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Vote against Xcel’s 310
This fall, Boulder will vote on Xcelsupported Initiative 310 using poll-tested “debt limit” language. Initiative 310 cripples Boulder’s access to low-interest capital and is intended to prevent us from forming our own municipal utility. Why would Xcel go to the trouble of backing yet another initiative and funding
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Highroad USA: low wage nation or good jobs nation? by Jim Hightower
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ow’s this for irony? Ronald Reagan — who is worshipped as the supreme deity by small-government, antispending zealots — not only has a government office building in Washington named for him, but it’s the biggest and costliest one ever built. The only face-saving factor in this sardonic incongruity is that managers of the Reagan Building have embraced
another expensive campaign to pass it? The simple answer is that Initiative 310 eliminates the city’s negotiating power. Colorado law limits Front Range communities to two options for running their local grid. First, communities can choose to form their own municipal utility. Second, communities can allow Xcel (through their subsidiary Public Service
a right-wing, laissez-faire concept that the Gipper enthusiastically championed: Privatization of government jobs. However, that hasn’t worked out to be a positive for his legacy, since Reagan’s edifice now stands as a model of private profiteering on the backs of workers. In effect, corporate contractors are using privatization and our tax dollars to transform America into a low-wage nation of gross inequality. The building is public property, but its food concessions have been turned over to such multibillion-dollar fastfood chains as Subway. Not only do they pay low wages with no benefits, but they’re also being charged with “serious, willful and chronic” wage theft. In particular, workers in the food court have filed formal complaints with the Labor Department, documenting that while work weeks of 60, 70 and even 80 hours are common, they’re “never paid overtime.” Not only
Co.) to run their grid for them. Note that there is no “free market.” Boulder cannot contract with another company to run its grid. The choices are only to negotiate with an Xcel monopoly or to form a municipal utility. Currently, Boulder is pursuing both options. In the negotiasee LETTERS Page 9
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is this a rank violation of our fair labor laws, but the practice also means they are being paid less than minimum wage. Come on — even Reagan favored at least a minimal level of decency, fairness and respect for workers. Where’s the morality in CEOs grabbing tax dollars to help subsidize their lavish executive pay packages, then turning around and stiffing their own workers in our name? To help counter this despicable corporate conversion of government into a force for poverty jobs, contact Good Jobs Nation at www. GoodJobsNation.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. September 5, 2013 7
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danish plan Obama, Spain and Kitty Genovese’s neighbors by Paul Danish
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here is a good historical parallel for the Western world’s reaction to the Syrian Civil War: The Western world’s reaction to the Spanish Civil
in the conflict very much. The British and French probably had marginally more sympathy for the Spanish republic than the fascists, but the presence of anti-democratic leftist parties in the War. Popular Front was viewed in much the There is also a good moral parallel for same way that the presence of Islamist how the Western world has reacted to the factions like the al-Nusra Front in the Syrian civil war: Kitty Genovese’s neighSyrian rebel coalition is viewed by bors. Western governments today. Neither parallel is particularly wellSo the West declared its neutrality known today, so some historical backand declined to send aid to the ground is in order. Republican side. Europe’s fascist states — The Spanish Civil War broke out on Germany and Italy — sent planes, tanks, July 17, 1936, and ended on April 1, guns and troops to aid the fascists — 1939. Approximately 500,000 people died much as Russia and Iran have given in it. The war resulted in the destruction Assad political and military support. of the Second Spanish Republic and its The Spanish Civil War was a disaster replacement with a fascist dictatorship for the West, not so much because the presided over by General Francisco Spanish fascists won, but because Franco, who ruled Spain until he died 37 Western inaction helped convince the years later. Axis powers that the West wouldn’t use The Spanish force to stop fascist Civil War began aggression, no matwith a fascist militer how savage and tary coup against violent it might be. UNWILLINGNESS the freely elected In that sense it was, government of the like the Munich TO AID THE SYRIAN Spanish Republic, Agreement, an REBELS WILL which had come to enabler of World HAVE PERNICIOUS power after narrowWar II. ly winning in parToday Western CONSEQUENCES IF IT liamentary elections unwillingness to aid CONTINUES. the Syrian rebels held on Feb. 16, and to respond to 1936. The winners Assad’s murderous were a coalition of tyranny and flauntleft-wing parties ing of the global taboo (such as it is) on called the Popular Front, which included the use of chemical weapons will have Communists, anarchists and other leftist similar pernicious consequences if it conmilitants. The coup was only partially successful tinues. Obama may have sleep-walked his and left Spain geographically as well as way into the current Syrian mess — by politically and socially divided. Thus the pronouncing the existence of “red lines” subsequent civil war, which the fascists while having no idea of the implications won. The politics of the Spanish Civil War were a poisonous mash-up of mind- of having drawn them — but he seems to be belatedly waking up to the gravity of twisting complexity, but the Western the situation. reaction to the conflict was strikingly The instant read on Obama’s decision similar to contemporary Western reaction to the Syrian Civil War — and for similar to ask Congress for permission to wale on Assad — in both Washington and reasons. Damascus — was that Obama realized The Western democracies — Britain he had painted himself into a corner and and France and a deeply isolationist U.S. wanted Congress to get him out of it by — were mired in the Great Depression, denying him permission to go to war. and less than 20 years after the horrenThat may be true. But it may also be that dous carnage of World War I, had no appetite for intervention in Spain or any- Obama finally realized the consequences where else. see DANISH Page 11 Moreover, they didn’t like either side
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tions with Xcel, our greatest leverage comes from the possibility that we will run our own grid. The Xcel-backed initiative is an end run that would eliminate the city’s municipalization option by making it practically impossible to fund, leaving the Xcel monopoly our only choice. Whether or not you favor municipalization, we can all agree that it is in our interest to maximize our negotiating power with Xcel. The Xcel-backed initiative purposely undermines Boulder’s leverage. If Initiative 310 fails, the city will continue to have leverage to negotiate for better service. But if Initiative 310 passes, it’s nearly certain that our future electricity bills will continue to fund higher and higher Xcel profits. Vote no on 310, the Xcel-backed initiative. Chaz Teplin/Boulder
Eracism series
[Re: “Eracism,” cover story, Aug. 29.] Warmest congratulations to Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer for so elegantly probing at the untold Latino history of Boulder County. Historiographers often note that “history is always written by the winners.” But in our culture — as in our fair city — there should be no losers. I was deeply moved by this cover story and look forward to the rest of your path-breaking series on “Eracism.” Diana Wilson/Boulder Interesting article. I hope you spend more time in future articles on showcasing and talking about the rich history of Latinos in Boulder County and less time in self-indulgent patting yourself on the back for those who helped make this article possible. The story is the history Boulder Weekly
and the people who made that history, not the researchers who compiled the information. Also interesting that the writers chose not to examine nor even really mention the economic racism of the city of Boulder. Indeed only a passing mention was made of the more subtle racism in Boulder and at CU, which every minority student feels, versus the more overt racism in Longmont and Lafayette. It would have also been appropriate to mention that while Longmont may not want a memorial for the two Latinos who were shot by police in 1980, it is not Longmont where there is so much sympathy for a dead elk. That is Boulder. Seems to be a not-so-subtle attempt to slam Longmont by comparing Latinos to elk. I doubt Longmont would be as selfindulgent as to shed many tears over the illegal killing of a big game animal. Mike Crist/via Internet
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At the time of this letter, 41 wildfires are burning in the West. Control burns have become big business for the Forest Service, spending millions of our tax dollars. There could never be enough control burns performed in the whole West that would stop fires created by random lightning strikes. Control burns/wildfires create massive air pollution. Unfortunately environmental groups busy fighting coalfired power plants have turned a blind eye to control burns and wildfires, our biggest source of pollution. It is a scientific fact that smoke reduces the quality and length of many peoples lives. It also puts firesee LETTERS Page 11
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We love how Brent Curnow, one of the officers involved in the infamous elk killing on Mapleton Hill last January, got off with a bit of a slap on the wrist this week, thanks to a plea deal. And it would have been more of a slap on the wrist if it hadn’t been for a certain 1,000-pound elk named Samson, which suffered a similar fate near Estes Park in the mid-1990s. After a poacher killed the majestic Samson, locals who had grown to love the elk that regularly roamed around town were appalled that the penalty was only a few hundred dollars, so after a public outcry, in 1998 the state legislature approved higher fines for illegally killing trophy animals. The legislation, dubbed “Samson’s Law,” tacks on mandatory surcharges of between $4,000 and $25,000. (The biggest fine is reserved for bighorn sheep, according to the Colorado Division of Wildlife.) In the plea deal, Curnow is serving a year of probation and 60 days under house arrest, as well as completing 120 hours of community service. He got three felonies and a misdemeanor dropped and is serving a deferred sentence for a single felony charge. The four misdemeanors he pled guilty to carry a maximum fine of $1,000 each. The court did not assess those fines, according to District Attorney Stan Garnett. But thanks to Samson, Curnow has to pay a $10,000 surcharge. Thanks, Samson. You did not die in vain.
What climate change?
The climate change deniers are still having trouble dealing with the truth, apparently. We got this dandy press release from The Heartland Institute trumpeting a new report from something called the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). Now, don’t be confused. This group is not the reputable Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. See what they did there? Theirs is “nongovernmental” instead of “intergovernmental.” So, no government involvement. Hence, credibility, right? Damn governments. Especially those pesky elected ones that have to be accountable to the voters. Anyhoo, this report purports to provide “the scientific balance that is missing from the overly alarmists [sic] reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which are highly selective in their review of climate science and controversial with regard to their projections of future climate change.” Whew! We’re sure glad we have you right-wing, non-scientists looking out for us. Remain calm, folks, there’s no need to reduce your carbon emissions — or, for you frackers out there, your methane emissions — the warming pattern we’ve been seeing is just a naturally occurring drop in the bucket, a mere 100 years compared to the millions of years of big-picture changes the Earth goes through of its own volition. How pompous of us to think that humans have any effect on the climate! Please accept our apologies, we’ll immediately stop recycling and riding our bikes instead of driving. To make sure we give credit where credit is due, it wasn’t just the Heartland Institute producing this drivel. It was also such esteemed organizations as the Science and Environmental Policy Project and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. Household names. What’s that? You’ve never heard of them? Shocker. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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fighters’ lives at stake unnecessarily. Firefighters know the three rules to controlling a fire. Number one is remove the oxygen source. In the case of wildfires this is not usually possible unless the fire can be smothered easily. Number two is to remove the fuel. Logging for fire breaks is the key to stopping wildfires in the Southwest. Also thinning and grazing are essential. Unfortunately, environmental groups are micromanaging the Forest -Service’s attempts to log. Number three is to remove the heat from the fire or sur-
round and drown. Air tankers are desperately needed to put out wildfires immediately. Yes, air tankers are expensive, but after the initial cost they will save lives, provide clean air and generate peace of mind. Ask yourselves how expensive repeated useless control burns are and how much it costs to battle these huge wildfires? The Forest Service says wildfires are a natural event. The bubonic plague was a natural event, but we don’t want to expe-
rience it in our lifetimes. It’s time for our government to do something that makes sense. Invest in air tankers and log/graze our forest for fire breaks. Call your federal lawmakers today. Marsha Honn/Snowflake, Ariz.
Pointing guns, fingers
[Re: “Taking aim,” cover story, Aug. 29.] The sheriff wants “more clarity from the county commissioners.” “The commissioners are waiting for
legal advice from the county attorney’s office.” And the county attorney says it’s “a decision the board’s going to have to make.” Boulder County’s “No Discharge of Firearms” resolution was adopted 33 years ago. It’s disheartening to see that after a period of over three decades, elected officials can’t figure out how to take action on an issue of public safety. M. Bauman/Longmont
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of not acting are worse than the consequence of acting, that inaction will devalue the deterrent power of the American military everywhere and cast doubt on America’s reliability and value as an ally. - He might also have realized that failure to act after repeatedly drawing lines in the sand would be an act of political self-emasculation of the first order, which would have both foreign and domestic political consequences for three years. Which brings us to Kitty Genovese’s neighbors. Kitty Genovese was a 28-year-old woman who lived in Queens, New York. In the wee hours of March 13, 1964, she was attacked by a street thug while walking from her car to her apartment. He repeatedly stabbed her. As she lay dying, he raped and robbed her. Her neighbors, dozens of them, ignored her screams. No one came to her assistance or even called the cops for more than half an hour. Obama’s problem is that for the past two and a half years he’s been telling the country that the morality of Kitty Genovese’s neighbors should be the moral foundation of American foreign policy toward Syria: It’s none of our business. It’s not our problem. It’s not our fight. We don’t know what’s really going on. A plague on both their houses. We shouldn’t get involved. Well non-involvement in the face of evil is not a moral course of action. It is a grotesquely immoral and decadent one. Bashir Assad is a monster. That much is self-evident. He has murdered Syrians by the tens of thousands for the crime of wanting to be free, or merely for the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Civilized people shouldn’t have to wait for the Assads of the world to cross an arbitrarily drawn “red line” involving the use of poison gas. The moral course of action in dealing with a dictator like Assad is not to find reasons for inaction, but to take him out — with the alacrity and lack of ceremony of taking out the garbage. Boulder Weekly
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Eddie Waters may spend the rest of his life in prison. But would he be a free man if his jury had known then what we know now? by Cecelia Gilboy and Joel Dyer
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n April 23, Charles Edward with those two survivors pointing the Waters, a homeless man best finger of guilt at each other, it must have known around Boulder for made more sense to charge the homeless playing his guitar on the Pearl man with the knife who admitted that he Street Mall for tips, was, for all stabbed the other two than to consider intents and purposes, sentenced to spend charging a dead man and his wounded the rest of his life in prison. counterpart with some lesser crime like It’s just the math. Waters, Eddie to assault or attempted robbery. his friends, family and the other memThe latter scenario would have resultbers of Boulder’s homeless community, is ed in allowing Waters, a homeless man 57 years old, and District Court Judge who had just admitted to stabbing two Thomas Mulvahill sentenced him to 25 people, to simply walk back to his spot years for assault. Based on the mortuary on the Pearl Street Mall as if nothing tables for men who have lived on the had happened, a free man. street and those who get sent to prison, It is an understatement to say that Waters will have to get lucky if he’s going such a decision to turn Waters loose to beat the odds and breathe free air would have been controversial in a town again. And luck is something that’s been whose affluent citizens are at best uneasy in short supply the last couple of years about, or at worst terrified of, the area’s for this husband and father of three. homeless population. As you may recall from the daily But that is pretty much what we newspaper coverage spanning the past believe should have happened in the case two years, Waters’ case was hardly lowof Waters, because as the jury would profile. The prosecutor claimed that acknowledge later, there was a preponWaters stabbed two men several times derance of reasonable doubt in this case. with his pocketknife, killing one and Several members of the jury believed it injuring the other severely. That part of was possible that Waters may have been the story is true. It’s something that acting in self-defense. Waters has never denied. He immediateThe system almost worked … almost. ly told the first officer on the scene that After a five-month-long BW investihe had stabbed the two men in selfgation of information presented at trial as defense and then told her that the knife well as much more that the jury never he had used was in his pocket. heard, it is our opinion that the legal Despite his adamant claim that he system failed Waters for a variety of reaCharles “Eddie” Waters could spend the rest of his life in prison even though he claims he acted in self-defense when he stabbed two men. had acted in self-defense, believing the sons. men were trying to kill him for some We believe it failed him because in unknown reason and that they seemed to being threatened, including taking another person’s Boulder, the system is prejudiced against be under the influence of drugs at the time he says life, with no witnesses needed aside from those homeless people. That’s not a surprise. Research they attacked, Waters was listed as the suspect in an involved in the altercation, and no ownership of prop- shows that persons unemployed or making $5,000 per Oct. 27 altercation, and the two men who had been erty needed to invoke the “make my day” law, Waters year or less who wind up being represented by courtstabbed were listed as victim one and victim two on was instantly deemed the aggressor. appointed attorneys because they can’t afford to hire every police report filed on this case, including those The Boulder County district attorney’s office their own counsel are far more likely to be convicted prepared immediately after the incident. charged him with murder in the second degree, crimi- than their wealthier counterparts using private lawHad Waters been standing in his own home or nal attempt to commit murder in the first degree and yers. And the sentences of the poor are generally 20 apartment on that day when the police arrived, it’s assault in the first degree. The fact that Waters never percent longer than they are for those who can afford likely that he would have been considered the victim, disputed that he had stabbed the two men made the to hire an attorney. but he wasn’t, because he was homeless. DA’s decision to charge him with such crimes pretty We also believe the system failed Waters because So even though the law allows any of us, at any simple, legally speaking, that is. the court would not allow information critical to his time, anywhere, to take any measure we deem necesFor a prosecutor who had no witnesses aside from claim of self-defense to be presented to the jury. And sary to protect ourselves if we believe that our lives are the two men who survived the deadly altercation, and finally, we think it failed him because in our adversari12 September 5, 2013
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al system of justice, a system that pits prosecutor against defense in an all-out war for victory for their side as opposed to the pursuit of anything resembling justice, technicalities of procedure can too often trump the pursuit of truth, and all too often the side with the most resources and best relationships within the system wins. It’s not enough to say that it’s a good system that works well most of the time, not if you are someone spending the rest of your life in prison because you were the exception to “most of the time.” The DA’s office did what it needed to do to win. That’s its job. Unfortunately, winning and justice are not synonymous. In fact, from a purely legal standpoint, the DA lost the Waters case for the most part, and we believe it should have lost it entirely. The jury didn’t find Waters guilty of murder, because it hung six-to-six on that charge. Six people on the jury believed that there was ample reasonable doubt. Six people, according to jurors we have interviewed, believed that Waters could well have been acting in self-defense. As for the DA’s charge of attempted murder, same thing: reasonable doubt, could have been acting in self-defense, hung jury. The only difference this time is that only three jurors believed there was reasonable doubt. It stands to reason that if a good number of jurors believed it was possible that Waters may have been acting in self-defense on the murder charge and the attempted murder charge, then of course the same reasonable doubt would have applied to the assault charge as well. How could it not? If you have reasonable doubt about murder and attempted murder because you believe that the person accused may have been acting in his own self-defense, how can you then suspend that doubt and render a guilty verdict that states that Waters’ exact same actions in the exact same fight at the exact same time could not possibly have been in self-defense, but instead were intended as an assault with a weapon designed to inflict severe harm on someone for no reason? It makes no sense. The same reasonable doubt should have applied to all three charges, because all three charges stemmed from the exact same actions at the exact same time. Having spoken with a number of the jurors involved with this case, there are a couple of possible explanations for why this conflicting verdict on the assault charge was rendered. We will discuss those later in this article. What made this case a challenge from the very beginning is that the crime was so senseless. The jury was presented with virtually no motives or explanation for why Eddie Waters, a man who was considered a peaceful, gentle person by all who knew him, a man who avoided conflict, a man with no history of violence, would suddenly decide to start stabbing people he hardly knew.
Why would he do it? Why at that moment? Eddie Waters was finally getting a long-overdue break. He was leaving the very next day to reunite with his wife and three kids, kids whom he called every single night even though the tough economic times had put him on the streets. And even though he was on the streets, he never panhandled, instead opting to play his guitar for tips because he believed it was important to earn his own way. Waters was on his way home, back to his wife of
The DA’s office did what it needed to do to win. That’s its job. Unfortunately, winning and
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more than 20 years. He was excited about getting to go trick-or-treating with his children for the first time in way too long. Oct. 29, 2011, was to be the best day of his life in more than two years. Why would he suddenly decide to attack and kill people? And then there is the other side of the equation. If Waters’ claim that he acted in self-defense that night is true, then wouldn’t there have to be a motive, or at least an explanation, for why he was attacked out of the blue by two fellow homeless men? What could have possibly motivated their senseless attack if Waters’ version of events is to be believed? The jury certainly never heard a plausible explanation for why Waters might have been attacked that night. But it wasn’t because there wasn’t one. It was just that the jury wasn’t allowed to hear it. Technicalities can trump justice in our system. In his letters from prison, Waters pleads, “I want to go home. I don’t belong here. My kids need a father, and I need them. If you can help me please do. I don’t have any resources or legal knowledge. I don’t know what to do.” Waters understands that his life is hanging by a thread, he just doesn’t know how to stop it from snapping. He has no voice. He has been deemed our society’s lowest of the low, a homeless man who has now been thrown into the world of the forgotten, the hellhole of prison. It is the place Waters will most likely spend the rest of his life unless someone comes forward to champion his cause. All of us have a responsibility to make that happen. The court documents in this case read, “People of the State of Colorado vs. Charles Edward Waters.” That means that all of us are responsible for having put him in prison. If we were wrong to do so, then all
of us share the responsibility for getting him back out again.
What happened? The undisputed facts
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he following description of what happened on the night that Charles “Eddie” Waters, Michael Giampino and Johnny “Turtle” Rasnick, all homeless at the time, walked together from the Pearl Street Mall to a shed located near 3100 Pearl Parkway to sleep for the night is a composite description taken from the 64 various police reports that were filed pertaining to this case. This section is titled “the undisputed facts” because it is limited to only what the police saw and discovered upon their arrival. It contains a few elements of Waters’, Giampino’s and Rasnick’s statements to police at the scene, but only in so far as their stories corroborate one another on the events of that night. Discrepancies between Waters’ and Giampino’s accounts of that night will be examined subsequently. Before he died, Johnny Rasnick spoke only a few words, and his statements as reported by police appear below. The fact that an open 911 call from a cell phone was recorded is substantive to the outcome of this case and will also be dealt with later on. Quote marks depict direct statements taken from one of the police reports. At 12:48 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 28, 2011, Boulder police officers Stephanie Ragland, Benjamin Graff, Ryan Bemis, Amie Roth — who was in training — and Gary Stevens, among others, responded to the area of 3100 Pearl Parkway to investigate a 911 hang-up. While the officers were en route to the area, police dispatch was advising them about what had been heard during the 911 call before it was disconnected. It was described as “a lot of loud noise and yelling in the background, and included the comment, ‘Don’t kill me.’” Dispatch also informed the officers that they heard various voices saying, “Please open the door,” “You just tried to kill me,” and “I’m going to stomp your head into the concrete.” The dispatcher also heard the statement “Johnny, you’re fucked up,” repeatedly. In addition, dispatch heard, “They made me so scared I had to do this” and “Just please don’t kill me.” Then the line went dead. The officers arrived in the area approximately six minutes later. Dispatch did not have an exact location, so they searched the area and eventually arrived at several abandoned sheds. As the officers continued their search, dispatch informed them that they were back on the line with a 911 call in the area with someone named Mike. According to the police reports, “Mike told them he was near a shed.” Dispatch also advised they heard someone say, “He’s 28 and can’t talk because they will hear him.” See ASSAULT Page 14
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Eventually the officers came to a shed. They saw one man standing near the shed and two other men lying on the ground. Ragland went to the man standing up. It was Waters. Bemis went to assist the man about 20 feet from the shed, who turned out to be Giampino. Stevens went to the aid of the man on the ground near the doorway of the shed, Johnny Rasnick. According to the report filed later that day by Ragland, “I observed that Waters had blood on his face, and there was blood on the ground in the area. I requested that Pridemark [ambulance service] respond to my location. … Waters immediately told me he had a knife in his pocket. I told Waters to sit down. I asked him where the knife was. He told me it was in his front left pocket. I reached into his pocket and removed the knife and placed it inside my right pocket. I asked Waters what happened.” (Waters’ response is in the next section.) Bemis’ report states, “The male I contacted was later identified as Michael Giampino. Michael was laying on his right side with his right hand above his head and his knees pulled up to his stomach. Michael’s cell phone was on the ground next to him. Michael asked if he could answer 911. I looked at Michael’s phone on the ground and saw the phone call was still active. I told Michael to tell dispatch that we were with him. Michael told dispatch officers were with him and hung up the phone. Michael stated he was in severe pain and was having difficulty breathing. … While waiting for the ambulance I asked Michael what happened.” (Giampino’s response is in the next section) According to a report filed by Stevens, “I contacted a male party lying along side the shed at its entrance door. He was holding onto what looked to be some type of drainpipe lying on the ground also. The white male would not provide a name and was in obvious pain. “I asked the male I was with, John Doe [ Johnny Rasnick], his name and he refused to give his name. Doe said that he was stabbed. At one point, he said he was stabbed in the liver. [Rasnick] smelled like he had been drinking an alcoholic beverage. He had slurred speech at times.” Eventually all three men were transported to Boulder Community Hospital. Rasnick had been stabbed twice, once in the right upper chest and once in the shin. He was immediately taken into surgery due to internal bleeding. He survived the operation and was recovering when it was discovered that he was still bleeding internally. He was taken back into surgery. He died during the second procedure. 14 September 5, 2013
The presuppositions of Waters’ guilt never seemed to change for a second, from the time that police arrived at the shed until he heard the door of his prison cell slam behind him.
was described as the suspect in custody and Giampino and Rasnick were described as the victims within the first 23 minutes of the police arriving at the bloody scene. In addition, Boulder Police failed to ever do a toxicology screen on either Rasnick or Giampino, a test that would have detected drugs in their system if they were present. It would prove to be a critical oversight, at least critical for Waters. The presuppositions of Waters’ guilt never seemed to change for a second, from the time that police arrived at the shed until he heard the door of his prison cell slam behind him. In the end, this case would turn on only two things. First, which one of the only two witnesses to the events that night, Waters or Giampino, would the police, the DA’s office and ultimately the jury believe? And second, what would the jury be allowed to hear about the three men involved in the altercation at the shed that night?
One death, several versions of what happened
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Giampino had six stab wounds. He had a slash on the right side of his face 3 to 4 inches long, two slashes on the right side of his neck, one stab wound in his lower abdomen, and two on his upper back. Waters had swelling on his face and nose from blows and a scraped area on his neck. He refused medical treatment, saying it would be a waste of money. The police secured the crime scene at the shed and documented all of the items found: backpacks, blankets, bicycles, Waters’ guitar, etc. They recorded where blood was found, which was literally everywhere inside and outside the shed, on bicycles, and on all of the clothes, blankets and backpacks belonging to the three men. But such evidence would not prove critical to the case. The only evidence that seemed to matter at the time was that Waters had admitted that he had stabbed the other two men. His explanation that he had done so in selfdefense and that the other two men were acting crazy, like they were on some kind of drugs, didn’t appear to carry any weight with the police that night or in the days to come, as evidenced by the fact that Waters
ccording to court transcripts, on April 23, Catrina Weigel, deputy district attorney and lead prosecutor in the Waters case, appeared before Judge Thomas Mulvahill at Waters’ sentencing hearing and made the following statement: “Mr. Giampino has told the same story from day one about what happened in that shed. He was interviewed by police officers, and he gave a version of events that stayed consistent. In May of 2012 he gave a statement to the district attorney’s office that again was similar. “And the same in the details in July, he came and gave a deposition. Again, his facts remained consistent. And then in December ultimately he came to trial and again told the exact same story about what had happened that night.” So what should we make of prosecutor Weigel’s claim that Giampino’s story of the crime was always consistent, virtually the same each time it was told? After an examination of various reports and transcripts, it appears to be an overstatement at best. An examination of the police reports filed by Officer Bemis, who attended to Giampino and first questioned him at the crime scene; Officer Brian Scott, who interviewed Giampino at Boulder Community Hospital at 11 a.m. the morning of Oct. 28; Detective Ruth Christopher, who interviewed Giampino on Oct. 29 at Boulder Community Hospital and on Nov. 15 at the police station; and See ASSAULT Page 16
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finally the transcript of the actual testiblood alcohol limit was a whopping hallucinogenic drugs that he had told mony of Giampino at Waters’ trial, .203, more than two and a half times people he had taken that day. reveal an array of apparent contradicthe .08 legal definition of intoxication But the reply from Giampino’s tions and inconsistencies. in Colorado. According to some experts friends didn’t read like they were jealThe following are examples of only in the field, a blood alcohol level of .2 is ous. Jackie didn’t text back, “Wow, lucky some of the different conflicting stateyou, I wish I had some ’shrooms too.” considered the stage of confusion and ments about what happened that night, disorientation. No, the response to Giampino’s claim statements that are attributed to he was doing mushrooms read, “What Also on the day of the altercation, Giampino by the reports mentioned happened to you trying to straighten Giampino texted his friends, who were above. your life out. You’re disappointing me on their way back to New York. When originally questioned by “Having a really good time on Pearl so much.” Bemis, Giampino claimed that he was Giampino had also texted her he’d with Turtle,” Giampino texted. “He’s asleep in the shed with a man he didn’t smoked a “lot of weed.” But Giampino got 3 gallons of vodka, hopefully this know when a gibberish-speaking had told officers he didn’t smoke weed doesn’t get me in jail lol.” Waters entered the shed and started At one point, he told officers he had that day. When Officer Scott had first stabbing them both. asked about the group’s Then, in a later interdrug use, Giampino view, he said that all said that only Rasnick for sure if the text three men had come to and Waters had claiming that Giampino had taken mushthe shed together to smoked pot — there rooms, a powerful hallucinogenic drug, sleep out of the cold, had been no other and that he and drug use by the group. is true or just fiction, as he later Rasnick had left the But in his trial testiclaimed. We can’t know for sure, because, shed, gone to Target to mony, Giampino according to trial transcripts, the bum a cigarette, only to changed his story and come back to find said he had smoked Boulder Police never screened the men Waters sleeping alone. pot with Rasnick, and for drugs. At one point, he was only assuming that told officers that he Waters had smoked came to Boulder to look pot even though he for work. Then, he testified that he had not seen him do so. been hanging out with Rasnick came to Boulder to hang out with Giampino first told officers he all day and was drinking alcohol that thought Waters appeared drunk friends, because it looked like a beautiRasnick had in his backpack. He later ful place. testifies that Rasnick had two bottles of throughout the night. Then he tells another officer he didn’t think Waters As to how he ended up staying in vodka. He then changed that to had drunk much that night. Boulder after his friends returned to Rasnick had one bottle of vodka. In Scott’s report, Giampino says New York, he told officers that his As for the text to his friends, he Rasnick told him he was hurt. But in friends had left when they ran out of later testified he had been lying in his his testimony, Giampino says he didn’t money, but he had wanted to stay. But text messages from that day. He claims know Rasnick had been hurt until he in court he admitted that his friends he’d only told Jackie (one of his friends was at the hospital. had abandoned him, ditched him in who abandoned him in Boulder) about Giampino told Scott that he and Boulder and gone home to New York the surplus of vodka and its potential to Rasnick had left the shed to go bum without him, leaving him to fend for land him in jail in order to make her cigarettes and were gone 20 to 30 minhimself on the street. jealous. utes. He later changed that timeframe He also testified that he had known Giampino also sent a text to Jackie to being gone two hours when he was he would face jail time if he had that read, “I just did some shrooms lol describing events to Detective returned to New York, because he had and smoked a lot of weed.” This text, Christopher. violated his probation. He chose not to too, was only a lie intended to make He told Scott that Waters had mention this to police in Boulder, Jackie jealous, he testified. stabbed him in the back while he was according to his testimony. We can’t know for sure if the text attempting to retrieve his iPod from his At first, according to police reports, claiming that Giampino had taken backpack. He told Christopher he was Giampino said he didn’t know Rasnick. mushrooms, a powerful hallucinogenic laying down when Waters stabbed him. Then, later he said he’d met him days drug, is true or just fiction, as he later In his version to Christopher, he never earlier, that he knew his name was claimed. We can’t know for sure, mentioned an iPod at all. Johnny, that he was from Detroit and because, according to trial transcripts, Giampino originally told police he had five kids. the Boulder Police never screened the had one knife. Later he said he had two He initially told officers he had met men for drugs. Police reports do note knives, one pocketknife and one utility up with Rasnick on the night of Oct. Waters’ claim that the men seemed to 27 just after dark. Then he changed his be on something more intoxicating than tool with a knife. He also testified that the two knives were in his backpack story to say that he had really been alcohol when they attacked him. and that he never took them out of drinking with Rasnick most of the day. The same DA who told the judge the backpack that night. But the He told police that he wasn’t drunk. and jury how Giampino’s story had knives had been found in Giampino’s He testified that he was only “minutely” been consistent, despite the serious buzzed. But according to a test he was inconsistencies already listed, told the See ASSAULT Page 18 given following the altercation, his jury Giampino hadn’t really taken the
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pants pocket when he got to the hospital. During the trial, the DA argued that only Giampino knew that events were being monitored by 911 dispatch after Giampino had hit his emergency button placing the call. The DA told the jury that the fact that Rasnick could be heard on the 911 call tape saying some of the same things as Giampino is proof that Giampino wasn’t just making up statements that he thought might help to exonerate him later by virtue of the fact that he knew he is being recorded. The DA told the jury this despite her knowledge of the police report filed by Christopher wherein the detective says that Giampino told her he had “leaned over and whispered” to Rasnick that he had 911 on the phone. The DA stresses the fact that Waters kicked Giampino in the face. She uses this to show the brutality of the attack, that after the fight, when Giampino was on the ground, Waters allegedly walked over and kicked him in the face. But when Officer Bemis first arrived on the scene, Giampino told him that Waters kicked his face inside the shed, before the stabbing. He then tells Officer Scott it happened outside the shed — but it could’ve been a kick or a slash, he wasn’t sure. Giampino’s story about a wrestling match that he claims took place earlier in the day between Rasnick and Waters also had inconsistencies. That wrestling match became the DA’s motive to explain why Waters would attack Giampino and Rasnick that night. We’ll talk more about the wrestling match in the next section. These are just some of the inconsistent statements that were offered by the prosecution’s only witness, Giampino.
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eigel’s statement that Giampino’s version of the events that occurred at the shed on Oct. 28 was always consistent might have seemed more accurate had it been associated with Waters’ statements about what happened that night. Though he didn’t testify at his own trial, Waters’ version of events has been gleaned from the police reports of Officer Ragland and Detective Christopher, statements made during a psychological evaluation conducted by Dr. Lavita Nadkarni, Waters’ own statements at his sentencing hearing, Waters’ own recollection of events that he wrote down for his defense on Dec. 10, 2012,
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and letters he has sent from prison. When officers arrived, Waters was standing near the shed, in between Rasnick and Giampino, who were approximately 20 feet apart, lying on the ground. Waters claims that after the fight ended he was waiting for police to arrive. He says he believed that Giampino and Rasnick would go to jail for trying to kill him. When the first officer made contact with Waters, he immediately told her he had a knife in his pocket. She asked him to sit. He sat. He told her which pocket the knife was in. She removed it. He also told her he had acted in self-defense. According to Ragland’s report, Waters said, “He was sleeping and they [Giampino and Rasnick] attacked him. He told me he had to defend himself. He told me they tried to ‘choke him out.’” When Ragland asked for more details, Waters again told her he had been acting in self-defense, and then said, “I plead the fifth.” In the summary he wrote on Dec. 10, 2012, a copy of which was obtained by BW from Waters’ ex-wife Marsha Mahnken, Waters explains his answer to officer Ragland: “They started to ask me questions, something told me to shut up — I said I’m not saying anything, I want a lawyer!” But as the officer drove him to the hospital, he reiterated the story he had told her when she arrived. Ragland’s report states, “While I was en route, Waters started uttering statements freely, saying, ‘All I was trying to do was sleep. They attacked me and I’m the one getting in trouble.’” In his letters from prison and the handwritten summary from December 2012, Waters explains what he says happened that night in more detail. Waters had been playing his guitar on the mall, like always, when he’d run into Rasnick. They weren’t really friends, but Rasnick had sometimes hung around on the mall while Waters was playing his guitar for tips. The two had had a bit of a falling out before that day at the shed. Waters told BW in a letter he wrote from prison that Rasnick was not drinking much at first when he would sit near where Waters was playing. But as time went by, he says Rasnick drank more and was becoming increasingly aggressive to people who stopped to hear him playing. According to Waters, Rasnick would rush at people, aggressively panBoulder Weekly
news handling, and scare them away from Waters’ area. Waters finally told Rasnick he couldn’t be around him anymore. He says that Rasnick was angry at being told to stay away. Waters says he felt sorry for Rasnick and would still say hello to him and ask him how he was doing when he saw him. He says he believed that Rasnick was no longer angry at him for telling him to stay away when he played. On Oct. 27, 2011, Waters writes, he ran into Rasnick on the Pearl Street Mall. Rasnick was accompanied by Giampino, who Waters says he didn’t know. “Johnny introduced us,” Waters writes. “He seemed okay. Johnny invited me to the shed because it was a bit chilly and the ground was wet from snowing the day before. So I went. I knew they had a few drinks in them. Hell, most homeless people drink to ease their pain and sorrows. But they’re not trying to kill anyone! I thought they were harmless. They gave me no clue that they wanted to hurt me.” Waters’ version of events that night is not without its own contradictions, although his claim that he was choked out and then had to fight for his life has always been consistent. Waters initially told police officers, first at the scene and later at the jail, that he had been asleep when he was attacked by Rasnick and Giampino and “choked out.” In his summary of the events from December 2012, Waters doesn’t say he was asleep when the attack occurred. He writes that Rasnick kept sliding the door to the shed off its tracks so it wouldn’t close. For the third time Waters got up to put the door back on the track so he could close it. But this time, Waters claims, Rasnick came from behind him and threw his arm around his neck, the bend of his elbow at the Adams apple, and choked him out. This, according to Waters, explains why there were no “finger marks” on his neck, something that the prosecution said would have been present had he been choked. When Waters came to, he says, he was disoriented and lying on the floor of the shed. He says he didn’t know how long he had been unconscious. He says he could hear Rasnick laughing about how quickly he’d choked Waters out, how limp Waters’ 150-pound body had gone as he swung him around like a ragdoll. Then he says he overheard Rasnick’s next plan: to kill him and dump him in the creek. According to Waters, Giampino just laughed at the suggestion.
Panicked, Waters says, he rolled onto his side and Giampino pointed out that he was awake again. According to Waters, Rasnick turned and kicked him in the face. Giampino joined in, stomping and kicking, Waters says. “My hand got stomped,” he writes. “Johnny [Rasnick] was trying to stomp my head. Giampino was kicking. There was no misunderstanding, they were going to kill me. “I pulled my knife out, stabbed out at Johnny’s leg. He stopped kicking. Then Giampino leaned down like he was going to stab me in my belly so I started slashing and stabbing at him — I don’t know if I got him or not — it was very dark — same with Johnny, I was so scared and amped up with fear. “Giampino and Rasnick had to have went into a drug and alcoholic dementia,” Waters writes from prison, reiterating the belief he had shared with Officer Ragland at the time of the incident. “I don’t know what else to call it. They had me trapped in the shed. My thoughts said, get outside. My brain was going on instinct to live. … They go outside, I try to leave. They’re waiting for me and attack again.” Waters writes that Giampino charged him from the side as he came outside. He claims that Giampino was leaning down, so he had no choice but to stab his back. Waters writes that Giampino dropped to his knees, but he was still too close, so he kicked him. “Johnny tried to grab me around the throat again from behind — before he could lock his grip on me — I twisted from left to right and stuck him — he let go.” Waters says he then backed away. When he was about 30 feet away, he says he saw Giampino using his phone. He says he was glad the cops had been called. “I hate what happened that night,” Waters writes in a letter from prison. “I wish it never happened. It never would have happened if they hadn’t attacked me and kept coming after me.” In his summary from December 2012, Waters says Rasnick and Giampino attacked him a total of three times. He made the same claim of being attacked three times before the judge at his sentencing hearing on April 23.
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being must surely require a reason, a motive, at least ing took place in front of him while the two were because Rasnick had bragged about winning a wresan explanation that could possibly make sense of a away from the shed walking to Target to bum cigatling match. senseless act. rettes — not in front of Waters, as Weigel implied to Weigel continued, “Now, there’s no explanation for One of the difficulties facing the prosecution in the jury — he also described the wrestling as a playful why Michael Giampino, total stranger to the defenthe Waters case from the beginning was the clear lack moment wherein Waters and Rasnick were laughing dant, total stranger to Colorado, to Boulder, would of a motive for why Waters, a man with no history of come and target the defendant in this case, it just does and nobody got hurt or upset. Only the prosecution’s violence, a man known for his kindness and gentlenot make sense.” own witness, Giampino, was apparently bothered by manly ways in his community, a man loved and The truth is, nothing in the Waters case seems to Rasnick’s bragging. respected by his wife and kids, would suddenly do make sense. There is no easy, logical explanation for Waters’ own stated motive for why he says he something so completely out of character as to attack what happened at the shed that night. But had the stabbed the men seems more believable: “They were two other men with a knife. jury been given access to all, or at least some, things in trying to kill me. I had to do it in self-defense.” In the end, the prosecutor was left to argue a nonthe backgrounds of Rasnick and Giampino that the The defense argued that the motive behind why sensical motive in the Waters case. defense team wanted to present but, in some cases, Rasnick and Giampino had attacked Waters was In her closing arguments, prosecutor Weigel told was not allowed to by the court, then things might because Rasnick was still bitter over having been told the jury, “When Mr. Rasnick was boasting and braghave turned out different for Waters. by Waters that he couldn’t sit with him on the Pearl ging about being the winner of that wrestling In a police report dated Nov. 18, 2011, match, that’s just what put [Waters] over the filed by Detective Christopher, Rasnick’s extop in terms of his hostility and feeling diswife told police that “Johnny was … taking respected by Mr. Rasnick.” medication for bi-polar disorder. Johnny had are motives for vioThat’s it? The prosecution wanted the a problem with alcohol and different kinds of lence. And sometimes there is only an explanajury to believe that the thing that caused drugs.” tion. In the case of Waters, it is possible that the Waters to suddenly attack two men with a The report also states, “Johnny ended up in information that the jury needed to more fully knife, killing one and pretty seriously injurColorado a couple of years ago because he ing the other, was his inability to cope with entered a drug treatment program called understand what happened on the evening of Oct. hearing another man boast about bettering Teen Challenge Program. [His ex-wife] 27, 2011, was contained in the court documents him in a wrestling match earlier in the day? described it as a year-long Christian based pertaining to the information that the jury was It was a weak argument under any cirprogram for drug and alcohol addictions. never allowed to hear. cumstances, but it was made even weaker by Johnny was eventually kicked out of the prothe truth of the matter: It never happened, at gram. Johnny remained in Colorado. least not according to the prosecution’s only “[Rasnick’s ex-wife] told me,” witness, Giampino. Christopher’s report continues, “she had been The whole story of a wrestling match — which married to Johnny for 16 years and they have three Street Mall because he was scaring away Waters’ guiWaters denies ever took place — came to light durdaughters. She provided me with some background tar tips. ing Officer Brian Scott’s interview with Giampino at information about their relationship. The entire time It seemed almost as weak as the prosecution’s the hospital. Scott’s police report, dated Oct. 28, they were together there was some type of abuse. wrestling match theory, and according to jurors we 2011, reads, “I also asked if there had been anything When he wasn’t physically abusive he was verbally spoke with, both motive theories left them with no done to ‘Eddie’ by himself or ‘Turtle’ when they real sense of why the deadly altercation had ever come abusive. This extended to the girls … [She] filed for returned from looking for a cigarette to provoke a divorce and Johnny lost his job shortly after that.” about. fight. She had not had any contact with Rasnick in Sometimes there are motives for violence. And “While initially saying nothing had happened, almost three years, according to the report. sometimes there is only an explanation. In the case of [Giampino] later stated that ‘Turtle’ and ‘Eddie’ had Christopher’s report on Rasnick’s ex-wife and chilWaters, it is possible that the information that the been involved in a wrestling match earlier in the evedren seems in sharp contrast to what Weigel presentjury needed to more fully understand what happened ning. He did not think this was serious though, as the on the evening of Oct. 27, 2011, was contained in the ed at Waters’ sentencing hearing regarding the two had been ‘laughing’ while they did this. Rasnick family. At the hearing, when Weigel asked court documents pertaining to the information that “As I asked about the wrestling match, Giampino the judge for a particularly harsh sentence for Waters’ the jury was never allowed to hear. stated that ‘Turtle’ had gotten ‘weird’ after the wresconviction for assault, the prosecutor told the judge tling match. What the jury didn’t know that Rasnick “had children who were very much “When I asked how, he responded that ‘Turtle’ uring Waters’ sentencing hearing, Weigel, the impacted by his death. The Rasnick family was very had been bragging about beating ‘Eddie’ and that he deputy DA, told the judge, “The defendant, in impacted by what happened to him. They had wanted ‘wouldn’t shut up about it.’ I asked if ‘Turtle’ had been the materials that he submitted to the court, is to come to court … but they just couldn’t take time doing this to ‘Eddie’ after they arrived at the shed. asked by the evaluator why would the victims do this off from work and couldn’t afford it. You do know Giampino stated he had not. Giampino did state that to him, why would Johnny Rasnick and Michael the sentence that they would like to see in this case.” ‘Turtle’ had been bragging so much about beating Giampino choke him, kick him and ultimately say The police also questioned members of Boulder’s ‘Eddie’ while the two [Giampino and Rasnick] looked that they should kill him and dump him in the creek. homeless community about Rasnick. All of the folfor a cigarette that this had been the reason the two “He’s asked ‘Why would they do this?’ And he lowing comments are quotes from a police report returned to the shed. ‘Turtle’ was continually stating says that he was targeted because maybe Johnny dated Oct. 29, 2011, filed by Officer Jenny Paddock. ‘did you see it’ and ‘I got him good’ to the point that Rasnick may have been mad at him for not hanging “Michael Judge … described Turtle [Rasnick] as a he told ‘Turtle’ he wanted to go back and go to sleep.” out with him on a consistent basis. He hurt his feelguy who used to be pretty cool until he took some So the bragging that allegedly drove Waters to kill ings and he was pissed off and felt rejected, which acid and now describes him as a ‘wing nut’ who was Rasnick and try to kill Giampino, according to the seems a pretty lame excuse for why somebody would running around in a bathrobe he had given him with deputy DA, most likely didn’t happen in front of try to kill him.” satanic drawings all over him and stealing things from Waters, according to her own key witness. This coming from the deputy DA who just argued Not only did Giampino say that Rasnick’s boastthat Waters killed Rasnick and stabbed Giampino See ASSAULT Page 22
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stores… Officer Colvin recalled some complaints about Rasnick with satanic markings on him over the summer on the Mall and at Circle K. Rasnick was also arrested for shoplift at Circle K (11-12236).” He had a tattoo of a skull, according to police reports, but the satanic markings were temporary drawings. “[Mike Gonzalez] described ‘Turtle’ as being a sloppy drunk who would call both of them [Waters and Gonzalez] names and insult them, both when they were playing [music] together and when they were just sitting and talking. Gonzalez said that Turtle would get drunk a lot and this would happen frequently.” “[Daniel] Armstrong said that Turtle was a bad drunk who gets really violent when he drinks.” The following quotes are from interviews with people in the homeless community regarding Rasnick and were conducted by Boulder Weekly. “That big drunk guy, he was always passed out on the mall,” says Jefferson LeSeur, who works at local shelter The Bridge House. “I hated Turtle.” “He wasn’t decent to women,” says Samantha Nelson, who is now completing her internship at the Bridge House. “He was always grabbing inappropriately. He even grabbed a lady cop.” “He was a hardcore A-camper,” says Steve Thombleson, who has worked for the organization since 2000. “Yeah, as in alcoholic. He was pretty much always drunk.” “I heard of Turtle a lot,” says a homeless man known as Dwarf. “Always drunk and starting fights.” On the night that Waters claims that Rasnick attacked him at the shed, Rasnick’s blood alcohol level, according to police reports, was above .30, nearly four times Colorado’s definition of intoxication, .08. According to experts, a blood alcohol level of .30 or above is considered to be a stupor. As for Giampino, the jury was told that he was convicted of felony robbery in 2004. But before he ever came to Colorado, Giampino’s rap sheet already included 10 crimes, including criminal possession of a weapon, larceny, robbery with the use/threatened use of a dangerous instrument, possession of contraband in prison, menacing, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle (alcohol), criminal contempt, resisting arrest and another untitled conviction
in 2011. These convictions were not admissible in court. In 2012, Giampino was also arrested for criminal possession of stolen property, according to the police blotter in the Babylon Village in Babylon, New York. He’d also been arrested in 2011, as soon as he returned to New York from Boulder, according to his testimony. Giampino’s dad had spoken to Detective Christopher on Nov. 1, 2011, while Giampino was still in the hospital. According to Christopher’s police report, “He told me that Michael [Giampino] left New York because there were active warrants for his arrest. He said that Michael is bi-polar and has multiple personalities. Michael chooses not to take any medication. Michael is estranged from most of his family.” In addition to the revelations by Giampino’s father, Waters’ defense attorney, Eric Zale, came into some additional information along the same line. According to a motion dated September 14, 2012, the defense is said to have “obtained in error” a “document known as ‘advisement to defendant.” According to the motion, the defense claims “the document shows that Mr. Giampino admitted during an interview with a probation officer that when he drinks he gets violent.” The motion went on to say, “defense counsel no longer has a copy, and thus this is a paraphrase as counsel is reyling on independent recollection of the contents of the document.” The problem for Zale was that the document he received accidentally was in violation of privilege based on New York statutes. As a result, the DA’s office and the judge would not allow the information to be presented to the jury even though, as Zale argued, it “is clearly exculpatory” for Waters and should have been allowed because of that. On Nov. 15, 2011, Giampino’s dad spoke to Christopher again, this time saying, “Michael is currently in jail. He has issues with his probation, family court and some new criminal charges.” It wasn’t easy for the DA’s office to get Giampino back to Colorado to testify against Waters, who had been in jail since the night of the altercation. Boulder Weekly
news On Nov. 20, 2012, Giampino told the DA’s office that he’d been robbed and had checked himself into a hospital for depression. He told them they would have to give him money for a new ID so he could travel to Colorado. Giampino reportedly getting into yet another altercation upon returning to New York is an example of something that Waters’ defense attorney wanted to bring up to the jury, but the judge did not allow him to do so. According to trial transcripts of various, somewhat vague discussions at the bench between the judge, defense attorney Zale and prosecutor Weigel, out of hearing range of the jury, it seemed that Zale was asking the judge to allow him the opportunity to make a case to the jury that Giampino was “a serial victim,” that he got into scrapes and then used his phone’s preprogrammed emergency call button as a means to get items of value from police departments such as money, clothes, etc. Zale told the judge during Giampino’s testimony he had hoped to introduce this line of questioning — especially in connection with the “emergency button” Giampino had programmed on his phone so he could dial 911 without looking at it. “And as a result of running to the police and gaining things, I believe that that’s the strategy,” said Zale. But the judge refused to allow it. “The other incidents, specifically the four that you mentioned previously, are not relevant,” the judge told the public defender, still speaking out of earshot of the jury. Zale may not have been able to present his argument to the jury, but getting things from the police did seem to apply in the Waters’ case. Boulder police not only sent him money for a new ID, but they also paid for his travel and hotel. They gave him a per diem to spend in Boulder. Weigel told the jury, “[Giampino] came out here voluntarily. And again, that’s because he’s the victim in this case and he wants to make right what happened.” There was at least some evidence that justice wasn’t the only thing driving Giampino to return to Boulder to testify against Waters, as the prosecutor insinuated. The perks of coming back to testify might have also played a role. Consider these posts on Giampino’s Facebook page at the time he came back to testify against Waters. (The posts were not corrected for spelling or Boulder Weekly
grammar.) “i have a hotel reserved for five days,” says a post that appeared on his Facebook page on Dec. 2, 2012, a few days before he testified. “im goign to go have a blast out here and have as much fun as i can and ima start that right now lol” Another Dec. 2, 2012, post on his page reads, “livin it up in boulder colorado.” “Nice to relaxe for the first time in a while,” reads another status posted on Giampino’s Facebook account that same day. A Dec. 5 status on his Facebook wall reads: “off to court to take the stand today yayyyy…. i have to wait till next week to hear the verdict but im sure i allready know what it is lol” In Boulder, Giampino was “living it up” on the tab of the DA. In New York, he’d been literally starving. A status posted on his Facebook page a couple months earlier reads: “im so hungry that i dont care about getting in trouble right now at least jail will give me food but....... TRADEING SUBS FOR FOOD right now please im so hungry i got robbed the other day and they stole my entire wallet… even my foodstamp card… ill hook up up with as much as ur fucking heart desires.” We can’t say what “subs” are for certain in this instance. But according to The Guardian, “Suboxone is a heroin substitute. … There is a significant number of people who see it and its bedfellow, Subutex, as a dealing opportunity. The drug [is] often referred to in the U.S. as ‘the rich man’s methadone’ because it is so expensive, but more commonly known as ‘sub.’” What is more clear is that Giampino seemed desperate even for food, so coming back to Boulder might have seemed like an opportunity to eat, drink and spend a per diem. Justice seemed a secondary issue, at least on Facebook. The jury never heard that people had told police that Rasnick was taking medication for bi-polar disorder. That he was said to get violent when he drank. That he was allegedly physically abusive to his family. Reports that he had drug problems. Accounts that he had been known to paint satanic symbols on his body while wearing a bathrobe while being disruptive in local See ASSAULT Page 24
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stores and on the mall. And likewise, the jury was not allowed to hear that a document from New York stated that Giampino had told a probation officer he got violent when he drank. Giampino’s own father had told police that Giampino was bipolar and had multiple personalties and that he refused to take medication for those problems. Would it have made a difference had the jury heard such things, considering that both Giampino and Rasnick had excessively high blood alcohol levels at the time of the attack, and both were said to become violent when drunk? It certainly might have. It could have been enough to persuade just one juror to have believed that the same reasonable doubt that existed on the murder charge and the attempted murder charge existed on the assault charge as well. So what was the jury thinking when it found Waters guilty of assault?
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he jurors in the Waters case faced a daunting challenge. They would only be allowed to hear part of the evidence. And the only witnesses were the two survivors, who told very different accounts of how blood was shed that October night. It’s difficult to ever second-guess a jury. Jurors do incredibly hard work and most come to the right verdicts. But the question remains: Why did this jury find reasonable doubt regarding murder, reasonable doubt regarding attempted murder, but no reasonable doubt regarding assault in the first degree? After interviewing several of the jurors in this case, not one of them could articulate their decision as to why they removed reasonable doubt from the assault charge. Statements that should have had no bearing on the situation made their way into the attempts at explanation. One person talked about how her kids go to the Pearl Street Mall and how she’s afraid for them to be around homeless people. Another noted that Waters actually looked better after being in jail for two years than he did when he was on the street. Still another said that her decision was based on Giampino’s testimony, and then she said that she hadn’t believed a word Giampino had said. The supposed kick in the face to Giampino by Waters, long after the 24 September 5, 2013
fight had stopped and while Giampino was lying on the ground talking to 911, was another deciding factor for more than one juror. The prosecutor had repeatedly stressed the cruel nature of the kick during the trial. But BW asked why they believed that the late-arriving kick story was real, considering that Giampino had told police that it occurred in the shed, and then that it occurred outside, and later changed his story to a slash instead of a kick. They didn’t recall having ever heard that the story had changed. They should have. It could have changed the outcome for Waters. Jurors also seemed confused about the assault charge. Some thought that the only assault Waters had committed was the late kick. They thought it wouldn’t carry much of a sentence, if any. But they should have known better. The charge was using a deadly weapon to inflict serious injury, and it carried a minimum sentence of 10 years. The type of assault Waters was charged with was for the exact same actions he was taking that prompted the murder and attempted murder charges — charges the jury said might have been in self-defense. Had all the jurors fully understood the assault charges, reasonable doubt might have been a given. When asked if they would have still voted guilty had they known that Waters would be sentenced to 25 years for the assault charge, some said they would have changed their vote. When asked if their guilty vote would have been different if they had known the things about Giampino and Rasnick that they didn’t get to hear, even more said they would have changed their vote. It is admittedly unfair to retry a case after the fact with new information outside the boundaries of a courtroom. But Waters doesn’t seem to have another option.
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aters isn’t like the other men in the shed that night. He doesn’t have a secret life that needs to be hidden from a jury. Sure, he’s homeless, but it wasn’t always that way, and it isn’t because he has some hidden demon. Contrast what BW found when people in the homeless community were interviewed about Waters with what was said previously about Rasnick and Giampino. Boulder Weekly
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“I always found him [Waters] kind of quiet,” says Steve Thombleson, who began working for the Bridge House organization 13 years ago. “He’s not a guy who’s gonna start fights. … He was a good guy who was down on his luck.” “Eddie was never, ever violent,” agrees Dwarf. “I didn’t even know he drank. If there was any kind of conflict, he’d just take off his guitar strap, get up, and walk away.” “Every single night I knew him, between 8 and 8:30, he would call his kids,” LeSeur of The Bridge House says. “I mean, every, single, night. The only time I ever saw him get close to mad, it was because he’d lent someone his phone, and they didn’t come back ’til 8:15, so he only had a few minutes to talk to his kids.” LeSuer says he was worried about Waters on Oct. 27, 2011. “I saw that Turtle had a bottle. I knew what he was like when he drank. I was like, ‘Eddie, what are you doing, hanging out with them?’” Nelson, of The Bridge House, remembers Waters’ determination to be there for daughter Rebekah’s birthday. “He was looking for a present for her,” Nelson recalls. “He was like, ‘I don’t care how much I have to busk on the mall, I have to see my daughter on her birthday.’” Police also interviewed more than 20 people in the homeless community about Waters. The responses from those who knew him were consistent. Officer Jenny Paddock’s report states, “Those that know Waters … were all surprised to learn that Waters was the suspect.” They described Waters as a “gentleman,” “always a really nice guy,” “always in a good mood and helped everyone,” “polite,” “the nicest guy I’ve ever met” who would “give you the shirt off his back” and “wouldn’t hurt a fly.” Several homeless people who knew Waters told police he had no drug or alcohol problems, had no problems with anyone. They also expressed that they did not believe Waters would attack anyone without good reason, like being “backed into a corner.” Contrast what Waters’ family told BW about him with what Rasnick and Giampino’s families said about them. Marsha and the kids live in Aurora, so while she and Waters were still working things out, he stayed in Boulder Weekly
Boulder, where he had a regular sleeping spot by the creek. On Oct. 28, 2011, Waters was going to play his guitar on the Pearl Street Mall just long enough to get the tip money he needed to take the bus back home to Marsha Mahnken and the kids. “I was gonna ask him to stay,” Mahnken says. “I made a very big mistake divorcing the man that I will always love. ... We were meant to be together forever and I hurt him so much by divorcing him. He was the love of my life and will always be the man I love forever.” Waters was one day away from being off of the street and back in his home. They were one day away from being a family again. “The kids really miss him, especially his daughters,” says Donna Garcia, Mahnken’s mother, after a day of babysitting them. “The 11-year-old [Rebekah] is always talking about him. She’s always saying, ‘I miss my Poppa.’” Now Rebekah is 12. “They’re growing up fast,” Waters writes from prison. “Tomorrow, the 24th of August, is my daughter’s birthday. She’ll be 12, and again I can’t be there. … I’m missing my kids’ childhood.” He didn’t want to miss any of it — even while he and Mahnken were having problems. “He called every night to say good night to them,” Mahnken says. The calls were heartbreaking. “He would say, I wish I was home,” says Rebekah, “and I would say I wished he was home too, and then we would both start crying.” “He would always call to say good night and how he loves us and misses us,” says 15-year-old Matthew. On Oct. 27, 2011, Eddie Waters just wanted a warm place to sleep on his last night on the street. He wanted to get up and catch the bus home to his wife and kids and go trick-ortreating. Waters didn’t have a motive for attacking Rasnick and Giampino. If anything, he had an anti-motive for attacking them. He just wanted to go home, and he never made it. But hopefully that will change as his case moves through the appeals process. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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iting unsatisfactory responses to issues Attorney General John Suthers in 2005, a like fracking and GMOs, a local activist Democrat and a Republican, who agreed with that is challenging fellow Democrat and interpretation. incumbent Boulder County “That sounds like a manufactured debate,” Commissioner Cindy Domenico, who is Pearlman told BW. “Other counties have addressed seeking re-election next year. the same issue, and everybody that I know of has Alan Rosenfeld, a Louisville attorney, says he is come to the same conclusion. … This isn’t one of running for Domenico’s District 3 seat in part those gray areas.” because she has not taken a strong enough stance Rosenfeld also says the commissioners haven’t against controversial things like hydraulic fracturing devoted enough funding to road maintenance over (fracking) and genetically modified organisms the years, and he criticized the board-referred ques(GMOs). tion on the November ballot to create a public Rosenfeld claims Domenico and the other two improvement district in which subdivision property Alan Rosenfeld, left, is taking on incumbent Cindy Domenico in board members were too slow to take action against owners would pay for their own road improvethe 2014 District 3 county commissioner race. oil and gas development, and didn’t go far enough ments with a special tax. He called it a “failure of when they approved an 18-month moratorium on leadership” that the county hasn’t lived up to its the practice earlier this summer, after a public outcry. to take off my personal hat and be thoughtful and agreement with developers of the subdivisions to “Voters won’t have to threaten me with recall or thorough.” keep the roads maintained. civil disobedience to get me to do what is right,” She adds that one consideration was being “careful “For a decade, this crisis has been brewing,” Rosenfeld says, referring to activists who threatened with the taxpayers’ money,” because overstepping legal Rosenfeld says. “Those commissioners were grossly to recall commissioners and disrupted board hearings bounds could have invited lawsuits and costly court negligent in their duties.” on several occasions, in one case prompting the combattles. He compared making only the roads’ users pay for missioners to walk out of the room. When asked about how she runs a board meeting the improvements to making only those who use the “There is a difference between disruption and as chair, Domenico says she is simply trying to create Boulder County Battered Women’s Shelter pay for speech,” he says, defending the public’s right to an environment where everyone feels safe. that service. express themselves during such meetings. “For Cindy “It’s about respect for the other parties in the “Since when do we divide up who pays for what to say no one can applaud — really? In Boulder room, who may have a different opinion, and having based on who’s going to benefit from it?” Rosenfeld County?” that democratic dialogue without disruption,” she asks. “It’s a general responsibility of the county to pay He says he would support an outright ban on oil explains. for roads.” “I want to solve the problem,” Domenico says. “I and gas development in the county, and “if Boulder But Rosenfeld also takes Domenico to task for don’t want to wait another year. … Every year you County citizens decide to use civil disobedience, I’ll voting in favor of continuing to allow GMOs to be delay, you have more roads dropping into the ‘poor’ be with them.” grown on county land in December 2011. “I think fracking is an abomination,” he adds. “It “We should not be growing GMOs on open category.” is something horrible to do to our land. … The prispace,” he says. “We shouldn’t be selling out our land.” Looking back, she adds, “we always could do a better job of communicating” and that in the midmary job of the commissioners is to protect the citiRosenfeld goes so far as to suggest that a referen1990s, when two subdivisions created special improvezens, and they failed. I will never vote for something I dum banning GMOs on private land be sent to the think is wrong, or against something I think is right, county’s voters, saying that his biggest concern regard- ment districts, the commissioners mistakenly thought ing GMOs is “the monopolization of our food supply. it would be an ongoing trend. just to make it unanimous. There will be a lot more We should resist the effort of a corporation that Rosenfeld challenges Domenico to agree to a vol2-1 votes.” doesn’t care about us to control our food supply.” untary spending limit, say, $1 per voter, or about Rosenfeld also questions the money the county But Domenico says the county’s process was delib$25,000. He claims she opposed his effort to get the spent on an outside attorney and other staff time to erate and effective in that case as well, and “we arrived prepare regulations last year allowing oil and gas candidates in the last election to agree to a voluntary at a place that is very progressive” because of the development, with restrictions. spending limit. county’s goal of making 20 percent of the crops on its When asked about Rosenfeld’s desire for an outDomenico says she declined to support that proright ban, Domenico asks, “On what legal authority? land organic. She also says the use of GMOs is limitposal because the limit would have applied to other People think we have ultimate power, and we do not, ed to corn and sugar beets, “it’s not a wide-open door races as well, like for the state House and Senate, and which restricts us from doing some of the things to GMO crops in the county.” it made no sense to have the Democrats tie their own activists think we can do.” Domenico adds that her stance on GMOs was hands when the Republicans wouldn’t be doing the She says she is “very disappointed” that the state based on the science, not her family’s farming backsame. But she seems open to the idea in her own race legislature, which could have passed legislation shifting ground (she says her family hasn’t planted GMOs), against Rosenfeld. more of that control from the state to local levels, only and that she is not willing to consider allowing addi“I’d have that discussion with him,” Domenico passed two of the 10 bills dealing with oil and gas tional GMO crops on county open space. says. “But comprehensive campaign reform is really reforms. Domenico also defends the county’s regulaRosenfeld even questions the notion that what’s needed.” tions, saying the only way to get oil and gas companies Domenico is eligible to run for re-election, since she Rosenfeld, a New York City native who moved to take additional health and safety steps beyond what was appointed to the board when former here 16 years ago, says he is not angling for higher is required by the state was to set up a voluntary, expe- Commissioner Tom Mayer passed away in 2007, suc- office or a county job. dited, permit approval process as an incentive. cessfully stood for election to finish the final two “I’m excited about spending the last stages of my “We are a model for other counties,” she says. years of Mayer’s term the following year, and was career doing this job and making the community bet“People are calling every week to come look at what then re-elected in 2010. But County Attorney Ben ter,” he says. we did.” Pearlman, a former commissioner himself, says fin“I grew up here, I was born here,” Domenico says. While she has said she has personal experience ishing someone else’s term does not count toward the “It’s amazing to work with the incredible people who with the negative impacts of oil and gas development state’s two-term limit. He points to opinions from live here and the dedicated staff of the county.” on her own family’s farm, Domenico says, “my job is Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar in 2000 and Boulder Weekly
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here’s an adage that says cars funding for biking and walking run on gas and make you programs, according to fat, bikes run on fat and save Advocacy Advance, a partneryou money, but this year’s ship between Alliance for Biking Association of Pedestrian & Walking and the League of and Bicycle Professionals convention American Bicyclists created to will be focused on how communities boost state and local biking and can find ways to invest in infrastructure pedestrian advocacy and see that to support bikers and walkers in a time those projects still receive finanwhen government legislation could cial support as states determine steer all of that cash to cars. their transportation projects. The Association of Pedestrian and Legacy programs from the preBicycle Professionals will hold a profes- vious transportation bill like Safe sional development seminar in Boulder Routes To School, Sept. 9-12. The series of classes, speak- Transportation Enhancements ers and mobile tools, based on this and Recreational Trails still year’s theme of “Dollars and Sense: qualify for money, but could Economics, Health and Social Benefits potentially lose funding to conof Walking and Bicycling,” will feature ventional road projects. transportation and planning professionColorado has committed to als from across North not transferOne of the mobile workshops for the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals America. The proring money during the 2009 seminar in New York City. On the Bill: The semigram is set to explore away from its nar’s closing luncheon on ideas about creative alternative proThursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Millennium Harvest House is funding sources for grams, accordple what can be done with a little 16 years, the three-day conference will open to the public. Barbara biking and pedestrian ing to a report investment and political will behind present the opportunity to attend classMcCann, founding executive director of the National infrastructure in a released in early promoting pedestrian and bike transes and mobile tours in Boulder, Denver Complete Streets Coalition, will political climate that August by Advocacy portation. and Fort Collins that will highlight speak about her forthcoming book, Completing Our Streets: recently saw slashed Advance. But the “Boulder is a living laboratory for some of the successful bicycle and The Transition to Safe and guaranteed funds for need to convey the walkable, bicycle-friendly communipedestrian programs, like Boulder’s Inclusive Transportation Networks. Tickets can be puralternative transporeconomic and social ties,” says Kit Keller, executive director Valmont Bike Park and Community chased online for $35 at www. tation projects. benefits of biking and of the Association of Pedestrian and Cycles. apbp.org. The seminar pedestrian programs Bicycle Professionals. “We’re excited to “Political will often drives funding and the availability of funding — where comes one year after will become more showcase Boulder because so many citthere’s a will there’s a way,” says Keller. Congress passed MAP important as other ies in the U.S. are where Boulder was “Part of why we’re coming to Boulder is 21, a transportation bill that allows the states figure out how to allocate funds. 20 years ago — they can learn a lot to show the economic development Department of Transportation and As local governments work to sort from Boulder.” benefits of making the decision to be a municipal planning organizations to out what to do with their allotted funds Boulder residents walk, bike and more walkable, bicycle-friendly comtransfer 50 percent of their alternative from that transportation bill, the ride public transportation at a higher munity and the advantages of working transportation project funds to general Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle rate than the national average, accordhighway improvement programs. The Professionals has moved its semi-annu- ing to the association. legislation effectively slashes guaranteed al convention to Boulder to show peoMoving into their eighth seminar in See BIKES Page 32
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From March to November, wildfires dominate the headlines in Colorado more often than baseball scores. And even when fires aren’t raging, their aftermath — like mudslides and floods in burn areas — pose risks for residents. So the Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and other government and non-government partners will again address forest health when they hold the Third Annual Colorado Forestry Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Boulder County Nederland Sort Yard in Nederland. The fair, which was held in Fort Collins the past two years, will highlight “forest stewardship through active management,” a Colorado State Forest Service press release says. The free fair will feature kids’ activities like seed plantings and puppet shows, presentations on fire safety practices, demonstrations of forestry equipment and field tours on ecology and weed identification. It will also include networking opportunities in forestry and natural resource management. “This fair, similar to Colorado’s diverse forest environments, provides something for everybody — from real-world demonstrations for forest landowners to fun activities for youth,” Jamie Dahl, CSFS experiential learning coordinator and event organizer, said in the press release. — Steve Weishampel
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across disciplines.” Despite more complicated and less secure funding for alternative transportation, Sean Co, a speaker at the seminar and lead planner for bicycle and pedestrian transportation planning and funding at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the San Francisco Bay Area, says there are still a lot of opportunities to secure funding. “Depending where you are, some elected officials really get it, and some need quite a bit of explana-
tion,” Co says. “I think from an advocate’s point of view, it’s important to find out what the elected officials are interested in and then you can tailor your message to their interests. Whether it’s about congestion relief or the economy, you just have to find what works.” Co will speak at the convention about what states can do with funds from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, a MAP 21 program continued from the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient, Equality Act. Conventionally, funds from the congestion mitigation and air quality program are used for highway improvements to address traffic flow like HOV lanes and added turning lanes, which maintain current systems, Co says, but those funds also fit well into biking and pedestrian programs. Additional information on the seminar can be found at www.apbppds.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Denver resident continues search for her father, who went missing in Panama by James Dziezynski
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he country of Panama has faded from the American imagination. Meeting the challenge of constructing a passage that would link two oceans and bisect the tendon of land that bridged two continents once generated intense civic pride, especially in 1914 when America was emerging as a major world player. The ambitious canal was completed that year, prior to the onset of World War I. The engineering marvel remains a vital shipping route, though longstanding American glamor associated with the Panama Canal waned when control was handed over to the Panamanian government in 1999. American forces invaded Panama in 1989 under orders from President George H.W. Bush. Operation Just Cause was the largest U.S. military intervention since the Vietnam War. Under
the veil of promoting global democracy, the true impetus of the invasion was securing safe passage through the Panama Canal. The capture of military dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega toppled a regime that was deemed to be fueled by illicit drug trafficking and typical strongman violence against the people. Noriega lives on to this day, incarcerated in Panama, though his celebrity is also nearly forgotten. What Panama has become since its divorce from the forefront of American consciousness is a difficult and complicated study. Economically, the country has boomed, by Central American standards, bolstered by tolls harvested from use of the canal. Panama politically is a democratic republic. Following the 1989 invasion, a sequence of freely elected leaders have dragged democracy into exissee PANAMA Page 34
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tence. With the economy fueled by full nounced that a concerned friend in ownership of the canal, Panama refined Panama got in touch with Ehlert’s itself as an upscale, developing nation. daughter Mariah Ehlert, a Denver resiThroughout the mid-2000s, Panama dent. competed with Costa Rica as the perfect Ehlert spent a portion of each year in Panama for the last decade before disappearing “Initially, I contacted the U.S. Coast on June 21. low-budget, high-standard-of-living Guard thinking he may be lost at sea tropical paradise for ex-pats. One of and his friends in Panama that I had those drawn in by its allure was Bob Ehlert. Tourism flourished in the early 2000s as crime rates contact information for and started researching for But the texture of Panama is changing once again, dropped and investors funded development of hotels, others,” Mariah Ehlert says. “Then the U.S. Embassy and as it shifts, an increasing number of reports of for- restaurants and resorts. and the police in Minnesota where he lives the other eigners missing or murdered have been coming from Panama’s upward momentum took a major hit as part of the year. I then quickly discovered we had to the country. And in June, Bob Ehlert stopped returnthe world economy foundered in the mid 2000s and contact senators, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ing calls and emails. the ugly relics of an unsettled past began to reemerge. to get the Legal Attaché in Panama [a.k.a. the FBI Drug trafficking once again reared its ugly head, setoverseas] involved. I launched a campaign among ting off waves of violence that the weakened governLiving the dream friends and family to contact local states.” ment could not decisively combat. Corruption oozed For the past 10 years, Robert “Bob” C. Ehlert, 71, The note was quickly sussed out as a forgery by into all manner of politics, and at present, the identity split time living in Minnesota and his condo in family members — the handwriting was clearly not of the nation rests on shaky pillars. At odds with this Panama City. The retired Vietnam veteran is an Bob Ehlert’s. While his boat remained in harbor, his declining reality is the hard-won reputation as a touraccomplished sailor whose outgoing, gregarious percar was missing, and as of press time, has not been ist-friendly destination that the post-1989 invasion sonality made him many friends in his adopted counrecovered. No activity has been recorded on his bank reform brought about. The dangerous confluence of a try. Ehlert discovered the charms of Panama while account and nothing in his condo was stolen. As each country slipping into violence paired with glowing yet traveling through Central America. Not only were the day passed, Bob Ehlert’s disappearance became more inaccurate endorsements from numerous respected people friendly and the landscapes gorgeous, Panama likely the result of nefarious intentions — kidnapping, offered a safe place to harbor his boat. Unlike many travel publications has set the stage for catastrophe. violent crime or murder. After doing all she could foreigners who seek out the secluded sections of from her home base in Colorado, Mariah Ehlert Panama, Ehlert wanted to be part of the local commu- A mysterious disappearance made a personal visit to Panama in July to aid in the nity and thus made the decision to live in Panama On June 21, a pair of friends staying with Ehlert investigation of her father’s disappearance. City, even though this meant a two-hour drive to the at his Panama City condo returned to find him “The Panamanian police have very little resources harbor where his boat was anchored. absent. Left behind was a note explaining that he had and even less motivation to go looking for Ex-pats from around the world have been drawn gone for two weeks with a friend known as “Diane” to Americans,” she says. “They are much more occupied to Panama for its inexpensive luxury and promising examine potential real estate in an area of the Bocas with drug runners. They can’t really put out an APB trend towards First-World sophistication. Couple that del Toro, a collection of islands. His boat was docked like we can to search for a car or person. The police with enchanting jungles and pristine, white sand at Shelter Bay Marina. outside of Panama City are barely trained, much less beaches and a picture emerges of an ideal sanctuary far The friends didn’t think much of it and life went from the buzzing, fast-paced chaos of American life. on. It wasn’t until the absence became more prosee PANAMA Page 38
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savvy in ing and sad. I investigative realized that work. … We this could be were able to it, all that is check out his left of him, at apartment, the same time see computer I completely logs, check expected him out the marito walk na and his through the boat, talk to front door. It all the people was a roller in between, coaster of talk to a few emotions, Bob and Mariah Ehlert, who has pressured more of his still is. The members of Congress and raised funds for a private friends there. investigator to continue the search for her father. reality of him Get a clearer going missing picture of the hits me story. Basically, it left me with more hard.” questions than answers.” Despite the unreliable and under“I am exhausted,” says Ehlert. “All powered Panamanian resources, Mariah the different aspects of this, lawyers, Ehlert says several U.S. senators have accounts, bills, FBI, police, countless been helpful in getting resources allocalls, emails, messages from his friends cated for the search. and mine wanting something. Add in “Amy Klobuchar [D-Minnesota], the emotional element and reality of by far has been the most responsive what is happening, it’s draining and and active. Her office was immediately painful. I am tired and I am sad.” sympathetic and responsive. Senator “Panama was particularly difficult. [Mark] Udall [D-Colorado] was fastSearching his condo and boat, looking acting as well,” she says. “[Michael] for information, was difficult, frightenBennett’s [D-Colorado] office, howevBoulder Weekly
adventure er, not so much. After some prodding they finally returned my calls and were much more interested in what the other senators had done versus what I needed done.” The problem is that foreign diplomatic investigations have limited reach. Even when mobilized, U.S. agencies can only investigate within the parameters of their diplomatic entitlements and are left collaborating with the overwhelmed local Panamanian authorities. Many families of missing foreigners turn to private investigators, as did the Ehlert family.
“Fundraising, yes, but also spreading the word,” Mariah Ehlert says. “Contacting local senators, especially members of the foreign relations committee, is very helpful to keep the pressure on and keep the search going. Also spreading the word to anyone in Panama or with connections in Panama. His car still hasn’t been found. The road to Bocas del Toro is a very small and poorly maintained — he
could be lost in a ditch.” Despite the grave implications of her father’s absence, Mariah Ehlert retains an optimistic outlook on the situation, a trait she shares with the elder Ehlert. “I’ve learned that this isn’t anything new in that area of the world. It’s so heartbreaking and difficult to process and go through. There aren’t really any support groups for this sort
of thing. But one good thing that has come of all this is that I’ve learned how absolutely wonderful my friends and family are, and that even strangers have been eager to help. I am so fortunate to know so many spectacular humans. I couldn’t ask for a better support system.” For updates on Bob Ehlert’s case, visit the Missing Americans website: http:// missingamericans.ning.com.
Troubling trend Violence against foreigners in Panama has risen dramatically in the past five years, and the crimes committed have been much more egregious than simple muggings and robberies. In March, the body of 68-year-old Ed Moynan was discovered in a park near Coronado, Panama. Moynan was a successful businessman from Canada who had retired to a gated community in the small seaside village. On Aug. 21, remains found in Panama were linked with American Yvonne Baldelli, a 42-year-old woman from San Diego who went missing in 2011 from Bocas del Toro (the same place the faux note said Ehlert was headed to). In January 2012 two American ex-pat brothers, 36-year-old Ian Escay and 24-year-old Uan Escay, were gunned down in Panama City. In 2011, two foreigners, a American man and a French woman, were murdered by Spaniard Javier Martin in Panama. Not all crimes against foreigners are directly related to the flourishing drug trade, but the criminal activity has stretched local police to their limits. Outlying areas of the country have become more lawless and dangerous for tourists, ex-pats and part-time citizens like Bob Ehlert. In the cases of Baldelli and North, the main suspects in their cases are foreigners acting within Panama’s borders. If this trend continues, Panama’s once idealistic retreats may be transformed from lazy, peaceful sanctuaries to havens for criminals of all nationalities. How to help After two months of investigating, Bob Ehlert remains a missing person. Mariah Ehlert continues her efforts to find her father and has started a fundraising site (http://www.gofundme. com/findbob) to help hire a private investigator and to fund future investigative trips to Panama. How else can people help? Boulder Weekly
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The Boulder Philharmonic, with composer Michael Butterman (left), kicks off its season on Sunday, Sept. 8. Courtesy Janet Braccio
Boulder Phil kicks off season with geologic symphony by Peter Alexander
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or the Boulder Philharmonic, the 2013–14 season is all about nature. “It has always struck me that people [in Boulder] are more aware of nature and more in tune with the outdoors than in a lot of places,” says Michael Butterman, the Phil’s music director. “It’s impossible not to feel deeply a part of nature in and around Boulder. “I thought it might be an interesting and appreciated theme to explore for a season. There’s certainly no shortage of repertoire that fits the bill.” Indeed, the coming season features a number of choices from that repertoire, including Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, Debussy’s “La Mer” (The sea), Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” and Smetana’s “Moldau.” The season also offers some newer
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pieces that reflect on man’s relationship with nature, CU professor Jeffrey Nytch condensed Colorado’s including music geologic history into his composition, Symphony No. 1. from Chasing Ice, the documentary film about Boulder photographer James Balog. And the Sunday, Sept. 8, opening night in Boulder (7 p.m. in Macky Auditorium) will feature the world premiere of a new piece by CU assistant professor Jeffrey Nytch, his Symphony No. 1, which is inspired by the geological formations and history of the Rocky Mountains. see PHIL Page 42
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The season also includes pieces — Gershwin’s “Rhapsody together. in Blue” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 are examples — that “I found out that the Geological Society of America are not related to the natural world but are “all-time favor(GSA), which is based in Boulder, was celebrating their ites,” as Butterman puts it. (See the full season at http://boul- 125th anniversary this year,” he explains. “So I went to the derphil.org.) Boulder Phil, who had just performed a short piece of mine In addition to Nytch’s premiere, Sunday’s opening night called Acclamations. That had been a success, and I said, ‘OK, concert presents Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, certain- I’ve got a crazy idea. You guys are going to commission a ly an “all-time favorite,” and some vivid pieces of musical pic- symphony from me that’s going to be inspired by the geology torialism in the “Four Sea Interludes” from Benjamin of the Rocky Mountains, and we’re going to get the Britten’s opera Peter Grimes. Geological Society to pay for it.’ And they said ‘You’re right, “The concerto strikes me as a classic opening night kind it’s a crazy idea, but we love it!’ of piece,” Butterman says. “It’s got Tchaikovsky’s winning “We went to visit the GSA and they loved it! formula of great melodies and drama. He certainly knew how “I teach my students that you have to take what you do to handle both of those in his music, Marco Borggreve and identify the needs in your comand I think that’s why it’s still popumunity. In this case, [the commission lar and probably always will be.” for the symphony] fulfilled the The soloist will be Inon Baratan, Boulder Phil’s need, wanting to a pianist who has not appeared in reflect the community, it fulfilled the GSA’s need for something to tie their Boulder before. big celebration together — and it “I’ve known about him for three meets my need, because I wanted to years now, and I knew he was going write a symphony!” to be in Aspen this summer,” Sunday’s premiere in Boulder will Butterman explains. “I get lots of be a big event for the Boulder Phil, CDs sent to me, and I’ve been but the GSA celebration comes later, impressed by what I’ve seen and when the group hosts its annual heard from him.” meeting in Denver. On Oct. 29, the The Britten “Sea Interludes” pororchestra will travel to the History tray different moods of the sea off an Colorado Center to repeat the symEnglish coastal village where the phony for the GSA 125th opera Peter Grimes takes place. Anniversary Gala (http://bit.ly/ Butterman emphasizes that you don’t GSA1252013). need to know the opera to underConsidering the different time stand these impressionistic pictures scale between a 30-minute symphony of the North Sea. On the other hand, Pianist Inon Baratan will act as soloist during the and the eons of geological time, it is it is helpful to understand that it is Boulder Philharmonic’s performance of not surprising that Nytch is the first not about the sunny Caribbean but a Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes. to write a symphony about geological threatening, often ominous and events. stormy sea “as it is known to people “Obviously I’m not going to try to depict actual geological in British fishing villages.” time because it’s impossible,” he says. “Things that happen “The interludes are beautiful tone poems, very vividly quickly, putting air quotes around that word ‘quickly’ in a geoorchestrated,” Butterman adds. “In ‘Dawn,’ the high unison logical sense, something that happened over a few million violin and flute suggest colorless, early white light on the years, that might happen quickly in the music, so that the relasmooth surface. ‘Sunday Morning’ is more a depiction of the village than the sea, with church bells and short, jagged string tive relationships are the same, but everything is compressed.” The symphony falls into the four traditional movements. figures suggesting the scurrying townsfolk as they make their The first, titled “Orogenies” (or “mountain building”) depicts way to church. ‘Moonlight’ evokes a nighttime scene with in music the upheaval and birth of westslow, low surges punctuated by occasional ern North America’s crust. The second, glimmers of flickering light. Finally, On the Bill: The Boulder “Rush,” is a fast and furious exploration ‘Storm’ lives up to its billing by vividly Philharmonic plays at Macky of human history in relation to the geolosuggesting sweeping tidal surges and Auditorium on Sunday, Sept. 8. gy of the West, particularly the gold rushstinging cold wind.” Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $15. Visit http://boulderphil.org es of the 19th century. But it is the world premiere of Nytch’s for more information. The slow movement, “Requiems,” is Symphony No. 1 that holds the most about fossil fuels and how they are made interest. To understand how this piece from the remains of living plants and anicame about, it is helpful to know that mals from the past. And the final moveNytch holds degrees in both music and ment, “Majesties,” is about the formation of the modern geology — and he directs the Entrepreneurship Center for Rocky Mountains. Music at CU. “I hope [listeners] will be able to experience this as a “I have a background in both geology and music because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to major in,” Nytch says. “On piece of music and enjoy it, and that they think about our relationship to the earth,” Nytch says. “The first movement is top of that, I’ve always had a knack for business.” from the perspective of the earth, the interior movements are In fact, he admits, he spent Friday nights in high school about the tension between us and the earth, and I look at the not at football games or the movies, but watching Wall Street last movement as a kind of reconciliation where we go forWeek on PBS. The notion of writing a piece of music about geology had ward and celebrate this great thing that we have.” Read an interview with composer Jeffrey Nytch and learn appealed to Nytch for many years, but he had not found the more about his symphony at http://bit.ly/J_Nytch. right opportunity. 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he humble Trevor Powers, who records under the moniker Youth Lagoon, is somewhat of an enigma. His visionary first record, Year of Hibernation, is full of adorably cerebral psychedelic pop written in his dorm room at Boise State University and recorded over Christmas break in 2010. Before the eight-song lo-fi beauty — earnestly full of confession, hope and desperation — was even released (in September 2011), Powers had become a Pitchfork darling (they called his music “world-swallowing”) and general underground music star via the songsharing site On the Bill: Youth Bandcamp. Lagoon plays the Fox Yes, kids, it really Theatre on Monday, Sept. 9. Pure X opens. Doors at can happen. Not 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in everyone needs to advance, $17 day of show, either have family in plus $2 for those under 21. 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303the music industry or 443-3399. rich parents who pay for a van, gear, promotion, studio time (and diapers?), etc., in order to make rock ’n’ roll a career. Write some great songs, get a couple of them out there online as free downloads, do some networking but try not to be an asshole, explore the opportunities that come your way and, if people like your music, make sure to have an amazing live show and the willingness to essentially live on the road. In Powers’ case, after his gentle, startlingly honest synth-pop track “July” made waves online and he was picked up by Fat Possum — a respected Mississippi label that’s released albums by the likes of The Black Keys, Andrew Bird and the Heartless Bastards –— he dropped out of the English program at Boise State and prepared go east for the first time in his life, at 22. “It’s like a stupid dream, but I’ve always wanted to go to New York,” Powers told Pitchfork before embarking on his first-ever tour, in the fall of 2011. “I’m really stoked. It’s my first time even traveling.” Johnny Manziel this kid is not. Check out a June
2012 video interview Powers did with ABC News. Powers, looking downright pale in an Trevor Powers, aka Youth Lagoon, seems to have tepidly embraced fame. oversized denim shirt, awkwardly rests against a rock in “actually helped. Because I am able to focus on things Central Park, looking like a 12-year-old version of now. I was seeing a counselor and that helped too, so Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter, with even I’m doing a lot better. It’s still a daily thing that I deal with, and that’s why I’m open about it, because I know bigger hair. Answering a question about how the sinthere’s other people that have anxiety. So I’m open cere, sobering lyrics from “July” took off online, Powers says: “The whole nostalgia thing, like, to me has, like — about it, but it’s definitely helped to be busy.” Indeed, Powers is so busy that he reneged on a I don’t romanticize the past at all. There’s nothing, like Boulder Weekly interview for this story, but we won’t … I didn’t write it with the idea of being nostalgic or anything like that, you know … some people interpret it hold it against him. The second Youth Lagoon LP, like that, but that wasn’t my intention. It’s not, like, nos- Wondrous Bughouse — which features god-size (though talgic but it’s, like, haunting. Like, the things that haunt tasteful) production and much wider use of acoustic instruments — was released in March and is a revelame, that’s what inspires me. I don’t know why that’s tion. And an incredibly weird one at that. more inspiring than happy things, but it just is.” On the surface, one can listen to the sweeping, It’d be easy, and cruel, to poke fun at a kid for a bass-and-drum-heavy madness of “Mute,” with its “the quote like that and compare him to the infamous Miss devil tries to plague my mind” lyrics, and joke that the Teen USA contestant who made headlines in 2007 for big difference between Powers’ charming, heartfelt saying “I believe … some people in our nation don’t early dorm-room tracks and Wondrous Bughouse is that have maps.” But Powers has a lot to say, and part of now he can afford better drugs. But while songs like what makes the music of Youth Lagoon so inspiring “Attic Doctor” are unmistakably druggy, Powers is and interesting is Powers’ fragile psyche, which he talks clearly a deep, talented young man making brilliantly about openly. He was “freaky” as a painfully shy young weird music. boy, and is simultaneously enjoying success and dealing “Raspberry Cane,” the highlight of Wondrous with the bouts of severe anxiety he’s experienced nearly Bughouse, lies somewhere between OK Computer and all his life. Magical Mystery Tour, with its trippy space-opera The Year of Hibernation repeatedly alludes to psybounce and Zen-like lyrics that somehow avoid cliché chosis, most remarkably in “The Hunt,” the chorus of (and aptly juxtapose the grotesque-but-kind monsters in which includes the lines, “I have a sickness in my head the song’s corresponding music video). Upon first listen, that won’t go away / and by the time the bugs eat their way out of my skull / will you still say ‘I love you’? / will it’s nearly impossible to hear the repeated phrase “everybody cares” and not recall the feeling within “All You you still want my soul?” Need is Love.” It’s also impossible to listen to all the But, unlike Syd Barrett (no doubt a Youth Lagoon layers, whether layers of production or layers of emotion predecessor, along with Cocteau Twins) Powers says and psychology, of Youth Lagoon and wonder how that success, if probably not fame, has surprisingly not Powers is able to translate such complexity with a full exacerbated his anxiety. His transition from eccentric touring band. Boulder will find out Monday, Sept. 9. college kid to international touring musician has been Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com smooth. He told Interview last year that success has
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instein stated it most elegantly with his explications of the theretofore ineffable mysteries of the space-time continuum, “Everything is relative.” Despite the human yearning for black-and-white absolutes, anyone who’s ever been in love knows with certainty that hours in the arms of a paramour are mere minutes, but minutes away from that Adonis or Aphrodite are agonizing days. The tiniest speck on the horizon can turn out to be a towering mountain. And the same play, viewed from different perspectives, can at once fascinate and frustrate. William Inge’s Bus Stop, which the Upstart Crow’s signage clearly states has nothing to do with Boulder’s own long-established and much-beloved gentleman’s club of the same name, tells the tale of a group of strangers thrust together on a dark and stormy night in rural Kansas in the winter of 1955. Neither a Greyhound metal-and-glass modernity nor an opensided enclosure on the side of the road, this bus stop is a cozy, small-town diner owned by maternal yet feisty Grace ( Joan Kuder Bell) and staffed, on this particular night, by genial high school student Elma (Anna R. Vernier). A blizzard has closed the road ahead and knocked out the phone lines, so Sheriff Will (Dan Doherty) informs the bus driver, Carl ( John Taylor), that he and his riders will be camping out at Grace’s diner for at least a few hours. First off the bus is Cherie (Kristy E. Pike), a night club singer who claims she’s being abducted by Bo (Michael Gurshtein), a volatile young cowboy bent on marrying her. Cherie is followed by Dr. Lyman ( Jim Valone), a former college professor turned wayward wanderer full of flowery language and liquor in equal measures. Eventually, Bo and his old friend and cooler head, Virgil ( Jeffrey William Hill), join the others. My first reaction after seeing Bus Stop was that it was a rather predictable and somewhat dated slice-oflife dramedy. Its look and feel are excellent, from the five-cent coffee and operator-assisted phone calls to the
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And then, completely out of the blue over brunch the afternoon after the performance, my buddy’s mother chimes in that she saw Bus Stop years ago in college and thought it was a wonderful piece of theater. For her, Bus Stop succeeds as a snapshot of a simpler On the Bill: Bus Stop time. She is thankful that the story plays through Sept. 14 at the Dairy Center for the arcs flow in obvious directions to Arts, 2590 Walnut St., expected ends. Where I see hopeBoulder, 303-440-7826. less naiveté she sees sparkling Tickets start at $21. Visit www.theupstartcrow.org innocence. And, minor spoiler for more information. alert, when I note that the tryst between Grace and Carl was one of the funniest bits in the show, she points out that in 1955 — and for many years after — portraying their afternoon delight so openly was groundbreaking and risk-taking. Well said, Connie. It seems unarguable, then, that whether you give Bus Stop two thumbs up or a resounding “meh” will depend mostly on your mindset (as dictated by your age, geographical upbringing, personal history, education and the like). This play, even more than some, is cut whole cloth from its creator’s experiences. Inge was from rural Kansas, he was a Pulitzer Prize winner and an alcoholic (see the character of Dr. Lyman), and he fought depression until his suicide at the age of 60 (see the desperation of both Bo and Cherie as well as the underlying cynicism of much of the play). Michael Gurshtein as Bo Decker and Kristy Pike as Cherie While the Upstart Crow gets everything right in Upstart Crow’s production of Bus Stop, written by William with its set and casting choices, I feel that Bus Stop Inge. would benefit from one more spit shine. Especially early on, many lines of dialogue were lost, as cast outhouse and potbellied stove. But its plotlines are members failed to project their voices into the by-noequally outmoded, lacking any twists or turns. They means expansive auditorium, and the number of line forge ahead with the linearity and inevitability of a misreadings was higher than ideal. train rather than the relative randomness of over-theFor anyone hankering for a night in Middle road travel. From the moment each conflict or opporAmerica during the middle of the 20th century, Bus tunity is introduced, its resolution is apparent. One Stop is a choice destination. Audiences seeking somewaits to be surprised or challenged by the outcomes, thing avant-garde or mind-expanding, however, may but for all but one token, play-redeeming character, wish to look elsewhere. everything winds up tied up with pretty bows. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Rock climbing meets dance in a breathtaking display of grace and athleticism. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.
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Electric Red. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
A Day To Remember’s House Party Tour — With All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, The Wonder Years. 6:30 p.m. 1stBank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield, 303-410-0700. Cary Morin. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Casual Sinners. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Gipsy Moon. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. IBC Finalists. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Nadis Warriors & Eminence Ensemble — With guest speaker Rennie Davis. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
The Drunken Hearts. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boul-
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Thursday, Sept. 5: Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival. Stanley Park Fairgrounds Arena, Estes Park, through Sept. 8. Estes Park’s annual celebration of Celtic culture returns for a 37th year. This year’s festival spans four days and includes activities ranging from traditional to contemporary. More than 50 events are on the bill this year, including jousting competitions, games, musical acts, dance performances, dog show contests and more, as well as food, drink and crafts. Saturday, Sept. 7, will feature a giant Celtic parade, which will be preceded by a 5K race. There’s no better festival to experience Scottish-Irish culture in the state.
Espresso Swing Jazz. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.
Colorphase — With Antonio A. Lopez. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
dance Saturday, Sept. 7: The Block Party, The Avalon Ballroom, Boulder, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 7: The Widow’s Bane, Dickens Opera House, Longmont, 8:30 p.m.
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Billed as a “black tie event” with a video premiere and an art opening, this might be one of the more curious events hosted at the Dickens Opera House in recent memory. Of course, Widow’s Bane is the area’s only vaudevillian zombie-folk cabaret, so perhaps it’s not too surprising to hear they are thinking outside of the box. The night will feature portraits fo the band by Destiny Bowman and a video by Hyphytek Films.
An all-ages party hosted by Worm Tank Crew and Side by Side Dance Company, The Block Party will host dance workshops taught by some of the top teachers in Colorado as well as a dance competition. The event closes out with a block party where people of all ages and skill levels can interact and have fun with each other in a family-friendly setting. Come for the dance skills, stay for the community.
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Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.
Ginga. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303449-0120.
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Pearl Street Music & Arts Showcase featuring Ben Sollee, Baywood, West Water Outlaws & Ark Life. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Grass It Up — With Mike Finders & Alex Johnstone. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
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Julie Puma: The Immortal Jellyfish. Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Jan. 12.
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TaTanka & jOn wayne & The pain
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It’s Electric — Artist Jen Lewin. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-4928300. Through Oct. 26.
Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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Open Mic. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
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BEER! Boulder’s History on Tap. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-4493464. Through Oct. 27.
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PAPER/PRODUCT and Heart Lines: Expressions of Native North American Art open at the CU Art Museum on Sept. 6.
The Pine Dwellers. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Second Acts. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Vanessa McAll. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
James and the Devil. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Jesse Aural Elixir. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Johnny O Band. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
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Little Wolf. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Boulder Salsa Social. 8:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355.
The Meryl Romer Jazz Trio. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Na’an Stop — With Dubskin, Slanted Jack. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.
Historic Preservation Advisory Board Public Meeting. 6 p.m. Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-441-3930.
Pearl Street Music and Arts Showcase Featuring Chatham County Line & Groundscore Bluegrass (Full Concert Event). 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.
Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival. 7:30 p.m. Stanley Park Fairgrounds Arena, Estes Park, www.scotfest.com. Through Sept. 8.
Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Friday, September 6 music The Delta Sonics. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made
Riff Raff. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. RTH Band. 9 p.m. Dillinger’s Food and Spirits, 1202 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette, 303-5233392.
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Jimmy Cliff's The Harder They Come. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030.
Tallgrass — With Cascade Kinzie. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.
Landscapes of Charles Partridge Adams. 12 p.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, 303-449-3464.
Trout Steak Revival. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Lyudmila Agrich — Opening reception. 5 p.m. 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200.
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The Boulder Filmmaking Incubator. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
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Boulder International Folk Dancers. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-6928213. First Friday NoBo Nite Out! 6 p.m. I Love to Grow Garden & Art Gallery, 4715 Broadway, Boulder, 303-912-4772.
Bad Brad And Fat Cats. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
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Conundrum Press Evening. 5 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303579-1644.
Mahogany L. Browne. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Living Earth Devotional — by Clea Danaan. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Friday, Sept. 6 Patrick Garner. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
“So, You’re a Poet.” 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, Sept. 10 Solomon Speaks on Reconnecting Your Life — by Eric Pearl. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Saturday, Sept. 7
Tigmonk. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
The Treason of Mary Louvestre — by My Haley. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.
Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Saturday, Sept. 8
Wednesday, Sept. 11
An Afternoon with Local Authors — with Joseph Nagle, T. R. Maxus and Seth. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert plays at the Buell Theatre through Sept. 15.
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50 Shades Of Loud. Heritage Square Music Hall,18301 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, 303-279-7800. Through Sept. 8.
A . . . My Name Will Always Be Alice — Obscene/ Courageous Theatre. Mary Miller Theatre, 300 E. Simpson, Lafayette, 720-2092154. Through Sept. 7. After the Revolution. Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., 303-623-0524. Sept. 7 through Oct. 19. Bus Stop — Presented by Upstart Crow Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Sept. 14.
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Claudia Schmidt. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Danny Shafer & the 21st Century. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. DJ Gansterish. 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Flume — With Late Night Radio. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. GetUrGoat. 4 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 6778 N. 79th St., Niwot, 303-652-4186.
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Jeremy Mohney Quartet. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303442-5847.
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Boulder’s Upstart Crow Theatre Company presents
Directed by Richard Bell Performed at The Dairy Center for the Arts 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Tickets: $25 General Admission $21 Students/Seniors Thursdays Name-Your-Price Nights! Tickets available at www.thedairy.org or call (303) 440-7328 Performances may sell out - we strongly recommend reservations for all performances
Beer Rave Anniversary Party. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. The Block Party — Dance party with workshops and contests. 11 a.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355. Forum on Sustainability — Sessions run from noon to 10 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510. Hard Rock Mining Tour. 10:25 a.m. Register by phone at 303-776-8848 or by email skippen@ bouldercounty.org to get location. How to Grow Herbs. 1 p.m. The Flower Bin, 1805 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-772-3454. Irish Saturday Evenings with The McTeggart Irish Dancers. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Prelude to Fall — Paul K. featuring Phillip Parker & Jeb Bows, Max & Toni. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Playback Theatre West: A Night of Improvisational Theatre. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Volunteer for Forestry Project — Help prepare for a controlled burn. 1 p.m. Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder, 303-678-6089.
Sean Renner. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. STS9 — With TYCHO, xxyyxx and Gold Panda. 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Summa — With South of France. Part of Pearl Street Music Showcase. Nod and Rose Storehouse, 1220 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-2322. Trout Steak Revival — With Birds of a Feather. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Tyler T. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914 ext. 313.
Sunday, September 8 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Blues & BBQ with Silent Bear. 2 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-2976397. Boulder Philharmonic. 7 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Buffalo Bicycle Classic. 7 a.m. Route runs from CU campus to mountains west of Boulder. Visit www.buffalobicycleclassic.com for more info. Camptown bluegrass band. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
The Widow’s Bane. 8:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Danny Shafer Band. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun, 1535 Pearl St., 303-546-0886.
The Zimmermans. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Hi-Life Wedding — With Sarah Caton. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.
events Adobe Photoshop Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver, 303-893-4100. Through Sept. 15.
Monocle. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
Rocktin Grove. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Aug. 30-Sept. 14 by William Inge
Fox on the Fairway. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-7725200. Sept. 6 through Sept. 21.
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Cabaret. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Oct. 6.
Jammin’ For Emily Music Benefit & Silent Auction. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Mary Artmann, cello; Lisa Harrington, piano.
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events 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch. 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
People, with Ceal Barry. 5:30 p.m. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, 303-449-3464.
Blues Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
PJ Zahn Band. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.
Boulder Blues Quartet. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
events Brasilian Samba Sundays. 3 p.m. El Centro Amistad, 2580 Iris Ave., 214-784-5582. Comedy Night and Movie Night. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Elysian Fields Auction Co. 10 a.m. South side of Cottonwood Square, 6924 79th St.., Niwot, 303652-2587. Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.
Introduction to HTML 5. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
The Haymarket Squares — With Pete Kartsounes. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Majoring in Music. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Terra Gatos. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Tuesday Fiction Writers. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.
Treena McCurdy. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
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Boulder Tech Job Fair. 3 p.m. Boulder Chamber of Commerce, 2440 Pearl St., 303-442-1044. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. DocuWest Film Festival — Mayor’s Reception and Good Ol’ Freda screening. 6:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Facets: A Queer Carbaret! 7 p.m. Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.
AscenDance presents: Front Range of Motion. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road,
Monday, September 9
music Electric Blues Jam. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Hot Soup. 10 p.m. Southern Sun, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Stage — With Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914, ext. 313.
Youth Lagoon — With Pure X. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events Boulder Folders — Learn Origami. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch. 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Boulder Israeli Dance. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., 303-443-7538. Eco-Cycle Campaign Kickoff. 5 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Meet Me at MoMA — A workshop for museum educators, docents and care providers. 11 a.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. WordPress for Beginners — How to Run Your Own Site/Blog. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Tuesday, September 10 music Barbara Paris. 7 p.m. Joe’s, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-678-9378. Bobby Doran. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Carnival of Madness — With Shinedown, Papa Roach, Skillet and more. 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865-2494. Eric the Viking. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Gabe McLaughlin Benefit. 5 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Faculty Tuesday: Colorado Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Twisted Pine, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic. 8 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Ron LeGault Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. The Thurston Group. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Washed Out — With Haerts. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
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reel to reel Riddick
Vin Diesel sure does an amazing job of finding things to kill on a seemingly abandoned planet.
20 Feet from Stardom See full review page 56. At Boedecker.
with real emotions, problems and personalities. If that’s not enough, you can watch it in 3-D. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
The Act of Killing
Opera: Arena di Verona’s AIDA
When approached to make a film about their role in an Indonesian genocide, Anwar Congo and his friends eagerly comply — but their idea of being in a movie is not to provide reflective testimony, it’s to dance their way through musical numbers, twist arms in film noir gangster scenes and gallop across the prairies as yodeling cowboys. At SIE FilmCenter. — Landmark Theatres
This audience favorite shines in a stunning production, celebrating Verdi’s 200th birthday year and the 100th anniversary of the Arena di Verona’s opera series. Captured live on June 23, 2012. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Adore
Kids will love this Disney spinoff of the company’s animated classic Cars. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Planes
Naomi Watts and Robin Wright deliver riveting performances in Adore, a sensual and provocative drama about two lifelong friends who find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters In this sequel, Percy teams up with his other-worldly friends to go after the Golden Fleece. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks and Colony Square.
Afternoon Delight
Riddick
Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a quick-witted and lovable, yet tightly coiled, 30-something steeped in the creative class of Los Angeles’ bohemian, affluent Silver Lake neighborhood. Everything looks just right — chic modernist home, successful husband, adorable child, hipster wardrobe. So why is she going out of her gourd with ennui? Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
The latest installment in the story of escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) picks up where The Chronicles of Riddick left off — on a sun-baked planet with Riddick battling aliens and bounty hunting mercenaries for a chance at surviving. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints After his pregnant wife makes one false move during a bloody shootout, a bank robber faces a 25-year sentence that destroys his dreams of a family life. At SIE FilmCenter. — Landmark Theatres
Austenland Thirty-something, single Jane Hayes (Keri Russell, Waitress) is a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her unhealthy obsession with all things Jane Austen. Desperately seeking her own Mr. Darcy, Jane sinks her life savings into a trip to England to stay at an Austen theme manor ruled by Mrs. Wattlesbrook (Jane Seymour) where everything is Austen, including the actors who court the lady visitors with decorous dalliance. Rated PG-13. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
Blackfish The documentary Blackfish unravels the complexities of our relationship with orca whales, employing the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what exactly went wrong? At Chez Artiste, SIE FilmCenter and Century. — Landmark Theatres
The Bling Ring Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Blue Jasmine After everything in her life falls to pieces, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. Rated PG. At Esquire, Colony Square and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Closed Circuit After a busy London market is decimated by an explosion, only one member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto), who is arrested and jailed. Preparations begin for what promises to be the trial of the century. But there’s a hitch: the government will use classified evidence to prosecute Erdogan — evidence so secret that neither he nor his lawyers can be allowed to see it. Rated R. At Century and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
Despicable Me 2 It’s time for more Minion madness in this animated
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The Spectacular Now sequel. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks and Colony Square.
Drinking Buddies The ever-prolific Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) delivers this seductive romantic comedy, a departure from his previous work. Kate (Olivia Wilde, Tron: Legacy) and Luke (Jake Johnson, Safety Not Guaranteed) are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They’re perfect for each other, except that they’re both in relationships with other people. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
areas. By 2050 this figure is expected to increase to 80 percent. The megacity is both enchanting and scary. But how do we plan these cities in a way that takes human behavior into account? At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now creates a vivid, three-dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
In a World...
Star Trek: Into Darkness/World War Z
Carol, a struggling vocal coach, strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers, only to find herself in direct competition with the industry’s reigning king — her father. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Sci-fi geeks night out. Watch them both and make a full evening of it. At Colony Square.
Elysium
Jobs
In the future, two classes of people exist: the very rich who live a beautiful life on a space station called Elysium, and the very poor who carry on a dreadful existence down on Earth. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
This biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs follows Jobs’ power struggles in Silicon Valley. Rated PG-13. At Century.
Free the Mind
Homemade superheroes return to the screen as Red Mist plots his revenge against Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, who get help from friendly imitators. Rated R. At Century.
Professor Richard J. Davidson, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, took the Dalai Lama’s advice to apply the same rigorous methods he used to study depression and anxiety to the study of compassion and kindness. The results of his studies at Wisconsin’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds are portrayed in this fascinating new documentary. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
From Nothing, Something: A Documentary on The Creative Process From Nothing, Something profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines (including architecture and design) to find the common techniques, habits and neuroses that lead to breakthrough ideas. This is a thoughtful, intimate, often funny look at the creative process — straight from the brains of some of culture’s most unique and accomplished talents. At SIE FilmCenter. — Denver Film Society
Getaway A former racecar driver’s wife is kidnapped. With the help of a hacker, he must return to his driving exploits if his wife is to be saved. Really. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
The Grandmaster Stunning cinematography accompanies this Kung Fu classic by director Wong Kar Wai. Rated PG-13. At Century.
The Human Scale Fifty percent of the world’s population live in urban
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La Camioneta A decommissioned American school bus crosses the continent to be re-made into a brightly-colored “camioneta,” Guatemala’s most common form of public transportation. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been killed for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local gangs. La Camioneta follows one such bus on its transformative journey. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Lee Daniels’ The Butler Forest Whitaker stars as a White House butler whose 34-year tenure sees incredible social change. Based on the life of Eugene Allen. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
Monsters University This prequel to Monsters, Inc. follows Mike and Sulley through their scare training. Rated G. At Colony Square and Century.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones A teen girl discovers she’s the descendant of a line of half-human, half-angel warriors who prevent demons from destroying the world. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square, Century and Twin Peaks.
One Direction: This is Us This is one of those films that takes you on the road with the band so you get to see them as real people
Terraferma On a seemingly idyllic Sicilian island, 20-year-old Filippo, whose father died at sea, lives with his mother Giuletta and his grandfather Ernesto, an old-time fisherman. One day while out fishing the two men encounter a raft of desperate illegal immigrants. Defying the orders of the coast guard, Ernesto obeys the law of the sea and saves a drowning pregnant woman and her son. This creates an agonizing moral dilemma for Filippo and his family that threatens to tear them apart: hide the survivors and endanger their own livelihood, or turn them out as they are legally required to do. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
This is the End Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and James Franco star as themselves at a house party facing the end of the world. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
The Way, Way Back A lonely and awkward yet intelligent teenage boy begins his transition into adulthood. At Colony Square and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
We’re the Millers Everything that can go wrong does in this comedy when a small-time pot dealer to the soccer mom world decides to help out some local kids. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
The World’s End A pub crawl aiming for a long-awaited pint at the World’s End pub draws a group of middle-aged friends into a battle to save the world. Rated R. At Century.
You’re Next A family trying to make it through another reunion becomes the target of a massacre. Rated R. At Twin Peaks. Also playing at the SIE FilmCenter: I Declare War, The Lifeguard, My Playground, Passion, Prince Avalanche, Utopia London, Whensday.
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The Pine Dwellers
Friday September 6th • 6-8pm
Jesse Aural Elixer
Saturday September 7th • 8-10pm
Jeremy Mohney
Every Monday • 6-8pm (Open Jovan)
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Kort McCumber
Friday September 13th • 6-8pm
Daniel Levine & Lesley Kernochan
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n one of the most insightful, clever comments in a movie surprisingly devoid of insightful, clever comments, backup singer Janice Pendarvis notes, “When you think about the history of pop music and all the memorable hooks that most people sing along with, they’re singing along with us most of the time.” Multiply that one idea by 90 minutes and you have the entirety of 20 Feet from Stardom, a documentary that follows the right subject in the wrong way. Director Morgan Neville’s decision to move his camera lens a few feet to the side of the lead singer was smart. Since the dawn of recorded music, the nameless choirs who provided the spoton harmonizing and amplified scope of the sound have been treated as secondclass singers. Mostly women, specifically women of color, this unofficial sorority is often forced to also serve the part of eye candy, tarting up the stage with sequined shimmying. They are stripped of individuality and identity, grouped together in both outfit and name, and given a place just outside the spotlight to stand. These are fascinating people. So why is the documentary so boring? Neville makes a strange choice to focus on the “rah-rah” cheerleading of music, as though songs needed a champion to defend them against legions of haters who want to squash all things melodic. He raises his subjects, most notably the heavenly piped Darlene Love, as heroes but glosses over the most fascinating elements of their careers. The frustration at a lack of success and willingness to subdue individual desires in order to “serve the greater sound” is prima facie; nobody needs to
see a documentary on backup singers to know that backup singers are, in fact, kept in the back. Neville either failed to lead these talented women into a discussion of the most important issues or felt it didn’t fit the larger narrative he was composing because discussions of race are barely present. That’s right; although many of these singers were most active during the 1960s, a rather notable time for civil rights issues, nobody explores the possible bigotry that kept Love from the limelight. Even the discussions about physical appearance are tame, glancing references to “not having the right look.” The commodification of sex is blatantly dropped. An interviewer points out to a woman claiming she never saw her position as a sexual role that she appeared in Playboy, and then the film just moves along like it never happened. And where are the stories these people must have about the stars they toured with? Surely they had unprecedented access to the lives of these folks. The nature of the relationship between the lead singers and their supporting vocalists is completely absent, save for folks like Sting saying what a great job they do. 20 Feet from Stardom is a nice, easy watch that gets you rooting for the little gals and celebrating music. But it is a bit ironic that the film we could have seen is somewhere to the side of this one, probably no more than 20 feet away. —This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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t the Belcampo Meat so widespread). Over the next six Company in Larkspur, months, Fernald plans to open five Calif., the primary mermore retail outlets throughout chandise is presented almost California. as fetishistically as the “Right now, 80 percent of my target iPhones at an Apple store. Sirloin tip consumers are shopping in mainstream cutlets, whole rabbits, Chateaubriands, channels,” she says. “Our business is and a dozen or so other varieties of raw about making it easier and easier for meat rest on white platters lined with someone to switch from Costco to our brown butcher paper. Lemons and store.” The location of Belcampo’s initial bundles of rosemary serve as understatLarkspur outlet clearly reflects this ed but striking visual sidekicks. The ambition — it’s set in an outdoor intended effect: plenitude, judiciously shopping mall, in close proximity to a curated. Bed, Bath & Beyond. But this progresIn the meat department of the Cuts of beef on display at Belcampo illustrate the butcher shop’s approach to meat. sive ideal does not come cheaply. At average supermarket, by contrast, plasBelcampo’s butcher shop, the tendertic-wrapped packs of econo-beef are loin filet goes for $39 per pound — herded onto crowded shelves, pressed roughly $32 more per pound than what up indiscriminately against giant valueUSDA Choice sirloin steak averages in sacks of boneless chicken. It’s cruel and U.S. supermarkets, according to Bureau unappetizing. But at Belcampo, the of Labor Statistics estimates for April. tenderloin filets have room to roam. For most of the 20th century a juicy In addition to Belcampo’s Larkspur steak represented a more populist ideal. location, which includes a casual resJust as surely as a Cadillac in the drivetaurant along with the meat boutique, way and a pool in the backyard, it the company operates its own farm and embodied increasingly widespread prosperity. It was slaughterhouse about 300 miles to the north, near transparency as it aims to deliver pink prime — a luxury, yes, but it was egalitarian and broadly the Oregon border. There, on rolling grasslands with healthier, kindlier, more sustainable meat. accessible, the fat of the land commoditized for easy, a view of Mt. Shasta, future cutlets and filets grow Respecting the “innate mental and emotional generic purchase in supermarkets everywhere. Beef to certified organic maturity in an environment that characteristics” of the highly sensitive Northern required no great expertise to prepare. It demanded sounds nearly as nurturing as a top-flight preschool. California consumer, Belcampo regularly trucks in no sophisticated connoisseurship to fully appreciate. “We practice low-stress animal handling techits farmers to Larkspur for lunchtime eat-andIt was a meal fit for suburban kings, and for a niques, respecting each species’ innate mental and greets, where they are subjected to intensive but while there our appetite for the stuff was as insatiaemotional characteristics,” Belcampo’s website says. ostensibly humane grilling from ethical carnivores ble as our demand for gasoline and television. In “We pay special attention to each breed’s ability to hungry for a deeper connection to their burgers. thrive in Northern California, creating homes for Such tactics are hardly novel at this point. What 1952, annual beef consumption per capita was 61.2 pounds. By 1975, it had reached 88.5 pounds. In our swine and poultry that allow them to be both distinguishes Belcampo is the seamlessness and comfortable and stimulated.” ambitious reach of its vision. Founder Anya Fernald, 1976 — helped in part, no doubt, by millions of bicentennial barbecues — beef consumption hit its Belcampo, in other words, is a carefully crafted a veteran foodie who has worked as a baker, chef antidote to meat’s image as a highly industrialized and cheesemaker and spent four years at Italy’s Slow highest level ever, at 94.4 pounds. But that was it, peak sirloin. In 2012, we ate foodstuff with no provenance whatsoever, a.k.a. pink Food International, wants to take ethical and susonly 57.3 pounds of beef per person. By 2014, foreslime. It owns and operates every link in its produc- tainable animal husbandry beyond farmers’ markets tion chain and thus can exercise maximum control and community-supported agriculture programs, to see BEEF Page 62 over its processes and ensure customers maximum make it as mainstream as McDonald’s (if not quite
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The Denver Zoo’s Brew at the Zoo, a vet on the beer festival scene, will be held for the 16th time Sept. 13 at the Denver Zoo. The festival, which in the past has sold out annually and draws more than 3,000 people, will feature beers from more than 40 Colorado breweries, food from more than 20 Denver restaurants, live music and dancing. Attendees also will take home a souvenir mug. The beer is served in unlimited 4-ounce samples. Ticket sales will end at 5 p.m. Friday, Steve Weishampel Sept. 6, if tickets last that long. Tickets are $75 for general admission and $100 for preview tickets, which allow guests to enter at 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.
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Sanitas Brewing Company, Boulder’s newest brewery, will hold its grand opening at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6. The brewery, located at 3550 Frontier Ave. Unit A, Boulder — just south of Pearl Parkway and west of Foothills — was founded by three experienced brewers, Michael Memsic, Chris Eat for your elders Coyne and Zach Nichols. Thirteen restaurants in On tap at Sanitas for its Boulder County will donate Sanitas Brewing Company’s four staff opening are a black IPA a percentage of their reve- members chat with an employee from Boulder Beer Company (seated). and a saison, Sanitas’ two nue Sunday, Sept. 8, to flagship beers; an imperial brown ale; a white Boulder County CareConnect for National IPA; and Train Beer #1. Train beer, Sanitas brewGrandparents Day. The nonprofit helps seniors ers say, will be a low-alcohol series that will be in need live “safely and independently,” a drastically marked down — $2.50 per draft — press release says. for 15 minutes after a train passes by the The participating restaurants include The Sanitas taproom. Train Beer #1 resembles an Blue Parrot in Louisville; both Murphy’s locaEnglish dark mild ale. tions, Twisted Pine Brewing, Bacaro, PastaVino, Sanitas will be open Saturdays and Sundays Casa Alvarez and Lindsay’s Boulder Deli in 12-10 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays 3-10 Boulder; The Dickens Tavern, Leenie’s Southern
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Throughout September, Frasca Food and Wine will hold wine dinners every Monday night, focusing each week on wines from different regions. While the Sept. 2 dinner presented domestic wines, upcoming dinners are a tour around Italy. Sept. 9 will see an all-red flight from Caparzo, a winery in tiny Montalcino in Tuscany, while Sept. 16 will feature red wines from Valpolicella near Verona. The following week is wines from Botromagno in southern Italy, and Sept. 30 sees German wines from a variety of vineyards. Each wine dinner is presented by an insider in the wine industry, and is accompanied by cuisine from chefs Lachlan MackinnonPatterson and Samuel McCandless. The fourcourse dinners are $50 per person. More information and reservations are available by calling Frasca at 303-442-6966.
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A group of University Hill businesses will hold a back-to-school event called Passport to the Hill from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6. The event invites students to explore the businesses near the CU campus, and will include a DJ set, yoga, dancers and musicians, according to an email from Bonnie Dahl, owner of The Fitter and YoYo’s Frozen Yogurt Bar. Nearly 40 businesses are participating. The list includes dozens of restaurants, like Half Fast Subs, Café Aion, Rush Bowls and Boss Lady Pizza, as well as Boulder Vapor House, 7-Eleven, Albums on the Hill and others. Participants can present passports at the stores, get stamps and enter to win more than $1,000 in prizes, she says. More information is available on the Passport to the Hill Facebook event page. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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cuisine review Parting shot: My favorite restaurants by Clay Fong Susan France
Editor’s note: This is Clay Fong’s last restaurant review for Boulder Weekly. s I began writing this final piece for Boulder Weekly, I considered a number of potential opening sentences. My first thought, best delivered in a Nixonian tone, was “You won’t have Fong to kick around anymore.” Alternatively, I thought I’d borrow from Blade Runner’s climactic death scene: “I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” But being neither a disgraced politician or a replicant, I’ll simply say I’ve decided to move on after a highly enjoyable tenure at the Weekly. I’ve been lucky enough to occupy this space for seven years, nearly a year longer than World War II, or almost twice as long as a replicant’s lifespan. Given these Matthew Perez of Pizzeria Locale in Boulder measures, it’s time for someone else to try their hand at one of Boulder’s most fun writing gigs. ing when dining out: I’ll leave you with a semi-answer to a question I’m Cured — Will and Coral Frischkorn’s gourmet often asked, which is, “What is your favorite restaushop dishes out some of the finest sandwiches around, rant in Boulder?” That’s always been a tough one to as well as fine cheese and charcuterie that you just answer, because depending on the circumstances, one can’t find anywhere else. My current addiction is their eatery might be the just the huckleberry one particular jamon Iberico de bellota, the priciest and most prized night. Yet given my sometimes fickle mood, that same of cured hams. Cut by a knife instead of with a slicer, proscuitto’s Spanish cousin makes a fine snack with spot might not even show up on the radar the next Manchego cheese. 1825B Pearl Street, Boulder. 720day. But after giving it some thought, there are five 389-8096. places that stand out for me. Curiously enough, two Pizzeria Locale — Fine dining titan Frasca’s more of them aren’t, technically speaking, restaurants, and inexpensive sibling, this Naples-style pizzeria delivers two are outside Boulder city limits. These are, in no high-quality preparations and top-shelf service at an particular order, the places I find myself consistently affordable price. I always recommend Locale to out-ofreturning to and are most in line with what I’m seektown visitors. The mouth-watering pies include the
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Campagnola, perfect for a cool evening and featuring San Marzano tomato sauce, anchovy, olives and capers. The budino butterscotch pudding is my favorite dessert in town. 1730 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-442-3003. Niwot Market — To simply categorize the Steele family’s venue as a grocery store misses the point. Yes, it is the rare independent operation in a chain-dominated world, but Chef Justin’s summer Friday night dinners (the last one of the season is Sept. 6) is as much a meal as a community celebration. Reasonably priced, a single menu might include perfectly prepared roast beef, bouillabaisse freighted with salmon, mussels, shrimp and hearty coq au vin. 7980 Niwot Road, Niwot. 303-652-0919. Oak at Fourteenth — This relaxed fine dining spot is my main recommendation for special occasions and business lunches when you actually care about the outcome. Their wood oven-roasted Rocky Junior chicken, consistently moist and flavorful, reminds you of just how satisfying poultry can be in the right hands. The grass-fed burger is another favorite, and the kale and apple salad is a first-rate meatless selection. 1400 Pearl Street, Boulder. 303-444-3622. Sushi Kaiten — While it may be the only spot in Colorado to feature conveyor-belt-style sushi, the real attraction is Chef John’s impeccable preparations of sushi and sashimi. His spicy salmon hand roll and house-smoked salmon may represent the highest and best use of this fish. This is also the place for sparkling fresh exemplars of such rare delicacies as sea urchin roe and monkfish liver. 2055 Ken Pratt Boulevard, Suite A, Longmont. 303-485-9848. Happy dining all! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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casters suggest, we’re likely to be down to 53 pounds. What happened? In part, beef consumption is driven by beef supply, and for various reasons supply went down. Today, beef industry pundits attribute slumping sales to higher production costs, growing exports and drought, among other factors. But consumer preferences clearly shifted as well. In 1976, obesity rates were starting their rapid ascent, but we were also beginning to pay considerable attention to our cholesterol counts. Cheaper alternatives such as chicken and pork claimed a larger share of the market. Add E. coli outbreaks, mad cow disease, and a growing awareness over the ethical ramifications and environmental consequences of factory farming and eventually the industry faced a massive marketing challenge. In the heyday of the American steak, innovations in production and distribution drove the beef industry. It developed ways to grow cattle faster and increase meat yields per animal. It streamlined supply chains by shifting slaughterhouse operations from urban centers to rural locations nearer to feedlots. Most of the branding the industry did, however, involved a redhot iron. At precisely the same time Americans started losing their appetite for beef, they started expressing an interest in connoisseurship, novelty, authenticity, exclusivity. A nation raised on iceberg lettuce and Budweiser acquired a taste for arugula and Carneros District Cabernets. Beef desperately needed a new story, and yet for the most part, beef stayed beef: abundant, uniform, a stubborn holdover from an era when TVs had a dozen channels and potato chips came in one flavor. In recent years, the four packers that dominate the industry have attempted to create more proprietary marketing for their products, especially for Angus beef, the one breed that has achieved what might be called varietal status. In general, though, beef has yet to shake its mass-market past. That’s a bit surprising, because in many ways beef should be the ultimate artisanal heritage product. It’s rustic. It’s bound in leather. Bearded people are frequently involved in its production. And yet instead of embracing ways to make cow meat more exclusive and tasteful, the beef industry mostly wants to keep it cheap and plentiful.
“We can’t let beef turn into lobster,” Ed Greiman, president of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, lamented to the Des Moines Register in February. Enter Belcampo. “The style of production that I’m committed to, from an ethical and environmental perspective, is definitely the most expensive style of production out there,” Fernald says. “But doing the right thing for the animals also yields a higher taste quality.” This is a point of contention. The grain-based finishing diets that cattle eat in feedlots is what gives today’s beef its marbled texture and tender juiciness, and this, many traditionalists insist, is what consumers want (even as they buy less and less beef ). In contrast, pastured, grass-fed beef is sometimes described as gamey. “We’ve been taught to think of meat as the tofu of the land,” Fernald counters. “It’s a flavorless substrate for satay sauce or teriyaki marinade. The only beef we eat straight up is steak, and even it’s got butter on it, or steak sauce. At Belcampo, we’re trying to get people to rediscover the flavor of meat. Our beef is very flavor-forward.” Not so long ago, the beer coolers of America’s liquor stores were filled with little more than a handful of bland, homogenous brands. The same was true of the bread aisles in grocery stores. Then brewers and bakers began making declarations similar to Fernald’s. Beer could be more flavorful. Bread could be healthier and more complex. Over time, as America’s consumers developed easier and more widespread access to IPAs and sprouted whole grain breads, they embraced these options. Their expectations grew. Today’s most demanding shoppers don’t just want tasty food. They want tasteful food. Jam that’s so beautiful it’s worthy of an Instagram close-up. Politically enlightened pickles. Statement broccoli that serves as a medium for self-expression as well as sustenance. Belcampo charges more for its beef (in some cases, a lot more). But it also expands consumer options in new and intriguing ways. If you’re in the mood for a burger topped with environmental sustainability and ethical slaughter, there is now a place at the mall where you can have it your way. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Greg Beato is a contributing editor at Reason magazine. This story first appeared in the July 30 issue of Reason. Boulder Weekly
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’all better enjoy your stout. paperwork and the chemistry. Times, I mean, I knew I wasn’t temperatures and amounts are all in the best shape. I’m basirecorded on a log, down to the tenth of cally built like Animal from a degree. Our stout’s boil is an opportuthe Muppets, with the nity for multitasking, as Henry grabs strength of Animal from the Muppets, small samples from the fermentation my weird, fuzzy arms flopping about tanks — everything from wheat to IPA wildly. to imperial porter. Hydrometers tell us So I knew volunteering for a day in the beers’ gravity. A hemocytometer Twisted Pine’s brew- Henry Jager ery production line would be difficult, and to tell the truth, ultimately there was less manual labor than I expected. But I was still bad at it. Lifting bags of malted grain to dump it into the mill at the start of the process, not so bad, especially since Twisted Pine’s mill motor drowned out The author stirs the stout mash in the mash tun. my feeble groans. But a few minutes in, I trade places with TP Lead Brewer Henry Jager and start tells Henry about the health of his mashing the, well, mash while Henry yeast. Other chemistry equipment does dumps in malt a floor above me. That’s other magical chemistry stuff. And, when it gets tough. Imagine stirring most importantly, brewers take tastes of hot, filthy black water while it fills up a a nearly ready batch of wheat to check for off-flavors. massive vat. You’re using an oversize I don’t mean to be dismissive. Henry garden hoe. Now, change nothing about explains each step of the process carethat image, and you’ve got it. fully, in between giving me samples of But I asked for this. I figured after hop smells (turns out I’m a Simcoe fan) eight months of covering local craft and cleaning up after us. beer, I should try doing it myself. So I As he flies around, I get a break for drew deep on all of my zero experience lunch in the TP taproom, where I join with brewing, even homebrewing, and the brewers of the morning shift, Kay asked Twisted Pine if I could come in Witkiewicz and Nico Daiss-Fechner, for a day to work for free. Shockingly, watching a soccer game. Unwisely, I they said yes. TP’s press guy, Justin Tilotta, comes have a beer, which combined with my earlier exertion means I want to lay my by while my Animal arms are in full head on the bar. Henry’s getting no flail. “Bit of a workout, huh?” he says. more help from me. My grimace increases. “I worked in a mine before this,” Fortunately, manual labor really isn’t Nico tells me. “This is harder.” a big part of the job. Henry and I Amen. switch off on the stirring and malt-addThe stout I assisted with will eventuing right at the start, then we can relax ally become Twisted Pine’s Big Shot our muscles and start working our brains. While the water meets the malt, Espresso Stout and its seasonal, the then while it boils, Henry and I become Rhesus Peanut Butter Stout. Both should be ready in roughly two weeks. chemists. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com That’s the big surprise, to me: the Boulder Weekly
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When he was 35, a rival religious group imprisoned him for his mildly heretical “No regrets? Really?” asks ideas. He spent the next author Richard Power. nine months in a 10-foot“I have regrets. They are by-6-foot jail cell, where Go to RealAstrology.com to check out sacred to me. They inform he was starved, beaten Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO my character. They bear and tortured. It was there HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE witness to my evolution. that he composed his most HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes Glimpses of lost love and renowned poem, “Spiritual treasure are held inside of are also available by phone at 1-877Canticle.” Does that prothem; like small beauti873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. vide you with any inspiful creatures suspended in ration, Libra? I’ll make a amber.” I think you can wild guess and speculate see where this horoscope that maybe you’re in a is going, Aries. I’m going tough situation yourself right now. It’s not even 1 percent to suggest you do what Powers advises: “Do not avoid your as tough as St. John’s, though. If he could squeeze some regrets. Embrace them. Listen to their stories. Hold them to brilliance out of his predicament, you can, too. your heart when you want to remember the price you paid to become who you truly are.” (Find more by Richard Power SCORPIO here: tinyurl.com/RichardPower.)
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Urbandictionary.com says that the newly coined word “orgasnom” is what you call the ecstatic feelings you have as you eat especially delectable food. It’s derived, of course, from the word “orgasm.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are in an excellent position to have a number of orgasmic-like breakthroughs in the coming week. Orgasnoms are certainly among them, but also orgasaurals, orgasights, and orgasversations — in other words, deep thrills resulting from blissful sounds, rapturous visions, and exciting conversations. I won’t be surprised if you also experience several other kinds of beautiful delirium.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
If you were about to run in a long-distance race, you wouldn’t eat a dozen doughnuts. Right? If you were planning to leave your native land and spend a year living in Ethiopia, you wouldn’t immerse yourself in learning how to speak Chinese in the month before you departed. Right? In that spirit, I hope you’ll be smart about the preparations you make in the coming weeks. This will be a time to prime yourself for the adventures in self-expression that will bloom in late September and the month of October. What is it you want to create at that time? What would you like to show the world about yourself?
CANCER
June 21-July 22:
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. It’s the foundation of the most politically powerful nation on the planet. And yet when it originally went into effect in 1789, it was only 4,543 words long — about three times the length of this horoscope column. The Bill of Rights, enacted in 1791, added a mere 462 words. By contrast, India’s Constitution is 117,000 words, more than 20 times longer. If you create a new master plan for yourself in the coming months, Cancerian — as I hope you will — a compact version like America’s will be exactly right. You need diamond-like lucidity, not sprawling guesswork.
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July 23-Aug. 22:
There are two scientific terms for tickling. “Knismesis” refers to a soft, feathery touch that may be mildly pleasurable. It can be used to display adoring tenderness. The heavier, deeper kind of tickling is called “gargalesis.” If playfully applied to sensitive parts of the anatomy, it can provoke fun and laughter. Given the current planetary alignments, Leo, I conclude that both of these will be rich metaphors for you in the coming days. I suggest that you be extra alert for opportunities to symbolically tickle and be tickled. (P.S. Here’s a useful allegory: If you do the knismesis thing beneath the snout of a great white shark, you can hypnotize it.)
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Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
In his “Song of the Open Road,” Walt Whitman wrote some lyrics that I hope will provide you with just the right spark. Even if you’re not embarking on a literal journey along a big wide highway, my guess is that you are at least going to do the metaphorical equivalent. “Henceforth I ask not good fortune — I myself am good fortune,” said Uncle Walt. “Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing. Strong and content, I travel the open road.”
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The American naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) traveled widely and wrote 23 books. “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,” he testified, “all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” Let’s make that longing for abundance serve as your rallying cry during the next two weeks, Scorpio. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a cosmic mandate to push to the limits — and sometimes beyond — as you satisfy your quest to be, see and do everything you love to be, see and do.
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
Punk icon Henry Rollins did an interview with Marilyn Manson, rock and roll’s master of the grotesque. It’s on YouTube. The comments section beneath the video are rife with spite and bile directed toward Manson, driving one fan to defend her hero. “I love Marilyn Manson so much that I could puke rainbows,” she testified. I think you will need to tap into that kind of love in the coming days, Sagittarius: fierce, intense and devotional, and yet also playful, funny and exhilarating. You don’t necessarily have to puke rainbows, however. Maybe you could merely spit them.
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If you want to know a secret, I talk less crazy to you Capricorns than I do to the other signs. I tone down my wild-eyed, goddess-drunk shape-shifting a bit. I rarely exhort you to don an animal costume and dance with the fairy folk in the woods, and I think the last time I suggested that you fall in love with an alien, angel or deity was … never. So what’s my problem? Don’t you feel taboo urges and illicit impulses now and then? Isn’t it true that like everyone else, you periodically need to slip away from your habitual grooves and tamper with the conventional wisdom? Of course you do. Which is why I hereby repeal my excessive caution. Get out there, Capricorn, and be as uninhibited as you dare.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
Germany’s Ostwall Museum displayed a conceptual installation by the artist Martin Kippenberger. Valued at $1.1 million, it was called “When It Starts Dripping from the Ceiling.” Part of it was composed of a rubber tub that was painted to appear as if it had once held dirty rainwater. One night while the museum was closed, a new janitor came in to tidy up the premises. While performing her tasks, she scrubbed the rubber tub until it was “clean,” thereby damaging the art. Let this be a cautionary tale, Aquarius. It’s important for you to appreciate and learn from the messy stuff in your life — even admire its artistry — and not just assume it all needs to be scoured and disinfected.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
In her novel White Oleander, Janet Fitch suggests that beauty is something to be used, “like a hammer or a key.” That’s your assignment, Pisces. Find practical ways to make your beauty work for you. For example, invoke it to help you win friends and influence people. Put it into action to drum up new opportunities and hunt down provocative invitations. And don’t tell me you possess insufficient beauty to accomplish these things. I guarantee you that you have more than enough. To understand why I’m so sure, you may have to shed some ugly definitions of beauty you’ve unconsciously absorbed from our warped culture.
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Mystical poet St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) was one of Spain’s greatest writers. But not all of his work came easily.
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nyone who reads this column was American banking system if they otherwise comprobably surprised last Thursday when ply with the law. the headline blared that “the feds are Since no other legal business I know of has to dithering” at the very time the Justice operate this way, it’s hard to imagine how difficult Department was announcing the first it is to run a cash business in 2013 — especially significant changes in its cannabis policies in 40 when the state says your company is legal and the years. That’s the reality of covering a volatile, federal government says it’s not. Did you know shifting-sand subject like cannabis in a weekly that cannabis businesses aren’t even allowed to column — you can easily look like a fool! have bank accounts? How do they pay employees As everybody knows by now, Attorney General and rent, buy supplies, deal with emergencies or Eric Holder told the governors of Colorado and pay taxes? The city of Boulder collected $700,000 Washington that, under certain conditions, the in taxes from medical marijuana businesses last Justice Department would not interfere with regyear — all of it in cash. ulation of cannabis businesses. As long as they Besides not making a cannabis businessperson “operate within state laws and or employee a constant target for don’t violate other federal law thieves and criminals, this would allow enforcement priorities,” banks, which had otherwise been hesiJustice will consider the maritant to make loans or even allow pot juana industries in those companies a checking account, to work states legal, as laid out in a with cannabis businesses like they do memo, “Guidance Regarding with anyone else, which in itself could Marijuana Enforcement.” change the business atmosphere draThose conditions involve matically. both businesses — being a The memo begs a larger question, cover for a criminal organizathough, one that Justice hints at in the tion or diversion of product memo. “Congress has determined that out-of-state — and the state marijuana is an illegal drug and that the governments — enforcing illegal distribution and sale of marijuana drugged driving laws, preventis a serious crime that provides a signifiing distribution to minors and cant source of revenue to large-scale U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder cannabis cultivation or use on criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels.” public lands — and they still In effect, Justice, which administers laws, leave Justice nominally in is saying that until Congress brings fedcharge, with the legal ability to step in if it sees fit. eral laws into compliance with state ones, it will have This is a major change of position, and in line an increasingly difficult time enforcing cannabis with Holder’s recent memo about prison sentencunder several different sets of laws. ing, which suggested greater leniency for smallColorado lawmakers already get this point time criminals, many of them marijuana users or more than most. Rep. Jared Polis, who has already their suppliers. But these are all things that, with introduced legislation to move cannabis out of the certain exceptions, Justice has not interfered with Justice Department and into Agriculture, where it in states that allow medical marijuana. belongs, and allow bank access to cannabis busiMore important, from a business perspective, nesses, told The Denver Post, “We still need to is Holder’s suggestion that Justice is “actively conchange the law ... so it’s not at the whim of the sidering” giving cannabis businesses access to the attorney general.”
Rep. Ed Perlmutter is introducing HR 2652, which would allow banks, credit unions and lenders to provide banking services to cannabis businesses. Rep. Diane DeGette has promised to promote legislation that would require the federal government to respect states’ laws. Holder’s actions should at least arouse the curiosity of other lawmakers, many of whom represent states that have already allowed medical cannabis or have noticed that a growing majority of their constituents see the drug war as a failure, to at least reexamine the discrepancies between federal and state cannabis regulation and the problems they perpetuate. This is generally a non-partisan issue — Libertarians and some Republicans already support at least decriminalization — but whether Congress has the will to take it up is debatable. Locally, Boulder County DA Stan Garnett said that he’s glad the federal government is allowing states to implement their voter-approved policies. But many national law enforcement organizations and anti-drug lobbying groups have already lined up against Justice the way they usually do. None of them will accept responsibility for their own failures in the drug war, but they make the usual pronouncements about how legalization will lead to widespread drug abuse among children and the general breakdown of society. There is little evidence to back up their claims, but on one point, the law enforcement groups are absolutely correct: “The failure of the federal government to act in this matter is an open invitation to other states to legalize marijuana in defiance of federal law,” they warn. You know, that’s the beauty of our system. Almost half the states have already defied federal law in this regard, and many more will be adding ballot proposals for decriminalization and/or legalization in 2014 and 2016. Some of those will pass, too. And that’s why Congress needs to step in and change federal law — and soon. Send tips, suggestions and criticisms to weed@ boulderweekly.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com.
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