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HELL MARYS, HELL YEAH!

TXRD Valentine's Day Massacre final score!

Hey there derby fans! We're working hard on getting together a play-by-play bout recap posted...complete with pics and videos, but great things take time...so keep checking back...for now, I leave you with my personal favorite pics of the evening...The final score was Holy Rollers: 72 Rhinestone Cowgirls: 43
Peace out and sk8 on! ÅnaRchy

The Bloggers with killer Miss Conduct


The Bloggers with Å's hero, Punky Bruiser


And last, but certainly not least, The Bloggers with the infamous and totally badass Sister Mary Jane

Valentine's Day Massacre TONIGHT!

Tonight, the Rhinestone Cowgirls saddle up again to take on their longtime rivals, the Holy Rollers. This family feud dates back to three consecutive battles for the Calvello Cup, and the hatred between the rowdy roughnecks and the unrepentant school girls runs deeper than the Rio Grande River.

Will the Rollers hog tie the cowgirls and brand them with a big "L" for loser? Or will the cowgirls run the naughty school girls into the mud in a stampede they won't soon forget? Pick your side, load your six shooter, and stake your claim for this one; it's a shoot'em out you won't want to miss!

• Who: Rhinestone Cowgirls vs. Holy Rollers
• When: Sun. Feb. 11, 2007
• Where: Austin Convention Center, 500 East Caesar Chavez, Austin
• Map: http://www.austinconventioncenter.com/Maps/index.htm
• Tickets: http://www.txrd.com/tickets.htm

And the word on the street is:
"Some rollergirls will have stensils with a bad ass message, so wear a shirt you wouldn't mind being spray painted...ssshhhh, don't tell anyone you don't like! :) "

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Texas Rollergirls on LatiNation Tonight!

LatiNation is a nationally syndicated, half-hour program that shines the spotlight on Latin culture in the U.S. The program is broadcast to over 90 markets across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

In December, the show's hosts Desi and Jose spent some time with three of the Texas Rollergirls -- Rollin' Sweet, Sedonya Face, and Dagger Deb -- to learn about Flat Track Derby and what makes the Texas Rollergirls such a special organization.

The program airs in Austin on Sunday, February 11 at 1:35 a.m. (that's tonight, folks, at 1:35am) on KEYE -- Channel 42 air or 5 on Time-Warner Cable. Not in Austin? Visit the LatiNation web site to find broadcast times in your area -- or get a sneak peek of the clip here.

• What: Texas Rollergirls on LatiNation
• Date: February 11
• Time: 1:35 a.m.
• Station: KEYE (CBS) - Channel 42 or 5 in Austin

Note: For Dish Network subscribers, LatiNation is a regular show on SITV, or channel 159 on Dish. I can't find a program guide describing any of SITV's events, but be on the lookout.

Get Served by a Texas Rollergirl!

Help the Texecutioners get to Tucson!
And Get Served!
Join the Texas Rollergirls for a drink TODAY, Saturday, February 10, at Wahoo’s Tacos!

You don't want to miss this... a bunch of the Texas Rollergirls will be standing in as bartenders & cocktail waitresses for the night! And you will be appropriately rocked by Karaoke Apocalypse!

All tips will help get the Texecutioners to the Dust Devil Western Regional Tournament February 16 - 18, 2007 in Tucson, AZ so they can kick the butts of Rollergirls from around the country.

• Date: Saturday February 10th
• Time: 10pm - 2am (but come early to eat!)
• Location: Wahoo's Fish Tacos 509 Rio Grande St
• Bands: KARAOKE APOCALYPSE!
• Cover Charge: FREE!!

Your 2007 Texecutioners are:

• Belle Star
• Bettie Rage
• Bloody Mary
• Buckshot Betsy
• Cat Tastrophe
• Cheap Trixie
• Curvette
• Dagger Deb
• Derringer .44
• Electra Blu
• Jen Entonic
• Lady Stardust
• Lucille Brawl
• Muffin Tumble
• Rice Rocket
• Rollin Sweet
• Sic Shooter
• Slim Kickins
• Sparkle Plenty
• Trouble

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The Texecutioners Need You!
You say you love the Texas Rollergirls, now they need you to put your money where your mouth is.

The badass Texecutioners, the 2006 National Flat Track Champions, need to go to the Tucson Dust Devil & to defend their title. This year, the Dust Devil is a Western Regional Tournament, & they are humbly asking for your help to get them there.

They love you 'til it hurts. Now it's your turn to give -- it's a completely painless process. Just use the Paypal button on the Texas Rollergirls website & give them a dollar for everytime they've made you cheer.

TXRD: Holy Rollers VS. The Rhinestone Cowgirls!

Banked track derby fans, this is a bout you ain't gonna wanna miss - there's no love lost between these two teams and I'm sure we'll see plenty of proof come Sunday!

• WHO: Holy Rollers vs. the Rhinestone Cowgirls
• WHERE: Austin Convention Center
• WHEN: Sunday, February 11th
• Doors @ 6pm, Bout @ 7pm
• WHY: If you need to ask, you're on the wrong blog site
• HOW: By the good grace of God

*Tickets are $15 buck-os at the door, or buy 'em early and save some cash-ola! ($13 at Front Gate Tickets, Pronto Food Mart, Headhunter's Tiki Bar, Spiderhouse, Glassy Knoll, The Onion, Lowbrow Emporium & The Texas Chili Parlor)

*Park on the street or in the Convention Center garage (caddy-corner from the Convention Center itself) for $7

Entry fee: $15
Parking: $7
Drinks: $15
Live Roller Derby Action: Priceless.

Texas Rollergirls on BDTV today -- Updated!

If you missed the airing at 5pm today, (hey, we warned ya on Monday!), you can view the episode on the BDTV website. Here is the link:

http://www.bdtelevision.net/index.php?action=1

UPDATE!
The streaming video is now working as of 2/9/07. It works in an Internet Explorer browser because it uses Windows Media Player to stream. I was not able to view the video in Mozilla Firefox at all, my browser of choice.

Enjoy!

Rollergirl Officially Released Today!

The book Rollergirl: Totally True Tales From the Track is now available in every awesome bookstore near you! So skate to your nearest bookstore & pick up a copy.

The book was written by Melissa Joulwan, aka "Melicious", from the Texas Rollergirls. (She rolls for the Hot Rod Honeys.)

You can order the book through the official site: http://www.rollergirlthebook.com. It's also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, & other book stores.

I've already picked up my copies today from Barnes & Noble during my lunch hour. (You will find it in, where else, the Sports section.) It looks really cool. I kept thumbing through it at stop lights on my way back to work. The people behind me were getting REALLY mad. It's already hard to put down & I haven't even started reading it yet. But as soon as I finish it, I will post a book review here.

Texas Rollergirls Happenings

There is ALOT going on this week, especially w/ Tx Rollergirls. (The TXRD report to come soon, never fear.) Here is the 411:

• 2-06-07 : Rollergirl book release.
• 2-07-07 : Texas Rollergirls on BD-TV
• 2-10-07 : Tx Rollergirls Event @ Wahoo's Tacos

Go to http://www.myspace.com/austinrollergirls & view our Official "ARGB Calendar" for all the particulars. However, we'll be posting & reporting the details as they happen on the blog.

FYI, we try to go to as many events as possible. But if you, the fans & rollergirls alike, would like to submit a Guest Blog and/or pictures of bouts, events & appearances, then feel free to submit them to us via Email

If you can't be a Rollergirl, be a Rollergirls Supporter!

The Austin Rollergirls need your support! And you can support both leagues is several ways:

• Go to Bouts!
• Buy Season Tickets!
• Donate!
• Be an Official Sponsor for Tx Rollergirls & TXRD!
  

Bout Tickets

Lonestar Rollergirls (TXRD) Bout Tickets

Texas Rollergirl Bout Tickets


Season Tickets

Lonestar Rollergirls (TXRD) Season Tickets

Texas Rollergirls Season Tickets

Travel Teams

The Texecutioners (scroll down to "The Texecutioners Need You!" post)


Support your local Roller Derby!

Rollergirl Book Available Feb. 6th!

In case you are living under a rock, or perhaps trapped under one, the book Rollergirl: Totally True Tales From the Track will be available, in every awesome bookstore near you, on Tuesday, February 6, 2007! The book was written by Melissa Joulwan, aka "Melicious", from the Texas Rollergirls. (She rolls for the Hot Rod Honeys.)

The book is said to be, (I haven't read it yet, but plan on doing it VERY soon & blogging my book review), both an account of her own experiences in Roller Derby as well as a flat-track "Bible", of sorts, in the art & grassroots craft of starting, managing, & marketing a flat track roller derby. (Check out the interview she gave to the "Rollergirl Blog-father" Wayne Hurlbert radio show on the business behind Roller Derby.)

I, for one, think this book is a fan-fucking-tastic idea! Roller Derby is already growing by leaps & bounds. In the last year alone, the # of Texas based rollergirl leagues has ALMOST doubled. It grew from 8 leagues to 13 from Feb 2006 to Feb 2007. (That includes both banked & flat track Texas leagues...& this is an "unofficial" count & research done by myself, Skate Bettie.)

Yet now, with the publication of Rollergirl, all "any girl" in "anytown, USA" needs to start her own Rollergirl flat track league is a local roller skating rink who is game, a group of kickass ladies, & THIS book. Nice!

You can pre-order the book through the official site: http://www.rollergirlthebook.com. It's also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, & other book stores.

The official Austin book signing is on 2/20/07 at BookPeople, on 6th & Lamar, with Melicious & some of the other Texas Rollergirls. For other appearances, go Here.

Stay Tuned!

Wanna B a Referee 4 TXRD?

Do you want to be a referee for TXRD? Do you like whistles? Do you wish you could wear one of those black & white striped shirts? Do you want to be in the middle of the Roller Derby action?

If you do, contact honeyhomicide@txrd.com for more info.

The Big Blog Make-Over

So if you haven't noticed, the blog has totally had a face-lift. Not only has it been brought back to life, but there is also a new writer to add to the ranks. (Shh...it's a total secret. But she will be unveiled & properly introduced SOON, in all her Rollergirl obsessed glory. I will say this...she is totally & completely perfect for the job at hand & is the missing puzzle piece this blog has looooong been lacking. That is all.)

However, my super secret awesome partner-in-crime & I have totally been plotting & planning our way into your Roller Derby lovin' hearts. And frankly...

...There are GREAT things on the horizon for ARGB!!!

The biggest changes this week are:

• The new Name. We are "The Austin Rollergirls Blog" (or ARGB, if you're lazy like us).
• The new MySpace sister site: http://www.myspace.com/austinrollergirls
• The Blog Address Change to http://austinrollergirls.blogspot.com/

There are MANY more changes coming. We are growing, changing & evolving. So don't miss out. We are dedicated to bring you the best of what Austin Roller Derby has to offer.

Your fellow Super Fans,
Skate Bettie & company

NEW Blog Address!!!

We have a NEW web address. So reset your bookmarks! The new address is:

http://austinrollergirls.blogspot.com/

Our old address of "texasrollergirls.blogspot.com" has been a good one for the past year. However, our focus is Austin Rollergirls. And frankly, it's too close to the Texas Rollergirl flat-track team, which isn't fair since we cover both the Lonestar Rollergirls AND Texas Rollergirl Austin teams. Because we heart BOTH banked & flat track, bitches. And our name should reflect that!

New MySpace Page

The Austin Rollergirls Blog is now on My Space. It's not even 24 hrs old yet, so it's still a work in progress. Right now, I've just been focusing on trying to add all the Austin Rollergirls to My Friends one-by-one. (And there are sooooo many.) But soon it will have a Calendar with dates to all upcoming bouts & Rollergirl events, both in Austin & Nationally. And I'll periodically add some pictures & video. It should be a lot of fun & a great sister site to the Blog.

http://www.myspace.com/austinrollergirls

Lonestar Rollergirls vs LA Derby Dolls

The Lonestar Rollergirls meet the L.A Derby Dolls on their home turf. And lets just say that our Texas girls came, saw, & kicked ass! But not without a little pain & bloodshed.

According to the boards, this is the low-down...

It was a bloody & defensive game, but TXRD won. The biggest injuries of the night were Jihad & Eire Vengeance (LA) as well as our very own Ginjure Scraps and Cherry Chainsaw.

The word from Varuca is:

"Ginjure broke the top of her Tibia just behind the knee cap on the Right leg. She can't drive so if anyone is available to be her driver when she needs one please step up. Things are going to be really rough for her for the next 3 months. We're hoping to have a fund raiser for her, possibly show the footage that Maya got on the trip at Spiderhouse? Of course we'd have to edit some of the "not for the public" shots but all n all it would be great to see everything Maya captured on the video camera!

Eire was the LA girl that broke her Tibia/Fibia in 3 places and dislocated her ankle. Her foot turned all the way around the wrong direction! YOUCH!! She is still sitting in LA County Hospital awaiting surgery and that's at least $200 a day... Surprised( She's got to wait 2 wks before she gets the surgery. Please send her your love and prayers. She doesn't have insurance (LADD doesn't provide ins. for their league, but maybe now that will change) so please send her some MONEY if you can afford it. I'm sure LA will be organizing something and will send us info once they've got it together.

Jihad is ok, we saw her at the afterparty... she had a laceration on the shin but it didn't harm the bone. She was skating low and got a block to the rail. She flew thru the rails catching her shin on the kickrail. The kick rail broke but not before ripping open her skin and muscle exposing the bone. She has at least 20 stitches but she's ok and in good spirits!

Cherry took a skate to the ribs on the left side. She hasn't had x rays yet so we don't know if it's fractured or just horribly bruised. She's breathing fine so the ribs are in place but she's still in a lot of pain and it hurts to lift things or laugh.

All n All it was an amazing experience and I had a fucking blast!~~ My Cherrybombs are gonna feel the aftermath for a while though and that makes V* very sad... but no regrets, it was a great bout and a great derby vacation with a kickass group of girls! Way to represent in LA ladies and thanks for helping to make us officially Nationally Undefeated!!"


The unconfirmed Final Score was 27 to 39, Lonestar Rollergirls.

Texas Rollergirl Melicious on Internet Radio TODAY!

In just a few more hours, kiddies, one of my favorite Texas Rollergirls Melicious will be on Wayne Hurlbert's Blog Talk Radio show. Of course, you all probably know Wayne, who is truly THE Rollergirl Blogfather, for his awesome all-things-Roller-Derby blog Wayne's Derby World.

At 7pm central time, Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan will spend an hour chatting with Wayne about her new book Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track, the world of Flat Track Roller Derby, & the "owned by the skaters for the skaters" DIY business behind the sport.

If you miss it live, you can also download a podcast from the Archived Segments.

A New Year for Austin Roller Derby

And a new year for blogging. I'm breathing new life into the blog this year. 2006 is over & done with. I dropped the blogging ball last year, but life rolls on, so on with the new.

Welcome to 2007 Austin Roller Derby!!!

I'm determined to do what I can to make this blog awesome this year. Austin is like the capital of the modern Rollergirl era. Pioneers on 8 wheels, if you will. This town has 2 kick ass Rollergirl Leagues, both flat track & banked track. I mean, what more could you ask for! They deserve to have a site dedicated to Austin Roller Derby.

So, keep checking back soon. I'm going to be working my ass off for the next few days & get this blog rolling.

CSI:Rollergirls

If you didn't watch CBS tonight, well, you missed out...sort of but not really. CSI:NY had a whole episode devoted to "Rollergirl Crime". Register your skates, ladies, cause they might be Lethal Weapons! Haaaaa-ha-haaaa-haaa-ha-haaaaaaaa....

[Composing self.]

Well, if you are thinking about Murder By Skate, then don't do it! Because they will totally catch your ass! Especially if it's fake Murder By Skate. (I was confussed also...and I watched the damn show.) But all they need is a few dedicated cops (some of which were strategically placed in the audience for their very 1st Rollergirl bout) , a couple of evidence/fiber gathering montages, and a desperate teleplay writer who apparently watches cable for show ideas.

It was a "great" Rollergirl crime episode...that was completely not about Rollergirls or Roller Derby.

CSI:NY Episode link: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/episodes/210/

So we start at a banked-track RD match between Manhattan Rollergirls & some other "team". It gets rough. Thank Goddess I was flipping channels at the right time. The girls stack up & start fighting. Suddenly, it's the NFL. Once they peel the Rollergirls off, a dead Rollergirl is produced at the bottom. OMFG!

1st of all, I had totally forgotten Gary Sinise was doing a TV show. Fuck me. I love how he summed up Roller Derby in 1 sentance though. (Roughly Paraphrased)
Girl Criminologist: I thought Roller Derby was a simple game.
Gary Sinise: It is. The jammer circles the track, lapping the pack once. Then the jammer scores points every time an opponent is lapped.
Girl Criminologist: This is my first bout. Isn't Roller Derby from the 70's?

And so on, and so on. Then it was at least 2 montages while gathering evidence. For a spell, they narrowed it down to a certain type of roller skate. But tests proved it wrong! I faded off sometime after. I really TRIED to watch it. However, I learned 2 things:
~ The spin-off CSI shows are all about the people working the case, not about the case. Remember when X-Files USED to be good? Before it every case became exclusively & specifically about Mulder & Scully? Yeah...it's that bad.
~ Gary Sinise, in true Law & Order style, disappears a 3rd of the way into the show, replaced by sub-par actors desperately trying to camouflage.

By the end, it was totally about something else, & I was like....What? I gave it a thumbs up & down. Up for noticing the NEW Rollergirl Era, but thumbs down for all their other CBS/CSI bullshit.

I Suck! I really do.

I'm sooo behind in posting. I'M SORRY!
I went to the Texas Rollergirls season starter bout on March 5th. It was AWESOME! (More on that soon.) I have pics, mostly bad ones but the posed pics came out ok, as well as a 1/2 done bout review post on it. A week & a half later, still not posted. Shit!

I missed the last Lonestar Rollergirls bout...not counting the cancelled bout in late Feb that turned into a fan meet/greet. Double Shit! And it looks like I just might possibly miss the SxSW Texas Rollergirls bout due to babysitter issues, (it's Spring Break here & everyone is out of town). Triple Shit! I can't keep up. We were supposed to go out of town for Spring Break, so I packed & got ready for it but it fell through. However, my kids are now bouncing off the walls, & I'm busy, busy trying to appease the monster children in addition to sucking in my Rollergirl duties. Quadruple Shit! And being that it's the high season in Austin Rollergirl activity, something is going on every weekend. And I seem to be missing at least a tit for tat.

If ANYONE has pics or bout reviews for something I've missed, feel free to email me at rollergirls@sbcglobal.net. Cause right about now, I'm feeling pretty bad at not bringing you all the highs & lows of the awesome world of Austin Roller Derby. Help!