who looked like buddy holly but tried to play the national anthem like jimi. seriously dude, you can riff but you lack the ability to read the crowd and respond or you refuse to listen to your muse because she would have unplugged you, and this, this is why you will not be an entertainer, at least not right now. you will be relegated to opening up the show instead of performing half time sets. you can wail but you can not hear.

plus there was punk rock. more on this in the next act.

so derby was a great experience and i look forward to going again, i saw my friend T. it has been a long time. i am going to email T., i remember wiffle ball in the park and how hard a pepper shaker can be because of T. in my head i wonder if he can still wing the old horsehide around like we used to, T. could make my glove pop. Plus i saw M. and J. and it has been a while since i have seen them. Derby is good community, and a good time. Go SH Girls.