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There’s a lot to be said for family. 

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you were never gone. You can discover 

that heredity is a pretty amazing 

force—finding out the family 

members you weren’t even raised 

with have the same favorite foods 

and some of the same pet peeves. 

I concluded my last trip home 

to Alabama with the burial of my 

biological father, Wendell Siniard. 

He was a self-made man, leaving 

school in the third grade, never really 

learning to read or write. He was 

a successful electrician for many 

years and also owned and ran a restaurant 

on occasion. The last restaurant 

he was associated with was the 

B&B Crossroads in rural Madison 

County, Alabama. He inherited the 

place from a friend; and the restaurant 

was frequented by people from 

all walks of life. Computer technicians, 

cotton gin employees, field 

workers, farmers, retirees, and so 

many more all enjoyed the home 

cooking of the B&B. 

At the B&B, you could always 

find grits, greens, fried catfish 

(locally caught), biscuits, cornbread, 

gravy; and if you were lucky, you 

could pick the day when there was 

slow-cooked pulled pork. Fall apart, 

smoky, sweet and delicious are all 

faint descriptions of the fabulous 

food made daily. 

The food, however, came second 

to the familiar feeling you had walking 

in the door. Someone would 

greet you with ‘dear’ or ‘darlin,’ 

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At the services, I could not tell you 

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees 

Add ¼ cup bacon grease to cast 

iron skillet (preferably well-seasoned, 

maybe 30 years old?); place 

skillet in oven to preheat, as well 

(skillet and oil must be hot enough 

to sizzle when the batter is poured 

in). 

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1 cup corn meal 

1 cup flour 

2 eggs 

Enough buttermilk to make a 

loose batter 

Carefully remove the hot skillet 

from the oven, and pour batter into 

hot pan… BE CAREFUL! 

Bake for approximately 20 minutes 

until golden brown— and delicious. 

The bread should easily slide out 

of the pan, or you can flip it over 

onto a plate. Enjoy this with gravy, 

beans, chili, etc…. The next morning, 

when it is a little hard, pour 

milk over it and enjoy another 

Southern favorite. 

Please take the time to enjoy the 

family (biological or chosen), while 

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Well, it appears that spring is trying 

to show its pretty face. However, 

today it’s in the 30’s. So don’t put 

your jackets away just yet. 

The Source family would like to 

extend our condolences to one of 

our writers, Trace Hillman, for his 

recent loss of his father. I know that 

Trace had to take some time off to go 

to Alabama to attend to family business. 

We here at The Source wish 

him and his family the best during 

these difficult times. 

On a lighter note, has anyone had 

the chance to go check out a new 

business that opened up in Grand 

Junction—Tepanyaki Japanese Steak 

House & Sushi Bar? Recently, we 

took our crew out to celebrate my 

friend’s birthday. The last time I 

was at a place like this was in Las 

Vegas at Benihana last March. That 

particular night, I sat at a table right 

next to Craig Hall, the publisher of 

the Business Times—what are the 

odds? I wish I could hit those kind 

of odds on a slot machine. 

At any rate, this place has taken 

over the space we knew for years as 

Starvin’ Arvin’s. They have done a 

full remodel and brought in all the 

necessary hoods to vent out the 

wonderful smells that come from 

cooking all the fresh food right in 

front of you. I’d say this a perfect 

place to celebrate a special occasion. 

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Recycle, reflect, rejoice in the richness. 

you have to know the art of cooking 

in front of your customers, you 

also have to know how to be part 

comedian. I think the big surprise 

of the evening was when he starting 

slinging small bits of shrimp at each 

guest—hoping guests could catch 

the food in their mouth. I had a good 

run—I was three for three on the 

shrimp toss part of the night. 

The owners of Tepanyaki are from 

Utah, where they own several other 

restaurants similar to this one. I 

applaud them for coming to Grand 

Junction and taking the risk in opening 

up their restaurant. 

These days, anyone who jumps 

in with a new business model has 

to have a lot of guts. It’s something 

new and different for Grand 

Junction, so plan a special night with 

your friends and family, and go try 

to catch some shrimp in your mouth! 

You’ll have a blast. 

This issue is packed with some 

great music interviews. I’ve been 

lucky enough to work with Troy 

Rarick, founder of Over the Edge 

Sports Bike Shop in Fruita. For 

years, I’ve been booking live music 

for his yearly festival—The Fat Tire 

Festival, this year celebrating its 18th 

anniversary. 

This year, we have four bands. 

There are three local bands: 

JACK+JILL, The Shift, and Jeremy 

Arthur. From Denver, we’ve got 

Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts. The 

music is FREE, so come to Fruita 

for some killer good times and live 

music. 

The festival runs April 

25-29. People might not know this 

about the festival, but it brings in 

people from all over the United 

States and several other countries 

around the world. The festival is in 

its 18th year, and I commend Troy 

and his friends for accidently creating 

a mountain-biking Mecca for the 

world to come and enjoy. Mountainbiking 

tourism brings millions of 

dollars to the Grand Valley. Troy 

deserves a lot of credit for making 

this happen over the last two 

decades. He’s managed to spin this 

success into a worldwide company. 

Troy Rarick 

Fat Tire Festival Host 

He now has Over the Edge stores in 

Utah, Arizona—and Australia. His 

story is one of true entrepreneurship. 

Not only does Fruita benefit 

from the influx of mountain bikers 

from around the globe, but the 

entire Grand Valley benefits from 

these out-of-town dollars being 

spent here. 

Troy, good on ya, mate! 

Jeffrey Inks - Publisher 

Community Corner... 

US Bank Fine Art Auction 

at the Art Center 

Friday, May 3 is the US Bank Fine 

Art Auction at the Art Center, 1803 

N. Seventh, Grand Junction. The 

reception, preview and silent auction 

begin at 5pm that day, with the 

live fine art auction beginning at 

7pm. The Art Center will be open 

extended hours to preview live 

auction items Thursday, May 2, 

9am-8pm. This auction is the most 

important fundraising event of the 

Art Center’s year. Proceeds support 

art education and exhibition 

programming. Tickets are available 

at 243-7337 x2 or at the Art Center. 

For information online, visit gjartcenter.org. 

Botanical Gardens announces 

New Hours 

The Western CO Botanical 

Gardens, 641 Struthers, Grand 

Junction, will be open 10am-5pm 

Tuesday through Sunday, through 

the end of the year. They are closed 

Mondays. Everyone is invited to an 

early Earth Day/Arbor Day open 

house celebration at the Gardens 

Sunday, April 14. A new feature 

this year is Botanical Bucks Day, the 

first Friday of every month, when 

admission will be $1. The Gardens 

had discontinued its free day. For 

more information, call 245-3288. 

KAFM Radio Room presents 

Andy Hackbarth Band 

April 26 at 7:30pm, the KAFM 

Radio Room hosts the Andy 

Hackbarth Band. An awardwinning 

singer and songwriter, 

Hackbarth injects technique and 

energy of classical and Spanish guitar 

into upbeat, folk and indie pop 

songs. His fourth full-length album 

is slated for spring release. Tickets 

are $15 and may be purchased by 

calling 241-8801 x223 or online at 

kafmradio.org. The Radio Room is 

located at 1310 Ute Avenue. Doors 

open at 7pm. 

Community Cinema screens 

The Island President 

Community Cinema, a national 

documentary screening series 

sponsored locally by Chevron and 

Independent Television Service 

(ITVS), presents a screening of The 

Island President at Colorado Mesa 

University, Room 111 of Academic 

Classroom Bldg., on Wednesday, 

April 17 at 7pm—there is a reception 

at 6:30pm. Admission is free. This 

is a new location for the 2012-2013 

Community Cinema Season. The 

Academic Classroom Bldg. is located 

near the intersection of Elm and 

Cannell Avenues, with plenty of free 

parking. 

The movie: President Mohamed 

Nasheed of the Maldives is a man 

with a bigger problem than any 

other world leader has ever faced— 

the literal survival of his country 

and everyone in it. After bringing 

democracy to the Maldives, he must 

now ensure that his tiny country 

doesn’t disappear under rising sea 

levels. That means capturing the 

attention of global superpowers, 

forging alliances, persuading the 

skeptical, and learning the ropes of 

international political horse-trading. 

Despite the size of his country 

and his political challenges at home, 

Mohamed Nasheed has become 

one of the leading international 

voices for urgent action on climate 

change. 

Filmmaker John Shenk is an 

award-winning documentary 

filmmaker, cinematographer, 

and a founder of Actual Films 

in San Francisco. He co-directed 

Afghanistan: Hell of a Nation 

for PBS’s Wide Angle series, and is 

currently producing New Heroes, 

a series for PBS about social entrepreneurs. 

He also has produced 

documentaries for the George 

Lucas Educational Foundation’s 

series Teaching in the Digital Age. 

Red Rock Relay rocks Moab! 

The Red Rock Relay has been 

bringing runners to Moab UT for 

three years for the 70-mile relay race 

in May. The race begins at dawn, 

and members of each six-person 

team take turns running “legs” of 

the race until they have covered the 

stunning 70-mile loop through the 

La Sal Mountains. Each leg averages 

five miles, and each runner does 

two legs, for a total of about ten 

miles. Many runners use this shorter 

relay race as a way to work toward 

the Red Rock Relay’s Zion race 

in September, in which 12-person 

teams run 187 miles. The Zion race 

was just named by Forbes Travel 

Magazine as “One of the Nation’s 

Top Five Relays to Travel For.” For 

all Red Rock Relay races, teams 

travel in decorated team vans as 

they follow and support their runners, 

and onlookers are likely to see 

a variety of costumes donned. 

Local volunteer support is needed 

and very much appreciated. 

Volunteers will receive a Red Rock 

Relay shirt and the opportunity to 

cheer on runners at this event. For 

more information about the Red 

Rock Relay visit redrockrelay.com. 

Individuals interested in volunteering 

should email info@redrockrelay. 

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– An improving economic outlook 

with business and consumer 

confidence on the rise is expected 

to boost business travel in 2013, 

leading the Global Business Travel 

Association to upgrade its forecast 

for the year. Stronger corporate 

profits, increasing job development 

and improvements in key export 

markets are fueling business travel 

spending after a sluggish fourth 

quarter that was dampened by 

political uncertainty because of 

the “fiscal cliff” debate. 

According to the GBTA BTI 

Outlook – United States 2013 Q1, 

a report from the Global Business 

Travel Association sponsored by 

Visa, Inc., U.S. business travel 

is now expected to rise 5.1% in 

2013 to $268.5 billion, which is an 

upgrade from the 4.6% growth 

to $266.7 billion that GBTA predicted 

last quarter and a substantial 

increase from 1.8% growth in 

2012. 

• GBTA’s forecast upgrade 

will be driven in part by stronger 

growth in group spending, which 

is now expected to increase 6.0% 

to $115.9 billion, up from 5.2% 

growth forecast in Q4. 

• GBTA’s outlook for trip volume 

remains essentially the same 

as last quarter—a slight decline 

of -1.1% to 431.7 million persontrips. 

“Business confidence is up, and 

the need to compete in the global 

economy is driving companies to 

invest in business travel,” said 

Michael W. McCormick, GBTA 

executive director and COO. 

“Despite continued political uncertainty 

in the U.S. and around the 

world, businesses are beginning 

to break out of their holding pattern 

and seek growth more aggressively. 

While there are still many 

factors that could hamper the 

economy again, from the impact 

of sequestration to rising energy 

prices, business travel spending 

is heading in the right direction 

so far in 2013.” 

“As corporate and consumer 

spending confidence rises, the 

business travel forecast in the 

United States is starting to brighten,” 

said Tad Fordyce, head of 

global commercial solutions at 

Visa Inc. “While the report shows 

the trip volume among business 

travelers will remain steady, we 

remain optimistic that stronger 

spending will help 2013 business 

travel exceed its pre-recession 

high.” 

Stock Performance Bodes Well 

The report uncovered a strong 

correlation between stock prices 

and business travel spending, 

revealing that stock prices historically 

lead trip volume by 1-2 

quarters. With the market hitting 

record highs in Q1, business 

travel should be poised to pick up 

additional momentum throughout 

the second half of 2013. This is a 

good sign, indicating what GBTA 

believes will be an improving 

environment for business spending 

and hiring. 

Notably, job development is 

now on the rise in industries that 

tend to require more business 

travel, such as business services, 

finance, and utilities. This is a 

marked shift from late last year 

when job creation favored less 

travel-prone sectors like retail and 

restaurants. 

Source: The Team from The 

GBTA Foundation, April 9, 2013 

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already have at least snow peas, 

lettuce and radishes on the table. 

And the truly dedicated have 

been planning their gardens since 

January, when the mail-order seed 

catalogs came in. 

I’m not a dedicated gardener, 

but I do love seed catalogs. Ah, the 

long, cold winter nights I cozied up 

with provocative pictures of “sweet 

sugar” pumpkins, “butter-crunch” 

lettuce, “tender sweet” carrots, fat 

“sugar” peas, “honey,” “cream” 

and “white sugar” corn… In March, 

although I hadn’t ordered anything, 

I’d gained three pounds and had to 

have two cavities filled. 

I’m fascinated by the idea of gardening, 

that’s for sure. Planning 

and planting exercise some ancient 

instinct within me to bond with the 

fertile land, to bear witness to the 

life force of other beings—animal, 

vegetable and mineral. I respond to 

the urge to be fruitful (and veggiefull). 

Beginning the gardening cycle, 

I’m exuberant, disciplined, half out 

of my mind with nervous energy. 

After a time, say, ten minutes, of cultivating, 

reality sallies up a row and 

points out a blister on my palm— 

right next to the toothpick-sized 

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sliver I got from the hoe handle. 

And it dawns on me that the very 

real grunt-work of gardening is not 

nearly as titillating as the idea. 

For those who don’t wimp out, 

the rewards can be legion. When 

the garden starts bearing, one is able 

for weeks on end to pack pounds of 

produce (and tons of zucchini) into 

the larder… where it will promptly 

spoil unless you eat it gluttonously 

or preserve it prudently. 

My sister-in-law Gracie’s garden 

produces so prolifically that 

she’s kept sweating long into the 

sweet summer nights preserving 

nature’s bounty, or, as I’ve heard her 

say, “canning my butt off.” By late 

summer, her hands are never dry. 

She’d require skin grafts to bring 

them back to a point one might call 

“chapped.” 

Years ago, the last time I ventured 

whole-hog into gardening, it was 

to escape dealing with our home 

computer. It was new, then, and I 

was green. The yard was beginning 

to green. I would key and compose, 

but the computer steadfastly refused 

to save my work! It frustrated me 

so that I frequently fled outdoors, 

grabbed the long-handled pruners 

and sought sanctuary among the 

budding bushes and shrubs. 

That spring I pruned until my 

biceps and triceps bulged. From the 

thorn-riddled vintage roses, I cut 

every cane I was able. A decadesold 

lilac suffered death by whittling, 

and I set at least one spirea 

bush back several springs. It wasn’t 

pretty, and I’m not proud of it, but 

it made me philosophical. 

My philosophy became, “Let 

Uncle Wilder do it.” 

Our uncle, Wilder Wooley, gardens, 

and we help weed, water and 

harvest (especially harvest). For 

Uncle Wilder, abundance seems to 

be a burden and nurturing plants a 

chore. Still, he persists—out of some 

sense of duty, I suppose, or some 

inborn inability to be idle. 

Gardening seems to have made 

Uncle Wilder philosophical, too. 

You gardeners will be disposed to 

appreciate some of his hard-won 

truths: 

1. In gardening, birdies, bunnies 

and sweet, secretive deer are 

The Enemy. 

2. Deceptively inanimate rocks 

have a perverse and inscrutable life 

cycle. Remove them from the garden 

and pile them out of the way. 

Over time, they disappear into the 

ground and resurface in the garden 

again. 

3. Wilder Wooley’s Immutable 

Zucchini Law: Raise three zucchini 

plants. One seed by itself will not 

come up. If you plant two, one 

won’t come up, and the other will 

be sickly. If you plant three, they 

will all sprout, flourish and bounteously 

produce. By late August, 

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-- Build your own electronic gear. All of 

the gizmos and gadgets of modern life are 

incredibly marked up. Did you know that 

an iPad only costs $1.47 to manufacture? 

Did you also know that you can easily build 

an iPad at home using torn strips of cloth, 

dried macaroni noodles, a can of gold spray 

paint and a hot glue gun? Or, if a hot glue 

gun doesn’t work for your budget, you can 

use white glue or even a homemade flourand-water 

paste. Assemble all the items in 

the most obvious way, glue them together, 

and you’ll be downloading apps in no time! 

If you don’t want to pay for apps—and who 

does?—you can make your own using any 

leftover materials. Easy! 

-- Grow your own food. You can probably 

find a book on how to do this. 

-- Contact lens technology has come a long 

way since I was a lad, but not so far that I can’t 

crank out a set quickly and easily with some 

We’ve seen 

quite a shift 

in the Grand 

Junction housing market over the past 

few months. This shift came upon us 

quite quickly and quietly. We went from 

what was primarily a buyer’s market to 

a seller’s market almost overnight. 

You may be asking what constitutes 

a buyer’s market versus a seller’s market. 

A buyer’s market is when there are 

six or more months of inventory, and a 

seller’s market is when inventory is four 

or less months. When we are at five to six 

months of inventory, we are in a balanced 

market. Months of inventory, refers to the 

amount of homes that are currently for 

sale. In a seller’s market, if no one else 

puts a property up for sale, we would 

sell out of homes on the market within 

a four-month period or less; while, in 

a buyer’s market, we would sell out of 

what we have in seven or more months. 

Real Estate 

By Barry Smith 

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scissors and a piece of plastic wrap. (HINT: 

Choose used plastic wrap for even greater 

savings!) Though the result can take some 

getting used to, it’s a far better vision correction 

solution than trying to perform your 

own Lasik surgery. In next week’s column, 

we’ll discuss how to make your own saline 

solution using only water, salt, Tabasco and 

chicken broth. 

-- Do your own home and auto repairs. 

Things break down, that’s a given, but shelling 

out money to the so-called experts is such 

a scam. Fix your own car engine, using a hose 

and a couple of wrenches. An old inner-tube 

will fix a leaking roof in no time. A stick of 

gum will fix an old inner-tube. And so on. 

Experts, schmexperts. 

-- Become a hobo. Hobos are trending at 

the moment, so it’s a perfect time to jump 

on both the bandwagon and the boxcar. In 

the old days, becoming a hobo required a 

very low initial investment; however, now 

that the big-name designers have seen the 

potential, a contemporary hobo setup (stick, 

bandana, gloves with fingers cut out, comically 

oversized shoes, etc…) will run you 

about $12,000. You could go for a cheaper 

Target or JC Penny “discount hobo” look, 

but the other hobos will know you’re not 

the real deal, and they’ll judge. Nothing 

stings worse than the scorn of hobos. Best 

to spend the coin up front and do this right. 

-- Make your own entertainment. Dump your 

cable and Internet service, and entertain your 

family as people used to do in the old days, 

sitting around the fire in the living room 

and singing songs and telling stories of how 

you’re starting to regret making your own 

fireplace using leftover tires. 

-- Steal things that you would ordinarily 

buy. You can save hundreds, thousands, or 

even tens of thousands of dollars using this 

method, depending upon, you know, the 

cost of the stuff you steal. There are some 

moral, and, in some cases, legal complications 

to address; but, if you’re serious about 

saving money, this is the most directly effective 

method. You can even sell some of the 

things that you’ve stolen, thereby not only 

saving money, but also making money! Wow. 

This really is the perfect financial solution. 

This item should have been much higher up 

in the list. 

By Andrea Haitz, Broker Associate and Team Lead of Diva Team at 

Keller Williams Colorado West Realty, LLC 

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Essentially it’s supply and demand. 

One reason the market shifted from 

a buyer’s market to the seller’s market 

is that the majority of the bank-owned 

properties in our area have been sold. It 

still appears that there will be a trickling 

of foreclosure properties to be sold over 

the next year or two. Because the majority 

of the bank-owned homes has moved 

through our market, we are now dealing 

with a market of homeowners who still 

have equity in their homes, or homeowners 

who need to do a short sale. 

With low-interest rates and the Grand 

Junction area market price being at the 

bottom with no more decline, it’s really 

the perfect marriage of a time to buy and 

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A few weeks 

ago, I sat at the 

movie theater 

waiting to go 

into a popular movie. It must have 

been worth waiting for because I 

remember the line was very long; 

luckily, most of it was behind us. As 

I sat for that half hour, I read all the 

movie posters on the wall across the 

aisle, and one of them was for the 

new Hunger Games movie that will 

come out in the fall. The movies are 

based on books written by Suzanne 

Collins, and if, at this point, you’ve 

never heard of Hunger Games, I feel 

sorry for you and will just say it’s 

time to tune back into popular society 

just a tad. Years ago, I remember 

my dad asking me if the Star 

Wars movies had anything to do 

with President Reagan’s Strategic 

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d Valley. 

Defense Initiative. You are about on 

that level of social awareness. 

As I read the Hunger Games 

poster, it had a tag line that said 

“sometimes it only takes a spark to 

ignite a revolution.” Having read 

only the first of the series of books, 

I would have to assume that the 

heroine, Katniss, will somehow be 

the spark that ignites a revolution 

against the tyrants in Capitol City 

who hold the rest of the districts 

under their evil thumb. 

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Suddenly, it struck me as completely 

ironic that the population 

of the United States would make 

these movies as popular as the first 

one was. How many of the people 

who saw the movie had just voted 

for a man who ran a campaign on 

what his administration would 

give them if they elected him and 

allowed him to 

continue to usurp 

their rights? They 

are engrossed in a 

movie about fighting 

a government 

that has become 

so big that it can 

demand their firstborn 

be offered up 

to die for the pleasure 

of the television audience, and 

they are voting for a political ideal 

that moves our country closer to 

that point than it has ever been in 

history. They have just seen their 

real right to choose their own doctor 

start becoming a decision made 

in Capitol City, but they’ll root for 

Katniss in the movie as she thwarts 

Capitol City’s effort to make her kill 

her buddy from the district. 

Rush Limbaugh coined a phrase 

recently to describe people who can 

say they are against the direction 

the country is moving but still support 

President Obama as he moves 

it in that direction. Rush called them 

“low-information voters;” evidently 

they are the people going to see The 

Hunger Games to root against the 

fictitious Capitol City while voting 

for and supporting the real life version 

of Capitol City. 

These “low-information voters” 

come in all ages and stripes, the 

younger ones supporting vague 

ideals they really can’t express if 

you ask them directly, but many 

adamantly defending the party 

they belong to as “not as mean as 

those other guys.” The older group 

of “LIVs” are mainly an uninformed 

group of aging hippies and complete 

communists who would gladly 

trade their drab lives for the purple 

hair and painted lips of the Capitoldwellers 

in the movie. I can pictures 

those faces, painted like Effie 

Trinket, smiling as they watch the 

video screens of the Hunger Games 

competition as youngsters from the 

other districts fight to the death—all 

the time making up a population 

so smug it thinks it has the all the 

answers when, in fact, they have 

never understood why the man 

who owns a company makes more 

than an employee who has worked 

for him a month. They are unable 

to understand how that employee 

can like his job and look at it as 

an opportunity, rather than being 

insulted he can’t start at the top. 

Watching Facebook posts, I see 

these older LIVs try to dominate 

the conversation. If someone posts 

a picture of their God Obama with 

facts they don’t like, they immediately 

go on the attack, posting page 

after page of drivel that they think 

defends their God and viciously 

attacking and trying to belittle anyone 

who dares to disagree with any 

of their posts. The distorted facts 

they post mainly come from sites 

sponsored by like-minded LIVs 

who also pray to that same God, 

but the recent election shows that, 

indeed, the sheep are being herded 

in the direction desired by those 

herders. 

Each day, we see the Capitol City 

residents with their dyed hair and 

painted lips take more and more 

of our rights, our money through 

increasing taxes, and our respect for 

our country. And each day we hear 

more rumblings of the oncoming 

storm. The only question remaining 

is, what will be that spark mentioned 

in the Hunger Games poster 

that ignites a revolution? 

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Education, civic participation, 

leadership, and cultural awareness 

among Latinos. We have 

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that adds to the spice that is Latin 

Anglo Alliance. We do put on 

the Cinco de Mayo celebration 

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where we work very diligently 

to offer Scholarships to well deserving 

Latino students from 

Mesa County. 

2. How can a person get involved? 

We have many modes of getting 

involved from paid memberships 

that are among the lowest 

I have seen. Of course we value 

our volunteers, whom may assist 

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fund-raising events to helping 

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On my way 

out of Phoenix, 

I didn’t stop for 

breakfast, but I 

did stop for gas at the truck stop 

at South 35 th Avenue and Buckeye, 

where I bought a big can of Arizona 

green tea and a Milky Way candy 

bar. 

It was the first time in my life that 

I felt—and actually was—homeless. 

Two thundering bolts struck within 

a single week. 

The tea and candy bar disappeared 

unnoticed, offering no distraction, 

nourishment or healing. 

I pointed the car toward Berkeley, 

and the car found the desert that lies 

between Phoenix and LA on I-10. I 

kept telling myself, “you’re in no 

condition to drive,” but the dutiful 

car had its mind made up. 

In Indio, California, the car 

pulled into Burger King. I ordered 

a Whopper and onion rings. When 

my mind is functioning well, I know 

better than to order greasy onion 

rings from Burger King. 

A woman in a van asked me to 

follow her to the nearest gas station 

“just in case,” and the car understood 

and obeyed. The woman’s 

genuine smile and “thank you” 

were vaguely nourishing. 

I choked back the food and drove 

on toward LA. Near Palm Springs, 

I found myself in a surreal world 

of twirling pinwheels, thousands 

of them in every direction, fields of 

power-generating windmills. It was 

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distraction from my scattered emotions. 

I planned to stop in LA for the 

night and to dine at a café on Santa 

Monica Pier, where years before I’d 

had one of the best meals of my life. 

I also planned to walk the beach to 

see if the Pacific offered words of 

solace. I even thought of stopping 

to see my friends—our friends— 

Mandy and Larry. But how could 

I explain my condition to them? I 

would be an unwelcome burden. 

As the huge sprawling city 

unfolded before me, I couldn’t find 

the strength to persuade the car to 

find the Santa Monica Pier. It told 

me that I had to sleep in Berkeley. 

It said that I would do well to see 

the face of someone I love as I love 

myself. 

The car found I-5 and continued 

racing toward Berkeley, a robot 

ambulance bearing a patient with 

critical emotional lacerations. The 

patient himself feverishly plotted the 

course and calculated the hours and 

miles that lay between whereverwe-were 

and Berkeley. The neutral 

mathematical calculations diverted 

my focus to simple, uncomplicated 

regions of my mind. 

At nine, the car found a pay 

phone. I submitted to the car’s 

entreaty and called some people 

I love. After the brief telephone 

exchanges, I found a cup of coffee 

with cream and sugar and returned 

to the road, to the kindly authority 

of the car. 

The coffee and the loving telephone 

exchanges turned my 

thoughts to God, to guilt, to hope, 

to salvation. But I also began to suffer 

delusions. Twisted, psychotic 

ideas entered my mind, offering 

false comfort. 

But by now the real comfort that 

was in Berkeley was only two hours 

away. I felt so much better that I 

began to imagine that this weird 

state was actually what I would call 

“feeling good” in ordinary times. 

It was only a mirage, but a mirage 

that reminded me that life, even at 

worst, has its moments. Life has its 

moments. 

I found rest and healing in 

Berkeley. The severe lacerations 

stopped bleeding and scabbed over, 

though the condition of the patient 

remained fragile. 

I spent one morning alone on the 

Berkeley pier, a lovely warm, sunny 

late-summer morning. Beautiful 

San Francisco stood across the calm 

water, as playful seabirds and fishermen 

dipped into the bay for food. 

I found nourishment in the beauty 

around me. I consumed the scene 

piggishly, trying to hoard enough 

to last during the hard weeks and 

months ahead. 

On my last day in Berkeley, my 

son—our son—and I took BART 

to the Market Street station and a 

trolley to Fisherman’s Wharf. We 

found a small, homey café on the 

bay where I ordered grilled sole and 

Chardonnay. 

The conversation was warm and 

healing, as was the meal and the efficient, 

handsome twenty-something 

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thoughts of the frightening nowhere 

that I would drive toward in the 

morning. I voraciously consumed 

the food and the company, naively 

believing that it might be nourishment 

enough to last during the hard 

weeks and months ahead. 

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Hobbies: 

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Family: Yes, Wife (Jill) and 2 kids, 

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Favorite Restaurant: 

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Goals: I want to continue to make 

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performing regional and national 

tours with JACK+JILL, and continue 

teaching and recording at our home 

studio—ATOM+EVE studios. 

When did your band start hitting 

the road and playing outside 

Colorado? 

A couple of years ago, we started 

branching out from Colorado, 

performing on a festival circuit in AZ 

and UT. Through doing these initial 

stints, we realized how important it 

was to be more involved on a wider 

scale. Since then, we have played all 

over the West, hitting CA, MT, UT, 

ID, AZ, WY, and, of course, CO. 

When did JACK + JILL form? 

About 2008, Jess and I formed 

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and soon realized we needed to add 

new members. Though the lineup 

has changed over the years, we are 

proud to be performing with B on 

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I heard members of your band have 

performed at Carnegie Hall in New 

York City; can you elaborate? 

Yes, it was an amazing evening. 

Jess and I were enrolled at the 

University (at that time, it was still 

Mesa State College) and performed 

a couple of tours to the NE with the 

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direction of Dr. Monte Adkinson, 

we performed in many large and 

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unforgettable evening, to say the 

least. 

Where do you see your band two 

years from now? 

I still see us plugging away 

and penetrating deeper into the 

nation, making more and more 

contacts on the way to the “top.” 

JACK+JILL is, at the core, a family 

band. We are here to stay. We don’t 

have deadlines, and there’s no 

middleman. We are as independent 

as they come—DIY, baby! There’s a 

formula we’ve adopted that works 

well for us. The most important part 

is always to keep it real and keep it 

fun. There’s no room for big heads 

and egos here. 

With your wife in the band, how 

does that dynamic work with the 

other members? 

That’s a loaded question—do 

you think she will read this? I kid, 

I kid... She is the highlight of the 

music, the highlight of the shows. 

We have found a goldmine in her, 

truthfully; she is one of the most 

talented musicians I’ve ever worked 

with. If it weren’t for her, we would 

be just a bunch of dudes up there 

on stage. 

What bands have influenced your 

music? 

Personally, I’m a huge fan of 

the 90’s—SoundGarden, Alice in 

Chains, STP, Pearl Jam—all were big 

influences. Big music, big emotion... 

stuff that is still being copied and 

emulated by today’s artists. It 

was probably the last generation 

of genuine “found artists.” These 

were true garage bands that had 

that special something that caught 

the eyes of talent buyers and agents. 

Other big influences include Fiona 

Apple, The Cure, Tori Amos, NIN, 

and Willie Nelson. ...Yes, Willie is 

the man. 

Do you think the music scene in 

Grand Junction is thriving or dying 

these days? 

It’s definitely bigger now than 

ever before, however, it seems 

to wane and wax with the times. 

There’s a whole lot of great bands 

here in Junction, and they are also 

starting to branch out 

regionally. We are a 

band that loves local 

and regional talent, 

and we support all the 

bands we encounter. 

We love performing 

with other acts, putting 

together shows and 

watching the scene 

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we have put out since 

“Brightest Star in the 

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and all that it is, we are making 

the themed album one to be 

remembered and to stand the test 

of time. Lots of “folky” overtones, 

and great vocal harmonies are key 

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April 

Thru 12 Apr-CMU Juried Student 

Art Show, Art Center, 1803 N. 

Seventh. Reception 5 Apr, 7-9pm. 

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Thru 12 Apr-BFA Studio Art 

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1-30 Apr-Thunder Mountain 

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3, 10, 17, 24 Apr -Wacky 

Wednesdays, 9-11am, Bookcliff 

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4, 11, 18, 25 Apr-Senior Center 

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7 and 21 Apr-Senior Dance with 

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11 Apr-“All that Jazz,” mini-concert 

w/ singer & speaker Sharon 

Turner of Rifle CO, 12:15pm, 

Clarion Inn, I-70 & Horizon 

Drive. $14 inclusive, complimentary 

onsite childcare. Reservations: 

257-7468. Grand Junction Christian 

Women’s Network. 

11-14 Apr-Palisade Art Lovers 

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12 Apr-Lit & Lattes Book Club 

discusses Nothing Daunted 

by Dorothy Wickenden, 10am, 

Barnes & Noble, 2451 Patterson. 

243-5113. 

12 Apr-NOOK Club: HD & HD+, 

2-4pm or 6-8pm, Barnes & Noble, 

2451 Patterson. 243-5113 (sign-up 

required). 

12 Apr-Schumann Singers’ Spring 

Concert “Devotions & Delights,” 

7:30pm, United Methodist Church, 

522 White. 242-0034. Tickets Roper 

Music, GJSO 243-6787. 

12 Apr-Goodman Band, 9-close, 

Triple Tree Tavern. No cover. 

12-13 Apr-Palisade Int’l 

Honeybee Festival. Friday: Blue 

Pig Gallery hosts bee-themed show, 

Are you 

man 

enough? 

demos, mead (honey wine) tasting. 

Saturday: Bee dancers, Spelling 

Bee, speakers, winery tours, art 

demos, Q&A panel for bee keepers. 

Vendors-downtown Palisade. 

Free shuttles. 

12-13 Apr-Festival for Creative 

pianists, CMU Moss Arts Center 

Recital Hall, 7:30pm. Young pianists 

compete. 248-1604. 

12-21 Apr-Dragon Unchained 

Renaissance & Pirate Fantasy Faire, 

312 29 Road (by Colorado River off 

29 Road). Two weekends Friday, 

Saturday and Sunday fun; free, 

10am-6pm daily. 901-4128. 

12-13 Apr-Colorado Mesa 

University Rodeo, 6pm, 

Fairgrounds, 2785 Hwy 50. Free; 

evening performances require tickets: 

$5 advance, $10 at gate. Tickets: 

260-3851. Info: 255-7100. 

13 Apr-Educator Reception, 

9am-1pm, Barnes & Noble, 2451 

Patterson. 243-5113. 

13 Apr-April Fools 5K Run/ 

Walk, Connected Lakes. Run, walk, 

waddle—and dress like a fool! 216- 

9627. 

13 Apr-Viva el Vino, wine-tasting, 

Two Rivers Convention Center, 

159 Main. 623-9400. 

13 Apr-Goodman Band, 9:30pm- 

12:30am, Rockslide. No cover. 

13 Apr-Lunar, Jupiter & Orion 

Visual Observing & Photography, 

dusk, CO National Monument. 

Western CO Astronomy Club. 

858-3617. 

13 Apr-Walk from Obesity 5K, 

Eagle Rim Park, 2746 Cheyenne 

Drive, Orchard Mesa. 298-6401. 

13-14 Apr-AKC Agility Dog 

Show, Fairgrounds, 2785 Hwy. 50. 

255-7100. 

13-14 Apr-Rumble at 18 Road, 

cross-country and short-track 

cross-country mountain bike race, 

Fruita. Nationals Qualifier for USA 

Cycling events! Call 970-712-2012 

for more info. 

16 Apr-One Flew Over the 

Cuckoo’s Nest, 7:15pm, Avalon 

Theater, 645 Main. Enjoy Tuesday 

dinner at any downtown restaurant 

and bring your receipt to Avalon 

for two free admissions to the movies, 

otherwise $5. 

17 Apr-Landscaping w/ 

Lavender & General Garden 

Design, Brown Bag Lunch Class, 

noon-1pm, Western CO Botanical 

Gardens Library, 655 Struthers. $5; 

registration encouraged: 254-3866; 

drop-ins welcome, too! More info: 

245-3288. 

17 Apr-Mystery Book Club discusses 

A Most Peculiar Malaysian 

Murder by Shamini Flint, 7pm, 

Barnes & Noble, 2451 Patterson. 

243-5113. 

17-20 Apr-The Glass Menagerie, 

concluding CMU’s Theatre season, 

7:30pm, Moss Arts Center Robinson 

Theater. $20 adults, $15 seniors, $6 

students. 248-1604. 

18 Apr-Lincoln Park Open Track 

Meet, 5:30pm, Twelfth & North 

Avenue. All ages welcome! 254- 

3866. 

18 Apr-BeaconFest Senior 

Fair, 9am-3pm, free, Two Rivers 

Convention Center, 159 Main. 243- 

8829. 

19 Apr-NOOK Club: Simple 

Touch and 1st Edition, 2-4pm 

or 6-8pm, Barnes & Noble, 2451 

Patterson. 243-5113 (sign-up 

required). 

19 Apr-Girls Scouts’ 3rd Annual 

Cocktails & Cookies Creations, 

5:30-8:30pm, 2087 Broadway. $50: 

628-8003. 


Black Nugget, Carbondale. 

19-20 Apr-9Health Fair, Intellitec 

Entertainment Calendar 

College, 772 Horizon Drive. Info: 

9healthfair.org, 245-8101. 

19 Apr-Telluride Mountain Film 

on Tour, 7pm, Mesa Theater, 538 

Main. $8/$5 student ID; free kids 

12 and under. Fundraiser for CMU 

Outdoor Program. 250-9682. 

20 Apr-Wildflowers Hike, 

McInnis Canyons Naational 

Conservation Area, off Kingsview 

Road, Fruita, 9-11am. RSVP 

required: 263-7902. 

20 Apr-Two River Sams Chapter 

Good Sam RV Club, noon. For 

location, call 523-5625, 270-0471. 

20 Apr-“Show, don’t tell—How 

do they do That? Writing workshop 

w/author Jan Weeks, free, 9:30am- 

12:30pm, Business Incubator, 2591 

Legacy Way, GJ (behind Orchard 

Mesa Cemetery where old AEC/ 

DOE compound was). Sponsored 

by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. 

Weeks: 970-255-6679. 

20 Apr-CMU Maverick Classic 

Downtown Criterium. 

20 Apr-MOG (Manufacturers 

of outdoor Gear) Festival & 

COPMOBA Bike & Gear Swap, 

8am-2pm, Rockslide parking lot, 

Fourth & Colorado. $5 admission to 

Festival. $15 swap flat fee; buy/sell 

bikes, gear, apparel. Fundraisers 

for COPMOBA and Mesa County 

Search & Rescue. 250-9682. 

20 Apr-CMU Maverick Classic 

Cycling Weekend, including events 

across the Grand Valley. Info: coloradomesa.edu/maverickclassic. 

20 Apr-Southwest Arborfest, 

Lincoln Park, includes chili and 

salsa competitions, touch-a-truck, 

great food, family fun! 254-3866. 

20 Apr-Patterson Cup Challenge 

Golf Tournament, fundraiser for 

Project Hope of CO for “The 

Prom,” providing the physically 

and mentally handicapped a 

chance to enjoy the night of their 

dreams, fully funded by donations, 

Adobe Creek Golf Course, 876 18.5 

Road, Fruita. 270-0809. 

20 Apr-Drag Racing Points Race 

#1, Western CO Dragway, 115 32 

Road. 243-9022. 

20 Apr-CO West Paint Horse 

Club Show, 8am, Fairgrounds 

Covered Arena, 2785 Hwy. 50. 

255-7100. 

21 Apr-4H Club Horse Show, 

8am, Fairgrounds Covered Arena, 

Free, 2785 Hwy. 50, Orchard Mesa. 

255-7100. 

21 Apr-”The Power of 

Community,” 2:30pm, Unitarian 

Universalist Congregation of the 

Grand Valley, 1425 N. Fifth St. 

(at First Congregational Church). 

When Soviet Union collapsed in 

the 1990’s, Cuba lost its big oil 

source and suffered devastation 

to its transportation, agriculture 

and electrical power. This film tells 

the remarkable transformation the 

entire country went through in 

becoming “green.” Admission is 

free, short discussion follows movie. 

Info: Joel Prudhomme, 628-4699 

or visit online uucgv.org. 

23 Apr-Classics: Te Deum, GJ 

Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, 

GJHS Auditorium. 243-6787. 

23 Apr-No Country for Old 

Men, 7:15pm, Avalon Theater, 645 

Main. Enjoy Tuesday dinner at any 

downtown restaurant and bring 

your receipt to Avalon for two free 

admissions to the movies, otherwise 

$5. 

23 Apr-Thunder Mountain 

Camera Club meeting, fourth 

Tuesday of month, 7pm, NEW 

LOCATION, Larchwood Inns, 2845 

N. 15th . 260-7488. 

24 Apr-Administrative 

Professionals Day, 11am-4pm, Taste 

of Heaven Catering, 2817 North 

Avenue. Info: Pam Eastridge, CAP, 

210-2513 or 242-5205. 

24-28 Apr-Western Slope Reining 

Horse Assn. Show, Fairgrounds, 

2785 Hwy. 50. 255-7011. 

25 Apr-“Doctored,” 7pm, Avalon 

Theater, 645 Main Street, downtown 

Grand Junction. Los Angeles 

Times calls the movie “an involving, 

well-crafted, humane look at 

a topic that stands to affect us all.” 

Find out more online at facebook. 

com/doctoredthemovie or doctoredthemovie.com. 

Tickets $5 at 

Back to Health Wellness Center, 755 

North Avenue, Ste. B, 257-9199. 

25-28 Apr-Fruita’s 18th 

Annual New Belgium Brewing 

Company Fat Tire Festival. 

Fruitamountainbike.com. 

26-27 Apr-Western Slope Coin 

Club’s 10th semi-annual Coin 

Show, Lincoln Park Barn. Hours 

Friday: 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am- 

5pm. 30 coin dealers w/50 tables 

of gold, silver, collectible coins 

and paper money, selling, buying, 

appraising. Hourly door prizes and 

silent auctions. 241-1770. 

26 Apr-Friday Hikes, 9am- 

3pm, Devils Canyon Road, Fruita. 

Register: 254-3866. Must be 18 or 

over. 

26 Apr-CMU Faculty Brass 

Quintet, 7:30pm, Moss Center 

Recital Hall. $10 adults, $8 seniors, 

$5 students. 248-1604. 

26-27 Apr-CMU Dance Program’s 

spring concert, 7:30pm both nights 

and 2pm Apr 27. $12 adults, $8 

seniors, $6 students. 248-1604. 


Brush Creek Saloon, Eagle. 

27 Apr-Met Opera Live on Screen, 

Regal Canyon View Theaters. Call 

for times: 248-3558. 

27 Apr-Goodman Band, 8pmmidnight, 

Triple Tree Tavern. No 

cover. 

28 Apr-“Family Palooza” with 

MANY activities for families, 

including storytelling, puppets, 

magic, face painting, cookie decorating, 

music, small zoo animals, 

much more, 11am-4pm, Clarion 

Inn. $5/individual; $10/ family. 

30 Apr-Mesa County Historical 

Society board meeting, noon, 

conference room, Museum of the 

West, Fifth & Ute. Membership: 

931-2802. 

30 Apr-Cinema Paradiso, 7:15pm, 

Avalon Theater, 645 Main. Enjoy 

Tuesday dinner at any downtown 

restaurant and bring your receipt 

to Avalon for two free admissions 

to the movies, otherwise $5. 

May 

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May-Wacky 

Wednesdays, 9-11am, Bookcliff 

Activity Center, 540 29.25 Rd. Ages 

6 month-5 years. Parents required 

to attend. 254-3866. 

2, 9, 1, 23, 30 May-Senior Center 

Dances, live music, 7:30-10pm, 

Senior Rec Center, 550 Ouray Ave. 

Ages 50+; $2/person. 254-3866. 

1 May-Don Williams Concert, 

7:30pm, Two Rivers Convention 

Center, 159 Main. 

3-4 May-9th Annual 18 Hours 

of Fruita endurance race, running 

from midnight May 3 to 6pm May 

4, Highline Lake State Park, north 

of Loma. Register online active. 

com. Field capped at 100 teams. 

5 May-Rose Hill Rally, 7am, 

Canyon View Park. Familyfriendly 

rides through farm country! 

Benefits St. Mary’s Rose Hill 

Hospitality House. Register day 

of ride or online at stmarygj.org or 

call 242-5940.

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S i n g e r a n d s o n g w r i t e r cream at 2am, growing whiskers, 

Ryan Chrys and his band, Ryan helping old ladies 

Chrys & the Rough Cuts, bring Family: Got some. Mom and 

music to the Fruita Fat Tire Festival brother live in Montana; brother’s 

What is your favorite venue for 

Friday, April 26. Chrys, who also a mountain man. 

performing? Largest gig you’ve ever 

plays in the Demon Funkies, has Favorite Restaurant: New 

played? 

rhythm that will move your body, a Belgium Brewery—great liquid 

Earth is my favorite—everywhere 

voice that will touch your soul and foods. 

else is too hot or cold. On Earth, I like 

songs that will touch your heart. Goals: rock Royal Albert Hall 

Red Rocks—God blessed Colorado 

His songwriting and live performances 

have led him to become Aren’t you an original member of 

with that. Largest gig? Saturn, but 

damn, it was really cold. On Earth 

a Westword Music Showcase the Demon Funkies? What’s the deal 

it was Summerfest in Milwaukee— 

Awards winner, and his is a respected 

name throughout Colorado. the Rough Cuts? 

with your new band Ryan Chrys & 

that was outta control, man. Maybe 

the planet thing wasn’t that funny, 

Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts 

Ryan Chrys plays “country 

the way you like it,” full 

of energy, great melodies and 

harmonies, and lyrics that draw 

you in with stories and characters 

easy to relate to. His music is a 

great example of using the best 

elements of both modern country 

and traditional country to create a 

sound that is very current without 

slipping into cookie-cutter formula. 

It’s this sound that has been generating 

consistent buzz and praise 

about Ryan’s recent recordings and 

performances. 

Ryan is releasing a new album, 

“A Lick and a Promise” this spring. 

He cut the album in Nashville last 

winter at the home of Troy Luketta, 

the drummer of Tesla. The album is 

coated with fiddle, lap steel, banjo, 

dobro, and harmony vocals. Ryan 

calls it “new outlaw.” 

Here is his profile: 

Name: Ryan Chrys 

Age: alive 

Occupation: creation and celebration 

of musication 

Hobbies: stuffing face with ice 

18+ 21+ 

To 

Party 

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PARTY 

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PARTY 

NEVER ENDS... 

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PARTY 

NEVER ENDS... 

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PARTY 

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WHERE THE 

PARTY 

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I am. Not 

sure what happened, I woke up 

one day with a beard and started 

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were really good, and I sang them 

better than anything I’d done. The 

Universe said, “hey, man, you 

should do that.” So I did. I think it 

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Yes, and it’s one of my favorite 

events—great people and good 

clean fun. Goin’ for a bike ride, 

hangin’ out outside with good 

folks, dancin’, chewin’ on a burger 

or a dog, sippin’ on a cold beverage 

and lettin’ the music take you away. 

All that is summed up in one word, 

“Ahhhh!” 

but it was less boring than just saying 

Red Rocks and Summerfest, 

which is true, but even less funny 

than the planet remarks. 

Is the Denver music scene thriving 

these days? 

Like a beehive in the jungle. It’s 

fantastic, everybody says, “Oh, 

there’s this band or that band 

that’s next to break out!” Truth is, 

the scene has never stopped getting 

better, and it’s still getting better. 

It’s harder and more difficult to get 

noticed, and there are more crappy 

bands, too, but better and better 

at the top. 

Who are the top five musicians 

who have influenced you? 

Johnny Cash, Angus Young, my 

mom, my cousin, and, uh, Engelbert 

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are just minutes from the festival headquarters. Events include 

rides, prize drawings, Bike Industry EXPO, Saturday morning 

pancake breakfast, the Clunker Hunt-scavenger hunt, KEEN 

Rippin Chix Clinics, Sombrio Pump Track Pursuit, and live 

bands Friday and Saturday—The Shift start at 3:30pm April 

26, followed by Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts. Saturday April 

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Music runs 3:30-9pm. 

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By Randy Raisch • randy_raisch@yahoo.com 

A Double Helping 

of Rock History—Sound City 

It seems only yesterday that David 

Eric Grohl was known simply 

as “the drummer from Nirvana.” 

These days, though, Grohl has 

pounded his way into rock and 

roll history as one of music’s greatest 

artists. His work with the Foo 

Fighters is legendary, launching 

that band to the top of the modern 

rock scene, and his session work 

with some of music’s biggest acts 

only adds to the impressive resume 

that Grohl’s career represents. 

Being at the top of the heap, 

though, didn’t seem to be enough 

for Grohl. Last year, Dave dropped 

the bombshell that Foo Fighters were 

taking an indefinite hiatus, a move 

that had everyone wondering why. 

The answer to that question came 

for many in the news that Grohl 

was adding yet another notch to 

his already hole-filled belt—film 

documentarian and director. 

His topic of choice was close to his 

heart. Sound City Studios, in Van 

Nuys CA, was where Nirvana recorded 

possibly the greatest album of all 

time - Nevermind - in 1991. When 

Grohl heard that the studio was 

closing in 2011 because of financial 

demise, he jumped on the opportunity 

to tell the story of one of rock 

and roll’s most hallowed grounds 

and the impact it had on the entire 

music industry. 

You see, Sound City was really 

nothing special when it first opened 

in 1969. A dirty, unkempt hole in the 

wall, the studio had a difficult time 

keeping up with the more glamorous 

studios in the Los Angeles area. 

But it did have one thing going for 

it—an undeniable acoustic element 

that made drums “sound” better 

than anywhere else on the planet. 

Through interviews, footage 

and meticulous fact-finding, Grohl 

is able almost seamlessly to piece 

together the 40+ year history of 

the place described as “magical” 

by many of music’s top acts. Sound 

City is responsible for the creation 

of such bands as Fleetwood 

Mac and Tom Petty and the 

Heartbreakers, and the roster of 

talents who have cut records there 

reads like a “who’s who” of rock 

history. Neil Young, Joe Cocker, 

Elton John, the Grateful Dead and 

others all recorded records there 

during the 1970s. 

As with most studios back 

then, Sound City managers had 

trouble keeping the studios booked 

and turning profit. That all changed 

when the owner rolled the dice and 

spent a fortune on a custom-built 

soundboard - a Neve 8028 analog 

mixing console. The move immediately 

vaulted the studio to the top of 

the heap, and bands lined up to lay 

tracks on the 16-track, one-of-a-kind 

technological wonder. Cheap Trick, 

REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Barry 

Manilow, Pat Benetar and countless 

other acts all tracked albums during 

the 80s that have stood the test of 

time even today. Much of that success 

is credited to the great sound 

recorded through the Neve board. 

A good portion of the film 

details the relationship teen-heartthrob 

Rick Springfield had with 

the studio and its staff. Rick was 

taken under-wing by the owner and 

eventually married a receptionist 

there. The sound of the studio didn’t 

make Springfield’s career, but the 

support he received on all levels by 

the caring, nurturing people there 

did. But that’s only a small part of 

the story. 

After Nirvana recorded 

Nevermind, the studio saw a huge 

surge in popularity, as almost everyone 

wanted to record at the nowlegendary 

temple of rock. Rage 

Against The Machine, Tool, The 

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny 

Cash, The Black Crowes and Nine 

Inch Nails are just a small sample of 

the acts that hoped to “catch lightning 

in a bottle” over the last twenty 

years, and the film captures step 

after step of rock greatness. 

Inevitably, however, all good 

things must come to an end; as 

the CD and digital age of music 

approached, the studio struggled 

to maintain clientele. After all, 

who needed a studio with analog 

equipment when there was Pro 

Tools, drum machines and other 

innovations at their disposal? Sure, 

there were the old-school artists 

like Queens of the Stone Age and 

Wolfmother who still loved the raw 

sound of analog recording, but the 

occasional session wasn’t enough to 

pay the bills. The studio closed its 

doors to commercial recordings in 

2012, ending an era of some of the 

greatest music ever recorded. 

For Grohl, the story couldn’t end 

there. In what felt like more of a move 

from the heart than any type of business 

decision, Grohl purchased the 

Neve 8028 from Studio City, moving 

in to his personal recording space. 

While it may have closed the book 

on the studio, it opened the window 

for possibly the best rock album of 

the last ten years. 

You see, Grohl’s intention was to 

breathe new life into the old mixing 

board by recording an album 

on it. This album, however, was 

not going to be just any ol’ record. 

Instead, Grohl wanted to gather 

up everyone he could from Sound 

City’s mile-long roster to do exclusive 

24-hour individual sessions to 

write, jam, and record tracks for the 

film’s companion piece Sound City: 

Real To Reel. Let’s just say they came 

in droves.... 

Sound City: Real To Reel 

It’s been my opinion for years 

that the collaborative effort has been 

all but lost in modern music. Drums 

are tracked in New York, vocals get 

recorded in someone’s bedroom 

closet, and guitar tracks are rushed 

through while some mega-star is 

on vacation overseas. The days 

of the “jam” have basically been 

eliminated by the conveniences of 

technology and the Internet—and 

it has watered down the integrity 

of modern rock and roll. 

Dave Grohl wants to remind us of 

what music is “supposed to” sound 

like, and he does so by raising a profound 

middle finger to the whole 

age of digital. The album teems with 

raw energy and one-take recordings 

of some impressive songs that are as 

much of a trip down memory lane 

as they are a resurgence of some of 

rock’s most formidable acts. 

From the opening track “Heaven 

and All” (featuring members 

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By Frank Moore 

thefrankoshow@yahoo.com 

Music—or Love—is All You Need 

I sat in anticipation, waiting for 

the band to take the stage last March 

23 at the Avalon. Well, okay, it ‘s 

not a full band; actually, it was an 

awesome bluegrass duo featuring 

Sam Bush and the living Bluegrass 

legend Del McCoury. While this 

music genre isn’t my first choice of 

catgories, I was really looking forward 

to a great evening of kicking 

back in the front-row center seats 

I’d scored. 

The opening band, Stray Grass, 

is a local band that has quite a following, 

obvious from the crowd 

response and interactions during 

their set. I thought they really did 

a great job and were spot-on in 

their performance. At one point, 

while they were covering one of 

Sam Bush’s songs, Sam Bush himself 

actually came out on stage and 

joined the band! You could see the 

joy and excitement on their faces— 

here they were, jamming with one 

of their musical heroes! How often 

in life do we get the opportunity to 

join one our heroes in life? I thought 

that was super cool—and you could 

tell that they were having the time 

of their lives. 

When Sam Bush and Del took 

the stage, an acoustic duo, Sam 

on the mandolin and Del sporting 

his guitar, the energy in the theater 

bloomed in anticipation. You 

could feel the love in the room, and 

I knew we were in for a great night 

of music. 

I felt myself drawn towards Del 

McCoury as he played his guitar 

flawlessly; and, even though I was 

enjoying the music, i could not seem 

to pull my eyes away from his face, 

as he had the look of pure joy and 

contentment throughout the evening, 

as if he were truly the happiest 

man in the world being up there 

on stage 

As he played along with Sam, 

stopping between songs to exchange 

stories about their musical careers, 

funny things that had happened to 

them over the years touring, people 

they had met, the smile on Del’s face 

was glowing, and you could tell that 

the man was feeling pure bliss—you 

could see even see it in his eyes. Yes, 

I thought, this man has found pure 

peace. 

Macklemore performs sold-out show April 20 at CMU 

It made me question myself. How 

do I find that?” “Where can I find 

that?” 

I believe people spend their entire 

lives on the never-ending quest, 

seeking what makes them happy, 

searching for something in their 

lives that will give them peace and 

contentment in life.... 

It seems people try to find that 

happiness in many different ways. 

Some people think that true happiness 

comes from finding God and 

immersing themselves in their religion; 

others may think it may be 

having lots of money and everything 

that comes with it—the big 

house, a new fancy, fast sports car 

and fabulous vacations. Some say 

that having a family will bring you 

joy and contentment. 

I personally believe that none of 

the above mentioned is guaranteed 

to bring a person happiness, as. 

Religion is just a false sense of security 

to me; and, although having all 

the money in the world may bring 

you material things and surely make 

you “comfortable” in a sense, I can’t 

see its bringing TRUE peace and 

joy to your heart. It only brings the 

illusion of happiness people seek. 

And, yes, having a family with a 

beautiful wife and lots of children 

may surround you with loved ones, 

but will that ultimately bring you 

the contentment one seeks? 

Many songs have been written on 

this subject of seeking one’s heart’s 

desires of a better life—be it Tracy 

Chapman singing about her “Fast 

Car” and the promise of escape that 

it will bring her or the song from 

the musical Pippin, “Corner of the 

Sky,” written by Stephen Schwartz, 

about a young prince on his search 

for meaning and significance. There 

are songs about finding love, finding 

that one perfect person, such 

as “Someone like You” written 

and performed by Van Morrison. 

It seems the subject matter can be 

found in a million songs out there, 

and I could go on forever referring 

to them. 

So, as we are on our never-ending 

quest in this life to find that true 

sense of belonging, that “one thing” 

that brings us joy in life, try not to 

worry too much, as the silly little 

song that Bobby McFerrin wrote 

tells us, “Don’t worry, Be Happy.” 

And remember that sometimes 

it is the small things in life we need 

to focus on, as there are beauty 

and awesome things all around us, 

although sometimes we get down in 

life and become blinded to it. Maybe 

John Lennon was right when he 

sang, “All you need is love.” 


By Jade Inks 

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will perform a sold-out show April 20 at the CMU Delta Quad. 

Who is Macklemore? They are a duo. Macklemore was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and his 

real name is Ben Haggerty. Macklemore is a musician and rapper; Ryan Lewis is his collaborator and producer. 

You may have heard their hit song “Thrift Shop.” The music video has been viewed on You Tube 

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I choose to... address through my music. And 

not because I’m, like, trying to make records 

about them. It’s just that that’s what’s important 

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terms of expressing what is important to me, 

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By Randy Raisch 

John dies in the End 

As one of the better online 

writers (and now senior editor 

at cracked.com), David Wong (real 

name: Jason Pargin) has been spinning 

his style of comedic horror for 

quite a while. The culmination of 

this was the book, John Dies in the 

End, back in 2007. On first pressing, 

the majority of normal people in 

the world pretty much ignored the 

book, but for those who were openminded 

to the strange, creative style 

of Pargin, a genius was born. It took 

a while for it to catch on (a second 

pressing wasn’t issued until late 

2009), but as word-of-mouth spread, 

more people became aware of what 

is now considered one of the best 

alternative writings of our time. 

Most good books end up being 

made into a movie, and John Dies 

in the End is no exception. Last year, 

film festivals all over the country 

showcased the adaptation, and 

critics, for the most part, seemed 

impressed by the screenings. I 

didn’t get the opportunity to see 

the film on its release, but I have had 

it on my radar for a while, knowing 

that if it was even half as good as the 

book, a cult classic would be born. 

The story unfolds as David 

Wong (played by Chase Williamson) 

sits with reporter Arnie Blondestone 

(Paul Giamatti) and narrates the 

happenings of the last two years in 

hopes of getting his story published. 

And what a story it is! Wong, along 

with his best friend John Cheese, 

encounter a strange, clairvoyant 

Jamaican at a late-night alcoholsoaked 

party. David is skeptical to 

his so-called “magic;” but John, the 

more absent-minded of the two, is 

not only drawn into his mystery, but 

is convinced to inject a black narcotic 

known simply as “soy sauce.” 

At first, the drug appears to be 

simply a hallucinogen, as John 

seems to be having a “bad trip;” 

but after accidentally being pricked 

with the contaminant, David slowly 

begins to realize there are far more 

after effects than he ever could have 

imagined. 

At this point, the film does an 

amazing job taking reality and twisting 

it into something imaginative 

and complex. At first, you question 

whether what you are watching is 

really happening or is a side effect of 

the “sauce;” but soon after, you find 

yourself so drawn in that it doesn’t 

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Band Profile: The Shift 

Name: Shea Bramer and Kellen 

Michael 

Age: 28 / 28 

Occupation: Shea - Singer- 

Songwriter / Kellen - Guitarist, 

Studio Technician, Sound 

Technician. (We own a production 

company called Green Room 

Studios) 

Hobbies: Shea: “Other than 

music? Health and outdoors, 

spending time with my family.” 

Family: 

Our families are and always 

have been incredibly supportive 

of our music and all endeavors 

we’ve accomplished and have yet 

to accomplish. 

es since early teen years. We started 

playing music together at the end of 

2010, and The Shift began playing 

shows in mid-2011. 

How did you come up with the 

name The Shift? 

We wanted something that was 

easy to remember and not necessarily 

associated with anything that 

people could assign a pre-existing 

really matter. The story continues to 

evolve, with every dark laugh and 

visual shock, through a contorted, 

mind-altering world that feels completely 

disjointed, while remaining 

almost perfectly in line. 

Magnet Releasing (who also 

distributed Rubber in 2011—a film 

about a murderous, telekinetic tire) 

continues to push the boundaries 

of modern independent cinema, 

and John Dies... is no exception. 

While I think it fell a little short of 

the book, I found it to be a hilarious 

and occasionally icky story that 

should hit the sweet spot for people 

who like twisted movies and are fed 

up with the Hollywood assembly 

line. 

Rated R - 139 Minutes 

Available April 2 on DVD and 

BluRay 

What challenges do you face 

when trying to keep a band together? 

The hardest thing is to ensure 

that everyone sees the same vision, 

or at least can believe in it. Music is 

something that takes a lot of time 

and energy, and people need to feel 

positive about whatever they are 

pouring themselves into. Every 

time I’ve seen a project fall apart, 

it is because the vision was lost, and 

you can’t expect 4-5 people to work 

that hard for such little compensation 

when they are constantly playing 

tug of war. 

What has been your largest 

crowd you’ve played to? 1,000 

people? Didn’t you recently open 

for America? 

Yes, Sandstone Productions was 

kind enough to offer us an opening 

slot at the ‘America’ show. 

How was that experience? 

It was a very enjoyable and humbling 

experience. You can only play 

so many shows at bars and events 

before you start to burn out. The 

opportunity to play at a theater, in 

an atmosphere where people are 

there FOR the music and hungry for 

it, reminds you of why you started 

doing this in the first place. 

Would you like to start playing 

in other cities around Colorado? 

Absolutely! We all have family, 

here so just hitting the road is not 

exactly an option. However, the 

opportunity to bring our music to 

other cities throughout the state is 

really exciting. 

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Favorite Restaurant: Shea: “My 

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Goals: Shea: “I think it is a common 

goal among our peers to want 

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we create. But most important, to 

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create.” 

How long has The Shift been 

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could associate with something 

positive— and it also represents A 

Shift in the way we were doing 

things, and hopefully the change 

we would bring to the scene. 

Do you play originals when you 

play live? 

We do. Both Kellen and I have 

written original music for many 

years. However, original material 

is a new facet of this project, and 

we will have much more original 

content to bring to the stage very 

soon. 

Do you have a favorite song that 

you play live? 

No. Until recently, the majority 

of our show was cover material. I 

think our answer to this question 

will most likely change as we start 

introducing our own material to 

the world. 

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Trippin’ 

Hong Kong 

Editor’s Note: Our Man in We checked into the Island 

London, Jeffery Taylor, talks about Shangri-La Hotel, a giant, marblecool 

pleasure-palace, and dumped 

life (and traffic) in London after the 

Olympic Games. Jeffery is a widower 

and retired professional dancer on the huge plasma television in 

our bags in our room. We switched 

who now writes feature pieces for a the bathroom just for the hell of it 

large London publication. He met Jeff and looked out across the water to 

and Jade Inks (our publisher and his the mainland through our room’s 

daughter) in Denver on a press junket glass wall. On the forty-third floor, 

in 2011. Thanks, Jeffery, for contributing 

your London view to our Western With my wife Masha, our plastic 

it was a serious vertigo moment. 

Colorado publication! 

freshly charged, we hit the elevator’s 

down button to the Pacific 

Place shopping complex—or in 

other words, Retail Paradise. The 

one thing to remember about shopping 

in Hong Kong: If you put off 

buying until you find it cheaper, 

you’ll need the rest of your life and 

most of eternity. 

Still reeling from our first contact 

with Hong Kong’s staggeringly 

infinite choice, we headed 

straight down to the waterfront 

and Western Market for souvenirs 

for the kids, Sasha, 17, and Max, 13. 

An Edwardian style building now a 

four story emporium similar to the 

gostiny dvors in my hometown of 

Kazan in Russia, you can buy those 

four-feet-tall ancient wooden mandarins 

and horses so fashionable in 

London, but we concentrated on 

take-away felt hats ($HK20/£1.50) 

and gossamer jackets ($HK26/£15). 

Along with other tourists, we 

stopped off early one morning for a 

free wake-up T’ai Chi class with Mr 

Ng. It was raining when we started 

and bright sunshine when we 

finished. We raided Night Market 

on the mainland that produces an 

avalanche of Louis Vuitton, Gucci 

and Cartier (from $HK550/£40), 

ideal for novelty gifts back home, 

and on Nathan Street we picked 

up fabulous local jade jewelry 

($HK26/£15-$HK10,000/£700) 

and miraculous gadgets from £2.00 

($HK30) that Max and I can play 

with for hours. In the same area is 

the utterly fascinating Bird Garden, 

Flower and Goldfish Market. 

Starting at $HK26/£15, songbirds 

in cages are really not on, but think 

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy 

tale, The Nightingale, and cultural 

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days. 

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the world’s longest escalator (more 

white knuckle vertigo moments, 

but worth it) where for £50 

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of the price at somewhere swanky. 

On your last night, sail back to the 

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Kong lit up in the most extravagant 

son et lumiere in the world. 

The whole Hong Kong experience 

had all the magic of Lord of 

the Rings, all around us emerald 

green mountains rising sheer from 

the clear blue ocean, the weather 

misty-damp and warm. 

As principal dancer with 

both Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet and 

the Royal Ballet, I have circumnavigated 

the world a few times, 

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Kong for pure relaxation. You feel 

a long way from home and all 

your troubles—and we can’t wait 

to return. 

Travel Humor 

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He has never been married 

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Band Profile: Jeremy Arthur 

Name: Jeremy Arthur 

Age: 25 

Occupation: ‘Wich Maker 

Hobbies: Frisbee, biking, beer 

drinking. The usual Colorado 

stuff. 

Family: Jeri Menzies, my mom. 

She is great. 

Favorite Restaurant: Texas 

Roadhouse, I love steak. 

Goals: Share my music with the 

world. 

What type of music does your 

band play? 

We think of it as sort of Acoustic 

Folk Rock. We have influences from 

all genres of music, but our roots 

will always be rock and roll, but as 

acoustic as possible, of course. 

Will your performance at the Fat 

Tire Festival be the largest crowd 

you’ve played for? 

We mostly play as a duet; we constantly 

surprise ourselves with how 

much sound we can get with just 

the two of us. Although we have 

been working with Shea Bramer of 

The Shift, as well as a rhythm section, 

individually, yes, it’s the largest 

crowd. As a duet, no. 

How long have you been playing 

music? 

Connor has been on the bass for 

around ten years. I started out playing 

the drums at about ten years 

old; I picked up a guitar at 17 years 

old. We have been playing together 

for four years in various projects. 

Photo By:Joe Brown of Jo Creative Arts 

Which artists have influenced 

you? 

The Beatles, for sure, and a lot of 

top-40 hits. Jack Johnson and John 

Mayer, as songwriters. There are 

definitely some folk influences, as 

well, such as the Avette Brothers, 

River City Extension, Mumford and 

Sons. We really just love all music. 

Any tips for aspiring musicians 

who would like to make playing 

music their career? 

Go to school for it. No, really! Just 

never give up, if it’s your passion. 

Give us your parting shots. 

You can find Jeremy Arthur on 

Youtube, and Facebook; also, thanks 

to everyone who shares and supports. 

We love doing this, and we’re 

excited just to play music that we 

love, as well. 

Jeremy Arthur will be 

playing The Fruita Fat Tire 

Festival April 27th at The 

Fruita Civic Center begining 

at 3:30pm.Admission 

is FREE. 

Dave Grohl - Continued from page 14 

of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), 

you immediately understand the 

intent of the album: loose heavy 

jams that are dripping sweat 

through every chord. Brad Wilk 

and Tim Commerford (Rage Against 

The Machine) take their turn with the 

melodic but heavy “Time Slowing 

Down,” but both serve as just appetizers 

to the first real gem on the 

album—”You Can’t Fix This.” 

This first of many amazing tracks 

features Fleetwood Mac’s resident 

siren, Stevie Nicks, in probably 

her strongest vocal performance in 

years. It’s softer and more drawn 

out, but that only adds to its haunting 

feel. Grohl and fellow Foo 

Fighter Taylor Hawkins join Rami 

Jaffe from the Wallflowers, but the 

attention here belongs to Nicks. The 

instruments give way to the vocals, 

and the result is magic. 

Up next is the surprisingly powerful 

“Man That Never Was,” featuring 

the Rick Springfield on vocals. 

The former actor-cum-rocker delivers 

a performance filled with energy, 

passion and downright heaviness. 

Who knew he still had it in him? 

Punk legend and Fear frontman 

Lee Ving scowls his way 

through “Your Wife Is Calling,” a 

great tribute to the underground 

punk sound of the 80s, 

while Slipknot/Stone Sour commander 

Corey Taylor belts out 

a modern rock masterpiece 

with “From Can To Can’t.” With so 

many varieties of sound and different 

contributions from artists 

young and old, you’d think the 

album would have trouble staying 

cohesive, but such is not the case. 

In fact, even the mid-tempo vibe 

of “Centipede” (featuring Queens of 

the Stone Age’s Josh Homme) and 

the rock radio sound of “A Trick 

With No Sleeve” (with Eleven’s 

Alain Johannes) fit perfectly into 

place here, although, again, they 

feel a bit like stepping stones leading 

to the album’s next monster 

track - “Cut Me Some Slack.” 

If you watched the film first, 

you were able to witness the creation 

of the track that joins Paul 

McCartney with a “reunited 

Nirvana” (with Krist Novoselic and 

Pat Smear) and ends up as a perfect 

example of impromptu songwriting 

that works—probably better 

than it should, given the unusual 

collaboration. It’s a little dirty, and 

a bit sloppy, but it’s exactly what 

you would get after a hard day of 

jamming out in the garage. 

As popular as McCartney is, Jim 

Keitner may be the complete 

opposite for most music fans, but 

his role in rock history is no less 

important than McCartney’s. He’s 

played drums for everyone from 

the Beatles, Roy Orbison, and Neil 

Young to B o b D y l a n , E r i c 

Clapton and Alice Cooper. Grohl, 

alongside Jayhawks violinist Jessy 

Greene, joins Keitner in the softer, 

more delicate “If I Were Me.” 

Considering Grohl appears on every 

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that at least one would sound 

like a Foo Fighters song, and this is 

the guilty party. Not that that’s a 

bad thing.... 

Possibly the most interesting 

offering on Real To Reel was saved 

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a genius-versus-genius-versusgenius 

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to realize what Sound City 

did for music and for the artists it 

recorded. The movie is simply a 

wonderful story and great piece of 

Americana—with a soundtrack to 

match. 

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From the Sand Pit. It’s freezing ture, there’s no government. This is 

here. I’m Telluride sitting on hard Mountainfilm cold dirt an inhospitable, boasts rock pit 5shit hole 

between rocks world and shrubs premieres at the ruled opening by eleventh night! century warring 

base of the Hindu Kush Mountains tribes. There are no jobs here like 

The 31st Annual Mountainfilm 

Festival at Telluride May 

22–25, starts with a Food 

Symposium. Opening night, 

each Mountainfilm theater will 

showcase World Premieres. 

These films cover the full range 

of , along Mountainfilm the Dar’yoi programming 

Pomir River, 

from watching adventure a hole that to environmentanel 

activism that leads to to social a cave. issues. The 

leads to a tun- 

films Stake will out, follow my friend, the and Moving no pizza 

delivery for Symposium thousands of miles. on 

Mountains 

food 

I also 

with 

glance 

keynote 

at the 

speaker 

area around 

Bill 

McKibben and the free Gallery 

my ass every ten to fifteen seconds 

Walk, which features sixteen artists 

to avoid at eight another galleries. scorpion sting. 

I’ve “We actually have a given big show up battling this year the 

across chiggers the and board,” sand said fleas, Festival but the 

Director scorpions David give a Holbrooke. jolt like a “The cattle 

symposium prod. Hurts like is jam-packed a bastard. The with antidote 

range tastes of like food transmission experts. The flu- 

a 

wide 

Gallery Walk is our biggest ever, 

id, but God bless the Marine Corps 

and the films cover a lot of territory. 

On opening night alone we 

for the five vials of it in my pack. 

go The from one a first truth ascent the Taliban in India cannot to 

Angola escape is Prison that, believe in Louisiana.” it or not, they 

are There human will beings, also be which six breakfast 

they talks have each to eat day, food a Main and Street drink 

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like me comes in 

handy. I track 

the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances 

and storage facilities, type 

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the coordinates up to the satellite 

link that tells the air commanders 

where to drop the hardware. We 

bash 

some heads for a while, then 

I track 

and record the new movement. 

 

It’s all about intelligence. We 

haven’t even brought in the snipers 

yet. These scurrying rats have no 

idea what they’re in for. We are but 

 

party on Saturday, a book fair of 

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work of Howard Zinn. 

The opening night premieres 

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we Ken know Burns’ jobs. The National 

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the opium characters trade or join the the often- 

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American landscape. Ken Burns 

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fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for 

eighteen hours a day. 

I’ve been living with these Tajiks 

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sure: These guys, all of ‘em, are 

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I’m freezing known my as ass “The off Farm.” on this 

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They’ve spent their entire lives 

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Please, I tell you and my fellow 

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“ 

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