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Rocky Road | Katie Burford

Sexting in the workplace and columnist insecurities Dear Rocky Road, I really like this boy at work, but I’m not quite sure how to broach the subject. He always seems interested when I talk to him, but I’ve heard he has a girlfriend. Should I text him a sexual picture?

Ready For Romance Before we get to the specifics of your proposition, I’d like to address the broader issue: romance in the workplace.

Our society is mightily challenged by this topic right now, but the forces have been brewing for generations. It started when we left the farm en masse more than a century ago. Now, we now move routinely, for work, opportunity, or adventure.

My own father is a textbook example of this.

He was born and raised in a small Oklahoma town where everybody knew everybody. But as soon as he graduated from college, his migrations began.

First it was Texas for an engineering job, then Montana, for service in the Air Force during Vietnam.

After, with a family in tow, it was Colorado, where he was part of a small alt-energy startup during the ’70s oil crisis. When that ended, it was back to Oklahoma, but not to the town where he grew up. My life has been similarly itinerant. This is the norm.

The result is that for many, the workplace has become the most cohesive, structured unit we pertain to. Proportionally, it is where many of us spend the largest chunk of our day. Our occupation defines us.

That’s why “What do you do?” is a perennial conversation starter. Even if your work is a collection of service jobs to fuel your adventure lifestyle, that is a defining choice.

Our modern peripatetic tendencies have also undone the traditional ways of finding a mate.

Family, caste, geography and gender all have lost their power to assign us a partner. So anything goes, right?

“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural,” wrote Yuval Noah Harari in his “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.”

“Whatever is possible is by definition also natural.

A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.”

But as quickly as we seemed to be moving to a “whatever is possible” stance on human coupling (itself an anachronistic term), we have run headlong into the #MeToo moment, which demands clear

constraints on certain sexual behavior. #MeToo threw klieg lights on the reality that many women and some men too have been gravely harmed by being forced to function in a sexualized workplace. Having your body and not your abilities be the focus of your employment rapidly makes your job feel more like slavery. This should be intolerable to any modern, just society. While #MeToo has particular relevance to the workplace it is also has implications anywhere that sex is out of context. Where exactly is sex out of context?

Welcome to the vast gray area where most of us live our lives.

Large swaths of gray area can be problematic for societies. Patrick Deneen, author of “Why Liberalism Failed,” argues that many of today’s social ills, including the opioid crisis and rising suicide rate, are a result of our putting individual freedom above all other values.

Traditional cultures subjugated the individual to the whole, thus constraining both choice and bad behavior.

“To be free, above all, was to be free from enslavement to one’s own basest desires, which could never be fulfilled, and the pursuit of which could only foster ceaseless craving and discontent,” Deneen writes.

Without some sort of institution or belief system to control us, he argues, we devolve into tribalism, hedonism and violence. In an odd intersection of interests, #MeToo asks for the same thing. But what is the thing that will help us know whether is it proper to proposition a coworker? And if it arrives, will we like it or will we bridle at its infringement on our freedom?

I’ve brushed up against this question of workplace interludes many times (I see you raising an eyebrow at me, Freud). The father of my two children I met through work. By virtue of both being young journalists, we’d self-selected for a plethora of interests and values, including a penchant for high stress, long hours, low pay, and alcohol.

By its very nature, work is fertile territory (there I go again) for finding people who share your lifestyle. According to a recent survey by ReportLinker, a market research company, 15 percent of respondents in a relationship met through work.

A good test to know whether a proposition is safe is to look at the disparity in power between you and the object of your interest. If there is one, proceed with extreme caution. But just because there is not doesn’t mean its open season. You have to think about it from all sides. If he’s not interested, how will the advance be perceived? How would

I feel if I received an overt advance from someone I wasn’t interested in? Is there a more conservative approach than a sexual text that would signal your interest but lower the stakes? This is the old-fashioned art of flirting. It can even be the best part of the dance of attraction, this lingering in that middle state between knowing and not knowing whether the thing you are feeling is real. I recommend you savor it.

Dear Rocky Road, I need your help. I write a new advice column, but I haven’t received many questions from readers seeking advice. What should I do? Is it because everything is perfect out there in the world? Or should I assume it’s me?

Rocky Road

Dear Rocky Road, I know it’s easy, especially when you are trying something new, to question the rightness of your chosen path. But let me be honest with you for a minute here. You chose to become an advice columnist, which is not a job for snowflakes or shrinking violets. Don’t go getting all maudlin just because your inbox isn’t overflowing after the second week. Give it time and readers will get used to you being around. As they move through their day-to-day lives, they will run up against situations that perplex, incite, or unsettle them. They will think, “Jeez, I really wish I had an understanding but independent observer to bounce this off of.” Then they will remember you. They will remember that their identities will remain anonymous so there is no negative consequence to their seeking your counsel. They will think, “Why not?” and off their inquiry will go to your waiting inbox. Remember, you called this endeavor Rocky Road, because nothing worthwhile is achieved without hardship. As far as assuming it’s you, forgotten humorist Olin Miller* would say this: “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” *It’s a poetic irony that Miller is only remembered for this quote, which has been incorrectly attributed to more notable figures such as Mark Twain And David Foster Wallace.

Katie Burford has worked as a social worker, journalist, university instructor, nanny and barista. These days, she’s a mom, professional ice cream maker and writer. She has two boys who eat a lot ice cream. Reach her at rockyroad@dgomag.com, @rockyroadadvice (Twitter), or Rocky Road, 1021 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301.

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What the Fork | Lindsay Mattison

In praise of root vegetables

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t seems like just yesterday I was complaining about the heat and all but buying stock in SPF 75. And now, here we are, deep in autumn’s clutches. I spent last weekend leafing my little heart out, admiring the groves of vibrant aspens along the scenic San Juan Skyway. It hit me that the days are growing shorter, the air is becoming crisper, and a cold front is moving in. Instead of lamenting the loss of summer, I’m embracing one of the most beautiful seasons in southwest Colorado. All you need is a quick walk through Third Avenue or a drive out to Vallecito and you’ll swear that October is your favorite color.

As I was summiting Ophir Pass, I was also saying a silent goodbye to tomatoes, zucchini squash, and sweet corn. I still have one good harvest out in the garden, but that’s it for fresh summer veggies. It’s officially time to move on to the next phase of seasonal eating. If you’re having a hard time getting excited about root vegetables and hearty greens, you may not be alone. Most people don’t eat these vegetables in the summer, but it’s that specific type

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of seasonality that makes them so much fun. After all, it’s hard to crave the comfort-forward, warming flavors of braised greens, roasted winter squash, beets, turnips, rutabagas, carrots, or potatoes when it’s hot outside.

Many of these vegetables have thicker-than-youthought-possible rinds to protect them during the long storage season ahead. That allows them to be picked in the fall and cellared until the spring, but it also means you can’t nosh on them raw like a watery summer vegetable. It’s this heartiness and durability that gives winter squash its large, roastable seeds and naturally sweet flesh. They have way more depth of flavor than their summer counterparts, but they’re also a bit more intimidating to cook. You’ll have to caramelize, roast, and glaze your way to a soft, edible bite. But, once you do, you won’t be sorry. They’ll really taste like the season.

I’m already dreaming and scheming of all the exciting fall dishes I can make. Creamy pumpkin chicken enchiladas? Yes, please. Butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce? Drooling.

Cheesy sausage and kale stuffed acorn squash… roasted kabocha squash carbonara… Texas-style brisket and carnival squash chili… spaghetti squash and meatballs… Someone needs to stop me before we all start eating our newspapers.

So, here’s the lowdown on what to look for and how to prepare almost any winter squash to transform it into your new fall favorite.

Step one: Pick a squash, any squash! Some

squashes are starchier than others, lending better to purees as opposed to caramelized pieces. But, for the most part, you can use them interchangeably (with the exception being spaghetti squash, which we’ll talk about in a minute). If you’re planning to make nice, diced pieces for a hash or a sheet pan dinner (or, you want slices for a faux lasagna or an au gratin dish), you’ll need to peel the squash first. I’d recommend a thin-skinned butternut, kabocha, acorn, or carnival squash. Or, look for a delicata squash. This variety is unique because you can eat it with the skin on. Since hubbard squash and pumpkins have super thick skins, I’d definitely recommend these types for making purees and sauces. That allows you to skip the peeling part and roast them in the skin.

Step two: Cut that sucker in half. If you’re peeling your squash, you might find it easier to remove the skin with a peeler or sharp knife before you cut it in half, but that’s up to you. Cutting through the hard exterior may be challenging if you don’t have a super-sharp knife. You can always use a serrated knife with a back-and-forth sawing motion if it feels safer.

Once you’ve halved it, scoop out the seeds with a spoon. Don’t throw them away – they make a delicious snack when spiced and roasted.

Step three: Cook ‘em up. If you’re just interested in cooked pulp for a pureed soup or pasta dish, or you’re using the squash half as the serving vessel, this part is easy. Keep the skin on and just rub the cut side with olive oil. Roast the halves (or quarters) cut-side up in a 350-degree oven. Once cooked, scoop the flesh out with a spoon or stuff them with tasty fillings and you’re done! For cut pieces, remove the skin first before dicing or slicing your squash. Then, toss the pieces with oil and spices and cook them on a sheet pan at a hot temperature – around 400 degrees. Finally, for spaghetti squash (which cooks up into noodle-like threads), roast the halves cut-side down in a 350-degree oven. Then, use a fork to scrape the flesh into long strands.

Lindsay D. Mattison is a professional chef and food writer living in Durango. She enjoys long walks in the woods, the simplicity of New York-style cheese pizza, and she’s completely addicted to Chapstick. Contact her at lindsaymattisonwriter@gmail.com.

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THE INTROVERTED, NONSTOP

LIFE OF HENRY ROLLINS

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DGO’s interview with the punk rock storyteller

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Photographer, actor, writer, and human rights activist Henry Rollins is masterful at forging stories from the grit and grandeur he intakes while raw powering around the world. Last week DGO spoke with Mr. Rollins about photography, the intentions of art, and if we’re ever gonna see him on a travel TV show. Buckle in, because here’s part two, with Rollins on being an introvert, if he gives a shit about his legacy, and not wasting one hot minute of life.

What drives your constant global travel?

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I’m hungry for the world. I’ve tried to figure out exactly what that is, if it’s motivated by curiosity, or some kind of overwhelming sadness to keep moving, or a fear of being still. I think it’s more of the latter. I fear if I sit still long enough then maybe everything is over, but if I’m in an active state of moving, then maybe I’m still a freshman somehow. It’s not like I’m afraid of being old. I am old, but I don’t like the idea of retirement or, ‘Well, finally you’ve gotten here.’

Travel gets me genuinely excited because the places I go to, you really need to have your wits about you. Any time you’re in Africa, any part of Africa, you have to be engaged, because it is moving quickly and everyone is incredibly alive. You come back from two weeks of travel there and your clothes are worn out. A new pair of boots is beat, because Africa ages everything, because it’s somehow moving at a faster metabolic rate.

Some folks might find it hard to believe that you’re an introvert.

I’m an extraordinarily introverted person. On stage, interaction comes out like a piece of beef Heimliched out of someone’s mouth, or vomiting, or a sneeze. Like, [louder, excited voice] ‘Here it is!’ It flies out of me. But meeting people after shows is nerve-wracking. If someone goes, ‘Come to the house for dinner,’ it’s like, ‘Ahhh, no, please no.’ Go talk in front of 3,000 people? OK! If I’m on stage, I have a mission. I’m working. I’m here to sling the hash. I’m an outputting machine.

On the streets of the world, I engage because I want to know. Why do I want to know? I want to know because I want to know, but eventually I want to put it out there for others who might not know. Ultimately, everything ends

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makes me so sad, the idea that this slows and is over. It really shakes me.

Going to all these places, it becomes expository – in the photobooks or in the travel books I write with the photo insert in the middle. It all turns into an exhale. I took in information, that’s the inhale. Then I’m on stage, ‘Hey, when I was in North Korea, this happened,’ and there’s the exhale. The expository.

I’m trying to get amazing ingredients so I have something to tell you, the audience, that does not waste your time.

I have no plan. I’ve never had a plan.

Since I graduated from high school in 1979, till right now, I’ve never had a plan. You’ll be big in music? I had no proof of that. When I was in Black Flag, there was no proof that we were even getting the proverbial bowl of rice the next day. To this day, I’m always desperately looking for the next thing.

You’ve been on to the next project your entire life.

There’s not a wasted minute.

As far as traveling, it’s harder now than it was five years ago. I feel my body. I really mushed myself up. Joints hurt. Back hurts. You pay for having a wild existence, throwing yourself about – or put it this way, I’m paying.

A lotta aspirin in my life. It’s harder to keep getting up and leaving the tent on a daily basis. There’s trips now that I probably won’t do.

I call it swinging from vine to vine.

When Tarzan is about to run out of vines, he goes the other way. The pendulum needs to go back the other way – I’m just hoping that there’s another vine showing up so that I can grab it and keep going that away. When someone says, ‘Hey, you wanna be on a TV show?’ Chances are I’ll say yeah because I have nothing going on this week. I’ll show up tomorrow and do a mini-character arc because I don’t like sitting still. It’s depressing. It really

Ever give a thought to slowing down a smidge?

Some of the photos I’ll be showing are from trips in the earlier 2000s.

Those are trips I could still do, but it would feel like a Singapore caning by sunset every day now. I am tough and I can take it, but I’m really feeling the wear and tear. Where five years

from now, I don’t know if I could do six weeks with a backpack hustling from L.A. and ending up in Beijing via Saudi Arabia and all these other places – that was 2009. I think of a trip like that and don’t know if I could mount that offensive again in a few years. There might come a time when I have to reconsider this – what I do.

Do you give any thought to what you’ll leave behind when you’re gone?

I’m not trying to build a legacy, I’m not hoping that my grave will be kept clean, I don’t put these books out so I’ll be taught in classrooms later or remembered. It’s all fleeting to me. All of it. Ultimately, I’m as worthless or worthwhile as any other human who shuffled through; I’m just doing stuff.

If the books all go out of print and it all turns into sand in the wind behind me, it’s OK. I’m interested in what I can do and what I can think of and acting upon it.

Coming up with an idea and saying, ‘Well, it will take 5,000 words to see if that idea still holds water. I’ll get to work on that book idea.’ I own a book company. I don’t have to audition a manuscript because I sleep with the owner every night. If I come up with an idea I get to work.

I just finished about 407,000 words.

A four or five part book series about music. The first installment went to our beleaguered proofreader who just recovered from my last book, which we just got copies of. We asked Carol if she stopped vomiting and she said, ‘Yeah, I’m towing the water of your next manuscript.’ She has stuff from me for the next 18 months. I’m kinda like the cook in the kitchen who keeps putting the plate in the window for the person to take away. I don’t know where they end up. Read the book? Cool. Don’t read the book? That’s OK. It’s not really why I write them. [Laughs]

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

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A former Durango resident, Cloonan leads The Jack Cloonan Band and is developing the genre of “disco-grass.”

A fusion of festival-heavy genres, it’s one part jam-band, one part acoustic funk, and all parts upbeat party.

“It’s bluegrass fusion with Celtic and funk rhythms,” Cloonan said.

“But, I just like to say discograss, because it makes people want to dance.”

Cloonan has been playing music for “forever,” he says, but got into bluegrass after spending time with the Chicago-based band Hen House Prowlers. His pursuit of music as a full-time venture really came to fruition, though, while he was a student at Fort Lewis College. It was there that he started hanging with people like Patrick Storen from Liver Down the River, and Andy Gallen and Charles Henry from High Country Hustle.

With his band, Cloonan is riding high on Colorado’s rich and fruitful jam and bluegrass-based acoustic music scene. Like most new-grass bands, they cover a lot of ground.

Bluegrass is an influential part of the sound, while extended jams and improvisation keep the audio atmosphere loose and delightfully unpredictable.

That rich and fruitful jam and bluegrass-based acoustic music scene has also led to High Country Hustle.

“Our band is described as a high energy bluegrass band with a jam influence,” said High Country Hustle fiddle and mandolin player Seth Yokel. “We take our roots from classic bluegrass and tend to put a bluegrass spin on many different genres of music, from rock and roll to hip hop and everything in between.”

For dobro player Jeff Moorehead, the jam influence comes as both a musical challenge and audio opportunity. Moorehead, whose resume includes work in bluegrass band

Running Out of Road and rock band Lawn Chair Kings, is a true child of the 1970s. Moorehead is always willing to drop some obscure Deep Purple or Blue Oyster Cult into the musical discourse, and sees jamming as a way to beef up the sound while expanding songs into larger pieces.

“I like the jam band thing. It’s more challenging than people think it is,” said Moorehead. “The solos have to be designed not to unfold too quickly, and they can never ignore the underlying groove. And there’s plenty of chances to develop some interesting interaction with other instruments.

Jam bands are resurrecting a lot of the Southern and blues rock from the 1970s, where musicians weren’t afraid of stretching out on long jams.”

Both bands are embracing the growing music scene that exists in Colorado, and the open arms mentality shared by the jam community, where any sounds are welcome.

“All of us have been around the area for a while now, and between seeing live music and playing, we have been fortunate enough to develop some really great friendships with people,” said Yokel. “People love music here and are open to many styles and genres, so our sound has been able to fit in nicely, we think.

Musically, there are so many musicians to play with and learn from.

Even if we weren’t in a band together, everyone still jams late night and are open to fun musical endeavors.”

The Jack Cloonan Band will be hitting Mountain Start Studio in Black Hawk to record their debut later this fall, while High Country Hustle anticipates recording a debut sometime in 2019.

The Jack Cloonan Band, along with local jam-grass band High Country Hustle, will perform Friday at the Animas City Theatre.

Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

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[sound] What’s new Last week was one heck of a week for new releases, my friends, and it’s across the board. I do believe there is a little something for everyone. Before getting into my singular record of choice, let me give you my long-winded version of the quick and dirty on a handful of albums currently available at your favorite local independent record store.

I am rather looking forward to hearing the tenth long-player from Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, titled “Wanderer.”

The latest from the revered, canonized, indie chanteuse is available from Domino Records after parting ways with longtime label and independent heavyweight Matador Records. Speaking of heavyweight labels, Merge Records has two coming at you. Lo-fi, DIY indie pop from NY’s Swearin’ and Toronto’s post-hardcore indie rockers Fucked Up each released albums for the label, and on the same day, no less. Fucked Up’s is actually a double album, so count that however you will.

Midwestern indie rap mainstays Atmosphere released “Mi Vida Local” on their own Rhymesayers Entertainment, and somewhere on the other end of the musical spectrum, country and honky-tonker JP Harris released a full-length without The Tough Choices, his backing band. For the sludge, doom metal-loving music fan, Richmond, Virginia’s Windhand released their first full-length in three years. You can also listen to new titles from Adrianne Lenker (solo debut from Big Thief frontwoman), Echo & the Bunnymen, Phosphorescent, mewithoutYou, High on Fire, Gregory Alan Isakov and Ghostface Killah. Like I said, one heck of a week, and a little something for everyone.

Even with so many albums available, it was the surprise release from Omaha, Nebraska’s Cursive that garnered repeated listens by me for one reason or another.

The emo-leaning, indie-rocking post-

punkers released their first new album in six years last week, and on their newly minted new label. Sonically, the band brought electric cello back into the fold, in addition to keyboards, courtesy of Megan Siebe and Patrick Newbery, respectively.

The band recorded the album in Omaha at ARC Studios with Mike Mogis, who they last recorded with on the critically acclaimed “Happy Hollow.” The last few Cursive albums followed a theme, or even a story arc of some kind, but on “Vitriola,” the tracks stand on their own. What isn’t gone is the back and forth style of “scream along lyrics that make for unlikely anthems.” While instantly good for a listen, this album is a grower, for sure.

“Vitriola” is available now via 15 Passenger as a digital download (your choice of high quality MP3, FLAC, and more), on compact disc, on cassette tape, and eventually, presumably, on vinyl in the standard black colorway. Pre-order the LP version of the album directly from the record label and/or Cursive’s Bandcamp page to receive the album on limited edition black with green and gold starburst vinyl while supplies last.

Recommended for fans of Archers of Loaf, Jawbox, Superchunk, Fugazi, Polvo, Sebadoh, and newer acts like Cloud Nothings, Japandroids, and Murder By Death.

—— Jon E. Lynch KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu

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Soundtracks that slay »» Six video game soundtracks for your Halloween shindig BRE-BRE(pause)BRE-BRE! That’s me screaking Bernard Herrmann’s “Psycho Suite” at your Halloween party. BRE-BRE(pause)BRE-BRE! BRE! DOAHH DOAHH DOAHH! Don’t like it? You aren’t gonna quiet the clamor of my counter-perched gargoyle ass unless you turn on some tunes.

No, you can’t turn on the “Psycho Suite.” 1) I was just screeching it for you. 2) Everyone does horror movie music at Halloween parties, Chad. Also, I don’t want to hear Rihanna’s “Disturbia,” and so help me, if you put on the Eagles “Witchy Woman,” me and your salt and vinegar chip bowl aren’t leaving the bathtub till the world is a better place.

Whatchya want are freaky fresh melodies to transmute the room. Enter: horror game soundtracks.

Here’s six of ‘em to slip a killer twist into yer shindig.

“Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (Original Game Soundtrack)” “What are you doing little piggy?

Do you think I’ll let you sabotage me again?” I don’t know, sir, but I do know you’re a brutal bit of dialogue sandwiched between soothing to stabby Victorian tunes. Fifty-one tracks, and quite a few of them in “Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs” are vicious talkey bits.

It’s an interruptive album composed by Jessica Curry that will make your house feel haunted by an industrialist butcher staggering about in a fever dream.

Hella bonus: Curry also created the score for “Dear Esther.” There’s no dialogue and it feels more melancholy spectral than serial killer – if that’s your bodybag. It’ll put an indie piano vibe out there, say, if you wanna create a dead, dejected, mountaintop mime mob on Devil’s Night.

“Limbo (Original Video Game Soundtrack)” I’m not going to judge you if you want to make your guests feel less like they’re at an All Hallows’ bash and more like they’re in the foggy forest of your hellish mind. I’m here to tell you that you should turn on Martin

Stig Andersen’s “Limbo” for a full dark, no stars, occasionally jagged, ambient vibe. It’s short, but if you have that mellow monster on loop, no one’ll notice.

“Dead Space 2” OK. Fine. You really want the “Psycho Suite?” The song “Much Ado about Necromorphs,” by Jason Graves off the “Dead Space 2” soundtrack could hit the spot. It is a hammed-up, hardcore version, but it definitely starts with shrill pounding and has symphonic slowdowns. The whole album will take your phantom’s ball from let’s sci-fi waltz to WTF SUDDENLY I AM A CARAMEL-APPLE-HAIRED MEDUSA RUNNING DOWN THE HALL. WHERE IS BRETT? OH GOD THEY GOT BRETT. Ba-ba-BONUS TIME: Another freakass, I’m-coming-to-get-ya-in-space soundtrack is Joe Henson and Alexis Smith’s score for “Alien: Isolation.” It’s a chest-bursting good time.

“CarnEVIL” If you’re the type of ahole – like me – who’d adore nothing more than having a carnie Helloween, spin the soundtrack from the Midway Games ’90s rail shooter “CarnEvil.” It never

made it past the arcade and into home gaming, but “CarnEVIL” will make you scream and cry and then you’ll die. And, if you put a golden token in a jester’s mouth who’s standing on a ringmaster’s grave, the Earth may spit out a haunted amusement park for you and your party friends to perish in.

Bonus bile! More carnival tunes: Akira Yamaoka’s “The Living Must (Merry-Go-Round)” from “Silent Hill 3” is a slippery sideshow soirée, and Jason Tai’s “Vale of Tears” from “Alice: Madness Returns” could be the tune coming outta a zombified, tattooed man’s music box.

“Silent Hill 4” Yeah. Obvs, I’m not gonna namedrop Akira Yamaoka with just a one-songer in this maggot pit of a music list. His soundtrack for “Silent Hill 4” goes from ghoulish grunge to claustrophobic creepy to discordant dreamy. Plus. You know. Drippingly murdery.

Your party will start at retro-goth dancing and end with BECKY’S HEARTBEAT IS PULSING IN HER FOREHEAD. WHAT? THERE WAS ANCIENT WITCH-DICK-BLOOD IN THE PUNCH? GREAT, NOW SHE’S A

GHOST. It’s not a for-sure occurrence, but it’s plausible when Yamaoka is played on Mischief Night.

“Outlast (Original Game Soundtrack)” Ew. Ew. EW. WHO ACTUALLY LIKES HARMONIOUS TERROR MOANS, RISING STRINGS, AND CLACKEY BONE NOISES? Set your stereo up by the taco dip you want for leftovers because people are gonna be too panicky to eat. Samuel Laflamme’s soundtrack for the survival horror game “Outlast” will ghost-gut you and yer friends, then leave you in a rotting flesh pile for your families to find in the morning.

—— Patty Templeton

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Films you don’t want to miss at the inaugural Mancos Doc Fest “Unbranded,” directed by Phillip Baribeau

By Amanda Push DGO STAFF WRITER

Rosa Sabido hasn’t left the boundaries of United Methodist Church of Mancos in more than a year. The Mexican immigrant who has lived in the United States for more than 30 years, Sabido sought sanctuary with the church after Immigration Customs Enforcement denied her most recent stay of removal request on May 11, 2017. Facing deportation, Sabido must stay within the bounds of the church in order to remain in the country she considers her home, even missing the opportunity to say goodbye to her mother before she died in July. Sabido’s is just one of the many stories that will be told at the first Mancos Doc Fest this weekend.

Organizers Sarah Syverson and Jane Julian hand-picked the documentaries to fit with the theme of the festival: Belonging.

“There’s a bunch of events going on around the theme of belonging – what it means to belong to a place, to each other, or to something larger than ourselves. So those films all have a thread going through them, both the shorter films and the longer feature length films,” said Syverson, co-producer of Raven Narratives.

“I’m really drawn to those stories in general. We are all seeking community, I think, which means love and connection. And so I reached out to four feature filmmakers that had been at Port Townsend Film Festival, which is a festival that I’ve been the programming director for now for 10 years. I didn’t even have any questions asked. Every one of them said yes right away. And they’re not all brand new films, but they definitely have this feeling of connection,” said Julian, who is also a founder of the Durango Film Society, now the Durango Film Festival.

Here’s a look at the stories audiences can watch together during the festival at the Mancos Opera House.

Four young Texans journey across America from Mexico to Canada in order to train a herd of wild mustangs. They face a series of challenges, from dangerous mountain terrain to fugitive horses and even death.

“Ace and the Desert Dog,” directed by Stefan Hunt, Brendan Leonard, and Forest Woodward To celebrate his 60th birthday, Ace Kvale planned a 60-day backpacking trip with his dog, Genghis Khan – also known as Desert Dog – through 400 miles of Utah. It was a trip he’d been planning for seven years, and he starts by leaving through his front door.

“Tashi and the Monk,” directed by Andrew Hinton and Johnny Burke After returning to his home of Tibet from the United States, Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok decided to open an orphanage to care for unwanted children, including 5-year-old Tashi. “Tashi and the Monk” tells the story of how one man’s kindness transforms the life of the troubled Tashi.

“Becoming Bulletproof,” directed by Michael Barnett Follow the tale of how “Bulletproof” was made – a film played by actors with and without disabilities who meet annually at Zeno Mountain Farm to create short films.

“Soufra,” directed by Thomas Morgan

Mancos Doc Fest When: October 12-13 Where: Mancos Opera House Cost: Pre-Sales Tickets – $10 for a 2-hour program pass, $35 for a Four Punch Festival Pass; Tickets sold at the door – $12 for a 2-hour program pass, $40 for a Four Punch Festival Pass; to purchase tickets visit Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos, Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, or mancosdocfest.brownpapertickets.com Info: facebook.com/ events/259491291437717/

Mariam Shaar has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon.

Watch as she brings her community together by starting a catering company called Soufra. Eventually, with the help of other refugee women at her camp, they expand their business into a food truck.

Rosa Sabido film short preview, directed by John Sheedy After living in the United States for more than 30 years, Rosa Sabido must now seek sanctuary at the United Methodist Church of Mancos or risk deportation after Immigration Customs Enforcement denied her stay of removal request on May 11, 2017.

Though the documentary isn’t quite finished, audiences can catch a preview of what’s to come.

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»» FROM LEFT) Matt Payne shot this sunrise from the summit of the 13,835-foot Turret Peak after 36 hours without sleep. The climb marked the 88th mountain out of Colorado’s highest 100 that he has climbed; A rare view of Pikes Peak’s south side at sunrise taken a few days after the Waldo Canyon Fire of 2012; The Elk Mountains, including the 14ers Capitol Peak, Pyramid Peak, North Maroon Peak, and Maroon Peak, as seen from the summit of Cathedral Peak at sunrise.

Hungry mountain lions, terrifying tumbles, and crazy campers »» Photographer

Matt Payne has seen it all while climbing Colorado’s tallest mountains Amanda Push DGO STAFF WRITER

It was pitch black and early morning as two hikers maneuvered their way up the side of Wetterhorn Peak, anxious to reach the top of the 14er before the sun penetrated the horizon.

All was dark except for the hikers’ headlamps and, like an intro scene of a horror movie, a pair of glowing, calculating eyes watched Matt Payne and his hiking partner. A mountain lion looking for its breakfast.

“You see a lot of eyeballs with your headlamp because a lot of deer are out at that time, but deer usually stay put or run away,” said Payne. “These ones followed us for like two miles and, fortunately, I was with my friend.”

Had he been by himself, the Durango photographer isn’t so sure it would have ended well.

“You just keep moving. Get out of there as fast as you can,” Payne said when asked what one even does when

Photos courtesy of Matt Payne

»» Matt Payne and a friend on top of the world. faced with a mountain lion thinking of turning you into a filet mignon.

“You definitely have all kinds of thoughts that go through your head like, ‘Oh, I could use my tripod to fight it off.’ You pretty much don’t have a chance if it decides it wants to attack you. But it didn’t.”

Since about 2011, Payne has been working toward his goal of climbing the 100 tallest mountains of Colorado and photographing the sunrises and sunsets from these extreme vantage points. After completing his goal in

September, he has more than a few tales of missed footings and tense encounters with animals.

Like the time he ascending Dallas Peak, a 13er in the San Juan Range that requires rope to climb. While descended down the mountain, Payne was scooting across a ledge, but his backpack got in the way and pushed against him as he sat down.

“I lost my balance and just fell over the ledge and did a tumble down the mountain, like a couple somersaults on some rocks and stuff, and I was

totally fine.”

Another time he was hiking near Uncompahgre Peak in the dark when about 10 feet away, he saw a big pair of eyes and two smaller sets of eyes. At first, Payne believed he had run into a mother moose with her babies – a realization that horrified him, because moose are notorious for charging and trampling those who dare to get too close. Once he realized that the creatures were actually elk, he was relieved.

“I knew that I just needed to go around them.”

Unfortunately for Payne, he was surrounded by thick trees and bushes, so going around the elk family wasn’t an option.

“So I was making lots of noise and – I wasn’t throwing rocks at them, but I was throwing rocks near them to try to startle them to go away. And finally they were like, ‘He’s just annoying,’ and they finally just walked off, but your heart gets racing because you don’t know what you’re going to do.”

It’s amusing to watch Payne recount his adventures with the composure of someone remarking on the good weather, all while explaining how he once tumbled off a cliff or had to race down a mountain during a lightning storm. There is, however,

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Ever since then, I almost don’t do any car camping anymore, because it’s just kind of just scarred me.”

If you haven’t picked up on it already, Payne has been quite lucky in his backpacking treks. He’s suffered no serious injuries, though that isn’t to say he hasn’t had moments where he’s made wrong turns or genuinely wondered how a situation was going to pan out.

On one hiking expedition, he and his climbing partner, Silas Musick, found themselves in an extremely dangerous predicament. The pair trekked Snowmass Mountain and once they were done, decided to climb a sub-peak. Afterward, they chose to take what they thought was a shortcut back.

“Never do that,” Payne said, cringing at the memory.

The two ended up in a steep terrain of loose rocks where, with every step they took, the mountainside would give and cause rockfalls, at times with big, heavy boulders just missing them.

“We just got really lucky that we actually turned around and were like, ‘This is too sketchy.’” ... It was pretty close calls. Not a good way to do it.

Definitely learned that lesson.”

Now that his photography project is finished, Payne plans to make a book out of his work and hopes to start an exhibit. Despite any hardship, cold sweat, and even going 36 hours without any sleep to climb several peaks, there isn’t a single photo in his collection that he regrets.

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In 2009, Payne was out camping with his parents, wife, and young son near Mount Lindsey. He was planning on getting up in the morning to do a climb and sunrise shot, when early in the morning, some men drove their pickup truck through their campsite, yelling and screaming that Payne and his family were in their campsite.

The men were camped down the road about 100 yards away, and from about 1 to 3 a.m., they played their music loud and fired off their guns.

“Apparently they got a flat tire in that process – surprise! – because they were drinking a bunch,” Payne said.

“And they came up the next morning and asked us for help because they didn’t have a way to change their tire.

We were like, ‘You guys are the ones that were shooting your guns all night and being loud, so we’re not going to help you.’ So then the dude came back about 20 minutes later and was basically shooting the gun off right next to us and saying we weren’t gonna make it out of there alive.”

It was then that Payne and his family decided that their camping trip was over. They packed up, left, and called law enforcement, though, to his knowledge, nothing ever came of it.

“Honestly, I just wanted to get my family to safety. I wasn’t worried about climbing or taking pictures anymore. It was just about getting to safety. Since then, now I try to do all my stuff backpacking because you don’t run into a lot of – we don’t want to say ‘those people,’ but ‘those people’

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ou got October plans? No? I ain’t judging. Feel free to paint your face pumpkin colors and gorge yourself on candy corn now to November – but, how’s about taking a nip-deep dive into the glorious, gory grave of macabre gaming while yer at it?

Therapy, escapism, sinister fun – yep to all. Here’s eight horror games to pump up your anxiety and rush you fulla relief. On whose authority? ME! Full truth, I’m a book nerd who hasn’t played games in decades, but I was reintroduced to their raditude earlier this year. Seeing as I only know a few badass games personally, I roped in the recs of lifelong gamer, graphic designer, and former DGO Extra Life columnist Brett Massé.

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Brett pick:“Observer” “Observer” is a first-person, shooter style, psychological-horror game, but you don’t really do any shooting. It’s cyberpunk noir and its aesthetic explores that “Blade Runner” style. Everything is ’80s, to a certain extent, but also weirdly advanced. You have cybernetic implants and play the role of a grizzled old detective named Daniel, voiced

by Rutger Hauer, who can hack into people’s brains.

You are in a run down city, very thick, very overpopulated, displaying layer upon layer of the dark side of consumption and technology advancement. Throughout the game, you’re investigating the disappearance and possible murder of your son.

You’re trapped in an area and the people you find in this apartment block, the basements, and the tattoo parlors, they’re all a part of a really messed up situation. Maybe it’s about drugs. Maybe it’s about illegal cybernetic enhancements – but all of them are overdosing or dead. You experience snapshots of people’s memories and walk through their experiences.

None of it is good. All of it is horrifying.

You’re in a hardened reality and sometimes your vision gets a little pixelated.

The ground changes. When you move your head maybe the landscape changes. It is dream world except it is more nightmare world.

Patty pick:“My Father’s Long, Long Legs” “My Father’s Long, Long Legs” is a ... you guessed it, TEXT ADVENTURE! Briefly, a text adventure may incorporate sound, sometimes has (background) imagery, but heavily relies on text – yes, reading text – to move you through the video game. I told y’all, I’m a bookworm slowly getting back into video games. If you know any nerdos like me who think they “aren’t good at video games,” shove this one at them as a starting point.

You know that Tom Waits song where he’s mumbling, “What’s he building in there? What the hell is he building in there?” Well, instead of your weirdo neighbor being menacing, it’s your DAD. Like dad, why have you spent YEARS DIGGING A HOLE IN THE BASEMENT? Also, Dad, why do we have a DIRT BASEMENT? This game ain’t fancy. It’s a black and

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»» LEFT: Patty Templeton and Brett Masse getting into the spirit of horror (with an awful faceswap). ABOVE: During her horror video game discussion, Patty Templeton’s head was eaten by a flower.

gray background with white text. You click on bold words to move the story forward and should have the sound up because sound effects do come into play. It’ll only take you about 30 minutes of game play to complete what starts off as a calm, secretive story that gets more and more suburban surreal.

Brett’s pick:“Amnesia: The Dark Descent” “Amnesia” is probably the scariest game I’ve ever seen. It’s a really good balance between jump scare and psychological horror. The atmosphere that they create is so heavy.

You play a character named Daniel who wakes in a castle with amnesia.

You don’t know who you are, but you come across a note you wrote to yourself saying you have amnesia on-purpose, by your own hand. Your mission from yourself is to find and kill an old man in the basement of the castle.

As you go through the castle, you come across crumpled notes and diary entries that you yourself have written.

You slowly find out why you want to kill Alexander. All along the way – as you pass cages full of people being tortured to death, possessed minions, a bunch of creepy situations - you are being hunted.

You don’t know by what – except that it is called a shadow, a living nightmare.

You don’t have a health bar, you have a sanity meter. It’s not even like you get hit. When you witness disturbing shit, your sanity meter goes down. You have to do actions to cope.

Patty’s pick:“Sara is Missing” “Sara is Missing” was a viral sensation. When it was released, POW, 2 million downloads. Why so popular?

Maybe because it’s short, only 20-30 minutes. Maybe because it’s experimental, using found footage, text messages, and unusual game play techniques. The game takes place on what looks like an iPhone with a 14 percent battery life, a heckton of corrupted files, and a hair-raising Siri-type app named IRIS. You find this phone only

to realize that its previous owner has disappeared and you might be able to piece together what happened to her before the phone dies.

This is a foreboding, fast game that feels kinda campy when you start, but ends up building some pretty darn high tension. And, dude, I wanna freakin’ find Sara. I mean, she studies folklore.

We would totally be friends. Can you actually find Sara? Is she even alive?

Do I have to be worried about the one crass friend of hers?

Pro tip: Play it on your phone instead of on PC to achieve Peak Dread.

Brett’s pick:“The Witch’s House” “The Witch’s House” is a Japanese indie game made with an RPG maker. It has 16-bit graphics, but it is legitimately scary. One of the scariest games I’ve ever played. It’s the way that story subverts your expectations based on its looks.

You play a little girl, Viola, who has

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wants to call it, there’s 1,000 rooms to walk through. Didn’t get scared by the cardboard specter that popped out?

Well . . . wait till around room 200. Shit.

Gets. Wild. Maybe those health and stamina bars aren’t useless.

Rooms only take a few seconds to get through and there ain’t any way to really get lost in the game. There’s elevators that take you from floor to floor, and just keep moving, my friend.

Spooky will lull you into AWWW SO PRECIOUS and then whammy you into EW, WHAT DID I JUST SEE? Spooky, you nasty.

Brett’s pick:“Metro 2033” Stepping away from traditional horror, there’s a game called “Metro 2033.”

It’s post-nuke war, mutated monsters, and spooky artifacts that grant you powers. It’s loosely based around the nuclear wastelands of decimated societies.

It’s both gross-out and eerie. The tumultuous events, the radiation, and the wars happened ages ago. You are sifting through unsettling artifacts, survivors,

Patty’s pick:“Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion” Don’t let the fact that “Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion” starts out SO FREAKING CUTE make you think it’s gonna be a kawaii joy ride. Also, this game was originally named “Spooky’s House of Jump Scares.” Whatever Lag

It’s a toe-dip into dystopian horror.

Patty’s pick:“Stories Untold” Dudes, I am so into TEXT ADVENTURES! “Stories Untold” is totally screaming the “Stranger Things,” retrogrit-chic style and I am effing here for it.

Technically, this is a four-story, episodic adventure game that features text adventure, puzzle-solving, and first-person exploration. Also, the first game in the series is a remastered version of “The House of Abandon” – which means cat nads to new gamer me, but might mean something to folks in the know.

There’s an ’80s synth-wave soundtrack and it pops from psychological horror to mystery to sci-fi. I’m an idiot at puzzle solving, but even I was able to follow the instructions here – though the second and third installments kind of kicked my ass. A lot. “Stories Untold” is a must if you

want a mega-text game that brings high tension to your tapping.

Brett’s It’s Not a Real Game and Never Will Be Pick:“Silent Hills” a.k.a.“P.T.” There was going to be a series of “Silent Hill” games that were going to be, in-part, produced by [film director] Guillermo del Toro. They released a free-to-play, virtual reality demo called “P.T.” (playable teaser), with the game to be called “Silent Hills.”

You go through a hallway in a house.

It is first-person, feels endless, and you are defenseless. You play a loop going through a house’s hallway and maybe two other rooms. Every time you start back at the beginning, there’s different supernatural or disturbing occurrences. The way it is lit is scary. The encounters are scary.

It was complex and held a lot of promise. Back room politics of some sort stopped it. The whole thing got canceled – but that demo is one of the scarier video game sequences I’ve ever played.

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fallen asleep and woken up in the forest. Her path home is blocked by a rose garden. The only place she can go is into this house – a witch’s house.

You go into the house. Nothing special.

You find a note and it says, “Come to my room.” After you read the note, the door locks behind you. You go to the next room, and the map completely changes into the whole first floor of the witch’s house. You have to go through solving traumatizing puzzles and piecing together horrifying diary entries, which you find out are about the witch.

The witch had a tragic, sad childhood that led her to making a pact with the Devil as a small girl. You piece together these brutal stories while experiencing creepy design choices with a lot of jump scares along the way. It’s funny that these things can be scary – blocky, pixelated graphics – but it is the beat, the rhythm, the atmosphere that really gets you in “The Witch’s House.”

and the societies that have developed across a poisonous land. You’re just trying to survive, and it’s really fun, but there are creepy moments of out-of-nowhere monsters who will tear you to pieces.

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Sour Tangie, a brand spankin’ new sativa strain Ever get so stoned that when you close your eyes, you feel like you’re falling off a ledge? Yep, that’s Sour Tangie, a new strain available at Prohibition Herb. We got our hands on Sour Tangie a few days before it’s set to be released – which is this Thursday, October 11, in case you’re interested – and let me tell you, this one is pretty darn special.

you astray. Blame the stupid cold I caught the first week of October. I can tell you what it tastes like, though, because I might not have my sniffer, but I still got my taste buds. It tastes like a combination of herbs and spice, and it became even more evident every time I inhaled. It was like the taste built from one hit to the next. And yes, I choked every time. Again, blame the cold.

So, a little bit about Sour Tangie. It’s a sativa created by crossing East Coast Sour Diesel (one of my favorite strains) and Tangie, and it contains about 18 percent THC (18.81 percent, to be exact).

The effects were as unusual as the taste.

I quit smoking about two-thirds of the way into the bowl, and I didn’t feel stoned right away. By the time I walked into my house, I was clearly quite stoned. It started with my head – I began finding amusement in some random, very bad Juvederm commercial – and spread from there. I don’t usually get much of a body high from sativas, but I sure as hell did with Sour Tangie. My legs felt high, and so did every other part of my body shortly after. Oh, and I tried to type my notes on the remote.

I smoked a bowl of Sour Tangie alone on a weeknight (mostly because I was running way late for this review thanks to a rancid ass cold I’ve been fighting), and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I purposely didn’t read much on what the strain was so as not to sully my mind with preconceived notions, so I wasn’t even aware this was a cross of ECSD. Learning that this morning only validates my newfound love for it.

Anyway, here’s what it’s like. I wish I could tell you what it smells like, but I’m genuinely not sure and don’t want to lead

Yes, you read that right. I tried, after smoking two-thirds of that bowl, to type my notes on my remote and not my phone. I caught myself shortly into the process (and luckily before anyone saw my

dumbass fiddling with the remote like a typewriter), but it still happened.

I also got a serious, emergency-level case of the munchies. I’m not much of an ice cream fan in the freaking cold weather (yes, this is cold to me), but I was that night. I scooped out a buncha chocolate chip ice cream, covered it in Nutella (that’s a great life hack if you’ve never tried it), and then proceeded to eat the entire bowl in a matter of minutes. Ice cream is delicious after a bowl of this stuff.

Once I’d shoveled all the food in my face, I decided to lay back and close my eyes, which immediately gave me the weirdest vertigo-holy-crap-I’m-falling feeling, so that went out the window. I stayed up and watched dumb shit on TV instead.

I’m not sure Sour Tangie is a sativa I could smoke and function on other than to get ice cream, but that’s okay with me. I’m learning to embrace the body high, and I’ll always love a strain that makes life extra funny, which Sour Tangie did. This is a good one, you guys. I highly recommend it.

—— DGO Pufnstuf

Details Where to find Sour Tangie: Prohibition Herb, 1185 Camino Del Rio, 970385-8622, prohibitionherb. com Price: $9 a gram or $30 an eighth; available only on rec Caveats: Prohibition didn’t bribe us for a good review, although that would have been sweet. The opinions are all our own.

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A review of Bootlegger, a hybrid weed strain “Make sure you make a note that this strain makes you stupid.”

That was the directive muttered to me by a friend shortly after we smoked the hybrid strain known as Bootlegger, which we’re reviewing from Pagosa Therapeutics this week.

I should have known that this strain would make us stupid, because, well, all of Pagosa Therapeutics’ strains seem to have that effect on my brain, but this strain in particular REALLY kicked our asses.

In a good way.

Well, in a good way if you like being a total human replica of Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants, which isn’t useful most days, but was GREAT on the random Saturday that we blazed this badboy up. We only smoked a bowl between the two of us, but that one little bowl of Bootlegger was enough to do the job right the first time.

Want proof? Here’s the conversation that led up to that “stupid” intro quote.

It went something like this: Me: “I just feel like I was justicated in doing it.”

Friend: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What the shit is justicated?!”

Me: A response of silence, utter shame, and subsequent fits of laughter.

So, I don’t really know what justicated means, but if I had to guess, I would say I was so stoned that I smashed one half of vindicated and one half of justified together into a nonsense word, one that I will never live down. Terrific.

And that was but just one example of how zapped our brains were after Bootlegger. My friend managed to use real words – no “justicated” from that one – but she still morphed into a live version of a stoner meme. At one point, she was muttering to herself and laughing, though she swears she was talking to me and I just wasn’t listening. Then she tried tell me a story, but slipped into a weird Southern Baptist preacher accent mid-anecdote, which only made me dissolve into gut-busting laughter in response. I have no idea what she was talking about or WHY it required a “The Lord sayeth unto thee” tone, but it doesn’t matter, cause it was a hilarious disaster and I was so very amused.

And, as you can imagine, things only became more of a shitshow from there. I

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was not only amused with EVERYTHING, but also had a body high from the literal heavens, perhaps brought down by my newly-minted preacher friend. My notes say, “I am so very high in the calves,” and my head vacillated between feeling like a balloon and a lead pipe, which my smoking buddy confirmed.

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“My head feels like a very heavy weight and my body feels soooooo light,” muttered the preacher, which (of course) sent me into another fit of uncontrollable laughter.

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After we calmed down from the giggles enough to function, I flipped on the TV to a crime show, but the background colors during the interviews seemed so vibrant that they appeared to be moving.

Neither of us could focus long enough to actually watch the show, but we did discuss how amazed we were with the fascinating colors. We. Were. High.

And before the munchies could even kick in, we passed the hell out on our respective sides of the couch. I slept hard, with no recollection of being woken up, or of the conversation I had afterward. Who even KNOWS what I agreed to in that state.

Anyway, that’s Bootlegger. If you want to be hella stoned and potentially talk like a preacher man, get you some.

We had a lot of dumbass fun with this one, and it might be on my short list of favorite strains. Just don’t attempt to drive or, uh, function after lighting up and you’ll be just fine.

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BLUDGEONED STONERS AND CHEESY JUMP SCARES »» A horror film drinking game to kill off what’s left of your liver It’s the best time of year! And what we mean by that is it’s almost Halloween, our fav! It’s a time that also includes our second fav, which is a buncha booze and a good ol’ horror film marathon.

But we say this year it’s time to mix things up. Scary movies all follow the same type of tropes – they virtually exist only to make you smother yourself while hiding behind a pillow, laugh your ass off, or scream in frustration at the poor TV – which is great, because THAT means they’re the best for playing drinking games, like the one below.

So, toss aside your inhibitions, unscrew that bottle cap, hit the play button on that creepy ass movie, and take a shot at – and with – each tripping virgin or soon-to-be-bludgeoned stoner. Bottoms up, witches.

Movie suggestions: “IT,” “Carrie,” “Prom Night,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” and Rosemary’s Baby”

Drink with every jump scare.

Though there are exceptions like “Get Out,” most horror films don’t mention that anyone who isn’t white exists, and if they do, those folks are doomed or depicted in racist tropes that we don’t want to see.

Drink your beer instead.

Movie suggestions: “A Quiet Place,” “The Ring,” “Jaws,” and “Drag Me to Hell” Jump scares do the job, though the fake ones are sorry cop-outs, so you’ll have to take TWO sips of whatever alcohol you found in the back of your cupboard for those. Just make sure you time whatever snack you’re shoving down your gullet right so you don’t choke when that creepy figure pops out of the shadows.

Drink when someone talks about, smokes, or dies for weed.

Movie suggestions: “Cabin in the Woods,” “Friday the 13th,” “Cabin Fever,” and “Halloween” We love stoners, but in horror movies, they’re hella screwed. So, raise your glasses to the potheads who appear on screen only to give their lives in the bloodiest of ways. They just wanted to toke in peace!

Drink when someone’s fallen and they can’t get up.

Movie suggestions: “Scream,” “Halloween,” “The Evil Dead,” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” The worst thing you can do when running from a psycho murderer is trip over nothing. Nothing makes us want to scream more than when a white girl (cause they’re ALL white girls) in a horror film trips over her feet and no longer has the ability to work her limbs to get the hell out of dodge. #RIP, clumsy girls.

er hell hole of pain and suffering awaits them. JUST. DON’T. DO. IT. Also, take a drink. They dead, y’all.

Drink when everyone splits up.

Movie suggestions: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “The Shining,” “Scream,” and “Alien” DON’T SPLIT UP. Alone you are bumbling idiots. Together you are a team of bumbling idiots. But y’all always split up, and we drink to that.

Horror movies are filled to the brim with sexist tropes, like the heroic virgin and the ditzy Jezebel who likes gross things like, ugh, sex. The young lady who doth protect her purity gets to see another sunrise. Screw that. Drink yo’ drink.

Pour it up anytime someone says or does something racist.

Movie suggestions: “Child’s Play,” “Poltergeist,” “Get Out,” and “Cat People”

Knock one back when things get steamy.

Movie suggestions: “American Psycho,” “Friday the 13th,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Jennifer’s Body”

Take a shot when someone can’t figure out how to start a car.

Sex sells, and it wouldn’t be a horror flick without it. Once it’s time to get it on, it’s a countdown to the bloody end. We can drink to that.

Movie suggestions: “Jeepers Creepers,” “Children of the Corn,” “Cujo,” and “Leprechaun”

Chug when someone fits a character trope.

It wouldn’t be a horror movie if they could just turn the keys and floor it out of there. Vehicles only start when everyone is headed to the den of horrors, NOT when they’re trying to get out. It’s science. Take a shot for every failed key turn.

Movie suggestions: “Cabin in the Woods,” “Scream,” “Friday the 13th,” “Nightmare on Elm Street,” and “House of Wax”

Chug anytime someone says or does something sexist.

The Jezebel. The Jock. The Brain. The Idiot. The Virgin. Characters in old horror films fall neatly into these tropes. It wasn’t until the ’90s, with Wes Craven’s “Scream,” that things were rearranged for the sake of our collective sanity.

—— Amanda Push

Knock back a drink when someone goes into an area they shouldn’t and you KNOW they about to die.

Movie suggestions: “The Conjuring,” “The Witch,” “Paranormal Activity,” “The Blair Witch Project” We get the rage strokes when some idiot on the screen thinks it’s a good idea to investigate a noise and goes down into the cellar, the woods, or whatev-

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[happening] DGO picks in and around Durango

Thursday

Bike for women A love of trail running and mountain biking runs deeps in the veins of every true Durangatang, and if that’s you, be sure not to miss this year’s Ska Durango Double.

Aside from all kinds of exercise, from the Horse Gulch Hustle, the Durango Double, and the Kids Mini Double, this event will benefit the Women’s Resource Center, an empowerment group for women and girls in Durango. If that isn’t reason enough for you, there’ll also be plenty of local food and drink, prizes, and live music by StillHouse Junkies.

Details: Oct. 13, Ska Durango Double, 8:30 a.m., $65$130, Animas Surgical Hospital, 575 Rivergate Lane, durangodouble.com

Beyond Words Art Exhibit, 10 a.m., Henderson Fine Arts Center - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505566-3464.

Anasazi Heritage Center Curation Tours, 2 p.m., Anasazi

Heritage Center, 27501 Hwy 184, 970-882-5600.

Behind the Scenes Curation Tour, 2 p.m., Canyons of the Ancients

p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave., 970-375-3380.

Durango Creative District Meeting, 5 p.m., Durango Commu-

nity Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 970-375-7300.

Friday

Details: Oct. 13, Hogs 4 Paws, 10 a.m., free, Durango Harley-Davidson, 750 S. Camino Del Rio, lpchumanesociety.org

The Spooktacular Wild West Get yo’ creep on (in a good way) by turning back the hands of time and treating yourself to not just any old carriage ride, but a haunted carriage ride. Starting at The General Palmer Hotel, take a leisurely ride through town and learn about the spirits that haunt the streets and businesses of downtown Durango.

Details: Oct. 13, The Haunted Horseman: A Spooky Carriage Ride, 3 p.m., $30, The General Palmer Hotel, 567 Main Ave., horseflyhistory.com

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

Durango Nature Center Open to the Public, 9 a.m., $0-$5, free

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Visitor Center & Museum, 27501 Hwy 184.

Attention everyone! The La Plata County Humane Society is overflowing with adorable pets that you should adopt immediately at this weekend’s Hogs 4 Paws. Just try saying no to the plethora of pups and cats waiting for a home to call their own. But if that isn’t for you, don’t just turn away! The Humane Society is also in need of all kinds of supplies, from food, to toys, to blankets that Durango Harley-Davidson is kind enough to be collecting through the month of October.

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

Adulting 101: Resume Building & Finding a Job, 4 p.m. and 6

Four Corners Lecture Series: Traditional Cultural Properties & Hopi Model of Cultural Preservation, 7 p.m.,

Motorcycles + pets = adoption

City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 970-799-2281,

Saturday

p.m., $250-$450, reduced payment plan available, Smiley Building, 1309 E. Third Ave., 970-382-9593.

»» Dave Thibodeau, president of Ska Brewing, battled through pain and a bloody face at the 2016 Durango Double.

Jack Cloonan & High Country Hustle, 9:30 p.m., $10-$12, Animas

National Monument Visitor Center & Museum, 27501 Hwy 184.

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Dance Party, 7:30 p.m., $19, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 970375-7160.

Beyond Words Art Exhibit, 10 a.m., Henderson

Mancos DocFest, 7 p.m., $10-

$40; pre-sales: $10 per program, $35 for a four punch pass; at door: $12 per program, $40 for four punch pass, VFW Historic Mancos Opera House, 136 W. Grand Ave., 970-8821413.

Monday

Oktoberfest Golf Tournament, 10 a.m., $50, Conquistador

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

Golf Course, 2018 N. Dolores Road.

Hogs 4 Paws Adotion Event Benefiting La Plata County Humane Society, 10 a.m., Duran-

go Harley Davidson, 750 South Camino Del Rio. Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD - Verdi - Aida - Encore Performance, 11 a.m., $23-

$26, Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College Student Union, 1000 Rim Drive.

Yoga & Brews, 11 a.m., $15, Wild-

Edge Brewing Collective, 111 N. Market Street.

Live Music by Mike Testa, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 970-375-7260.

Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. pre-sales: $10 per program, $35 for a four punch pass; at door: $12 per program, $40 for four punch pass, VFW Historic Mancos Opera House, 136 W. Grand Ave., 970-882-1413.

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

Tuesday Live Music by Tim Sullivan, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 970-375-7260.

Mandy Harvey, 7:30 p.m., $27$42, Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, 1000 Rim Drive.

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

Wednesday Live Music by Greg Ryder, 5:30

p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, 6 p.m., $20, Durango

Dharma Center, 1800 E. Third.

Live Music by Terry Rickard, 7

p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 970-375-7260.

Fall Drama: Doghead, 7 p.m.,

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

$12 adults, $10 students and seniors, $8 children 12 and under, Little Theatre - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505-566-3430.

Ongoing

box. by Dennis Elkins, 7 p.m.,

$15-$33, Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-5070408.

Sunsquabi & Late Night Radio, 10 p.m., $18-$21, Animas

$12 adults, $10 students and seniors, $8 children 12 and under, Little Theatre - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505-566-3430.

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, 970-799-2281.

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

box. by Dennis Elkins, 7 p.m., $15-$33, Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-5070408.

Sunday

Thomas Chacon Concert, 7

box. by Dennis Elkins, 2 p.m.,

Gothla Belly Dance Show &

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

ers Market, 259 W. Ninth Street.

Fall Drama: Doghead, 7 p.m.,

p.m., Pine River Public Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, 970-884-2222.

Thingamajig Playwrights Festival, all day, $70, Pagosa Springs

Live Music by Joel Racheff, 7 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 970-247-4431.

Mancos DocFest, 7 p.m., $10-$40;

Live Music by Greg Ryder, 7

itorium, 699 Main Ave., 970-3757260.

Easy Eddy & the Smoky Valley Scramblers, 9 a.m., Durango Farm-

Live Celtic Music, 5:30 p.m., The Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 970-403-1200.

p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

Live Music By The Blue Moon Ramblers, 5:30 p.m., Office Spir-

Matter Of Balance, 2:30 p.m., San Juan Regional Medical Center, 800 W. Maple.

Pete Giuliani Trio, 7 p.m., 11th

Public Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, 970-884-2222.

p.m., $5-$10, Dolores River Campground-Recreation Hall, 18680 Hwy 145.

for members and kids under 12, or $5 suggested donation, Durango Nature Center, 63 CR 310.

Fine Arts Center - San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd., 505-566-3464.

Community Art Show Artist Reception, 5:30 p.m., Pine River

Montezuma Community Barn and Contra Dance, 3

$15-$33, Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-5070408.

Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-507-0408.

Henry Stoy, piano at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday at JeanPierre Bakery and Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave. Old west stage shows, held at 5:30 p.m. nightly throughout the summer at Bar D Chuckwagon, 8080 County Road 250. Cost is $12-$38 and reservations are preferred. To reserve, visit www.bardchuckwagon. com.

Submissions Submit events for the next week online by noon Monday at www.swscene.com. DGO

publishes events online and in print every Thursday.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

This is an excellent week to ask for a loan or mortgage, or to ask to borrow something from someone. Why? Because the universe will be generous to you this week!

This is the perfect week for a wonderful family get-together. Invite the gang over! Discussions will be upbeat and friendly. You also might want to explore real estate opportunities.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

Relations with partners and close friends are upbeat and friendly this week. This is a lovely week to enjoy a lunch, a dinner, a date or a fun getaway with a loved one.

This week, you are in such a positive frame of mind, everyone wants to be in your presence. It’s a strong week for those of you who sell, market, teach, act or write.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Work-related travel is possible for many of you this week. If so, you will enjoy the experience. Group activities are blessed.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

This is a wonderful, playful week. Enjoy fun activities with children. Accept all invitations to party. Slip away on a mini vacation if you can.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) “Show me the money!” This is an excellent week to look for ways to boost your income or to handle financial negotiations. Trust your moneymaking ideas!

have a genuine concern for the welfare of someone, which is admirable.

your move. Do whatever you can to advance your agenda.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

This week, you are inclined to put the wants and needs of someone else before your own. (Very heroic.) This is smart because what goes around comes around.

In the end, you win.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Groups, meetings and conferences will be a positive experience for you this week. A discussion about future goals will benefit you. Be open to what transpires.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)

This week, the Moon is in your sign lined up with lucky Jupiter. This is why you feel sympathetic and generous to others. You

Bosses, parents and VIPs see you in a positive light this week. This is why this week is the week to make

Travel anywhere if you can this week because you want to expand your horizons. If you cannot travel, then be a tourist in your own city. Learn something new!

BORN THIS WEEK You are charming, friendly and cooperative. You are also creative and clever.

You quickly understand a situation and put others at ease. It’s time to embrace change and new opportunities. Expect excitement and stimulation! Get ready to act fast. Make your personal freedom one of your goals this year. Enjoy travel opportunities and chances to expand your horizons. Enjoy this fastpaced year! © 2018 King Features Syndicate Inc.

Gaming goldmine Biking ban No bike for you! The creator of Donkey Kong and that sweet, sweet Super Mario Bros. game, Shigeru Miyamoto, has been banned from biking to work, lest he end up being nailed by a bus or some angry King Kong cartoon. Apparently his safety is too important to Nintendo to risk it.

Pac-Man probs Ever wonder why you can’t get away from those gotdamn ghosties in Pac-Man? Well, it turns out that it’s not JUST your inability to use a joystick. It’s also because when Pac-Man eats a regular dot, he stops moving for 1/60th of a second, which slows him down by 10 percent, which is ABSOLUTE CHEATING. We want a recount.

Scuba Steve Tetris guru Steve Wozniak’s high scores started being rejected by Nintendo, so he reversed his name to Evets Kainzow to fool the system.

Damn The Man, Steve. Damn the Tetris Man.

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Congratulates Steamworks Brewing and Ska Brewing for both winning gold medals at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival!

The Way I Walk Patty Templeton thinks “Tremors” was an awesome movie, though the sequels sucked so hard they almost made her weep. Stick to the Kevin Baconating original. For more “Tremors” discussion, visit @PattyTempleton on Twitter.

Colorado Kolsch-Steamworks Brewing Co.-German-Style Koelsch Oktoberfest-SKA Brewing-Vienna-Style Lager WAY TO REPRESENT DURANGO!

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