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Exterior of Radio Radio in Fountain Square. (Neal Taflinger for The Star)

Brad and Callie Powers, both 29, goof around. (Neal Taflinger for The Star)

Creepin' Charley and the Boneyard Orchestra entertain at Radio Radio. (Neal Taflinger for The Star)

10:10 p.m.

Danny Thompson's got more bands than he knows what to do with. The former Sloppy Seconds axeman plays in Bigger than Elvis, The Messarounds, and Dan Glenzig, the band on stage right now.

From the muted copper-colored walls and curving underlit bar, tiled restrooms and smoke-free air, this is hands-down the nicest small live music venue in town.

Radio Radio seems better suited to chamber rock bands and performance artists but tonight there's a whole lotta shakin' goin'. A pep rally of sorts for the Naptown Roller Girls' first bout of the season, the Naptown Juke Stomp features live music by Thompson's band, Creepin' Charley and the Boneyard Orchestra and more.

10:47 p.m.

Bobby Rothenberger, a 39-year-old Cadillac cat from Long Island, N.Y., is surrounded by friends and friendly acquaintances, but he's not excited to be here. "The majority of my fun is with my clothes off," he says, "the rest is just filler."

Bobbi-with-an-I Sass, 25, happened to be standing next to Bobby-with-a-Y Rothenberger when I whipped out my camera. A newcomer to Indy, this is Sass' first time at Radio Radio, and she's excited to see her first roller derby bout. At least she thinks she is. "I don't know what I'm hoping for," she says with a shrug.

10:56 p.m.

Creepin' Charley took the stage a short while ago and is grinding through a set of bluesy rock complete with stage props. I make my way toward Brad Powers, 29, aka Brownie Hero.

Brad's 28-year-old wife, Callie Powers, towers over the crowd but is far less intimidating in this setting than when she knocks opposing players on their miniskirted keisters as Naptown Roller Girls enforcer Sweet C. Quiet away from the rink, she prefers to let her husband do the embarrassing for the both of them.

"It's a pep rally because the girls like to party and people are partying," he says, squinting for effect. He pauses before deciding that partying needs no further justification. Anyhow, he says, "these people are already pepped up."