Monday was a pretty busy start to what looks like a hectic week for me. The KUT interview by Larry Schooler was really cool. He did a terrific job fitting so much information into such a short segment. The record should reflect, however, that I never invited Toby Futrell to the skate contest last year. Laurie from Tekgnar set that event up and deserves the credit for bringing Ms. Futrell. It was also nice that he covered the Round Rock skatepark effort in the same story.

After work, I hooked up with Kristin and we went to a reception for musicians at the new City Hall building. I don’t know how I got on the invite list to that, but there was plenty of free beer, chips, and queso. We were all dressed up in our fancy reception clothes, so we decided to stop by at a renegade concrete pour underway nearby. Looking all fancy, we figured it would be a good excuse to keep us out of doing any work. We found a small crew smoothing out a couple of fresh concrete transitions in a ditch. Looks better than their previous installation, which surprisingly is still there. They said people shouldn’t skate this crete for a few days so it can cure properly. That’s why the last stuff was crumbling.. It hadn’t cured properly before we skated it.

A happy birthday goes out to Adam, Kevin, Ben, and some girl Ben knows from England who’s in town this week. An eighties metal birthday party is planned for T1 this evening to celebrate all these people being born on this day.

Texas RollerderbyOver the weekend I had the pleasure of experiencing my first Texas Roller Girls event at Playland. I had received a complimentary ticket from a Ms. Kitty Kitty Boom Boom. Good times. Normally, I’m a big fan of sensationalistic stuff, but I wasn’t so much into the girl fights as I expected. I was totally caught up in the athleticism of the competitions. It’s crazy watching those women rollerskate in packs weaving amongst each other. Very impressive. Wish the matches would have run longer. The only thing that bugged me was the ticket price of $12. At that price, it’s a little steep to bring a date or attend regularly. On the plus side, though, Playland is a non-smoking venue. The huge crowd in attendance should reassure bar owners who are concerned about the recently-passed smoking ban. High ticket prices and no smoking (inside) hasn’t conspired to hamper the popularity of this event.

Beer Helmet videoWe finally got our hands on the new skate video, Beer Helmet. It’s fantastic. Get it ASAP. It’s got the best Lance Mountain footage of any video I can think of. There’s also more footage of Carbondale Run in Beer Helmet than in the Thrasher KOTR video, which is also really good– way better than the first KOTR video.