Results tagged “rollerderby”

"just give me a moment here" by Craig (EdgarDiazRocks), from the Seattlest Flickr pool

The state 4A boys basketball tournament is down to the semifinals, and if you had Todd Beamer High going all the way, I'm sorry but you aren't going to win your pool.

Remember when Starbucks asked the Rat City Rollergirls to change their logo? Most people we knew hadn't noticed the similarities—concentric circles, sans serif text, a couple of stars, and a woman in the middle—until Starbucks made a legal issue out of them. And we certainly didn't confuse the two entities. Yesterday, Michael Atkins at the Seattle Trademark Lawyer blog noticed that Starbucks had a July 16 deadline to oppose the Rollergirls' application for a trademark on their logo--and they didn't do it. No opposition, no request for a deadline extension, nada. Does this action via inaction mean the Rollergirls get to keep their logo? We can only hope. Starbucks could certainly use every last scrap of public goodwill.

Rat City Rollergirls have faced some seriously tough competition in their quest to become champions of the roller derby circuit, but the local team may be facing their toughest competitor to date--off the track. The current battle pits Rat City Rollergirls vs. the Starbucks Corporation in the legal arena, rather than an old hangar at Magnuson Park. At stake in the battle is no trophy or championship, but rather trademark issues and the right to keep a beloved logo.

"down goes frazier! down goes frazier!" by Craig Farrar (EdgarDiazRocks)

"not so dainty armor" by EdgarDiazRocks

Last night, in the middle of the movie round, Seattlest officially became old. "What Canadian actor, who died in Mexico, appeared in seven movies directed by John Hughes, more than any other performer?" we asked.

If the 7,500 seat indoor rodeo arena that a group of businessmen in Centralia are proposing gets built, Seattlest will be there on opening day, ringside, or, uh, whatever you call it at a rodeo. They want public money - We'll gladly pay it (screw you Sonics). We could be way wrong on this, but in Seattlest's mind a 7,500 rodeo arena doesn't contain any luxury boxes. It's all bleachers, right? Let's not pretend that b-ball in Seattle is at all "urban" (and things would have been particularly dire if Key Arena got renovated and ticket prices shot up). You cannot deny that rodeo is as country as agriculture, ranching, property rights initiatives, cultural conservatism... Alright, fuck those last few, but rodeo is Good Country. Like the Fair, which we are going to this weekend.

Man, is there a LOT of Bumbershoot stuff on Seattlest right now. If you're anything like Editor Dan you're hoping for a break in the Bumber action; a contributor's recounting of a trip to Lake Chelan, a reaction to a dunderheaded Seattle Times editorial, or even some lame PR survey naming Seattle 16th Most Fashionable City West of the Rockies. Anything! Well, you can hope for something different, but your hopes will be dashed because this is another Bumbershoot post.

VALTRON 3000 is co-captain of Throttle Rockets, one of the four teams in Rat City Rollergirls.

We're scum. We're lazy, TV watching Ameri-trash. We follow mainstream sports and the off-year Olympics, but we haven't supported our local alternative sports entertainment franchise Rat City Roller Girls by attending an event yet. What the hell is wrong with us? Seriously? We've marked every date on both our paper calendar hanging in the kitchen and in our iCalendar and it hasn't helped. It's always the night we have dinner plans or the night we had set aside for crushing female empowerment, athletic ability, the arts and creativity with the hammer of our non-attendance.