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CHRISTMAS CACOPHONY Bad holiday albums by good artists

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BRACKETOLOGY Ranking the best films of 2013

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AULD LANG SYNE ’Tis the season to talk big about resolutions and new beginnings, and here at Boise Weekly, we actually do have something new to be excited about as we flip the calendar to 2014.

Our freshly minted, free mobile app, Boise Weekly On The Town, is launching this week on iTunes and the Google Play Store, loaded with local events, activities, updating live music listings and unique offers for Boise and surrounds—all accessible from the comfort of your own handheld device.

What’s more, BW On The Town allows you to bookmark events, create and share plans with friends and hammer out the details of where you’re going to go and what you’re going to do through free group text, email or chat—even to users who don’t have the BW app (though why wouldn’t they?).

Categories are: Seasonal (which includes holiday events right now), Music, Arts, On Stage, Food, Recreation, Literature and Sports. We’ll be adding categories as they come up, but that should be plenty to get you started.

Also in the calendar-flipping spirit, this week we look back at the year that was. On Page 7, you’ll find a selection of top stories that the News Desk followed in 2013, along with some insight into how those pieces developed throughout the year. On Page 9, we recap 13 stories from the archive that we felt represented the variety found in the pages of BW this year—from politics to arts and culture, 2013 was most definitely a good news year.

On Page 21, we get in the holiday spirit with a list of oddball Christmas albums, as well as a brief summary of some of the local album releases we profiled during the year.

And finally, on Page 24, we have our much anticipated (at least around BWHQ) top film picks of 2013. Laid out in bracket form, our own BW News Editor and Resident Film Expert George Prentice—who watches, literally, hundreds of movies each year—has ranked his favorite flicks of ’13, March Madness-style.

Obviously, 2013 was chock-full of major goings on— some great, some not-so-great; some fun, some not-so-fun.

Whatever it was for you, we hope the close of this year finds you happy and healthy, and wish you all the best when we meet again on newsstands in 2014. (P.S. The edition of Boise Weekly dated Jan. 1, 2014 will be delivered Dec. 31.)

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BOISEWEEKLY.COM What you missed this week in the digital world.

MICTURATION Boise State Broncos quarterback Joe Southwick was sent home from the Hawaii Bowl after allegedly urinating off a hotel balcony.

Find out what he has to say about that on Citydesk.

BOISE IS WAITING The Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau has released a slick new promotional video touting the amenities of the City of Trees.

See it on Cobweb.

IMPASSE Ada County commissioners continue to block development of the Eagle Snow Park, and renowned terrain park developer Ryan Neptune says that’s “crazy.”

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OPINION

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BILL COPE/OPINION

THE VERY BEST STUFF The gift that keeps on gi...

A few nights back, I was watching a television show I normally enjoy. I won’t tell you the name, but it’s a cartoon. The humor has always been so naughty in nature that one can only hope the target audience is more mature than the show’s writers. Before each episode it announces it’s not for everyone, but I doubt that announcement ever stopped any children from watching it—as I said, it’s a cartoon—and for years, it has been a favorite among teenagers and young adults. I’m relatively sure its popularity is in large part because it has crossed, and continues to cross, lines I would never have imagined I would see even approached on television.

Normally, I don’t mind some lines being crossed, some irreverence being flipped and some sacred cows being tipped. Increasingly, though, there is so much programming—and I’m sticking to television for my purposes here, even though it is hardly the only medium which has pushed the limits to the red line and beyond—that seeks out the crude, the tasteless, the icky for no reason I can understand other than to be crude, tasteless and icky.

Still, I usually enjoy this particular cartoon. It doesn’t hide its crudity under a pretension of being a “reality show,” and the animation somehow dissipates some of the discomfort when it gets too uncomfortable.

Plus, it’s very funny. Usually.

On the night in question, however, the story went far beyond mere “uncomfortable.” It was revolting. I wouldn’t dare tell you why it was so utterly disgusting; suffice it to say the plot revolved around something called a human centipede—and fair warning: Google “human centipede” at your stomach’s peril.

By mid-way through the episode, my inner red line had been breached. I felt soiled.

I felt like my sense of propriety had been sucker-punched. I had to escape and cleanse myself of the travesty this show had thrown in my face, this sewer into which I had been dropped. I couldn’t simply turn the ickiness off; I needed a massive dose of the most nonicky antidote I could reach, and fast.

Thankfully, I knew where to go. On cable, it’s Channel 98. I don’t know where it is on Dish TV, but I’m sure it’s there, somewhere.

And trust me, it’s worth finding. In fact, it is my gift to you this holiday season—the Classic Arts Showcase.

In truth, we must thank Treasure Valley Community Television. That endangered institution got it for you—with substantial help from the city of Boise and funding drawn from cable subscribers’ bills—and they did it years ago. Yet I doubt more than one person in a hundred knows it’s available, so my part in the gift is pointing out that it’s there, for you, anytime you feel like injecting some beauty into your life. Some inspiration, some grandeur, something that might move your BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

stony, cynical heart for a few minutes and make you thankful once again to be part of something as marvelous as the human race.

It’s a virtually endless collection of great music, dance and film clips, and it runs 24 hours a day. It’s what PBS might look like if it aired nothing but Great Performances, back to back, with no ads and nobody stopping the show every few weeks to beg you for money.

I can’t begin to tell you all the wonders you’ll find there: Pavarotti, Marion Anderson, Yoyo Ma, Heifetz, Nureyev, Horowitz, anybody and everybody, stretching back over a century. The Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York, the London... you name it. String quartets, piano sonatas, violin concertos, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bernstein... they’re all there. Clips of scenes from the vintage movies, musical segments from vintage television, songs and dance numbers from vintage Broadway... it’s like the Great Library of Alexandria, right there on the same machine that brings Honey Boo Boo and Jersey Shore into your homes.

I realize the most accomplished musicians and dancers, performing the most glorious creations to ever come from the minds of the most creative humans, is not for everyone.

But the very best stuff has never been for everyone, has it? And it’s not so much that the very best stuff is too good for all but an elitist few, but that there are so many who have never given the very best stuff an honest chance, settling instead for the very mediocre stuff, if not the very worst stuff.

But this fine, magical thing, this Classic Arts Showcase, it changes all that. It makes the very best stuff available to everyone. And even if only one out of every 100 people hereabouts ever turn it on and give it a try, it is a measure of how broad a community is that it provides such a variety of resources to its people, yes? And while this gift, this Classic Arts Showcase, may never be as popular as a football game or a zoo or a Greenbelt, its very presence demonstrates what a largehearted and generous city Boise is. Yes? So then tell me, what does it demonstrate when Boise leaders make the decision to stop funding that resource, which virtually ensures that a gift available to 500 other communities across America will go black here in the Treasure Valley?

The details of the impending demise of TVCTV have been reported in this paper for weeks, and Boise’s decision is more involved than I have room to tell you about here. It’s also pertinent that should TVCTV go dead, it will be the loss of more than the just Classic Arts Showcase.

Yet with the prospect of losing such a gift, I think it’s fair to ask city leaders what sort of future they see for Boise: a great community for all of its citizens? Or just another crowded place?

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OPINION/JOHN REMBER

MORE THAN ONE PRODIGAL SON An Antinomian Christmas The first few years I taught undergraduates, I kept a box of tissues in my office in case of office-hour tears. A box would last a semester, particularly when the tears flowed because I had flunked a bunch of students for plagiarism. When tear-stained plagiarists showed up in my office, waving their F papers, tearing their hair and rending their garments, I told them to buy their own damned tissues. They had already ruined one of my days when I had caught them, and by showing up for office hours and begging forgiveness, they were in the process of ruining another.

Later in my career, plagiarists in my classes received an even worse punishment. If I caught someone handing in a story or essay that had been written by someone else, they would get an A. “You’re a lot smarter than I thought you were,” I’d say. “You should consider a professional career as a writer. Or a politician.”

Such cheerful sadism didn’t last. For one thing, the punishment was worse than the crime. And any human who judges another is subject to self-induced blindness, at least if I interpret the Sermon on the Mount correctly.

So I began to call plagiarists into my office to explain that claiming someone else’s work as their own hurt their families, their teachers, the college and the whole concept of education. It was academia’s version of Original Sin. “Only it’s not,” I would say. “It’s Unoriginal Sin.” Then, in a Go and Sin No More moment, I would tell them they had a clean slate in my classes. I would give them a grade if and when they actually wrote a paper.

On a related note, a flashing sign between Boise and Caldwell was, at the time, announcing: “The Wages of Sin Is Death.” The sign had caused me to wonder, every time I passed it, what The Wages of Bad Grammar Is. Apocryphal stories were circulating around campus about students from fundamentalist backgrounds becoming suicidal whenever they passed that sign. Many of them were struggling with sexual orientation or the loss of a naïve childhood faith. All of them were struggling with the gulf between the fallible people they were and the perfect people their families thought they should be.

Some of them had gone hog-wild in college.

Some of them, God forbid, had engaged in plagiarism, which suggested morally faulty software on the home-school websites.

These students came from parents and churches who had sheltered them, made them date within their congregations and, from the time they were children, threatened their misbehavior with hellfire. It’s not a nice thing to do to little kids, but it happens.

I decided the sign was darker when it had electricity than when it didn’t, and that Satan would always find warm and comfortable lodgings in the hearts of judgmental humans.

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These thoughts greased the doctrinal slope I stood on. Although their Christianity was causing my students a great deal of pain, I began to think that if Christ stands for anything in this world of strife and cruelty, he stands for forgiveness, and being Christ, He doesn’t do anything halfway. If He knows He exists, he’s not going to let a little thing like whether or not you think He exists keep you out of the Kingdom of God, especially if that kingdom is right inside you to begin with.

He’s not going to let your Bambi-like sins stop His Godzilla-like forgiveness. All the fireand-brimstone ministers who terrorize their flocks with threats of eternal torment are going to feel pretty silly when they find out that a couple of thousand years ago, God cashed out of vengeance and punishment and invested everything He had in love and generosity.

I hate to admit it, but it means that Dick Cheney, a man who traded the lives of young Americans for oil futures, is going to get into Heaven before I do. So are all the drug dealers, shoplifters, welfare cheats, pimps, whores, usurers, child abusers, industrial polluters, domestic batterers, murderers, rapists, derivatives traders, congresspersons, corrupt judges, Medicare frauds, plagiarists—they’re all out there and they have even worse friends. All of them get to cut in front of the line to St. Peter, who will shake their hands one by one and wave them on in. The rest of us are stuck in our tents and sleeping bags on the cold sidewalk outside, waiting for the VIP party to end.

It doesn’t mean that there isn’t a Hell. Hell is what happens when you get to Heaven, and from that great and conscious perspective, you look back at your life on Earth, with its anger and its material greed, its jealousies and lusts, its mean little victories—and realize you have all of Eternity to forgive yourself.

I should tell you that I’ve borrowed some of these ideas about Heaven and Hell and sin and forgiveness from a doctrine called Antinomianism. Religious authorities don’t like it much. They’ve burned Antinomians at the stake. They’ve kicked them out of church and even once forced some of them to move to Rhode Island.

But I find Antinomianism way more convincing than the tortured theologies dedicated to preserving God’s Law in the face of God’s Grace. Christ was and is a Prodigal Son. He’s given away the store as far as Judgment Day is concerned, and, like it or not, we’re all bound for glory.

So this holiday season, don’t worry about that paper you plagiarized in college or high school. You might have ruined your teacher’s day. Maybe he still remembers your name and where you live. That doesn’t mean you can’t forgive yourself this Christmas. It will be excellent preparation for Heaven.

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A YEAR IN THE LIFE Remembering the haves and have-nots of 2013 GEORGE PRENTICE The 2014 Idaho Legislature will convene Jan. 6 with the State of the State address.

POLITICAL DOMINOES

Boise Weekly chronicled the life of Mark Seeley in its May 1, 2013 edition.

Boise Weekly investigated the death of Kelsey Anderson in its July 17, 2013 edition.

Boise Weekly examined Boise’s anti-panhandling efforts in its June 5, 2013 edition.

A mid-December snowfall had wrapped Dry Creek Cemetery in winter white, so it was challenging to find the gravestone.

“There’s a black bench about a quartermile past the entrance,” Laura Seeley told Boise Weekly. “He should be right there on the left.”

And indeed, there it was: Mark Seeley Dec. 26, 1960-Dec. 30, 2012.

Born at Christmastime, died at Christmastime. He even asked love-of-his-life Laura to marry him on Christmas Eve 2006.

So, it was only appropriate to call Laura to wish her a Merry Christmas and again thank her for helping us to tell Mark’s story this year (BW, Feature, “Citizen Mark,” May 1, 2013).

“It was very nice of you to call; I needed a little boost,” she said.

Perhaps more than any other story, Boise’s citizenry commented on our chronicle of Mark Seeley’s life: his struggle with severe bipolar disorder, success in becoming an author, advocate for the disabled, homeless and veterans, and even becoming a 2005 candidate for the Boise City Council (his campaign fund was $18.43 and he still secured 7,121 votes).

After 52 years, Mark Seeley found peace on earth before dying of cancer a few days after Christmas 2012.

“I really want you to do your best and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,” Laura told BW. In memory of Mark and inspired by Laura’s indomitable spirit, here’s a look back at the long shadows that were cast by 2013.

“THE LONG GOODBYE”—JULY 17, 2013 Chris and Sue Anderson’s Kamiah home, folded into the peaceful surroundings of the Clearwater River, was the very definition of peaceful. Yet their personal heartbreak was immeasurable.

In a series of tear-stained interviews, the Andersons told the story of how the U.S. Air Force had disrespected their family in refusing to be forthcoming about their daughter Kelsey’s mysterious death in 2011.

Five months after her assignment began, USAF Airman First Class Kelsey Anderson was found dead, shot with her own service pistol, while on duty as a security officer

at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. But the Pentagon refused to tell the Andersons anything about the details surrounding her death. She had been scheduled to return to her Idaho home for a monthlong respite just a few weeks later.

The Andersons ultimately had to sue the U.S. government, with summonses appearing on the doorsteps of the U.S. Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho.

Two months after our report, and nearly two-and-a-half years following her death, the Andersons learned that their daughter had asked for a reassignment closer to her home, was put on a suicide watch and had her service pistol taken away; but her weapon had been returned to her approximately one month before she used the gun to kill herself.

“OUT OF THE PANHANDLE, INTO THE FIRE”—JUNE 5, 2013 There has been significant media coverage of the Boise City Council’s September vote to prohibit solicitation for donations “colored by intimidation, obstruction of right-of-way or repeated attempts at solicitation after a negative response.” The anti-panhandling measure came under fire from a number of homeless advocates, but the Council voted 3-1 in favor of the change, with only Councilwoman Lauren McLean voting no.

But perhaps the most underreported story of 2013 was how the city of Boise had modeled the anti-panhandling measure on a similar ordinance in San Francisco and, more importantly, how San Francisco’s ordinance came under instant scrutiny from its own police department.

An independent review found that a majority of merchants said the ordinance had not been effective at abating aggressive panhandling and the city’s police department had regularly ticketed a small group of homeless individuals who were struggling with significant health conditions.

And Boise’s biggest debate over the controversial measure is expected to be played out sometime in 2014 in a federal courtroom.

On Nov. 4, the ACLU of Idaho, as threatened, officially filed suit against the city of

Boise, arguing that Boise’s anti-panhandling ordinance was in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“This lawsuit should come as no surprise to anyone and especially not the city,” said ACLU of Idaho Legal Director Ritchie Eppink.

“THE FOOD STAMP MYTH”—AUG. 28, 2013 In early November, one in seven Americans instantly became less food-secure. A 13.6 percent boost to the nation’s supplemental assistance program—which had been enacted at the height of the recession—lapsed; and with the U.S. Congress still not being able to hammer out a Farm Bill before taking off for Christmas, the future of Food Stamps is even more uncertain. A bill sponsored in the Republican-controlled House would cut $39 billion from the program, while a bill sponsored by the Democratic controlled Senate calls for a $4 billion cut.

In August, Boise Weekly examined the deaths of Idaho’s Food Stamp program and revealed several realities that flew in the face of often-repeated falsehoods: No. 1, well over half of Idaho’s food stamp recipients are children; No. 2, adult recipients are expected to work the equivalent of 30 hours per week; No. 3, if recipients aren’t working, they participate in training to secure employment; and No. 4, there are few exceptions to the must-work rule.

Idaho Food Stamp recipients peaked in January 2012—nearly 250,000 people—and are still staggering: As of Dec. 1, there were 218,317 Idaho Food Stamp recipients, representing 13.7 percent of the state’s population.

There are 44,734 participants in Ada County and 40,647 participants in Canyon County.

Together, the two counties total 39 percent of all Idahoans participating in the Food Stamp program.

Turning the page on another calendar year, Boise Weekly will no doubt continue to detail the gap between the haves and have-nots, but we’ll also do our best to give a voice to those who are hungry, homeless or alone.

“Happy New Year? Sure. Why not? I’m going to try to have one one way or another,” said Laura Seeley.

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It wasn’t even Christmas and Janie WardEngelking was already exchanging something new for something newer. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced Dec. 20 that Ward-Engelking, fresh from her first year in the Idaho House, would be moving over to the Idaho Senate for the 2014 legislative session.

“I have absolutely loved the House; coming in with a whole new group of freshmen was pretty fun. We had a lot of camaraderie,” Ward-Engelking told Boise Weekly. “I will definitely be the newbie on the Senate side.”

Ward-Engelking will be sliding into the seat vacated by District 18 Sen. Branden Durst, who resigned due to “family needs.”

Ward-Engelking will become one of only five women in the Idaho Senate and one of only seven Democrats, including Boise Democratic Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb.

“She’s amazing,” Buckner-Webb said of Ward-Engelking, ahead of the announcement.

District 18 Democratic precinct committee members will have to huddle again to offer to Otter a list of three more candidates to replace Ward-Engelking on the House side.

Two of those three names are expected to be persons who were on the short list for the Senate seat: Lawrence Crowley, director of the Energy Strategies Group, and Beth Oppenheimer, executive director of the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children.

That isn’t the only change to the Boise legislative delegation in 2014. Following a year in which he struggled with the truth, District 15 GOP Rep. Mark Patterson succumbed to inner-party pressure to give up his seat in the Idaho House, sending his resignation to the governor Dec. 20. Among his problems, Patterson’s resume stretched the truth about where he went to college (he wrongly claimed he was a graduate of the University of Southern California) and whether he was a “professional road-racing cyclist.” But when it was revealed that Patterson had been arrested in Florida during the 1970s and pleaded guilty to a charge of “assault with intent to rape,” Patterson’s short-lived political career was doomed.

“The citizens of District 15 and Idaho need lawmakers who have their full ability to represent the people,” Patterson wrote in an email announcing his intention to quit.

But in a bizarre twist, Patterson said his resignation wouldn’t be effective until midnight Jan. 5, mere hours before Otter’s State of the State address launching the 2014 Idaho Legislature, and giving Otter very little time to name a replacement before the session begins.

When BW asked Ward-Engelking about her expectations for 2014, she said, “We’re picking our battles this year.”

—George Prentice

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NEWS/CITYDESK CITIZEN

CITIZENS OF 2013 Yes, we had favorites Between 2008-2011 DEQ installed clean technologies on 287 Idaho school buses.

GEORGE PRENTICE JEREMY LANNINGHAM

IDAHO SCHOOL BUSES GO GREEN Idaho’s yellow school buses are about to get a little bit greener.

As part of its $2.2 million grant initiative to a number of Western states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funnelling $77,448 to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to fund the retrofit of school buses with new emissions controls—a gift some say should have long-term benefits to public health and the environment.

The first round of retrofits will see buses in districts across the state fitted with two products—a ventilation unit, called a Spiracle, that helps seal emissions out of passenger compartments; and diesel oxidation catalysts, which help diesel engines burn fuel more efficiently, thereby reducing emissions—that, when purchased and installed together, cost about $4,000. Other buses will be fitted with fuel-operated heaters, eliminating the need for buses to idle while heating the engine to operating temperature and warming the passenger compartment.

Between 2008-2011, DEQ received $856,739 in Diesel Emission Reduction Act funding, installing clean technologies on 287 Idaho buses that will, over their operational lives, reduce emissions of nitrous oxide by 139 tons, 4,600 tons of carbon dioxide and save 414,594 gallons of diesel fuel.

The big winners in the wake of the Dec. 19 announcement are Idaho school children, according to Michael Hahn, DEQ diesel project manager. He said emissions pose a particular risk to children, whose bodies are still developing and run a greater risk than adults of developing lung and respiratory ailments after exposure to noxious gasses.

“The emissions find their way right into the passenger section of the bus,” he said.

Approximately 105,000 students ride Idaho school buses every day, traversing 23 million miles around the state each year, all the while being exposed to substances that have been identified as carcinogens by the World Health Organization.

Beyond the health ramifications of exposing young people to exhaust, diesel emissions also pose environmental challenges in the form of black carbon aerosols. These particulates ascend into the atmosphere and return to Earth in precipitation. They absorb heat and reduce the reflective properties of ice; when caught in snowpack, they cause snow to melt more quickly in the sun and increase ground temperatures.

DEQ has also helped Idaho school districts purchase 34 new buses that have emissions reduction technologies already equipped, and school districts have been eager to work with DEQ on the project.

Should old acquaintance be forgot? Not a chance. The Citizens of 2013 were a lively bunch: architects and artists; a chess champ and Boise’s wizard of tennis; foodies and faith leaders; even a hotshot and a stripper.

And while 12 months may seem to fly by for most of us, a year can seem like eternity for others.

We started 2013 with a conversation with then-Boise Democratic Rep. Branden Durst. He spoke openly about how much of a challenge it can be to balance family and politics.

“Marriage is an ongoing process,” Durst said in January. “Essentially, this has to be a family decision instead of a Branden decision.”

By year’s end, he had resigned from the Idaho Legislature, saying he needed to focus on his family’s needs.

Throughout 2013, we spoke with a slew of other Idaho lawmakers (Reps. Cherie Buckner-Webb, Mat Erpelding, Holli HighWoodings, Luke Malek and Sen. Patti Anne Lodge), but the most personal conversation was with Ada County Commissioner Jim Tibbs, four weeks after undergoing triple bypass surgery in July.

“They determined that the main artery was 99 percent blocked, the one next to it was 90 percent blocked, and the one in back was blocked as well,” said Tibbs, who told us, after recovering, “You have good days and you have better days.”

We must admit that our interview with Nikeela Black might have brought a bit of bad luck to the young attorney/jockey. On the morning that our conversation was pub-

lished, trumpeting how the divorce attorney was also one Idaho’s winningest jockeys without suffering any serious injuries, Black was thrown from a horse during a workout, suffering some pretty bad injuries to the shoulder, leg and face.

When we met with Black just a few weeks ago, she looked like she hadn’t had a scratch on her and insisted that this year’s racing season was one of her best ever. Go figure.

We spoke to a wide array of pretty impressive young men and women in 2013: There was 14-year-old Luke Vellotti, a world-class chess champ who was preparing to begin his freshman year at UCLA; 18-year-old Samantha West, who was celebrated with writing honors from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers on the stage of Carnegie Hall; 8-year-old Mac Wirth, whose recipe for veggie barley salad won him a trip to have lunch with Michelle Obama; and 15-year-old Isabelle Krake, the proprietor of Just Baked Boise (our most delicious conversation).

Richard Epstein, intellectual powerhouse and professor of law at New York University, tried awfully hard to be our most challenging interview. The man whom Legal Affairs magazine called “one of the top legal thinkers of our times” was ornery at best and an absolute contrarian throughout the conversation.

“The only students worth training are those who want to be trained,” he grumbled. “If they don’t come to you, there’s no point in going to them.”

And then there was Kahlua. Or at least, that’s what she wanted us to call her. But no,

it’s Boise Weekly’s policy to print a person’s real name. And that’s why we identified her as Mary Thomas.

“For 25 years, I was Cinnamon, Terminator and then Kahlua,” she said. “I’ve been Kahlua for 25 years.”

And when BW sat down to talk to her, we learned about the 46-year-old’s highs and lows as an exotic dancer.

“I may be blond, but I’m not stupid,” she said.

Rest assured, not once did we think she was stupid.

Ron Pisaneschi manages a more, let’s say, traditional form of entertainment. When we sat down to talk in September, he was about to take the reins of Idaho Public Television, after serving nearly 30 years as Idaho PTV’s director of content.

“When you go home at the end of the day, you think you’re doing something to make society a little bit better,” said Pisaneschi.

But perhaps the most impressive Citizen of 2013 was Brian Cardoza, superintendent of the Idaho City Hotshots, who agreed to talk to us in July while battling some of this summer’s nastiest wildfires.

Cardoza, a single dad, talked to us about how he tried to call his 6-year-old son back in their Boise home almost every night. But, on occasion, he has to apologize for not calling due to the intensity of a firefight.

“But in the winter, I can spend a lot more time with my son,” said Cardoza.

Our New Year wish is that Cardoza and his son have a long, warm winter, and that next summer’s wildfire season doesn’t come too soon.

—Harrison Berry

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We did all of that while keeping a steady bead on the cultural, artistic and gustatory life of Boise and its surrounds.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long way, baby. We still have a way to go, but the Add the Words campaign and subsequent addition of language to Boise city code in late 2012 was a step or two in the right direction. The equal employment opportunity language now includes the phrases â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexual orientationâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;gender identity.â&#x20AC;?

It reads, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City of Boise is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected status.â&#x20AC;? Throughout 2013, other Idaho cities passed legislation and adopted the language, bringing the grand total to VHYHQ +RSHIXOO\ PRUH ZLOO IROORZ VXLWĹ?QRZ ZH MXVW QHHG WR JHW WKH VWDWH OHJLVODtors on boardâ&#x20AC;Ś

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CHAOS, THY NAME IS INSURANCE EXCHANGE They wailed; they gnashed their teeth; they made noxious comparisons to the Holocaust. They tried to unseat their own colleagues; they rattled sabers about lawsuits; threatened secession; formed voting blocs; and Monday morning quarterbacked like they ZRUNHG IRU (631 %XW ODZPDNHUV XOWLPDWHO\ DSSURYHG ,GDKRĹ&#x2018;V KHDOWK LQVXUDQFH H[FKDQJHĹ?<RXU +HDOWK ,GDKRĹ?ZKLFK ZHQW OLYH RQ Oct. 1.

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We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what hizzoner had for breakfast that morning in June, but he came out swinging at the 2013 State of the City, ripping both the Ada County Highway District and state of Idaho for holding Boise back on a range of measures. But the real ĹľUHZRUNV FDPH ZKHQ %LHWHU QRW TXLWH EXW VRUW RI GLG HYHQ WKRXJK KH ZDV MRNLQJ FDOOHG IRU $GD &RXQW\Ĺ&#x2018;V VHFHVVLRQ IURP WKH state of Idaho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on our own. We have to build our own economy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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BFP was a simple concept: 20 amateurs with little comedy experience were paired with a local professional comic mentor and given a shot at stand-up in front of a live audience and a panel of judges (full disclosure: former BW staffer Josh Gross and current BW staffer Amy Atkins served as judges). Not only was the monthlong event ZHOO DWWHQGHGĹ?VRPH QLJKWV ZHUH VWDQGLQJ URRP RQO\Ĺ?LW ZDV ZHOO RUJDQL]HG DQG above all else, the wannabe stand-ups were funny. As in side-splittingly funny. As in canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-breathe-from-laughing funny. Story, Story Night founder Jessica Holmes may have walked away with the coveted title of Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funniest Person, but everyone who performed and attended walked away with a sense that this was the start of something hilarious.

We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if the community-at-large would embrace the debut of Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comic Con, or if it would be the exclusive purview of Dr. Who- and mangaloving nerds. Turns out that everyone turned out: The one-day event in August included panel discussions, family friendly activities, a wildly popular visit by a Dalek (the dangerous cyborgs that wreak havoc in the Dr. Whoniverse), a costume contest with more than 200 participants, and a warehouse full of comics and their creators from around the country and the valley. It was a draw across the demographic spectrum and, by all accounts, successful: Plans are already in the works for the second annual Library Comic Con.

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While the Boise City Council mulled a package of anti-panhandling ordinances which drew critics and supporters to the Council chambers in the late summer, it quietly passed what would come to be called the 10-10 pilot program, which annexed a chunk of Julia Davis Park on Bronco football game days for tailgaters.

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BW POKES â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BIGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ED BECKLEY Let us tell you a little story about a big man with an even bigger dream.

Out-sized Kansas-born, Texas-based â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bigâ&#x20AC;? Ed Beckley burst onto the Idaho scene in 2013 when he slapped down a fat wad of cash to hurl his nearly 300-pound body across the Snake River Canyon on a specially designed rocket-powered motorcycle.

Billed as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest motorcycle jumper,â&#x20AC;? Beckleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunt would repeat a similar attempt made by iconic GDUHGHYLO (YHO .QLHYHO LQ Ĺ?DQ DWtempt, it should be noted, that failed when Knievelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parachute opened prematurely, sending him gliding to the bottom of the canyon adjacent to Twin Falls.

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state-owned land along the north side of the canyon for a landing site.

In an interview with Boise Weekly in 1RYHPEHU %HFNOH\ ZDV FRQĹľGHQW KLV plan would go off without a hitch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look here, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to tell you right now: My hands are going to be on a set of handlebars on Sept. 7, 2014,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re jumping that sucker.â&#x20AC;?

But it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as simple as all that.

Though the state of Idaho accepted Beckleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid for the landing site, the city of Twin Falls wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so sure Big Ed was the daredevil to make the jump.

In November, the city announced that it would accept proposals from other interested jumpers, vying for the rights to launch from the south side of the canyon on land owned by Twin Falls.

Beckley was frustrated by the delay, but remained positive.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the big pea in the pod,â&#x20AC;? he said. +LV FRQĹľGHQFH ZDV ERUQH RXW ODWHU that month, when the Twin Falls City Council overwhelmingly approved Beckleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application, opening the way for negotiations that could take up to two months to complete.

With regulatory hurdles (mostly) cleared, the elephant in the room, of course, was whether Big Ed is, well, too big to make the jump. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poke me,â&#x20AC;? he insisted to BW News (GLWRU *HRUJH 3UHQWLFH Ĺ&#x201C;3XW \RXU ĹľQger right there [on the right side of his chest] and poke me.â&#x20AC;?

Prentice obliged, reporting,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rest assured, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t budge.â&#x20AC;?

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That means Boiseans very nearly didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a chance to see Cannes Palme dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or grand-prize-winner Blue Is the Warmest Color the year it hit theaters. Here at Boise Weekly, that just wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand.

Blue Is the Warmest Color is the story of Adele (Adele Exarchopoulos), who learns to assert herself as a woman over the course of a passionate affair with Emma (Lea Seydoux).

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Back in Boise, though, BW reported that Idahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue laws would ban Blue at The Flicks, Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie house of FKRLFH IRU LQGHSHQGHQW ĹľOPV Because The Flicks serves beer and wine, it is subject to Idaho Code 23614 and could lose its license to serve alcoholic beverages in the instance WKDW D FRPSODLQW LV ĹľOHG DJDLQVW D ĹľOPĹ&#x2018;V VH[XDO FRQWHQW )OLFNV PDQDJHment wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak on the record about what it describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a sensitive topic.â&#x20AC;?

When BW reported in October that Blue likely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be seen in Boise, the story went international. Riding the wave of attention, bigwigs at Sundance were working behind the VFHQHV WR JHW D VKRZLQJ RI WKH ĹľOP somewhere in the City of Trees. Their work paid off: Edwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown 9 agreed to a very limited release in early December.

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Mega-Loads Coming Through Southern Idaho, NOV. 24 Couple Indicted on Human Trafficking Charges, NOV. 22 Card Fraud at Northwest Grocery Store Chain, NOV. 26 Power Outage in Eastern Idaho, DEC. 4 Chris Petersen a Bit of a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mad Scientistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, DEC. 8 Mark Patterson vs.

Sheriff Raney, NOV. 12 Branden Durst Resigns, NOV. 20 Boise Police Bust Three in Two Arrests, NOV. 13 GOP Committeeman Wants to Drop the 17th Amendment, NOV. 24 Boise Acquires Quail Hollow Golf Club, NOV. 18

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Addicted to blues and clean haircuts.

Reggie Melbrough has some news for you.

SATURDAY DEC. 28 blues jams

THURSDAY DEC. 26

SECOND ANNUAL BLUE YEAR’S EVE WITH THE BLUES ADDICTS

all about moi GENERATION ME COMEDY SHOW You’re not special. You’re not a precious butterfly or a delicate snowflake. You’re a skinbag of warm water, fatty acids and personality flaws, but most of us who were raised after the mid-1970s were sung a different tune by their parents. Generations X-Z have been told that anything is within their grasp, their wildest dreams but a lightning strike of inspiration away. Imagine their surprise when they discovered feeding themselves—let alone meeting their personal goals—was hard work.

Thence came the Generation Me Comedy Tour, the brainchild of Gen-Xer (and headlining comedian) Reggie Melbrough, which promises a glut of generational humor, hence the title, and more booze than you can shake a cocktail shaker at.

Melbrough, Emma Arnold (Story Story Night, Liquid Laughs), Dylan Cole (Liquid Laughs, Complex) and host Alisha Donahue (Lady Bizness podcast, runner-up for Boise’s Funniest Person) yuk it up starting at 7:30 p.m. at Neurolux.

The bar will be open and a dance party follows the laughs. For a paltry $5, you can warm your hands at the comedic bonfire of Millennial vanity in a full-on roast of the generation’s foibles, including iPods, irony, Radiohead and living in their parents’ basements. For a full catalog of 20- to 30-something existential angst, however, you’ll have to check out the show for yourself.

7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

SATURDAY DEC. 28 two to tango HOLIDAY MILONGA WITH FOLIAS TANGO DUET With its staccato beat, emphasis on technique and

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strikingly defined gender roles, the tango reigns supreme as the sexiest ballroom dance form. The secret to its steaminess lies in how it re-creates the classic female/male love stor y of flight and pursuit—and the concealment and revelation of sex.

For those feeling a little frisky between Christmas and

The new year brings about more than fresh desk calendars and broken resolutions, and there’s no reason why you have to wait until Dec. 31 to celebrate. The Blues Addicts present Blue Year’s Eve, an excuse to get off the couch and start partying a little early with the band’s classic rock and blues and a little help from The Like Its and some surprise guests. The first 50 people through the door get a special CD, but even if you’re person No. 51, you still get a chance to nab some sweet door prizes. The Blues Addicts take their musical inspiration from greats like Derek and the Dominos, the Allman Brothers Band, JJ Cale, Muddy Waters, Dire Straits and Traffic, so expect a night of classic rock and blues—a great way to kickstart 2014.

8 p.m. $10. Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-3850111, thelinenbuilding.com

New Year’s Day, there’s Holiday Milonga with Folias Tango Duet.

Starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, tango newbies can learn all the moves they’ll need to impress on the dance floor, followed by tango and alternative tunes to mix up the evening.

The event is also a potluck, and guests are encouraged to bring their favorite holiday goodies and drinks to share.

The musical guest, Folias Flute and Guitar Duo, hails from Grand Rapids, Mich., and comprises flautist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron.

Their expertise is in legendar y Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla and the jazz idiom, so expect nuance and daring from their one-night per formance.

Originating from the Rio de la Plata regions of Argentina and Uruguay during the late 1800s,

tango was a sensual mixture of European and African cultural influences 30 years before the Jazz Age, and remains a visible symbol of high class and sensual release.

7 p.m. $10. Pat Harris School of Dance, 1225 N. McKinney, 208-375-3255, patharrisdance.com.

SATURDAY DEC. 28 hoopla IDAHO STAMPEDE VS. TEXAS LEGENDS If the dream of having a professional sports team in Idaho seems beyond the realm of possibility, think again. The Idaho Stampede may be an NBA B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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FIND ABSOLUT TUNE

No word on whether there will be a giant bottle of ketchup.

TUESDAY DEC. 31 potarty NEW YEAR’S EVE IDAHO POTATO DROP Forget what you know about potatoes. The brown, shapeless, decidedly unsexy tubers have a marked self-concept problem, and have desperately tried to branch out beyond their purely culinary applications—just look at those desperate cries for help: Mr. Potato Head and the potato battery.

The potato is breaking out again, this time in grand fashion at the Idaho New Year’s Eve Potato Drop, going down (literally) at the Grove Plaza Tuesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 6 p.m.

The Idaho New Year’s Commission has pimped out a 16-foot glowing potato that it will lower from the U.S. Bank Building downtown.

Bedecking a tater in Liberace-esque splendor isn’t the night’s only draw. The evening will also feature magic shows and street performers, as well as drinks, appetizers and hot food from local vendors. Meanwhile, music will be provided by the likes of Hollow Wood, Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles, New Transit, Audio Moonshine, Carolina Morning and DJ Myko.

At 11:59 p.m., the New Year’s countdown begins as the aforementioned giant potato makes its descent, reaching its destination at midnight, Wednesday, Jan. 1, and releasing a storm of confetti and initiating a light show. Ring in the new year with the iconic symbol of Idaho, complete with a full lineup of live music and performances, and grub to keep out the cold.

6 p.m. FREE. Eighth Street, Boise, idahonewyearscommission.com.

D-League outfit, but its start this season earns it an A. So paint your belly red and get ready to scream yourself hoarse (get it? Stampede?) because the Stampede is going up against the Texas Legends. This is no shirts-and-skins game at the park: You’ll see a team of talented athletes—who are at 8-0 for the season—

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work toward the title of best Idaho Stampede team ever.

Who needs Madison Square Garden when you can watch our own hometown team tear it up and down the court for as little as $8 a ticket. Now, that’s a win.

7 p.m. $8-$21. CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8497, centurylinkarenaboise.com.

The best beard is a frosty beard.

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In a fit of post-holiday spirit, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, the Boise Weekly newsroom popped a bottle of Absolut Tune—a new alcoholic confection combining Absolut vodka with sparkling sauvignon blanc.

Let’s be clear: Absolut Tune is not champagne. It is also not vodka, but combines properties of both. That is, it hits you straight in the head with a 28-proof kick that is not to be trifled with.

Halfway through the first glass, we were doing Ron Burgundy impressions. By the time we finished, it was Eugene Hutz (of Gogol Bordello), Michael Cain, and Boris and Natasha. We knew we had to stop when Bullwinkle made an appearance.

According to our tasting notes, while Absolut Tune is lovely and floral on the nose, the high alcohol content causes it to fizzle on the finish. “Fuzzy boozy” is scrawled in my notepad (with the word “boozy” initially misspelled, if that tells you anything). In the margins I find the phrase, “This gets better the 750 ml bottle $24.95 more you drink it,” along with Idaho State Liquor Stores suggestions to add a mint sprig, orange juice or blueberries.

Where BW was most impressed with Absolut Tune was with its packaging—the trademark Absolut shape has been wine bottle-ized with a wide-bottomed design, and wrapped in an elegant filigree of gold flower shapes on a black background.

Some observations from the notes: “It looks like it came off a ship,” and, “This is something a rapper would drink.”

Turns out we weren’t too far off—Icona Pop has partnered with Absolut Tune to market the “collision of Sparkle and Spirit” on the music video “All Night,” the title track for the Swedish synthpop duo’s 2013 release.

In the video for the single, we see invincible revelers wielding bottle after bottle of Absolut Tune, backed by lyrics including, “We can smash the clock,” “we don’t need no sleep” and “it feels like we could do this all night.” That’s probably true: Take this booze to your New Year’s party, and we’re pretty confident you’ll end up smashing something… and probably won’t get much sleep.

—Zach Hagadone

running down a resolution NEW YEAR’S DAY 5K After all of the New Year’s Eve promises and resolutions to friends and family, why not star t the year with a little 5K jaunt?

The YMCA of Treasure Valley hosts The New Year’s Day 5K Run (which is just a fancy way of saying a hungover group of people running a loop that star ts and finishes at the Ram Restaurant).

While you struggle not to hyper ventilate, recall your drunken conversation the night before about getting in shape and making 2014 the best year ever.

If doubt enters your mind the morning of the event, remember ever y penny from the run goes toward helping the Treasure Valley YMCA Team Idaho Track and Cross Countr y Club, a group that suppor ts Idaho youths who are much more physically fit than you.

Make sure you register for the event in advance and keep a couple bottles of water handy the day of the event.

The New Year’s Day 5K will challenge the ver y spirit of your newfound declaration, one that will surely leave blisters on the feet, but hope in your hear t.

10 a.m. $20-$30. Ram Restaurant, 709 E. Park Blvd, Boise, 208-344-5502, ext. 295, ymcatvidaho.org/newyearsrun.

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY DEC. 25 Festivals & Events CHRISTMAS DINNER—Indulge in a stress-free, gourmet dinner to celebrate the season. The Narrows will be open both Christmas Eve and Christmas night, offering holiday prix fixe and a la carte menus. Call for reservations. 4 p.m. The Narrows at Shore Lodge Restaurant, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 208-634-2244, shorelodgemccall.com.

HELICOPTER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOURS—See the Christmas lights of Boise. Silverhawk Aviation’s tours will take you over downtown Boise, then soar over the Botanical Gardens and Foothills. Call 208-453-8577 to make a reservation. Daily through Jan. 5, 2014. 6 p.m. $125 for two, $150 for three.

Western Aircraft at Boise Airport, 4300 S. Kennedy St., Boise, 208-338-1800, westair.com.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Tour the Idaho Botanical Garden light display. Daily through Jan. 5, 2014. 6 p.m. FREE-$8.

Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Religious/Spiritual CHRISTMAS DISPLAY—The youth at the Journey on Overland put together a light and music show for Christmas. There are several songs written and programmed by our children, some as young as 10 years of age. The show is FREE but donated funds go to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise. Mondays-Thursdays and Sundays, 5-11 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 5 p.m.-midnight.

Continues through Dec. 28.

FREE. The Journey Boise, 9105 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208376-3748, journeyboise.com.

THURSDAY DEC. 26 Festivals & Events WOMEN IN LAW COFFEE HOUR—Join the conversation with women in the legal profession the last Thursday of every month. RSVP online at concordialaw.com/womeninlaw.

5 p.m. FREE. Caffe D’arte, 794 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-3458932, caffedarte.com.

On Stage GENERATION ME COMEDY SHOW—Join comedians Reggie Melbrough, Emma Arnold, Dylan Cole and Alisha Donahue for a night of laughs. See Picks, Page 16. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-3430886, neurolux.com.

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CHRISTMAS DISPLAY—See Wednesday. FREE. The Journey Boise, 9105 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-376-3748, journeyboise.com.

SALSA NIGHT WITH JESSIE VILLALOBOS—Learn the basics in the most popular social Latin dance. 7 p.m. $20-$30. Bronco Elite, 1187 W. River St., Boise, 208-869-4840, broncoelite.com.

Odds & Ends YOGA AND SOAK—Enjoy a kids-free night with one hour of yoga and one hour of hot springs relaxation. Reservations required.

6 p.m. Prices vary. The Springs, 3742 Idaho Hwy. 21, Idaho City, 208-392-9500, thespringsid.com.

FRIDAY DEC. 27 On Stage COMEDYSPORTZ—7 p.m. $5$10. ComedySportz, 3250 N. Lakeharbor Ln, 184A, Boise, 208991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

Kids & Teens PRESCHOOL STORYTIME—Stories and fun for preschoolers. 10 a.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary. org.

SNOW AND ICE TRIP—Treat your middle-schooler to a fun day of activity at the Whoop-Um Up Snowshoe Trail outside Idaho City, followed by ice skating at Idaho Ice World. Includes transportation, snowshoes, admission and skate rental. Take a lunch, snacks and water. For kids ages 11-13.

8 a.m. $15. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation.org.

NOISE/CD REVIEW PARADIGM, STATES Since releasing its debut EP Line ’Em Up a few years ago, States has slowly and subtly been making its mark on the music scene. That collection of infectious, ethereal pop rock led into last year’s full-length debut, Room to Run, which was produced

by Aaron Sprinkle and released by Tooth & Nail Records. Both releases were critically acclaimed and left fans hungry for more.

Now the band, which is comprised of former members of Copeland and Lydia, is back with Paradigm, and despite sounding similar to earlier releases, it marks a slight shift in a new sonic direction for the band—and it is an exciting one.

Echoing pop rockers like “I Hope You Stay Gone” and the dreamy mid-tempo rock track “Running Awake” are vintage States, with singer Mindy White’s vocals entrancing and ensnaring as easily as ever. “Summer Love” is a perfect track to listen to now; while it sounds like a summer anthem, it actually focuses more on reminiscing about better, more ideal times. But there are some engaging curve balls thrown in, such as the tribal percussion, shoegaze-centric rock sounds and White’s surprisingly raw vocals on “Forever,” as well as the electropop-tinged track “Electric Mind.” The album even takes on more of an echoing, otherworldly sensibility at times on “Circles” and “Closer,” so sonically, this album is very diverse.

A more mature effort, but no less dreamy and exquisite than their first two releases, Paradigm is a nice end-of-the-year find.

—Brian Palmer

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CHRISTMAS DISPLAY—See Wednesday. FREE. The Journey Boise, 9105 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-376-3748, journeyboise.com.

IDAHO STAMPEDE VS. TEXAS LEGENDS—NBA Development League basketball. See Picks, Page 16.

7 p.m. $8-$380. CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8497, centurylinkarenaboise.com

SATURDAY DEC. 28 Festivals & Events SECOND ANNUAL BLUE YEAR’S EVE—Join the Blues Addicts at the Linen Building for a celebration to prepare for the new year. The first 50 guests receive a free CD. See Picks, Page 16. 8 p.m. $10.

The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, thelinenbuilding.com.

THIRD SPACE SATURDAY—Join Spacebar Arcade, DJ I.G.A. the Independent Grocer and the Vinyl Preservation Society for video games, beer and community. 10 p.m. FREE. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208918-0597, spacebararcade.com.

On Stage

Religious/Spiritual CHRISTMAS DISPLAY—See Wednesday. FREE. The Journey Boise, 9105 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-376-3748, journeyboise.com.

Odds & Ends HOLIDAY DANCE WITH TANGO DUET FOLIAS—Enjoy holiday merriment and tango dancing to live music provided by the awesome tango duet Folias.

Don’t forget to dress fancy.

Beginner lesson provided; no experience required. Take your favorite holiday food and drink for the potluck. See Picks, Page 16. 7 p.m. $10. Pat Harris School of Dance, 1225 McKinney St., Boise, 208-3753255, patharrisdance.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ—See Friday.

7 p.m. $5-10. ComedySportz Boise, 3250 N. Lakeharbor Lane, Ste. 184A, Boise, 208991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

SUNDAY DEC. 29 Religious/Spiritual ENERGY/MEDITATION CIRCLE—A different energyfocused meditation each week.

1 p.m. Donations accepted.

Boise Holistic and Metaphysical Coop, 1615 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-429-6393, boiseholisticcoop.com.

MEDITATION AND AWARENESS—Join Randy Stillman and Konnie Nelson for Sunday meditation. Great for the beginner or veteran meditator. Small donations accepted, but not required.

For more info, email lifecyclewholistic@gmail.com. 9:15 a.m.

Donation. The Dojo, 1512 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-720-3663, 10thstreetdojo.com.

TREASURE VALLEY METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH—Worship with members who come from a cross section of Christian backgrounds and communities. This is a spiritual resource calling for all people to grow in selfawareness, confronting justice, and supporting and affirming healing and understanding.

11 a.m. FREE. Treasure Valley Metropolitan Community Church, 305 E. 37th St., Garden City, 208-401-8442, tvmccboise. wordpress.com.

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Sports & Fitness IDAHO STAMPEDE VS. L.A. D-FENDERS—NBA Development League basketball. 7 p.m. $8$380. CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-4242200 or box office 208-3318497, centurylinkarenaboise. com/home.aspx.

Odds & Ends WATSU MASSAGE—Get a Shiatsu massage while you soak in the hot springs. Reservations are required. 1 p.m. Varies. The Springs, 3742 Idaho 21, Idaho City, 208-392-9500, thespringsid.com.

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LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

8-BIT NEW YEAR’S EVE—Ring in your New Year the 8-Bit way with lots of fun and bubbles and tunes by Phantahex. 10 p.m.

FREE. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9180597, spacebararcade.com.

A GATSBY AFFAIR—Celebrate New Year’s Eve with hors d’oeuvres, champagne toast and one complimentary cocktail.

There will be prizes for best dressed. Featuring music by DJ Eric Rhodes. Call or visit the website for reservations and ticket purchases. 9 p.m. $55.

Barbacoa, 276 Bobwhite Court, Boise, 208-338-5000, barbacoaboise.com.

IDAHO POTATO DROP—The Idaho New Year’s Commission presents a celebration to ring in the new year at the Grove Plaza.

See Picks, Page 17. 6 p.m.

FREE. Grove Plaza, Boise, idahonewyearscommission.com.

MARDI GRAS NEW YEAR’S EVE—New Year’s dance with the King of Swing Big Band. 8:30 p.m. $15. Mardi Gras Ballroom, 615 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208342-5553.

NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—Featuring the Iron Chef Comedy competition, live music and more. 8 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-2875379, liquidboise.com.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Ring in 2014 with an evening filled with dinner, live music and a champagne toast. Take the kids for arts and crafts, games, movies and snacks. Complimentary shuttle to take you home if you need a ride. Seating extremely limited. Call 208-634-2244 for reservations. 7:30 p.m. $50 children, $95 adults. Shore Lodge-McCall, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 1-800-657-6464, shorelodgemccall.com.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Enjoy a night of “Cowboy Glam” as you say “adios” to 2013 in safety and style. Featuring special Wild West wine tasting, beer, champagne and sparkling nonalcoholic beverages, plus Tex-Mex buffet, music and dancing. Call for required reservations. 8 p.m. $10. Helina Marie’s Wine and Gift Shop, 11053 Highway 44, Star, 208-286-7960, helinamaries.com.

NYE CASH PARTY WITH WILD 101—DJ Devin James will be there and $101 will be thrown over the dance floor every 20 minutes. Bacardi will also be giving away a season pass to Tamarack at midnight. 9 p.m. $20. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-514-2531, drinkfattys.com.

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DATE NIGHT—Featuring live music, massages and champagne.

6 p.m. Varies. The Springs, 3742 Idaho 21, Idaho City, 208-3929500, thespringsid.com.

Festivals & Events

LAST CALL TRIVIA—8 p.m.

FREE. The Lift Bar and Grill, 4091 W. State St., Boise, 208342-3250, theliftboise.com.

BOISE S-ANON MEETING— Troubled by someone’s sexual behavior? S-Anon can help.

Email sanonboise@gmail.com for questions/more info. 6:15 p.m.

FREE. 1111 S. Orchard St., Ste. 112A, Boise.

On Stage REAL TALK COMEDY WORKSHOP—Refine your comedy routine and be sure to stay for the free comedy show at 8 p.m.

6 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Sports & Fitness DROP-IN VOLLEYBALL—Drop in for a day game of volleyball.

Nets and balls provided. 9 a.m. $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 youth.

Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Road, Boise, 208-384-4486, cityofboise.org/ parks.

NEW YEAR’S DAY 5K—Start the new year off right with a run for your health. See Picks, Page 17. $20-$30. The Ram, 709 E. Park Blvd., Boise, 208-345-2929, theram.com.

Odds & Ends BIOTZETIK BASQUE CHOIR— The choir meets at Bishop Kelly High School. Call or email averquiaga@hotmail.com for more info. 6 p.m. FREE, 208-8530678. Bishop Kelly High School, 7009 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-853-0678, bk.org.

LATIN NIGHTS—Instructors Tabish L. Romario and Becca Towler will teach salsa, bachata and Brazilian zouk lessons, followed by social dancing at 9 p.m. 7:30 p.m. $5. The Press, 212 N. Ninth St., Ste. B, Boise, 208-336-9577, facebook.com/ thepressboise.

LIQUID LAUGHS OPEN MIC COMEDY—Enjoy some of of the best stand up comedians Boise has to offer. 8 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

PIONEER TOASTMASTERS— Work on public speaking and leadership skills. Call for more info. 6 p.m. FREE. Elmer’s, 1385 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9212480.

POETRY SLAM OF STEEL—Big Tree Arts presents this all-ages poetry slam workshop as part of the Idaho Loud Writer’s Program.

Featuring Leah Noble Davidson, the workshop will be followed by a slam at 7 p.m. Contact Cheryl Maddalena at 208-426-0383 for more info. 6 p.m. $5, $1 with student ID. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-3213, facebook.com/thecruxcoffeeshop.

SCRABBLE GAME NIGHT—6 p.m. FREE. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1315 N. Milwaukee, Boise, 208-375-4454, barnesandnoble.com.

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Kids & Teens NEW YEAR’S EVE LOCK-IN— Kids will enjoy movies, swimming, games and a pizza party.

For ages 6-12. 7 p.m. $20-$25.

Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208468-5858, namparecreation.org.

NEW YEAR’S OVERNIGHTER— Kids ring in the new year with fun activities, pizza and drinks, celebration hats and noisemakers.

Breakfast items will be served in the morning. For children ages 5 to 12. Call to register. 7 p.m. $40-$50 first child, $35-$45 each additional child. Wings Center of Boise, 1875 Century Way, Boise, 208-376-3641, wingscenter.com.

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HO HO HUH? Bad Christmas albums by good artists BEN SCHULTZ

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Like ugly sweaters and stale fruitcake (and stale jokes about fruitcake), a glut of holidaythemed albums surfaces every Christmas.

Some, like the reissue of Bright Eyes’ 2002 release, A Christmas Album, are wonderful. Others, like Kelly Clarkson’s Wrapped in Red, are much less so. This year, Boise Weekly rummaged through the lumps of coal to bring its readers the finest in atrocious Christmas albums. Here are four holiday releases of years past by artists who should’ve known better— and one that only looks bad at first. Adjust the alcohol in your eggnog as needed.

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Christmas on Death Row (1996) A Christmas album from the label that released Dr. Dre’s The Chronic?

Is Snoop Dogg going to rap about his homeboys giving him weed and Hennessy as presents? Actually, yes—on the opening track, “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto,” Snoop does exactly that.

Buoyed by a bumptious bassline and decked with Nate Dogg’s silken baritone, the song is gloriously ridiculous.

If Christmas on Death Row stayed at that level, it would be great fun. Sadly, the rest of the album is dominated by oily, syntheticsoul covers of chestnuts like “Silver Bells” and “Frosty the Snowman.” The nadir is 6 Feet Deep, B.g.o.t.i. and Guess’s overwrought “Silent Night.” “Slee-e-ep in heavenly peace”?

Not with all that melismatic overkill.

Christmas on Death Row has some bright spots, though. In addition to the irresistible Snoop Dogg track, the album features Gary Barner and O.F.T.B.’s tough but warm “Christmas in the Ghetto”: “Your family’s the only Santa Claus you ever know / It ain’t no chimneys or stockings in the projects, / And if you get a gift, it came out of pocket.”

Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart (2009) From going electric at the Newport Folk Festival to appearing in a Victoria’s Secret commercial, Bob Dylan’s career has had more than its share of peculiar moments. And when the final tally is made, his foray into Christmas music should rank as one of its strangest.

The problem with 2009’s Christmas in the Heart isn’t its selection of time-worn holiday standards. Starting with 2001’s Love and Theft, Dylan’s 21st-century albums reflect his affection for pre-rock-and-roll pop—reaching back to 1967’s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” with its “moon/spoon” rhyme. The problem isn’t necessarily Dylan’s withered husk of a voice either, although his croaking and wheezing get pretty cringe-inducing at times.

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and the angelic backup singers render Dylan’s vocals even more grotesque; the album sounds like your laryngitic grandpa singing along to his Bing Crosby records. Still, Christmas in the Heart isn’t as bad as the stuff from Dylan’s Neil Diamond-influenced period—check out 1979’s Bob Dylan at Budokan, if you dare.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Christmas Time Again (2000) Yankee hipsters may not believe this, but Lynyrd Skynyrd really was a great band.

Skynyrd’s musicianship was never as impressive as that of, say, The Allman Brothers Band, but its three-guitar lineup came up with some solid riffs, and Artimus Pyle was one fierce drummer. Also, Ronnie Van Zant was no ignorant redneck. He wrote enough good songs about not fighting, not getting wasted and not using guns to almost sound like some co-op-shopping, Prius-driving yoga fanatic. (He and Neil Young got along pretty well, too.)

Unfortunately, the Skynyrd worth hearing ended with the tragic 1977 plane crash that killed Van Zant, guitarist-songwriter Steve Gaines and backup singer Cassie Gaines.

Led by little brother Johnny Van Zant, the Skynyrd of today makes travesties like this Christmas album from 2000.

Between its undistinguished boogie-rock, its greeting-card lyrics and its sickeningly glossy production, Christmas Time Again is the Southern Rock equivalent of a Thomas Kincade painting. Sentimentalists may warm to “Mama’s Song,” a tribute to a dearly departed mother, but even that rings hollow next to 1973’s “Simple Man.”

Conway Twitty, A Twismas Story with Twitty Bird and Their Little Friends (1983) Almost any selfrespecting country artist will crank out at least one Christmas album. At best, it’s Merle Haggard’s 1973 hit “If We Make It Through December.”

Conway Twitty’s 1983 album A Twismas Story is not great. The album follows the singer, his friend Twitty Bird—who, on the album cover, looks suspiciously like a certain Warner Bros. character— and a couple other bird friends (also WB doppelgangers) as they journey through Toyland Town and Santa’s Winter Wonderland, suffused with so much smarmy gee-whiz awe that it’s almost unbearable.

Granted, Twitty (the man, not the bird) sounds in good voice on such staples as “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and it’s sweet that his granddaughter Christi Prater provided the voice of Twitty Bird. What’s not so sweet is the album ripping off a beloved cartoon character to milk a few dollars out of country fans—the birds sing suspiciously like Alvin, Simon and Theodore. Still, NPR’s Stephen Thompson called the album “[a]n instant cult classic.”

Listen at your own risk.

James Brown, A Soulful Christmas (1968) James Brown’s 1968 album A Soulful Christmas may look like some kind of cynical cash-in or self-righteous put-down; after all, what kind of Christmas album includes “Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud”? For that matter, what kind of Christmas album has a track titled “Believers Shall Enjoy (Non Believers Shall Suffer)”? Happily, A Soulful Christmas showcases Brown at his most musically confident and emotionally generous.

Brown’s band lays down sinuous, propulsive grooves, while his lyrics balance depictions of ghetto welfare lines with calls for unity and kids playing games on Christmas Day. In this context, even “Say It Loud” fits thematically.

Also highly recommended is the 1970 track “Hey America,” on which Brown calls again for world peace at Christmastime over a hard-driving beat. To hammer home the point, he gives his Muslim listeners an “As-SalaamAlaikum” and his Jewish listeners a “Hava Nagila” on the song’s outro.

Wolvserpent: making people think twice (or three or four times) about Boise.

LOCAL TUNES OF 2013 This year, we spoke to a number of local musicians about their 2013 releases. Below is a brief but diverse list of some of those artists and their albums, all of which make us proud to live in a city that sings.

DEDICATED SERVERS—Bryan Taylor The duo of Dave Boutdy and Matt Dixon left behind anime-inspired raps for more mature themes of “struggle, mortality and perseverance” on their seventh release. “It feels more and more every time we do an album [that] this could be the last album,” Dixon said. “And if this is the last album, what’s the most important thing we want to say?”

FINER POINTS OF SADISM—Banned Standards A brush with death led FPS vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jacobb Sackett to expand his musical sensibilities and begin experimenting with experimental music.

Sackett said, “For the last few years, they’ve called Boise a barren wasteland in the music scene. But barren wastelands can be home to strange animals.”

FLEET STREET KLEZMER BAND—Vodka and Pickles Fleet Street Klezmer Band’s blend of klezmer, Sephardic and Roma musical traditions is a nod to the past and came about as a way for guitarist Shlomo Kostenko to reconnect with his Jewish roots. ”If the Jewish history in my family really meant anything to me, it was up to me now to carry that on,” Kostenko said.

UINTAHS—Parts Unwilling to let anyone else control his creative output, it took Marcus Youngberg, Uintahs’ songwriter/vocalist/guitarist/perfectionist, more than five years to release his band’s debut album. “We decided we wanted to do it ourselves, so we took the time to buy the [recording] equipment and learn how to use it,” Youngberg said.

WOLVSERPENT—Perigaea Antahkarana Wolvserpent’s nearly unpronounceable new album was talked about all across the blogosphere, with a number of writers suggesting that getting a copy would be one of the smartest things readers could do. The band’s Blake Green said the album was a reflection of its effort to “slow down and exist in the moment [without] looking for something else.”

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BEN BURDICK TRIO—8 p.m.

With Amy Rose. FREE. Chandlers

CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS— With Sad Horse, Cerberus, Rex and Los Chingalos. 7 p.m. $5.

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BONEFISH SAM AND HIS ORCHESTRA—10 p.m. $2.

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FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s JESII DOBRUSKY—With Holy Weak and Messier Object. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux

THE COUNTRY CLUB—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—With Nicole Christensen. 8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

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RECKLESS KELLY, DEC. 31, REVOLUTION CONCERT HOUSE The eldest Braun brothers Willy (vocals, guitar) and Cody (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica) lead the Austin, Texasbased quintet, Reckless Kelly and once again the Grammynominated band brings its Southwest-infused alt-country back to Boise to ring in the new year. With the September release of its eighth studio album, Long Night Moon, Reckless Kelly continues to bridge the gap between the nuanced, sometimes esoteric sound of honky-tonk country and meaningful, lyrical folk melodies. Want to celebrate the end of 2013 with some boot-stompin’ tunes? Reckless Kelly will definitely deliver.

—Paul Hefner With Audio Moonshine and New Transit. 7 p.m., $23-$43.

Revolution Concert House, 4983 N .Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-938-2933, revolutionconcerthouse.com

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BSU VOCAL JAZZ CAROLERS—7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DAN COSTELLO—5 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement JEFF MOLL—7 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub JT & SMOOTH AVENUE BAND—6 p.m. FREE. Rice SPEEDY GRAY—6 p.m. FREE. Salt

Doug Cameron Ned Evett NED EVETT—8 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel OPHELIA—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m.

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JOHN CAZAN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

DOUG CAMERON—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Piper Pub

JOHN JONES TRIO—With Cheryl Morrell. 8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

EMILY TIPTON—10 p.m. $5.

Grainey’s

KEVIN KIRK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s

SHON SANDERS—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Piper Pub

METAKINETIC—With Star Vis, CC/NN, Iconoplasty and Alleys. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux

SOUL SERENE—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

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GUIDE/LISTEN HERE GUIDE REILLY COYOTE—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub SECOND ANNUAL BLUE YEAR’S EVE—With The Like Its and The Acoustaholics. 8 p.m. $10. The Linen Building SONS OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN—8 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

MONDAY DEC. 30 CHUCK SMITH—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

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SUNDAY DEC. 29 JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s

BOISE OLD TIME JAM—With The Country Club. 6 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s DANGER BEARD—With Pause for the Cause. 10 p.m. $10.

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JOHN JONES TRIO—With Cheryl Morrell. 10 p.m. FREE. Chandlers KINGS OF SWING BIG BAND—8:30 p.m. $15. Mardi Gras Ballroom

Demoni, Figure 8 and Social Antidote. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux RECKLESS KELLY—With Audio Moonshine and New Transit. See Listen Here, Page 22. 7 p.m. $23-$43. Revolution

THE LIKE ITS—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—With Noah Hyde, Dirty Moogs and Edmond Dantes. 8 p.m. $5.

Neurolux NYE WITH PAMELA DEMARCHE AND FRIENDS—8 p.m. $59.

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WEDNESDAY JAN. 1 CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

PHANTAHEX—10 p.m. FREE. Spacebar

DJ KOS, DEC. 31, KNITTING FACTORY

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DJ KOS—With Rubicon 7 and Deeveaux. See Listen Here, this page. 8:30 p.m. $10-$20. Knitting Factory Dan Costello The Sidemen DAN COSTELLO—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

THE SIDEMEN—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

POKE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

SLEEP FOR SLEEPERS—With The Workday Release and Uintahs. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux

PUNK NYE PARTY—With Piranhas BC, New Iron Front,

The Fabulous Chancellors THE FABULOUS CHANCELLORS—7:30 p.m. $10. Riverside Hotel Ballroom

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V E N U E S Don’t know a venue? Visit www.boiseweekly.com for addresses, phone numbers and a map.

Reno-based house/electronic/dance artist DJ Kos has been scratching and spinning records for more than 26 years.

Possessing some of the fastest turntable and track-cutting skills you’ll ever see on stage, Kos brings a level of anticipation to electro pop that can only be felt at his live shows. And Kos is not only a master of sound but of visuals as well. Each of his shows is accompanied by tailor-made visuals which interact with every dubstep beat or pounding rhythm, and his off-beat hi-hat and synthesized basslines might have you breaking a resolution—if you promised yourself you’d go home early and/or not dance your ass off.

—Paul Hefner With Rubicon 7 and Deeveaux. 8:30 p.m., $10-$20. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com

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The most talked-about (and quite often the most controversial) sports competition of the calendar year is the NCAA basketball tournament—better known as March Madness.

So in my own bit of insanity, each year, I attempt to morph “bracketology” with my other grand passion: movies.

After watching hundreds of movies each year, I pick 32, narrow those down to a sweet 16, an elite eight and lastly, a final four that I would recommend to anybody on the planet.

While difficult, I did manage to choose my favorite four (in alphabetical order): 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Frozen and Gravity.

Some of the superb films I’ve been privileged to see in the past 12 months still haven’t made their way to Boise, but don’t miss them when they do: Her, One Chance, The Railway Man, The Square and The Wind Rises.

Have a safe and warm new year, and I’ll see you at the movies.

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WINESIPPER/DRINK BUDGET-BUY SPARKLERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

BELLA FINCA PROSECCO, $11.99 This is an amazing value on a delicious little sparkler from Northern Italy. This wine is on the dryer side of the prosecco spectrum and on the lighter side when it comes to bubbles. It opens with lively floral aromas and a crisp array of fruit flavors, including apple, pear and peach.

This wine weighs in at a modest 11 percent alcohol.

SCHARFFENBERGER BRUT EXCELLENCE, $17.99 The winery went through a name and owner change—and a dip in quality—but it’s back in the family with delicious results. Two parts chardonnay to one part pinot noir, this wine is rich and creamy, fullbodied and boasts ripe citrus flavors and touches of ginger and yeasty fresh-baked bread. A California classic.

2010 LE ROCHER DES VIOLETTES PETILLANT ORIGINEL, $21 A startlingly good pick from France’s Loire Valley, this natural wine is made with native yeast and nothing but grape juice—no added sugar or dosage. It’s an intense wine with deep fruit flavors, amazing bubbles and a touch of black walnut on the finish.

2010 RAVENTOS I BLANC DE NIT ROSE, $24 This wine takes Spanish cava to a new level.

Made from classic Spanish varieties that are farmed biodynamically, this is a lovely, pink-hued wine with fresh red fruit flavors and crisp acidity on the finish. This is an exceptional bottle of bubbles at half the price of most entry-level champagnes.

—David Kirkpatrick

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My guess is that more corks are popped around midnight on New Year’s Eve than any other time of the year. But sparkling wines are too often relegated to celebrations. It’s a shame, really, as they’re some of the most versatile wines around. Here are a few outstanding offerings that won’t break the bank.

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MFT BBQ AND VEGAN FOOD Uniting two warring culinary camps TARA MORGAN Uttering the word “vegan” will get you tossed out of most Southern barbecue joints. And gnawing on a pork rib in a leather jacket is the quickest way to get a vegan riled up. But MFT BBQ and Vegan Food has dared to unite these two warring culinary camps under one roof.

MFT recently made the leap from food truck to brick and mortar. Situated in the aweMere photography can’t capture the awesomeness of MFT BBQ and Vegan Food. somely dated diner space next to Jo’s Sunshine Lounge on Curtis Road, MFT’s sprawling cludes a mediocre spicy cole slaw ($2) flecked of the best barbecue I’ve had in Boise. booths are upholstered in a mustard-yellowwith red cabbage and carrot shavings ($2), MFT makes and bottles its own sauces— and-pink rose pattern, and wood paneling lines and a much better cubed butternut squash ($2) mild, medium, hot and extra hot—but they’ll the walls. If you’ve been looking to live out coated in a spicy, syrupy glaze and sprinkled coat your ribs in medium if you don’t specify some strange David Lynch fantasy, this spot with crushed hazelnuts. The mac and cheese otherwise. I found the hot to should do the trick. ($2) wasn’t vegan, but it might have been betbe a more balanced sauce, On a recent lunch visit, the MFT BBQ AND VEGAN FOOD ter if it was. The elbow macaroni tasted like counteracting the mild’s sticky only sounds in the restaurant 1115 N. Curtis Road it had been tossed with shredded cheddar and sweetness. But I stayed away came from the low clank of pots 208-906-4960 left in a chafing pan for a few hours. The most from the extra hot, made with in the kitchen and the rhythmic mftque.com interesting side I sampled was the vegan potato tongue-slaying ghost chilies. breathing of a man on an oxysalad ($2). Made with red and yellow spuds, The tri-tip was also moist gen machine a few tables over. the dish got a healthy dose of creaminess from My date and I inadvertently lowered our voices and tender, but under-seasoned. I went with Vegenaise and flavor from green onions, black the tri-tip tacos ($6) instead of the sandwich to a whisper. But once a glistening half rack ($6), which was probably a mistake. The tacos olives, Dijon mustard and white pepper. of pork ribs ($10) arrived, there wasn’t much MFT also offers a smoked tempeh sandconsisted of three dry corn tortillas heaped talking to do anyway. wich ($6), which I’m psyched to sample on a with meat, a squirt of barbecue sauce and a The ribs were ample, tender and mildly future visit. Plus, you can order a single rib on few flecks of raw onions and cilantro. They smoked on pecan wood. Slathered in a sweet, the side ($3 each) so soy and pork can finally were edible, but underwhelming. brownish-red barbecue sauce, the rib meat fell make peace in your belly.

Most of MFT’s sides are vegan, which inoff the bone with a light, toothy tug. It’s some

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Jerry’s State Court Cafe: Open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Serving full breakfast, Come Jan. 1, 2014, you’ll probably need some bacon grease to soak lunch and dinner menu. 6767 W. Fairview Ave., 208-376-6767, jerrysstateup all the booze from last night’s party, or maybe some second-wind fuel if courtcafe.com. you haven’t slept. Here are a few local options that should cure that insaLe Cafe de Paris: Open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Best of breakfast/lunch menu tiable hangover appetite and provide some much needed hair of the dog. items. 204 N. Capitol Blvd., 208-336-0889, lecafedeparis.com.

Addie’s: Open 6 a.m.-3 p.m. 501 W. Main St., 208-388-1198.

The Lift: Open 9 a.m.-2 a.m., brunch served from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 4091 Big City Coffee: Open 6 a.m.-6 p.m. 1416 Grove St., 208-345-3145, W. State St., 208-342-3250, theliftboise.com. bigcitycoffeeld.com.

Moon’s Kitchen Cafe: Open 6:30 a.m.-3 Capri Restaurant: Open 6 a.m.-3 p.m. p.m. 712 W. Idaho St., 208-385-0472, moon2520 W. Fairview Ave., 208-342-1442. skitchen.com.

Castle Ranch Steakhouse: Open 6:30-11 Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge: Open 8 a.m. for breakfast. 3300 S. Vista Ave., 208a.m.-3 a.m. Sunday brunch offer extended to 914-3952, theboisehotel.com/dining.

New Year’s Day. Buy any two breakfast enThe Egg Factory: Open 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. trees get a free bottle of sparkling wine from 8061 W. Fairview Ave., 208-322-0191, egg8 a.m.-2 p.m. 1005 S. Vista Ave., 208-345factorycafe.com.

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Elmer’s: Open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. featuring Raedean’s Restaurant: Open 6:30 a.m.-4 mimosas and regular menu. 1385 S. Capitol p.m. with full breakfast and lunch menu. 4969 Blvd., 208-343-5714, eatatelmers.com.

W. Overland Road, 208-336-2201.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Edmund Kean (1789-1833) was one of the most famous British actors of his time. But a contemporary, the poet Samuel Coleridge, was frustrated by Kean’s inconsistency, regarding him as a great artist who on occasion lapsed into histrionics.

“To see him act,” said Coleridge, “is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.” Now and then I get that feeling about you, Aries. You have bursts of brilliance that you sometimes don’t follow up on. You’re like a superstar who loses your concentration. But I’ve got a strong feeling that in 2014 you will at least partially overcome this tendency. Your word of power will be consistency.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) is known as the father of nuclear physics not just because he won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.

He was also a superb teacher.

Eleven of his students won Nobel Prizes. That’s the kind of teacher or mentor or guide I urge you to connect with in 2014, Taurus. The coming months will potentially be an optimum time for you to learn deeply, and at a rapid rate.

One of the best ways to fulfill that promise will be to apprentice yourself to adepts who have mastered the skills and savvy you want to acquire.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your last best hope to get rich was back in the latter half of 2001 and the first six months of 2002.

From July 2025 to June 2026, the cosmos will again conspire to give you a big fat chance to expedite your cash flow to the max. But why get bogged down dreaming of the past or fantasizing about the future when fertile opportunities to boost your prosperity are in front of you right now? Financial luck is flowing your way. Viable ideas for making money are materializing in your subconscious treasure house. The contacts that could help you build your wealth are ready to play with you. (This offer is good until July 2014.)

shed cramped expectations or break off your commitment to a compromise that has drained you. It may happen suddenly, or it could take a while to complete.

How the escape unfolds will have to do with how thoroughly you extract the lessons that your “incarceration” has made available. Here’s a ritual that might also expedite the process: Give a gift to the people you’re leaving behind, or offer a blessing in the spot where your difficult teachings have taken place.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good,” says a character in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden. I suggest that you make this your rallying cry in 2014, Virgo. In fact, why not begin right now, wherever you are?

Say, “Now that I don’t have to be perfect, I can be good.” Free yourself of the pressure to be the polished, ultimate embodiment of everything you’d ever hoped you would be. That will allow you to relax into being more content with the intriguing creation you have already become. You may be surprised by how much mojo this affords you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1972, English folk musician Nick Drake recorded his album Pink Moon. He finished it in a mere four hours, singing all 11 songs and playing every instrumental track himself. It took years for anyone to appreciate his artistry, but eventually the magazine Melody Maker selected Pink Moon as No. 48 on its list of the “All Time Top 100 Albums.” Here’s one way I suspect your efforts will be similar to Drake’s in 2014, Libra: You will have the ability to get a lot done in a short time. Here are two ways your fate will be different from Drake’s: First, you will have a big pool of trustworthy allies to call on for help. Second, what you produce won’t take nearly as long to get the appreciation it warrants.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): French poet Edmond Jabes had this to say about the birth of big creative ideas that dramatically transform one’s life: “For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.” Regardless of whether or not you’re an artist, Cancerian, I expect that you will experience a wrenching and amazing awakening like this in 2014. The opening you’ve been hoping and working for will finally crack its way into your destiny. It may be one of the most pleasurable disruptions you’ve ever had.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Eierlegende Wollmilchsau is a colloquial German term for a mythical pig that lays eggs like a chicken, provides milk like a cow, supplies wool like a sheep, and ultimately becomes bacon and pork chops.

Metaphorically, it may refer to a fanciful device that performs many functions. Imagine, for instance, a futuristic smartphone that could interpret your dreams, trim your unwanted hair, fix you a perfect cup of coffee, tell you you’re beautiful in ways you actually believe, and cure your little health problems. In the real world, there’s no such thing, right? Not yet. But there’s a chance you will find the next best thing to an eierlegende Wollmilchsau in 2014.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming months, I’m betting that you will exit a confined place or

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We don’t accomplish our love in a single year as the flowers do,”

says Rainer Maria Rilke in the Duino Elegies. Do you promise to take that truth into consideration in 2014, Sagittarius? Will you pledge to diligently devote yourself to creating the right conditions for love to flourish? In the past, you may not have been fully able to carry out this slow-building marvel; you may not have had quite enough wise perseverance. But you do now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1588, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan, confiscated the swords, daggers and spears belonging to every citizen. He announced they would be melted down and used to make a giant Buddha statue. I’d love to see you undertake a comparable transformation in 2014, Capricorn. You shouldn’t completely shed all your anger and pugnacity, of course; a certain amount is valuable, especially when you need to rouse yourself to change situations that need to be changed. But it’s also true that you could benefit from a reduction in your levels of combativeness. What if you could “melt down” some of your primal rage and use the energy that’s made available to build your personal equivalent of a Buddha icon?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The period between last July and next June is prime time to find or create your dream job. That might mean simply upgrading your existing gig so that it serves you better. Or it could involve you rethinking your relationship with work and going off in quest of a new way to earn a living. So how are you doing on this project, Aquarius? If you are proceeding on schedule, you should be halfway there by now. The goal should be clear, and you should be more disciplined, organized and determined than ever. If for any reason this isn’t the case, start playing catch-up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Singing teaches two skills that are essential for any creative process,” says author and vocalist Rachel Bagby, “the ability to listen and the ability to be flexible and spontaneous.” I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because 2014 could potentially be a Golden Age for your creativity. It will be a time when you will benefit even more than usual from exploring and enhancing your imaginative originality. That’s why I’m encouraging you to sing more than you ever have before.

Make a list of your 50 favorite singable songs. Be aggressive about expanding the music you get exposed to, and learn the melodies and lyrics to a lot of new tunes. Cut loose with your vocal stylings whenever you have a chance, and take a vow to propel yourself out of funky moods with the creative energy of your singing.

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