Mike, you speak of course of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby. Retro as all get-out, indeed. Though, it should be noted that this probably isn’t a family-friendly entertainment.

When I was a cub reporter writing arts & culture for a New York weekly — way back in 2007 — I opened up my preview of a GGRB event with this query:

At what point did Gen-X’s fervent commitment to irony become indistinguishable from Gen-Y’s earnest enjoyment of kitsch? It might have coincided with the founding of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby, whose flat-track skating spectacles pair go-go bar debauchery with all the bone-crunching of semi-professional hockey.

I also noted that the girls of the league have handles like “Surly Temple” and “Angela Slamsbury.” Oh, the world is a fine place and worth the fighting for.