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10 From ink to the page

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Libraries ain’t shush zones anymore. They’re vibrant community centers where you can rent everything from books to movies to board games – for frikkin free. And. AND! Now, they even give reading recommendations based on your tattoos.

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Downtown Lowdown

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Get Smart about puffy coats Babies, it’s cold outside! Let Esther Cops, clothing buyer at Pine Needle Mountaineering, tell you why everydamn-body in town is wearing a down jacket this time of year, and why it might be worth some of your newly-acquired Christmas coin.

Christopher Gallagher Paige Gray Dan Groth Bryant Liggett Jon E. Lynch Heather Narwid Cooper Stapleton Cyle Talley

“Whether chalked up to nostalgia or the embedded narratives of popular culture – see any entry listed under Netflix’s ‘Holiday Movies’ – we think about holiday travel as a return; we imagine it as traveling back to something. But travel, our physical and existential journeying, always moves us forward.”

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Look to the past for 2017’s fashion trends ’90s-style anger is back and so is the plaid. Sneakers are ballin,’ and high-waisted denim (above) is where it’s at ... just don’t call them “mom jeans.”

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Dressed as Princess Leia, jokes were my best shield

ecause it’s Durango, I figured costumes would be likely. Because it was a Hello, Dollface show – a band often in costume, or at least makeup – I figured costumes even likelier. So when the theme of the show is Interstellar and your ladyfriend owns three sci-fi-related costumes, one which happens to fit, I had one clear choice for what to go as on New Year’s Eve: Princess Leia (I was really hoping to wear her Deanna Troi jumpsuit from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” but I was about 4 inches too tall). It was White Gown Leia – with galactic belt and trademark wig with circular side-buns – not Jabba the Hutt slave Leia (you’re welcome), and I honestly didn’t think it would draw much attention beyond my close circle of friends. After all, there were at least five people in astronaut costumes with way more energy than me. But the attention was there, friends and strangers smiling and laughing, comments like, “You look so pretty!” I found myself doing what I often do when unusual – or unusual amounts of – attention is thrust upon me: I make jokes. And until that night, I never quite understood just how much I use humor to deflect, disarm, and distract in such social situations. Almost immediately, a camera crew documenting the event wanted to talk to me. When asked if Princess Leia was a hero of mine, I didn’t want to say the real reason I wore the costume, which was that I didn’t have anything else. (I should have said “Why, yes, I’m a huge ‘Star Wars’ fan.”) And so I feigned as if I had never heard of Princess Leia. I was then asked if the costume was a tribute to the recently-departed Carrie Fisher, to which I said, “The Carry Fishers ... is that a band?” Ultimately, the question was, why did I wear this costume? A challenge to my wit,

I knew there was a joke there, I just couldn’t find it in my brain, like when looking at your Scrabble tiles and just knowing there’s a seven-letter word in there somewhere. Ever “confused,” I stammered something unfunny about not having known if people would be dressed up or not. After the interview was over, I finally worked out the gist of the joke I’d been searching for, which was something having to do with the fact that the white gown and side-bun wig was just what I happened to wear, not realizing the show was a costume ordeal. As the night went on and as the comments about the costume kept coming, so did my jokes. And like a stand-up comic who tries out different wordings and deliveries of jokes through multiple sets, I began to pick up on which ones got the biggest laughs. Yes, I started developing material. There were the variations of the “this is how I always feel on the inside” joke or the jokes in response to the real fact that I wished I could have periodically taken off what was the integral part of the costume, the incredibly warm-while-dancing sidebun wig, but that I might be mistaken for a member of a hate group. (The funniest jokes, though, came from others. One woman, wearing the same side-bun wig but with a ’60s get-up otherwise, looked at me like she was looking in a mirror. Touching her face, she said, “When did I get this beard?” Or a member of the kitchen staff who remarked, “You look like Luke Skywalker dressed up as his sister.”) But I kept finding myself coming back to the costume party joke. Trotting out versions of the joke at least five times over the course of the night, I finally had it down toward the end. When someone would ask how I was doing or if I was having a good time, I’d remark, feigning frustration, “I wish someone would have told me this was a costume party!” I’ll be here all weak.

I’ve been a vegetarian for over 10 years. At one point, I was a vegan, and try as I might, I couldn’t make it work in a healthy fashion for my body, no matter how many cookbooks I tried out. I love being a vegetarian. I find that, for me, a vegetarian diet matches the vigor, health, and ethics I try to uphold. I’m not here to crap on your diet. I think you should find the healthy balance for you. But for me, a plant-based life is where it’s at. I enjoy animals; usually, the uglier, the better. It makes me a happier person to know that if I couldn’t kill it, I’m not gonna eat it. I’m not gonna lie and say that I don’t ever support the industrial agriculture business. I eat posh cheese. I eat salads where the greens are probably grown with some relation to Monsanto. That said, I do find satisfaction in supporting the agridustrial biz as little as possible. Livestock is accountable for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions – more than all of the transportation industry. Additionally, growing feed crops for livestock takes up 56 percent of U.S. water consumption. I don’t like that a farm of 2,500 cows produces as much waste as a city of 411,000 people. It’s all just a little much. I prefer to not be a part of it. We all have to find where our ethics cut off, right? I am a vegetarian, but I support fossil fuels by driving a car. So it goes. If you ever need a badass fake meatloaf recipe, lemme know. Ditto that for a lovely kale, artichoke salad. —— Patty Templeton

Hate it I’m going to play the omnivore card here and say that, when it comes to eating both meat and plants, I’m only doing what millions of years of evolution has equipped me to do. As Michael Pollan argues in “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “the reason we evolved such big and intricate brains,” according to many anthropologists, was to help us discern such vast selections and varieties of plants and animals as food, which also allowed us to adapt nearly anywhere on Earth. Our teeth are omnicompetent, Pollan writes, designed to both tear animal flesh and grind plants. Our jaws can move like a carnivore’s and herbivore’s. Our stomachs produce enzymes specifically to break down meat and our metabolism needs chemical compounds that can only be found in plants and others that can only derive from animals. So who am I to argue with our evolutionary biology? But let’s set those millions of years aside, most of which occurred without the existence of City Market or Nature’s Oasis. We have options now. We can make choices – ethical, moral, or even just health-related – about our diets. Meat is no longer a biological necessity. But to me, eating, or at least trying, everything we possibly can is what makes life an adventure. Whenever possible, the meat I buy and eat is as humane and sustainable as possible, and I, along with most meat eaters, could stand to eat much less of it. But, hey, we didn’t crawl, stand and walk upright to the top of the food chain for nothing. — David Holub

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Get Smart | Cyle Talley

On puffy coats Babies, it’s cold outside! Let Esther Cops, clothing buyer at Pine Needle Mountaineering, tell you why every-damn-body in town is wearing a down jacket this time of year, and why it might be worth some of your newly-acquired Christmas coin. True or false: The thicker the coat, the warmer it is. Mostly true. You have more dead air space to trap the warm air. It’s insulating by keeping that warm air between you and the outside air. What types of down are there? Goose down, European goose down, Asian goose down, and duck down. We’re seeing a lot more of the duck down because the market for goose down has gotten a lot bigger for comforters and other things, so the supply has become stretched, which makes it more expensive. There’s varying qualities of down – when you see “550 Fill” or “900 Fill” embroidered on a jacket, that’s what that means. What’s the significance of the number? They take an ounce of down and see how much volume it’ll take up. If you have one ounce of down and it fills 900 milliliters, you’ve got 900 fill. Basically, one ounce of quality down gives you more loft, which gives you a higher-quality jacket. When you have a 900 fill jacket that’s the same thickness as say a 600 fill jacket, the 900 fill isn’t necessarily warmer, but it is lighter for the amount of loft that you get. It also means that you’ll have more down plumials, which is the part of the down that’s really soft and fuzzy, as opposed to feathers. Down vs. synthetic fills: What’s the difference? With down, you’re generally going to get a longer-lived insulation. It’s more resistant and bounces back better after being squished and relofted. A lot of people like the feel of it, and it tends to have a little wider comfort range, both indoors and out. Generally, you get a lighter weight jacket for the same amount of loft, too. With a synthetic jacket, you can get a coat that’s still going to insulate when it’s wet. That’s the primary benefit of synthetic insulation. If you’re out in the rain, or maybe using it on the river, or in really wet climates, it’ll still maintain some of its insulating properties. Down doesn’t really have that ability. Oh, and it’s cheaper! There’s a wide range of synthetics out there, too. Some of them are gonna act a little more like down in terms of how they compress. In general, the fills that act like downs won’t last as long because it’s easier to rip them apart, and they tend to compress too much. Some other synthetics are more like a sheet of material – sort of a blanket of insula-

tion. Then you’ll see how they quilt through those fills to keep them from moving around. That’s why you see those interesting patterns on jackets – it’s not just for looks, it’s to keep the insulation from moving around and breaking down too much. When it moves around in your jacket, you get cold spots. So puffy coats are popular because they’re so damned versatile? Yeah! If you have a lightweight synthetic like a Patagonia Nanopuff, for example, that’s the kind of jacket you can use year round! You’ll take it camping in the summertime for your nighttime jacket, and you’ll wear it around town in the winter for your daytime jacket. They do most of what we need, though they might not be the best ski jacket.

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Is there a gold standard of puffies? I can’t choose! The fits are really different from one brand to another. The one you see all over town is Patagonia’s Down Sweater, and that’s because it does what it does really well. I’m a big fan of the North Face’s Thermoball, too. That’s my favorite summer jacket. Hood or no hood? I like the hood. If it does get really nasty out, you’ve got that extra layer you can put over your head and maintain that warmth a lot more than you’d maintain it without. Little-known care facts? You should wash your down! People do not wash their jackets often enough! You don’t have to have fancy laundry detergent – just a powder detergent or a Tech Wash from Nicwax. The reason you don’t use a liquid detergent is because there’s a water repellent treatment on most jackets and the liquid detergent tends to break down the surface tension so that your jacket doesn’t repel moisture as well. When your jacket gets dirty, the dirt inhibits the breathability of it, which makes the down want to compress. When it’s nice and clean, it’ll loft better and insulate you better. So no dry cleaning or anything? No, no, no. Wash it on gentle so you don’t agitate it too much – that tends to tear things apart – and then just dry it in the dryer. Dry it on low and make absolutely certain that you’ve dried it all the way. It’ll take a while longer than a synthetic jacket, but it’s totally worth it. Your jacket will be nice and cozy for years to come. Cyle Talley loves the word plumial. And that’s all he has to say about that. If there’s something you’d like to GET SMART about, email him at: cyle@cyletalley.com

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Merge Records: At the heart of ‘indie’ is a stellar label

Illustration by David Holub/DGO; images courtesy of Merge Records

»» The Merge Records logo along with its flagship band, Superchunk.

here was a time when the independent record labels were the mom and pop of the music business. Back when the industry was a bit more predictable, with the big, heavy hitting labels spending big bucks and having the ear of the mainstream, it was the independent labels that were scratching and clawing. It was also where you went for the real deal of bands, while uneducated and armchair music fans went for lowest common denominator, hit radio, predictable nonsense. Independent labels were, and still are, like the food truck that out-did a four-star restaurant. Fans would discover an artist on these labels when they’re young, and those labels become like old friends, everything they put out becoming part of your collection. Like the exploration of a family tree, you’d find one band on a branch and then wrap yourself around the smaller branches growing off the larger. They take chances, and sometimes

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may put out some things you find no interest in, but overall it’s a music you want. You’d look for the recognizable logo and the crude, cut-out collage-like artwork and add it to your collection. Since the music industry has turned into an upside-down mess, and the last decade or so has seen the world notice that the mainstream is nonsense, whatever is labeled as “independent” are the true-grit and the real “art.” These labels operate on a shoe-string budget, without some deep-pocketed suit signing checks to youngsters and then following said check with ridiculous

demands and suggestions that will ruin a musical vision. North Carolina’s Merge Records sits at the forefront of these labels. They’re one of the great “indie” labels of America, distributors of Crooked Fingers to A Giant Dog, Archers of Loaf to The Radar Brothers. They’ve also put out records by Dinosaur Jr., Drive Like Jehu, The Buzzcocks, Titus Andronicus, and, of course, Superchunk, the flagship band of the North Carolina-based label, whose guitar player and vocalist Mac McCaughan also happens to be co-owner and founder. They’ve released albums by hundreds of bands that have pushed independent music into the mainstream and made DIY a common practice. What began in 1989 as a way to release the music of Superchunk has grown into a method of delivering new and reissued music for hundreds of important bands on the musical landscape. They should be cheered solely for the music of Superchunk, the guitar-charged, aggressively-cheery Chapel Hill, North Carolina,

band walking a line between punk and power-pop. “It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends,” said director of publicity Christina Rentz, “but since has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the Billboard music charts.” Arguably, they could be a label that has made the industry turn from the majors and turn toward the independents. Spoon, She and Him, and Grammy-winning Arcade Fire have all hung with Merge, proving that there’s not necessarily a need for the Capitols and Sonys to churn out a respectable product. There’s no pursuit of sound. There’s no formulaic method for the bands they sign. There’s no pursuit of a next big thing. It’s a grass-roots approach and pursuit to release, as Rentz says, “music we love.” Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

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[sound] What’s new Biznaga,“Sentido del Espectaculo” Available: Jan. 20 via Slovenly Recordings, presumably on digital formats, compact disc and standard black vinyl. 2017 begins with a sonic onslaught guitar blast and a confession. First the confession: Between the formative seventh- and eighth-grade years, I was a chubby, prepubescent, smartass. For whatever reason (reason: girls) I decided to take French over Spanish, German, and Latin at Lewis & Clark Junior High. I thought this a decent idea. So perhaps I was a chubby, prepubescent, dumbass. Now to the sonic onslaught guitar blast. Slovenly

Recordings, home to slew of incredible national and international rock acts such as Acid Baby Jesus, J.C. Satan, Sultan Bathery, The Okmoniks, Los Vigilantes and many, many more open the year with a scorcher. Hailing from Madrid, Biznaga massages my ego, telling me it is all right that I don’t understand more than staccato basics of Spanish. While I have no clue what they’re singing, the sentiment is apparent, urgent, and chock-full of tight-

wound hooks and those aforementioned blasts of guitar. There is something familiar to the songs coming from this Spanish fourpiece, but they are only anecdotal touchstones, making their brand of fast-paced rock feel fresh but also reminiscent. Thankfully, music knows little bounds. Rock ’n’ roll is rock ’n’ roll is rock ’n’ roll. Recommended for fans of Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Bad Brains, Buzzcocks, or Euro-infused punk rock. — Jon E. Lynch

New at Southwest Sound 1. Dropkick Murphys,“11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory” I felt it in my blood. As a born East Coaster and someone who spent a good chunk of my life wandering the woods of Franklin, Massachusetts, I heard the bagpipes on the wind and I suddenly felt drunk and dropped my “r’s.” The Murphys are back, and, as always, this is cause for celebration. Some call them cheesy, some call them rip-offs, but I have very fond memories of this band, and I love them with all my heart. The new album is the traditional mix of quiet anthems to heritage and bar family and rip-roaring stories of unity. “You’ll Never Walk Alone” is a highlight for me with its great vocal harmonies. This will certainly become an anthem for me and mine come March. 2. Gone is Gone, “Echolocation” One of the many Mastodon side projects, this one in particular looks pretty promising. Gone is Gone brings together Troy Sanders, bassist and vocalist for Mastodon, Troy Van Leeuwen from Queens of The Stone Age, and Tony Hajjar from At The Drive In. They dropped an EP in early 2016 that was surprisingly promising, as most “super groups” tend to be

disappointing, and Jan. 7 sees the release of their fulllength record “Echolocation”. Stylistically their sound pulls a lot from QOTSA, with heady desert rock riffs with high-pitched harmonics layered over them and Sanders’ trademark throaty warble at the head of the mix. If you’re the type to drive with the windows down in the middle of a blizzard, wearing aviators because you can, then this is the album for you. 3. Brian Eno,“Reflection” Reflection will be Eno’s 19th studio album since 1974, and his third for seminal electronic music label Warp. Ambient music is a very special kind of thing. At its outset, one would think it almost easy to put together ambient music, but to my songwriting friends out there: Have you ever tried to write a 20-minute song? It’s hard. And this dude has been at the forefront of experimental music for over 40 years! Last year’s “The Ship” was a solid ambient piece, and I expect “Reflection” to follow suit, an exercise in tonality, texture, and feeling, which is exactly what good ambient music is. 4. Kid Cudi,“Passion, Pain and Demon Slayin” Kid Cudi has recently become one of

the more divisive figures in hip-hop. A lot of people, including myself, actively hated his last record “Speeding Bullet 2 Heaven” for being a sophomoric attempt at indie rock with aggressive garbage lyrics. From my first impression, Cudi learned his lesson after “SB2H,” and went back to what he’s good at: Spacey beats, humming, lyrics

about being sad, and features that make sense, including a few standout verses from Andre 3000 and Pharrell. Cudi always brings me back to my freshman year of college, an apartment on Florida Road and rearranging furniture after eating a very special pizza. It’s a good thing. —— Cooper Stapleton

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Style Fetish | Heather Narwid

Look back for ’17’s fantastic fashion trends ’90s-style anger is back and so is the plaid. Sneakers are ballin,’ and high-waisted denim is where it’s at ... just don’t call them “mom jeans.” Plaid This classic pattern evokes Scottish clans and the tacky-classy game of golf. Plaid means 1950s doowop groups and nouveau/wannabe riche 1980s preppies. It’s Christmas bows, used car salesman pants, schoolgirl skirts and 1970s British punks. It’s a pattern fraught with style references and excellent to continue working into your wardrobe. In the ’90s, plaid went post-preppie and ruled the earth in flannel form. Grunge loved plaid and appropriated it back from the tacky ’70s and the snooty ’80s to become a symbolic pattern of 1990s-style anger and outrage. Oh, and look, a very similar anger and outrage are back for our enjoyment in 2017 (wait, did they even leave?), a perfect time to re-embrace plaid.

Sneakers Athletic footwear is timeless, comfy and can be worn with almost any outfit or style. What’s happening for

2017 is the sneakers are getting fancier: They have allover logo prints or are made of thicker, textured fabrics like metallic woven wool or quilted leather. Fresh sneaks for spring have a platform sole, hidden wedge, or sling back, some unexpected trims like animal print or satin and look killer chic with a fancy dress. Heeled sneakers are on-trend now and also were kind of a funk-soul thing in the ’60s – the song “Hi-heel Sneakers” (written by Tommy Tucker but recorded by many) is from 1963. Tucker recommends they be worn with a red dress, something called a “wig-hat” (more on wig-hats in another column) and be accessorized with a cocked, .45 pistol. Good style advice for then and now.

Denim I think the word “denim” is one of my most-used words in this column. Most of the denim-specific trends that Style Fetish has covered throughout 2016 are still applying into Spring 2017. The silhouette is becoming

less dark, less skinny and more vintage-looking. 1980s and 1990s high-rise jeans are ruling now. I’m sick of the “Mom jeans” moniker unfairly given to this cut – it is flattering and fashion-forward, so shut up about it already. High-waists, pale blue colors, embellishment with patches and embroidery, wider legs and bell bottoms are the current silhouettes doing a 180 from dark indigo low-rise jeggings. Denim jumpers, duster coats, vests and long, acid-washed midi skirts are hot now, too. Heather Narwid owns and operates Sideshow Emporium, a vintage and modern clothing store for men and women, located in Durango at 208 County Road 250 (west of Bread and north of Rocky Mountain Pawn at 32nd Street) and is normally open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. but will be closed Jan. 2 -9. Find them on Facebook as Sideshow Emporium and on Instagram @Sideshow411Vintage. She thinks the best trend ever is simply wearing a beautifully-fitting garment that you feel marvelous in.

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First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

The best of beer on social media? Follow these four

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»» Images from @Louiebaton, @otterthebrewerycat, and @brewtographyproject.

ost of the world’s social media accounts associated with businesses are just gripe-fests – just look at the tweets for any national airline and you will see a long list of whiny bullshit, terrible attempts at being cool (@brandssayingbae isn’t tweeting lately, but holy moley they were good at making fun of terrible attempts at relevancy by corporations), or lazy/boring. In the beer world, there are a lot of terrible beer social media accounts (let’s acknowledge that there are still sexist/mysogynist brewery marketing for just a second, but ignore them for now), but there are infinitely more excellent social media presences, especially independent folks who just love/ hate beer. For the most part, beer photography/social media has a kind of three-pronged approach to success: pictures of foamy, beery awesomeness, shiny stainless steel metal stuff, and people with beards and

tattoos. Oh, and puns. There are a lot of puns. For some god-awful reason, beer social media artists love puns. Bonus points for oaken barrels, hop cones, brewers sifting through grain, and classy pin-up style brewery girls. If you want to work as a social media person for a beer company, that’s all you need to know: foam, metal, puns, wood, beards and tattoos. Seriously, put that in your résumé, use me as a reference. Getting away from those clichés is hard, so that’s why I suggest @Ipas_ suck on Instagram. It’s one of my favorite new people to follow. Layered with copious amounts of cuss words and metal as [E-F-F], @Ipas_suck is hilarious for anyone working in the brewing industry who is completely tired of brewing beer with more than a handful of hops (I’m reminded of Carver’s head brewer, Patrick Jose’s words to me on my first day of work at Ska: Modus, Modus, Modus, always [effing] Modus) In a review of The Dudes’ Brewing Co.’s California IPA:

“It tastes like getting butt [effed] dry in the redwood forest by a [effing] giant cedar tree. California: shit state, shit beer, shit traffic, [eff] eeeeverything west coast.” In a positive(?) review of Idletyme Brewing: “If you’re a hophead and you want to try something that isn’t incredibly ‘cool’ because it’s fermented in lamb skin condoms, check out Idletyme Brewing Company.” On a totally different and family friendly tack, Otter the brewery cat (@otterthebrewerycat) is a cat that lives in a brewery (formerly, Former Future Brewing; currently Black Project Wild and Spontaneous Ales). This is like an internet/beer social media wet dream: a cat that’s surrounded by shiny metal and barrels. That’s it. Just a cat, shiny metal, and barrels. Done. It’s not really an inside scoop to the goings on of the brewery. It’s not a way to connect to avid fans trying to get the lowdown on new bottle releases. It’s a cat for beer’s sake, and it’s pretty glorious.

@Louiebaton is a beer review Instagram that poses the beers with custom Lego creations. The reviews are pretty clever and funny and the beer being reviewed is pretty diverse and the pictures are fairly entertaining, but how many pictures of Lego guys can really be that great? All of them, I guess. @brewtographyproject is the cream of the crop of the foamy/ shiny metal/brewery folk (fortunately, there are no puns). They started as a photography project on Kickstarter that was going to make a photography book of the breweries of Colorado, and it’s morphed into a full-on business, doing product and marketing photography for breweries. If you are one to love shiny metal, foamy beers, oaken barrels, weird looking beer folk, Brewtography Project is the best. Robert Alan Wendeborn is a former cellar operator at Ska Brewing and current lead cellar operator at Tin Roof Brewing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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From ink to the page »» Durango Public Library connects tattoos to literary interests – and we put them to the test Libraries ain’t shush zones anymore. They’re vibrant community centers where you can rent everything from books to movies to board games – for frikkin free. And. AND! Now, they even give reading recommendations based on your tattoos. You heard me. The Durango Public Library will take a gander at your tattoo and give you book suggestions based on the style and subject of your art. If you got one of those sexyass underboob tattoos or some sorta ass-ink, you can tell them about it, rather than show them. Can’t be flashing folks, ya pervert. Assistant Director Colleen Galvin had a sit-down with us to explain more about book-to-tattoo matching.

Are there a lotta folks who’ve come in seeking recommendations?

So what’s the deal? Someone has a tattoo, they walk into the library, and ...

What were some of the outthere recommendations you’ve given?

“In a nutshell, we started the program because we wanted to challenge our readers’ advisory skills, but we also wanted to reach new audiences. We wanted to change the perception of the library, a little bit ... Everybody who works a service desk can recommend books. We thought, ‘Well, maybe not the children’s

department,’ but then we noticed so many of the parents here have ink. So we kept it open to every desk in the library. You can ask any desk staff to take a look at your tattoo and they will recommend a book, movie, or music. We also wanted to respect people’s privacy. So we never said, ‘Hey, I see you have a tattoo. Tell me about it.’ We wanted to make sure people felt comfortable coming in and talking to us instead.”

“We had maybe one person a day when we started [in the fall]. Now, we get someone here and there. But, it really touched the imagination of the entire country. We received national press. Which is funny because we borrowed the idea from Multnomah County Library [of Portland, Oregon]. Libraries are so collaborative and we give Multnomah credit wherever we can.”

“I thought of “Master and Margarita” when somebody gave me the tattoo example of a cougar. “The Master and Margarita” cover struck me. It has a dark, brooding cat on it. The customer was like, ‘I’ve never heard of that.’ And I said, ‘It’s a bizarre, bizarre book. Try it. See what you think.’ There was also

the recommendation of “Catch-22” for a man with military tattoos. He showed me his tattoo and it was slightly absurdist. The most absurd war story out there is “Catch-22.” Then, I also gave him “Jarhead,” a more traditional war memoir. Does the Durango Public Library want to expand on the idea at all? “After we were done with the original rollout, the readers’ advisory team looked at each other and said, ‘What could we have done differently.’ We came up with this great idea that next time, if we have the staff, maybe we could have a staff member in a partnering tattoo shop. Just hanging out with a laptop. We like the idea of doing onthe-spot recommendations ... Or maybe when the [Four Corners] Motorcycle Rally comes into town, that would be a great place for outreach ... We like the idea of going to where the people are rather than making them come to us.”

And now ... live-action recommendations Colleen Galvin is a GD professional, a booklover, and patient, so she didn’t kick us out of her office when we sprung a test on her. Varying tattoo styles were picked to see what recommendations she could bounce off the art style. Here’s what Galvin recommended based on American traditional, watercolor, tribal, and illustrative tattoo styles.

Tribal Wikipedia

»» Circus performer and first known female tattoo artist, Maude Stevens Wagner. American traditional tattoo art.

American Traditional

Illustrative

“The first thing I’m thinking of is “Where the Wild Things Are” because of the animals. Let me think. I also see Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus.” It is a historical fantasy with battling magicians.”

“This is really dark. I can see someone with a tattoo like this enjoying H.P. Lovecraft. Anything like Lovecraft. Fantasy and mysticism. Also, China Miéville. That might be it. A lush and dense author.”

“This is where I’m gonna go for a cheat sheet. We had cheat sheets for our staff. We went into mythology and fantasy for this kind of tattoo. Probably, I’d go for, mythological things. Right off the bat, I’d say “Game of Thrones.” I also think of Ursula K. Le Guin, to tell the truth. Her “Tales from Earthsea.” I think that that would be a lot of fun. This has an old-fashioned, historic feel, in a way ... Joe Abercombie fits or maybe nonfiction like “How the Irish Saved Civilization.”

Artwork courtesy of Andrew Trull

»» Art by Andrew Trull, Twisted Raven Tattoo, Spokane, Washington.

Watercolor “Immediately, I’m thinking of Hemingway. Of “Old Man and the Sea.” I can’t help myself. I see Americana here. Mark Twain would fit, too. It has that feel. Or, the movie “On Golden Pond” is a possibility.” —— Patty Templeton DGO Staff Writer

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Paige Gray | Special to DGO

Of pilgrims, Bermuda Triangles, and new-year resolutions

n a rainy evening just before Thanksgiving, I found myself in a dark kitchen lined with linoleum flooring. Here sat all the familiar signifiers of white-suburban America of a previous era, complete with a daily newspaper strewn across a generic wood dining table, a table that could have been purchased at Sears in the 1970s. I wasn’t really sure where I was or where I was going, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to look in the fridge. I opened the fridge door to discover a gateway to another dimension. Specifically, it was a dimension that may or may not have been Bermuda, according to the neon sign that greeted me. A Bermuda Triangle, indeed. I had entered a space removed from time, geography, and linear cohesion. But was I lost? I wondered this as I continued moving through the psychological and narrative mystery that is the permanent exhibit of the Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf, “The House of Eternal Return,” which opened in March 2016 with financial backing from “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin. Traveling through the sturdy structure of the Victorian family house into the fantastical hidden spaces of dreamwork and imagination, I thought about the travel so many others were doing and have been doing this holiday season to visit family and friends. Whether chalked up to nostalgia or the embedded narratives of popular culture – see any entry listed under Netflix’s “Holiday Movies” – we think about holiday travel as a return; we imagine it as traveling back to something. But travel, our physical and existential journeying, always moves us forward. So yeah, in that Freudian wonderland of forgotten arcade games and yellow-brick roads of life-sized aquarium flora, I found connection to those Calvinist inspirations for our modern-day November feast, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and the canon of Christmas-vacation cultural

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»» One of 70 distinct spaces inside “House of Eternal Return” at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe.

tropes. That brief cosmic dislocation experienced during my passage through Meow Wolf has forced continued consideration in regard to all the implications of physical and metaphorical travel, even more so now that all the talk of new year resolutions and fresh beginnings now shapes conversations and social-media feeds. Namely, I keep coming back to the notion that we are all pilgrims – or, perhaps, we should always aspire to be pilgrims. As we voyage into a new year – or, I perhaps here should avoid the royal “we” and just make assumptions for myself. As I voyage into a new year, I want to continue to challenge myself to move from spaces of utter familiarity to those that seem strange and new. Even the smallest “travel” choices can bring us into those genuine moments that remind us we’re all on this crazy trip together. For instance, during my same trip to Santa Fe, instead of staying at a conventional hotel, a friend and I opted to stay at a hostel. This brought us into communion and conversation with other fascinating wanderers, and reminded us of the pleasures of bunkbeds (and the responsibilities of morning chores). On Christmas Eve, I went to a service at an unfamiliar church, but left feeling welcomed.

(And somewhat entertained. As the service ended, the older gentlemen next to me said I needed to sit beside him next time as well because I had a lovely voice. I’m not so sure about that, but I am sure that he wasn’t the most in-tune Christmas caroler.) So my vision of the life-as-pilgrim is much less austere than those images that pop into your head when I mention the word. I’m reclaiming the term for my new year. For when we cease to travel – spiritually, psychically, or physically – we lose connection to ourselves, with one another. We refuse to journey into the realms of other realities. Whether comforted by our secure positions or frightened of what we may discover if we look, the acceptance of a stationary po-

sition, literal or figurative, relinquishes the acquisition of new knowledge. We’re all pilgrims, traveling through to make sense of the unfamiliar – trying to connect, to find one another’s humanity, which we, too often, repress and hide and transform, only to find it again in our art, in our Meow Wolf dream worlds in our pilgrimages. Paige Gray is a visiting assistant professor in the English Department at Fort Lewis College. She fiercely contends that George Michael’s “Freedom ’90” belongs in the music-video pantheon, but believes the earworm that is “Last Christmas” holds a special place in Hell.

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TRENDCASTING 2017 »» Eschewing

fashion rules? Everything infused? Social and cultural activism? What will the new year bring? Durango art and lifestyle experts throwdown

ary Shelley (famous “Frankenstein” writer) is reported to have said, “The beginning is always today.” Amen to that. 2017 is a fresh start full of ambition, promise, and cool shit to discover. We talked to authorities around town to ferret out what’ll be fashionable from January onward.

Art

Beer

“There’s going to be a lot of pushing the next few years for funding and emphasis on promoting equity, equality and diversity. All the things we’ve been working on for years ... An emphasis on arts that are interested in social consciousness and social well-being ... I think supporting diverse ideas in the arts authentically, be that Hispanic, indigenous – I think that would be nice to see. Authentic representations ... [Also,] I think we may see more use of digital tools like laser cutters and 3-D printers. I’m hoping we can get access to more of that in Durango. I am hoping for an increased use in technology and an embracing of tools that are all around us for art making: Cellphone cameras, video editing software that is open source. I would love to see that. The other thing I would love to see is more community engaged activities – further reaching to join nonprofits, schools, and other organizations to engage more people within the community.”

“We will continue to see more experimental and sour beers where brewers are able to get creative with different types of fruits, herbs, and some different brewhouse souring techniques. We are working on a few new beers - a “Berliner Weisse,” a “Ginger Gose,” and a new sour ale called “Pink Vapor Stew.” These are part of our Mod Project, a secondary brewhouse which creates a series of small batch beers made at Ska. Fun new flavors – some of which are only available at Ska World Headquarters. They tend to be lower-ABV, tart-flavored beers that focus on using Colorado ingredients and some blending. There is a good chance you will see us putting some of these beers in cans soon ... You will see a lot of breweries in 2017 who will mix up their lineups, breweries who have been around for a while, like New Belgium and Avery,

Peter Hay, Durango Arts Center exhibits director

that are making some big changes. You’ll see some flagships going away and more specialty beers coming out.” Kristen Muraro, marketing director, Ska Brewing Co.

Books “You’re going to see a lot more covers with really great fonts and primary colors like the covers of “Mister Monkey” by Francine Prose or Antonia Hayes’ “Relativity.” They’ll really pop out at you. The larger the font the better. When it comes to actual content, more diversity. It’s going to be people of color writing about people of color, rather than white people writing those stories It’s going to be LGBTQ people writing about LGBTQ people ... We’ve noticed that there are a lot of books where the settings are in different locations but still Western writers. I think that will change and we’ll get more stories about people in other locations that are translated ... You’ll also see a lot more rebels as protagonists in 2017. I think that that means rebels from all walks of life.” Colleen Galvin, assistant director, Durango Public Library

Durango life “For 2017, Wilson Gulch Road will attract new businesses to Durango. The infrastructure is in place. Jobs and improving the economy are vital to Durango, in my opinion as a City Councilor and longtime resident. Sales tax drifting to Farmington hurts our economy. The internet sales hurts the stores in Durango. Shopping locally will provide the dollars to fund the library, senior David Holub/DGO

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“I think documentaries are getting bigger and bigger. We’re going to see a lot of current events. For example, there’s a lot of documentary filmmakers up at Standing Rock. I’m sure that the political climate of the past year will produce films that reflect it. Current events are big ... I think any story that is compelling somebody is out there trying to make a narrative feature, film, or documentary about it. I see more and more true stories that are coming to the screen.”

center, pave streets, hire policemen, and keep Durango healthy. Local dollars recirculate in town as we all know but often ignore. The store owner hires locals, who pay rent, buy groceries, go to a movie, shop in local stores. It just makes good sense to shop local as much as we can.” Sweetie Marbury, city councilor

Fashion “People are, generationally, breaking away from fashion rules ... You can wear brown and black together. There are no rules anymore ... I think the biggest thing I see is more comfort: Super soft; super comfy. Everything is a little less form-fitting. It doesn’t necessarily mean less sturdy. I think people are taking more into their comfort than what a piece necessarily looks like. People come in and they go along and feel the racks of clothes. Women are taking more effort in buying lingerie that goes under clothes for the pure comfort of themselves ... The biggest thing I see happening in fashion is a huge surge of the ’90s, which is hilarious for me because that was me growing up and being in high school. One of my favorites is velvet. Velvet is coming back. It is so huge and I love it. I love it because it is timeless, and if you buy the right pieces of it, you can have it forever. It’s some deep jewel tones and some pastels. Very different. Really fun ... I see a lot of wideJerry McBride/BCI Media file leg pants and flats ... We cannot keep dainty »» Dave Woodruff, general manager of El Moro, pours a Dos Por Uno necklaces in stock. That and Southwestern mixed drink at the bar. jewelry. The rest of the world is going crazy for it, and Durango is starting to see it as a thing, too ... To see it as meaningful and the heritage tive rights and healthcare of women, and hostility behind it. People are starting to search for those neat toward an honest dialogue about continued racial Southwestern pieces.” and wealth inequality ... Something I do have hope for is that citizens will become more vocal about Sarah Rousseau, owner of Silk Sparrow what they believe to be social justice. Citizens will be more vocal about continued inequalities widenFood ing in the United States, particularly about race and “I think there’s an explosion of craft cocktails. There wealth.” are restaurants that we love and frequent, like El Moro, and they frequent us – boots on the ground Dr. Keri Brandt, associate professor of cocktail knowledge has exploded ... We use local sociology and gender and women’s product to create cocktails as well as local product studies, Fort Lewis College to make our food. We love being able to do that. That Movies farm-to-table trend will continue.” Andrew Brandes, manager and sommelier, Seasons Rotisserie and Grill

LGBTQ “I’m a generally hopeful person, but I’m not feeling that hopeful right now. The trend that I’m seeing is a tremendous amount of pushback to gains that have been made – especially along the lines of race, sexuality, and class. What will be the outcome of the new [Trump] administration, we don’t know. But this new administration that is being built already has a clear hostility to the rights of transgender individuals, the rights of gay and lesbian folks, the reproduc-

“I think that what’s done Hollywood in is their reliance on remakes. There’s not a lot of original ideas going on out there except for in Netflix and Amazon becoming their own production companies. I think that’s why you see a lot of success in Netflix Originals. They are coming up with new ideas, not remakes. It is just a matter of time before mainstream Hollywood starts to see that in dollars. Netflix and Amazon are capitalizing on an original idea, why don’t we go back to that? I would hope that the trend of original content continues in 2017, and not remakes.” Ericka Curlee, co-owener, Louisa’s Movie House

Joanie Fraughton, executive director, Durango Independent Film Festival

Music “In town, I’ve noticed a resurgence of kids wearing battle jackets – the vests with all the patches. That hasn’t been a thing here for ages. Now, I see punk rock kids wandering around town. I definitely think that there’s gonna be a bit of a punk rock resurgence, especially with the folk punk happening, too. That’s like crust punk kids on the street who play acoustic guitar and banjo because they can’t afford an amplifier, but it’s still got the same punk rock aesthetic to it. I think Andrew Jackson Jihad are gonna get a bigger bump and Days and Daze will get pretty popular here. Also, the resurgence of funk music here. There’s a lot of bands coming out and playing straight-out funk music. Nationally, there’s Childish Gambino eschewing the rap genre completely and making a Parliament-worship record. I think that speaks to people’s desire for an analog experience, or an experience that feels more genuine, rather than laptop-type stuff.” Cooper Stapleton, host of “The Heaviest Matter in the Universe” on KDUR “I’m not sure that I see what is upcoming besides a continuation of what we have been seeing that doesn’t want to die yet. We see the use of eclectic instruments – banjo, folk instruments, ukulele – going strong. Also still growing strong is the genre of the singer-songwriter, which turned into the closet musician being able to express and record at home. Recording at home is more and more accessible. If anything, if I were to project for the future, recording is going to grow even stronger because of the tools becoming familiarized and affordable.” Jim Gillaspy, Katzin Music

Weed “We’re getting all new products on a daily basis. We’re seeing every product on the market infused now. We have beef jerky. We’re getting so many technologies – like with vaporized pens. Just easy, easy ways to medicate. That is what we are seeing and what we will continue to see: User-friendly products and accessibility.” Tracy Robinette, manager of Santé Medical and Recreational Dispensary —— Patty Templeton DGO Staff Writer

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‘Rogue One’ tops box office for 3rd weekend By JAKE COYLE AP FILM WRITER

NEW YORK – The new year at the box office is starting where 2016 left off: with Disney on top. The “Star Wars” spinoff “Rogue One” led the box office for the third consecutive week, taking in an estimated $64.3 million over the four-day New Year’s weekend, according to studio estimates Monday. The success of Gareth Edwards’ “Rogue One” has only further cemented a record year for the Walt Disney Co., which ran up $2.7 billion in domestic ticket sales in 2016 and accounted for more than 25 percent of the market. “Rogue One,” which has now grossed about $440 million in North America and nearly $800 million globally, currently slots in as the year’s No. 2 movie, following “Finding

Dory” (also from Disney). The studio notched four of the five top films and has, in a year marked by franchise struggles, made a routine of churning out well-reviewed, hugely profitable blockbusters. The weekend pushed the industry to $11.4 billion in ticket sales in 2016, topping the $11.1 billion record set in 2015. The record revenue, propelled primarily by the Disney juggernaut, masks undeniable challenges in the business. Attendance was largely flat. Streaming and television continue to grow as competitors. Some glaring failures (“Suicide Squad”) and flops (“Independence Day: Resurgence”) showed considerable franchise fatigue with audiences. And several studios (Paramount, Sony) endured much leaner years. But Hollywood’s 2017 is starting out with brisk business. In its second week of release, the animated “Sing,”

from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, again came in second with $56.4 million. The poorly reviewed science-fiction romance “Passengers,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, came in third with $20.7 million over the fourday weekend. It’s made $61.4 million thus far, a somewhat disappointing total for a film that cost north of $100 million to make. Another Disney title, “Moana,” came in fourth with $14.3 million in its sixth weekend. A pair of Oscar contenders is also packing theaters. Despite playing in more limited release, Damien Chazelle’s Los Angeles musical “La La Land” grossed $12.3 million over the four-day weekend. The lead Golden Globe nominee has grossed $37 million and yet is playing in only 750 theaters. (Wider releases play in 3,000-plus theaters.) It’s the year’s top limited release title.

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edicine is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (I was an English major; that’s where I go first) – 1. The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery) 2. A drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease 3. (Among North American Indians and some other peoples) a spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power. I remember a conversation I had about seven years ago back East, when the medical marijuana “movement” was gaining traction nationwide and recreational cannabis options were just beginning to open up as a realistic possibility for American citizens. S-Boy looked me right in the eyes and told me, “We need to stop calling it marijuana; that’s prohibition talk; we need to call it cannabis. We need to call it medicine. That’s what it is.” I, being kind of old and definitely old-school in mentality, just looked at him and nodded, mostly because I didn’t really know what to think at the time. I’ve always been a true believer in this plant, back to the bricks-and-stems-and-seed days; when I say I believe in cannabis, I mean that I’ve had two visions regarding its ability to expand consciousness and to heal what ails us as a society, with particular regard to matters spiritual; my relationship with C. sativa has changed my life, but the whole “cannabis – medicine” thing sounded gimmicky at best to my ears. Then ... a lot of things happened. I’ll save

the details for another day, but my path led me here to DGO and the opportunity to write a weekly “Weed” column: At first, I was a bit worried that the singularity of the subject matter might be limiting; after about a year-and-a-quarter, I feel like I’m swimming happily in a cove and the range of possibilities is the great ocean beyond. And I now understand what S-Boy was talking about. Oxford’s first two definitions of medicine could have been written specifically about cannabis, a plant with over 400 chemical compounds that are just beginning to be understood by the standards of modern scientific research. Where else in nature’s pharmacopoeia can you receive both preventive and palliative care for conditions as varied as pain, nausea, seizures, muscle spasms, Crohn’s disease, ALS, PTSD, wasting syndrome, arthritis, migraines, glaucoma, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C, cancer, mitochondrial disease, sickle cell disease and literally dozens of other conditions? Keep in mind that the medical uses of this plant are from individual states within the borders of a nation that continues at a federal level to criminalize it and to schedule it alongside heroin and at a level higher than it schedules cocaine and methamphetamine. If cannabis is not medicine, there is no such thing as medicine. If you choose to believe, in the face of the evidence to the contrary, that cannabis is not medicine, you are either uninformed, obtuse, or operating with an agenda. It’s really just that simple here in 2017. Then there’s that third definition. I think I internalized Oxford’s third definition of med-

icine as it relates to cannabis the first time I ever smoked it. It has been said that we are spiritual beings operating on a physical plane. The more I read in the arena of modern science, the more it echoes of what we now call myths, the archetypal truths of their times and places that have been relegated to the dusty corners of history by what we call Progress (with a capital P). If Albert Einstein and mythologist Joseph Campbell weren’t birds of a feather, maybe it’s me who’s missing something. I believe that cannabis is our ally as it relates to our connection to the pieces of us that long for a healthy connection to that which we cannot often see in our waking lives but we always feel in those places deep down inside us, the places where our spirit resides. We’re entering a new phase of cannabis history here in the United States. Well over half of The Fifty allow its use in some form, but we must still hope that this right will not be taken from us by the same government that allowed Aslinger and Nixon to decide policy. I say, enough of that. It’s time to decide whether we truly believe in and respect the gifts cannabis provides us with or are we just happy to be along for a nice ride, whether we are committed to a future with cannabis here to help us and our children as it has for millennia or just satisfied to be part of a bubble in this social experiment as it unfolds. I can’t decide your path for you, but I know mine, and I encourage you to take some time this week and think about what “medicine” can cure.

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How to find an escort for the 30-year-old virgin? My brother is a virgin and turning 30 in a few weeks. He said he wants to hire an escort just for drinks and conversation for his birthday, but he doesn’t really know how to tell what’s a reliable service or what criteria he should be looking for to tell whether an agency is legit, reliable, etc. I’m very happy he came to me with this because I can tell it’s not something he wants to share with many people – but I don’t have any advice or knowledge to pass on regarding this and I want to respect his privacy by not discussing it with everyone in our social circles. Do you have any advice in regards to what he should be looking for? My Younger Brother’s Romantic Order “Look to social media,” said Mistress Matisse, a writer, sex worker, and sex-workers-rights activist. “Now that so many review boards have been taken down, social media is the best way to find a good independent escort.” About those review boards: Law enforcement agencies, always on the lookout for ways to “save” sex workers by making their jobs more dangerous, have gone after online sites, aka review boards, where clients rated and ranked escorts and – more importantly – escorts communicated with each other about safety, clients to avoid (flaky, rude, unhygienic), and clients they absolutely shouldn’t see (erratic, threatening, violent). Elizabeth Nolan Brown wrote a great piece for Reason about the issue last fall (“The Truth About the Biggest U.S. Sex Trafficking Story of the Year,” Sept. 9, 2016), and everyone should go read it at Reason.com. Anyway, MYBRO, back to your brother and Matisse’s advice. “I’m not saying ‘no social media’ equals ‘bad escort,’” said Matisse. “There are lots of good escorts who don’t have much of a social-media presence. But if you want to get to know a little about who someone is before you meet them, that’s just how you do it now.” Another rarely discussed, perfectly legal alternative to figuring out if an escort is for real: pay them to meet up for drinks and conversation, which just so happens to be all your brother wants (or all he’s willing to tell you he wants). “Obviously, this is not a good option for the budget-conscious,” said Matisse. “But if you want to test your chemistry and create some trust on both sides before booking a private date, it’s a solid way to go. Note the keyword, though: PAY her for her time. (Most ladies have a public social meeting fee that’s lower than private-time rates.) And remember the basic rules when you do decide to set a private-time

date: Don’t ask about sex and don’t talk about money other than to briefly acknowledge that you have seen her rates and agree to pay for her time. Expect to use condoms and to abide by the rules of whoever you’re seeing.” You can follow Mistress Matisse on Twitter @ mistressmatisse. I’ve been reading your column for years, and it has definitely helped me develop a sex-positive view of dating, relationships, sex, and otherwise. I’ve been seeing a girl recently who revealed to me she’s a cam girl. I’m totally OK with it. She makes a great living, it’s important to her, and it turns her on – all great things! But it’s something she likes to keep to herself, and for good reason, obviously. People, however, are obsessed with what other people do for a living. So what’s the best answer for when I’m asked what she does? She’s as unsure of what to say as I am. I’m bringing her to a company event (I work in finance), and both of us are sure everyone is going to ask what she does. (Cocktail party small talk is the worst!) What are your thoughts on this subject and other things in a relationship like this? Man Behind The Cam Girl Say this: “She’s an independent contractor with a video production company – she makes her own hours and works from home. It’s a great gig. Oh hey, how about them Bears/Colts/Cubs/Broncos/Braves/ WhateverThe[bleeps].” I’m a tall, slender, attractive, fit, artistic, female 65-year old, taking testosterone, and now without a partner. I’m not sure how to go about engaging in noncommittal quick sex dates. I don’t know of any escort services for the ladies, but I would be interested. I’m also interested in exploring the bisexual side of life. Where would you advise I go? Curious And Wondering I’m going to echo Mistress Matisse and suggest diving into Sex Work Twitter. Most male sex workers target their ads/online presence to other males, since men are likelier to buy sex, but many male escorts are bisexual or straight but gay-for-pay. They’ll happily see female clients, as will many female sex workers, you just gotta ask – politely and, again, without talking about sex explicitly. Remember: You’re paying for the escort’s time, CAW, anything else that hap-

pens is just consenting adults doing consenting adult things. I have a suggestion for GAYMAN, the guy who just got out of an abusive relationship and wanted to know how to reconnect with his sexuality and other gay men. I came out three years ago, and I must say that joining the organization Frontrunners changed my life. It’s an LGBTQ-friendly running group, and I found so much support there as a man coming out late in life. I’ve met so many LGBTQ people, from all backgrounds, with extremely varied interests, and it really opened me up socially. I’m happy to say I’ve made some great friends in the year that I have participated. Running While Queer Love your column. Often you get questions on how to meet people/find partners, and you respond, “Get out of the house, go to the gym, volunteer.” Here’s one activity you haven’t mentioned: sign up for dance lessons, e.g., salsa, swing, tango, ballroom, etc. It’s not hard to find a dance studio that offers group lessons, and partners aren’t required. Anyone can join a class. A group dance class will expose you to many people and put them right in your arms as an introduction. I can’t think of a better way to meet people. I’m a straight guy who met his last six girlfriends – the latest at nine years and counting – in dance classes. I honestly wouldn’t know what to do at a bar. Obviously, partner dance isn’t for everyone, but skeptics might be surprised. It’s a pretty great environment, and people seem at ease because everyone is focused on having fun. Strictly Come Dancing Thanks for sharing, RWQ and SCD. READERS: Psychotherapist, author, and friend Esther Perel (“Mating in Captivity”) is seeking couples to be featured on her upcoming original audio series. Couples can be married or in a longterm committed relationship, and from all sexual orientations and cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. Gay male couples are particularly encouraged to apply. For more info, go to tinyurl. com/perelaudio. 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] Thursday First Thursdays Art Walk, 5-7 p.m., par-

ticipating galleries, www.durangoarts.org. The Assortment, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Ska

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., www.skabrewing. com. Tim Sullivan, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Jose Villareal, 7-11 p.m., The Office Spirito-

rium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568. Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Friday Donny Johnson, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Dustin Burley, 7-11 p.m., The Office Spiri-

torium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Open Mic, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, down-

stairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.thebean.com. Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

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

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122. The Metropolitan Opera presents “Verdi’s Nabucco,” 10:55 a.m., Fort Lewis

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College Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive, 247-7657, www.durangoconcerts.com.

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The Black Velvet Duo with Nina Sasaki and Larry Carver, 5:30-10 p.m., Dia-

Sometimes it’s cool to hang out with your folks

mond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Greg Ryder, 7-11 p.m., The Office Spiritori-

um, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

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

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122. Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,

Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Blue Moon Ramblers, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Jazz church experienced musician session, 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725

Parents can be an eternal cause for embarrassment, no matter your age: Mom’s trying to act like she’s one of your besties and you can pretty much always count on Dad to bust out his painful comedy routine that consists entirely of “pull my finger” and the ensuing braying, spittle-spraying laughter. But sometimes, working with your parents on a project can be very cool, as is the case of a new art show, “Shared Space: A Mother, Son Collaboration,” an exploration into the creative minds of Irie Sentner, 14, and his mother, Mari Velez Sentner. This family-oriented event will showcase the mother/son duo’s work in photography, mixed media, and collage. The show will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Sweet 11 Gallery, upstairs at 863½ Main Ave. For more information, check out Sweet 11 Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Sweet11Gallery.

Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse. com. Joel Racheff, 7-11 p.m., The Office Spiritori-

um, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

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

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Retro gaming afternoon, 4 p.m., Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., Ignacio, 563-9287. Thrive! Living Wage Coalition meeting and potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., Du-

rango Adult Education Center, 701 Camino del Rio, 903-0957.

Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

rium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., www.skabrewing. com.

Acoustic jam, 6-9 p.m., Steaming Bean,

Open Mic, 8 p.m., Moe’s Starlite Lounge, 937

Main Ave., 259-9018.

Joel Racheff, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle

downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.thebean.com.

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Super Ted’s Super Trivia, 6:12 p.m., Ska

Tango foundation class, 7 p.m., Groove

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792, www. facebook.com/supertedstriviaatskabrewing.

U Dance Studio, 26369 U.S. Highway 160, 9035128, ljubalemke@gmail.com. Spoken Word, 7-9 p.m., Steaming Bean,

downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.thebean.com.

Useless Knowledge Bowl Trivia+, 7 p.m., Durango Brewing Co., 3000 Main Ave., 247-3396. Tango Milonga, 7 p.m., Four Leaves

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Winery, 528 Main Ave., 769-7053, www.tangodurango.info.

Terry Rickard, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond

Tim Sullivan, 7-11 p.m., The Office Spirito-

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900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Geeks Who Drink trivia, 6:30 p.m.,

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Whatever happens, do not be hasty – and do not quit your day job.

Because you feel headstrong and passionate about something this week, you cannot predict how this week will unfold. But it’s safe to say that you will have detours and interruptions.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

This is a friendly and social time for you, which is why you are intrigued by someone who is different or from another culture. A casual friendship might heat up into something cozy.

Travel plans might be detoured, delayed or canceled this week. Be ready for anything because interruptions are par for the course. Double-check financial matters with your bank and anything to do with taxes and debt this week because something unexpected might be brewing. Don’t be caught off guard.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

A friend might surprise you this week. Or possibly, you will meet someone who is a real character. In any event, it’s not a boring week.

A close friend or partner likely will say or do something that surprises you this week. Keep a lighthearted point of view. Humor always puts perspective on things.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

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A discussion with a boss or parental figure will surprise you this week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Computer glitches, staff shortages

and canceled appointments are just some of the surprises that will interrupt your routine at work. Don’t make a big deal about things. Every job has unexpected interruptions and delays. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) A surprise invitation to a social event might come your way. Conversely, social plans might be changed. It could be anything, which means you have to be ready to go with the flow. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Your home routine will be interrupted this week, perhaps because of a discussion with a parent or a female relative. Be wise and remain cool. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Pay attention to everything you say and do this week in order to prevent doing anything you later regret. An

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Keep an eye on your money and possessions this week to prevent loss or theft. Something unpredictable might happen. The upside is that you might find money or something you previously lost. BORN THIS WEEK You love to socialize, but you get bored easily. You are dedicated to your projects and are willing to work hard. You’re an optimist who doesn’t like crowds. The year 2017 is a time when you will be both a student and a teacher. You will be excited as you start to see the fruits of your efforts for the past six years. Expect your well-earned rewards soon! © 2017 King Features Syndicate Inc.

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