from exclaim: John Hughes, the director behind such 80s classics as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, has died. Hughes suffered a heart attack and could not be revived, various media outlets report. He was 59.
He will be missed.
Seems fitting to mention that 11 years ago Endearing Records did a tribute to John Hughes called ‘Pretty In Pop: Songs From The Films of John Hughes’. You can head here to check out some of the covers.
I find myself right now in suite 1232 of the Hilton Hotel, downtown Austin. You can turn your head in any direction and hear amazing bands, meet interesting people and consume massive amounts of all forms of alcohol.
I’m sitting here with some people who I think should get a shout out!
Bexas Rienks of Creative Control. She spills champagne.
Heather and Blair from Endearing. I think Blair is on his 4th red bull and vodka this aft….
And Jennifer Price, who we are kind of saying goodbye to. for now.
Stay tuned, once I get back, I promise they’ll be more music here, but at the moment, I’m looking for it here.
And another shout out to Bexas.
There was music going on that Sunday, but I opted for something a little different.
Three words. Fucking Roller Derby.
A couple of us spent most of the afternoon sipping some margharita’s and red bull coolers. The Meligrove Band were there, Eric from V2, Endearing Records and Ryder from White Whale. I checked the local weekly and found an ad for Roller Derby. The Rhinestone Cowgirls were taking on the Holy Rollers (both from that A&E show about Roller Derby) at the Austin Convention Centre later on that night.
When in rome….
Here’s how it works. 10 girls start on the track, 5 from each team. 8 girls start skating together in a pack around the circular track. Then, the remaining 2 skaters start a little behind them. Their objective is to skate past the pack, then lap as many opposing players as possible, in one minute. And without getting killed.
Players get points based on how many people they pass. And there are 4 quarters (with live bands during halftime).
Before the match, a woman walks around with raffle tickets for ‘Spank Alley’. If your number was drawn, you and 9 other people were allowed to sit in Spank Alley, located just off the course on one of the turns. When a player is penalized a punishment wheel is spun for them. When the wheel lands on ‘Spank’, all the people in Spank Alley go up to the course with Fly Swatters and start smacking them on the track. Then the penalized player skates by them bent over and gets her punished.
The ‘Reverse Spank’ is the opposite. And the pillow fight always turns into a brawl. Seriously, I have never seen women kick the crap out of each other like this.
Rumour has it that Toronto and Hamilton are setting up teams….
