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Money’s doing most of the talking on TV about oil and gas

I’d like to thank Joel for his recent article on what has been called the Tea Party of the Left by the Denver Post [Re: “Fractivists are the Tea Party of the Left?” DyerTimes, July 24]. He says what I think and expresses it well. I am one of those people who are

concerned with the long term and short term problems associated with fracking. I have a Juris Doctorate and have been in private business for over 30 years. I am not dumb, uneducated, stubborn or so much an advocate for completely stopping drilling for oil and gas. I am not a Communist. I have children and grand children. I do pay attention. I want fracking to be safe, I just don’t

believe it is. The problem is that I see oil and gas companies spending millions on advertising — not just in the Post, and Camera, but on radio and TV. Also on letters to the editors and paid article writers who are paid to deceive. It seems many of my favorite news shows

for … well, for what? No political leader has offered a credible answer for why our troops have been made to sacrifice so much for so little. Indeed, how bitterly ironic that the general was not killed by the Taliban, whom we’re supposedly fighting, but by one of the Afghan government’s own soldiers, whom we’re supposedly helping. Also, the hellish absurdity of our political leaders’ quick-draw approach to war can be seen in a recent report by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service on how much the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are costing us taxpayers. The tally has now topped a trillion dollars — not counting the future health care bill for veterans or the enormous interest payments that’ll be made on that debt, which will multiply the trillion-dollar outlay three-or-fourfold. And the meter is still running. The Pentagon, White House and Congress intend to keep a contingent of soldiers

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Highroad What we’ve paid for war in Afghanistan and Iraq by Jim Hightower

ar is hell. Major General Harold Greene could certainly tell you about that — but he’s dead. On August 5, General Green became the highest-ranking American soldier to die in our unfathomable, 13-year war in Afghanistan, joining 2,339 other service members who’ve paid the ultimate price for being sent by warmongering politicians into that fight

and trainers in the line of fire in both countries for the foreseeable future, plus providing more billions of dollars to both countries for building their infrastructure and education systems. Meanwhile, a trillion dollars and so many American lives later, Iraq is in chaos and falling apart, and Afghanistan is mired in corruption and facing a Taliban takeover. Think what a trillion dollars could’ve done for America’s infrastructure, educational system and middle-class opportunities if invested here in the past decade. War is hell … and this one is stupid. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. August 14, 2014 7

commentary Finger-pointing in the gun rights fight

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Maybe people thought he was a cop. Then he went to a Mexican grocery to buy tortillas and many people peered at him and whispered to each other. He didn’t repeat the experiment. “Wearing a visible gun made me feel obnoxious,” he says. In his travels, Baum interviewed the Hollywood folks who furnish the guns (mostly rubber) in TV shows and films. He fired a machinegun at a stick of dynamite in Arizona and killed a dozen wild pigs in Texas. He describes the sad life of a man disabled by a bullet and talks with a black Detroit autoworker who teaches armed self-defense after suffering a robbery. He doesn’t think that gun control laws have done much good. He says gun laws have gotten looser while gun violence has gone down. In his book, he suggests some laws that he feels would be helpful. However, when I talked with him recently, he was skeptical about those suggestions. He says, “You shouldn’t pass laws that people aren’t going to obey. Gun control only tinkers with what happens in gun stores in the future when you can easily get a gun without going to a gun store. We should be worried about the 300 million guns which are out there right now.” Baum argues that gun control advocates should “make friends” with gun owners. He feels he should have focused more on social class in his book. He says, “according to firearms industry statistics, the people who buy most of the guns are middle-aged white men who haven’t finished college. That demographic has been particularly screwed in the past 30 years both economically and culturally. But to talk about your circumstances as part of a class is forbidden in this society. All they know is, they’re pissed. The only ones giving them a voice is the NRA who whispers in their ears, ‘The liberals want to take away your guns.’ They get a lot of pride and self-esteem from having those guns.” It’s time to end the culture war over guns and have a sensible discussion without the name-calling and posturing on both sides. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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oulder writer Dan Baum planned to write a book on guns in America which would be “apolitical, nonpolemical cultural anthropology, played sometimes for laughs.” But his timing was bad. His book, Gun Guys: A Road Trip, was published in the middle of a volatile national yelling match after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Baum is a lifelong liberal Democrat who supports single payer healthcare, strong environmental protection, reproductive freedom, unions, stiff financial regulation, and peace over war. He also loves guns — which puts him at odds with his wife, daughter and friends. “I was a gun guy,” he writes, “but I didn’t belong to gun culture, and I didn’t know much about how guns fit into people’s lives.” He worked hard to elect Barack Obama president. Many other gun owners freaked out about Obama and bought up lots of guns and ammunition. Baum began to research the subject and discovered that nobody was listening to the average gun owner. Only 4 percent of gun owners are members of the NRA. He notes: “The overwhelming majority of gun owners didn’t show up in crime statistics, weren’t players in gun policy, didn’t hang out on the Internet’s vitriolic gun forums, and didn’t physically threaten anybody. A lot of assumptions were made about gun people — by the NRA and Fox News on one side and by the editorial board of The New York Times and a slew of Democratic politicians on the other.” He drove across the country, chatting with gun owners about why guns were important to them. To prepare himself, he decided to bike around Boulder with his 1917 Smith and Wesson revolver (“an antique Army pistol the size of a trumpet”). His wife was shocked as he went out the door — exclaiming “For Christ’s sake!” — and warned him not to get killed, arrested or cause a riot. He visited Home Depot, Target, the Apple Store and Whole Foods. There wasn’t any reaction at all. Maybe “a balding, middle-aged man in scratchy pants and glasses” wasn’t a frightening sight even if he carried a big gun.

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and programs are heavily sponsored by what I call propagandizing ads. Their focus groups have helped them word those issues which a lot of people are concerned about. Their claims of safe fracturing with a 60-year history are just plain false. It doesn’t take much research to see the correlation between the old cigarette ads and claims that cancer and tobacco products were safe and, “there is no evidence otherwise.” We now know better. A lot of people bought their comments. How many people died because of their deception? Are still dying? The same attacks are occurring on those who questioned then and those now who are concerned enough to voice their opinion. I’m old enough to remember the executives swearing under oath and lying about their knowledge of the true facts. Is it surprising the new ads and comments are being formed by the very same advertising companies? Are the conflicts being addressed by those media sources? How? Money talks in more places than the halls of legislatures and governors. Would I vote for a Republican, just because our current Governor is favoring big oil? No. I understand politics. He disappoints me but Republicans are paid to pay attention to this issue. Not all Democrats are — but some are. I wish I could think of a Republican who isn’t bought by big oil but I can’t think of even one. Can’t people see what these jobs they mention really are? Temporary at best. These people will move on and take their jobs and money with them. Can’t we in Colorado see what happens

letters when the oil and gas run out? All we have to do is visit Idaho Springs, Leadville, Silverton and hundreds of sites mining companies abandoned and now taxpayers are paying to clean up their mess. Look at the uranium deposits operation in Moab. All those people cleaning up next to the Colorado River are being paid by taxpayers. Is that the kind of jobs they are talking about? The millionaires moved on to drilling and fracking. Can’t we ask the question — why do we care that the U.S. is the single largest exporter of natural gas? Someone please tell me what benefits us normal people get from that? It will only cost us here more money to heat our homes and drive our cars. They will make more profits and then move on. Can’t people see the fracking story is that the millionaires (now billionaires) now want to sell to China and safety be damned in the process or at least not be as important to them as they claim? They want to sell our safety, our families, our homes and our cherished ways of life so they can buy a new home in the Virgin Islands. Will China agree to a bidding process which raises our costs? Does a bear use toilet paper in the woods? If you watch enough TV, you might think so. The real story is that all they seem concerned about is getting delays on regulations (or ignoring existing ones) and spending their money on PR rather than safety. Negligence happens but so do otherwise responsible people sacrifice our safety and quality of life for their profits see LETTERS Page 10

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— see General Motors, Toyota and Ford. See also BP, Exxon Valdez and those old gold, silver and uranium mine owners who sold us a bill of goods and we bought the goods. I wish they could prove what they are doing is safe, not, “just safe enough or confusing enough to get by until we make all our money we can.” I’m not buying this bill of goods. Ben Thompson/via Internet

Polis betrayal

Jared Polis has betrayed us all. I tried to assist the Polis group in getting signatures last Saturday knowing there was a time crunch to obtain as many signatures as possible — or at least thinking that. But the truth was as many signatures as possible wasn’t really the desired result. How strange I thought. Isn’t getting the most signatures possible always the mission? It turns out that the base was running ahead of the candidate in what it wanted. The base wanted a ban on fracking and might well have obtained that if it hadn’t subjugated its desired goal to go along with the machine that was already in place — the Polis initiatives — since they were already well-oiled and running. Well-oiled is right. But oiled with what? Corporate money it turned out. So the two sides sat down together — Democratic but business-loving governor Hickenlooper, who we last saw drinking fracking fluid, and Jared Polis — supposedly a staunch progressive. Great. Big business sits down at the table with the little guy in order to reach a compromise. And who wanted a compromise? Obviously Big Business wanted a compromise because they thought they were losing. That’s the only reason money ever talks to the people. When they think there’s more money to be gained from talking than in fighting — when they’re losing. There are too many flaws in this logic to bring them all to light in this space. Let’s just mention the two major flaws. Firstly, it is Hickenlooper — a known supporter of oil and gas interests who is picking the “blue ribbon 18-person committee” who will decide on these compromises. Secondly, aren’t we forgetting someone? Some small entity of little consequence called the planet? Exactly who is going to stand up for the interests of environmentalists? Great the people with homes, like Polis, won’t be disturbed by the noisy machinery of big business nearby to their mega-homes and the big companies can go on making money, but what about the Earth? Is the environ-

ment supposed to have little to do with this? Are recent earthquakes near fracking proliferation unimportant? How about the whole anthropologic global warming problem caused in large part by oil consumption? Excuse me but wasn’t the Earth supposed to be represented at this meeting? Can a progressive person like Polis actually have a political platform that’s anti-environment? How would that work? Obviously it won’t work, just like Hickenlooper appointing a panel for compromise won’t work. As for Polis, what good does it do for him to win the House of Representatives seat by virtue of support by big business and their money, if he isn’t representing his constituents? Don’t we have enough representatives of the political machine in our government? Look what it’s brought — a completely shut-down, dysfunctional government that’s incapable of even the most humane and obvious decisions. A heartless slogging mess of a broken down machine where the only things that are working are the growing salaries, pensions, vacations and continued re-election of a bunch of politicians whose behavior looks more like a group of howling banshees than the righteous statesmen and women we have a right to expect. They have hidden the truth so often they have lost the ability to even know what it is. We are now a nation that has earned the disrespect of many other civilized nations as they see how dysfunctional our government really is. Thanks, Polis, for adding to the bankrupt nature of our Washington system. We really needed that. Sally Terwilliger/Boulder

State shouldn’t force locals to accept fracking

It isn’t just the state’s intent to preempt local control that furnishes concern in the fracking fight. It is worth noting that nowhere in Longmont’s Comprehensive Plan is [new] oil and gas development even addressed. That should mean it is not contemplated and does not fit. Moreover, note that the secretary of state has no authority regarding home-rule elections. What? The state cannot interfere or tell a jurisdiction it can’t position itself to (theoretically) say no to processes and activities that pose a nuisance or a danger to its citizens? Show me the oil outfit that has gone under due to any kind of local or other restriction on fracking. These folks insist on a high financial return, they say, because of high risk. If I wish to share that risk I can willingly and Boulder Weekly

letters legally put it beneath my nose by buying some Colorado goat pasture and leasing it to an operator/driller. I should never, even indirectly, be forced to do so, especially by the government. Look around and ask yourself: what has the puzzle palace at Lincoln and Colfax in Denver done for me lately? Or to me? Greg Iwan/Longmont

Insist that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and similar organizations register as agents of a foreign nation. This should have been done 55 years ago. Israel is no different from any other nation in matters of trade and commerce. Remove Bibi Netanyahu’s diplomatic immunity and declare him and his gang of mass murderers and unindicted war criminals persona non grata in

America. Get America out of NATO and defund the National Endowment for Democracy. The North Atlantic Sea is not even close to the Ukraine, Georgia, Israel, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It seems that Polis, Bennet, and Udall are in dire need of a geography refresher course. These, and similar organizations, are controlled by unabashed neoconservatives and fascist sympathizers and frivo-

lously waste billions of American taxpayer dollars desperately needed here at home. Finally, make certain that fully public and open congressional hearings are held about Israel’s deliberate and premeditated attack on the USS Liberty, June 8, 1967. The attack has not been forgotten, just ignored by the corporate media. Dave Morton/Longmont

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The two articles about Israel [“Gaza and ‘game changers,’” and “Drumbeat of war grows louder,” News, July 17] need some updating and they also have prompted me to offer a few suggestions about how to resolve the situation in Palestine. First, U.S. Senate Resolution 498, unanimously adopted 7/17, expresses “the sense of the Senate regarding United States support for the State of Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization.” Introduced by Lindsey Graham, that rock-solid, southern reactionary, S.Res. 498 was enthusiastically endorsed and cosponsored by both of Colorado’s faux liberal senators, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet. As of a month ago, Mark Udall was second nationally only to Mark Begich (D-Alaska) in receiving pro-Israel stealth PAC money for his re-election campaign. Udall had scored $53,500 with more, I assume, in the pipeline. Colorado’s phony “progressive” Democrat has received over $100,000 from pro-Israel PACs during his career. However, Udall’s campaign loot seems miniscule compared to Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) lifetime garnering of $394,001 or Carl Levin’s (D-Mich.) booty of $729,937 taken in thinly disguised bribes from pro-Israel interest groups. Now, in no particular order, are suggestions about how to address America’s “special relationship” to Israel. Recall our ambassador to Israel and kick his counterpart out of Tel Aviv on the Potomac, also known as Washington, DC. Cut off every penny of American taxpayer aid to Israel — permanently. Immediately deploy the U.S. Sixth Fleet to guarantee the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank. If Israel fails to lift its vile, illegal, and inhumane blockade of Gaza, unleash the Sixth Fleet to settle its longstanding score with Israeli Defense Forces — do remember the USS Liberty incident. Boulder Weekly

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According to Chet t was as though he had Carman, this is the only walked on the moon, photo that remains that shows Carman (far left) and spent the rest of his with the Beatles in Dallas. life looking up in the sky, knowing he could never get back there. Chet Carman was a 17-year-old teenager from Colorado Springs, shuttling between separated parents and an older brother. In 1964, he found a style worth embracing as his own in a magazine and music to go with it on the radio waves. And as result, he found himself, as unlikely as it seems, not just watching the Beatles on their first U.S. tour from a dozen or so rows back at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, but whisked away to Dallas to see them again a month later and even spend time with them at their hotel and backstage. In Dallas, Carman would be given the chance to peel back the veneer of the smiling faces, the jokesters, the bowing band mates that they showed the world and see a little bit of the rest of it — the hair-pulling mobs, the screaming and fainting girls, and then other things, things the band’s tour manager carefully camouflaged, even from a young man from Colorado as he sat in their hotel suite. There is no one left who can corroborate his story. is look at the moon and know you can never go back, The two Beatles he spent any amount of time with and all you can do is try to convince people you were are dead, as is the tour photographer, and the woman actually there, and they’re not going to believe it.’ And who made it all happen has, he says, left for a life of that’s partly what makes you nuts. … People were missionary work, handing out Bibles to children in friends with the Beatles. They belonged there. You Africa. She burned all the photos and any other trace didn’t belong there. You didn’t belong on the moon, of their trip before she left. The press officer who but you went anyway.” coordinated the trip, Derek Taylor, is also dead. In 1964, the Beatles had come to America for just a Carman is in the background of a couple photographs couple of weeks, making a quick tour and that stop on shot by Curt Gunther, one of which appears in Beatles The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. August and ’64: A Hard Day’s Night in America. His face is just September of that year saw them careening from coast barely visible between the hip and the elbow of Brian to coast, performing some 25 concerts in a month. Epstein, Mr. Beatle himself, as he leans in to say Carman was just relocating from his brother’s something to George Harrison, who seems fixed on house in Boulder, where he’d gone to live when his something else. There was a row of mirrors on the parents separated, back to living with his newly wall Harrison was facing, Carman says, and the reunited parents in Colorado Springs at the start of Beatles’ eyes were on him, making sure this suburban the summer. His brother wanted him to get a job to kid, so stunned and nervous he was speechless and help pay the bills, and Fairview High School staff had sweating, was all right. told him not to come back unless he could meet their “I said it makes you crazy, and it does,” Carman dress code — both a job and school would have says. “About the worst thing you can do to a 17-yearrequired a haircut. old, to any adolescent, is drop them in the place of The winter before, he’d seen a photo in a weekly any of your idols. … I used to compare it to sending a news magazine with a paragraph-long story on some guys in England who were creating quite a stir, setting kid to the moon. Don’t tell anybody in advance, just off riots and requiring police protection, he says. grab him in the middle of the night, send him to the “That phenomenon kind of caught my attention moon, let him walk on the moon like the astronauts — what’s that all about? Since Elvis we didn’t have in the moon suit and everything, put him back on the anything remotely like that,” he says. thing, send him back home, and say ‘Now, you won’t Driving around in a car a couple months later, have any proof. There’s no film of it. It wasn’t covered by the news. You can’t prove to anybody you were ever cruising for girls, “I Saw Her Standing There,” came there. For the rest of your life, what you’re going to do on the radio.

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“Do you remember that song?” he asks, and sings a few bars. “It was a real rock and roll, loud raucous, jangly, raw voice, like a punk band, that came on and I was telling the guys to shut up, listen to this. I was just blown away … I was like, wait, this has got to be those guys I read about. I saw the picture. This is the guys with the hair. Somehow, I knew from the sound and what I had read. Nobody else could set off riots that didn’t sound like this. The two had to go together.” Then the album I Want to Hold Your Hand was released in the U.S. in December 1963, with that iconic image of the band in round, collarless suits and hair with bangs to the eyebrows and over the tops of the ears, and boots with heels. To this day, Carman has hair that comes over the tops of his ears and wears heeled boots, pinstripe dress slacks and an all-black brocade vest with a bit of shine. He lived in Oklahoma for a while early in 1964 and hated it, he says. Desperate to distinguish himself as from anywhere but there, he started dressing a bit more like the Beatles — wearing turtlenecks, wearing his hair a little longer, curling it a bit. The influence was instantly recognizable, he says. By the time he moved in with his brother in Colorado, Beatlemania was starting to catch on. As it did, the John Lennon lookalike started getting notes in his locker at school and was asked to attend a later showing of A Hard Day’s Night because girls had rushed his car when he arrived for an earlier show — like they thought a Beatle was going to show up in Colorado Springs for the film premiere, he says — and the theater manager was concerned someone was going to get out into traffic and get hurt. When he saw Hard Days Night, he says, he was impressed by how much he looked like John at the time. “I did try to look like John, but not to fool anybody, not to be a lookalike, to get the girls to squeal and chase me, that just happened,” he says. “By the time they played at Red Rocks, I had the look down, and was used to signing autographs and posing for pictures, parents bringing their daughters up to me ‘Can we have a photo?’ Yes. ‘Will you sign an autograph?’ Yes, would you like my name or John’s name or what would you like?” By the time they came to Red Rocks, he says, absolutely he was going to go see them. In the days before the concert, he kept getting surrounded by teenaged girls on the streets who thought he was with the band. A friend snapped a photo of him with a gaggle of girls around him. He’d just stopped at a 7-11 in Denver for a few minutes, he

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says, but that’s what started to happen sent back by the airline for the “special whenever there were teenaged girls around. guest” — she coached him along, instruct“It’s the flying saucer effect. You really ing him to keep his sunglasses on and not want to see a flying saucer, you want it so to say a word and expose his American bad, that when you see some strange, blurry accent. People sent napkins back from first lights in the tree, you actually see a flying class for him to sign. He did, with his own saucer and windows with little creatures name. She intervened when someone inside them,” he says. “I’d take my glasses approached, saying, “We’re with the entouoff and say ‘I’m not one. I’m not who you rage, but he’s not who you think he is.” think.’ And I could see it start to sink in, It was true, but the response it earned but by that time they didn’t care.” was winks and smiles. They’d just tell him, The Beatles concert on Aug. 26, 1964, “Love the music,” Carman recounts. was among the first rock and roll concerts at His haircut was all the ID he needed. Red Rocks, and Denver was the only stop At the doors to the Cabana Motor on the tour that didn’t sell out. Carman had Hotel, they were ushered from their seen other rock and roll shows, he says, and mobbed cab car immediately to the elevator “some of us knew the Beatles were bigger that went just to the floor with the suite A friend took this photograph of Chet Carman showing the cluster of teenaged than that, but we weren’t expecting anythe Beatles were in, cops giving them the girls that formed around him while Beatlemania took hold of the nation. thing like the Red Rocks experience. We same kind of cover the Beatles were getting hadn’t been in there. We didn’t know what because, Carman says, they just seemed to the place was going to be like, just going in with those last they played in 1966 at their final concert together think he was another member of the band. It wasn’t big red rocks of the outdoor arena as the sun went in San Francisco. like they knew whether there was a fifth Beatle. down in the afternoon, just the whole thing was really “We felt like we’d gotten a full evening’s worth of They were shown in to a living room and seated taking on a whole new atmosphere and picking up the entertainment,” Carman says. “You felt sort of sonion a couch where Brian Epstein politely chatted them enthusiasm of it. … People were really feeling somecally beaten to a pulp.” up while women in lingerie passed from one set of thing in the air like we had never felt before.” A few weeks later came the truly remarkable. closed doors to another — models, Epstein said, Tensions built as the crowd filled the stands, he Carman walked into the record department of a showing them gifts they could buy for their wives. says. The opening acts came and went in the glow of Colorado Springs appliance store, where a woman Even Epstein was astounding, Carman says. He was a single spotlight. named Pat Massaro was managing the record departstunned to sit there with the guy who invented the “When the rest of the lights came on and you ment in her father’s store (attempts made to locate Beatles. know that moment of excitement that all concerts and Massaro were unsuccessful). She approached him It was George Harrison who first came out and have: ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ echoes everywhere and and asked “Has anyone told you that you look like said hello. Then John Lennon joined, introducing you see the Beatles walking out and plugging in their John Lennon?” himself with first and last name, as if there might be some confusion as to which John he was otherwise. guitars, if there had been a house to He said yeah, he’d heard that a Courtesy of Chet Carman “John put his arm around my shoulder and would come down, walls, it would have time or two. Girls outside were tapwalk me around the hotel room and the dressing come down,” he says. ping on the glass. She asked if that room and would take the time to come up with quesHe had seats a dozen or so rows happened a lot, and asked for his back, but even from there, couldn’t phone number. tions for me — ‘What do you plan to do? What are you going to do with your life? I wonder about young hear much clearly from the sound What happened next is murky. people in America, you know, you’ve got so many system, a set of 50-watt amps that Massaro had been doing some opportunities here. What do you think you want to might make a basic home stereo work as a concert promoter, includdo?’” according to Carman. “And I said something setup now. If you knew the music, he ing some work on the Beatles tour that put her at their press conference like, ‘What you’re doing.’” says, you knew which song was and behind stage at Red Rocks. A He spent the afternoon with them at their hotel being played, and who was singing, group of staff working on the suite. As they prepared to head to the Dallas but the lyrics were muffled. The Beatles tour, which may have includBeatles have talked about it, too, that Memorial Auditorium for the concert, there was talk ed Beatles press officer Derek Taylor of sending him out the front of the hotel as a decoy. “Why play if nobody can hear us?” and Epstein, crawled up onto the Carman says, “It was getting to the That’s because when the Beatles were on the way in, rocks behind the Red Rocks stage to the press of fans had gotten so intense they’d broken point that they couldn’t hear themChet Carman selves play.” look out over the crowd in the late one of the glass doors. He shrugged, he says, he’d have The crowd screamed nonstop, afternoon hours. Carman could see done what they needed. not just at certain moments but from the minute they the outline of their heads from his seat. They’d Watching them in the moments before leaving for took the stage to the time they left. The ground shook, climbed up, other reports say, in part to investigate the the auditorium, they seemed, to him, like race horses, and from the crowd came a wall of sound he says was probability of a threat of throwing hand grenades wound up, bound into their stalls until just the like an idling jet engine. They were taking off — away moment someone pointed them in the direction of instead of “jelly babies” mailed from a “Beatle hater.” from the Kennedy assassination that had left their parthe show and set them loose. From there, Carman surmises, they could have ents in a funk and the palm trees and beach scenes of He stepped out into the hallway ahead of them, in looked down and seen him and the intermittent all the other rock and roll of that era, away from alltime to hear a “Hello then?” from Paul McCartney swarms of girls clustering around him, and heard white and safe suburbs and the father who knows best and spot four laundry carts at the end of the hallway. about a Lennon lookalike in the audience signing coming home from the office to a wife in heels and Legend has it, crawling in under a pile of laundry was autographs. Someone on the tour might have asked pearls with dinner waiting on the table. Massaro if she knew about the lookalike who was cre- how the Beatles snuck down the freight elevator and “We felt something was changing in the world,” out of the back of the hotel into a rental truck that ating his own kind of stir in the audience at the Red Carman says. “My whole generation was just getting Rocks concert and she’d identified Carman as the guy. would take them to the auditorium. carried along in history.” Carman loaded into a car that afforded more of a She called him the day before the Beatles concert in The Beatles played no more than 30 minutes, Dallas, one of their last stops on the tour, and asked if view, and drove the route that passed the hospital JFK bowed and left the stage. Carman still has most of the he’d like to come with her. The tour bought him a had been taken to when he’d been shot in the previous set list memorized. They finished the concert with year, like two profound moments in his life passing plane ticket, and the two flew to Dallas. “Long Tall Sally,” the same song that would be the over one to get to the other, he says. Through the flight — as they sipped champagne 14 August 14, 2014

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news He went with them to the dressing room backstage at the Memorial Auditorium, sat down in a corner, nervous and sweating, he says. At one point, Harrison came and sat down and just looked at him for a quiet minute. “It was sort of like, ‘Here I am. You’ve got a Beatle to yourself. What do you want to do? Are you going to own this moment or not?’” Carman says. “I was too nervous to ask them anything. What do you say to a Beatle? Twentyfour hours before, I had no idea I was going to meet them. ‘I’ve got all your records’? ‘I really like your music’?” Harrison and Lennon seemed to know how much power and charisma they had, and were aware of the situation Carman found himself in. Harrison, especially seemed to have a keen memory of the nervous moments in which he’d met some of his own heroes in music in the not so distant past. He kept delivering Carman drinks, making sure he was comfortable and that he’d found his seat for the show. To get from backstage to the VIP section for the concert, he had to cross a corner of the stage. His face in the wings had triggered the opening band to wrap up their set and call for the Beatles, who weren’t yet ready to go on stage. Passing within a few feet of Ringo Starr’s drumset, he says, he met with a diamond of flash bulbs from some of the 10,000 fans filling the auditorium for the sold-out show. A girl, crying as though she were in agony, tried to jump over the cops — a ring of about 200 police officers surrounded the stage. He reached out to take her hand, and she fainted. From the VIP section, 10 feet away from where the Beatles performed, he could actually hear them singing. He shook hands with each of them at the end of the day, and got a “Oh, Colorado? Cowboys and Indians.” from Paul McCartney. He and Massaro had expected to spend the next day with the Beatles, but the band took an unexpected trip to a ranch in Missouri. They spent the day there riding horses and lounging around, one of few days off in the duration of the tour. Carman and Massaro flew home. He always thought some greater portion of the memorabilia from that trip would come to him. But he’s heard that Massaro has since become a bornagain Christian and in the process, decided to burn all her Beatles memorabilia, including photos, because she saw it as idolatrous, he says. Up in flames went any other kind of record of the trip and the Christmas card the Beatles Boulder Weekly

sent to her a few months after meeting in Dallas, instructing her to “say hello to the lad.” By then, he was inflamed with the fire of having been the kid who met the Beatles. He’d been kicked out of high school for refusing to cut his hair, and never did go back. “I thought, I’m destined to be a rock star, I don’t need a degree,” he says. He got a drum set instead of a diploma and played in bands for more than 30 years. His music career never did take off. For a while, he worked as a magazine editor for various dirt bike magazines, raced motorcycles up Pikes Peak, trained elephants and tigers. The spine in his copy of Beatles ’64: A Hard Day’s Night in America is broken at the chapter on the Dallas show, the pages turned so often they come loose from the binding. Over the 50 years that have passed since those concerts, he’s put a lot of thought into what made the Beatles, the Beatles. “There are certain people who are so overdosed with charisma and personal magnetism. … Certain people can walk into a room and the conversation just stops,” he says. “You take four of those people, combined with their songwriting talent, take any four people with that kind of charisma, at the same room, at the same press conference, and you have an overwhelming powerful force that amounts to social change. An entire generation got sucked into their charisma, that’s what the concerts were about. … Everybody just fell in love with them because they were so lovable from this almost supernatural kind of thing. … No mere mortals could generate that kind of excitement and enthusiasm, that’s why I keep saying, it was history, it was a turning point. The world changed.” He wasn’t the only one for whom the Beatles changed everything. The 1960s made an indelible mark on American culture, fashion and art. Now, TV anchors have that haircut that opened so many doors for him 50 years ago. He goes years sometimes without retelling the story of meeting the Beatles. It’s heartbreaking, to have been there with all that acclaim, signing autographs for adoring girls, hoping you find a way to work your way back to that place and have earned it, and to want so badly to go back to those moments in the hotel suite and dressing room, and know there’s no way to return. But nobody even gets to visit the moon anymore. There’s no one who lives there now. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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his just in: Boulder is expensive. But the ing as much, the poor are getting poorer concentration of our wealth (about half of while the rich are getting richer, and Boulder households make $75,000 or more two-thirds of American city households annually) and the rate at which our wealth make less than $75,000 annually. is growing is on a collision course with the In Boulder, wages are generally dwindling number of affordable houses and rentals. higher than the national average. About These trends could make Boulder too expensive for 45 percent of households in Boulder low- and middle-income families… very soon. make more than $75,000 annually. And At least as much can be gleaned from a study 35 percent of the total Boulder populace released Monday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors makes more than $100,000 annually. that examines wage gap and income inequality in Boulder also has the seventh highest hundreds of cities across the country. By comparing median income growth rate — about Boulder’s numbers with cities of similar size and 4.5 percent annually. That is, generally demographics, local officials and economists hope to speaking, wages are rising for everyone come up with a plan to address issues like affordable in town. housing, minimum wage, diversity and more. The main reason Boulder’s economy The study drew a few conclusions about how the is so robust is because it is dense with U.S. economy rebounded following the recession, technology companies and other lucrawhich can be used to contextualize Boulder’s unique tive industries, the study says. And these economy. high-grossing jobs are not in any bubble First, the 8.7 million or so jobs that were lost dur- bound to burst, says Walters. ing the recession have been fully regained. However, “The Boulder economy is fairly the quality of those jobs is not as high — wages now diverse enough and not reliant on any are about 88 percent of what they one particular sector were before the recession in like technology. industries like manufacturing, There’s a number of IS THAT construction, retail and adminisother high-income tration. sectors that would ALTHOUGH WAGES IN BOULDER “The main finding is there’s support wage ARE RISING, THEY’RE NOT RISING been a significant amount of growth should The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a comprehensive study of wage gap and income inequality throughout the U.S. Data from this money in terms of wages that has something like the FAST ENOUGH AND IN ENOUGH study is being used to evaluate Boulder’s economic needs. been lost due to the fact that now tech sector bottom INDUSTRIES TO ENSURE THAT many of the jobs we’ve gained out,” Walters says. during the recovery are lower high concentration of jobs in engineering and techIncome inequality is usually THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE HOUSpaying than the jobs we lost durnology and finance, the city would face a pretty big apparent when the average ING FOR LOW- AND MIDDLEing the recession,” says economist income rises at a faster pace than challenge in reducing the cost of living because cost of Troy Walters, who analyzes at the median income. (For those of living is going to be driven by the people who work INCOME FAMILIES. IHS, Inc., the company that preyou who long ago swore off math, there.” pared the study for the U.S. mayhuge salaries at the top of the The truth is that although wages in Boulder are or’s group. income scale skew the average rising, they’re not rising fast enough and in enough Many workers who lost jobs in income higher. In determining the industries to ensure that there will be adequate housthose industries and couldn’t find work after median income, those same salaries are swapped oneing for low- and middle-income families 10 years the economic recovery were forced into even lowerfrom now. While the national economy has too few for-one with the lowest salaries.) paying industries like food, hospitality and health/ Nationally, the average income is rising faster than people making the most money, Boulder actually has social assistance. too many people in the top earning bracket, creating a the median, indicating income inequality. In Boulder, The second finding is that the lowest 40 percent top-heavy housing market that shuts out the bottom the median is rising faster than the average. of households earned about 11 percent of the total 53 percent of households — those that make less than “In Boulder, we saw that median income actually U.S. income in 2012. That share has steadily declined $75,000 annually. increased at a faster pace than average income, which since 1975. Conversely, the top 5 percent of earners Boulder Housing Partners, a private housing is kind of indicative that income inequality has not brought in 22 percent of the total U.S. income — risen in Boulder during the course of the recent reces- authority that manages affordable housing, spoke with double the share of the lowest 40 percent. That brack- sion. So that’s good news for Boulder,” Walters says. the Boulder City Council on Tuesday about this et too has seen steady growth since 1975. looming affordable housing crisis. In theory. With high wages comes high cost of And lastly, the income breakdown in the 300 or so living, including high housing prices. The cost of livAccording to the housing group, in the last U.S. cities in the study looks like this: About a third ing in Boulder is 18.4 percent above the national aver- decade, Boulder has lost 1,000 affordable homes for of households make less than $35,000, a third makes age and there’s not much anyone can do to avoid that, rent and for sale, and the number of homes available between $35,000 and $75,000, and a final third makes Walters says. for less than $300,000 has been halved. At this pace, more than $75,000. “It’s tough [to lower cost of living] from a policy See INCOME Page 18 So to sum up the report: Regained jobs aren’t pay- standpoint,” says Walters. “In Boulder, with such a

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region is believed to be erhaps more widespread a likely cause for the than the initial infection. “It is believed that outbreak of with deforestation and the Ebola the decreasing natural virus is the outbreak of habitat for these aniEbola virus paranoia. mals, they move out to With more than a where human populathousand people dead, evacuations of infected tions are,” says Hassad. foreigners to the U.S. “These outbreaks [can and Europe, and an occur] elsewhere but escalating number of when you have a virus new infections in west that comes in contact Africa, it’s hard to with ideal factors for blame folks for getting spread, you are going a little antsy. to see spread.” Aid workers in protective garb sanitize an area in west Africa where an unprecedented Ebola outbreak is occurring. So what exactly is Another factor Ebola and are any of contributing to the these fears justified? outbreak is a local misLet’s start at the trust of western aid beginning. Ebola is a workers and deeply virus that attacks the entrenched social mores immune system of regarding death of loved humans and most other ones and community primates. Without members. proper medical inter“In this case, you vention, the immune have a situation where system will shut down Control (CDC) says this outbreak began when infectvillagers are resisting the and the organs in the body will hemorrhage and bleed ed bats were eaten by west African communities. advice and guidelines from health care workers,” says out. There is no cure for Ebola, which has a 50 to 60 “This particular virus is endemic, meaning it can Hassad. “There’s a high level of suspicion, a widepercent mortality rate, but proper monitoring of be dormant and when ideal situations arise, it surfacspread misbelief about illness and death. It’s perfectly infected patients and treatment of symptoms has es,” says Hassad. “Our best evidence tells us it’s in the understandable. You have suddenly these villagers who helped save lives. bats, but there may be another level before the bats: are seeing loved ones contracting illness and dying at Ebola can only be transferred when an infected the bats transmit it to larger animals that the villagers a time with an influx of foreign aid workers. It is easy person’s bodily fluids enter a healthy person’s body via come in contact with.” to see how they can make this link and in their minds a cut or orifice. Ebola expert Dr. Rossi A. Hassad, The “ideal situation” for an Ebola outbreak to make the association that this is happening because of epidemiologist and professor at Mercy College in occur is within the rainforest. Previous outbreaks foreign healthcare teams.” New York, says the virus is “deadly but hard to catch.” began in the rainforests of present-day central African The World Health Organization echoed that sen“It can not be emphasized enough that this is not countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and timent in an instructional booklet given to aid workers airborne, its not foodborne, its not waterborne,” says Uganda. But part of why the outbreak has become the on how to work with communities to safely bury Hassad. worst in history is because west Africa, which is not as loved ones, saying, “If the body is prepared without Researchers are unsure of where Ebola outbreaks dense in rainforests, was not anticipating an epidemic. start in the first place, though the Centers for Disease And, non-medical factors like deforestation in the See EBOLA Page 22

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giving information and support to the known to have the disease, they go back family and the community, they may to their villages and they become a not want to bring other family memsource for the virus so it can spread bers to the health facility in the future. from multiple points within the comThey may think that if the patient dies, munity — which means the spread can the body will not be returned to them.” be rapid,” says Hassad. Traditional burial preparations in The typical incubation period for the region include washing the body of Ebola is two to 21 days, but Hassad the deceased, according to the WHO, and others say symptoms usually maniwhich may be covered in blood, fest between eight and 10 days. That’s mucous, vomit or other bodily fluids. still long enough for a person to Another problem become infected, with washing the travel anywhere in deceased is that the world and come their fluids are in contact with a HERE’S A GUY WHO WAS IN new community now overwhelming public sewage WEST AFRICA, WHO’S NOW before symptoms systems. arise. Therein lies SICK AND SITTING IN MY In the WHO the fear of how this instructional pamendemic can WAITING ROOM.’ THAT’S phlet, aid workers become pandemic THE MORE NIGHTMARE are advised to and experts aren’t SCENARIO.” -— DR. DMITRI sure those fears are “identify a family member who has unfounded. DREKONJA, ASSISTANT influence with the Dr. Dmitri PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE rest of the family” Drekonja, assistant and to help them professor of mediAT UNIVERSITY OF “understand why cine at the MINNESOTA some practices University of cannot be done Minnesota, says because they place countries with solid the family or others infrastructure and at risk for exposure.” proper medical facilities should be safe Hassad says this skepticism of west- from an Ebola outbreak, but that there isn’t enough information on this particern aid workers is not likely to go away ular outbreak to say for sure yet. any time soon. “What everybody’s worried about is “It’s always been a problem in that somebody who isn’t known to have part of the world where you have strong Ebola will get on an airplane, will be traditions and cultural beliefs,” says within the incubation period, will Hassad. become ill, will get off the plane, will go So deforestation, unsanitary burial home and try to sleep it off and think practices, mistrust of aid workers and they’re just jetlagged, and then show up lack of access to medical care combine in the ER and perhaps wait for a couple with the fact that many infected people hours, coughing, getting a drink from don’t know they have the virus until a the drinking fountain, being exposed to week after infection to create local other people, before somebody recogspread of the disease. nizes, ‘Wait a minute, here’s a guy who “There are people who have the infection from different villages who are was in west Africa, who’s now sick and sitting in my waiting room.’ That’s the not diagnosed and so they are not

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news more nightmare scenario,” says cedures the U.S. has in place. Last Drekonja. week, a man with flu-like symptoms So far, the only cases that have been who had recently visited west Africa introduced to other countries outside checked into Mt. Sinai Hospital out of Africa were done so intentionally: two caution that he may have had Ebola. American aid workers were flown back (He didn’t.) to the U.S. for treatment in an Atlanta “Scarcely would anyone pay attenfacility and a Spanish priest was flown tion to someone with such common back to Spain before succumbing to the symptoms, but because that person disease. travelled from a country with cases of The decision to bring back those Ebola, he was immediately checked in. aid workers sparked heated opinions in So in that case the system worked,” the U.S. despite officials saying the Hassad says. patients would be well contained. The system Hassad mentions is a “I feel for them and I understand three-prong surveillance framework why you’d want to bring them back, but that helps determine and potentially whoever is going to be the medical treat at-risk individuals. The first prong accompaniment on that flight is likely is self-reporting, where people who getting some hazard pay and wherever travel to west Africa are asked if they they’re going, this is kind of new came in contact with anything associatground for a lot of ed with Ebola. The second prong is people,” says placing health Drekonja. workers at airports “We think that and other ports of if you followed the NEED FOR ALARM OR entry to observe proper infection GREAT CONCERN OR anyone travelling control procedures, ANXIETY AMONGST THE from the region you should be fine, that is exhibiting but then again, here POPULATION HERE IN were people who Ebola-like sympTHE U.S., WE HAVE A knew the disease toms. The final VERY SOPHISTICATED quite well, physiprong is thermal cians and healthscanning upon SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM care workers who return to the U.S., IN THIS COUNTY.” — are becoming ill where passengers’ DR. ROSSI HASSAD, and dying with it,” body temperatures says Drekonja. are scanned to EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND The two aid check for fever. PROFESSOR AT MERCY workers appear to The CDC has COLLEGE IN NEW YORK be improving in the also issued guidelatest reports. lines to airline Hassad says crews (including although the risk of flight attendants, spread via air travel baggage handlers, does exist, Americans need not pilots, etc.) on keeping ill passengers off worry about an outbreak here. planes if they show up with any symp“What we say in public health is a toms related to Ebola, how to deal with case anywhere is a risk anywhere and passengers in-flight who might be although this is largely contained in symptomatic and how to handle bagwest Africa, we have brisk international gage from the region. air travel so it’s very easy for cases to And in the absolute worst-case scemove,” says Hassad. “We have two nario for Americans — an Ebola outcases here who became infected overbreak in the U.S. — Hassad says U.S. seas and I can say with a high level of hospitals are “resoundingly” equipped to confidence, I don’t expect any spread handle any such cases and curb the from those two patients. spread of the disease. “There is no need for alarm or great That said, the situation appears to concern or anxiety amongst the popula- continue to be getting worse in west tion here in the U.S.,” Hassad says. “We Africa as governments and aid organihave a very sophisticated surveillance zations rush to ebb the virus’s spread. system in this country which would “This outbreak is advancing as most allow for early detection.” epidemiologists expected,” Hassad says. (This is all to say nothing of coun“It will get worse before it gets better. tries that don’t have solid screening We are probably close to 1,800 suspectmeasures or adequate medical facilities, ed or confirmed cases and more than 50 by the way.) percent have died and that fatality rate One case in New York City is eviis steadily increasing.” dence of the efficacy of screening proRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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ennsylvania and Colorado the [Government Accountability Office] Bureau of Land Management, or may be a nation apart, but of the EPA and I believe the BLM, it’s Denton, Texas. Blackout illustrates why they’re side-by-side when it been found by us and others in many residents across the United States comes to having recently seen Pennsylvania and in Texas and in have given up on the idea that regulaexplosive increases in oil and Colorado.” tors can manage the oil and gas boom, gas development, specifically through The report, Blackout in the Gas Patch: and are working so hard to stop frackthe use of hydraulic fracturing in shale How Pennsylvania Residents are Left in ing.” formations that are often drilled horithe Dark on Health and Enforcement, In a July interview with Boulder zontally. Findings from a report from found that the Pennsylvania Weekly, Baizel said, “I think a bit the Earthworks — a nonprofit work- Nadia Steinzor industry has been sort of short ing to protect communities and sighted in fighting regulation the environment from the adverse over the last decade, and now effects of oil and gas development they’re paying for it with these — that examined the oversight bans. They always say ‘No no no,’ and the operational record of instead of ‘Yes, we recognize we wells in Pennsylvania sheds light need a regulatory framework.’” on the concerns people in A failure to regularly inspect Colorado express when it comes the majority of the wells in the to oil and gas development. state was among the concerns The situation in Pennsylvania cited in Pennsylvania and shared sounds all too familar — a goverby those who oppose fracking in nor who encourages drilling and Colorado. More to the point, fast-tracking the approval of though, Septoff says, is that even drilling permits, a history of when inspections are being perwells going uninspected and formed and inspectors find probA report from Pennsylvania finds the Department of Enfines going unissued. A set of lems, they aren’t always issuing vironmental Protection is doing less to protect the public rules on the books that, no mat- than it is to protect the industry. formal violations. ter how weak or strong they “There’s too much discretion might appear, fall prey to lenient in the hands of inspectors, in or even nonexistent enforcement. Department of Environmental Colorado, in Pennsylvania, everywhere “No matter how good or bad the Protection routinely “prioritizes develwe’ve looked,” Septoff says. “Inspectors rules are, it’s the resources and policies opment over enforcement,” at the cost make arrangements with the operators and attitude of the enforcement agency of considering cumulative effects on air on the spot in a way that makes it that matters, because if you don’t have and water quality. almost impossible for the public to the proper resources and attitude, the “There’s a national crisis in fracking know that the violation happened and public’s agent enforcing the law as oversight,” Bruce Baizel, director of for other operators to know that the cop opposed to being the industry’s facilitaEarthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability is on the beat.” tor, then it doesn’t matter what the rules Project, said in a press release from A different system of justice seems are,” says Alan Septoff, strategic comEarthworks. “This report focuses on to apply for the oil and gas industry, he munications director for Earthworks. Pennsylvania, but it easily could have says, and it doesn’t look much like the “That’s universal and it’s been found by been written about Ohio, or the federal standard criminal justice system, which

would take your behavior and past record into account and sanction a lawbreaker. Oil and gas companies, he says, more often get the equivalent of a slap on the wrist. Earthworks found in the 2012 report Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: Inadequate Enforcement Means Current Colorado Oil and Gas Development is Irresponsible, that inspections were inadequate and violations not consistently or adequately assessed, reported and tracked. They found an increasing number of oil and gas operator spills, up from 257 in 2004-05 to 516 in 2010-11. The report said a potential cause for the increase in spills could be that there’s no incentive for operators to prevent them. Fines are rarely issued, and aren’t high enough to be considered significant. The COGCC went so far that year as to issue an “Outstanding Operator Award” to Noble Energy, which had more spills than any other operator in 2010 and 2011 — 126 in total, 81 of which affected groundwater and six affected surface water. “There’s a connection between the lack of faith the public has in the COGCC’s oversight and the fracking initiatives,” Septoff says. “The COGCC is perceived as being an ally of industry, not an ally of the public, and for all too long that perception has been reality. That’s why even in Colorado, where oil and gas development has a long history, people are seriously considering bans. … That is the lesson and it’s a lesson across the country. It’s happening everywhere.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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or Lakpa Rita Sherpa, there was no question. After five of his men died on the side of Everest in the avalanche that swept down its slopes on April 18, he had two things to do — take the body of a friend home, and then come back to Base Camp to tell his team that for him, the season was over. It was up to them to decide what they would do, but they would be paid the same amount whether they stayed or not. “We lost five Sherpas, and I Lakpa Rita Sherpa think that’s enough. We’re not climbing anymore,” says Lakpa Rita Sherpa. Now a sirdar, a Sherpa team leader, he’s spent his life working in the world’s tallest mountains, earning a place as one of the more respected mountain guides. Just the day before the accident, his team had performed the season’s puja, praying, singing and dancing at an altar to the mountain and asking permission to climb. He’d crawled from his tent at 3 a.m. to wish his team luck before they left to cross the notoriously danger-

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ous Khumbu Ice Fall. Hours later, he was digging bodies out of the snow and debris of an avalanche. He and others who hiked up to help in the search, dug 10 people out of the same hole in the ice. “I believed the 10 people who were buried, they were trying to escape and there was no way they could, so they huddled together, held hands to die together,” he said. “I tried my best to hide my tears from my Sherpa team, but it didn’t help.” The avalanche killed 16 Sherpas and left 16 widows and roughly 30 children without a father. Sherpas called for the closure of the mountain for the season, amid some protests from the Nepali government, and in the aftermath, have been using the international attention that closure brought to draw attention to issues they’ve long mentioned as concerns — the disparity in risk, their wages and the life insurance payments that would go to those widows and children.

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After he took planes and helicopters to deliver the body of his friend back to his widow and four children, he flew back to Everest Base Camp, where Sherpas were gathering to make the decision to call off climbing for the year. His team had lost the largest number of any expedition team on the mountain that day, he says, and though he didn’t want to say it to the clients who had paid to be there without first talking to his boss, when other Sherpas asked what he was going to do, he told them, “The season is over for me.” Lakpa Rita Sherpa has guided all of the Seven Summits, the tallest peaks on each continent. He’s been climbing Mt. Everest since he was 18. “Working on Everest is huge benefit for my people who work there,” he says. As sirdar, he chooses his own group of Sherpa workers. “The reason I worked there was I wanted my neighbors, the people working for me, to get opportunities to make a living and they can offer up the same to their kids, for school and stuff like that, so that’s definitely an important thing for me.” On the world’s highest peaks, he says, guides work together and support each other. “We help each other, we don’t compete, but it’s more united at Everest Base Camp,” he says. But the last two seasons on Everest have been plagued with issues for Sherpas. The 2013 season saw tensions escalating to the point that a fist-fight broke out among Sherpas angry with European climbers for climbing above them while they were fixing rope lines, and then this year’s avalanche and the subsequent decision to call off the climbing season. “The last two years, Sherpas have taken a beating,” says Norbu Tenzing Norgay, the son of Tenzing Norgay, who was with Edmund Hillary as the first and second men to stand atop the tallest mountain in the world. Picking up a line from a Pete Athans comment that the Sherpa response to shut down the climbing season on Everest was a referendum on risk, Norgay adds that it has been a referendum on inequity. “It’s more risky for Sherpas to climb Everest carrying plywood so that westerners can sleep in a tent, and then every time you go up, it’s more dangerous for them, so I think that’s where the inequity is,” Norgay says. “Equitable means fair pay, mountain safety and sufficient insurance to take care of the families.” In the early ’70s, Sherpas were given life insurance

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policies for the equivalent of $100,000 in today’s dollars, he says, but the payouts their families receive now, if a Sherpa dies on the mountain, is about $14,000. Since the avalanche, Sherpas have been asking for increased wages and increased insurance payments to support the families of those who die doing the heavy lifting required to make Everest expeditions possible. “It’s always been in our minds, from childhood, but this is the first time all the Sherpas are getting together and saying, Jesus, we should try and do something about it, and unfortunately, it took a disaster of this scale to get people together,” Norgay says. Sherpas had been silent out of concerns that criticizing the operations might cost them their job, one of the better paying positions in the country, Norgay says. No one is asking to stop people from climbing, he continues. They’d just like to see the way people climb Everest changed. “Who am I or you to stop anybody from pursuing their dreams? But do it in the right way,” he says. “Consider the people that you’re going with. Consider the risk that you’re putting people’s lives in. What are you going to do about it if something happens? Sherpas are not a charity case. People in the industry should be responsible for their employees.” The Sherpa community has also called for a set minimum wage, with no answer from the Nepali government on that issue. “Some companies they don’t pay at all, they don’t pay much, you know, like, $1,000, $700 bucks for all season, which is not worth it to risk your life, so government should set minimum wages and then everybody will be treated the same,” says Lakpa Rita

Sherpa. An expedition to make a summit attempt at Everest can cost between $30,000 and $100,000. “We want Everest to be this aspirational symbol where the best of the best get to climb, and we stop selling it and we stop commercializing it, cheapening its value that all the sudden someone with $100,000 to spend says, ‘OK take me there,’” says Tashi Sherpa, founder and CEO of Sherpa Adventure Gear, which bases its research, development and manufacturing operations in Nepal and has established a fund for educational opportunities for Sherpa children. “Essentially when you’re doing that, you’re actually cheapening everything about Nepal itself, about the people. … It’s not only Everest, it’s about the people that are involved in Everest, the Sherpas, or the Nepalaese, the workers in the mountains, the ones who have to do it 27 times, 21 times, go up and down, they need to be treated fairly. And whether it’s the western climbing companies or whether it’s Nepalese climbing companies — believe me I do not discriminate between the two at all — they need to be aware that there’s a thing called profit, I don’t condemn profit, but profiteering is a dirty word.” Tashi Sherpa’s uncle worked as a porter on the first expedition to Mt. Everest, and part of the motivation to start Sherpa Adventure Gear was to honor Sherpas and the expeditions they make possible. Lakpa Rita Sherpa is a gear athlete for the company, and Tashi Sherpa says he’s everything we want the Sherpa to be — humble, humorous, ready to lend a hand, all business when he’s out in the field and able to “dance your socks off ” when he’s celebrating afterwards. “All we want is for these people to realize, this cannot continue,” says Tashi Sherpa. “Everest it is a mountain, it is to be climbed, we understand that. You can’t treat that just as a commercial cash cow where, ‘Oh you have money? You have $80,000? Come on, we’ll do this for you.’ No. … Everest is the symbol of magnificence and the precious symbol of everything we respect in Nepal. And what’s happened over the past 20 years, there’s been a very rapid denigration of all the values in that. … Next thing you know someone will want to build a roadway up there.” His goal, he says, is to bring clarity and visibility to the Sherpas upon whom paying clients rely for see SHERPAS Page 28

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completing their climbing objectives, and to increase the accountability for those running businesses based on Everest. “You’ve got to be able to be open to making sure that these people who are actually intrinsic or critical to the success of any expedition are treated fairly,” he says. In the face of disasters like these, simply employing Nepali people isn’t enough. “At the end of the day, what matters is that, if it’s done properly, fairly, you’re actually talking about the good of the industry as a whole for the long-term benefit.” Sherpas aren’t the only ones pushing for changes in how Everest is handled. Adrian Ballinger, founder of Alpenglow Expeditions, canceled his 2014 season shortly after the avalanche and announced in July a decision to move all his Everest operations for 2015 to the north side of the mountain. The north side was seeing about half the traffic to Everest until it was closed in 2008 because of the Chinese project to carry the Olympic torch to Everest’s summit. That route is debatably harder — it’s colder and there are steep sections near the top that require more mountaineering skill, but, Ballinger says, “From a safety perspective I don’t think there’s anyone out there who would tell you that it’s not a safer route.” That’s not shown in the number of fatalities — but if you look at the number of Sherpa deaths, the story shifts. On the south side of the mountain, sherpas die of ice falls, rock falls and avalanches, often in the Khumbu Ice Fall and on the Lhotse Face. “If you look on the north side, those types of objective hazards just don’t exist, and Sherpa don’t tend to die from things like exhaustion or running out of oxygen or getting caught in storms because those are things you can avoid by using your experience, decision making and climbing skill,” Ballinger says. With good Sherpas, good guides and experienced climbers (Ballinger, uniquely, requires his climbers to have lots of skills under their mountaineering harnesses, including a previous attempt at an 8,000-meter peak and more than 30 days in crampons), you can have a much safer experience on the north side. Clients have been reluctant to book on the north side, he says, because it closed in 2008. But with the south side having closed as recently as this season, he’s seen enough 2015 clients — again, an elite crew that’s experienced with

attempting high altitude summits — that he’s turning people away. Most Everest guiding companies can’t be so nimble. Many of the large operations had already hauled hundreds of thousands of dollars of gear up to Camp Two, above the Ice Fall, before the avalanche that shut the mountain down, and had to store it there for the off-season. They’ll need to return to retrieve it in 2015. There are additional changes Ballinger says outfitters working on the north side of the peak could make to reduce the risk to Sherpas. Minimizing the number of trips they have to take across the Khumbu Ice Fall, for one, by reducing the amount of infrastructure at Camp Two, which now may feature 24-foot cooking tents complete with carpet and tables, and single-occupancy sleep tents for climbers. He’s also using a system of hypoxic tents to allow climbers to begin their acclimitzing at home before they’ve even flown to Nepal. The move has cut the time it takes to complete an Everest expedition with Alpenglow in half. Moving to the north side also saves clients about $10,000 in the costs of climbing on the south side, because it eliminates the option to use helicopters, and trucks can drive right to base camp. “I think it will be a slow shift to the north side, but I’ve definitely been hearing a lot of conversations from Sherpa saying if they’re going to continue working on Everest, they will only work from the north side to the south side, so I think we will see that shift,” Ballinger says. “Of course the south side is still going to run [in 2015], it might be busier than it’s ever been before, but my concern is, if you take away half of the top Sherpa leadership, what the experience looks like on that side.” His concern, he says, is that a decrease in experience may lead to an increased potential for accidents, both among Sherpas and among climbers, and the chance that setting fixed ropes won’t go as smoothly as usual and those set ropes may not be as safe as they normally are. But his larger concern, he says, has to do with the shift in power to the younger crew, in part because those Sherpas are more often employed by the lower cost guiding operations, which pay lower wages, offer less for life insurance coverage, may fail to provide safety and rescue equipment and ask Sherpas to carry unreasonable loads Boulder Weekly

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their rights, which they should, and it will continue to make experienced teams of Sherpa like mine unable to do our jobs on the mountain, to run our trips on the mountain.” At a fundraiser for the Khumbu Climbing Center at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, he heard, over and over again, Sherpas saying that they had made agreements with their families to no longer work on the south side of the mountain. Lakpa Rita Sherpa may go back to Everest Base Camp in coming climbing seasons to help with climbing team logistics. But he’s promised his wife and child he won’t climb again. Not after this year. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Folks Fest continues to be a celebration of narrative songwriting, but this year it’s also a celebration of rebirth by Caitlin Rockett

t seems too soon, but it’s here — that subtle change in the evening air that suggests the shift from summer to autumn is nearing. We’ve just transitioned out of what the Old Farmer’s Almanac considers the oppressively hot “dog days of summer,” and a reprieve from sweltering temperatures gives us a chance to revitalize — to harvest our metaphysical crops, if you will — and fatten our souls before the long, cold days of winter. Around these parts, there’s no better table to set a feast for the soul than Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. And around this time of year there’s no better feast for the soul than the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, a veritable cornucopia of great music from some of the world’s most talented singer/ songwriters. As we prepare ourselves for the changing of the seasons, Folks Fest provides us a physical place to wind down, reflect and enjoy the final days of summer. This year’s Folks Fest, which runs from Aug. 15-17, is the festival’s 24th installment. The event has certainly changed over the years, moving from its birthplace in Estes Park to the renowned grounds of Planet Bluegrass. And of course it’s grown in size, but the festival has strayed nary an inch from its roots as a welcoming celebration of the art of narrative songwriting. But this year there’s new reason to celebrate — it’s a rebirth, of sorts, for both the Town of Lyons and the Planet Bluegrass Ranch since last September’s historic rains turned the gentle St. Boulder Weekly

Vrain into a destructive force of nature. Craig Ferguson, president of Planet Bluegrass, vowed to make the ranch better than ever after last year’s flood, and with the help of a tight-knit community he’s delivered on that promise. In parallel, the Town of Lyons has risen like a phoenix from the ashes post-flood, but there’s still work to be done. This continued need for support is a core reason many artists say Folks Fest is such a special treat for them to play this year, including long-running indie jam band darlings Dispatch, who will headline Friday night at the festival. The three gentlemen from Dispatch — Brad Corrigan, Peter Heimbold and Chad Urmston — have been making music together since 1996, amassing along the way an insanely devoted set of fans and selling out consecutive shows at monster arenas like Madison Square Garden and Colorado’s own Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Despite the trio’s ability to pack the biggest houses, Folks Fest kind of seems like just where these guys belong. “Oh gosh, we just love to play,” says Corrigan, who sings, drums, guitars and plays harmonica with Dispatch. Corrigan says the band met Planet Bluegrass’ Craig Ferguson at last year’s Telluride Blues Festival. “When we heard that he was interested in hosting us and that it was a year of rebuilding with a lot of effort from everybody’s individual perspec-

schedule Friday, August 15, 2014 10 a.m. — Gates Open 11 a.m. - 12:45p.m. — Songwriter Showcase 1 - 2 p.m. — Antje Duvekot 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. — Steve Poltz 3:45 - 5 p.m. — Sarah Jarosz 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. — Greg Brown 7:15 - 8:30 p.m. — Ani DiFranco 9 - 10:30 p.m. — Dispatch Saturday, August 16, 2014 10 a.m. — Gates Open 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. — Caroline Spence 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. — The Stray Birds 2 - 3:15 p.m. — Hurray for the Riff Raff 3:45 - 5 p.m. — John Fullbright 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. — Imelda May 7:15 - 8:30 p.m. — Josh Ritter 9 - 10:30 p.m. — Brandi Carlile Sunday, August 17, 2014 10 a.m. — Gates Open 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. — The Drepung Loseling Monks 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. — Ben Sollee 1:45 - 3 p.m. — Elephant Revival 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. — Peter Himmelman 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. — Ron Pope 7 - 8:15 p.m. — Lake Street Dive 8:45 - 10 p.m. — Randy Newman

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Dispatch member Brad Corrigan says it’s a privilege to play and help rebuild and encourage the Lyons community.

tives, it was just like, come on, let’s make it happen. And Colorado’s such a fun place to play and hometown for me is Denver, so it doesn’t take much arm-twisting for me.” While philanthropy is not new to Dispatch — they’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support education organizations like City Year Denver and other international literacy organizations — Corrigan just sees it as a privilege. “If it’s ‘help’ to show up somewhere and do what you love to do, that’s a double paycheck,” says Corrigan. “Knowing there’s a small community up there that will be really encouraged by artists that will come and all the fans that will come to see something being rebuilt, that’s just special. That doesn’t happen all the time.” Seemingly humble to his very core, Corrigan sees the more intimate nature of an event like Folks Fest as an invaluable opportunity for a musician. “I mean folk music, the story telling component to it, and also just the fan base, it’s just so special. Honestly, it’s nice to play huge venues all the time but you’re always trying to find a place to inspire,” Corrigan says. “A lot of times the greatest energy, the greatest artistry and greatest inspiration can be not at the hugest festivals, the hugest venues, but really a cool opportunity to watch other artists play and

meet other people and this particular promoter, Craig Ferguson, does a phenomenal job of creating a culture you want to be a part of.” The lineup for this year’s Folks Fest suggests that Corrigan isn’t exaggerating when he says Ferguson creates an environment musicians want to experience. In addition to Dispatch, huge names in folk like Ani DiFranco, Brandi Carlile and Randy Newman will all be on hand to spin lyrical yarns for Folks Fest festivarians. Corrigan says he and his band mates are excited to see Iowa-native musician Greg Brown, who Corrigan calls “such a phenomenal singer/songwriter.” Corrigan says he and his band mates saw Brown once when he came through Middlebury, Vermont back in the ’90s when the boys from Dispatch were attending college. Corrigan also notes that Ani DiFranco’s song “31 Flavors” was a huge influence on Dispatch. “It’s super fun to think about the connection to those guys back in the day and that we get to share a stage with them,” says Corrigan. You haven’t missed your chance to marinate in the serene sounds of Folks Fest — single-day tickets for Friday and Sunday and camping are still available. Visit shop.bluegrass.com or call 800-624-2422. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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nyone following the career of Austinbased guitarist Eric Johnson has learned to reconcile the guitarist’s singular fretboard mastery with his sluggish pace of releasing recordings. Johnson endured years of interview questions about his notorious perfectionism (occasionally even from this reporter) and was typically gracious enough to concede that breaking the habit of sweating the minutiae would enhance his productivity. Typically, though, Johnson, who is doing a run of shows in Colorado this week, is usually Eric Johnson says he is finally learning to let go a little bit. too modest to point out the obvious: It’s easy for columnists to recommend that an artist reboot his work ethic, it’s a lot harder abuse, is shamelessly laced with Wheels wonder if I’m going about this the best for the protagonist himself. of Fire reverie, its molten pentatonic way I could.’ So it is a pleasant surprise that his soloing carrying the tune’s middle six “And so we did this jam piece, we latest release — a series of live recordminutes. And on a furious Coltrane literally just improvised start-to-end, ings taped in Europe last year — is an cover “Mr. P.C.” the trio shines equally, and a couple of friends come in afteruncharacteristically spontaneous affair. as bassist Chris Maresh and drummer ward and they say, ‘Wow, that’s great, I “Yeah,” he says, “we never really Wayne Salzmann take long solos. like that better than your studio songs.’ planned a record, they just decided to There are a couple of fleeting spots Here I am spending weeks on each record a few shows and I was like, ‘sure, during his solo on “Mr. P.C.” where you song, doing it over and over, and everywhatever.’ I didn’t think can hear Johnson’s thing’s just right…and then I do this that much about it head momentarily thing in two minutes, and people say when I was onstage. … get out in front of his ‘Oh we like that much better.’ I’m like, ON THE BILL: Eric Johnson Thursday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. I knew they were fingers. “Mistakes” ‘Gee, I gotta rethink this whole deal.” Aggie Theater, 204 S. College recording in the back of may be too clumsy a Johnson may be breaking his lengthy Ave., Fort Collins, $20. the venue, but, y’know, term, but one can’t spell between releases as well. Later in Friday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Fox Theater, 2032 14th St., we were just touring. escape the feeling the year, we should see a collaborative Boulder. $25 advance, $27.50 And I got home and that the Eric Johnson record with New York-based jazz and day of show. 21+ said, ‘Ah, there’s a few of 20 years ago would fusion guitarist Mike Stern. Saturday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. things that sound pretty have punched them “Yeah, it’s finished,” Johnson says of Colfax Ave., Denver. $40. 16+ good.’” out in the edit. the record. “It should come out in The 14-cut offering, “Well,” he reflect- November.” ed, “you know me. I Europe Live, provides a We noted, carefully, that Johnson think on my studio records, it kind of welcome contrast to the guitarist’s wraps up his three-gig Colorado swing comes across a little bit like playing it veneered studio outings. Instrumental in Denver the night before a birthday. safe. I’ll just play it over and over and burners like the jammy “Evinrude “When I turned 30 it kind of over, until I get every ‘t’ crossed. And I Fever” and the stomping, Beck-ish bummed me out, when I turned 40 I think I’ve finally realized something I “Zap,” the latter from Johnson’s first didn’t care, 50 I didn’t care. But 60? I probably should have realized years ago, mean, that’s it, you’re a geezer. It’s over. I solo album Tones, frame quieter numbers like a slightly re-arranged “Forty that when you do that, there’s somemight as well put a bell around my neck Mile Town” and a lithe piece called thing that you lose.” and go and lay out under an oak tree.” “Song For Life.” Johnson’s trademark It’s living in the moment. Two words. Keith Richards. “Cliffs of Dover” is included as well, still “Yeah, absolutely. There’s a certain “Yeah, exactly,” he laughs, “thank fresh and engaging. spirit that happens. And I finally get it. God for Keith Richards. I’m at the age But the album’s two centerpieces are It was tough for me to come to that now when I say, ‘Go Keith, go. Show us the longest cuts. “Last House on the realization. It started happening on my how it’s done.’” Block,” a vocal tune about substance Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com last studio record; I started thinking, ‘I Boulder Weekly

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And despite the Give a listen to the rocker musical ground shifting from “Crappy Ghost” and then try beneath their feet, away from to make the case that it doesn’t Seattle, away from simple pop sound like the soundtrack to tunes, and even away from rock, Moaning Myrtle’s (the ghost PUSA are still flourishing, with thatand lives in a toilet in the a new record and a tour that will Harry Potter saga) existence. It bring them to Denver’s Gothic just fits. But arguably the bigTheater on Wednesday, Aug. 20. gest reason why these How have they done it? Presidents are so great is that “We do a pretty good job of they combine all of these attristaying in touch with how lucky butes with the fact that they we are,” says the band’s drum"Lake Street Dive are the future of pop music." - new York Music Daily don’t even make music fullmer, Jason Finn. The Presidents of the United States of America, just after revealing to their singer Chris Ballew that they’ve been time. In addition to staying “We are literally a fullgrounded, Finn says that instead watering down his Rogaine. time, part-time band, and of resting on its success, the The members of Sphere bring a wealth of musical experiences we’ve saying that for band is consistently searching for PUSA could have gone the into the group, all having classical trainingbeen but possessing and singer/songwriter Eilen Jewell and “The tastes. upside of that years,”of musical Finnloves says. ways to give its fans what they want. Kickstarter route like so many othera diverse background is when we do get out, it feels great. It They annually put on PUSAFEST for bands, but found PledgeMusic was a feels relatively fresh still and we love to starters — a series of performances by better fit with what they wanted to play. Every single show we still play the band that take place throughout bring to their fans. And Finn, for his Seattle over President’s Day Weekend part, has an interesting take on why the three-quarters of the debut record, and Fri Oct 3 - Concert Series all the songs that are the most popular, — and they have a habit of thinking PledgeMusic campaign was such a Mantis Made presents: and that would be hard to do if we outside the box. One need only look great experience. were out there a hundred nights a at their 2013 crowd“We were able to RAndom Rab & lux moderna year.” funding campaign to give it a cool, garage ON THE BILL: Presidents of So there you have it: an alt-punk make their first new sale feel,” Finn jokes. the United States of America, 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20, band with a sense of humor, business album in six years, “And as it happened, Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. savvy, a remarkable ability to be serious Kudos to You!, as people were really Broadway, Englewood, www. and about this part-time thing they have proof. Instead of into the posters. I’ve gothictheatre.com, $25.75 advance, $30 door had going for two decades, and a desire loading supporters been saving the to have as much fun as their fans do at down with piles of PUSAFEST posters their shows. Of course if you need a rewards they might for seven or eight simpler reason to hit this show consider not want, PUSA years, and those went the fact that this could be the last time wanted the process to be a chance for like wildfire, so it felt good to find they ever come to Colorado. the fans to pick exactly what they want- homes for this stuff.” “[The band] will be even more parted. Which was... As anyone who has had more than time after this run,” he says. “We’re “New music, a couple of decades’ five minutes of experience with the band or their music can tell you, PUSA going to take all of 2015 off and see worth of cool random stuff — posters, where we’re at after that, so that’ll be has a keen sense of humor that is hard old shirts, various memorabilia — nice. We’ll have some time to work on not to like (they even incorporate some things that fans of the band might be our3 stamp collections.” of Weird Al’s parody lyrics for “Gump” Oct interested in,” Finn says. “We set it up - COnCERT SERiES: RandomRespond: Rab & Lux Moderna into live performances of their song so you could pick and choose.” letters@boulderweekly.com

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while to put the event together, and in the he line is hundreds deep, snaking interim something happened that made zomaround a dark parking lot lorded over bies bigger than Stafford ever would have by armed men in military riot gear thought: The Walking Dead. atop the warehouse loading dock. “I know so many people that watch The One by one, they check IDs and Walking Dead that are not horror fans,” he says. tickets, then give attendees a gun and push “They see these characters they relate to on an them through the gates of hell. emotional level.” This fully immersive experience is what And as a result, Stafford says, he is finding Christopher Stafford, co-owner of the 13th loads of people interested in shooting zombies Floor Haunted House in Denver, says a hauntthat would otherwise have no interest in a ed house brings to entertainment that other haunted house. mediums lack. “You go and sit in a movie, you’re in the It’s also probably why the line to get into Zombie dark, but your mind isn’t 100 percent on the Apocalypse Live! is full of people in full survival activity, whereas a haunted house is a 100 perregalia. Different groups are wearing camo, gilly-suits cent immersive experience,” says Stafford. and custom-made t-shirts. Their faces are smeared “You’re creating a form of live entertainment with blood and ash and they are strapped with ropes that allowed people to fully escape the reality of and canteens. In the brain and not the chest — head shots are the very best. The 13th their normal day-to-day.” When we reach the front of the line and are Floor Haunted House in Denver takes haunted houses to the next level But for Zombie Apocalypse Live!, which handed our weapons, I ask the soldier training with zombie apocalypse laser tag. will have its second incarnation Friday, Aug. 15 us how much ammo we have. and Saturday, Aug. 16 at the 13th Floor in “Not enough,” he says. Denver, that immersion goes a step further. “Some of my greatest teenage memories were From every nook and cranny they come, and Attendees don’t just stroll through a haunted house, working at the haunted house, and I thought that if I despite the knowledge that no harm will come to us, gawking at the horror show all willy-nilly. They are started one, then I could be sure that one day my kids the atmosphere and moment combine to make it feel handed a military-replica machine-gun that fires would have those opportunities,” he says. real. The adrenaline rush is heightened when a sollasers so they can gun down the zombies. A headHe started the 13th Floor and grew it to three locadier begins barking orders at us mid-maze, and we shot triggers a flash of light and vibration from the tions, making sure to work at least one night per season as charge forward, firing single-shots to preserve ammo. sensors mounted to the actor’s heads and down they an actor. It’s a career that he says combines the business Our team is so absorbed in the moment that go; a body shot and they just keep coming. acumen he learned in banking with a creative element. when we reach the end and a maze-worker appears to “It becomes fully interactive,” says Stafford. “I know this sounds cliché, but they say if you guide us to the exit, we fire over and over again at her “You’re now in charge of the story a little bit.” find something you truly love doing, you’ll never head with no effect. In short, Zombie Apocalypse Live! is live theater work another day in your life,” he says. “I truly feel “Why won’t it die!” one of my companions says for the video game generation. It works by making I’m one of those people.” fearfully. the viewer a character and then having them decide if But love it or not, the one problem with the The employee rolls her eyes, and we are shown they are the sort that runs screaming, or who straps haunted house industry is that it’s only really boomoutside, back to the relative normalcy and safety of up like Rambo and soldiers forward. ing in October. Consequently, Stafford and his team the parking lot, where we can feel the rush slow to a Stafford started working at a haunted house when were looking for ways to do more. They tried post-thrill buzz. he was 15 and never left, keeping it as a part-time gig Christmas and Valentine’s Day events with some sucAnd then, as if on cue, a zombie lurches out the back door and toward an outhouse to take a pee through high school, college and a career in finance. cess. But then Stafford saw the weapons system at a break. And after 12 years in banking, he found himself in trade show four years ago and loved the idea of a the position to make the leap and do it full-time. zombie apocalypse. Because of the logistics, it took a Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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Thursday, August 14 Music Austin Miller. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. The Boulder Swing Collective. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Caroline Spence. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Dexter Payne Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Drink Drank Punk. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303258-7733.

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Thursday, Aug. 14: Black Pussy, with In the Whale. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Bar and Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Sterling Taylor Portland stoner-rockers Black Pussy really don’t care if you think their name is offensive. Like so many things in rock and roll, it comes from The Rolling Stones (before being censored by the record company, “Brown Sugar” was originally called, “Black Pussy”) and it helps make sure that their audiences are the sort that are more interested in the music than the marketing. Also, from Elvis’s hips, to Jim Morrison’s pelvis, to Alice Cooper’s severed head, feather-ruffling has always been key to real rock and roll.

And those listeners who embrace or see past the band’s name will be treated to some top-notch rock, with sludgy guitar riffs that are equal parts Iron Butterfly and Alice in Chains, and bluesy vocal hooks, a formula that has won the band acclaim throughout the underground. Also on the bill is In the Whale, Denver’s two-piece answer to anyone that dares claim rock is dead.

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Halden Wofford & The Hi*Beams. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Comedy Saturday, Aug. 16: Dairy Comedy. 8 p.m. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Comedy so often falls into the woefully over-walked territory of bro-tastic, one-dimensional dick jokes, so the Dairy Comedy’s all LGBT season-opening show should be a breath of fresh air. Or, at least, air of a different scent. The evening’s lineup includes out transexual and trans youth advocate Jordan Wieleba, who probably has something more inventive to say about lesbians than that they’re angry. Comedian Chuck Roy, who goes by “The Bear,” is headlining with his “wicked gay jokes” that he professes aren’t safe to laugh at in front of your HR manager.

Jason Boland and the Stragglers. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Monte Selbe and Larry Clyman. 6:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Moses Jones Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Nick Berry. 5 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490884. Odd Meter. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406see EVENTS Page 44

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Sunday, Aug. 17: Rodrigo y Gabriela. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Ampitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. Contradictions have always made for compelling art. But there’s contradictions and then there’s Rodrigo y Gabriela, a duo from Mexico City that hit it big in Dublin, Ireland, where their instrumental, heavy metal-influenced flamenco guitar caught the ear of folk-pop crooner Damien Rice. But the music that comes out is compelling and then some. Armed with only a pair of nylon string acoustic guitars, the duo plays viciously percussive and dizzyingly complex songs that combine the fretboard-wizardry of Kurt Hammett and Andres Segovia, and sound as if they’re backed by a percussion section. The band is visiting Colorado to push its first album in five years, 9 Dead Alive.

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Events Naropa Week 8/27–11/30 The Moving Line: Barbara Bash Calligraphic Performance Art 1976–2014 The White Cube Gallery & Nalanda Gallery, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder Barbara Bash is a calligrapher, calligraphe author, illustrator, and teacher of Big Brush and illustrated journaling workshops. Opening reception: Monday, October 13, 5–7 p.m.

10/10–10/12 [Dis]embodied Poetics Conference A three-day conference that explores intersections between innovative forms of creative and critical writing that are experientially rooted in contemplative practice.

10/16–10/19 Radical Compassion Symposium Join the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Dan Siegel, Vandana Shiva, Joanna Macy, Bernie Glassman, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Noah Levine, and others for a dynamic gathering to explore how we can live with an open heart, cultivate compassion in action, and contribute to a kinder world.

9696. Slanted Jack. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Steve Manshel. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Thursday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Wendy Woo. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Whiskey Autumn. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Suite 110, Boulder, 303396-1898. Young Austin & No Difference. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Events Art Under the Influence. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Boulder County Sunset Hike. 6:30 p.m. Walker Ranch Open Space, Boulder. Boulder Salsa Social plus Blues & WCS. 6:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Business Research 101. 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Expert Talk & Happy Hour. 5 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Getting Started with Adobe Premiere Pro. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Stop Light Observations. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Tango Class for Beginners. 6 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Friday, August 15 Music Acoustic Anonymous. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Co. (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Suite 110, Boulder, 303-396-1898. The Aristocats with Augusta. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Ash Ganley & Terry Kishiyama. 9 p.m. LOCAL eat + drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472. Bear. 6 p.m. Red Frog Coffee, 15 Ken Pratt Blvd., Suite 200, Longmont, 303-772-7209. Blue Krewe. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Chica. 3 p.m. Centro Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-7771. The Constant Tourists. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Damon Woods w/ Harmonious Junk. 9 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Dechen Hawk. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. DJ Bedz. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176. Doc HaZe. 6 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Eric Johnson. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. (See Overtones.) Eric the Viking. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482. Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Ginga. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Honky Tonk Heroes. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

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Game Changer — Various artists. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Through Sept. 14.

Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through March 22, 2015. The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925 — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through Aug. 31.

Fictions: Recent Works — Artist Daniel Sprick. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 2. Summer in 3D — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 21. Beyond Pop Art — Tom Wesselmann. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through Sept. 14.

Photography and Vision will be on display at the Denver Art Museum through Jan. 25.

Drawn to Action: Posters from the AIGA Design Archives — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through January 18, 2015. Bubble Garden — Architect Paul Andersen. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

The 21st Century Madonna — by Various Artists. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Fall.

Films and Works — by Paul Sietsema. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through Oct. 12.

Still Memories — by David Brackett. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Fall.

Unbound: Altered Environments — Artists Christina Battle, Justin Beard, Christine Buchsbaum, Sonja Hinrichsen, Patrick Loehr, Loretta Young-Gautier. Theater Gallery, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Aug. 31.

Elegant Simplicity — by Michael Gabridge. The Dairy Center for The Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Fall. Photography and Vision: The Influence of Joyce and Ted Strauss — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000.Through January 25, 2015. At the Mirror: Reflections of Japan in 20th Century Prints — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 31. The Fresh A.I.R. Series — Various Artists. Community Art Program gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Sep. 20. First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art

Unbound: Digital Creations — Artists Chris Coleman, Michael Salter, Milton Croissant III, Bryan Leister, Alex McLeod. Upper Gallery, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Aug. 31. Unbound: Five Installations — Artists Nicole Banowetz, Katie Caron, Sophia Dixon Dillo, Rian Kerrane, Laleh Mehran. Main Gallery, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Aug. 31. Unbound: Sculpture in the Fields — Various artists. Outdoor Gallery, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7255. Through Sept. 30, 2015.

The Indulgers. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Swing St. Vrain. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

Jaden Carlson. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Todd Adelman & The Country Mile. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Janine Gastineau. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Wild Road Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Juba Juba. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Kari Jorgensen. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Los Cheesies. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Meniskus. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. The Prairie Scholars: Brews & Tunes. 5 p.m. Kettle & Stone Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

Events Aerial Dance Festival 2014 Cabaret Performance. 8:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Boulder International Folk Dance. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Conversaciones en español. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Ragged Union Bluegrass. 10 p.m. West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW.

Faculty Night at Crystal Springs Brewing Company. 4 p.m. Crystal Springs Brewing Company, 657 S. Taylor Ave, Unit E, Louisville, 303-665-8888.

Rapidgrass Bluegrass Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Free Movie Night: Back to the Future. Dusk. Valmont City Park, Boulder.

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. All Day. Planet Bluegrass Ranch, 500 West Main St., Lyons, 800-624-2422.

Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance & The Dairy: Aerial Dance Festival’s Cabaret Performance. 8:30 p.m. Charlotte York Irey Studio, Theatre & Dance Building, South side of historic Norlin Quadrangle, University of Colorado, Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Salsa Fridays at Agora. 8:15 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, 720-443-2322.

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Get Growing Garden Program. 10:30 a.m. WOW Childrens’ Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Pecha Kucha. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Tango Practica at BTS. 8 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Tribal-Soul Weekly Dance Gethering. 8:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Center, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Used Book Sale. 7 a.m. Longmont United Hospital, 1950 Mountain View Ave., Longmont, 303-651-5111.

Saturday, August 16 Music The Bear on Guitar. 6 p.m. ClubNed, 154 Highway 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981. Big Hibiscus. 8 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. Big Thompson Flood. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Blake Russel. 7 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130. Boulder Blues Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Citizen Dan: Straight-Up Steely Dan. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757. Craig Cornett & The Phast & Wreckless. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. David Booker. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914. David Potter. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. DJ Rockstar. 8 p.m. Press Play, 1005 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-2176.

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The Soil Will Save Us — by Kristin Ohlson. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074

Soldier Girls — by Helen Thorpe. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074

Future Flash — by Kita Murdock. 6:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch, 303-470-7050.

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers “Writers of the Year” Panel Discussion and Book Signing. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Long Table Theater and Dance. 5 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Friday, August 15 The Fire Wish — by Amber Lough. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727. Saturday, August 16 Boulder Next Culture Writers Sustainability Group. 10:30 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-4953303.

Kristen Ohlson will read from her book The Soil Will Save Us at The Tattered Cover on Monday, Aug. 18, and the Boulder Bookstore on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Francesco Tarentino. 3 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-

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The Soil Will Save Us — by Kristin Ohlson. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver. 303-436-1070.

Lori DeBoer’s Writing Bookclub Meeting — Will dicuss Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. 7 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4472074.

Tuesday, August 19

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Wednesday, August 20

Monday, August 18

Between the Covers: an Evening for Book Clubs. 7 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

COMING AUGUST 21

The Nature of Investing — by Kathrine Collins. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

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Dog House Music Showcase. 12:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Jay Stem. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Shogun Mojo. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Jitterbug Vipers. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Steel Pennies. 7:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522.

The Lefthand Market Boys. 6 p.m. Gravity Brewing, 1150 Pine St., Unit B, Louisville, 303-544-0746.

That Eighties Band. 7 p.m. 29th Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0722.

Liebermonster. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Them Raggedy Bones. 10 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Los Funbags. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Thunder the Radar. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Mantis Made presents: The Orb. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Marcus Lucas Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720328-8328. UK-based ambient house pioneers, The Orb, are coming to help Boulder CTFO.

Meagan Chandler’s Superhero Costume Ball and Music Video Release. 8 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-4490120.

Swing Dance - Third and Fifth Saturdays. 7 a.m. Avalon Ballroom Boulder, 185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Tango Night at BTS. 9 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Sunday, August 17 Music Andy Frasco. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Aerial Dance Festival 2014 Student Repertory Showcase. 2 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Billy From Philly: Sunday Funday. 2 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

The Beguines and Meister Eckhart: Inspiration for Community Building. 9 a.m. St John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder. BodyMantra. 10:30 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Dive Colorado. 8 a.m. Ocean First Divers, 3015Bluff, Boulder, 303-444-7234. Family Dance Planet. 9:30 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. French/English Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Pioneer Inn 44th Anniversary Party with Outer

Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance & The Dairy: Aerial

Call 720.878.2888 for appointment www.GetRolfing.com

Peach Festival. 9 a.m. Old Town Lafayette, Public Road, Lafayette.

Events

Missy Racho. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Longmont Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-8646460.

Selasse and the Fafa Family. 10 p.m. Under the Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-927-6921.

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Jalbatross. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

The Hill Flea. 10 a.m. University Hill, 13th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. All Day. Planet Bluegrass Ranch, 500 West Main St., Lyons, 800-624-2422

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Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Authentic NYC BAGELS in Colorado

Brandon Hagen. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Denny Driscoll. 5 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292. see EVENTS Page 46

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Blackdog & Miles. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Danny Shafer. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.

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Rastasaurus. 9 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

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Imelda May. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 West Main St., Lyons, 303-823-0848.

High Peaks and Silver Dreams: The Nature and History of Caribou Ranch. 9 a.m. Caribou Ranch Open Space, Nederland.

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BODYWORK THAT LASTS

The Prairie Scholars. 9:45 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Adam Mentzell

Hamilton Loomis. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Dance Festival’s Student Repertory Performance. 2 p.m. Charlotte York Irey Studio, Theatre & Dance Building, South side of historic Norlin Quadrangle, University of Colorado, Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Banks. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

If you’re looking to feel better in your body, improve sports performance, or you’re struggling with longterm muscular skeletal problems or simply looking to improve your posture, I can help.

GOLDEN on Route 93 303.279.1481 BOULDER at Meadows Shopping Center 303.554.0193

LAFAYETTE 489 US Highway 287 303.665.5918 LONGMONT Prospect Village 1940 Ionosphere, Ste. D 303.834.8237

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Malcolm Watson. 5 p.m. ClubNed, 154 Highway 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981. Martin Gilmore and Justin Hoffenberger. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Open Bluegrass Pick with

Timber! 5 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Yoshi & Dan. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. All Day. Planet Bluegrass Ranch, 500 West Main St., Lyons, 800-624-2422.

Events

SPiNRaD. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Sunday Brunch — With Eric Wiggs & Alex Johnstone. 10 a.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Traditional Irish Music Open Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Weston Smith. 3 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Willie Bean & The Bluegrass Ramblers. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Boulder Israeli Dance. 7 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Summer Camp Nostalgia with DRAM Apothecary. 4 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Monday, August 18 Music

Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

Movement Mass. 10:45 a.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Jababa. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Paint with Me! 3 p.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., #B, Boulder, 303-503-1902.

Meadow Music. 5:30 p.m. Ranger Cottage, Chautauqua, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder.

Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado. 4:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Monday Night Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-477-4164. Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. The Prairie Scholars: Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Events Chris Ramey hosts Open Mic. 7 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. Citizenship Classes. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 7 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390. Geeks Who Drink. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

German Speaking Table. All Day. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Scandinavian Weekly Dance. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Trivia. 8 p.m. Pizza Bar 66, 430 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6262. Trivia Night. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Women and the Body Series with Melissa Michae. 5:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Tuesday, August 19 Music Ash Ganley. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Asleep at the Wheel. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Bands on the Bricks. 8 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Blake Aaron Russell. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685. After 20 albums and nine grammies, country oldschoolers Asleep at the Wheel are still going strong.

Boulder Timberliners Barbershop Chorus. 7 p.m. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 1680 Balsam Ave., Boulder, 303-443-4151. Felonius Smith Trio. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Goodrattle. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Mark Diamond presents: The Heavy Cats. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Mathias & The Crooked Streets. 8 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Company, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Salsa Fridays at Agora. 8:15 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, 720-443-2322. Tuesday Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

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Events The Alphabet Club: A Weekly Queer Hosted Dance Party. 9 p.m. Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600. Artmix. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. The Boulder Jam. 9 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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West Side Story. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Sept. 7.

The Odd Couple. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-931-7241. Through Aug. 24.

Sleeping Beauty. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Sept. 6.

Slab. square product theatre at ATLAS Black Box Theater, 1125 18th St., Boulder, Through Aug. 16.

The Cock Project: A Man’s Journey. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Aug. 17th.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 800838-3006. Through Sept. 7.

square product theatre is staging SLAB through August 16th.

Smokes and Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Tango class for Beginners. 6 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-4408303.

THURSDAY CU Boulder MACKY AUDITORIUM SEPT 11th

Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series presents Felonious Smith Trio. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Tuesday Night Swing. 7:30 p.m. Village Arts Coalition, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

7:00 p.m.

Music

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Arthur Lee Land. 6 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

presents

Complete Festival program at: americaslatinoecofestival.org

Lyons Local Band Night — With First Wednesday Club. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Open Bluegrass Pic. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Tripping Griswolds. 5:30 p.m. Pearl Street Mall & Courthouse Lawn, 1300 Pearl St., Boulder.

Events Danceophile Studio/Postoley Dance Ensemble/ Tom Masterson. 7:45 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-8303. Great Books Discussion Group. 7:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Karaoke Night. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300. Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Open Studio and All Ages Art Class. 3 p.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., #B, Boulder, 303-503-1902. Palmer Park Run. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th and Pearl Streets, Boulder, 800-8076179. Socrates Cafe. 2 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

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Purple Squirrel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Ron LeGault Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Karaoke hosted by Marcus Lucas. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720328-8328.

Delta Sonics. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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Chance Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

World’s Largest Environmental Festival Hosted by Latino-Americans.

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The Paraguayan Recycled Orchestra of Cateura is a testimony of the resilience of communities trying to survive the impact of garbage and the realities of poverty and waste pollution.

Billy From Philly. 5 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Wednesday, August 20

2013 Grammy Award Winner/ Thinking Outside the Border / THE Band with a message

ALSO PRESENTING: Openers by Denver Sound Musicians, "Tarantella" & "Elin Palmer" 1st NUESTRA MADRE AWARDS Honoree: Dolores Huerta 1st ALBA AWARDS Honoree: Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL)

Tickets start at $42, Students/Seniors $25, Children 12 and under $10 This event is not to be missed and will sell out soon! Tickets on sale online at Macky.Colorado.edu PROMO.com

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film Art reflecting Ebert

‘Life Itself’ showcases the wit and wisdom of Roger Ebert by Michael J. Casey

Courtesy of Life Itself

he Chicago Sun-Times obituary by Neil Steinberg couldn’t have said it better: “Roger Ebert loved movies.” Considering that he reviewed thousands upon thousands of them, it was a good thing. From 1967 to his death in 2013, Ebert was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote weekly reviews — under deadline — for movies in current release. His first was Galia; his last was To The Wonder. In addition to his column, Ebert published no fewer than 20 books, recorded hours and hours of television with his sparring partner Gene Siskel and gave countless lectures. Roger Ebert wasn’t one to rest on his laurels. All of this and much, much more are cov“Best friends” Siskel and Ebert in the film Life Itself. ered in Steve James’s excellent documentary, Life Itself, which is playing at the Boedecker Theater until August 16th. most likely a dream for an intellectual bohemian. Life Itself and Ebert’s 2011 memoir, from where There is nothing quite like the Conference on the movie takes its name and a great deal of content, World Affairs. Speakers far and wide are invited to trace the life of Ebert from birth to death. Most knew travel on their own dime to come and speak at free Ebert from his popular TV show, Siskel & Ebert, but events for no pay on topics they were assigned only in residents of Boulder will no doubt remember Ebert’s the days before the panel begins. They have only their annual April visits to participate in the Conference on intellect and wits to rely on, and for someone like World Affairs. Ebert, he relished the challenge. “I lived more than nine months of my life in “At Boulder I discussed masturbation with the Boulder, Colorado,” Ebert wrote in his memoir, “one Greek ambassador to the United Nations,” he wrote week at a time.” Ebert first attended the conference in in Life Itself. “I analyzed dirty jokes with Molly Ivins, the late ’60s as a wide-eyed critic and met what was the cabaret artist David Finkle, and the London LIFE ITSELF

BLESSINGS: THE TSOKNYI NANGCHEN NUNS OF TIBET

Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) present a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert — a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful and transcendent. Based on his bestselling memoir of the same name, this movie explores the legacy of Roger Ebert’s life, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

This documentary tells the story of 3,000 nuns living in the remote nomadic region of Nangchen in Eastern Tibet who practice an ancient yogic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Despite near extinction during the Cultural Revolution, these remarkable spiritual practitioners have emerged to rebuild their monasteries by hand — stone by stone. Now, their tradition of wisdom and compassion is once again vital and growing. Filmmaker Q&A with Victress Hitchcock after screening on Aug. 16. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

THE LUNCHBOX A mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

THE ROLLING STONES: SWEET SUMMER SUN — CONCERT IN HYDE PARK In the summer of 2013, the Stones delivered a five-star performance in their hometown that had both fans and critics singing their praises. The set packed in hit after hit and saw the band joined by former guitarist Mick Taylor for a special guest appearance on two songs. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

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GIGI Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. Winner of nine Oscars, it stars Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

SCIENCE ON SCREEN: DR. DAVID BRAIN, TERRAFORMING MARS AND “TOTAL RECALL” Co-investigator on the MAVEN team (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission), Dr. David Brain will discuss the possibilities of terraforming Mars, followed by a screening of the delightfully cheesy Schwarzenegger action sci-fi romp Total Recall. Supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the sav-

Parliamentary correspondent Simon Horrart.” And, “There I asked Ted Turner how he got so much else right, and colorization wrong.” And a personal favorite, “From the basement of Macky Auditorium, I participated in Colorado’s first live webcast, although I’m fairly certain no one was watching.” In James’s documentary, Ebert admits that he first attended the conference “to get laid,” but he was drawn back year after year because it offered, “world-famous scientists ... filmmakers, senators, astronauts, poets, nuns, surgeons, addicts, yogis, Indian chiefs” and on and on. In 1975, Ebert added his own program to the conference, Ebert Interruptus. Ebert Interruptus was a democratic approach to film study, a program where Ebert and two thousand students and cinephiles sat in Macky Auditorium slowly watching movies one shot at a time, dissecting it in hopes of discovering the movie’s secrets. The process takes eight, sometimes 10 hours, over the course of a week to watch one movie. In the documentary, Ebert surmised that they found all the things that were there, and a few things that weren’t — but they found them. His favorite movie to discuss was La Dolce Vita, the 1960 Italian film from Federico Fellini, going see SCREEN Page 49 ior of cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. Less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone in a cheap hotel room from acute cocaine poisoning. He had been an addict for five years. This is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man versus mountain, athlete versus addiction, Marco Pantani versus himself. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

THE GRAND SEDUCTION The small harbor of Tickle Cove is in dire need of a doctor so that the town can land a contract to secure a factory which will save the town from financial ruin. Village resident Murray French (Brendan Gleeson) leads the search, and when he finds Dr. Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) he employs — along with the whole town — tactics to seduce the doctor to stay permanently. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

OPERA: MEFISTOFELE- SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Boito’s resplendent retelling of Goethe’s Faust is a monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times). The cast includes Ramón Vargas as the philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil; the “luminous, compelling” Patricia Racette (Washington Post) as the woman he desires; and, in the vividly menacing title role, the “seductively malevolent” bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

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into the shooting of Life Itself, Roger Joseph Ebert ran out of gas for good. With Life Itself, James managed to capture Ebert’s final performance. In preparation for the documentary, James came up with several hundred questions for Ebert to answer, one that went unanswered was, “Why did you title your book Life Itself?” The answer may seem obvious — it’s a great title for a memoir — but what personal significance it held for Ebert, died unspoken. What does Life Itself mean? James came up with his answer, and it’s his documentary. The interviewees in Life Itself don’t directly address Ebert’s title, but each tells a heartfelt story of what Ebert’s life and work meant for them. Two in particular, directors Ava DuVernay and Martin Scorsese, share stories on how Ebert changed their lives, and not simply with a glowing movie review, but with kindness and kind words. For me, I can’t help but think of a line from Charlie Chaplin’s Limelight. In it, a down on his luck and drunk performer (played by Chaplin) rescues his downstairs neighbor from trying to commit suicide. As he nurses her back to health, she bitterly asks why she should fight. Chaplin responds, “What is there to fight for? Everything! Life itself! Isn’t that enough?” In 2002, Roger Ebert was diagnosed with cancer. Eleven years later, cancer won the war. It was during that 11-year fight that I sat in Macky Auditorium in the dark with Roger, my sister and several hundred film-lovers and had my life quietly shattered while we uncovered the secrets of La Dolce Vita. Because he fought for life itself, Ebert managed to change my life for the better. To see Life Itself is to understand how many lives he changed for the bet-

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from scratch using real chefs with food purchased as locally as possible, the menus began to take shape. Unlike other commercial food trucks, the new BVSD food truck had to meet the USDA’s guidelines for a “reimbursable meal.” At a federal level, school districts can receive some financial support for providing meals to students if they meet a set of regulations around nutritional standards that make use of USDA donated commodities. In order to receive federal reimbursement for a portion of the expense of providing a student lunch, for example, meals must include a protein, grain, fruit or vegetable and milk. The menu served through the truck would need to meet these guidelines as well. To help increase financial resources coming into the innovative School Food Program, BVSD has decided to take their meals on wheels this summer by participating as a vendor at different events to see what the local community thinks about the new and improved school lunch. Starting this June, the food truck has parked at Fairview High School during the Ride the Rockies event and at Boulder High School for the Hanuman Yoga Festival. There has been a lot of interest in having the truck at different events around town and beyond, including the upcoming Venus de Miles road ride and other festivals. This month, the truck was a vendor at the Ironman Boulder, with 100 percent of all sales going back into

the School Food Program. “I like local food and I liked what I saw on their menu,” explained Alice Jose, a customer in line for the food truck. Behind her in line, Ironman competitor Jim Toczylowski, visiting from New Jersey, was lured over to the truck when he saw they had Philly cheese steaks on the menu. “The food is good! The kids are really going to like it,” he said. In an innovative new partnership, BVSD and the Boulder Farmer’s Market have teamed up to create a 100 percent vendor-sourced breakfast meal. Historically, food trucks have not been allowed on-site at the market due to a variety of logistical limitations, but market organizers were keen to create a project that highlighted food grown by market vendors. Starting this summer, the truck has been serving a breakfast menu from 8-11 a.m. made entirely from locally-grown produce brought to the market by those local farmers selling their crops right next to the truck. With a seasonal menu featuring the freshest of ingredients, initial feedback has been strong. “It’s a great way to bring money into the program,” reflects Dreibelbis, who hopes to grow the district catering program and draw more attention to the many innovative changes within the School Food Program, which has become a model for many other school districts nationwide. “We are trying to create the best lunch opportunity of our students.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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First the Hotel Boulderado came for The Catacombs Bar. Then it came for the Corner Bar. And when it finally came for Q’s, there wasn’t much left ISABELLE FARM DINNER to come for since the Zolo Grill and Isabelle Farm remodeling was comare teaming up for a farm dinplete. Which happened ner on Monday, Aug. 18. this week. Zolo will be picking up its The historic Boulder operation, chefs, servers and silhotel has spent the betver, schlepping them out to ter part of the last year 10029 Isabelle Road in redoing this and that, Lafayette and putting them to working to bring out the work on the farm, using properiod craftsmanship duce that is so local the disand vibe, and this week tance from where it was grown saw the opening of Spruce, an into your plate can be measured hotel restaurant that replaced Q’s, in yards, to cook up a fivethe space’s former occupant. course dinner. The revamped interior has The menu includes eggaccented the moldings and original The proposed layout of the Boulder Food Park near 30th and Foothills Pkwy. plant rattatoulie, heirloom design, while keeping the best of tomato and cucumber gazpathe menu to combine with the new. cho, Colorado striped bass The fare is heavy on seafood, BOULDER FOOD PARK CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES served with summer squash, featuring fresh flown-in wild catches like oysIn food news this week, the county’s food califower and a melon chili puree, ters as well as some locally farm-raised fish. truck community is taking another step forColorado beef sirloin, served with marinatManagers at Spruce say much of the seaward in its efforts to find a way to serve ed fingerlings and a charred corn salsa, food menu will rotate daily based on what is Boulder residents their grub despite city regpallisades peach crisp with a housemade available. ulations that make such commerce difficult. vanilla ice cream, caramel and more. The dessert and cocktail menus should Boulder Food Park has launched a The dinner is at 5:30 p.m. and will be preremain just as classy, but a little more conKickstarter campaign in an effort to raise the ceeded by a tour of the farm at 5 p.m., sistent. funds needed to make improvements to a where you can learn more about its practicSome of that menu is also available at piece of property located near 30th and es, farm stand and CSA program. the revamped underground Catacombs Foothills Parkway that has already been purThe dinner costs $85 per person, not Bar, now a swanky stone-walled jazz lounge chased for a future food-truck park. including tax and tip. known as License No. 1. The idea is that the park will eventually For reservations, call 303-449-0444. Spruce officially opened on Aug. 11. offer more than just a parking lot with food — Josh Gross — Josh Gross trucks by including a stage for music, a beer Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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rom the outside, Vina Pho & Grill has that anonymous, unappealing look so many nonPearl Street located Boulder restaurants have: a plain tan box with a sign of some sort. It is the khaki of architecture. The interior is decidedly more pleasant, with bright colors, clean lines, soft natural light and a nice planter box full of bamboo greenery. Leaving the noontime sizzle of 30th Street for that interior made it a double breath of fresh air. The menu is as standard as the exterior architecture: pho and noodle bowls served with lime chili fish sauce (nuac cham). Par for the course, there are a wide variety of phos to choose from, the biggest differences between them being the cuts of meat. They are also available in small, medium and large sizes, and served with the standard dish of sprouts, hot peppers and limes on the side that seem to require an instruction manual. My minced pork crispy spring rolls and beef noodle bowl was a decent entry in my Vietnamese food diary, with thinly sliced beef and a strong spice palate. But it didn’t stand out in any way. It practically could have been labeled “Vietnamese Food,” which, even when tasty, is a disappointing feeling to have with such a flavorful cuisine. Also, at $9.50 it was a bit expensive,

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all its pho just to get people to drop the issue. People defend their pho of choice against slanVina Pho & Grill der as if it were 1630 30th St., their own child. So, Boulder 303-444-1809 criticizing it is a minefield indeed. That said, the broth with my brisket and rare steak bowl of pho was a bit bland. That’s it. All the pieces were there, they fit together, and it was satisfying but not wowing in any way, just a bit bland. Like a Tom Hanks romantic comedy. But that was about the point that I realized the same couple of songs had been playing on repeat for the duration of my visit. The ultra-corny, synth-strings melodramas were starting to make me nuts, a feeling that only amplified over the 10 minutes it took to get the server’s attention to pay my bill, and the following 10 it took to get my receipt. Considering that there were only four tables full at the time, that was a bewildering experience. Boulder isn’t exactly known for its Vietnamese food. Few places outside of Vietnam truly are. But when you find your place, your stew, your pho-mate, it’s a wonderful thing. Vina Pho gave it a decent effort that may do it for some, but I’m going to keep looking. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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but considering Vina doesn’t have separate lunch and dinner menus, and entrees edged up towards $14, that was the only real choice besides pho. The pho is the other lower-end priceline on the menu, so I had a bowl of that as well. Pho is one of those deeply complex, wildly subjective flavors that people will argue about the authenticity of until the sun gets so tired of the argument that it expands to the point that it consumes the Earth and

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bout the only thing Boulderites like to flaunt as much as the city’s plethora of microbreweries is its interest in sustainability. Too bad then that the brewing process creates a butt-ton of carbon dioxide (approximately 100 tons for a 10,000 barrel-ayear brewery), which means that enjoying a nice barrel-aged porter like a boss also means contributing to climate change like a salaried worker. But Daniel Higgs, a doctorate student in chemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder and CEO of Superior Ecotech, wants to do something about it. Where others might see a toxic chemical spewing into the air, he sees an opportunity. “Algae can soak up two to three times their final weight in CO2,” says Higgs. “One kilogram of algae to grow to full weight can soak up two or three kilos of CO2.” And that’s his plan: slap an algae greenhouse on top of a brewery to turn its waste into algae, which can then be turned into food products high in omega-3s. Higgs and his team at Superior Ecotech won $100,000 from the Department of Energy-sponsored CU Cleantech New Venture Challenge, which gave them enough startup capital to go door-to-door here in Boulder, looking for a brewery that would bite. “We got mostly, ‘We’ll get back in touch’-es,” says Higgs. Only a handful actually did get back in touch though, and only one was able to follow through. “We have made some decisions along the lines to be sustainable, and so it was pretty obvious to take on this project in my mind,” says Matt Cutter, Boulder Weekly

founder of Upslope Brewing. “We’re able to lessen our carbon footprint and at the same time support these entrepreneurs with this really exciting project.” Starting in fall, Superior Ecotech will be building an algae greenhouse on the roof of Upslope Brewing’s Flatiron Park location. Though its location will make it largely invisible to the average Upslopevisitor, Higgs says that Superior Ecotech would like to put a webcam on the roof so people can see what is happening in the greenhouse, and that feed will likely include some sort of gauge tracking the amount of carbon dioxide. The plan was also selected as a finalist in the Boulder Energy Challenege, a grant program that solicited solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Boulder. If the pilot project at Upslope is successful, then Superior Ecotech would like to expand to other and larger breweries, and perhaps to ethanol production facilities, as the process of extracting sugar also creates a lot of carbon dioxide. But beyond that it gets tricky, as not all carbon dioxide emissions are created equally. The thing that attracts Superior Ecotech to brewing is that the carbon dioxide emitted is clean, free of toxic elements like sulfur and heavy metals that make it no good for food. Unfortunately, those emissions comprise a larger portion of pollutants put into the air. But Higgs says this still makes a difference. “The way we kind of view it is that this source of CO2 emissions isn’t one that isn’t well known,” he says. “In order to mitigate emissions, you have to address it where you can. We’re not solving the whole problem, but we’re doing our bit.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Researchers in Peru have recently tracked down many previously unknown varieties of wild cacao plants. What that means is that there are exotic kinds of chocolate that you and I have never dreamed of, and they will be commercially available within a few years. As delicious as your Chocolove XOXOX Extra Strong Dark candy bar may taste to you now, you will eventually journey further into a new frontier of ecstatic delectability. I propose that we use this theme as a metaphor for the work you have ahead of you right now. It is time for you to make good things even better — to take fun diversions and transform them into experiences that engender transcendent bliss. Turn “yes” into “YESSSS!!!!”

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At your next meal, imagine that the food you are eating is filled with special nutrients that enhance your courage. During the meal after that, fantasize that you are ingesting ingredients that will boost your perceptiveness. The next time you snack, visualize your food as being infused with elements that will augment the amount of trust you have in yourself. Then you will be ready to carry out your assignment for the coming weeks: Use your imagination to pump up your courage and perceptiveness as you carry out smart adventures that you haven’t trusted yourself enough to try before now.

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The leaves and berries of the deadly nightshade plant are highly poisonous. If ingested, they cause delirium and death. On the other hand, a drug obtained from the same plant is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. It’s helpful in treating many illnesses, from gastrointestinal and heart problems to Parkinson’s. Is there a metaphorical equivalent in your life, Gemini? An influence that can either be sickening or healing, depending on various factors? I suspect that now is one of those times when you should be very focused on ensuring that the healing effect predominates.

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JUNE 21-JULY 22:

A New York doctor offers a service he calls Pokertox. Jack Berdy injects Botox into poker players’ faces so as to make their expressions hard to read. With their facial muscles paralyzed, they are in no danger of betraying subtle emotional signals that might help their opponents guess their strategy. I understand there might sometimes be value in adopting a poker face when you are in the midst of trying to win at poker or other games. But for the foreseeable future, Cancerian, I recommend the opposite approach. You’re most likely to be successful if you reveal everything you’re feeling. Let your face and eyes be as eloquent as they can be.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

The literal meaning of the Swedish word “smultronställe” is “wild strawberry patch.” Metaphorically, it refers to a special place that feels like your private sanctuary. It may be hard-to-find or unappreciated by others, but for you it’s a spot that inspires you to relax deeply. You might have had a life-changing epiphany there. When you’re in this refuge, you have a taste of what it’s like to feel at home in the world. Do you have a smultronställe, Virgo? If not, it’s time to find one. If you already do, spend extra time there in the coming week.

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If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, the bells are about to ring for you. The festive lights will flash. The celebratory anthems will throb. It’s like you’re going to win a fortune on a TV quiz show; like you will get an A+ on your final exam; like you’ll be picked as homecoming king or queen. But it’s possible I’m a bit off in my projections, and your success will be subtler than I anticipate. Maybe, in fact, you are about to accomplish the Healing of the Year, or discover the Secret of the Decade, or enjoy the Most Meaningful Orgasm of the Century.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

A teenage Pakistani boy decided he wanted to help his country’s government clean up the local Internet. Ghazi Muhammad Abdullah gathered a list of over 780,000 porn sites and sent it to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Big job! Hard work! I would love to see you summon similar levels of passion and diligence as you work in behalf of your favorite cause, Scorpio. The coming weeks will be prime time for you to get very excited about the changes you would like to help create in the world.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

Working as a journalist for the Papua New Guinea PostCourier, Simon Eroro wanted to interview a group of indigenous rebels in a remote jungle. He decided he was willing to do whatever was necessary to get the big scoop. After making a difficult journey through rough terrain to reach them, he was told he would be given the information that he sought on one condition: that he be circumcised with bamboo sticks as part of a cleansing ritual. Eroro agreed to the procedure, got the story, and ultimately won a prize for his report. I don’t recommend that you go quite that far in pursuit of your current goal, Sagittarius. On the other hand, it might be wise for you to consider making a sacrifice.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

“Kintsukuroi” is a Japanese word that literally means “golden repair.” It refers to the practice of fixing cracked pottery with lacquer that’s blended with actual gold or silver. Metaphorically, it suggests that something may become more beautiful and valuable after being broken. The wounds and the healing of the wounds are integral parts of the story, not shameful distortions to be disguised or hidden. Does any of that resonate with you about your current experience, Capricorn? I’m guessing it does. Let’s call this the kintsukuroi phase of your cycle.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

Near the end of his career, the painter Henri Matisse created a paper-cut composition he called “Le Bateau,” or “The Boat.” It is an abstract piece that does not depict a literal boat. That’s why the Museum of Modern Art in New York should perhaps be forgiven for mistakenly hanging it upside-down back in 1961, upon first acquiring the piece. Fortunately, after a month and a half, a knowledgeable person noticed, and the position of “Le Bateau” was corrected. I’m wondering if there’s a comparable phenomenon going on with you right now, Aquarius? Is it possible that a part of your life got inverted or transposed? If so, will you be sharp enough to see the goof and brave enough to fix it? I hope you won’t allow this error to persist.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice,” said British author G.K. Chesterton, “and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” I’m going to endorse that approach for you, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, I don’t think anyone can possibly give you accurate counsel in the coming weeks. Your circumstances are too unique and your dilemmas are too idiosyncratic for even the experts to understand, let alone the people who care for you and think they own a piece of you. I do suspect it might be useful for you to hear what everyone has to say about your situation, though. Seeing their mistaken or uninformed perspectives should help you get clarity about what’s right.

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Dear Dan: I’m a 25-year-old gay male into puppy play. About a year ago, I joined a pack with one Sir and several puppies. I became very close to one of my “pup bros” and became his alpha — meaning between the two of us, I’m more Dom but still sub to our Sir. Fast-forward nine months, and the pack has fallen apart due to each of us going through our own relationship troubles. My pup bro, let’s call him Fido, breaks up with his vanilla-but-open-relationship boyfriend. Having such a close bond with Fido, and already being sexual, I bring up the idea of dating. He admits he’s considered it and likes the idea but is unsure. A bit later, he tells me: “I love you, but I’m not ready for a commitment.” But a couple weeks later, he tells me that a Dom on the opposite coast wants to collar him. I’ve talked with the Dom and don’t particularly get along with him, but I have tried to respect their connection. But now it seems like Fido is using this Dom the same way he used his past relationships — as a way to avoid dealing with his own stuff. Now he’s started pulling away from me, saying that certain things (sex and cuddles) with me feel too much like “boyfriends.” His Dom also doesn’t trust me because he thinks I have feelings for Fido. (I do have feelings for him and never said I didn’t.) To really make me feel like shit, I opened Fido’s Scruff profile because he updated his pic, and his profile says he’s looking “ideally for a guy to cuddle with, laugh with, spend adventures with,” i.e., everything we used to do before he pulled away. Am I deluding myself here? I thought this was a “not yet” situation. Pensive Upset Puppy P.S. I’ve included a pic of me in full pup gear in hopes it will bolster my chances of publication.

quently fail to recognize. Your ex-packmate should’ve had the balls and the decency to be direct with you and gone with something unambiguous like “You’re nice, we had some good times, but I’m not interested in pursuing anything further.” But he didn’t, and as an adult person/puppy on the dating/ scritching scene, PUP, it’s your job to hear, “I’m not interested in you” whenever someone says, “I’m not ready for a commitment” or “It’s not you, it’s me” or “I’m not sure what I want” or “I have to focus on my studies/work/remodel right now.” The same goes anytime an “I love you” is followed by a “but.” When someone says, “I love you but,” it’s your job to hear, “I think you’re nice and I don’t want to hurt you, but I don’t feel about you the way you do about me.”

Dear PUP: Strip away the puppy masks, the alpha/beta pack dynamics, and the various Doms — pretty much everything that makes your question interesting — and what are we left with? Just another dumped motherfucker who doesn’t know that he’s been dumped. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, PUP, but this isn’t a “not yet” situation. It’s a “not ever” situation. Because it doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, male or female, puppy or guppy — when someone you’ve fallen for says, “I’m not ready for a commitment,” what they mean is “I have no interest in committing to you — not ever.” Fido gave you a standard-issue brush-off line, PUP, one that the hopeful, naive, and deluded fre-

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weren’t, and found that that certain parts of the brains of those who used cannabis were shaped differently than those who weren’t. “People think a little recreational use shouldn’t cause a problem, if someone is doing OK with work or school,” lead researcher Hans Breiter, who led the new study, told USA Today. “Our data directly say this is not the case.” The first thing that struck me was that a study that looked at only 40 people who reported being users or non-users is using a mighty small sample to reach a major conclusion. It breaks almost every one of the Hughes danger signs, especially the one that warns of thinking of data only in terms of numbers and thus seeming more valid or significant than they sometimes are. As it turns out, others with much more medical experience than me also have questioned Breiter’s methodologies and conclusions. Lior Pachter, in a weblog post titled “Does researching casual marijuana use cause brain abnormalities?,” finds serious issues with the study’s sample size, definition of “recreational user” and the extent of testing. Most seriously, he finds that “correlation does not imply causation,” and that the research doesn’t match the conclusions. But check a search engine and you’ll see mostly pages and pages of headlines that parrot Breiter’s findings and state that occasional use of cannabis can cause brain abnormalities. And already, like another controversial study (which suffers from similar methodology problems) that suggests that cannabis use by young people can cause permanent IQ loss as they get older, the “abnormal brain” meme is now prominent on prohibition websites as another example of the multiplicity of problems associated with cannabis. I can’t say it enough. When it comes to cannabis, be careful what you read. You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/category/features/weedbetween-the-lines/ Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Tuesday nights • 6-7:30pm 2095 30th St., Boulder Run303-402-0122 Date: Aug 14th

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6395 W. Gunpark Dr 303.473.4769

4215 Sinton Rd 719.602.3000

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1051 S. Platte River Dr 301 East 57th Ave 720.310.1984 303.296.7900

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3201 E. Mulberry 970.484.4769

11989 W. Colfax Ave 303.546.3600