db_query(): SELECT best practices question

Hello,
My theme will have a bar of scrolling logos per the client's request. The logos are part of nodes. I can pull them in using a view, but the javascript that makes this thing scroll will not work well with a view (unless I completely rip the thing apart).

So, I'm doing a good ol' fashioned database query using db_query() and printing out the results in the simple compatible format, in the page.tpl.php file.

Is there a problem with this way of thinking?

Thank you,