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We chatted with Kelsy Peabody, owner/operator of the food truck Bounty for the Belly, about how business is going, her eventual restaurant hopes and what’s on the menu.

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Contributors Katie Cahill Taylor Ferraro Christopher Gallagher Bryant Liggett Jon E. Lynch Heather Narwid Cooper Stapleton Cyle Talley

Get Smart about making a record Been writing songs in your mom’s basement for a while? It might be time to turn that heartfelt ode to Bernie’s purity into a hit record. Let singer/songwriter Andrew Van Orsdale (above) tell you about his recent foray in the recording studio.

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8 Artist as advocate Whenever possible, artists should use their expressive platforms for more than just personal promotion, said singer-songwriter Garrett Lebeau, whose concert will benefit the San Juan Citizens Alliance.

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With its enormous collection of tap handles, it’s clear which breweries put time, creativity and energy into their tap handles, which range from generic and run-of-the-mill to elaborate, some incorporating chains, animals and tubes of hops. 11 Confessions of a 20-something waitress Taylor Ferraro debuts a new column about working in Durango’s service industry.

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Behold: An alternative to the illogical Rock-Paper-Scissors

ormally I shy away from universal pronouncements in writing: “Everyone knows that ...” Everyone has heard of ____” and the like. But I’m going to make an exception here: Everyone knows that rock crushes scissors, scissors cuts paper and paper covers rock. I don’t even have to tell you what I’m talking about because just the utterance of those words probably made you dream up a petty dispute with the guy sitting next to you just so you could solve it using one of three distinct hand gestures. There’s much to admire about RockPaper-Scissors, like its tradition, stretching back almost a couple thousand years in China before migrating to Japan about 500 years ago before taking over the rest of the world. Or the strategy and game theory behind a seemingly straightforward and simple game (google “rock paper scissors strategy” and you will most definitely learn “how to win at Rock-Paper-Scissors every time.”) There’s just one problem I can’t seem to get past with this beloved game: The reallife logic makes absolutely no sense. OK it makes a little sense: Scissors does beat paper. In the real world, scissors and paper are natural enemies as scissors are specifically designed to cleft paper in twain. While we use scissors for other things for sure, turning one piece of paper into multiple pieces of paper continues to be scissors’ primary use. But paper defeating a rock by “covering” it? C’mon! Physiologically impossible! If anything, instead of being defeated, a rock covered by paper would probably launch into a lecture on littering. Or perhaps a “thanks for the shade, bro” and go back to being a rock. And while a rock could absolutely be used to crush a pair of scissors, it

would take the hand of a violent (and likely angry) human or great ape to do so. Granted, scissors take an operator as well, but someone using scissors to cut paper is socially-acceptable behavior. Someone using a rock to smash a pair of scissors would by and large be cause for psychological evaluation. But there is hope. Given the contrived nature of Rock-Paper-Scissors, I present a solution, a new game. In this game, there are still three competing hand gestures where each beats one and gets beat by another. And the best part: (1) Each is a natural and logical enemy of the other and (2) the game is scientifically and physiologically accurate. I call it Fire-Water-Cold. I probably don’t even need to explain it but here goes: (1) Fire beats cold (you take a cold room and build a fire, the cold air becomes warm and is thus defeated) (2) Cold beats water. (Expose water to air that is cold enough and it becomes ice, altering the water’s chemical structure, making it immobile, albeit temporarily perhaps, and thus, defeated.) (3) Water beats fire. Sure there are other tools to beat fire (snuffing blankets, extinguishers, etc.) but water remains the go-to for destroying fires. What about the integral hand gestures? Simple. Fire is represented by four fingers pointing upward (like a campfire, get it?), water by four fingers pointing downward (like rain, or a ceiling’s fire sprinklers) and cold by four fingers pointing sideways (like a cold, steady wind). For a bit of optional flair, players may wiggle their fingers with each move to animate the gestures. The chances of Fire-Water-Cold unseating Rock-Paper-Scissors are slim, I know. If nothing else, I can now sleep better knowing there is a way to solve minor disputes in a way that makes natural, logical and physiological sense. Because, you know, science!

If I have one superpower, it’s this: Looking at a pile of clean laundry, I can walk over to the closet and pull the exact number of empty hangers for my clothes that get hung up. The frequency that this phenomenon occurs (roughly 83 percent of the time) is astounding. One time I was left with two extra hangers, which shocked me. But then I remembered I had set two winter shirts aside to be folded and stored for the summer. My hanger estimations are the bright part of the one aspect of laundry I don’t much care for, the folding. Beyond that, I love everything about the chore. I love the purring sound a washer makes when in mid-cycle and the whirring a dryer makes, punctuated by the staccato pops of zippers and the coins I forgot to take out of my pocket. I love having all my clothes clean and having full run of my A-list shirts and pants. Or better yet, I love discovering a favorite shirt at the bottom of the hamper that had been worn at the beginning of a clean-clothes cycle and nearly forgotten about by the time it was washed two weeks later. And there’s almost no greater feeling than putting on a big sweater straight from dryer and letting the toasty softness take me to an enchanted place of plush clouds, warm blankets and soothing April freshness. — David Holub

Hate it Laundry is an enormous time commitment. To begin with, there’s never just one load. You’re supposed to separate your clothes into lights and darks. Or whites, lights and darks? I don’t really know. Then there’s the possibility of delicates, items that must be washed “gently” or else everything goes to hell. And after washing stuff for 40 minutes, you gotta put everything in the dryer for another hour. Longer if you’re washing something big, like a comforter. But wait! First remove all those pieces that will inevitably shrink in the dryer – those need to air dry. So many decisions: warm water, cold water, hot water. You might think you know how something gets washed, but you’re probably wrong. I only recently learned that hot water destroys the integrity of stretchy jeans. Have you ever ruined your clothes by accident? It’s easy. I might also have laundromat PTSD from living in NYC, where you lug large batches of your personal stuff down city streets and then sit for hours inside one of the least-pleasant communal meeting spots on Earth. All the washers or dryers will be taken when you get there. And if you do manage to grab one, but don’t remove your clothes promptly once they’re done (like within 45 seconds), they’ll be dumped on the floor or stolen. People are pissed off. Your socks get mixed in with someone else’s. You always lose at least three socks. It’s chaos. At least in Durango I have my own washer/dryer, a relative miracle. — Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

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On making a record Been writing songs in your mom’s basement for a while? It might be time to turn that heartfelt ode to Bernie’s purity into a hit record. Let singer/songwriter Andrew Van Orsdale tell you about his recent foray in the recording studio. What was the impetus to go into the studio? I’ve been writing songs for six years now and have been kinda working on ’em, learning how to play ’em as I learn how to write ’em, and I’m kinda at a point now where I want to get them down on wax, so to speak. You know, make ’em permanent so in a hundred years they’d be there for someone to listen to.

record – you’ve lost sight of the song once you want a thousand didgeridoos on it. You’re hiding behind stuff. I want to get down to the essence. Only with essence is there truth [laughs]. What do you walk away with?

I don’t know if a record can ever be finished. You might listen to an old record and you’re like, “You know, I think they need to add a What surprised you french horn there.” Remost about the expecords are very temporal rience? things, whereas a song is a permanent thing. A record An engineer and a cohort might never be finished – sort of take what you thought even the greatest records, would happen and evolve it. the people who made them It can evolve into something go back and think, “You good, which is what happened know, the bass is too high,” here, or it can devolve into or “I hit that snare drum a something bad, and I’m sure David Holub/DGO little too hard.” You ask any that’s why a lot of bands break »» Andrew Van Orsdale plays a guitar track while recording his album at Scooter’s Place recording studio in Durango. recording artist 10 years up or projects don’t really take later and they’re sure to off, because whatever was in want to change something. the mind of the songwriter as a songwriter to a recording artist. I’ve it make sense from To hear Humans have been making music for he got into the studio with his been a songwriter for six years and a another artist’s the track hundreds of years, but we’ve only been bandmates sort of falls apart. recording artist for three days. “OK, perspective. The “Troubles” recording it for what, a hundred? Who That’s, in large part, why the how do I turn a song into a record?” I point of the record off Andrew Van knows if records will continue and it Beatles broke up. Lennon and Mcdon’t really know how to do that yet. is to have it make Orsdale’s new won’t just evolve back to listening to Cartney were coming to the studio, It’s learning as I go. Drawing from sense to a listener. record, go to people play around a campfire – or a and Ringo and George didn’t really influences, from sounds that I like, aesA songwriter sits at dgomag.com bar, which is today’s campfire. Records share the vision. thetic values that I hold to be correct in home, nothing’s goare a creation of the 20th Century, so record-making. Getting collaborators ing to happen to the How’s about an example? it’ll be interesting to see where it goes in, because they bring a new perspecsong until somebody records it and puts The first song we did, I think I had the from here. But songs’ll always be. We tive to things. it out into the world. Whereas a record, beats per minute at 132, and we ended play songs that were written hundreds you are making to put out into the Describe your aesthetic valup recording it at something like 160. of years ago, so I think that the song is world. A song, it’s more about structure ues. Getting a drummer in there playing it, the key thing and the record is just a and, especially with lyrics, something of you realize, “Oh, maybe I was wrong way for the artist to support himself to People playing instruments is the main value that can spark interest in another in my planning.” It’s sort of like that make more new songs. thing. Not a lot of edits or overdubs. artist to then take that song and record military metaphor about the test of a Once you start piling things on, you it. That’s why the Grammys have Song leader is when the plan fails. Cyle Talley’s dog ate ¾ of a pound of distract from the main performance. and Record of the Year. They’re two butter this week and it ended predictI like bands. Rock ’n’ roll or even jazz completely different things. What’s the difference beably poorly. Three words: hot butter barf. combos. Small collections of people tween writing a song and What was most difficult? You’re welcome. If there’s something you’d trying to make a song a reality. Brian making a record? like to Get Smart about, email him at: Wilson – or Dewey Cox in “Walk Hard” Understanding what I wanted for the The priority in writing a song is to have cyle@cyletalley.com wanting a thousand didgeridoos on a songs. I put on a new hat, going from �� Thursday, July 21, 2016 | 5

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Missing punk-grassabilly Split Lip Rayfield would be stupid

hey are fearless and unapologetic as old and new fans look and listen in disbelief at the onstage speed and aggression coming from one of the most honest bands on the independent circuit today. Some of the instruments are bluegrass, and maybe there is something among their sound Bill Monroe or Ralph Stanley would have approved of. But there are also nods to metal, outlaw country and punk, as Kansas’ Split Lip Rayfield wears many musical influences on many musical sleeves. The trio of banjo, guitar player and vocalist Eric Mardis, mandolin, guitar player and vocalist Wayne Gottstine, and vocalist and gas-tank bass player Jeff Eaton will return to Durango on Tuesday when they play the Balcony Backstage. Bluegrass popularity has spawned a handful of black T-shirt-clad metalheads wailing on acoustic instruments, but as Split Lip Rayfield moves into its third decade, they’re recognized as innovators in the “punk-grassabilly” genre, or whatever genre you put them in as they sing about train wrecks and murder, jilted lovers and factory jobs, car crashes and redneck tailgate dreams via country shuffles, aggressive ballads and straight up rock ’n’ roll. For fans of live music, missing this would be stupid. Bluegrass and alternative roots people could be drawn to its acoustic appeal, while fans of punk and metal should bow to their aggression and tempo. It’s a rock band for sure, but there’s broad appeal via the musical ground covered. And for god-sake, Eaton

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to cancer in 2007. “I think the fact that it was a happy accident in the first place, the band just happened,” said Mardis. “We all get along; no one had any debilitating Nikki Sixx-style heroin addictions, and it just continues. We all have done other things, and we branch out, and this always been a creative crossroads when the three of us – or four of us – would get together. It just kind of happened, and so it continues.” Mardis likes metal, and speaking to him about the band somehow branched out to Ronnie James Dio, along with how the time spent recording their forthcoming record was a lonPhoto by Ryan Hendrix/Courtesy of Split Lip Rayfield ger time spent than when Boston recorded the quesBryant’s Best tionable “Third Stage.” It also revealed a general excitement about their new record, what he describes Saturday: Black Market Electric and Six Dollar as a dark album thick with guitars. Conversation String Band for 2nd Avenue Sports 10th anniveralso reveals the closeness of the band members, a sary, 4 p.m. No cover. 640 East Second Ave. Informacamaraderie that comes out in records and on stage, tion: 247-4511. and a uniqueness to a band that has held onto a core Tuesday: Rock music with bluegrass instruments lineup as they move into their 22nd year. with Split Lip Rayfield, 9 p.m. $10. Balcony Back“What I’ve said a million times is that being in a stage, 600 Main Ave. Information: 259-9018. band is like having a couple of ugly, platonic wives that you travel around with,” said Mardis. “It’s like having this bonded relationship. I’m creeping plays a one-of-a-kind bass built from a gas tank from myself out now, it’s not that bad, but if you live in a a 1970s-era Ford automobile. bubble like a van with people for that long you get Split Lip Rayfields first record in eight years will pretty close.” come out this fall, and they continue to make music on their own terms, an ideology they’ve maintained as they came and went with Bloodshot Records, and Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station dealt with losing founding member Kirk Rundstrom manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

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[sound] What’s new Deepakalypse,“Floating On A Sphere” Available: Now via Everloving Records as a downloadable album, a digipak CD and what appears to be limited quantities on vinyl/LP formats

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Deepakalypse. This record came across my desk at work, as do anywhere from 75 to a 125-ish albums a week, and I was instantly – though off-handedly – intrigued. Given the weight of the world the last couple weeks, what has felt like a moral and societal collapse of all things, like the constant barb of reading and watching the news, the artist’s name immediately had my attention. The album artwork certainly piqued my curiosity as a kid who grew up at the local Rexall manhandling copies of “Cracked” and “MAD” magazine. Sonically, I was so taken by the record that upon its conclusion, I started it over again for what would be eight or nine days of listening to little else. Not easy to characterize, I’d call the recordings low-fi, indie-leaning rock. Guitar, bass, minimalist percussion, synth and the occasional kazoo (which is thankfully subtle enough to not be obnoxious, as that “instrument” is wont to do). This was a fantastic surprise of an album. I like that there is very little information on the artist, not much of an internet presence it seems, which is as refreshing as the record itself.

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Artist as advocate

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»» Headlining a San Juan Citizens Alliance fundraiser, Garrett Lebeau has a message behind his music off of sponsorships. Whenever possible, artists should use their How specifically has expressive platforms for the music industry more than just personal changed in ways that make it harder for repromotion, said singercording artists to have songwriter Garrett careers? Lebeau, who suggests In the old days, you had a record that since the advent company and they’d invest of the internet, speakmoney and do the marketing and ing out about political, legwork to get you out there. If environmental or social you had even a minor hit, you issues is riskier than ever could kind of be guaranteed a for people in the public career based on you breaking through to some sort of public eye – but still essential. consciousness. Then the internet Lebeau is a member of caused the destruction; they the Shoshone tribe and didn’t get ahead of it and figure grew up on the Wind out how to license and protect River Reservation in music. Nowadays, people don’t Wyoming. Now living in expect to pay for music – they Texas, he’s traveling from Courtesy of Garrett Lebeau expect to get it for free. Ma»» Garrett Lebeau will play in the San Juan Citizen’s Alliance fundraiser concert Saturday, July 23 jor artists are selling less than Austin to play in a fund150,000 copies of a new record, raising concert Saturday and that’s a big deal. If you at the Powerhouse SciGO! compare that to the past, if you had sold that many as ence Center; the show benefits the San What: San Juan Citizens Alliance Live Show a new artist you could’ve lost your gig. Record labels Juan Citizens Alliance, an organization aren’t taking chances on anybody. They look at the When: 7-9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23 that works to protect the air, water and last cycle of their consumers and focus on what the Where: Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camiland of the Four Corners. We spoke with consumers want. Everything has skewed to making no del Rio Lebeau about the negative ramifications money, to the extent that it becomes anti-artistic. Cost: Free It’s hard to make any money off of recorded music, of change in the music industry and his so you’ve gotta tour; it used to be you’d only tour to attempts to rise above it. How would you describe your genre or breed of music? It’s like funk, soul, blues and folk music. I describe it as sort of a folk approach to R&B, and what I mean by that is it’s a little more organic, not very hype-y. How did growing up on the Wyoming Wind River Reservation inspire you musically? There’s not a lot going on out there. It’s a lot of blue skies and prairie. I think somehow all that space crept into the music. I don’t fill my music up with a bunch of stuff. And the rhythm aspect of it also comes, on some level, from being native – it’s a very tribal thing. Most music in tribal cultures is centered on a rhythm rather than on harmony and melody. You witnessed oil and gas development on the reservation. How did that affect your interest in advocacy? Where I grew up was close to Pinedale in Wyoming. So the Jonah Field [a large natural gas field in Wyoming] came in, and by the time they closed, the pollution there was worse than in L.A. You had this prior

pristine, very sparsely populated area, then oil hits and by the end of that you have air quality problems. That was crazy to me. That kind of changed my thinking. Why do you think it’s important for musical artists to be advocates for broader causes outside the artistic or creative industry?

Historically, artists would always stand up and speak out. There was a definite connection between people becoming more aware of issues and artists having something to say about them. But that has changed a lot with the rise of social media. People don’t want to offend anybody now, and if you have something going for yourself you don’t want to make any waves. Just in general, it’s so hard to be a musician today, harder than ever, so if you do have any kind of success you want to protect it. People associate success with being attached to money, and in the past we’d never think of getting a Coca-Cola endorsement as a major victory. It was considered a sellout move. But now since it’s so hard to make money and the recording industry has been decimated, a lot of people are living

promote your new album.

Do you have to tour to supplement your income? I’ve incubated my talent here in Austin. But I need to get out on tour, too. And I need to figure out how to manipulate these new tools so people will find out about me. It’s difficult, having to continually sell myself. It takes a lot of gas out of the artistic tank. I think that’s affecting music, because the people who are rising to the top ... it doesn’t so much have to do with their music, it has to do with them being good self-promoters. They’re shameless. What are you working on now? I just recorded a new album. We’re doing EPs now, since it’s hard to get albums out to all the people and properly distribute it. A lot of people are abandoning the album concept and focusing on singles. Then it becomes about “Is this tune catchy?” instead of writing an album that’s a good listen. But I’m not buying into any of this crap that albums don’t matter. I think they matter more than ever. —— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

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Durango’s brightest food truck You’ve probably seen a bright red truck parked downtown at 11th and Main, bearing the alliterative Bounty for the Belly logo; a girl in a straw hat and plaid shirt sitting jauntily atop a giant apple, the outlines of a knife and meat fork behind her. Kelsy Peabody is this truck’s owner, manager and sole employee. She presents one of the tragically few food truck options in Durango, parked in the same lot as Mariano’s Indonesian/Thai food truck (it’s yellow), and Tom, who doesn’t have a truck but makes Philly cheese steaks under a tent. There’s nary a sandwich shop downtown, and few non-restaurant spots from which to grab a quick bite – but here comes Bounty to the rescue. We chatted with Peabody about how business is going, her eventual restaurant hopes and what’s on the menu. When did you set up? I moved to Durango on Memorial Weekend of last year, and it took a year to get things up and running because of all the rules and regulations. It was difficult, but I feel like the city is way more on board with it now than they were. I think some of the brick and mortar restaurants had scuffs about it in the beginning. They think food trucks can just pull up and start cooking food, but that’s not the case. We have to go through the health department, the fire department, the city. We have to do all the permitting, the same as any other place. They’re like, ‘Oh, you don’t have to pay property tax.’ But I do! I’m paying a landlord to be parked here. Places like Homeslice, Zia and Cream Bean Berry all started small. Katie [Burford] from Cream Bean was selling ice cream out of a little cart, then went up to the school and had a commissary at the fairgrounds. Homeslice literally built a building around their food truck on the north side of town. They all started like that, then realized it wasn’t the best route for this area. You have to have foot traffic. Durango is not like Portland,

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»» Kelsy Peabody speaks to a visitor from inside her food truck “Bounty For The Belly” earlier this summer. where people are like, ‘Let’s go to the food truck court.’ It’s not a destination. You have to embed it in people’s brains. Is a restaurant your eventual hope? Yeah. It would be good to make a name for myself first. I come from a restaurant background, my parents owned a restaurant in Detroit for 41 years, and I was the chef there for 10. When are you open? Monday through Friday 11 to 4. And starting last week through the end of September, I have gigs booked every weekend as a food vendor. How is business? It’s good. There’s a lot of regular customers. You see a lot of familiar faces, and I feel like word of mouth is traveling quickly. It helps to do those outside events because they recognize your logo and it jogs their memory. It’s been a little over two and a half months that I’ve been open. I didn’t know what to expect, because there’s not a lot of people here to base it off of. Social media is a pretty scary but phenomenal

thing. Just yesterday there was a guy who hadn’t even left the parking lot – he sat and ate here and then got in his car – and was already writing a review. Which is awesome! That local presence, people wanna tell their friends about where they had a great meal. Why did you open in Durango? I went to culinary school in Denver. I’m not a city girl, and I wanted to figure out how to get back to the mountains and not deal with all the hustle and bustle. And coming from a smaller suburb outside of Detroit and being in the family restaurant business, you understand how you have to work within a community to be a small business owner. I felt like Durango would be a pretty cool spot to dive headfirst into community involvement. People are totally on board with the local produce and local meats. So your food is locally grown? Yeah. I’m working with a couple different farms around here. Buying chuck from James Ranch that’s going in the pot roast sandwich. Getting chicken sausage from Gosar in Monte Vista.

How did you construct your menu? It’s small, since I have a small space to work out of. I wanted to cover all the bases. They’re all more than enough food for what people say is a great price. You get a sandwich that will fill you up for $8 or $9. And I have a Brussel sprout salad, which a lot of people ask about and they’re like, ‘I don’t know how I feel about brussel sprouts ...’ and then they dive right in and say, ‘I’m gonna tell everyone about it.’ And I’m doing a chilled gazpacho, so kind of a healthy, refreshing soup for the summer. The menu seems to be working for now, and it’ll change with the seasons. Will you be open in the winter? Yes, but in a different spot. With permitting you’re only allowed to be in one spot for six months, so I have to move at the end of October. —— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold This interview has been edited lightly for clarity and space.

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[beer]

Lady Falc’s coolest

tap handles It stands to reason that the place with Durango’s best selection of beers on tap also has the best collection of tap handles. Delineating the 38 different beers on tap at Lady Falconburgh’s (as of Monday) and hanging from the ceiling, are hundreds of different tap handles, creating a gallery of sorts, and it’s clear which breweries put time, creativity and energy into their tap handles, which range from generic and run-of-the-mill to elaborate, some incorporating chains, animals and tubes of hops. “Some of the beers they don’t even make anymore,” said Lady Falc’s owner Miguel Ramos, who bought the establishment a year and half ago. “I was like, ‘Sweet! I don’t know what to do with (them) but it looks cool.’” Ramos said every new beer they pour comes with a new tap handle. And while

the handles technically belong to the breweries, they don’t seem eager to get them back. While Alaskan Brewing Co. is the most consistent brewery in terms of elaborate handles with its 3-dimensional animals, Ramos said the trends are changing. Instead of each beer having its own distinct handle, one new approach is for each brewery to have the same handle equipped with different stickers to differentiate each beer. Other breweries like New Belgium now send the same tap handle but with interchangeable tops for different beers. If these trends hold and the emphasis on elaborately impressive tap handles goes away, Laday Falc’s might just have a museum collection on its hands. —— David Holub

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[Confessions of a 20-something waitress]

Taylor Ferraro

Hello, my name is Taylor and I’ll be taking care of you

»» Clockwise from top left, Johnny Appleseed, Marble Brewery, New Belgium Brewing, Odell Brewing Co., Oskar Blues Brewery, Spoetzl Brewery, Santa Fe Brewing Co., Rogue Ales, Eddyline Brewing, Dogfish Head Brewery, Ayinger Brewery, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Alaskan Brewing Co., and Voodoo Brewery.

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grew up cold in smalltown Gunnison at the Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery. Like many others, my childhood consisted of imaginary friends, playing pretend and evolving in my own creative, crazy way. Long after I stopped seeing my imaginary friends, and before I really “grew up,” I found myself nervously driving over Red Mountain Pass on my way to Fort Lewis College. To be clear, I was mostly nervous about meeting so many new people and making the perfect impression, not so much about the crumbling, winding road. Weird. I started out a shy, 18-year-old accounting major. I didn’t really have an identity and thought that college would create one for me. Two years into my accounting degree and I still couldn’t find the person, or rather the identity, I had been searching for all over campus. It clearly wasn’t in the business department. In an effort to find my future, I took a semester of grabbag classes and landed upon the treasure I had been seeking. After working on my business brain for two years, I decided to take a completely different direction and declared English Communications as my major. Throughout my various college jobs, I completed an internship at The Durango Herald as a reporter. It was rough at first, but after clocking hours of computer time writing articles and obituaries, I had finally found something that I was interested in: Other people. Writing helped me find my imagination again and a little piece of my childhood self. In addition to completing my internship at the Herald, I became involved with KDUR, the college radio station, 91.9 and 93.9 FM for those of you who haven’t listened. I started out hosting a midnight to

3 a.m. show once a week, gradually moved my way up to producing and editing content, and after graduating college, worked briefly as the office manager before dedicating my days to working as a massage therapist. Radio gave me the opportunity to outgrow my shyness, and I still host a show every Monday morning from 6 to 8 a.m. (Give a listen!) So, if you’ve made it this far, you have basically taken in my glorified résumé. However, I have neglected to mention that in addition to being a KDUR DJ, massage therapist and writer, I am also a waitress at the Red Snapper! Which is what brought me here, to DGO. This weekly column will be dedicated to exploring different perspectives and facets of the service industry and nightlife in Durango. Topics will be light hearted and good humored, but informative. At the very least you will get a glimpse of the ups and downs of the industry from a server’s perspective. You can also look forward to reading about how industry workers wind down after each shift, how many miles a server walks on the average night/week/month, why you should never write “cash” in the tip line of a credit card receipt and the tipping policy in general. There will also be focus on how different industry workers define and provide exceptional service and hospitality, how customers expect to be treated when dining out, and I’m sure somewhere along the way you will hear about waiter/ waitress pet peeves. If there is a topic you would like to see in the magazine, email me at tferr8@hotmail.com. I am open to any and all ideas! Taylor Ferraro provides five-star service and entertainment at the Red Snapper. She is also a massage therapist and KDUR DJ. Contact her at tferr8@ hotmail.com.

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[games]

Putting the

Illustration by David Holub/DGO; images via Nicescene/Shutterstock.com

»» Pokémon Go is a mobile game that’s

sweeping our city and the entire planet. We investigated the app’s influence on exercise, how it fosters a sense of community and local business involvement.

in Durango By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

DGO Staff Writer

n case you’ve been living under a rock or inside some damp, dark cave for the past couple of weeks, Pokémon Go is the latest worldwide phenomenon – and surprisingly, it’s a positive (and nerdy) development. The free “augmented reality” app recently surpassed Twitter, Snapchat and Tinder for number of active mobile users. When people would rather play a game than overshare their personal lives or get laid, you know you’ve got something special. Working with the GPS in your smartphone, Pokémon Go allows players to interact with and catch “Pokémon,” colorful pocket monsters with charming names like “Squirtle” and “Charmander.” The video game originally hailed from Japan and was big in the ’90s on Gameboy (the O.G. smartphone). There was also a popular TV series. But the new app kicks things into high gear, cleverly integrating Pokémon into the real world via your phone’s camera. You might open the game and see a Pokémon sitting boldly atop your kitchen table or chilling across the street in front of your favorite pizza joint. Then you launch a Poké Ball at it (a red and white circular prison), hopefully snatching the creature’s freedom away forever. Unlike Tamogatchi – a handheld digital pet also hailing from Japan and a huge toy fad in the ’90s – you needn’t nurture your Pokémon or make sure it sleeps and poops regularly. The game doesn’t teach kids to become responsible parents or dog owners. You can “train” Pokémon to be better warriors, but it’s a hardly an involved process.

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There are some inappropriate spots where you shouldn’t try to ‘catch ‘em all.’ The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland (the Holocaust memorial) has had problems with players coming to catch Pokémon on the property, apparently oblivious to the space’s sacred commemoration of the deaths and suffering of millions. The Westboro Baptist Church saw controversy when it was listed as a “gym” in the app (a place where Pokémon Trainers go to train their clan) and one user quickly “claimed” it using a creature named Clefairy with the nickname “LoveIsLove.” Famous for its opposition of LGBT rights, the church wasn’t amused. The game has threatened both lives and relationships: Last week a driver in Auburn, New York, crashed his car whilst distracted by the app, and when the game first launched in the U.S., an employee of the New York Daily News named Kate Feldman (@ kateefeldman) tweeted: “A guy just told his girlfriend to hold the train while he

caught a Pokémon and she got on and left without him.” This was retweeted almost 10,000 times, as Twitter users reveled in the drama.

Businesses on board Durango is an active participant in the spectacle so far. Last week, Cream Bean Berry offered gift certificates to whomever took the best screenshot of a Pokémon on their favorite piece of public art. La Plata County Humane Society encouraged people to stop by and walk dogs while trying to secure rare Pokémon or hatch an egg (a task that requires a lot of walking). One of the best aspects of the game – which has people more yoked to their cell phones than ever – is that players have to travel to track down beasts, forced to physically encounter historical landmarks or local parks. Specific Pokémon correspond to where you are geographically; there aren’t many water Pokémon in Durango (unless you’re by Continued on Page 14

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You can’t play unless you walk. My poor dog. She’s like, ‘Really? We’re going to go again?’ And my Fitbit is like, ‘Really? You hit all your goals? Did I get stolen?’ It came out July 6th and the previous week, I had only done 2.26 miles on a random day. And then yesterday [the 13th], I walked seven. I had to climb Smelter and see if there were any cool Pokémon up there.

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Pokémon hotspots

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Here are a few notably good spots around town to catch Pokémon, according to our sources.

the river), but there are plenty of rock and fire types, as we’re in a dry and mountainous region. The Steaming Bean has used the craze to their advantage, incentivizing customers with a sign boasting free Wi-Fi and an ideal playing position. The intersection where you’ll find the Bean and Irish Embassy has three PokéStops practically on top of each other. “I don’t know what to call it yet, but I’m trying to think of a cool name like “the Bermuda Poké Triangle” or something,” said Stuart Johnston, Steaming Bean employee. “If I stand right here I can hit all three. People normally put lures on them and that attracts Pokémon to the stop. I’ve been at this intersection at 2:30 in the morning and there’s 40 people here. You leave your house to go hunting, like, ‘I don’t have anything else to do right now ...’” Though neither Johnston nor Bean manager Erica Fendley has noticed a spike in business, it’s smart to connect with customers this way. Just keep in mind that barging into a business to catch Pokémon with no intention of purchasing anything is frowned upon.

»»Main and Ninth/10th Street »»The park at east Second and 33rd Street »»Model Tire Store at east 12th Street and Main »»Applebee’s parking lot »»Powerhouse Science Center »»Between Rotary Park and the fish hatchery »»Durango Community Recreation Center »»Santa Rita Park »»Durango Public Library —— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Positive social effects Plenty of players have praised the game’s impact on their exercise regimen and mental health. “It’s gotten everybody outside,” said Tyler Frakes, a 33-year-old Durango resident and avid player. “You can’t play unless you walk. My poor dog. She’s like, ‘Really? We’re going to go again?’ And my Fitbit is like, ‘Really? You hit all your goals? Did I get stolen?’ It came out July 6th and the previous week, I had only done 2.26 miles on a random day. And then yesterday [the 13th], I walked seven. I had to climb Smelter and see if there were any cool Pokémon up there.” Jessica Dufur, 26, hails from Aztec

Frakes

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»» A sign at the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska, informs “Pokémon Go” players that it’s illegal to trespass on federal property. The staff started noticing an uptick of people in the parking lot after the location was included as a gym in the popular game.

but was found wandering around Santa Rita Park (the Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive is a PokéStop). “Normally I might go to the

park and walk around, but it’s just one park,” said Dufur. “Today I was like, ‘Let’s go to Durango and just go everywhere.’ We’ve been in Durango

since 8 this morning. We literally came to walk around and play Pokémon. And tomorrow we’ll be running around Aztec catching them.” The game is also bringing generations together; parents chauffeur their kids around to find Pokémon in different locales, and adults are reconnecting with their former childhood glory days. “I could see my mom playing it, and she’s 66,” said Dufur. “I would have to show her ... she wouldn’t even be able to work my phone! But she would play.” Some responses are almost suspiciously zealous. “I’ve heard people say it has given their life meaning,” said Johnston. “Like they’re so unproductive with their life, and then all of a sudden they have this game they want to go out and play.” In fact, enough Durangoans have been patrolling the streets in the wee hours to attract Durango police attention. Continued on Page 15

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The downsides Be warned: Thanks to GPS, this app can tell where you go, how long you stayed there and which other players were around. “When you log in, there are two options: you can log in with the Pokémon trainer’s club or Google,” said Frakes. “And now they’re not giving out any new trainer club logins, so you have to use Google – and it gives complete access.” Niantic, which developed the game for Nintendo’s Pokémon brand, claims that Pokémon Go “only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your User ID and email address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected.” But you’re still not totally safe. Robbers have already used the game to lure players into a trap.

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“The cops are having fun with it, too,” said Johnston. “I was out two nights ago and I think I was right next to the fire station at 4 in the morning, trying to come home. I got pulled over by a marshal who was like, ‘What are you doing out this late?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m just Pokémon hunting,’ you know.’ Two more squad cars pulled up. They were cracking up. Granted, they were having me talk about it so they could see if I was sober or not.”

Call me today! 720-837-4507 Two 15-year-old boys who have been playing nonstop since the game’s release (one wearing a yellow Pikachu shirt) assured me the game is crafting solidarity between kids and grown-ups, all frolicking together in search of monsters. It’s a nice vision of community, and a common interest helps foster friendships – but the primary interest here is in an app, not other human beings. The game doesn’t educate players on real world matters or inspire complex thought. “It’s super disrespectful,” said Johnston, who admits many customers order coffee from him without glancing up from their phones at all. The game also tricks participants into spending money. “You could wait and not spend money, but it would take a lot longer to advance,” said Johnson. “You won’t level up as fast.” The impatient and competitive will shell it out. Complaints aside, Pokémon Go has seen admirable success with lugging cyberspace-addled people off their home computers and thrusting them into the sunlight. It’s still up for debate as to whether masses walking around glued to their phones is a categorical improvement. One hopes people look up occasionally to notice the world’s wonders – but if you look up, you might miss the chance to catch a Mewtwo. And that would suck.

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foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family.

Lights Out Playing at Stadium 9 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Horror Directed by:

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home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure what was and what wasn’t real when the lights went out. And now her little brother is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie, has re-emerged.

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»» From left, Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine and John Cho star in “Star Trek Beyond.”

New ‘Star Trek’ finds orbit amid tragedy By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES – When the “Star Trek Beyond” cast and filmmakers gathered in Los Angeles last month for Anton Yelchin’s funeral, they had a decision to make. Their film, the third in the rebooted series, was coming out in less than a month and a rigorous press tour was imminent. They could either put themselves out there to promote the film in the raw and devastating weeks after the death of their beloved co-star, or they could withdraw. “We came to the conclusion in the end (that) if we withdraw, we’re going to risk not helping a film that should be seen, not least because it stars Anton Yelchin,” said Simon Pegg. “That’s how we found the strength to be here ... It’s hard to talk about, but we don’t want to not talk about it. If we don’t talk about it, it’s like we’re ignoring it.” But persevering in the face of hardship and loss is in the fabric of “Star Trek,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with this new tale of hope and unity in the federation. Yelchin was only 27 when he died after being struck by his own car last month. The close-knit cast and crew of “Star Trek” were also able to say

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of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age world. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. Starring Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez and Adam DeVine.

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goodbye together at the funeral. The series will live on. On Monday, Paramount Pictures announced that there will be a fourth film, which will see the return of Kirk’s deceased father (Chris Hemsworth). As for Chekov, Abrams said they’ve started thinking about how to deal with his absence in the continuing story, but that it’s also “too early to talk about.” Everyone is still processing the loss the best they can. “It will never stop being terrible,” Pegg said. But he did find some solace in seeing his friend up on the screen again. “I thought it was going to be really sad. At times it was. But for the most part, it was like ‘there he is, he’s right there,’” Pegg said. “He’s alive and he’s happy and he will be there forever.”

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D’Souza reveals the truth about Hillary Clinton and the secret history of the Democratic Party. This documentary sheds light on the Democrats’ transition from pro-slavery to pro-enslavement. The latest film from the creators of “America: Imagine The World Without Her.”

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[ weed ] Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

Banking: This issue could make or break legal marijuana

’m not going to sit here and pretend banking is sexy, DGO, but I’m someone who spends a lot of my time obsessing over all things cannabis. And the more I look at trends that may or may not determine the future of weed in America, it’s important to know that banking could very well be the arena in which the momentum building in Colorado and the other “legal states” crashes to the ground or the one in which the dragon of Prohibition is finally slain. “Follow the Money.” This mantra of conspiracy theorists and economists alike takes on special meaning as it currently pertains to cannabis, the potential spread of legalization nationwide and the federal banking system. The money is there; Colorado’s Department of Revenue reports that the net take from legal weed businesses (medical and recreational) tallied $996,184,788 for the 2015 calendar year and the results of this year’s take are ahead of those heady figures. What is not in place – the potential backbreaker for opponents of recreational marijuana, in particular, is a system whereby the profits generated from the industry might become integrated into our nation’s financial system, legitimizing the industry to a point where its critics’ cries become little more than sour gripes to fade into the background and disappear as all 50 states reap their own tax harvests. It’s not that lawmakers and bankers from Colorado and our “companion states” in this grand cannabis experiment, Washington and Oregon, haven’t tried (and tried and tried), but as we move into the second half of 2016, we remain muddled in a quagmire of legal and financial morass that will only be broken by “literally, an act of Congress,” according to a statement released in early 2014 by Don Childears, the president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association (an organization that strongly supports the cannabis industry but is constrained to do much about it).

count or relationship should be made by each financial institution based on a number of factors specific to that institution. These factors may include its particular business objectives, an evaluation of the risks associated with offering a particular product or service, and its capacity to manage those risks effectively. Thorough customer due diligence is a critical aspect of making this assessment.” While this appears to be a permissive directive, it leaves banks open to federal regulators who could potential apply penalties that could go so far as to include the closing of institutions that they view as noncompliant (very unlikely under the current administration but less certain going forward). This, coupled with extra paperwork required to document all cannabis-related potential customers, has Illustration by David Holub/DGO kept many financial institutions away from marijuana money. Nearly two and a half years later, little ground With the staggering amount of generated revenue has been made to move the wheels of change to that has followed the passage of Amendment 64, I allow an industry that is thriving despite its statuhave a hard time believing that this situation will torily illegal federal status to join the ranks of other stand at an impasse indefinitely. Banks are in the tax-revenue-contributing industries nationwide business of money, and some are already quietly with regard to commonsense handling by the bankworking with cannabis businesses, treating them ing system across the country. fairly as they would any other customer, in spite of Bills that would open the banks up to cannabis the potential risks. There are Colorado bankers who businesses, introduced to the House of Represensupport changes in the current system and leaders tatives by Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter and the in the cannabis community constantly exploring Senate by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, known as the avenues to nationwide “legitimacy.” Next week, Marijuana Banking Act of 2015 are effectively dead we’ll wrap up the series on cannabis and banking (currently rated at 0 percent and 4 percent chances, by looking at the Fourth Corner Credit Union – an respectively, of being passed by www.govtrack.us), attempt to create a safe haven for cannabis cash, and leaving us to look back at the pertinent actions that some of the subtle ways that banks are eroding the have brought us here while wondering what might ridiculous walls erected against state-sanctioned, come next. hard-working business owners. A 2014 document issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, meant to guide banks with regard to their interacChristopher Gallagher lives with his wife and their four tions with cannabis business states, “In general, the dogs and two horses. Life is pretty darn good. Contact him decision to open, close, or refuse any particular acat chrstphrgallagher@gmail.com

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[Netflix and chill — 420 edition]

[twitter]

‘The BFG’

On Melania Trump and plagiarism

It’s difficult to adapt books for the screen. Success usually happens in one of two circumstances: either the book is simple and easily expanded upon (“Where the Wild Things Are”) or the filmmaker does something wildly stylistic and transforms the material completely (Alfonso Cuarón’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”). Steven Spielberg’s film “The BFG” (in theaters now) falls into the former category. Roald Dahl’s original “BFG” is a dark British children’s novella starring a feisty protagonist named Sophie, and it’s relatively thin in volume but helped along by Quentin Blake’s sketchy black-and-white illustrations. Spielberg fleshes the thin story out with a moving performance by Mark Rylance as the “Big Friendly Giant,” and by rendering the title character much sadder. This might not sound ideal for stoned-viewing, but the movie is equal parts melancholy, whimsical and sweet – children won’t notice the sadness in it, and adults will appreciate the emotional complexity. Sophie is an excellent cinematic role model, an orphaned intellectual who isn’t dreamy or imaginative. It’s refreshing to see a purely practical little girl on-screen, as they are quite rare. Not all girls like to play dress-up. In Dahl’s book, the BFG is lonely. His fellow giants are larger and meaner than he is, so he’s picked on and misunderstood. But Spielberg adds immortality to the giant’s burden, as well as hints of a previous relationship with a

kid before Sophie (that didn’t work out). Immortal beings can’t exactly keep their friends around forever. The book notes the BFG’s oversized ears listening to ants whispering to each other or children breathing in their beds; but the film reveals the inherent downside of this superpower. Though BFG hears all the secret wonders of the world, he also hears the terrible stuff. His eyes grow wide when he recalls suffering and grief. “The BFG” is inspiring, in its gentle way. If you’re a joker, smoker or midnight toker who feels not-good-enough or mediocre, the BFG is a giant who feels your pain. He does his best, but suspects himself slightly worthless. After befriending Sophie and the Queen of England (British etiquette requires her servers to dote on him politely at the palace, despite his monstrous size), the BFG finds his place in the world. — Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Wow… After watching Melania’s RNC speech I guess Trump was right. Immigrants are stealing stuff from hardworking Americans. Stephen Willis, @lvnupe

You think that’s bad? Melania has plagiarized her entire marriage from act 3 of Citizen Kane. John Ross Bowie, @johnrossbowie

Everyone is hanging on for dear life to the plagiarism story because everything else at #RNCinCLE is too scary to even think about. @Me_Says

I hear every time Melania goes to karaoke night she begins with, “This is one of my originals.” Michael Hallman @hallmanreport

“People have accused me of being a plagiarist. Their words, not mine.” #MichelleObama #FamousMelianaTrumpQuotes

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[love and sex]

Savage Love | Dan Savage

Guy’s got commitment issues? He could be lying I’m sorry if my English is wrong. I’m writing from Germany, where I am being heartbroken and not knowing how to go on. I’ve been seeing a guy for a couple of months and slowly falling in love with him. “Peter” has always been very open to me about himself, his failed relationships and his commitment issues. He talks frequently about his ex-boyfriend from five years ago and how being left created a deep fear of being left once again. He also had a relationship that ended a year ago. Yesterday he told me he’s still in love with the guy from one year ago but that his love is unrequited. He also told me that he values what we have but he can’t stop loving this other guy. And he can’t promise me that this will change. I am in love and heartbroken at the same time, hopeful and fearful, and unable to get up for the last couple of days. Deep down, I fear I will get hurt. I already am hurt. I’m falling for someone who’s not able to love me back, who’s stuck in the past, but who wishes to change that in order to let me into his life. Should I stay and wait for Peter to get better even if it hurts to know he’s in love with someone other than me? Or should I leave him as so many others have and hurt him? Healing Erotic Love Problem Means Everything Peter could be lying to you. That’s probably not what you wanted or expected to hear, HELPME, and you’ll find some more hopeful/ less cynical advice further down, I promise. But when a guy with “commitment issues” tells you he’s struggling with the emotional fallout of a relationship that ended five years ago and still hopelessly in love with someone he hasn’t seen for a year ... you have to entertain the possibility that he could be lying to you. You always have to entertain that

possibility – with new loves, old loves, blue loves. When someone tells us they have “commitment issues,” we’re primed to hear this: “This boy is incapable of committing until healed (by a therapist, by a new love, by the passage of time).” But sometimes what they mean is this: “I have no interest in committing – not to you, not to anyone, not now, not ever.” But instead of owning up to that (because people who want to remain single are viewed as damaged?) or telling you he’s not seeking anything serious (because you might leave him, and he’s not done with your ass?), Peter invents/ inflates a pair of past loves that render him incapable of loving you the way you deserve to be loved and blah blah blah and off the hook. Not a child-man who won’t commit, but a victim who would commit if he could commit but – sob! – he can’t commit. But, hey, maybe he’s telling you the truth. Maybe he’s in love with Mr. One Year Ago. So tell him he can love you and love the other guy at the same time. Established gay throuples, stable straight poly quads, bi men with GFs and BFs, married lesbians who U-Hauled an adorable baby dyke – there are examples everywhere you look these days of people in love with more than one romantic partner. I don’t see why a person can’t be in love with someone and still in love with an ex – think of it as a sort of semi-posthumous/semi-poly relationship. You’ll be pioneers. Give Peter permission to love his ex (pathetically and abstractly) while loving you too (intimately and tactilely), HELPME, and you might be able to love a commitment out of him. I’m a gay male in my late 20s. My little sister’s husband, “Peter,” is my age and bisexual. I’m not one of those gay men who think bi guys don’t exist. And I know bi guys are just as capable of being monogamous

as other guys – which isn’t that comforting when you think about it – and I don’t have a problem with my bi brother-in-law being bi. More importantly, my sister doesn’t have a problem with it. But whenever I’m alone with Peter, however briefly, he starts telling me how much he misses dick. He wants to hear about the last “really great dick” I sucked and tells me he misses sucking dick. I smile and say dick is great for sure and make a halfhearted attempt to change the subject. The last time it happened was after my grandfather’s funeral. I’m pretty sure Peter wants to suck my dick, and I’m tempted to let him. I know it’s a bad idea, but Peter is hot. This is torture. What should I do? Boy Is Lost Stop smiling, work harder to change the subject, avoid being alone in a room with Peter, and repeat after me: “My sister might be able to forgive her husband for sucking a dick, but she’ll never forgive him – or me – if that dick is mine.” I’m a gay guy in an open relationship and I’m on Recon, a gay hookup/dating site for guys into leather/fetish/BDSM. My partner, who isn’t kinky, knows I have a profile there and it’s not a problem. Today I got a message from a new guy, and when we exchanged face pics, I saw that he looks exactly like “Peter,” my boyfriend’s best friend’s fiancé! I asked him if that was him, and he stopped responding. What should I do? My BF doesn’t want to know much about my extracurricular activities, but this could make our next double date extremely awkward. We see this other couple a fair amount, and even though I think this guy is good-looking, I would never sleep with him because of the social situation. On the other hand, if I’m wrong and

they’re not the same person, bringing it up with them could make things awkward, especially since I’m pretty secretive about my kinks and have zero desire to discuss them with my BF’s friends. Requires Educated Consultation On Next Step P.S. Additional information that might be relevant: Our engaged friends aren’t having sex, we’ve been told, and they’re making no moves toward actually planning a wedding. Going silent after you asked, “Is that you, Peter?!?” is a pretty good indication that it was indeed Peter you were talking to. But while you know Peter was on Recon, RECONS, you don’t know exactly what he was doing there. Maybe he goes online to fantasize, swap pics and jack off. Maybe Peter is on Recon with his fiancé’s blessing, just as you’re on Recon with your partner’s blessing (but, like you, he’s not comfortable discussing his kinks with friends). Maybe their relationship/engagement is on the verge of collapse and your partner’s best friend’s fiancé is trying to line up a new relationship before pulling the plug on the one he’s in now. Since you don’t know what’s going on in their relationship, RECONS, keep your mouth shut and refrain from making assumptions or judgments. And the next time you have to interact with Peter and his fiancé socially, slap a smile on your face and talk about the weather, the election, the estrogenenhanced, better-than-the-original “Ghostbusters” reboot, the new season of “Difficult People,” Zika, the Olympics – basically anything other than Recon, kinks and wedding plans. Dan Savage is a nationally syndicated sex advice columnist writing for The Stranger in Seattle. Contact him at mail@savagelove.net or @fakedansavage on Twitter and listen to his podcast every week at savagelovecast.com

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[happening] Bout time: Durango Roller Girls open home season If you’ve never been to a roller derby bout, you’re in luck because home team Durango Roller Girls will be taking on the Denver Roller Dolls on Saturday at Chapman Hill, 500 Florida Road. For the uninitiated: A roller derby bout is made up of two-minute jams that pit two teams against each other. During a jam, it’s the job of the team’s jammer to pass as many of the opposing team skaters as possible, earning points while doing so. And it’s a full-contact sport, making it pretty awesome to watch. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the bout starts at 7. Tickets are $10 in advance at Southwest Sound and brownpapertickets.com, or $15 at the door. Kids 12 and younger get in free. Concessions and beer will be available for cash only, and all beer tips will be donated to Rainbow Youth Center. For more information, check out www.durangorollergirls.com. BCI file

Thursday Live Accoustic Lunchtime Cafe, 11:30

a.m., Smiley Cafe, 1309 East Third Ave. The Assortment, 5:00-7:30 p.m., Ska-BQ

at Ska Brewing, 225 Girard Street, 247-5792. Free Conservatory Student Chamber Concert, Music in the Mountains, 3

p.m., Roshong Recital Hall, Fort Lewis College. Burger and Band Night w/Lipbone Redding, 5 p.m., James Ranch, 33846 US-

550, 676-1023. Concert Hall @ The Park with Paa Kow, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park.

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

flower Theater, 8 East Main Street, Cortez.

Sea to Shining Sea, 7 p.m., Durango Craft

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

Saturday

Spirits, 1120 Main Ave. #2., www.durangospirits.com.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

County Fairgrounds.

Sunday

Friday

Henry Stoy, piano, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122.

Free Conservatory Student Chamber Concert, Music in the Mountains, 3

Free Open Orchestra Rehearsal,

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,

p.m., Roshong Recital Hall, Fort Lewis College.

Music in the Mountains Festival, 10 a.m., Festival Tent at Purgatory Resort.

Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

The Charlie Milo Trio, 8:30 p.m.-12:30

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

The Pete Giuliani Band, 1-4 p.m., Trimble Hot Springs, 6475 County Road 203.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Voices of Destiny, Durango Choral Society,

a.m., The Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Thrasher Thursday, 6 p.m., Durango

The Visionaries, album release show, 8p.m.-2 a.m., 21+ event, free music to all ticket holders, Irish Embassy Pub (downstairs), 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Skate Park.

Simply Swinging with Sinatra, Music

Trivia, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Cen-

in the Mountains Benefit Dinner & Pops Concert, 5:30 p.m. at Festival Tent at Purgatory Resort, www.musicinthemountains.tix.com.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

ter, 1333 Camino del Rio, 259-9234. Conservatory Faculty Chamber Concert II, Music in the Mountains, 7 p.m.,

Old West Gunfights, 7 p.m., Diamond

Roshong Recital Hall, Fort Lewis College.

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160. A Mixed Revue, local talent sings songs

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160. Informal Social Dance Practice,

from musicals, 7:30 p.m., Sunflower Theater, 8 East Main Street, Cortez.

Gazebo at Rotary Park, 15th Street and Main Avenue.

Old West Heritage Performances, 7

Open mic, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, lo-

p.m., 8 East Main Street, Cortez, www.cortezculturalcenter.org, 565-1151. Laugh Therapy Open Mic, 8 p.m.,

Durango Fiesta Days, 9 a.m., La Plata

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

cated downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160. Kirk James, solo blues, 5-8 p.m., Serious

Texas BBQ (South Durango location). Live Music with Dave Mensch, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 4031200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Monday

Festival Tent, Purgatory Resort, www.musicinthemountains.tix.com.

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR

Habitat for Humanity: Hammers & High Heels, 7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard

Street, 247-5792.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Balcony Back-

Digg, 9:30 p.m., Balcony Backstage, 600 Main

stage, 600 Main Ave., Suite 205.

Ave., Suite 205.

Six Dollar String Band, 9 p.m., Animas

The Lindells, 6 p.m., Mancos Brewing Co.,

A Mixed Revue - local talent sings songs from musicals, 7:30 p.m., Sun-

550 West Railroad Ave., Mancos., www.MancosBrewingCompany.com, 533-9761.

City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 799-2281.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Mountain Majesty Orchestra Concert, Music in the Mountains, 5:30 p.m.,

9:30 p.m., Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave., Suite 205.

699 Main Ave.

House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse.com.

National Theatre Live: The Audience, 6 p.m., British theater, Animas City

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 Andy Janowsky, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium,

Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m., Derailed Pour

Conservatory Orchestra, Music in the Mountains, 2 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, www.musicinthemountains.tix.com.

Steaming Bean, located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, email DanKorman@me.com to perform, 18+, not appropriate for all audiences.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

5:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, www.musicinthemountains.tix.com.

Free Outdoor Concert with Garrett Lebeau, 7 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center. Adara Rae & The Homewreckers,

Theatre,128 E. College Drive, www.animascitytheatre.com.

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Kirk James solo blues, 5-9 p.m., Balcony

Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave. The Composer is Dead, Music in the Mountains Festival, 5:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, www.musicinthemountains.tix.com. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com. Continued on Page 22

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[happening]

»» Six Dollar String Band will be performing at 2nd Ave. Sports’ 10th birthday celebration Saturday at the store.

Where should we

DGO tonight?

Courtesy of Six Dollar String Band

A party with a purpose Birthday parties are fun, and birthday parties that are also fundraisers for a local cause are even better. On Saturday, 2nd Ave Sports, 640 East Second Ave., is throwing a party to celebrate being in business for 10 years. and it’s turning its party into a fundraiser for local trail crews at Trails 2000, too. Head over to the shop from 4 to 7 p.m. to catch a little old-time string music by Six Dollar String Band, food from Zia, booze from SKA and tons of sweet giveaways. Pro athletes from sponsored teams will also be there to shake hands and kiss babies. For more information, call 247-4511.

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Jason Thies, 6-9:30 p.m., Farview Lodge,

Pete Giuliani, 6-9:30 p.m., Farview Lodge,

Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Irish Embassy

Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park. Spoken Word, 7-9 p.m., Steaming Bean, lo-

cated downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub.com. Monday Night Blues Jam with Missy And The Bluetones, 7 p.m., free, Moe’s,

Your #1 source for what’s going on around Durango dgomag.com/calendar

937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

Open studio figure drawing, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $15/$10, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org. Geeks Who Drink trivia, 8:30 p.m., BREW

Pete Giuliani, 6-9:30 p.m., Farview Lodge,

Mesa Verde National Park.

Pub quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main

Pingpong and poker tournament, 8

Ave., 259-9018.

lumba Catholic Church, 1800 East Second Ave., www.musicinthemountains.tix.com. Split Lip Rayfield, 8 p.m., Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave., Suite 205.

Wednesday

to the DGO calendar with

Two-step dance lessons, 6:30-7:30 p.m., $10, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 799-8832.

Tuesday

Perfectly Baroque Chamber Concert, Music in the Mountains, 7 p.m., St. Co-

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Hello, Dollface: Community Concerts in the Secret Garden, La Plata

Youth Service benefit, 5-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel Secret Garden, 726 East Second Ave., 385-1920, www.swcommunityfoundation.org.

Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Drive, 259-5959.

p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A friend might throw you a curveball or do something you least expect. However, you also might meet someone new and unusual – who knows? TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your relations with authority figures are a bit unpredictable. You don’t know if you should stay or jump. Because you don’t know, do nothing. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You will love to suddenly travel this week; however, travel plans are unpredictable. Enjoy meeting people from other cultures and different backgrounds. Enjoy learning something new. CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

Something having to do with shared property or inheritances will be unpredictable. Knowing this, make it a point

to do your homework and be on top of things. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might make a new friend this week, or a friend or partner might do something that surprises you. This is an exciting week with lots of electricity in the air! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your ambition is strong, and so is your intuition. Trust your hunches. Because you feel so independent, you might not be keen to cooperate with others. Hmmm, is this wise? LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) A sudden invitation to a social event will delight you. Sports events might have unexpected results because this week is a bit of a crapshoot. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

You might buy something new and high-tech for your home this week. Alternatively, something at home might break down. That’s because your home routine will have some surprises. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’re full of bright, clever, innovative ideas this week. Why not write them down so that later, you can run them up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes?

of spontaneous suggestions will appeal to you. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a restless week for you because you want something to happen and you’re not sure what. But you want to break free from routine and find some new thrills. Take a chance and see what happens. BORN TODAY

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)

You are eloquent and charming. Your persistence and innovativeness will guarantee you success. But your true ace in the hole is your optimism. A new nine-year cycle is beginning for you. This opens up many possibilities. You might start a new business activity or change residences. Open any door because your future is in your hands.

This week you feel ambitious, impulsive and restless! That’s why all kinds

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might have a clever idea about how to boost your income. Likewise, you spontaneously might buy something, especially something high-tech, a videogame or perhaps modern art.

[overheard] I can’t do toe-anything: Toe socks, toe shoes. Carvers

I just headbutted a guy. Outside The Ranch

How are you grumpy when you have a boner? House party

Water’s great, but I need more beer. Steamworks

Chorizo is the cocaine of breakfast meats ... my butthole regrets both. Homeslice

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