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news & views Biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history? Hogwash! / 6 Our highways, cities and farms have caused more damage by Paul Danish New open space tax on the ballot / 10 Purchases would nearly attain 30-year property acquisition goal by Oakland L. Childers Dreaming of a future / 14 Young undocumented immigrants still hoping DREAM Act will pass by Ana Arias

buzz Strays and runaways / 20 The Waifs talk about their roots and touring with Bob Dylan by Myles Hyken On the cover: Dave Matthews Band plays Mile High Music Festival / 27 Overtones: Los Lobos light it up with Tin Can Trust / 28 Overtones: Boombox has some medicine for you / 29 Arts & Culture: Chuck Morris sounds off on Colorado's music history / 31 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 33 Sophisticated Sex: The pheromone phenomenon / 39 Elevation: A Boulder mountain bike trail round-up / 40 Cuisine: The coffee is sweeter at Bittersweet / 43 Cuisine review: Basil Flats / 45 Screen: The Other Guys; Get Low / 51 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 53

departments Letters: Bashing Ibash-I; Hell Fest after all; Inhumane Humana / 5 The Highroad: Shut up and eat your sugar! / 5 In Case You Missed It: Best senator money can buy; If I was president / 11 Boulderganic: Tips for keeping summer eco-sweet / 19 Classifieds: Your community resource / 55 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 59 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 61

staff Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Pamela White Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Associate Managing Editor, Oakland L. Childers Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Katherine Creel Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Casey Modrzewski Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Editorial Intern, Eli Boonin-Vail Contributing Writers, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, April Charmaine, Ben Corbett, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Christina Eisert, Clay Fong, Charmaine Ortega Getz, Margaret Grondorf, Jim Hightower, Adrienne Saia Isaac, Gene Ira Katz, David Kirby, Heather May Koski, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Gary Zeidner Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Inside Sales Manager, David Hasson Associate Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Senior Advertising Executive, Allen Carmichael Account Executives, Rich Blitz, Joe Miller, Francie Swidler Circulation Team, Halka Brunerova, Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, Alan Jones, George LaRoe Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Lowell Schaefer, Karl Schleinig Assistant to the Publisher & Heiress, Julia Sallo 10-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo August 12, 2010 Volume XVIII, Number 1 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holds-barred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper. 690 South Lashley Lane, Boulder, CO, 80305 p 303.494.5511 f 303.494.2585 editorial@boulderweekly.com www.boulderweekly.com

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CORRECTION: A July 29 story, “The return of Alfalfa’s,” incorrectly spelled the last name of Horizon Organic Dairy co-founder Paul Repetto. In addition, the article said that Alfalfa’s co-founder Mark Retzloff helped create Greenmont Capital in 1969. Greenmont was founded in 2003; Retzloff ’s Eden Foods was formed in 1969.

Bashing Ibash-I (Re: “Boxed in,” cover story, July 29.) I have seen this man perform. I know people who know him. He is a person who has been in the U.S.A. for a long time. He should abide by the rules placed on all other people. If he pays his taxes on the approximately $50,000 he makes and his kids are not in a government system, then he should get the typical slap on the hand. If he does not do what he is supposed to do as a responsible working person in this country he is visiting, then he should be deported. We all know he is a pothead. Do not think it is a spiritual thing … he does know how to meditate, doesn’t he? Wayne Bogatin/via Internet

Hell Fest after all I’m one of the left-wing progressives that did attend Heaven Fest. I went out to see for myself what all of the hubbub was about. I arrived at 2 p.m. and left at 9 p.m. There were not 40,000 people there, perhaps there were half that.

While I was concerned about the environment, I am more concerned about the long-range effects that so many right-wing believers will have on Boulder County. ... Citizens of Boulder should take note. Most of these folks vote Republican, hate taxes, hate big government, hate open space, but love build-

The Highroad

K, children, homework time. Let’s see if we can handle this little lesson in logic: One, America has a rather huge child obesity problem; two, major food corporations constantly pitch ads to children for such stuff as sugar-saturated breakfast cereals and fat-laden “Happy Meals.” So, how does fact #2 relate to fact #1? Yes, number two is a cause of number one! It’s really not that hard to grasp, is it? Unless you’re a lobbyist for a food manufacturer. Last year, Congress directed four federal agencies to work together on new standards for ads that food giants run on cartoon shows and other TV programs for children. This intervention was necessary, because the industry’s own voluntary program to push healthy choices for kids was, at best, looseygoosey. For example, such sugar bombs as Kellogg’s

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ing on every parcel of land that becomes available to them. Take note of Rocky Mountain Christian in Niwot and LifeBridge in Longmont. They believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible, which stands at odds with everything a free society should support. They also vote their values, and they do vote.

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Shut up and eat your sugar! by Jim Hightower Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes were nutritionally A-OK by industry standards — as was a candy named Yogos, the main ingredient of which is sugar. So, the agencies came up with nutritional requirements that were at least strict enough to prevent the marketing of candy as a healthy food. Ah, progress! But — oh, mercy — the howl of pain from industry lobbyists was piercing. One shrieked that the new proposal “would virtually end all food advertising as it’s

Boulder sits in a bubble, liberal, proud, kind of stupid, really. One of these days the tax increases for open space, environmental causes and social causes that you hold so dear will be put to the test by the growing conservative power to the north. see LETTERS Page 6

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currently carried out to kids.” Uh ... no sir, not all food advertising, just ads for stuff like ... well, Yogos. However, the screams of the food giants — echoed by their congressional puppets — seem to have spooked the agencies. The final proposal has now been delayed, and regulators have retreated to “tweak” it. Note that the main ingredient in the word tweak is “weak.” To help fight for strong nutritional standards that advance our children’s health, contact the Center for Science in the Public Interest: www. cspinet.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com August 12, 2010 5

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The progressive candidates that you support will find it more difficult to be elected. Those Christians at Heaven Fest are such nice folks. ... this is a battle of ideas, not just the environment … wake up! Micky O’brien/via Internet

Inhumane Humana Customers who carry Humana insurance have just been given notification ( July 6, in my case) that Humana has decided to terminate its contract with Boulder Community Hospital (BCH), to be effective as of Aug. 22. Humana members who live in Boulder will be subject to higher out-of-pocket costs and penalties if we choose to receive care at BCH. For those Humana members who live in Boulder this essentially means we cannot use our local hospital even if Humana covers the doctor — and this is going to be a major problem as well. Humana has also terminated its contract with the Boulder Valley IPA (the organization which assists physicians with their contracts with insurance plans), and plans to negotiate individually with doctors. Most doctors in the Boulder area belong to this organization. Historically, if they have negotiated individually, physicians have tended to receive lower rates of reimbursements, which may not cover overhead costs, or they chose not to bother with the company at all. Now the Humana customers in the Boulder area will need to find a new doctor who is covered by Humana and who has admitting privileges at the other three hospitals that are now in Humana’s network: Good Samaritan, Avista and Longmont United. I know people are really tired of hearing about health care reform, but this problem goes to the heart of one of the most deplorable pieces of this complex puzzle. Payment for the cost of health care is provided by a “middle man” (insurance companies) that not only must make a profit, but a substantial enough profit to pay dividends to people who have absolutely no interest in health care — and the profits are never enough. It’s always in the best interest of insurance companies to collect large premiums and pay providers as little as possible. Many hospitals and providers will testify that reimbursements rarely cover actual costs, so they try to negotiate a better rate. We really don’t know the actual “cost” of our health care, and it becomes a vicious circle, with patients continually at the mercy of these rate negotiations. Humana’s profits increased 61 percent in 2009 (Boston Globe, March 9) and, according to the Wall Street 6 August 12, 2010

Journal (April 27), Humana has increased its first-quarter earnings this year by 26 percent. Their first-quarter profits were $258.8 million. They have also dropped five hospitals in the San Antonio area, adversely affecting 35,000 people. And, of course, there are the folks at the top. CEO Michael McCallister is reported to have made $6.5 million in 2009 (Boston Globe, March 9). The investment machinations of these companies are beyond understanding, and nowhere is it mentioned that people are healthier or better cared for. And these issues are beyond the scope of this letter and the immediate problem. So to all Humana members and care providers — let Humana know that denial of access to our local physicians and excellent community nonprofit hospital is not OK. We would like to keep the revenues in the city, among other things. You can also contact the Colorado Division of Insurance at 303-894-7499 or go to the website and file a complaint. Lynda Monsey/Boulder

More on white guilt (Re: “Not guilty,” letters, July 8.) Regarding Sue Anderson and those who do not believe in white guilt, Sue began, “Your white guilt article is more like white trash-talk. Racism is not only the disease of the white man.” The fact that some people from every race are prejudiced does not mean we should ignore institutional discrimination. A statistical privilege that you “take,” like most people would, when you’re more likely to “achieve success,” “stay out of prison,” “afford and find good health,” “not die a violent death,” and so on. When people recognize they are receiving benefits others do not, the “ego” protects oneself from guilt. One way to think about “ego” is to measure your selfishness. Big ego, selfish. Little ego, high compassion and desire to help a fellow human being. Anger towards the fact that genocide, theft of land and destruction of culture affects people’s economic and social status for generations is narcissistic. To be educated and unable to understand the concept of “ego,” one must dismiss empathy. I agree with most of Sue’s understanding behind [Pamela White’s] logic. “According to your logic, we should every one of us bear unimaginable shame due to the reprehensible actions of others who are of the same skin tone.” I disagree in two ways. One, I believe the offense and shame are imaginable. We have lived through humanity’s most murderous century. When see LETTERS Page 9

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Biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history? Hogwash! by Paul Danish

n the course of reporting that BP had finally stopped the flow of oil in its Macondo well, a CNN reporter casually referred to the blowout as “the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.” Obama said the same thing a couple of months ago. They are both full of biomass up to their eyeballs. The Macondo blowout may be many things, but one thing it is not is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history — not even close. Dozens — hundreds — of environmental disasters have done both far more and far longer lasting damage to the country’s environment than the Macondo blowout or any other oil spill. We see the results of some of the biggest of these every day and do not find them scary, but that doesn’t change the fact that the violence they have done to the environment dwarfs anything the Macondo spill has done. Man-caused environmental disasters worse than the Macondo blowout? How about the construction of the Interstate Highway System for starters? Construction of the Interstates paved over as much land as the entire state of Rhode Island. And unlike the tar balls that are being scooped off Louisiana beaches almost as fast as they come ashore, the millions of tons of

asphalt and concrete in the 46,876 miles of Interstate highways are replaced as they degrade. Impact on wildlife? There are probably more critters killed in a day on the Interstates than have been killed by Macondo oil since the spill began. Habitat fragmentation? Interstate highways have done that all over the country. Of course, when it comes to covering the American environment with concrete and tar, the Interstate system — with 212,782 lane miles of pavement, plus additional thousands of lane miles of on- and off-ramps, is pretty small ’taters compared to the country’s total of 8.3 million lane miles of paved public highways, roads and streets. Now there’s serious tar on the ground. But why single out roads? If you prefer a more compact environmental disaster, how about New York City — 304.8 square miles of paved-over eastern woodland paradise (3,352.6 square miles if you want to count its ’burbs). On Manhattan — the “New York Island” in Woody Guthrie’s song — a 33-square-mile ecosystem that had survived unchanged for millenia has been obliterated by four centuries of grinding, all-consuming, never-ending urbanization. see DISASTERS Page 8

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Supplying water for New York’s 8.4 million people (18.2 million if you count the ’burbs) requires a system of dams, reservoirs and aqueducts that push the city’s devastating environmental impacts deep into upstate New York. Keeping the lights on in the city that never sleeps involves an ongoing program of decapitating mountains in West Virginia and dumping the rubble into the state’s drainages. Of course, the environmental disaster that is New York City is repeated more than a hundred times over in the nation’s other major metropolitan areas. To see this in all its radiant glory, consult the satellite pictures of North America taken at night. But for a genuine A-list environmental disaster, forget about the country’s Interstate highways and metropolitan areas and look at its farms and fields. Half a million square miles of woodland and prairie ecosystem have been ploughed up and planted in single crops, destroying, or at least fragmenting, the habitat of thousands of species. More than 345,000 square miles of that is planted in just three crops — corn (87.8 million acres), wheat (54.3 million acres) and soybeans (78.9 million acres). That’s monoagriculture on a breath-taking scale. When it comes to environmental disaster of transcontinental proportions, nothing compares with the old amber

waves of grain. There are plenty of other disasters that put the Macondo well blowout to shame. What makes these three stand out, however, is the fact that they are ongoing disasters. The road network is routinely repaved and extended. Cities are rebuilt and (in most cases) expanded. Next spring the country’s monoculture crops will be replanted. The inconvenient truth here is that the biggest environmental disasters in U.S. history are the ones we can’t live without. Nature can’t recover from these disasters until we stop re-inflicting them. And we’re not going to. In contrast, less than a month after the Macondo well was capped, a government panel charged with monitoring the spill concluded that three quarters of the oil had been recovered or degraded. This is consistent with what happened in the aftermath of most of the rest of the world’s major oil spills. Chances are most of the rest of it will be gone by the end of hurricane season. BP is going to pay big-time for the corners it cut, the lies it told, the damage it did, and the mess it made — as well it should. But that doesn’t change the fact that, when it comes to disasters, the effects of oil spills, even big ones, are pretty transient. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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“I wouldn’t help the team if I’m playing like this. No one would help the team if they’re shooting 18 over par.” —Tiger Woods, responding to questions about playing in the Ryder Cup after his worst performance ever as a pro at a golf tournament “We raised our three daughters through what was, at times, just hell.” —Tom Little’s wife, Libby, on the death of her husband at the hands of the Taliban. Tom Little was an American medical worker who, with his wife, lived in Afghanistan for more than 30 years “The world needs Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber is like the white Tupac. Compared to a lot of people out there.” —Singer/actor Mark Wahlberg, on one of the world’s biggest pop stars of late 8 August 12, 2010

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shame is unthinkable, human kind often allows its darkest reality to continue. And two, people should feel some responsibility to help change the effects of reprehensible actions of anyone. That is how humanity creates peace. As the child of a Caucasian mother and African-American father I have been, as Sue partially guessed, “doubly burdened.” I also felt socially alienated because of my national, cultural and gender (raised by mother and grandmother) diversity. I learned early on that communication relies heavily on background, generalizations and stereotypes. The jargon enables cruelty and misguidance, as seen in our media, politics and school playgrounds. We use terminology that cannot tell the story of simple people or events. Most people and events in the world are complicated. Many Americans have intractable beliefs they understand as practical. [White’s] compassionate focus for the oppressed does not tell the whole story. But Sue can not claim Truth, stating that the “white guy” is responsible for “providing an infrastructure that is the envy of the world and precisely why people want to live here.” Various Americans’ intelligence and effort made this country’s infrastructure great and is why people everywhere want to live here. I agree with Sue that “the white guy is under attack.” Her letter is a perfect example. The strategy is called divide and conquer. Sue called Washington and Jefferson a “noble group of white guys,” but did not mention that their nobility excluded Native Americans, African Americans and women. And despite 150 years of terrorism, millions of lives sacrificing freedom and breath to obtain more civil rights, Sue writes, “The society they [the Founding Fathers] envisioned is being destroyed. It failed.” Sue continued, “Articles like this [white guilt] make me shudder and fear the worst. It’s just more white-bashing trash talk.” She then concluded that white guilt is not worthy of constructive dialogue. People who are too outraged to engage in honest discussion of painful realities create refuge for violent extremists that are found in every corner of our world. For democracy to succeed, all people must come to the table, take another human being for their word, and transform themselves in some way. I wrote this letter for a few reasons. One is that throughout my 41 years as a minority in Boulder, I have mistaken passivity for peace. I wish I had spoken up more often and can find value in Churchill’s frankness. Two, to illustrate Boulder Weekly

how difficult it is to express feelings and full meaning. Language is a blunt tool when it comes to the complex experiences and needs of an individual. I am sure my words convey a message I did not intend, still, I believe this letter is a truthful expression. My main point is justice begins when everyone is heard. Dialogue produces democracy, and our Founding Fathers, among others, fought for it. The colonists’, slaves’, women’s and others’ civil rights were ignored for decades, while no treaty has been kept with natives of this land. Americans fail when they refuse to dialogue. Curtis Griffin/Boulder

No climate change bill? The U.S. Senate finished its session this month without finishing its job. In poll after poll, Americans have shown they want action on climate change. The Senate is out of touch with America. To slow climate change, the United States needs an effective climate and clean energy bill. We need to replace carbon-intensive fuels with clean, renewable sources of energy. And yet senators failed to deliver on this most vital of issues, in many cases because their re-election is being funded by fossil fuel industries. A “Tackling Climate Change” report by the Colorado-based American Solar Energy Society (report on www.ases.org) found that if U.S. policymakers fully supported the renewable energy and energy-efficient industries, we could generate up to $4.5 trillion in revenue in the U.S. and 40 million new green jobs by 2030. Colorado citizens: We need to press our legislators to introduce a strong climate and clean energy bill. A clean energy bill needs a firm cap on carbon emissions, across the economy, and a robust national renewable electricity standard. These steps will help protect our environment and move us toward a renewable energy economy and a sustainable lifestyle. Take action with your voice and your e-mail. Neshama Abraham/Boulder

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ince 1980, the Boulder Board of County Commissioners has had a wish list, a detailed and specific inventory of land parcels that would one day complete a rather ambitious open space plan. Now, three decades later, the commissioners are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Having secured thousands of acres of land around the county, the commissioners are zeroing in on the last major purchase they will need to complete the 30-year-old open space plan. All that stands in their way are the voters. “It’s really a matter of that last 10 to 15 percent,” says Ron Stewart, director of Boulder County Parks & Open Space. “It’s filling in the gaps in the land we’ve already purchased.” County Issue 1B, approved by the county commissioners for inclusion on November’s ballot, asks voters to approve a new 0.15 percent sales and use tax for the next 20 years. The percentage would amount to one cent on a purchase of $10. In addition, 1B would allow for the issuance of bonds totaling $40 million, all for the purpose of purchasing open space. Stewart says purchasing the 10,000 acres the county has its eye on would get it to within 5 percent of its open space goal. To date, the county has purchased or acquired conservation easements on 94,000 acres of land all over the county. The timing of the ballot question is anything but arbitrary, according to Stewart. While most of the land surrounding these few remaining parcels has already come under the county’s control, the families who own them have been unwilling to sell — until now. In most cases that land also represents the families’ major asset, according to Stewart. And with multiple heirs owning some portion of the properties, the decision to sell is a practical one. “They don’t have the luxury of just sitting on it,” he says. “But there is a lot of preservation instinct in these people.” Despite that instinct, Stewart says, a failure to pass 1B will likely mean those lands will never be available to

the county again. “When a family decides to sell their land, if we don’t have the funds to buy it, they’re going to sell it to someone who’s going to develop it,” Stewart says. “If we aren’t able to buy it, we’ll likely have lost the ability permanently to purchase it.” County Commissioner Will Toor echoes Stewart’s warning. “Around Heil and Hall, where you’ve got this beautiful land, imagine if there were development right there,” Toor says. “We probably have one opportunity to preserve this land, and that time is now.” Toor also notes one very important component of acquiring open space land in the county: property values. “The areas where there is open space, property values haven’t really taken a hit,” Toor says. “It’s a huge economic incentive.” Not everyone is as supportive of the county open space program. Brian Schwartz of the Independence Institute, a conservative think tank in Golden, says private funding should be used for land preservation, not public funds. “Why not find sponsors?” asks Schwartz. “There should be ways to finance these purchases without tax money.” Schwartz also suggests using volunteers to maintain the trails and other public amenities offered by open space. Despite the county’s success rate — nine successful ballot measures for open space funding — not all plans put before voters have passed. Just last fall, voters rejected a ballot question that would have extended an existing tax that was set to expire in 2019. “I think the public was confused,” Stewart says. “The reasoning was, why would you extend something that doesn’t expire for 10 years?” In the end, both Toor and Stewart say the issue for voters will come down to the reasons they live in Boulder County in the first place. “I think it’s part of the character of the county,” Toor says. “It’s had a remarkable impact on the quality of life and the economy.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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The best senator money can buy It’s curious that Sen. Michael Bennet beat Andrew Romanoff when a recent poll showed Romanoff slightly ahead — and that was before news about Bennet’s financial shenanigans around the Denver Public Schools pension fund hit the fan late last week. You would think that, if anything, Romanoff ’s lead would have grown, especially with the anti-incumbent craze sweeping the country and Romanoff ’s resonating campaign message criticizing Bennet for taking so much corporate cash. Then again, when you have five times as much money as your opponent and the backing of not just The Denver Post, but the Democratic National Committtee and President Obama, that’s quite an arsenal. Too much firepower for Romanoff, as it turned out. But not in Boulder County, where Romanoff got 51.4 percent of the vote to Bennet’s 48.6 percent. Do we know something that the others don’t? We just hope all of the Bennet shortcomings that came out during the primary race aren’t too damaging when they are picked up by Ken “Bullshit Boots” Buck, who will challenge Bennet in November. For a full report on how the county voted, see www.boulderweekly.com. If I was president As if it’s not odd enough to have an American musical icon and Grammy winner running for president of the earthquake-ravaged island nation of Haiti, the fact that Wyclef Jean has all but predicted his own death in that position should at least raise a few eyebrows. On his song “If I Was President,” Jean laments, “If I was president, I’d get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday.” Not exactly the hopeful “Yes We Can” type of message we’ve become used to hearing from candidates, but then Jean has never been ordinary. The simple fact that this man, who was born in Haiti and, after coming to America, became a pop star with the hip-hop supergroup Fugees, now wants to return to a country rampant with disease, corruption and questionable infrastructure and take responsibility for fixing those things is courageous — though a little crazy. Adding to the excitement of the Haitian election is the fact that Jean’s main competition for the highest office in the land is another music star, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly. You may have never heard of the man, but you can bet Haitians have. This could turn out to be an entertaining campaign. Stage fright OK, for all you men out there: You’re standing in line to take a leak at the stadium and, when your turn finally comes, you sidle up next to the other guys at the urinals, eyes forward, of course, but you can’t perform. You become painfully aware that the urinal next to you has turned over three times since you’ve been there, and you’re wondering if people are starting to notice how long you’ve been standing there, emitting nothing but beer breath. C’mon, admit it. After all, it’s not as bad as not being able to get it up. Turns out, you’re not alone. Apparently, being too petrified to pee publicly is prevalent. Says a professor. Steven Soifer, a faculty member at the University of Maryland, specializes in something called “shy bladder syndrome.” The technical term for the disorder is “paruresis,” and nationally it afflicts some 17 million men (and women, even though it’s more common in men. After all, women get stalls every time.) He leaked this news to us in a press release, and the details are trickling out. OK, sorry. This is serious stuff. It won’t happen again. Paruresis is second only to the fear of public speaking, says Soifer, who was in Denver last week. It has gotten so bad that he has started hosting workshops where, in addition to learning about the mechanics of the clenched sphincter, participants load up on water, tea and coffee, pick a couple of “pee buddies,” and work on getting things flowing at a variety of public restrooms. Get this: Their “graduation” is held in the bathroom at the ballpark during a game. Soifer even helped establish the International Paruresis Association, not to mention the Shy Bladder Association, for all you paruretics. So if you get stage fright too, free Willy and check out www.paruresis.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Young undocumented immigrants still hoping DREAM Act will pass by Ana Arias This is the second installment of a five-part series on undocumented Latinos in Boulder County.

ia Andrea,” as she wants to be called, was 5 years old when her parents decided to cross the border into the U.S. illegally, in search of a future that would offer the youngster and her elder sister brighter possibilities. This young woman, who is now 19 and has a track record of high scholastic achievement, volunteerism and leadership training through “Abriendo Puertas” (Opening Doors), “Journey through Our Heritage” programs and LYFE (Longmont Youth for Equality), has no concrete recollection of her first few years of life in Durango, Mexico. Nor does she remember the border crossing that would eventually limit her educational and future professional aspirations in the land of opportunity. She has grown up in Boulder County with what her mother, who we will call “Paola,” calls a “hunger for education” that hangs by the same pendulum that thousands of other DREAM Act youths cling to, as they await the bill’s passage. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, if passed, would provide a way for undocumented young adults to gain citizenship under several conditions, if they attend college or join the military. “I love my culture,” says Mia Andrea, “but I don’t even remember Mexico. Other than when I was little and lived there, I’ve never been there, and I don’t want to go. I grew up here; I’m from here. I had nothing to do with my parents’ decision to move; that was their choice because, of course, they wanted a better future for us girls. I think it’s unfair that people think of us as criminals, and compare us with individuals who have killed and do bad things, as if we were

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the same.” The lively young woman has received awards from her local youth center for her participation in community service. Together with other young LYFE activists, she has marched in Washington and in Longmont in peaceful protest against Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, SB 1070, and in favor of the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. She has made phone calls, asked questions and lobbied members of Colorado’s congressional delegation. Mia Andrea longs to eventually work in social services or human services, where she can help people in great need. “I want the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform to pass this year,” she says. “I want to keep studying. “I was offered a college scholarship for a full year that I wasn’t able to accept because of my status,” she says, tears welling in her eyes but her voice resolute. “I want a good future and, someday, I’d like to be able to offer a good environment for the family that I may have.” She’s immensely grateful for the work she has at a restaurant and for everything else in her life. She knows she runs a big risk of being deported. But she has to work; she’s determined to pay for schooling one way or the other. In the grand scheme, she’s one of the lucky ones because her parents are also committed to helping her as long as they have work. “The life of an immigrant is hard,” she says. “As an immigrant you have to work until you die, much of it hard work. Americans can retire. But as an immigrant, you can’t. My parents have fought so hard for everything we have. At work, I see this old man who keeps coming to the restaurant, asking for work. It makes me so sad. You can tell from the look in his eyes that he really wants it, needs it. I think about his

family and what kind of circumstances he may be facing that he needs the work so much. “I want to tell as many people as possible to please become informed of the truth and not be fooled by stereotypes of Mexicans as criminals,” she says. “I want to ask as many people as possible to walk in our shoes so they may understand the hardships, the heartbreak and the discrimination we experience so that together we can create a better life, a healthier, more just way of thinking. God made us all in his image, and just because our skin is of a different color doesn’t make us any less worthy than any other human being.” Mia Andrea pauses for a second, her sparkling brown eyes still moist with tears, and adds, “It’s our turn now, we have to fight for equality and justice so we can do away with discrimination. I want people who have gotten discouraged to know that we can’t give up. I want to do everything I can to give hope to those who have lost it. Sometimes people think they can’t go on, or make a difference or change someone’s mind. But we can, don’t give up!” Paola sits by her daughter, listening respectfully until her daughter concludes her story, a crumpled tissue clutched in her hand. “I’m so proud of Mia Andrea,” she says, her own eyes shimmering with tears as well. “She wants to study so much, she has such aspirations for her future; she’s a young woman with a very noble heart. “She wants a better life; she doesn’t want the same struggles of such hard work that my husband and I live daily. She sees me cleaning houses for people day in and out, coming home so tired,” she says. “I grew up very poor back in Mexico. I’ve been working since the age of 7, helping ladies wash diapers, watch over younger kids, even make tortillas and help prepare meals at that age. “When I grew up I married a man who was also very poor, and we wanted to give our girls a better

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life,” she continues. “So our families helped us pay the coyote and cross the border, our two little girls, handin-hand, praying that we could make it if it was God’s will. All we want is to be able to work and have a better life. If I had a chance to speak to people in this county, I would ask them to please think about us and people in our situation and consider supporting the DREAM Act and immigration reform so that young people like my daughter can have a real chance at a decent future.”

that period. So just how many people are we talking about here? According to a July report by the Migration Policy Institute at the National Center on Immigration Integration Policy, approximately 825,000 youths and young adults could be the potential beneficiaries of the DREAM Act, given its “education attainment requirements.” Policy attorney Adey Fisseha of the National Immigration Law Center says that if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brings it to the floor, after this week the Senate would have only two short windows to pass the act before the end of 2010 — right after Labor Day or just after the November election. According to U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, Democrats in Congress are ready to pass both the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. “We have put forward thoughtful bills that would introduce tough, fair and practical reforms to our broken immigration system,” says Polis. “Now is the time for Republicans to step up to the plate and join Democrats in solving this issue.”

DREAM Act status As the fall semester nears, a new crop of collegebound students will be preparing for their new scholastic pursuits. Except, of course, if you’re one of the thousands of undocumented youths in this country. They are hoping that the DREAM Act passes before the year is out so they have a shot at a brighter future in 2011. The DREAM Act would give undocumented immigrants the chance to apply for legal permanent residence on a conditional basis, if they arrived in this country before the age of 16, are currently under the age of 35, have lived in the U.S. for at least five years consecutively, have earned a U.S. high school diploma or its equivalent, and have no criminal record. The DREAM Act is not an automatic ride to permanent legal status, despite urban legend. It would take another six years before the conditional basis of their status could be lifted, assuming the person completes a minimum of two years of college or military service and remains in “good moral” standing during

The views Forbes columnist and Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia shares an interesting perspective on the bill, its intended beneficiaries, thoughts on what’s needed and its chances for passage. “The DREAM Act is a symptomatic remedy for a condition created by America’s pathological immigration laws,” she says. “The reason these kids are undocumented in the first place is that their parents had no

avenues to legally work and live in this country, thanks to U.S. immigration policies. Unlike skilled workers whose work visas allow them to live and work in the U.S. while applying for a green card, unskilled workers can’t do so. Hence they, along with their children, are forced to live in this country illegally. “A cure would require giving unskilled workers more legal options, just like skilled workers,” Dalmia continues. “Pending that, at least their children should be given a shot at ending their undocumented existence. After all, they did not choose a life of illegality! The DREAM Act would allow kids who have completed high school — against all odds, I might add — to do just that: attend college and avail in-state tuition rates. “Critics object to giving undocumented minors instate tuition on grounds that this forces U.S. taxpayers to reward law-breakers,” Dalmia adds. “But extending in-state tuition is not just necessary to help these kids advance themselves and become economically productive, it is a matter of basic fairness. Even if their parents are illegal, they have paid sales and property taxes that go toward supporting public universities in the state where they live. Barring them from availing services that they have paid for is unfair and un-American. “The DREAM Act was defeated in 2007 because of a lack of Republican support,” she says. “I think it has a better shot passing right now because of Democratic control of Congress. However, I think it see DREAM Page 16 Reason magazine, October 2008 Issue

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What Part of Legal Immigration Don’t You Understand? Mike Flynn and Shikha Dalmia Opponents of illegal immigration are fond of telling foreigners to “get in line” before coming to work in America. But what does that line actually look like, and how many years (or decades) does it take to get through? Try it yourself!

UNITED STATES CITIZEN

Are you that relative’s parent, spouse, or minor child?

Adult children and siblings of U.S. citizens can apply for a green card.

Yes

Wait time depends on home country and marital status.

If you’re Are you athe minor? child, are you a minor?

Spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents can apply.

Yes

Do you have family in the USA?

Yes

After five years (three if you’re a spouse), a green card holder is eligible to become a citizen.

After you file your naturalization papers and endure six to 12 months of processing delays, you can take a language and civics test. Pass it, and you’re a citizen.

Siblings of U.S. citizens: 11-to-22-year wait.

With a green card, you likely can become a citizen after six years.

Wait time depends on home country. Wait time: five to seven years.

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: BEST CASE: SIX TO SEVEN YEARS

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: 12 TO 28 YEARS

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: 11 TO 13 YEARS

Yes

Married adult children: sevento-15-year wait.

Single adult children: six-to14-year wait.

Are you the spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident?

LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT

Congratulations! You’ve found one of the easiest ways to become an American. There is no annual cap on the number of spouses, minor children, or parents of U.S. citizens who can enter, and they generally can receive green cards.

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No Sorry, you’re out of luck.

Is your relative a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident?

Are you single?

Sorry, you don’t qualify to apply.

Wait time depends on home country.

Wait time for a single adult child of a lawful permanent resident: nine to 14 years.

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: 14 TO 20 YEARS

Are you skilled?

Yes Yes

Do you have a college degree in a specialty occupation?

Can you prove that you are a genius? How about a star athlete? Or an investor with $1 million?

Sorry! There is virtually no process for unskilled immigrants without relations in the U.S. to apply for permanent legal residence. Only 10,000 green cards are allotted every year, and the wait time approaches infinity. (Those who receive H-2A or H-2B temporary visas for seasonal work cannot transition to a green card.)

OK. Then you have a shot, if...

...you have a job offer.

No Congratulations! You have found the quickest way to get a green card, taking 12 to 18 months. But you would have made it anywhere, Mr. Beckham.

With your green card you can become a citizen in five to six years.

Sorry, you’re out of luck.

Yes

Is your employer willing to file the paperwork for a labor certification? And conduct a new job search for your position? And pay up to $10,000 in legal and other fees?

The wait time for a green card is typically six to 10 years.

If an employer can’t wait six to 10 years for you to start work...

Yes Sorry, you’re out of luck.

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: SIX TO SEVEN YEARS

After your green card, count on another five to six years for citizenship.

...is he willing to apply for your temporary work visa (H-1B)?

Then you have a 50/50 chance of getting your H-1B, because these visas are capped at 85,000 per year, well below the total demand. They run out on the first day they become available. If you are lucky enough to get one, you can start working in the country and your employer can apply for your labor certification and green card.

Total time to immigrate and become a citizen: 11 TO 16 YEARS

Sorry, you’re out of luck.

(Flynn is director of government affairs and Dalmia is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation. This chart was developed by Reason Foundation in collaboration with the National Foundation for American Policy.) 32 | reason | October 2008

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ep. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, spent a week in Arizona earlier this summer. The Colorado lawmaker has a son in Tucson. But this wasn’t just a family visit; it was also a fact-finding mission to bolster his effort to bring Arizona’s anti-immigration laws to Colorado. The most recent of those laws, SB 1070, would give Arizona law enforcement expanded powers to determine immigration status. The provisions of the bill — some of which have been blocked by an injunction — state that whenever officers make “lawful contact” with a person and there is “reasonable suspicion” that the person is an undocumented immigrant, “a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person, except if the determination may hinder or obstruct an investigation.” Further, the new law would require officers to determine the immigration status of anyone who is arrested. The law does say that law enforcement “may not solely consider race, color or national origin” in their judgment, except as provided by law. Officers are indemnified against most legal action arising out of such encounters, except in cases where they “acted in bad faith.” Lambert told Boulder Weekly that during his trip to Arizona, he discussed the new legislation with Gov. Jan Brewer’s staff as well as Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce, who wrote and sponsored SB 1070. He says he and some of his Colorado Republican colleagues plan to introduce a 1070-like bill, or series of bills, during the 2011 legislative session. According to the political action committee Americans for Legal Immigration, bills similar to SB 1070 are going to be introduced in at least 17 other states. Lambert maintains that SB 1070 simply enforces existing immigration laws, and that it will not result in racial profiling, as its opponents have claimed. “That’s one of the big lies about this,” he says. “There’s nothing in it that is racist.”

He does acknowledge, however, that the SB 1070 term “reasonable suspicion” is subject to interpretation. Would having brown skin and speaking Spanish warrant an inquiry into one’s immigration status? Lambert says no. “But if you have a van with 20 people in it and none can speak English, you might have a clue there,” he says. “Especially if they’re hidden under the floorboards.” Lambert says SB 1070 is “immensely popular” in Arizona because the immigration problem there has gotten out of hand, with trafficking, gangs and violence that has prompted officials to post signs at entrances to national parks and forests warning people to be aware that undocumented immigrants use those areas as refuges. Lambert says that some Bureau of Land Management lands are off-limits to the U.S. Border Patrol due to environmental sensitivity, making them a prime sanctuary for “illegal aliens.” Due to the new Arizona law, he says, many Mexican immigrants are fleeing that state and coming to Colorado. He cites a CBS news report of a Mexican woman saying that SB 1070 has prompted her to head from Arizona to Colorado — with her 10 U.S.-born kids. According to Lambert, it costs about $100,000 to give one child a K-12 education, so that family will cost the state $1 million. He also asserts that undocumented immigrants are costing U.S. citizens jobs, and that it is a myth — especially in this economy — that Mexicans are willing to do menial jobs that U.S. citizens won’t do. Lambert says he recently heard from a construction worker who was laid off so that the employer could give the job to an illegal alien at a lower wage. One of Lambert’s colleagues, Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, shares a similar story

about a car painter who lost his job to an undocumented Mexican immigrant. They both say there needs to be a crackdown both on the immigrants and the employers who hire them illegally. Schultheis has tried unsuccessfully in each of the last five years to pass a bill that would require Colorado employers to use “E-Verify,” a free, Internet-based system that quickly checks an employee’s immigration status at the time of hire. Arizona has such a law, and Lambert and Schultheis say that an E-Verify bill will be among the legislation they or one of their Republican colleagues carry next spring. They both acknowledge that the effect of E-Verify would be that employers would not be able to hire undocumented immigrants at meager wages, meaning that their payroll costs would go up, possibly passing those expenses on to the consumer and negatively affecting the economy. But they counter that the government would save millions of dollars on public services currently extended to illegal immigrants and their children, including education, unemployment and Medicaid. (Arizona has a law prohibiting undocumented immigrants from receiving any public state services except emergency medical care, Lambert points out.) Lambert says those savings on public services could result in tax cuts that would more than offset any economic impact caused by requiring employers to hire U.S. citizens and pay at least minimum wage. “Right now, it’s all done with a wink and a nod,” Schultheis says. “We’re helping the slave labor market, that’s what we’re doing. … But there are no jobs that Americans won’t do. You just need to pay them enough to support their families.” He adds that he doesn’t blame the immigrants for leaving Mexico in search of work and a better life — he blames their government. “I don’t blame them for doing it, but we can’t take on the whole world,” he says. “I blame Mexico for not dealing with their issues as they should.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

we should be turning them into educated, taxpaying Americans.” Laurel Herndon, an attorney at the Immigrant Legal Center in Boulder, thinks that taking the kids out of the middle of an enormous problem our country hasn’t solved is imperative. “That, to me, is one of the countervailing disappointments in the United States society,” says Herndon. “That as a person we can’t stand up and say, ‘We don’t do this to kids, we don’t do this to people who were brought here as kids, so let’s just have a time-out — anybody who was brought here before [the age of ] 16, here’s the line you can get in to sign up for your resident status.’ [It] should be so easy for us to do. “I don’t know how anyone could disagree with that as being the proper course,” she says. “It would be such a brilliant public policy move to stop telling 17- and 18-year-olds when they leave high school, ‘Oh, by the way, you can’t work, you can’t get a social security card, you can’t get a driver’s license, you can’t go to college.’” Polis and Dalmia offer two viewpoints to Boulder County residents who haven’t yet made up their

minds on whether to support the act. “As taxpayers, we have already supported these students through the public education system,” says Polis. “It makes no sense to force them to leave the country now, as they begin college and their adult lives. These promising young minds are exactly the sort of people we want to be attracting to our country. The Unites States has always been a nation of immigrants, and the DREAM Act would ensure that the best and the brightest will continue to come here.” Dalmia offers fodder for the undecided from a different philosophical perch. “In an age when everyone is trying to gain victimhood status, the DREAM Act youth are among the few who are genuine victims,” she says. “Their predicament is truly not their fault. They are in a legal limbo that endangers their future in the only country they know. Hence people of good will and humanity — regardless of whether they favor more open or restrictive immigration policies — should consider them a special case, kind of like those fleeing persecution and seeking shelter, and address their predicament on a priority basis.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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will face an uphill task, given that blue-dog Democrats are facing a tough election year. They are already in trouble with their constituents because of their support of ObamaCare. Supporting immigration reforms — no matter how small and sensible — might well be tantamount to political suicide for them. Unfortunately, President Obama had the choice between passing a major health care reform bill on the one hand, and many other policy reforms, including immigration reform, on the other. He consciously chose the former and now has no political capital left to pursue anything else.” In Colorado, Polis has been a strong supporter of the DREAM Act in addition to comprehensive immigration reform. “The DREAM Act would fix one of the most egregious injustices within our broken immigration system by allowing children, whose only crime was following their parents, to achieve the American dream and attend college,” he says. “In the midst of a recession, we need to expand educational opportunities, not limit them, as well as retain as much talent as possible. This is the worst possible time to be deporting intelligent young kids out of the country; instead, 16 August 12, 2010

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of principles that Garcia stood for. The music of Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead and the many associated spin-off groups and musicians who accompanied this “Pied Piper” on his unique and splendid musical path have been the soundtrack to my life ever since I discovered the NFA/GDTRFB (Deadhead nomenclature for the Not Fade Away/Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad medley that the Grateful Dead so often played) on the Skull and Roses album and saw my first show on Oct. 19, 1974, at San Francisco’s longago-razed psychedelic rock palace, Winterland. Having been to more than 100 shows, listened to countless hours of recordings, and followed the life of Jerry Garcia with considerable passion, adoration and esteem, I believe he succeeded in living life on his own terms — what he referred to in the CBS interview at the age of 25 as “an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.” More importantly, Garcia inspired millions to live life on their own terms. As one of those people, I in turn do my utmost to pass along the inspiration that has “moved me brightly.” Garcia absolutely succeeded in “moving the whole human race ahead a step,” and I am proud to be his partner in that Herculean endeavor. Through it all Garcia never forgot that life is a carnival. There is a sense of joy, humor and playfulness in his music that is infectiously optimistic. Even now, 15 years after his death, his music and his example serve as an anchor to us as we struggle to come to terms with the enigmatic and often-times troubling nature of life. Bob Dylan said about Garcia, “There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player.” I would add that there’s no way to replace him, and that his departure left a hole in my life that has been difficult to fill. On the anniversary of his death, I give thanks for his many gifts and rededicate myself to carrying on the traditions of hope, joy, love and individuality that were so tirelessly nourished during the life and times of Jerry Garcia. A link to the 1967 CBS video is available in the online version of this column at www.boulderweekly.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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“Yeah, Grateful Dead.” “That’s perfect. They’re so high on drugs that they would be grateful to be dead. That sums up the point we’re trying to make about these Hippies as well as anything.” “Exactly.” “Let’s feature this Grateful Dead as prominently as possible in the show.” “I’ll try to line up an interview with the group, Harry.” But what CBS couldn’t have seen coming was the loveable, disarming innocence of the Grateful Dead’s leader, Jerry Garcia. One minute and 20 seconds into the documentary, the Grateful Dead were asked what the Hippie movement was trying to accomplish. This is where the film took an unexpected detour into what may be the most eloquent manifesto ever for the Hippie movement, delivered by its inadvertent poster boy, Jerry Garcia. “What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else. We’re not thinking about any kind of power; we’re not thinking about any of those kinds of struggles; we’re not thinking about revolution or war or any of that. That’s not what we want. Nobody wants to get hurt; nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life, you know. And, like, think about moving the whole human race ahead a step or a few steps, or half a step, or anything.” Now that’s something to be afraid of! This week marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia (Aug. 1, 1942, to Aug. 9, 1995). He was a living legend, and his iconic nature has only become amplified since he left those of us who loved him wondering how we would fill an enormous void in our lives. From the 1967 “Summer of Love” to his tragic death of a heart attack in a drug rehab clinic, Garcia was much more than one of the greatest guitarists in rock ’n’ roll history. He was an American patriot in the truest sense of the word: he loved his country well enough to take it to task for its failings. Being a “Deadhead” has been one of the greatest joys of my life. And it has been a fundamental aspect of my purpose to uphold and promote the set

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bout 40 seconds into a 1967 CBS TV documentary about the thengrowing Hippie movement in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury District (http:// tinyurl.com/2wvzjqq), a youthful, unbearded Jerry Garcia makes his first appearance. Donning his signature missing right middle finger, Garcia sits inside what narrator Harry Reasoner describes as “the house of a popular local band that plays hard rock music” noodling introspectively on an unplugged electric guitar. It is clear from the outset — and underscored by Reasoner’s inflection at the first pejorative use of the term “Hippies” — that the intention of this program is to marginalize, at best, and demonize, at worst, what arguably remains the most significant social movement of our lifetime. The friction between mainstream culture, represented by Reasoner and his CBS associates, and the counterculture, portrayed by the Grateful Dead, is palpable and, indeed, uncomfortable to watch some 43 years later. As the report unfolds, it becomes eerily clear that at that moment in history the “Hippies” had been cast as the latest in a series of groups to be feared by an ever fearmongering culture. During World War II, the American mainstream identified the “Krauts” and the “Japs” as the enemies to be feared, against whom we must unite to protect the “American way of life”; in the ’50s it was the “Communists”; in the modern era it is the “Terrorists.” But back in the ’60s it was the “Hippies” we needed to fear. Yes, the “Hippies” were the latest threat, with their strange attire, long hair, weird music and use of marijuana and psychedelic drugs. And a good dose of fear could be evoked simply with the name Grateful Dead. Just imagine being a fly on the wall at CBS headquarters when the news arrived: “Hey, Harry, you know that piece we’re doing on the Hippies in San Francisco?” “Uh, huh.” “Well, get this: There’s a band of Hippies that call themselves the Grateful Dead!” “Grateful Dead, huh?”

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his week’s column has a particular summer focus on all things environmental, sustainable and organic. Keeping the stink out — If you participate in Boulder County’s alternate-week curbside compost pick-up you may have noticed the collection bin can get especially odorous in the summer. Marti Matsch, Eco-Cycle communications director, recommends that any countertop container you’re using to collect kitchen scraps be made of either ceramics or stainless steel, with a charcoal filter. Also consider stowing scraps in a compostable bag in the freezer until pickup time. As with the bigger plastic bin for curbside pickup, rinse any containers out thoroughly every time they’re emptied and put a little baking soda at the bottom. Great eco-deals — Speaking of Eco-Cycle, if you don’t check the newsletter or website occasionally, you may be missing out on all the latest great stuff Boulder County’s recycling center offers. For example, there is the Zero Waste Picnic Kit. If you’re planning a picnic for up to 10 people you can buy a nifty, compostable set of dishes, flatware, napkins, etc. for a stealin’ $15. For more than

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10 people, there’s a Zero Waste Event Kit that includes disposal containers, signs and everything you need for a tidy, recyclable soiree. (Price is variable but affordable.) And don’t forget the upcoming Eco-Auction, to be held Aug. 22 through Sept. 5, in “nonprofit partnership” with eBay. This is an EcoCycle fundraiser offering unique, previously owned “cool but unwanted stuff.” For information on this and other goodies, visit www.ecocycle.org/ index.cfm if you can’t find it at McGuckin. Wooden shovels are one of those items Brian Athearn, lawn and garden section buyer for McGuckin, has had on a wish list for years. “They’re lightweight, and snow won’t stick to ‘em.” Athearn says. “I’ve

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got one, other people I know have them, but wooden shovels wear out after awhile. Last time I saw a label it said, ‘Made in West Germany.’ We don’t know who’s making them these days, if anyone is.” McGuckin prides itself on being stocked with stuff you can’t find anywhere else. As with the shovels, the wish list has items once carried but lost when a manufacturer discontinued the line or a distributor went out of business. The list also has things McGuckin never carried but are customer requests — and this is where you can come in. Having a problem finding just the right kind of hydroponic equipment? Want something greener than an item destined to wind up in a landfill? You can pick up a comment card at any McGuckin cash register station, and write down what you’re looking for, whether you’re sure it exists or not. Yup, those cards are actually read. This week Athearn starts his seasonal rounds of garden hardware trade shows that may run until early October. If he finds his wish list items at a good price (independent hardware stores can’t buy in the same bulk as the big-box chains), they will start showing up in McGuckin aisles in early 2011. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Thursday, August 12 Lafayette Farmers’ Market. 4-8 p.m. Festival Plaza, Public Road and Chester Street, Lafayette, 303-665-5588. Saturday, August 14

Boulder Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-910-2236. Longmont Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd., Longmont, 303-910-2236. Longmont Shredding Event. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 140 Martin St., Longmont, 303-772-7300. Louisville Farmers’ Market. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Boulder, 303-902-2451. Pruning for Strength, Health and Beauty. 1:30 p.m. Harlequin’s Gardens, 4795 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303939-9403.

Sunday, August 15

Introduction to Ecological Beekeeping. 8:30 p.m. Willow Way, 6481 N. 63rd St, Longmont, 303-5301415. Season Extension: Hoop Houses & Cold Frames. 1:30 p.m. Willow Way, 6481 N. 63rd St, Longmont, 303530-1415.

Wednesday, August 18

Boulder Farmers’ Market. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-910-2236. Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting. 6:30 p.m. City Hall, Council Chambers, 749 Main St., Louisville, 303335-4536.

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Chuck Morris on local music history

Page 39 / Sophisticated Sex: The pheromone phenomenon

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The Big Lebowski screens at Boulder Outdoor Cinema on Saturday.

Thursday, Aug. 12

The Waifs talk about their roots and touring with Bob Dylan by Myles Hyken

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“I was out of college options, and Vikki, well, she dropped out of high school at 15 and has never had a real job since,” Donna says. Months into their first foray, they stumbled upon Josh Cunningham, a rock ’n’ roll expatriate. After a short jam session, Josh agreed to join the troubadour sisters, and The Waifs were born. Continuing a seven-month traverse of the expansive outback, the three musicians forged a working chemistry, often sleeping in riverbeds. They began to develop an almost uncanny connection with their growing audience. Over the next four years, The Waifs toured Australia relentlessly. In 1996, after attendance grew significantly at their shows, The Waifs began recording a series of self-released albums every couple of years, each selling thousands, with little or no help from the Internet. It’s now 2003, enter Bob Dylan. As you might guess, this is where the fairy tale begins. On the heels of 2003’s platinum album Up All Night, The Waifs supported Dylan on a brief tour of Australia. The folk legend was so enamored with their songs and energy he asked them to open for him on his

perform their favorite songs.

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metamorphosis of folk trio The Waifs, who play

at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons this weekend, is equal parts gritty survival story and enchanting fairy tale. Beginning in 1992, sisters Vikki and Donna Simpson, selftaught guitarists, began traipsing around their native Australia in a camper van. They sang at resorts, markets, mines, biker bars — any-

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Span The Rockies Cycling Tour — Benefits Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence. Starts and ends at Elevations Credit Union, 2300 55th St., Boulder, 303449-8623.

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How to Become a Nutritarian — Or you could just do some Googling. 6:30 p.m. Bauman College, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 800-987-7530.

Tuesday, Aug. 17

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz — Who directed the seventh episode of Star Trek? If you know, then you can be on our team. 7:30 p.m. Harpo’s Sports Bar, 2860 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4449464.

Wednesday, Aug. 18 Just Sit. Come in and have a seat. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303444-0190.

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ensuing North American tour. “We were in orbit,” Donna says. “Bob gave us the opportunity to be heard by a lot of people. We had never experienced such big hype.” Since they hit the “big time,” Donna moved to Minnesota, sister Vikki now lives on a farm in Utah, each with families, and Cunningham resides in California. Collaboration now involves significant travel. When asked why she has never taught at the Folks Festival Song School, Donna replies, “Oh no. I write completely alone. It is a very personal thing for me. My neighbor knows to bring me a big bag of almonds. It is a very dangerous place fraught with manic episodes.” The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival has enjoyed a contingency of Australian performers over the years, from Xavier Rudd and John Butler to Missy Higgins and Mia Dyson. Still, the Waifs are often referred to as the festival’s little darlings. “We have a hard time scheduling our staff members to work during their sets — they’re so popular in our office,” confides Brian Eyster of Planet Bluegrass. “They have a wonderful chemistry. They’re also very sweet.”

Donna relays the following story: “I just saw an incredible Neil Young solo show,” she says. “His sincerity shined through so succinctly you could feel the energy in the audience. It was like ‘I’m here, and I’m going to play this fuckin’ song however I want to.’ The magic is in the simplicity. I think Colin Hay [of Men At Work] grasps this idea. I hope we convey that to our audiences as well.” The Waifs are currently reworking some of their traditional favorites, sometimes a big no-no among themselves and even artists at large. The band promises jazzier, more soulful renditions of oft-requested tunes, replete with three-part harmonies. “Vikki helps begrudgingly,” Donna says. “We just get bored with them. Performing live, they just become monotonous. I don’t understand how Dylan plays the same version of ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ over and over again.” The Waifs are certainly qualified to write a do-it-yourself guide to succeeding as a touring band. Obviously, an Aussie work ethic helps. “It’s been an amazing life,” Donna says. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Folks Festival Lineup Friday, August 13 10 a.m. — Gates open 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. — Songwriter Showcase 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. — Liz Longley 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. — Jonatha Brooke 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Darrell Scott 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. — Tift Merritt 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — David Wilcox 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — Ani DiFranco

Saturday, August 14 10 a.m. — Gates open 11 a.m. to noon — Girlyman 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. — Gregory Alan Isakov 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. — Dala 3:45 p.m. 5 p.m. — Marc Cohn 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. — Jenny Lewis 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — Greg Brown 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — The Swell Season

Sunday, August 15 10 a.m. — Gates open 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. — Abby &

John Prine closes out the festival on Sunday, Aug. 15.

Béla Noon to 1:15 p.m. — Joy Kills Sorrow 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. — Joe Craven 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. — Michelle Shocked 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. — Richard Thompson 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. — The Waifs 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. — John Prine

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One last show

Dave Matthews Band visits Colorado by Alan Sculley

ave Matthews’ recent announcement that his hugely popular group would take all of 2011 off probably seemed like an ominous sign to some of his fans. But Matthews says the fact that he and his bandmates — drummer Carter Beauford, violin player Boyd Tinsley and bassist Stefan Lessard — will go their separate ways next year is actually a sign of how positive things have gotten in the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews, who closes out the Mile High Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 15, says taking 2011 off might seem “counterintuitive,” but taking any of the past three or four years off would certainly not have felt right. “Now I can say I’m taking a break and I have every intention of coming back to these same people [in the band],” Matthews says. “That’s my plan, is to come back to these same people and reconvene, just having taken a little time to stare at the stars and stare at our kids. “[Now] I can come back with this group of people that I’ve played with for 20 years and have something more, you know,” he says. “And that’s been really my whole goal because I feel so strong about the band at the moment that I think it can withstand a year of not working.” Clearly, the Dave Matthews Band has seen some trying times over the past few years, beginning with a point about three years ago when the group nearly broke up altogether. “I think it was a really rough few years,” Matthews says. “I think we sort of, the small things started to drive us crazy about each other, and we stopped talking [to each other]. … And then a year or so before we started Big Whiskey [the 2009 CD Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King], especially [Beauford] and [saxo-

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phonist LeRoi Moore] and I sort of had this kind of, I guess, confrontation, kind of explosion. But the result was that we wanted to stay together and that we love each other and that we can acknowledge that we don’t, we’re not exactly the same, and that we’re part of a puzzle and not the same piece of it.” Facing up to their differences as people and recognizing what they each contribute to the Dave Matthews Band gave the group members an opening to rediscover their chemistry. “When we finally sort of let go of our … frustration, it kind of gave — it was this great relief,” Matthews says. “When you’re in a situation that has a certain unspoken tension inside of it and you release that, it really is a rebirth, and that, I think, is what happened to the band.” Of course, the band’s emotions took a whole other type of hit a short time later when on June 30, 2008, Moore was in a serious all-terrain vehicle accident in Charlottesville, Va. Moore, 46, was initially expected to make a full recovery. Instead, he succumbed Aug.

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19 to complications from his injuries that had surfaced a month earlier. To be sure, it was a heavy loss for Moore’s bandmates. But Matthews said it actually became a positive force within the group. “In a strange way, I think as a result of that rebirth, his death brought us even closer together, or at least inspired us to move forward honoring him as a unit rather than running away from his death and from each other, which is, I think, certainly some people might even still think would have been a fine response,” Matthews says. The Dave Matthews Band responded by making one of the strongest albums of its career, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. The CD, which was dedicated to Moore, topped the Billboard magazine album chart and was nominated for two Grammy awards. “I feel good about all my records,” Matthews says. “But there’s just at this point in our career, this far down, I’m truly proud of the concise and clear way that Big Whiskey came out, and I think it’s a testament to that healthy response from a very difficult situation.” A few Big Whiskey songs could well ring out through the night as the Dave Matthews Band does what it has done most every year since forming in 1991 in Charlottesville, Va. — a summer tour. The fact that the band has such a large and loyal following was part of the reason Matthews announced the 2011 hiatus this spring. “I wanted to give everyone a long heads up,” he says. “I certainly feel an obligation to the people that have supported the uniqueness of the band’s career and have made it essentially what it is. … It would be in a way, I guess, ungrateful to not say anything.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Light it up

Los Lobos are burning it down by Dave Kirby

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ot that we’d know anything about this, but sometimes the hardest part of getting a piece of work done is just starting it, getting the wheels turning, finding a way in while being stared at by a blank page waiting for a lead sentence, or that first brushstroke, or a recording studio waiting for a bunch of songs. Defying the pitiless indifference of a blank canvas. So it may come as consolation to some (not to us, mind you), that a band like Los Lobos, which has been making records for more than 30 years, faces the same merciless void from time to time. Great big studio, clock ticking. And did we hear that the band went in last February to cut what was just released last week as Tin Can Trust with pretty much nothing ready to track? “Yeah,” says Steve Berlin, juggling a phone interview while rolling off a bus and checking into his hotel from a New York tour stop, “that would be more than accurate. We really came in the first couple of days with absolutely nothing. Zero nothing. But y’know, we’ve been to that place before. It’s a little sketchy, but we play our way out of it. “Somebody comes up with one little thing,” Berlin continues, “in this case Cesar [Rosas] had what became ‘All My Bridges Burning,’ then Dave [Hidalgo] came up with ‘Jupiter or the Moon.’ It’s really just sort of a mindset. Once we can achieve that sort of frame of mind, we’re off to the races.” Berlin acknowledges that the four years since the band went in to record a proper CD, The Town And The City, probably left the band a little studio-rusty, an ironic affliction for a franchise that has been working in its current form for 26 years, with the founding members (Hidalgo, Rosas, Louie Perez and Conrad Lozano) extending their tenure back nearly four decades, playing weddings and dances in the East L.A. barrios right out of high school. The CD is being hailed by many critics as one of

the band’s best, and that’s saying something. From the opening acoustic guitar chords of the ’hood nostalgia piece “On Main Street” to the Hidalgo centerpiece “I’ll Burn It Down” (which also features some nice backing vocals by Susan Tedeschi) and the atmospheric fantasia ballad “Jupiter or the Moon,” from the blues-jam stomper “Do The Murray,” dedicated to Hidalgo’s recently deceased pet dog, to a somewhat paced cover of the Dead’s “West L.A. Fadeaway” and the murky historical piece “27 Spanishes,” Tin Can Trust breathes and vibrates with the spark of a road band more willing to show off their tread wear than their award ribbons. But, curiously, the CD is a scrappy and lightly produced offering. No one’s posing here, no gimmicky knob twiddling behind the scenes. Just all song. “There’s very little process here,” Berlin says, “like the stuff we like to do. Torture sound, destroy it, break it down and put it all back together again. We actually left a lot of that out on this one. We kind of liked the sound of the room, and the sound of us playing together. So, probably more than any record we’ve done, we really didn’t do much in the way of sound torture.”

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We were particularly struck by the almost tribal blues meditation “27 Spanishes.” Murky, ruminative, hypnotically woven around a single blues riff and a little bit menacing in its telling of the arrival in Mexico of the conquistadors, it’s maybe Hidalgo’s best moment on this CD. “That one in particular … Dave does these demos at his house with this very, very archaic recording technology,” Berlin explains. “Basically, an eight-track cassette. Sometimes the stuff is just so great, the demos themselves just sound perfect without anything else on them; pretty much on that track that’s all there is, for all intents and purposes. We sang it, and I think there’s a percussion part, but beyond that there was not a whole hell of a lot.” And as far as the title track goes, a gentle, hard-luck hymn to the post-modern Depression, Berlin says the thing just fell together. With a little grace. “That’s another one that started as a demo,” Berlin says, “but it was just a little rowdy. And we started tracking it in the big room, and it was a first take. The weird thing is that no one really knew the song at all. It was literally a miracle that it came together the way it did. I mean, it’s basically a blues, so we didn’t have to learn a whole chord sequence, but it was somewhat miraculous that it turned into a song so quickly.” So, as the new CD grows its way into their set list, Los Lobos are poised to fulfill a longtime Boulder tradition, returning to play the endearingly drafty auditorium up at Chautauqua. We’ve lost track of how many Lobos shows we’ve caught up there, or how many times we’ve glanced nervously up at the century-old beams during Rosas’ showcase rocker “Don’t Worry Baby,” maybe half-concerned that this time the rafters start showering us with hundred-year-old nails and historic splinters. “Well,” Berlin laughs, “we haven’t brought the place down yet.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Boombox has some medicine for you by P.J. Nutting

oombox began as the meeting of two new souls in Muscle Shoals, the famous town in Alabama where Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones and others recorded albums. Producer Russ Randolph met singer/guitarist Zion Godchaux during a 2004 recording session for the Heart of Gold Band with former Grateful Dead member and Zion’s mother, Donna Jean Godchaux. This family link gets shoveled with media attention, justified perhaps by Boombox’s funked-up reinventions of the Dead’s “Shakedown Street” and Dylan’s “Who Killed Davey Moore.” The first difference, which both members are practiced in pointing out, is how quickly they traded in their bandmates for drum machines. In a phone interview with Boulder Weekly, the two members hardly mentioned guitars or drums (or saxophones, one of their best assets). There was likely a lot to say about Godchaux growing up with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, but instead he went straight to the first time he saw a particular deep house DJ perform. “It wasn’t until I went to see Doc Martin that I saw the full potential of what was going on,” Godchaux says, “what a DJ could do and how mystical that whole thing could be. He was the sort of cat that showed me that electronic music isn’t just prefabricated elevator music, [but] real expression.” “Doc showed me that, yeah, this was made by machines, but it’s a hell of a lot deeper than that when you get a couple thousand people under one roof and that beat’s going so hypnotically,” he says. “It’s not some cheesy Casio keyboard sound, it’s the whole style of presenting a rhythm and melody.” In this context, Boombox is a revivalist group battling against the “push play” DJs that they believe are endangering a lost art form. The music isn’t “a compe-

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tition of noise,” Randolph says. Godchaux adds, “If it seems laid back, that’s just the way the medicine takes.” The music has an effect of drawing you into the present moment rather than sending your mind miles away. It uplifts without a firm grip; or, as the members put it, bad shows are like bad dates. Good vibes can’t be pushed or threatened. Naturally, though, the element of risk and the probability for fault can be the most interesting part. “Sometimes it doesn’t always work out,” Godchaux says. “It’s a leap of faith in a way, but the payoff is when we really do that, it can be something really special, so it’s worth it to us to take that chance.” “Those turntables don’t know the other one is there,” Godchaux says. “It’s that tension that brought me into this band to begin with. Human tendency craves resolution, and without that tension in the dynamic of the track, part of the conversation with the crowd is lost. We play without a net.” Godchaux explains further, “The same reason a

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great rhythm section is so cool is the same reason two independent turntables sound cool. There’s something about human nature that makes people like to watch people take risks.” Both members greatly admire, and rely on, the skill of reading a crowd before knowing what is required for that moment. They share that they see the crowd as a communicator of where the music should go instead of expecting them to like whatever is going on. “We are almost, in a way, asking a question onstage to the audience: “What’s the proper prescription for tonight?” Godchaux says. “Know the maximum potential of your tracks and use them accordingly,” adds Randolph. “It’s all about playing the right tracks at the right time, shifting the energy in the room and that kind of thing. It’s difficult for a band to turn on a dime, but a DJ can shift gears and really take the party in a different direction.” Boombox has appeared at big-name festivals such as Wakarusa, and national jamtronica circuits have yielded room for the band in the five years of heavy touring between albums. “When we put out the first record,” says Randolph, “we’d never have done a live gig. Now we have the wisdom of five years on the road.” Their second album, Downriverelectric, contains grooves that are far more tuned than 2005’s Visions of Backbeat. During the nonstop touring in between, they found a chance to play for crowds off the beaten path of electronic music. Randolph said Boombox’s show in Salida “was a beautiful moment.” “Kids and grandparents dancing,” Randolph remembers. “It does get old playing for the same young, tripping, rolling college kids. The collective whatever can only get so high. Once you get out of that world a bit, there seems to be more of a wide-open energy, and I’m really excited to reach a new market.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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A sound legacy

Chuck Morris on Colorado’s music history by David Accomazzo Adam Diaz

or the 40 years AEG Live Rocky Mountains President and CEO Chuck Morris has worked the Colorado music scene, he has had a crucial hand in implementing nearly every fixture of that scene we now take for granted. Tulagi back in the day? Red Rocks? The Fillmore? Thank Morris — he had a role in all of it. Now, with the Mile High Music Festival entering its third year, boasting possibly the strongest lineup in its short history, Morris might be on the verge of adding another fixture to Colorado’s music scene. We talked to Morris a few weeks ago about the festival and the history of music in Colorado. Boulder Weekly: How does the booking process for this work? How do you get this many bands to come to a festival in Denver? Chuck Morris: Well, first of all, considering this is only our third year, we’ve had a great two years, and our reputation is already getting well-known. About 25, 30 percent of our tickets sales are from out of state. So we’re already getting a reputation as being up there with the echelon of festivals around the country. And how do I get all these acts? Well, first of all we have great buyers, the best in the world, with Don Strasburg and Brent Fedrizzi. … And we have many years of relationships and experiences from the three of us, with bands and people and managers and agents. And I don’t even want to tell you this, but this September will be 40 years I’ve been in the business. I opened up Tulagi Nightclub in Boulder in 1970. BW: It’s been a bad summer for concert sales. How is the economy affecting ticket sales? CM: I beg to differ. We’re having a very strong summer. With Red Rocks, we’re doing tremendous capacity as always; we’re doing pretty well. The Ogden and Bluebird, which we took over when we opened [AEG Live Rocky Mountain], are having banner years. We’re feeling pretty blessed. But we’re very careful about who we book and where we put them. And so, yeah, definitely, the economy’s hurting and all those things, but we’re still doing, knock on wood, pretty damn well. It’s all about choices, and it’s all about the bands, and it’s all about the facilities. And you’ve gotta be Boulder Weekly

careful. Yeah, definitely, you could feel something in terms of selling tickets, and ... you go back 10 or 15 years, yeah. There were more ticket sales in general, but we feel very, very good about the year we’re having, and especially the summer we’re having. BW: When you first started Tulagi, how the hell did you get all those famous acts to come to Boulder? CM: A wing and a prayer. By hook and by crook. ... After school at CU, I managed The Sink for a couple years and booked some local bands in the back room and convinced the owner of The Sink, Herb Kauvar — because I didn’t have any money — to go buy a bankrupt Tulagi and reopen it for national bands. I just faked it. But you know, that first year at Tulagi, we had Bonnie Raitt, we had the Doobie Brothers, and we had ZZ Top, and we had a whole bunch of acts, and I just got lucky, I guess. Some people think I know what I’m doing, but I’m not quite sure. Of course, I thought I’d be doing this for about a year and then go back to get my graduate degree, but I’m going into my 40th year. BW: Where would you rank the Denver/Boulder music scene nationally? CM: Oh, I would say by far, up there, it’s as good as it gets, from a few of the radio stations, and God, in the last few years you’ve had bands break out worldwide like 3Oh!3 and The Fray and the Flobots, and I feel great about it. When I first started my first clubs, Boulder was a Mecca in the ’70s. That’s one of the reasons I opened Tulagi with national bands. And I feel the same way about it now, in terms of

exploring new music and entertainment and facilities. I think it’s a real rebirth of this area, and I’m not necessarily saying rebirth, because it never went away, but certainly, there’s a lot of people looking into this area for new music, for a whole bunch of things. I feel real good about it. BW: What other changes have you made to the festival this year? CM: To have Jack Johnson and Dave [Matthews] headline, I don’t think it gets much better, at least for this part of the country. And Dave hasn’t been here since Mile High two years ago, and two years for him not being in the market, for his fans, is like a lifetime. Oh yeah, he tours so much, and his business stays right there. And not being in the Denver area for two years is really great because of the demand — it just perks up big time. BW: You guys have quite a history with Dave, don’t you? CM: We’ve had a history going back to ... God, Don played them at the Fox [Theatre] when they were barely known, and I put them on [with] Big Head Todd/Los Lobos; Dave Matthews was the opening act at Red Rocks, and I’ll never forget that. We gave them barely enough money to fly from Charlottesville, the band and crew and manager, mostly because Don told me how great they were … and that was before he was even working here, for me. [Dave Matthews Band] just had their independent records out there. I’ll never forget, sitting on the side of the stage, they were introduced and went up there. ... [The crowd] was there to see Big Head Todd, Los Lobos was second and Dave Matthews Band was third, the opening act. And I saw 700, 800, 900 people singing along to every song from their independent record, which really says something about the future of an act. BW: Especially back then. CM: Back anytime. When you can put out your own little record and sell it in the back of your truck and barely get it in stores, and hundreds upon hundreds of kids know all the songs, that really says something. From that moment I knew they were going to have a long and great career, which the band has. Interview conducted, condensed and edited by author. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com August 12, 2010 31

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music Acoustic Eidolon. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Alright Class. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Annabeth McNamara. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628. ATMA Weapon. 7:30 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Bamsha Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Ben Prestage. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. Blitzen Trapper. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Danny Shafer and Friends. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Fizakat. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Hot Cheeze Soup. 9:45 p.m. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490. Jonathan Tyler,The Northern Lights,The Rescues. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Live Jazz with George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, 645 30th St., Boulder, 303-938-9300. Open Bluegrass Pick. 7 p.m. The Rock Inn, 1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park, 970-586-4116. Primus and Gogol Bordello. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494. Randall Dubis. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Rhythm on the Rails Concert Series — With Paul Soderman and BluezHouse. 6:45 p.m. Whistlestop Station, First Avenue and Murray Street, Niwot, http://www.niwot.com/events/. Romano Paoletti Open Stage. 8-10 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Sandstone Summer Concert Series — With Blue Canyon Boys. 6:30 p.m. Sandstone Park, Lyons, 303-823-6622. Stewart Lewis. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Trio Con Brio. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

events Argentine Tango. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, www.tangocolorado.org. Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7867050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Getting Started with Lightroom. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Gindi Cafe Gay Night. Every Thursday night. Gindi Cafe, 3601 Araphoe Ave., Boulder, 720242-8961.

Healing Meditation with Alan McAllister. 7 p.m., Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Ste. 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562. Intermediate to Advanced Flamenco Dance. 7:15-8:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www. flamenco-boulder.com. The Wood Cut Print Exhibit. 15th Street Studio, 1708 15th St., Boulder, 303-447-2841. Through Sept. 25.

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music Alex Boyd. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Battie Hooch. 11 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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Boulder Playback Theater. 7:30 p.m. Trident Cafe, 940 Pearl, Boulder, 720-203-0335. Delores Scott. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Friday Afternoon Club Concert Series — With Opie Gone Bad, Steve Manshel. Benefits HospiceCare and Wilderness on Wheels. 5:30 p.m. 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3850. Gang Forward. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Jababa. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jake Leg Shakers. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Johnny O Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Joni Mitchell Tribute — Featuring the Lynn Skinner Quintet. 8 p.m. Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Keane, One Eskimo, Carney. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Louisville Downtown Street Faire — With the Subdudes. 6:30 p.m. Front and Spruce Streets, Downtown Louisville, 303-665-3355. Max Wagner Jazz Duo. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Mojomama. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Mountain Standard Time. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Moussa Konate. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Myles & Clete. 9:45 p.m. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490. Other Side of Clearview. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4405858. The Preservation. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. René Heredia’s Gypsy Flamenco Fury. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Rose Hill Drive — Mile High Music Festival Kick Off Party. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

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Boulder/Denver Area BioLounge — Rotating exhibit of art and science. CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Energy Effects: Art and Artifacts From the Landscape of Glorious Excess — Various artists. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Sept. 13. Exposure: Photos from the Vault — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720865-5000. Through Oct. 31. Face to Face. Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 29. Humor & Pathos — Artwork by Gary Sweeney.

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Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 5. Leanin’ Tree Museum of Western Art — Various artists. 6055 Longbow Dr., Boulder, 303-530-1442. Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir. Arvada Center for the Arts, 901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 29. Mi Frontera Es Su Frontera — Artwork by Tony Ortega. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 5. NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Tapestry by Elaine Nixon. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Aug. 31.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Paintings by Roger Mordhorst. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Sept. 25. Shape and Spirit: The Lutz Bamboo Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720865-5000. Through Sept. 19. Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 9. A Visual Alphabet: Herbert Bayer’s Anthology Paintings. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Dec. 31.

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Mona Simpson’s My Hollywood. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727. A Special Reading With Contributors of Telling It Real. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,

Open Mic Poetry — “So You’re a Poet.” The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Andrew Bacevich’s Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,

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2010 Cowtown Alternative Comix Fest. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070.

The Shivas — With Fingers of the Sun, The Sparta Philharmonic. 8 p.m. Astroland, 4415 N. Broadway, Boulder, www.myspace.com/ ASTROLANDD. Steve Waitt. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Sweetback Sisters. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Truth & Salvage Co., Robert Francis. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399. White Water Ramble. 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.

events Celebrating the Return. 1 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. PLAN Boulder County Forum — The Return of Doug Bruce: Amendments 60 and 61and Proposition 101. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008.

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music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108. Angie Stevens Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Chatham County Line & The Haunted Windchimes. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Bugs. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Corrosion of Conformity. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-3771666. Delta Sonics. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. D Note FIrst Annual Jazz Fest. 1 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-

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Tuesday, August 17 Micah Toub’s Growing Up Jung. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,

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6683. Fresh2Death. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Gristle Gals. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. Jah Spirits. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Japanese Gameshow, Autumnal Fall. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. John Hiatt & The Combo and Los Lobos. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. John McKay Band. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Max Hyland Jazz Guitar Duo. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4470475. Maynard Mills Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Phil Robinson. 5:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Ray Bonneville. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

events 1st Annual Senior Law Day. Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-441-1585. Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. O Dance Studio, 1501 Lee Hill Rd., #4, Boulder, 303-415-1877. Boulder Outdoor Cinema — The Big Lebowski. 7:30 p.m. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 888881-FILM. Dreamweaver Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Frequent Flyers Productions Student Performance. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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music Acoustic Mining Company. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. George Nelson. 6 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Jazz Jam with Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Lindsay Meredith. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Open Mic — Hosted by Hotfoot. 2:30 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-440-4324. Ricky Stein. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Shanti Grooves. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Suite Ti. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. White Water Ramble. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Rush — Time Machine Tour. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494. Sick Puppies. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

events Boulder County Alcoholics Anonymous — Happy hour group. 5:30 p.m. 5375 Western

Ave., Boulder, www.BoulderCountyAA.org. Introduction to Aperture. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. How to Become a Nutritarian. 6:30 p.m. Bauman College, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 800-9877530. Meditation Instruction — Introductory talk and refreshments. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303444-0190.

Tuesday, August 17

music Aakash Mittal. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Atomic Pablo Jazz/Vibes Project. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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events Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30-6:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Planetary Healing and Harmony Teleclass — Teachings and meditation. 8 a.m. For more information, call 720-301-3993. Seven Pounds. 8:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Span The Rockies Cycling Tour — Benefits Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence. Starts and ends at Elevations Credit Union, 2300 55th St., Boulder, 303-449-8623. Yoga Rocks the Park. 2 p.m. Central Park, Canyon Boulevard and Broadway, Boulder, 970390-4318.

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Monday, August 16

music Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jay Ryan’s Big Top — Open stage. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.,Arvada, 303-463-6683. Jazz Jam with Brad Goode. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4470475. The Neville Brothers. 8 p.m. Colorado Chautauqua Association, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. Open Bluegrass Pick. 5 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Phunkadonic. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Ray Bonneville. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe,

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Blues Jam with Delta Sonics. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350. Four the Dead. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Jazz and Jacks with Hazel MIller — Fundraiser for The Baby Haven. 6 p.m. 500 16th St., Denver, 303-585-1834. Jazz Night with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-4404628. Rufus Wainwright. 6:30 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Shotgun Party. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108. Tony Medina’s Acoustic Showcase. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

events Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028. Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. How to Run a Successful E-Mail Marketing Campaign. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Wednesday, August 18

music Bands on the Bricks 2010 — With Funkiphino. 7 p.m. 1300 Block of Pearl Street, Boulder, www.boulderdowntown.com. Bilbao. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Cowgirl Radio. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. David Cain. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Denny Driscol. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jack’s Corner Cafe, 600 Airport Rd., Longmont, 303-776-7667. The Honey Dewdrops. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Kamikaze Karaoke Gong Show. 9 p.m. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273. KC Grooves. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Reggae Wednesday — With Balance and the JAH Disciples. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858. Rush — Time Machine Tour. 8 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494. Tom Petty Tribute Night. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Tyler Farr Jazz Duo. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. White Water Ramble. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Windfall. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

events Aesthetics of Editing. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Boulder Library Film Series — Water Rustlers. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 12-2 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562. Just Sit. 7-9 p.m.. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Tea,Talks,Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m. Boulder. For location, call 720301-3993. Tulku. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m. Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303-449-0319.

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, August 12 Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200. So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Friday, August 13 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Pajamarama Storytime. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble. Crossroads Commons, 2915 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-1665. Preschool Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.

Saturday, August 14 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Just Write — Creative writing for middle and high school students. 2:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Sunday, August 15 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Go Club — Learn to play the game known as Go. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Monday, August 16 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

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theater The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Aug. 14. Frequent Flyers Association: Aerial Dance Festival 2010 Performance Showcase. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Aug. 14. Mulan. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980.

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Through Sept. 4. Peter Pan. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 4. Seussical The Musical. Kids Theatre West, King Center for the Performing Arts, Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theater, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, 303-507-7424. Through Aug. 14.

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ast week we discussed “seduction” as the psychological stimulation needed to get us turned on to sex. Once the brain becomes erect, our next challenge is to get the body excited. We typically know this stage as arousal, or the awakening of the second biggest sex organ — our skin. David Reed’s model of human sexual response renames this stage “sensation.” Remember that Reed’s theory departs from the friction model where sex is merely mechanical and genitally focused. Therefore, with sensation, we find ourselves aroused by all our senses, both physically and psychologically. This includes sight, sound, taste and touch. When an athletic man does chest presses at the gym, you can see his built biceps bulge from his tank top. When a sensuous woman sucks on a chocolate truffle, you can hear her moan in pleasure. When she licks the chocolate from her fingers, you can almost taste it. When your partner bites your neck, you can feel the electricity of the carnal connection. Sexual stimulation also includes imagination and fantasy. We can imagine that first kiss as we picnic at the top of Sanitas. Or we can fantasize about bantering around in the bedroom with Brad and Angelina in a threesome. Finally, sexual stimulation consists of smell. However, we typically default to our sense of reason. Is this girl of legal age? Does this man have a job? Do I have a condom and lube with me? Sometimes we stumble home, arm-in-arm, with the person we picked up at the bar — ignorant of age, employment or sexual safeguards. Maybe our beer goggles thwarted our ability to see, hear or reason otherwise. Or perhaps there was another force at work: pheromones, that magic that science is still trying to understand. Though they operate through the olfactory apparatus in the nose, the irony is that pheromones are odorless. They exist in human beings as naturally occurring substances found in hair and body secretions from armpits and genitals. The question is, how well do pheromones really work when it comes to the sensation stage of our human sexual response? Do they really incite higher levels of sexual stimulation? Dr. Winnifred Cutler, behavior endoBoulder Weekly

crinologist and director of the Athena Institute for pheromone research, strongly believes that, “a woman’s pheromones, at any age, play a major role in the attention she receives from others.” Cutler collaborated on a study that found when post-menopausal women topically applied a synthetic pheromone derived from a fertile woman’s armpit sweat, they gained far greater attention from male partners. In contrast to those who received a placebo, post-menopausal pheromone users noted substantial increases in formal dates, hugging, petting, kissing and sleeping next to a romantic partner. This study demonstrates another fact about pheromones. For women, they are only naturally emitted if she is fertile. If you’ve had an ovariectomy (surgical removal of the ovaries), or gone through menopause, you can use Cutler’s synthetic product, Athena Pheromone 10:13. Cutler’s pheromone products seem to work for all ages and genders. She oversaw a “20/20” investigation examining the effects of pheromones on people in their 20s. During a speed-dating event, male and female twins were each given a scent — one twin a pheromone, one twin a placebo. The twins receiving pheromones got double the number of dates. However, not all pheromones are equally alluring. Fresh male sweat, for instance, is more appetizing than when it has been sitting stale and exposed to oxygen for hours. And pheromones from vaginal secretions, also called copulins, increase in intensity when a woman menstruates. Luckily for you ladies, men tend to be less discerning during this time in your menstrual cycle, and their testosterone levels will increase as the potential for sex draws near. (Think of a male dog sniffing out a bitch in heat.) If the odorless pheromone phenomenon feels too enigmatic, try other scents such as lavender, licorice, pumpkin pie and hot cinnamon rolls. There may be something in the chemical composition of the odor, or perhaps the aroma incites your sexual imagination. Whether or not you believe in the science of scent, allow your sensations to seduce you. Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., is a sex therapist and board-certified sexologist. She runs The Intimacy Institute in Boulder, www.theintimacyinstitute.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Thursday, August 12 The Grand Canyon. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Ste. A, Boulder, 303-499-8866. Forecast: Meteor Showers! 9 p.m. Boulder Valley Ranch Sage Trailhead, Boulder, 303-441-3440.

Friday, August 13 Colorado Geology: Specifics for Climbing. 7 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970 Saturday, August 14 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241. Sunday, August 15 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org.

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yards past the intersection of Highway 93 and Highway 128, on the west side of the road. Difficulty: Beginner to intermediate Terrain: Well-maintained single- and double-track trails with a few dirt roads. Mostly non-technical with a few short climbs. Incredible views. Summary: The last few years have been good for south Boulder mountain bikers, thanks to the web of interconnected trails between Marshall Mesa and Eldorado Springs. The nontechnical trails and gorgeous rolling scenery appeal to all levels of bikers, but are especially good for beginners and intermediates. Wildflowers, shady forests, a few speedy singletrack sections and majestic views of the Flatirons await. Best of all, the southern exposure means these trails are often rideable yearround. Heil Valley Ranch 9 miles How to get there: Go north on U.S. 36 about six miles from Broadway/U.S. 36 and turn west onto Left Hand Canyon

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(at the Greenbriar Inn). Proceed approximately one mile, and the signed turn off for Heil Valley Ranch will be on your right. Follow a dirt road a little more than a mile to the terminus parking lot. Difficulty: Intermediate Terrain: Alternating rocky and smooth singletrack with sustained, moderate climbs and two loop options. Summary: No one Boulder trail system has changed so much in the past few years as Heil. Originally a rocky, semitechnical, lollipop loop with a screaming downhill, Heil has morphed into a more intermediate-friendly trail in the past few years. The 2.5-mile Wapiti trail has been slowed down and smoothed out and serves as a gateway for two loops at the top. The older 2.6-mile Ponderosa Loop is a jarring, rocky ride that never picks up much speed and is punishing for hardtails. In contrast, the newer 2.9-mile Wild Turkey Trail loop has good flow, is less rocky (though still fairly bouncy) and offers different challenges, depending on which way the loop is ridden. Wild Turkey also feeds into the Picture Rock Trail (see below). Hall Ranch 9-11 miles How to get there: For the Bitterbrush (technical terrain) trailhead, follow U.S. 36 to Lyons, then west on Highway 7 one mile. The turn off is on the right (north) side of the road, with ample parking. For the Antelope Trailhead, take U.S. 36 to Highway 7 but go east (right). Less than a mile up, turn left onto Apple Valley Road, then another few miles to Antelope Road (left at the fork) to a small parking lot. Difficulty: Intermediate to advanced Terrain: The best of everything: challenging, technical rock garden, sustained climbing and super-fast and fun singletrack lollipop loop. Summary: Get ready to get your flow on! Hall Ranch’s two entrances connect into the smooth, super speedy and downright gorgeous Bitterbrush/Nelson trail combo, arguably the best in Boulder

County. If technical riding is your thing, start at the 3.7-mile Bitterbrush trail entrance. A one-mile warm up (with a few good low-grade technical sections) leads to the infamous rock garden, a grueling mile of wonderful technical obstacles that are tough but rideable for skilled bikers. The opportunity for sessions and finding new, creative lines is nearly endless! Intermediate and advanced beginners can hit up the Antelope Trail, a onemile alternate trail that eschews technicality for a good (at times, steep) climb. Both trails merge into the last mile-plus of the Bitterbrush, a sweet, steady, mostly non-technical climb that ends at the 2.2mile Nelson Loop. Get ready to blast off on the speedy Nelson Loop and go supersonic on the return of the Bitterbrush Trail. Picture Rock 5.2 miles How to get there: Ride from Heil Ranch via the Wild Turkey Trail, or park in Lyons by taking U.S. 36 to Highway 7 west, then left onto Old St. Vrain Road 0.3 miles, left onto Red Gulch Road and 0.2 miles to parking on the west (right) side of the road. Difficulty: Intermediate with long, sustained climbs Terrain: Rocky switchbacks dominate the upper trails, while fast, smooth and edgy singletrack makes up the lower sections. Summary: Picture Rock was the great unifier, providing a singletrack option to connect Heil Valley Ranch and Hall Ranch. As a descent, it quickly becomes apparent that the upper trail is made for climbing. Rocky switchbacks never let you build up much steam, and the hard, embedded, triangular rocks can get tedious. The bottom two miles are faster, non-technical and open up through old farms and grassy fields. The long and gradual ascent was more what Picture Rock was designed for, though the same cobbles and stone pizzas in the trail force you to stay focused for the last three miles up to Heil.

Walker Ranch 7.6 miles How to get there: From Chautauqua, follow Flagstaff Road eight miles west. Just past Myers Ranch, look for the road to Walker Ranch Homestead and trailhead. The dirt road is straight ahead at a bend in the road. Difficulty: Intermediate to advanced Terrain: A climber’s delight with tough ascents either way you ride the loop. A mix of fast singletrack and loose hills with a smattering of technical obstacles and a hike-a-bike staircase section. Summary: The 7.6-mile loop of Walker is essentially two trails, depending on which way you start. Counterclockwise gives you a mile of fast and loose downhill followed by steep climbing with the occasional technical push. A reward of flowy-fast singletrack awaits before descending a steep staircase and ending the ride with a punishing climb out on loose dirt roads and steep, relentless switchbacks (though climbercentric bikers will love it!). Clockwise gives you a tough, brief, steep start followed by a fun descent on the aforementioned switchbacks. Climb the stairs for a forested, steady ascent to an all-too-short but fun downhill. End the clockwise ride with a sustained but not overly steep mile-long climb to the parking lot. Betasso Preserve 3.2 miles How to get there: Head up Boulder Canyon west four miles out of town and turn right onto steep Sugarloaf Road. Go approximately two miles to Betasso Road on your right and then less than a mile to the trailhead on the north (left) side. Difficulty: Beginner to intermediate Terrain: Fast, clean singletrack that can be edgy at times. Good climbs balanced with good flow. Summary: Betasso is made for speed — which is why it’s a suitable trail for beginners learning the basics of riding and experts who want to hammer out sub-20-minute loops. The direction of this loop changes monthly and both ways

offer speedy descents and good climbs that are great endurance builders. Never a truly technical trail, opening up and riding full speed puts you on the edge of control with a reward of nirvana-like flow or agony-of-defeat type crashes. A wonderful place for newer riders to learn how to step up their game. An optional connector trail goes directly to Boulder Canyon and is slightly more technical (and more steep) than the Betasso Loop. Honorable Mention Rabbit Mountain in Lyons is a trail with five miles of options and good scenery. While it doesn’t excel in any one type of riding, it’s a quality destination for riders of all abilities. Wonderland Lake/ Sage Trail in north Boulder is essentially a web of dirt roads that go under Highway U.S. 36 and open up into the area around the Boulder Reservoir. And next year, the Valmont Bike Park will offer dirt jumps of all sizes, freeride terrain and more. Not far from town: Getting bored? Try these options, all roughly within an hour of Boulder. White Ranch in Golden has big climbs and a big network of trails that can link into nearby Apex, Golden Gate State Park, Matthew Winters and more. Centennial Cone up Clear Creek Canyon is 16-plus miles of big climbs and edge-of-your-seat, non-technical singletrack. West Magnolia Trails and Sourdough Trail are west of Boulder and have some sweet riding for those ready to explore. Finally, up north, Devil’s Backbone & Blue Sky Trail in Loveland/Fort Collins offer a whole new intermediate network of beautiful trails — just watch out for snakes! Resources For more info and maps, go to Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (www. bma-mtb.org) or Boulder County Open Space (www.bouldercounty.org/openspace). Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly received this submission from the Imagine! CORE-Longmont reviewers and decided to let them head off this week’s Cuisine section with a story on their experience at Bittersweet in Louisville. Imagine! is a not-for-profit program that assists adults with developmental disabilities and helps them integrate in their communities.

or those who don’t have a sweet tooth, Bittersweet offers more than just delicious coffee drinks and pastries. Located on Main Street in Louisville, Bittersweet opened June 5 and already boasts an average of 30 patrons per morning. Where once stood a gift basket store and a storage area now sits a quaint little coffee shop. We talked with Alex — a physics and fine arts major at CU — who has been working in the coffee business for six years. Alex, one of two Bittersweet employees, told us about the co-owners: Patrick Walsh, he said, owns a construction and remodeling company, and Azadeh Angha moved here from Iran in 2000. While talking with us, Alex brought us some awesomely delicious treats and our choice of drinks. The pastries included wholesome chocolate macaroons, light and buttery vanilla cupcakes, perfectly smooth gluten-free “puddle cookies” (sweet cookies with an indentation of rich, dark chocolate in the middle), and decadent, gluten-free chocolate cake with sweet raspberry filling. They are frickin’ good!

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A lot of the baked goods at Bittersweet, in fact, are gluten-free, except for those products that are impossible to make otherwise, like their scones. For drinks, Mike got a mocha, Dan went with the iced coffee, and Ian guzzled down a hot cocoa. The coffee isn’t too strong and doesn’t have the unpleasant aftertaste of more commercial fare, a reason we prefer smaller shops to the mega-chains. Ian spouted out a slew of happy, indecipherable gibberish about how much he enjoyed his hot chocolate. And Mike’s mocha was particularly good, with an elaborate “etching” of a chocolate leaf on top. “Etching” is the process by which a barista, using a

fine-tipped tool, draws a design in the frothy drink surface. It takes a long time to master this art, and Alex told us the most popular shape is the “Rosetta” or rose. Both the drink contents and food come fresh from local distributors and bakeries. Everything is priced competitively, unlike a lot of large chains that charge exorbitant prices for similar products. Bittersweet also offers something for customers’ aural and ocular pleasure: a wall of art including mosaics, black and white photographs and acrylic paintings, and live music by locals, mainly jam bands and world music. The artwork rotates monthly, and the live music comes and goes at random. Bittersweet is part of the Louisville Marketplace, a group of stores having more personality than, say, a strip mall or indoor shopping center. A nearby dog park includes tables and chairs, so patrons can keep an eye on their hounds while sipping a latte. Overall, Bittersweet’s environment feels relaxing and put us at ease. In the end, our experience left us far from bitter. Imagine! CORE-Longmont Reviewers are: Mike Williams, Ian Markiewicz and Dan Roberts. Check them out on Twitter at: Twitter.com/ReviewersPage.

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t was one of those hot days where Next up were starters, including $4.25 meek little spouses feel the edge of meatballs and fries, accompanied by a the carving knife and study their slightly sweet and tangy roasted tomato partner’s neck. Then they think sauce that put ketchup to shame. The better of it and quickly return to meatballs tasted like they should cost dicing arugula for salad. But I wasn’t more than they did, with a surprising thinking about Farmer’s Market greens richness indicative of adding a little lamb and severed anatomy. Nah, I had a big to the beef. The fries were faultless, posquestion that led me all the way down the sessing an addictive crispness. Diagonal to Longmont. I asked Big Mike While it didn’t contain the most to tag along, because sometimes if you ask expensive ingredients, a $6.95 artisan questions, you need muscle along for the salumi and cheese plate was a great deal. ride. Spanish manchego sheep’s milk cheese Basil Flats is what they call it. Word had a delicate taste and crumbly feel, was the guys behind Noodles and like Parmagiano. The cured meat choices Company were behind this outfit. I was of Capicola smoked pork shoulder and trying to figure out if this strip mall joint Soppressata pork salami had an assertive was one-of–a-kind, or if someone had but not overly processed taste that balplans for a big new chain. Outside it was anced well with flatbread. The only disstrip mall, but inside it was shiny tiles and cordant note was the rubbery mozzarella cheerful colors, just like the slices, whose quality was as incongruous Mediterranean. Couples and families aymond Chandler was one of the great 20th century hardas a Cheeto at a sushi bar. enjoyed their meals, real friendly-like. boiled mystery writers, famous for penning the immortal Mike’s from Chitown, and thinks he We made a beeline for the counter so line, “Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and knows a little something about pizza, we could eyeball the Mediterraneanstudy their husbands’ necks.” Along with Dashiell Hammett served here in 10- and 14-inch sizes. We inspired menu. They had flatbread pizza, and John D. MacDonald, Chandler is among the most influenwent for the large $13.50 Greco, laden sandwiches, tapas including hummus, and tial modern writers of detective fiction. Chandler’s Marlowe is with rosemary grilled chicken, peppers, beer and wine to drink. It’s one of these a refinement of Hammett’s Sam Spade; Marlowe’s cynicism spinach, feta and olive oil. It was a goodplaces where there’s chow for both vegewas tempered by more introspection, and his phrasing is not looking, colorful pie with evenhanded flatarians and carnivores, and the tapas menu without poetic qualities. Marlowe also sets the stage for vors. Mike, who can be tough to please, encourages sharing. The locavores’ fingerMacDonald’s Travis McGee, the wisecracking, carefree, semidug the crust for being hefty without prints were all over the place, since they loner who was the prototype for everyone from Jim Rockford being bready, and he was into its golden were featuring Boulder sausage and to Thomas Magnum. hue. For less than $40, we had enough food Haystack goat cheese. Things were lookfor ourselves and a few other people. You ing up. can pay a lot more for something similar at a fancyAfter putting in our order at the counter, the olive. The Panzanella was more intriguing, with pants spot. What’s next for Basil Flats? It would be a servers brought out two $4 small salads, a Greek crunchy flatbread, croutons, onion and punchand a Panzanella. At most places these would pass packing peppers. Each also had the perfect measure crime if this restaurant, with its tasty, affordable chow, doesn’t branch out into more locations. for large. The Greek was a straightforward, freshof creamy basil dressing to help make the flavors Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com tasting number with feta, tomato, peppers and pop.

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Food happenings around town Choose your cocktail adventure Evan Faber, beverage director at SALT in Boulder, has launched Cocktail Element, a new cocktail program that allows guests to design their own cocktail recipes by mixing and matching a spirit/base and flavor element, then choosing a style and size. Guests also have the opportunity to name their creation. Choices for the spirit/base portion include tequila, rum, vodka, gin, bourbon or Scotch. Each base has three recommended flavorings, such as tamarind, cherry, chipotle and lavender. The available styles — like sour, Rickey, sling, Fizz, Collins and Daisy — are all defined on the menu, and guests can choose the smallersized “shorty” for $4 or the regularsized “Tall Boy” for $8. SALT is located at 1047 Pearl St., and can be reached at 303-444-7258.

A mouth-watering music festival At the Newhoma Music and Mountain Festival Aug. 20–22, you can fill your belly as well as your ears. In addition to great music (like Colorado’s own Paper Bird), Newhoma is offering festival-goers a choice of meal plans for children and adults to make the three-day campout even more enjoyable. Meal plans include breakfast and dinner and are provided by Big Spring Lodge. Newhoma Music and Mountain Festival will be held on 6,000 acres of mountains and meadows in Florissant, near Colorado Springs. Proceeds benefit outdoor programs for kids, including the High Trails Outdoor Education Center. For more information, or to buy tickets, visit www.newhoma.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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cadre of chefs, restaurants and cooking enthusiasts with a mutual love of olive oil are accusing several companies of diluting the product with cheaper alternatives while still branding it as “extra virgin.” The group recently filed a complaint in Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court claiming that several retailers and olive oil producers, including such varied outlets as Wal-Mart and Bristol Farms, have misled Californians for years about the actual quality of the olive oil on sale. The slew of defendants includes Gelson’s Markets, K-mart, Target and others, who are accused of charging a high premium for impostor oil. The suit doesn’t name several retailers such as Trader Joe’s and Costco because, attorney Daniel Callahan says, their olive oil products aren’t adulterated. Plaintiffs are seeking an injunction preventing the questionable oil from being distributed and may also request hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution for “fraudulently obtained profits,” Callahan says. But with so many defendants, the case will probably plod along for two years before it makes it into court, he says. The suit draws heavily on a July report from the University of CaliforniaDavis Olive Center, which found that consumers shell out $700 million a year on olive oil, yet 69 percent of the import-

ed oils sampled and one of 10 Californiaproduced samples didn’t meet international standards for extra-virgin olive oil. Some restaurateurs, Callahan says, went so far as to throw out dishes that didn’t taste right because of the suspect oil. “This cost many of our restaurateurs a lot of money due to destroyed product — they were dissatisfied with their meals,” he says. “And customers expected the taste of extra virgin olive oil instead of what they were getting.” Antonio Cagnolo, who owns Antonello Ristorante in Santa Ana, Calif., and is a plaintiff in the suit, says he uses blind tastings to separate out musty, cheap options from the purer varieties of oil. He has just returned from Italy bearing freshly cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil. But consumers aren’t just duped by diluted blends, he says. They also get distracted by the attractive labels on bottles of so-called Italian olive oil and don’t read the fine print noting that the olives are actually from Greece or Spain and the product is packaged in the U.S., he said. “Definitely, people have all been buying something that’s probably not real,” he says. “Someone’s lying. But I’m very fussy — I’m not going to let those guys take me by the nose, because I know exactly what I’m buying.” (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times — MCT Boulder Weekly

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ell, I missed it by one stinking month. I am a day late and a dollar short, or maybe two scoops short of a waffle cone is more appropriate. July was national ice cream month, and here I am about ready to gush over some hometown Boulder deliciousness. In August. The nerve. Just trying to keep you ice cream lovers on your toes. We can eat ice cream in August, I swear. This week we are making some creamy concoctions with Bliss Organic Ice Cream. How about some Bliss Organic Ice Cream Floats to be exact? I am going to throw out a few ideas other than the standby root beer float, although on a hot summer day their vanilla bean with a little root beer might just fit the bill. A nice grown-up version would be the vanilla bean or ginger ice cream with some Guinness or, as I had last night, a champagne float (don’t tell me you didn’t see that one coming) with ginger ice cream and champagne. All I can do is quote Joey Lawrence and say Whoa! And for those of you who didn’t watch the top-rated sitcom Blossom, the reaction is still Whoa. You just don’t have the power of that whoa engrained in your brain (it was a very deep and moving sitcom, mind you). Anyway, I am a personal fan of the ice cream, and the fact that it’s a Boulder product just makes it all the more appealing. The people are topnotch, and the ingredients are the best around, which makes for utter bliss from the first lick on. The honey lavender is my favorite, although the lemon blueberry is a close second. You don’t really have to do anything with this ice cream. Right out of the pint you have one of the best treats around. I just like to shake things up a little. Shake! There’s another great idea for the ice cream. I might never need to bake again. Five hundred ways to

use Bliss Organic Ice Cream. That might just be my next book. I feel a whole lot of ice cream testing coming on. It’s good to be me. So run on down to King Soopers, Whole Foods or one of the cutest little stores around, Lucky’s Market, and pick up one of the many mouth-watering flavors today. Right now, go! Let me know your favorite flavor, and please throw in your favorite Joey Lawrence quote. Maybe I’ll treat you to a Bliss Organic pint. Whoa!

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Vanilla bean floats One scoop (or two) of Bliss Organic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Guinness or Root Beer Use your favorite glass, water, wine, shake or parfait. Martini glasses work too. Fill up glass half way with liquid. Add in ice cream. Serve with spoon and straw. Enjoy! You can watch the Dessert Diva every Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To contact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To chat and/or send comments and suggestions, write to jdromega@aol.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com August 12, 2010 47

Newport 6700 West 120th Ave. Broomfield, 303-635-1688

ormerly Heaven Star, Broomfield’s Newport still serves up some of the finest Chinese around at exceptional prices. Where else can you get a whole lobster cooked with ginger and scallions atop a platter of succulent yee mein noodles for $15.95? You can also request the classic Chinese-American tomato beef chow mein, as well as roast duck and several kinds of fried rice. This eatery also continues to serve dim sum, and this tea brunch is likely the best in Colorado.

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Agave Mexico Bistro and Tequila House 2845 28th St. Boulder, 303-444-2922

oulder’s Agave Mexico Bistro and Tequila House takes Mexican fare to a more elevated plane by offering memorable ambience, a gourmet-versus-utilitarian experience and prices to match. But the food does match up to the prices, and includes a firstrate chicken mole as well as a sophisticated shrimp tamale that balances the taste of corn with delicate seafood. End with a creamybut-not-too-sweet coconut flan, and you’ve got an elevated “south of the border” experience. 48 August 12, 2010

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achi Sushi is an honest-to-goodness sushi bar nestled within the Niwot Market. This isn’t a place for prepackaged, preservative-laden hand rolls prepared elsewhere. This is a place where the raw fish is sliced on demand, and the hot items are cooked to order. The reasonably priced menu here features sushi, traditional donburi rice bowls, curries and a handful of fish and meat entrees. Menu highlights include the grilled mackerel dinner, an elegantly simple choice, and the chirashi, a filling assortment of sashimi topping a bowl of sushi rice.

oulder Organic Pizzeria is a new, downtown establishment devoted to featuring organic and local ingredients, simply presented. This space also offers gluten-free and vegan options at no additional cost. Menu items include salads and appetizers and, of course, pizza, available whole and by the slice. Top choices include a refreshing salad of baby arugula topped with real crab and drizzled with a unique dressing of olive oil and lemon. The pizzas here feature such top-shelf ingredients as a truly sensual mozzarella, locally sourced Hazel Dell mushrooms and silky prosciutto.

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f you can get past the gas station parking lot setting and the lack of seating, you can enjoy some of Boulder’s finest authentic Mexican food at La Choza. A small stand adjoining the Sinclair gas station on the Diagonal Highway on the north side of town, it serves up inexpensive and tasty classics for breakfast and lunch — it closes at 3 p.m. Specialties include a perfect quartet of carne asada steak tacos, a variety of breakfast burritos and generously portioned tostadas.

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ush is an intriguing concept, a private supper club with no fixed address. The aim is to spotlight up-and-coming chefs in a non-restaurant setting. Hush’s first foray into the Boulder area was held at Colorado’s Best Beef farm, with a meal prepared by Tim Payne of Longmont’s Terroir. The menu featured smoked tomato gazpacho and port-braised short ribs over a potato cake stuffed with smoked brisket. Hush intends to stage more Boulder events, and one can get on the invite list by registering at www.hushdenver.com.

The Mediterranean Restaurant 1002 Walnut St., Boulder 303-444-5335

he Mediterranean Restaurant is the proverbial old reliable of Boulder eateries. Its voluminous assortment of Southern European pastas, sandwiches, tapas, salads and main plates means that anyone’s dietary restrictions or plain old pickiness can be ably accommodated. Highlights include tapas items like bacon-wrapped dates, grilled selections such as a highly flavorful hanger steak and classic desserts such as crème brulee.

Sun Deli, Pizza & Liquor 2299 Pearl St., Boulder 303-938-1128, 303-938-1078

hile the Sun Deli still retains its selection of hot and cold sand-

wiches, pizzas, cheese steaks and other items that delight the carnivore, it’s also making great strides in broadening its menu for the meatless diner. This eatery draws upon a substantial palette of meatless ingredients to create vegan and gluten-free pizzas, as well as strombolis stuffed with herbivorous sausage and pepperoni. Parmesan sandwiches are also available in meatless versions, with the faux chicken interpretation being a particularly delicious and filling selection.

Conor O’Neill’s 1922 13th St. Boulder, 303-449-1922

he menu here is a blend of traditional pub grub and breakfasts as well as more contemporary sandwiches and small plates. Entrées top out at $11.99 and include such UK stalwarts as fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, and pot pies. Sandwiches include standard-issue clubs and Reubens, while the Euro small plates offer sophisticated tastes of seared tuna, roasted piquillo peppers and an exquisite Thai shrimp skewer.

Half Fast Subs 1215 13th St. Boulder, 303-449-0404

easonably priced and tasty, Boulder’s Half Fast Subs’ sandwiches are a cut or two above chain-store offerings. There’s an abundance of meatless selections (tempeh cheese steak anyone?) as well as unique items like a shrimp po’ boy sandwich. Deli staples such as Italian-style subs and classic BLTs are also

ormerly housed on Main Street, Longmont’s Pinocchio’s offers comforting Italian in an elegant setting that belies the reasonable prices. Start with a pepperoni roll, a calzone-like concoction of cured meat and melted cheese. Follow it up with a classic pasta dish such as the homemade lasagna, and call it a day with the homemade Kentucky bourbon pie. For weekend breakfast, try one of the unique eggs Benedicts, including the signature version, which is made with shrimp.

Carelli’s of Boulder 645 30th St., Boulder 303-938-9300

arelli’s of Boulder successfully straddles the line between mom-and-pop and high-end Italian by offering a menu that won’t frighten off the old-school cuisine fan, while offering a swanky, contemporary setting. The menu will warm the heart of the traditionalist craving a bowl of minestrone, followed by a main course such as cacciatore, calzone, pizza or a parmesan sandwich. Highlights include seafood risotto and fettuccine carbonara. In addition, at Carelli’s the sandwiches, pastas and pizzas are also available gluten-free.

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hile it offers an impressive dinner menu, Mateo also has a terrific bar menu with discounted items served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Standouts on that menu include the cheese platter, featuring domestic and European selections, including a first-rate Italian goat’smilk blue. The moules, steamed mussels in a wonderfully balanced broth, melds licorice-like pastis with herbs and tomato. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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take notes as I watch films so that I can remember salient plot points, great effects, and idiotic story twists. During The Other Guys, I wrote down “buddy cop film from hell.” That might well sum up the weird mash-up that is The Other Guys, a movie that can’t decide if it’s a straight-up action film, a satire that skewers the wellworn buddy cop genre, or a daft, sophomoric comedy in the vein of Police Academy. NYPD super-cops Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson, who has become a parody of himself ) and Danson (the ever-likable Dwayne Johnson) overshadow everyone else in their precinct with their ludicrously over-the-top heroics in the line of duty. $12 million in damages to capture criminals with a quarter-pound of marijuana? All in a day’s work. Meanwhile, Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) is a hotshot detective demoted to desk work for a heinous gaffe that I won’t spoil, partnered with the annoying and cowardly Gamble (Will Ferrell). The Other Guys is rife with cinematic clichés, including another pair of cops that constantly tease them and a precinct captain (Michael Keaton at his comedic best) who moonlights at Bed, Bath & Beyond. The Other Guys is the product of more than one writer and some of the scenes feel more suited for an episode of Saturday Night Live than a film. Notable in that regard is the first argument between Hoitz and

Gamble, where Hoitz threatens that he’s a lion that’s going to swim out to Gamble’s “tuna” and eat him, to which Gamble responds by shattering the entire conceptual image in a scene that goes on far too long. It should have been an outtake. Gamble is a forensic accountant, boring and colorless, but married to the gorgeous Dr. Sheila Gamble (Eva Mendes) who he constantly refers to as his plain old lady. Hoitz is baffled by this and thinks she’s totally hot. Later we find out that Gamble has a backstory and had a very different personality when he was in college. The flashback sequence and introduction of his alter-

ego Gator is funny even if it’s totally predictable. I liked the therapy group “Counseling for Cops who Have Fired Their Gun in the Line of Duty” and the dry interchange between the tough-guy cops and therapist Zoe Lister Jones (as herself ). The tension between the force needed for effective law enforcement and the peaceful expectations of the community is a path that could be ripe for a more thoughtful satire, but director Adam McKay was clearly not interested in traveling down that road. There are a lot of cultural and cinematic references in the film too, notably a funny bit about learning to drive aggressively through playing the video game Grand Theft Auto. I’ve long suspected that it was a training ground for stunt drivers ... All too many comedies seem to now be a series of sporadically funny comic situations loosely tied together rather than a genuinely amusing storyline. Perhaps that’s the nature of comic films, but in a film like The Other Guys, where it bounces from sophomoric parody to expensive, well-staged action film and back within the course of a minute or two, the story is ultimately discarded in favor of the laughs. If that works for you, then this could be a pretty entertaining movie. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Down to business; business accomplished

etting low means getting down to business, in the parlance of the backwoods oddity played, wonderfully, by Robert Duvall in Get Low. Let’s get down to business, then. This film, calm but full of feeling, relays an intriguing story brought to life by some beautiful actors. Besides handing Duvall his best role since The Apostle back in the last century, director Aaron Schneider’s debut feature showcases a meticulously droll turn from Bill Murray and a pitch-perfect portrayal from Sissy Spacek as the one who knew the mysterious recluse before he planted a “No Damn Trespassing” sign on his land. The story comes from “a true tall tale,” as the ads say. In 1938, a Tennessee man who came from wealth, Felix Breazeale, lived with his mule in the woods. Before dying, well before, in fact, he set upon the idea of throwing himself a living funeral, with his land to be given away by lottery. He passed several years later. From this basic tale, Get Low goes its own way. It is defiantly old-fashioned in its carpentry and proudly Boulder Weekly

by Michael Phillips Playhouse 90 in its dramaturgical progression. Duvall’s Felix harbors a secret; that secret, which relates to the mystery of the raging fire we see in the prologue, explains why Felix did what he did and became what he became. The role harkens back to another role Duvall played half a lifetime ago, in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird: Boo Radley. The man at the center of Get Low is a local legend, a demon to some, a cipher to others. The story locale remains vague, though it’s implied we’re in late 1930s Missouri; if there’s an actor alive who looks more at home in this time and place than Duvall, I’d like to see him work. The aging cipher behind the Smith Brothers beard wants to throw himself a funeral party to hear what people have to say about him before he’s gone. Murray’s role is that of the local funeral director, Frank Quinn, a weasel in a weaselly little moustache, originally from Chicago (people, he sighs, really “know how to die there”). The second he realizes what Felix represents — “hermit money!” — Murray’s

characterization clicks quietly into place, and the result is a supporting performance that should jolly well be remembered come Academy Awards time. (As should Duvall’s performance.) Watch how Murray finesses the moment when Quinn ascertains what potential riches the funeral shopper before him represents. It’s a lesson in how not to tip one’s hand, yet how to mine nonverbal reactions for deadpan comic effect. First-time feature director Schneider achieves sincere results and a spare but evocative atmosphere on a modest budget. His work, at this stage, is more about clarity and honesty than honing a distinct visual style. At times, the script creaks; when one character takes his leave by saying “I’m outta here,” the anachronism bell rings. (Also, Lucas Black can do only so much as Quinn’s bland assistant.) Yet, when we arrive at the funeral party proper, attended by local townsfolk and visitors eager for a shot at the land, Duvall’s Felix takes the stage with a confessional monologue that grows richer and more moving as it unfolds. Spacek gets sadly fewer opportunities to show what she can do here, but you believe everything about her character. Get Low knows its business and gets down to it. I’m eager to see it again. —MCT, Tribune Newspapers Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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head, lonely, unable to connect and devastatingly hot. Who will rescue this forlorn, emotionally withdrawn dreamboat? Could it be feisty, beautiful Tess Carroll, his onetime classmate who plans to be one of the first women to sail solo around the globe? Charlie St. Cloud is a lesser, overly sentimental effort that incorporates love, family drama, bereavement, comedy, seagoing adventure and mystical uplift, like a Baskin-Robbins cone precariously balancing all 31 flavors. The nice thing about it is that Efron is not complacently relying on his looks, like a junior varsity Ben Affleck. At Twin Peaks, Century, Colony Square and Flatirons. — Colin Covert

Set in ancient Egypt under Roman rule, Agora follows the brilliant and beautiful astronomer Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), who leads a group of disciples fighting to save the wisdom of the Ancient World, as violent religious upheaval spills into the streets of Alexandria. Among these disciples are two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged Orestes (Oscar Isaac) and Davus (Max Minghella), Hypatia’s young slave, who is torn between his secret love for her and the freedom he knows can be his if he chooses to join the unstoppable surge of the Christians. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

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Blood On Our Hands: Morality and Violence in Movies

Longtime Denver filmmaker and actor donnie l. betts and Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput use movie violence as a springboard for a wide-ranging discussion about the role of morality in cinema art as it impacts both creators and consumers. Salon host and programmer Robert Denerstein moderates an evening of lively talk and provocative discussion (highlighted by clips from several films) with a program designed to focus disparate voices on an important topic with ample time for audience participation. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is a sequel to Cats & Dogs, a movie that was released nine years ago. Considering how bad the follow-up film is, they should have waited another nine — or 90

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Zac Efron stars in the very moody, very moist melodrama Charlie St. Cloud. — years. In a world where cats and dogs battle crime, bumbling police dog Diggs (voiced by James Marsden) is recruited by a secret dog spy organization to help stop the evil Kitty Galore (Bette Midler). Diggs must work with his natural enemy, the feline spy Catherine (Christina Applegate) to complete the mission. Anyone who was born after the original movie was released will probably find the kitties and doggies cute. Others will be faced with a movie that lacks originality and comes across like someone trying to teach an old dog a new

trick. Can’t be done. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rick Bentley Charlie St. Cloud

Charlie (Zac Efron) is a champion sailor heading to Stanford on an athletic scholarship when a horrible mistake ruins his dreams. His promising future crushed, Charlie signs on as caretaker of the local cemetery, where his cottage is a hideaway from reminders of his old life. He’s locked in his own

Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Cremaster 1 & 2

In Cremaster 1 (1996), a platinum starlet with twin hovering Goodyear blimps builds geometric patterns from red and green grapes, mirrored by Busby Berkeley-style showgirls on the blue Astroturf field below. Cremaster 2 (1999) is an eclectic mix of gender-bending sexuality and athleticism, obscure historical references, high fashion,

local theaters AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-7904262 Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore Thu: 11:30, 2, 4:20, 7 FriWed: 10:30, 12:35, 2:40, 4:45, 7:15, 9:20 Charlie St. Cloud Thu: 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 9:35 p.m. Despicable Me Thu: 2:20, 4:50, 7:10 Fri-Wed: 9:50, 12:05, 2:45, 5:05 Dinner for Schmucks Thu: 12, 2:35, 5:25, 7:55, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Eat, Pray, Love Fri-Wed: 10, 1, 4, 7, 10 Eclipse Thu: 11, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30 The Expendables Fri-Wed: 10:25, 12:50, 3:25, 5:50, 8:30, 10:55 Inception Thu: 12:50, 4, 6:45, 7:15, 9:55, 10:25 Fri-Wed: 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 The Kids Are All Right Thu: 11:40, 2:20, 5:15, 8:05, 10:35 FriWed: 12:15, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55 The Other Guys Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 12:20, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Ramona and Beezus Thu: 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:35 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 Salt Thu: 12:05, 2:45, 5:05, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World FriWed: 12:30, 3:05, 5:35, 8:15, 10:45 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Thu: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 FriWed: 7:10, 9:40

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Step Up 3 Thu: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:35, 10:05 Toy Story 3 Thu: 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1:40, 4:25 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore Thu: 11:40, 1, 2:25, 5:05, 7:15, 9:15 Fri-Wed: 4, 9:25 Charlie St. Cloud Thu: 11:50, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:35 Despicable Me Thu: 11:30, 12:50, 2, 3, 7:05, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 11:35, 2, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 Dinner for Schmucks Thu: 11, 1:50, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Wed: 11:05, 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10 Eat, Pray, Love Fri-Wed: 11:05, 12:40, 2:10, 3:55, 5:25, 7, 8:35, 10:10 The Expendables Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Inception Thu: 10:50, 12:30, 2:15, 3:50, 5:30, 7:10, 8:50, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11, 12:30, 2:15, 3:50, 7:15, 9:15 The Kids Are All Right Thu: 12:40, 3:15, 6:10, 8:55 Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Micmacs Thu: 12:25, 3:10, 6:15 The Other Guys Thu: 11:25, 12:45, 2:05, 3:25, 4:45, 6:20, 7:25, 9:10 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 12:55, 2:25, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 7:40, 9 Salt Thu: 12:10, 3:35, 7:35, 10 FriWed: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World FriWed: 11:20, 2:05, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Step Up 3D Thu: 10:45, 1:20, 4,

6:40, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:40, 4:45, 7:25, 10:15 Toy Story 3 Thu: 12 p.m. FriWed: 1:20, 6:40 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore Thu-Wed: 10:10, 12:50, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20 Charlie St. Cloud Thu-Wed: 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25 Despicable Me Thu: 11:40, 2:30, 5:10, 8, 10:30 Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:50, 4:30, 6:50, 9:30 Dinner for Schmucks Thu-Wed: 10, 1, 3:40, 7:05, 9:40 Eat, Pray, Love Fri-Wed: 11:40, 3:20, 7, 10:10 Eclipse Thu-Wed: 7:15, 10:05 The Expendables Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:30, 5, 8, 10:30 Inception Thu-Wed: 10:30, 2, 3:30, 7, 10:15 The Kids Are All Right ThuWed: 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:30 The Other Guys Thu-Wed: 10:40, 1:20, 4, 7:10, 9:55 Salt Thu:11:10, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, Fri-Wed: 11:10, 2:20, 4:50, 7:40 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World FriWed: 10:20, 1:10, 3:50, 7:45, 10:35 Step Up 3D Thu-Wed: 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Toy Story 3 Thu-Wed: 10:20, 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Twelve Thu 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:55 Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S.

Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-3521992 Agora Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 4, 6:45, 9:30 Cremaster 1 & 2 Thu: 4 p.m. Cremaster 4 & 5 Thu: 7:30 p.m. Patrick Age 1.5 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:50 Restrepo Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 FriWed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 Get Low Fri-Wed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 The Kids Are All Right Thu: 2:30, 4:30, 5:15, 7:15 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:30 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Countdown to Zero Thu: 4:15, 9:45 Cyrus Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 10 The Experiment Fri-Wed: 7:15, 9:30 The Girl Who Played with Fire Thu: 4, 7, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:45 I Am Love Thu: 7:15 p.m. Starz Film Center, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, 303-820-3456 Blood on Our Hands Thu: 7 p.m. Hoosiers Tue-Wed: 7 p.m. Jackie Brown Fri-Sat: 10 p.m. Jean-Michel Basquiat Thu: 5, 7:30 Living in Emergency Thu-Wed: 4:45, 7:15 Spoken Word Fri-Wed: 4:45, 7:15 Why Build Bridges for Peace?

Sun: 3 p.m. UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Cats & Dogs:The Revenge of Kitty Galore Thu: 11:30, 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Charlie St. Cloud Thu: 11:40, 2, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 10:15 p.m. Despicable Me Thu: 11:20, 1:35, 4, 7:15 Fri-Wed: 1:50, 4:10, 7:10 Dinner for Schmucks Thu: 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Wed: 1, 4:05, 7:25, 10:05 Eat, Pray, Love Fri-Wed: 12:50, 4, 7, 10 The Expendables Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:45, 10:10 Inception Thu: 12, 3:50, 7, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 9:50 The Other Guys Thu: 11:35, 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Ramona and Beezus Thu: 11:15, 1:40, 4:10, 7:35, 10 Salt Thu: 11:50, 2:10, 4:43, 7:40, 9:55 Fri-Wed: 1:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World FriWed: 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10 Step Up 3 Thu: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:45 Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 Toy Story 3 Thu: 11:25, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40 As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.

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remote locations, lush music and a range of category-defying mythopoeic imagery. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Cremaster 4 & 5

Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Roger Moore The Experiment

(Robert Forster) picks her up at the jail, he’s attracted to her, and they choose a romantic route with detours. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 94-minute deployment. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

In Cremaster 4, a flame-haired satyr (filmmaker Matthew Barney) slowly taps his way through an eroding floor into the sea, as competing color-coded motorcycle teams set off in opposite directions to circle the Isle of Man. In Cremaster 5, Ursula Andress (Dr. No) stars as the Queen of Chain, an audience of one for whom a lush operatic spectacle is performed by the Budapest Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra within a grand 19th century opera house. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

Based on a real-life incident at Stanford University in 1971, the story revolves around several dozen men who, as part of a scientific experiment, are chosen to simulate the roles of prisoners and guards to test the psychological effects of power and authority. Within less than a week things get so out of hand that the experiment is cancelled. The Experiment, starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker, is a remake of the 2001 German film called Das Experiment, which was loosely based on the Stanford Prison Experiment and the book Black Box. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

Cyrus

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In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends with Andy Warhol. Appreciated by both the art cognoscenti and the public, Basquiat was launched into international stardom. However, soon his cult status began to override the art that had made him famous in the first place. Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John (John C. Reilly) has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly (Marisa Tomei). The relationship takes off quickly, but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John’s house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly’s life: her son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill). At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

See full review on Page 51. Rated PG-13. At Esquire.

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander’s prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society — but no one can find her anywhere. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

Doctor Nic (Annette Bening) and her longtime partner, Jules (Julianne Moore), have two teenagers from the same sperm donor. When the kids make contact with the donor behind the moms’ backs, Mark Ruffalo’s easygoing restaurateur Paul shows up to stir this family’s pot a bit. Bening and Moore have never been looser on screen, and Ruffalo is the perfect foil. Rated R. At Flatiron, Esquire, Colony Square and Century. — Michael Phillips

Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series of graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim is about a Toronto dweeb (Michael Cera — who else?) smitten by one Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a girl with punky Day-Glo hair and an attitude of studied indifference. There’s a catch. Ramona informs Scott that she has had a colorful romantic past and that to win her hand he must battle and defeat her “seven evil exes.” Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Robert W. Butler.

Hoosiers

Living in Emergency

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Hoosiers tells the true story of a group of underdogs who become champions. Set in the 1950s, Hoosiers is about a hard-luck, unemployed college basketball coach (Gene Hackman) who gets a chance to coach a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team. Facing resentment from the community and the team itself, Hackman manages to inspire his young athletes, leading them to the state championship with the help of the assistant coach (Dennis Hopper), who happens to be a recovering alcoholic. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Set in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia, Living in Emergency interweaves the stories of four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under the most extreme conditions. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

See full review on Page 51. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, loosely based on the Mickey Mouse segment in Fantasia, Nicolas Cage plays Balthazar, a good sorcerer who can live forever and is trying to protect modern-day New York City and environs from the ravages of bad sorcerers played by Alfred Molina and Alice Krige. Once Balthazar presses young Dave (Jay Baruchel) into apprenticeship, the duo and Molina shoot fire-jets and balls of energy at one another’s heads. See full review on page 53. Rated PG. At Flatiron and Century. — Michael Phillips

I Am Love

Patrik, Age 1.5

Spoken Word

I Am Love tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi’s wife Emma. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Antonio and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

In this heart-warming and hilarious crowd-pleaser, Göran (Gustaf Skarsgård) is a doctor who’s married to his partner, Sven (Torkel Petersson), and Swedish authorities have cleared them for adoption. But no country seems to be willing to give a child to a homosexual couple. Göran refuses to give up his dream of having what so many others take for granted. Then Göran and Sven receive a letter with an offer from social services to take care of “Patrik, age 1.5,” a Swedish child who needs a new family. They happily accept the offer and prepare the nursery for the baby’s arrival. On the day that little Patrik is expected to arrive, a lanky teenager rings their doorbell. He says his name is Patrik and that he has come to live with them. They realize, horrorstruck, that their little baby Patrik is actually a juvenile delinquent; there has been a clerical error and a decimal point was misplaced. “Patrik, age 1.5” is actually “Patrik, age 15.” And to add insult to injury, he is also homophobic! At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

The hero of Victor Nunez’s drama about family, art and self-determination is one Cruz Montoya, a bright light of the West Coast poetry circuit who returns to his rural New Mexico when he learns that his father is dying. But once he gets home, he falls in with bad company left over from the old days, and he yields to the temptations of late-night revelry and easy drug money. Blurred and distracted, Cruz very nearly loses his poetic voice — and his artistic identity. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Ramona and Beezus

If Toy Story 3 had sprung, Slinky Dog-like, from any creative think tank besides Pixar, it might be considered a classic. As is, it’s a good sequel. Young Andy is heading off to college, and the long-neglected toys are headed for the attic. After mistakenly getting thrown to the curb as trash, the gang has to bust out of the day care center in which they find themselves. Make no mistake: This Disney/Pixar release represents a franchise taken seriously by its custodians. Rated G. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips

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The world’s most nefarious villain (voiced by Steve Carell) is planning the greatest crime in history — stealing the moon — when three orphaned little girls awaken his paternal instincts. Julie Andrews, Will Arnett and Russell Brand round out the voice cast of this 3-D computer-animated comedy. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Flatiron, Century and Colony Square. — Rene Rodriguez Dinner for Schmucks

This remake of a French farce has a lot of funny people going for it. In it, a wealthy businessman hosts a monthly soiree for which his employees must bring an idiot to dinner, and the best idiot wins. Tim (Paul Rudd) feels conflicted about this, but into his life (and off the front of his car) bounces a pluperfect dolt, played by Steve Carell. While cast members like Jemaine Clement and Zach Galifianakis play well, this schmucked-up American edition does the chortling for us and then scolds us for laughing. Or, in my case, not. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Eat, Pray, Love

Ryan Murphy, creator of TV’s Glee and Nip/Tuck, directs this adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir about a woman (Julia Roberts) who realizes she is unfulfilled, divorces her husband and goes on a trip around the world. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

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Eclipse finds Bella inching closer to her decision to marry Edward and become a vampire, thus breaking the werewolf heart of Jacob. The wolves and the vamps must unite to take on an army of vampiric “newborns.” Rated PG-13. At Flatiron and Colony Square. — Michael Phillips

Christopher Nolan’s knock-you-out-of-your-seat Inception is the blockbuster we’ve all been thirsting for, a sleek brain twister that makes the other 2010 mainstream releases look puny, drab and emptyheaded in comparison. Blithely summarized, Inception’s plot would seem confusing and impenetrable. Confusing? No doubt, and that’s what makes the film so enjoyable, as we try to tease and puzzle out what is really going on. Impenetrable? Hardly. Simply put, mainstream moviemaking just doesn’t get any better than Inception. Rated PG-13. At Flatirons, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Randy Myers

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The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s all-star mercenary movie, is a deliriously retro ride into Reaganera blockbusters. The brawn and testosterone (among other bulk-inducing substances) drip off the screen as Sly, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Terry Crews and Randy Couture go out rootin’, tootin’ and shootin’ black and brown people in various Godforsaken parts of the world. Rated R. At

Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) teams with his old buddy Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), just released from prison after serving four years for armed robbery. ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and cop Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) bust stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), who was smuggling money into the country for Ordell. Ordell springs Jackie, but when middle-aged bail bondsman Max Cherry

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If a film of such unfashionable gentleness fares indifferently or worse at the box office, it’ll only encourage the studios in the direction of the coarse, the obvious and the Shrek. But if Ramona and Beezus does find an audience, its success can be framed as brand loyalty to author Beverly Cleary’s children’s books. Rated PG. At Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Restrepo

Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews

Salt

Salt isn’t trying to reinvent anyone’s wheel. It’s quick and, like the condiment whose name it shares, Director Phillip Noyce’s run-like-hell thriller starring Angelina Jolie satisfies a basic human taste — something to go with the popcorn. Jolie plays a supertough superspook confronted one day with a Russian defector who accuses her of being a sleeper agent in the employ of Russians dreaming of oldschool world domination. Thus begin the running and the chasing. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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A tight-knit group of street dancers team up with an NYU freshman and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip-hop dancers in a highstakes showdown. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Colony Square, Century and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/McClatchy Tribune Media Services Toy Story 3

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The lucrative life of a high-school-dropout-turneddrug-dealer in New York’s Upper East Side sours when the dealer’s cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and his best friend is arrested for the crime. Rated R. At Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/MCT Media Service Boulder Weekly

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March 21-April 19:

When I studied method acting with David Mamet, he taught us to develop such a vivid imagination that we could taste the pretend coffee that we drank out of an imaginary cup. We’d feel the heft of the cup in our hand and the steamy heat rising. We’d hallucinate the bitterly flavorful smell, and the muscles of our face would move the way they might if we were sipping the real thing. Pop star Lady Gaga didn’t work with Mamet while she was maturing as an actress, but she got similar teachings. Recently, she told New York magazine that she can “feel the rain when it’s not raining.” And more than that: “I can actually mentally give myself an orgasm.” If you think that you will ever want to have that strong an imagination, Aries, now is a good time to start working toward that goal.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

When they say, “Go with the flow,” what “flow” are they talking about? Do they mean the flow of your early childhood conditioning? The flow of your friends’ opinions? The latest cultural trends? Your immediate instinctual needs? When they say “Go with the flow,” are they urging you to keep doing what’s easiest to do and what will win you the most ego points, even if it keeps you from being true to your soul’s code? I’m here to ask you to consider the possibility that there are many flows to go with, but only one of them is correct for you right now. And in my opinion, it is flowing in an underground cavern, far from the maddening crowd.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

“There would not be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere,” says a Sufi proverb. Why am I bringing this to your attention at this particular moment in your life story? Here’s the bad news: You’re in possession of some counterfeit gold that you think is authentic. Here’s the good news: Within a short time after waking up to the truth about the fake stuff, you will locate the real thing.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

Here’s a thought from the Cancerian philosopher Gaston Bachelard: “He who listens to the singing of the stream cannot be expected to understand the one who hears the singing of the flame: They do not speak the same language.” While I mostly agree with that poetic formulation, I think you’re about to be a temporary exception to the rule. Normally you are acutely attuned to the singing of the stream; your skill at reading its nuances are supreme among the zodiac. But I expect that in the coming days, you will not only have the power to appreciate the song of the fire; you’ll even be able to empathize with and understand people who are entranced by the song of the fire.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

Paul, a fortune-telling octopus in Oberhausen, Germany, had an amazing run of success predicting the results of World Cup competitions a while back. His technique? His handlers gave him a succession of choices between two tasty morsels, each representing one of the teams in a given match. The treat he picked to eat was the team whose victory he prophesied. I wish I could access his expertise to help me sort out your upcoming decisions. It’s really important that you not over-think the possibilities, but rather rely on simple gut reactions. Why don’t you pretend you’re an octopus, and imagine that each choice you have to make is symbolized by some food item. Ask yourself, “Which is yummiest?”

VIRGO

good listener you trust — someone who will encourage you to articulate the major developments in your life since your last birthday. Here are some other queries I’d pose: 1. How have you changed? 2. What long-term process needs to come to a climax? 3. What “school” are you ready to graduate from? (And by “school” I mean any situation that has been a hotbed of learning for you.)

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

The film Avatar hammers out such vehement anti-military, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist themes that it could have been endorsed by the leftist rock band Rage Against the Machine. And yet it’s the highest-grossing film in the history of the world. One critic marveled at its popularity in even the most conservative areas of America, noting that it got “a theater full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud the defeat of their country in war.” Your assignment in the coming week is to do what Avatar has done: Try to make sure that your opponents and skeptics are entertained by your message — maybe even excited and intrigued.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

I recommend that you enjoy an abundance of recreational time in the coming days, Sagittarius. But I hope that you will favor a rigorous physical challenge over lying lazily on the beach. I hope you will read great literature instead of mass market paperbacks, and that you’ll attend a brainbending workshop rather than being a spectator at a sports event. Catch my drift, Sagittarius? Say yes to embarking on a vision quest that scares the fear out of you and pumps up your spiritual ambition; say no to wasting away in a puddle of sluggish, circuitous daydreaming.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

Sixty-nine percent of conservatives think that hell is a real place, and over half of all liberals do. Shocking! Ridiculous! I hope that you, Capricorn, give zero credence to the idea that there is a realm of eternal damnation. In my astrological opinion, believing in hell would grossly interfere with your ability to know the truth about your life right now. So would an irrational fear of failure, an obsession with enemies, or a tendency to define yourself in opposition to bad stuff. Here’s the alternative: To thrive, all you have to do is accentuate what you love, identify what you want and focus on rewards.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

This is an excellent time for you to get more conscious and proactive about what images you bring into your life and surround yourself with. It’s always important to monitor the pictures flowing into your imagination, of course, but it’s especially crucial right now. Your mental and physical health are unusually dependent on it. So please, do yourself a big favor and gaze upon as much uplifting beauty as you can. Favor gardens over garbage dumps, soaring vistas over strip malls, interesting faces over scowling mugs.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20:

Every year smokers toss away over four trillion cigarette butts, fouling the environment terribly. But recently a few Chinese scientists embarked on the seemingly impossible project of finding value in this noxious waste. Collecting up big piles of discarded filters, they developed a process to extract chemicals that are effective at preventing corrosion when applied to steel pipes. Your assignment, Pisces, is to accomplish a comparable miracle: Turn some dreck or dross into a useful thing; discover a blessing in the trash; build a new dream using the ruins of an old pleasure.

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was Through the Looking Glass. As he wrote it, he invited his illustrator John Tenniel to offer editorial advice. In response, Tenniel tactfully suggested that Lewis cut out a certain chapter. Lewis agreed, and so the story, as we read it today, doesn’t include Alice’s meeting with a grumbling wasp who wore a bright yellow wig that sat disheveled on its head like a clump of seaweed. Think of me as your version of Tenniel, Virgo. As you finish up your labor of love, consider following my recommendation to omit the part that resembles a wasp in a wig.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22:

If you and I were sitting face to face and I asked you, “What are the most important lessons you’ve learned these last 11 months?” what would you tell me? I think you need this type of experience: an intense and leisurely conversation with a

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