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[6] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 Dateline: India district, about 60 miles east of the Indonesian $500-a-day fine if he continued to shine them A 24-year-old man has quit his full-time job in capital of Jakarta. According to Dedi Mulyadi, at night. Local officials say the homeowner— ODDS order to “train” himself to become a record- the regent of Purwakarta district, the new whom some refer to as “the alien light guy on breaking selfie taker. Until recently Bhanu regulation is aimed at protecting morality, Virginia Road”—has not complied and now

D Prakash was employed as a research assistant at preventing unwanted pregnancy and owes more than $20,000. maintaining the honor of families. “Back in N a hospital in Hyderabad. “My work hours were ENDS the day, you could not visit a neighbor after 10am to 6pm, and that didn’t leave much time A Dateline: Nebraska for practice,” Prakash told United Press 9pm because villagers would be in bed, A college graduate paid off his parking ticket preparing to wake up at dawn to till their [rice] WEIRD NEWS International. Prakash says he was inspired to fines at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln— become a full-time record-breaking selfie taker paddy fields,” Mulyadi told AFP. New CCTV a mere 40 years after he left campus. Back in by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who snapped cameras and local patrols will help enforce the 1974, Kent Broyhill stopped off at the campus Dateline: Thailand 105 selfies in three minutes back in May. The no late-night dating regulations. If a pair of police station and tried to pay off his parking Doctors in Bangkok used a colonoscope and a current record holder for selfie taking is teenagers are caught breaking the rules three tickets. Unfortunately, the school could only pair of medical pliers to remove a 6-carat Arizona Cardinals player Patrick Peterson, times “the village council may ask the parents accept cash. As he recently explained to the diamond from the intestinal tract of a Chinese who managed to take 1,449 selfies in one hour. to marry them,” Mulyadi said. It is not clear Lincoln Journal Star , Broyhill’s pockets were tourist. Police said the woman, identified as Prakash, who has been keeping in shape with how this would be enforced, as the legal age empty. The officer told him is was OK, so long 39-year-old Jiang Xulian, and a Chinese man daily hand and wrist exercises, says his for marriage in Indonesia is 16 years old. as he paid off the fines as soon as he could. were arrested last week at Bangkok’s personal record is currently 1,700 in an hour. Broyhill promptly forgot about it until a recent Suvarnabhumi Airport on their way out of “As soon as I wake up, I click a selfie,” Prakash conversation with a college friend caused him Thailand. The couple are accused of stealing Dateline: Pennsylvania told The Times of India. Although they have A 78-year-old homeowner has been ordered to to recall the police promise. “I can’t remember the 10 million baht ($278,000) gemstone from been described in the press as “initially shut off the spotlights he uses to protect his how many tickets I had, or what I owed, so I a jewelry fair by switching a fake stone for the apprehensive,” Prakash’s family now supports home from “aliens.” Neighbors of Arthur got out my checkbook and sent [the real one. The couple denied any involvement his dream. He is expected to make a formal Brown in Hermitage, Pa., say he shines the university] $100,” said Broyhill. Parking staff in the crime, but an X-ray showed a diamond- attempt at the world record sometime this spotlights at his foil-wrapped house day and checked through their old files but could not shaped object in the woman’s intestine. When month. night in order to keep space aliens from find Broyhill’s name. The college ended up time and laxatives failed to dislodge the getting to him. One neighbor, 71-year-old sending Broyhill’s $100 back. “We were busy at foreign object, doctors were called in to Nancy Raich, told The Morehead News the graduation, and all this stuff was adding up, remove it. The diamond’s owner was able to Dateline: Indonesia lights are preventing her from selling her and it just kind of slipped my mind.” explained identify the thieves. Once the evidence was In West Java, a province of Indonesia, house. “I’ve had a lot of nice couples come and Broyhill. “But I paid them.” produced, the woman allegedly confessed to teenagers are being warned: Respect curfew or a look at my house,” Raich told the newspaper. the crime. The two Chinese visitors face up to wind up married. Starting Oct. 1, youths under “You can’t get a second look until that’s three years in prison. the age of 17 will be banned from dating after 9pm. The decision was announced earlier this cleaned up.” Earlier this year, a judge ordered Compiled by Devin D. O’Leary. Email your weird month by authorities in the Purwakarta Brown to take down the lights, imposing a news to [email protected].

SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [7] CRIB NOTES NEWS | COUNCIL WATCH BY AUGUST MARCH Special Cannabis Bully Tactics Issue Quiz! Pot decriminalization and police retention discussed

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d) 1968 T S U L L I 2 Which of the following health problems is NOT a qualifying condition for the New Mexico Medical Marijuana Program?

a) multiple sclerosis b) post-traumatic stress disorder c) tuberculosis d) hepatitis C

3 The New Mexico Department of Health administers our state’s medical marijuana program through a Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. BY CAROLYN CARLSON spike in crime and needs to keep the and Attorney Hernandez as to what role the The board meets at least twice per experience of the command staff, and the Department of Justice mandated for the year at the Harold Runnels Building extra cash can only help. CAO Perry said he oversight board. Good luck Mr. Harness! lbuquerque City Councilors called out a in Santa Fe. The next meeting of the was the one who asked the top cops to attend board is scheduled for 10am on squadron of Albuquerque Police the meeting. He also said none of them asked ______. ADepartment brass for what looked like a Back Up show of force at the Council’s Sept. 9 regular for bonuses, but that they deserve it. City Food trucks will now have to stay at least 100 a) Oct. 30, 2015 meeting. The topic was retention bonuses for Attorney Jessica Hernandez told the council feet away from any restaurant building b) Nov. 30, 2015 top cops on the 19-member command staff the extra pay is legal. The handouts range entrances except with permission. Food trucks c) the fifteenth of never approved seemingly on the sly by Mayor from $6,000 to $12,000 a year. must also provide their own trash collection d) Boxing Day Richard Berry and Chief Administrative Reporter’s Take: A quick check of the city’s and pay any parking meter fees if applicable. Officer Rob Perry. The bonuses were approved payroll shows the lowest paid deputy chief or Some brick and mortar restaurant owners had 4 Which of the following is NOT a last year and Council members said they commander is pulling down a salary of complained to the city about the mobile slang term for marijuana? thought the money was intended to help $87,160. Chief Gordon Eden’s salary is restaurants being unfair competition. a) weed entice all ranks of officers who are able to $129,954 with the rest of the top brass falling b) broccoli retire at 20 years to not retire and stay on the in between. That’s a hefty salary in our poor Welcome Amigos! c) chronic force. But apparently the bonus program was state. Giving the bonuses to the powerful fat The city zoo has several new exotic and rare d) Kim Jong-un stopped for the rank and file cops, but not the cats is not a good idea, and if you’re handing residents, including a brother and sister set of top guns, when the current budget kicked in out cash to cops, why not the men and women capybaras—the planet’s largest rodents—and a July 1. 5 There are three members (species) on the streets, especially including hard 40-year old African slender snouted crocodile. of the genus Cannabis . They are City Councilor Diane Gibson said the working sergeants? Having brass show up en There is also the baby giraffe born earlier this sativa , indica and ______. command staff demanding bonuses to stay on masse to try to look like a gang of Blue summer. These alone are worth a trip to the when the program was halted for everyone else Meanies is an even worse idea. Spending the BioPark now that fall is on the horizon and a) stramonium was akin to extortion. “I find this very bonus money on rank and file retention things are cooling down. b) cubensis offensive and distasteful,” Gibson said. incentives would have been the smart idea. d) diethylamide Right about then a half dozen of the top d) ruderalis This is the same command staff that is under Cannabis Decriminalization: Just Do It cops entered the council chambers from the fire in a threatened whistleblower lawsuit that Councilors Isaac Benton and Rey Garduño Answers: lobby where they had been gathered, utilizing claims the chief and other members of the said they are sponsoring legislation that would 1) B. SB 523, The Lynn and Erin Compassionate the first level of force on the APD use of force command staff directed the police records decriminalize marijuana and paraphernalia Use Act, legalized medicinal marijuana in the paradigm: physical presence in otherwise custodian to withhold public police possession in the city. The proposed ordinance state in the year 2007. neutral space. department records. changes would make possession of an ounce or 2) C. There are a variety of qualifying conditions “I am not sure what kind of message that less and/or associated paraphernalia civil was intended to send to this council,” in this state. Tuberculosis is not one of them. New Blue Eye offenses instead of criminal. 59.62% percent of Councilor Dan Lewis said to the officers after 3) A. The next meeting of the Medical Cannabis Wisconsin attorney and former Milwaukee Bernalillo County voting residents agree that their demonstration style entrance. Council Advisory Board will be held the day before Police Officer Edward Harness was questioned marijuana possession should be decriminalized. Halloween, though we don’t suggest you dress President Rey Garduño stared down the half and confirmed as the new executive director of The Santa Fe City Council voted to up in costume for this serious policy-making dozen members of the 19-member command the Civilian Police Oversight Agency. Harness decriminalize pot possession under an ounce event. staff at the back of the Council Chambers and has also served on a police oversight last year. Why not go all in, like Colorado, and said “It is disheartening when there is a 4) D. Kim Jong-un is the supreme leader of commission. He was the police oversight make both counties completely North Korea, dude. discussion of public safety there is a show of board’s top choice. The board recently accused decriminalized, but taxed, so there are more inordinate force. I don’t know what the intent the police department administration of public dollars for schools and police retention 5) D. Although sativa and indica are the most is, to intimidate? It certainly feels that way.” common species of genus Cannabis , a third cutting out their input into policy changes. bonuses? a Councilor Ken Sanchez said he supports species, ruderalis is also present in nature. There was some squabble between the Council a the retention pay. He said the city is seeing a [8] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [9] WEEKLY BUSINESS PROFILE • PAID ADVERTISEMENT Rio Bravo Brewing Company

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To that week Randy was meeting with the plumber who visiting with our patrons. warehouse, will provide a bold, energetic, end we will partner with our customers and local brought along a friend who knew about Well, I am thrilled to announce that our friendly environment for friends and family to businesses to better understand their needs in an breweries; it turned out to be Ty Levis, recently dream has finally come true this year. Rio Bravo gather, socialize and share stories while enjoying effort to ensure our products and services departed from Santa Fe Brewing after 22 years. Brewing Company is now OPEN. The schedule world-class beers and great food. continually result in an exceptional customer We hired him as our Head Brewer. 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We also week Admiral Beverage Company signed RBB to have New Mexico wines, root beer, sodas and distribute our beer. our General Manager Chad Dotson’s specialty If there is one thing about non-alcoholic beverages. A full kitchen will

[10 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 OPINION | ¡ASK A MEXICAN !

BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO me. So may Peyton Manning choke again this season as punishment for your pendejadas . ear Mexican: I’m tired of debating these ear Mexican: I think, by law, all al pasty whitebreads that the Camino Real pastor should be made traditionally—on Dhas had people back and forth across a spit topped with a fresh pineapple. the border for over 500 years. And that a D Agreed? fence is redundant and that people will always be crossing our southern border. The whitebreads insist that the wall can end —Su Amigo, Otro Idiota con las this traffic; I don’t think so. What is your Mejores Intenciones thought on the history of the Camino Real ? Dear Friend, Another Idiot with the Best —Blanco Beaner Intentions: Yes, and no. The Mexican personally thinks al pastor —the Mexican Dear Gabacho: Which Camino Real are we meat that involves packing together chunks talking about? The one of marinated pork on that connected a spit, slowly California’s missions roasting it for and was romanticized hours and by gabachos? The one shaving off that connected slices as Texas’ missions? needed—tastes El Camino Real best when de Tierra topped with a Adentro , which pineapple, the went from better to have Mexico City to jugo de piña Santa Fe? Or El seep into the Camino Real , the trompo . But be chingón careful when Fullerton eatery you talk about that’s the traditions and favorite Mexican Mexican foods. restaurant of Los As seemingly all Angeles Lakers hipsters just found superstar Kobe Bryant? out this year after NPR All of them reflect the same and leeches—sorry, I meant idea you allude to: that la frontera millennial publications—did stories has had humans going back and forth for about al pastor ’s origins, the tradition owes centuries, if not millennia, and that trying to nothing to Mexico: it’s based on the seal off the border for good is as futile an shawarmas that Middle Eastern immigrants endeavor as getting Donald Trump’s mouth brought to central Mexico in the 1930s. All not to spew caca . Mexicans did was substitute puerco for the original beef and lamb. And the original al ear Mexican: I was in San Diego pastor didn’t have pineapple—that’s a more recently renting a car when I mentioned recent addition dating back no more than 30 DI might be taking it down to Tijuana for years, if that. The only Mexican food law that the day. The nice man behind the counter should be enacted is a ban on anyone ever asked me if I wanted to buy Mexican thinking again that celebrity chef Rick insurance. I thought that was a great idea. Do you know if it’s available here? I’m sure Bayless is an authority on anything else than I would feel a lot safer driving around the his pocketbook. streets of Denver with that policy in my MEET THE MEXICAN! The Mexican glove box! will be screening a sneak peak of “Bordertown,” the upcoming FOX cartoon in —Chubby Chubbys Chump which he’s a consulting producer, at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande NW) on Dear Gabacho: You know, I was going to Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The screening starts at answer your question honestly—of course you 5pm and is FREE—see you there! a can’t get Mexican insurance to cover you in the United States; it’s called Mexican insurance for a reason. And Mexican Ask the Mexican at [email protected]. Be his fan on Facebook. Follow him on Twitter insurance really isn’t necessary in Mexico, if @gustavoarellano or follow him on Instagram you have a $50 bill on you to pay off a cop— @gustavo_arellano! but now I’m thinking you’re just fucking with

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Mr. Mayor, Put Down Your Pen Bernalillo County residents should be allowed to vote on decriminalizing marijuana “Once you get caught up in the criminal BY JOSHUA LEE justice system, you have collateral Berry explains that he vetoed last year’s bill consequences that follow you for the rest of n Sept. 21, the Albuquerque City Council in part because it included, “decriminalizing your life. From trying to get a job, to housing, will be voting on a city ordinance to to child custody,” says Jessica Gelay, policy Odecriminalize possession of small amounts the posession of an illegal drug in our city.” coordinator for the New Mexico office of the of marijuana, similar to legislation enacted by Drug Policy Alliance, a national organization the City of Santa Fe last year. The bad news is There was no mention of why that would be concerned with drug policy reform. “We work that a similar bill made it all the way to Mayor for people who have been disenfranchised by Richard Berry’s desk last year, where he firmly bad, exactly. No references to health risks or this drug war.” vetoed it to smithereens before you ever got to worries about youth addiction, or whatever. The DPA supports the proposed city vote on it. ordinance, which will make possession of an Last November’s general election ballot Just: it’s illegal . ounce or less of marijuana or possession of drug contained a question: should marijuana be paraphernalia a civil infraction with a fine of decriminalized in New Mexico? 59.52% of $25. This won’t count as a criminal conviction voters in Bernalillo County were in support of and won’t carry any jail time with it. decriminalization, making proponents was relieved to find that I hadn’t murdered perspective. According to a 2014 PubMed Attached to the ordinance is a companion optimistic. But the good mayor has already anyone, sold a baby for heroin or grown study, 63 to 99 people in the US die each year piece that will make enforcement of marijuana said that he’ll veto again. I’m sure he’s already feathers. from extreme allergic reactions. Motorcycle laws a low priority for police. Gelay says it’s “a stomping around his office, eyes rolling and Americans have grown up on a steady diet fatalities number more than 4,000 per year ‘smart on crime’ approach. It’s a way to keep teeth grinding as he waits to chew the thing of disinformation and straight-out lies since since 2004. Marijuana overdose? According to our law enforcement agencies focused on up. the ‘30s. Remember then-presidential- the National Drug and Alcohol Research things that are more important.” On a YouTube video posted last August, candidate Ronald Reagan telling voters in a Centre at the University of New South Wales: For the ordinance to get on a ballot, it has Berry explains that he vetoed the bill in part 1980 campaign speech that “leading medical a big fat zero. to first make it past the council and then get because it included, “decriminalizing the researchers” had come to the conclusion that, To reach a toxic level, someone would have through the mayor. And according to his posession of an illegal drug in our city.” There “marijuana—pot, grass—whatever you want to to smoke 40,000 times the amount of a regular spokeswoman, it won’t. was no mention of why that would be bad, call it—is probably the most dangerous drug in dose—meaning the amount it usually takes to Because just as the good mayor is obviously exactly. No references to health risks or the United States”? get them high. Compare that to the measly 26 uninformed of the facts surrounding marijuana worries about youth addiction, or whatever. If he tried something like that today, he’d glasses of water it would take to give a 165-lb decriminalization, he is also plainly ignorant of Just: it’s illegal. be laughed off his podium and straight into the person what’s called “fatal water intoxication.” his constituents’ desire to see it on a ballot. Let’s consider that perhaps Mayor Berry stocks, because any brat with a data plan can The only real danger in smoking pot is And the only way to let him know is to make hasn’t been exposed to all of the facts easily find headlines like, “Crime Down and getting caught with it. Under New Mexico a public comment at the city council meeting concerning this controversial plant. Maybe his Revenue Up In Colorado Since Start of state law, holding under an ounce of dope will on Monday, Sept. 21 (Vincent E. Griego office doesn’t have an internet connection. Marijuana Legalization” ( RT ), or “US get you a fine of up to $100 and/or up to 15 Council Chambers, basement level of the See, when I first smoked pot, there was no Government Says Cannabis Kills Cancer days in jail. That may not sound too bad, but Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Google. All I had to go on was the wisdom Cells” ( The Telegraph ) or “Can Medical spending 2 weeks with actual criminals is just Center, 1 Civic Plaza NW,) at 5pm. Calling imparted on me by my parents, Ronald Reagan Marijuana Curb the Heroin Epidemic?” ( Raw the start of the troubles facing any poor 768-3100 is ok, too. and a mustached D.A.R.E. officer in the sixth Story ) in about 30 seconds. bastard who gets busted. They now have a I hear voting is the best part of democracy. grade. When the effects of the pot wore off I Let’s put the danger level of pot into criminal record to deal with. Mayor Berry should let us try it out. a

SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [15 ] feature | intervieW feature | you holding? the People in your neighborhood Your friendly local dealer What’s the scariest deal you’ve ever done? BY RENÉE CHAVEZ Actually, every one of them is scary. The scariest deal I ever did was fronting my money. Which in this business, you never, S

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I think it should be strategies of yore and take their cool stuff and give it to government-controlled. There should my sister. Well when my sister got be some quality and substance to it. home, she would turn me onto it. And that’s how BY AUGUST MARCH I learned about really, really good marijuana—the good ILLUSTRATION BY TASHA LUJAN What do you think of the way that dealers are shit. So after that, some of her boyfriends had the real usually portrayed in the media? Come mothers and fathers/ Throughout the land/ And stuff, so I got stoned the first real time in my life when I was in I think, if people only had a clue ... Yeah, they’re usually don’t criticize/ What you can’t understand/ Your sons 10th grade. And I started selling it. I did it for about 15 years pictured as pretty rough lookin’ gangsters [with] tattoos … “and your daughters/ Are beyond your command/ Your and just gave it up for 20 years. probably ridin’ in the Banditos. But nope, there are business old road is rapidly agin’/ Please get out of the new one if you men who dress in a lot fancier suits than me that are doin’ it. can’t lend your hand/ For the times they are a-changin’.” – And in that interim period? Bob Dylan I was just working. I mean, every place drug-tests you for Does your family know what you do? It’s natural to point to Zimmy’s lyrics for evidence of how marijuana. And again, it’s so insane to me. I’m just saying to be My mom knows I smoke it. [She] thinks it’s good for us, but the counterculture of the 1960s presciently positioned itself turned down from a career and a livelihood because you she won’t smoke it. And that’s all fine and well. I got my mom for cultural hegemony down the road. After all, the dude got smoked a little pot? Well, that’s 80% of all Americans in the high once when I was a kid. I used to put a pot seed between John and Paul high in 1964, twisting up the course of pop United States. They have done it or will do it at some point. each of the roses that would grow in the backyard. They would culture for generations to come. Dylan’s turned-on come up and one day she comes into my room and says, “You encounter with The Beatles opened the doors of perception Do you sell any other drugs? little son of a bitch. I know what you got growin’ between my to a smoky methodology that embraced experimentalism God no. Strictly weed because I believe in it. There’s no roses!” And I said, “Well, just leave ‘em alone.” And she did! while also becoming popular with the youth of the day. That chemicals … They never knew it was so good for you. It’s good act leads us to now, a place where we continue to move for glaucoma, for sleeping, anxiety, insomnia. There’s a Do you see dealing as “just work”? forward through the fog. million—well, 46—reasons. It’s a proven fact now. It doesn’t hurt you. It’s not like But change didn’t happen overnight. Fact is, it took a cigarettes. Do you see any commercials anymore banning pot? long time to build that new road. We’re still getting used to How do you buy it? No, you never see anything that’s anti-pot. Anti-drugs maybe— the sea change wrought by a continuously unfolding cultural I go right straight to the farm. There’s a huge sign that says meth, cocaine, heroin. But you never see an addiction center revolution. Cannabis use is certainly part of that. Lately laws “Legal License” that lets you know that it’s legal and he’s (the saying no to jointing up. The reason is it isn’t addicting. There’s across the land have been skewing towards acceptance of farmer) growing for the state of California. He’s subsidized as a nothing physical at all except for feeling better. responsible usage. But even as recently as 30 years ago, farmer, but instead of corn or wheat, this is what he does. procuring marijuana could be sketchy. What’s your advice for the world? If you wanted to score weed in Albuquerque in 1985 What is the most challenging part of what you do? My advice for the world is everybody should have their there were choices to make, places to go. None of them The risk of going to get it and bringing it back because [I’m] freedom when it comes to this sort of thing. I’ve done cocaine; were remotely legal. These were adventurous outings, each crossing four state lines … You can’t just go for a couple—and I’ve been around and I’ve learned it’s all bad stuff. I learned and carrying the possibility of chaos and danger—interfaces with I’m not saying a truckload—I’m saying six to eight pounds at a I lived ... But what I’m doin’ now is pure medicine and it’s only the underground that at best could result in access to a time … Very, very scary. You just get your system down but gonna help me. 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Or he might rip you off, grab your sawbuck and run toward campus while his gruff cohorts guffaw from the picnic table nearby. In either case—passing around a bottle of Thunderbird and a joint rolled from newspaper—they laugh languidly as you retreat to the safety of your mother’s Volvo 244. For those feeling more confident, a walk to Nob Hill might do the trick. Inside the house with Europe ’72 blaring and “Steal Your Face” tapestries being used as curtains, the trust fund kid from Massachusetts— who sits next to you in Berthold’s History ILLUSTRATION BY ROBERT MAESTAS 101 class—motions you over to the couch. He’s got a three-foot US Bong, says his brother just got back from Amsterdam. All he got was a lousy t-shirt with Dutch words on it and voila! two Thai sticks. They’re Cannabis Familiaris dried and dense flower tops of Asian ganja, wrapped in hemp thread and coated with What to do when your pet finds your pot hash oil. He wants 35 bucks each for these mementos of oriental indulgence but will because of the inability to walk right. American Veterinary Medical Association can take your notes on ancient Rome for half BY RENÉE CHAVEZ While most dogs sober up within 8-24 recommend it. There hasn’t been enough trade. The next morning when you wake up hours, Dr. Megarry recommends bringing your scientific research done and even in the few with your eyebrows shaved off and replaced ou’ve probably heard stories or seen canine companion to the vet for tests that have occurred, the results can be with electrical tape, you remember what YouTube videos of people whose pets have “decontamination and support” which difficult to define since “you can’t ask a dog if your bud said as things grew hazy: “Whoa, Yaccidentally gotten into their pot stash. involves activated charcoal to make the dog it feels better.” this isn’t hash oil. It’s opium!” The dogs will be falling over, wide-eyed and throw up the pot and IV “fluid support to push Dr. Megarry says Marinol® (dronabinol), When you can’t satisfy the craving for tongue lolling. Sometimes the pet-owners just the THC out” of the animal’s system. Also, the cannabinoid medicine that is made with C. sativa by the means recalled above, you laugh at their furry friends as though they were make sure to be totally honest with your vet synthetic THC, has been used for refractory wait until the sun’s down, tell your folks a college buddy who had drunk too much about what your pet ate and how much. Most seizures and other conditions but “everything you’re headed for the library but make a Jäger; others freak out, take their “family vets will be very discrete and the accident will is still very experimental.” There is no set detour at the corner of Chico and Moon. member” to the vet and sheepishly admit that be treated with something akin to doctor- dose—just “to effect”—and it still has not yet You pull into a dilapidated apartment the dog ate weed. It may seem funny to some, patient confidentiality. Plus the symptoms can been listed as therapeutic. According to the complex and flash your high beams. A man but to Fido, who doesn’t understand why his look like a variety of diseases (with lots of doc, “Humans have to finish their [human- wearing a gray Members Only jacket and body isn’t working like it should, it’s scary. expensive diagnostic tests) but the docs will based medical] studies before it can be big bell jeans approaches. You activate the Since many people are afraid to talk to eventually find out the truth anyway since transferred to animals.” So if you decide the electric window roller, an exchange is their vet about pot and the internet is rife with they can use human, over-the-counter drug “help” your sick puppy anyway, just make sure made. The man gets a Hamilton. You get a misinformation, the Alibi spoke with local tests on your dog’s urine once they deduce that you do the research and have your emergency lid of Mexican that came up from Juarez in emergency veterinarian, Dr. Brent Megarry, your fuzzy mammal is probably just high as a vet’s number on hand. the gasoline tank of a BMW motorcycle. DVM at the Veterinary Emergency & kite. With marijuana-related emergencies The bag reeks of petroleum by-products and Specialty Center of New Mexico to get the If you’re still too paranoid to seek help for increasing by 30-40% at the VESC Emergency is filled with crushed black seeds, lumber- real scoop on what happens to dogs that eat your pup, just make sure to keep a close watch Clinic here in Albuquerque—almost entirely like twigs and a couple of flattened buds. marijuana and how to best take care of them. so that he/she doesn’t get injured. Don’t let from pet-owners who use the plant On the way out, an APD cruiser appears First of all, what are the symptoms? them go near streets, ledges or stairs because recreationally—it’s more important than ever instantly and stops in your path. For a According to the doc, they include euphoria, they are ataxic (unable to coordinate muscular to keep your stash safe and your animal safer second that stretches into infinity you think dizziness, vomiting, hyperaesthesia (abnormal movements) and ensure that they don’t by making sure the two stay apart. Dogs have you’ve had it—until the cop swerves and sensitivity to stimuli), nausea and an inability aspirate anything if they start to vomit. Try to an incredible sense of smell and Dr. Megarry chooses to go after the guy in the disco to walk straight. As Megarry says, they’re comfort them because they’ll probably be says they’re “very driven towards marijuana. outfit instead. Dealer McDope is running “basically stoned for lack of a better term.” Of scared and dizzy. Be wary of ashes, bong water and especially and emptying his pockets frantically as you course the severity of the symptoms depends But what if you gave it to your doggie on food like brownies.” hit the gas. on the size of your dog and the quantity and purpose? Other than the morons who get their For further questions or animal Back at home, you take out your ill quality of the marijuana that they’ve ingested. pets high because they think it’s funny (it’s emergencies, contact the VESC Emergency gotten gains, produce the Protopipe The ASPCA website also lists seizures and not) some people give their ailing or elderly Clinic (4000 Montgomery NE) which is open purchased at the General Store, put a copy death (rarely) but, according to Megarry, the pets small amounts of cannabis or cannabis- every day of the year, at 505-884-3433. And of Bob Dylan’s third album on your father’s seizures are most likely caused by the glycerin tinctures to help with pain-relief, when it comes to your medicinals, in the Bang & Olufsen turntable and take a toke. chocolate in edibles like “special” brownies. cancer, arthritis and appetite stimulation. words of the knowledgeable Dr. Megarry, “just As you drift off peacefully, you sense things Death is also more likely to be caused by While various pet-owners have proclaimed the keep it away from the dog.” a will get better and can’t help but think the secondary issues such as aspirating vomit or beneficial effects of Cannabis sativa on their twenty-first century can’t come soon not being able to get out of the way of a car Canis familiaris , neither Dr. Megarry nor the enough. a SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [19 ] WEEKLY BUSINESS PROFILE • PAID ADVERTISEMENT CG Corrigan

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What is CG Corrigan? CG Corrigan is a nonprofit medical provider of cannabis in New Mexico, devoted to serving the statewide needs of the chronically ill with compassion and professionalism. We have two locations. The first is located at 30 E. Frontage Rd. in Placitas. Our second location is at 6614 Gulton Court NE in Albuquerque. Tom Wilkie is the current manager.

Can anyone purchase at your location? We only sell cannabis to New Mexico medical cannabis card holders. Here is the current list of the 20 qualifying conditions as found on the New Mexico Department of Health website: 1. Cancer 2. Glaucoma 3. Multiple sclerosis 4. Epilepsy • We typically carry over 30 different strains 5. Spinal cord damage with intractable of flower. spasticity • We test for THC and CBD, as well as 6. HIV/AIDS possible contaminants. 7. Painful peripheral neuropathy • We carry a selection of edibles with tested 8. Intractable nausea/vomiting levels of THC/CBD. 9. Severe anorexia/cachexia • We emphasize education for our patients. 10. Hepatitis C infection currently • We give new patients a cannabis journal and receiving antiviral treatment 11. Crohn’s disease one free gram. 12. Post-traumatic stress disorder Do you carry CBD products? 13. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CBD (Cannabidiol) is one of 111 14. Severe chronic pain cannabinols (like THC) with little psychoactive 15. Hospice care effect. We typically carry CBD oil, gum and a 16. Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated couple of versions of CBD chocolate and hard arthritis candy that also contain a small amount of THC 17. Cervical dystonia to increase effectiveness. 18. Parkinson’s disease 19. Huntington’s disease What is your advice to new patients? 20. Ulcerative colitis Relax. This industry/medicine is evolving. No one person knows everything about How does CG Corrigan care for New Most importantly, feel better. cannabis, and no one knows what medicine will Mexico medical patients? Feel better about purchasing your medicine. be best for you. It will be a matter of trying a Cannabis is medicine. • We keep our flower prices from $9 to couple of things out to see what works. Start —CG $12/gram. slow. You might be surprised how little medicine Find our menu with pricing at leafly.com or • We’re open 7 days a week at our you need for it to be effective. Just remember this weedmaps.com Albuquerque location: 12-7pm Monday through is a medicine; we’re trying to always make things Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. better.

[20 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 7:30pm. 262 -9301. alibi.com/e/163940. MARIA BENITEZ CABARET @ THE LODGE , Santa Fe Arts Lit Generaciones Flamencas . $25 -$45. 8pm. See 9/17 & listing. Calendar TORTUGA GALLERY Rhythmic Moon . An evening for belly dancers to express their creativity featuring the music of Frank & Friends. $5. 7 -10pm. 506 -0820. alibi.com/e/163482. FILM THURSDAY SEP 17 CCA CINEMATHEQUE , Santa Fe 4-4-43 . The New Mexico WORDS National Guard Bataan Military Museum presents the story of Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess’ escape from an escape- JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA , Santa Fe Edge of Dawn & Exo . An proof Japanese prison during WWII. $5 -$10. 6pm. (505) interview and book signing with Melinda Snodgrass and 982 -1338. alibi.com/e/163791. Steven Gould. $10 -$30.31. 7pm. 466 -5528. CIVIC PLAZA Chasing Ice (2012) . Environmental photographer alibi.com/e/163237. James Balog heads to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for OLD SAN YSIDRO CHURCH , Corrales A Woman in Both National Geographic to capture images to help tell the Houses . Pauline Eisenstadt recounts her experiences while story of the Earth’s changing climate. 8pm. representing Corrales in the NM House of Representatives alibi.com/e/162900. and then the State Senate. Part of the Corrales Historical Speaker Series. 7pm. alibi.com/e/163979. VARIOUS LOCATIONS ¡Cine Magnífico! Film Festival . Annual ART Latino film festival with 23 features, documentaries and shorts from throughout the Hispanic world. Venues ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY 3rd include National Hispanic Cultural Center, Guild Cinema Thursday: Psychedelic Art . Inspired by the exhibition Under and UNM College of Fine Arts. See festival website for the Influence: Psychedelic Art, this event includes a showtime details. Opening night reception celebrating documentary screening, screen printing demos and art by Cuban culture starts at 6pm at the NHCC and features local artists. 5 -8:30pm. 243 -7255. alibi.com/e/161472. tapas, a cash bar and salsa music courtesy of En-Joy. At STAGE 7pm the opening night film, Conducta/Behavior will be NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Our Lady of screened. Director Ernesto Daranas will be on hand for Mariposas . Teatro Paraguas production about a family in a post-film Q&A. alibi.com/e/164289. See “Reel southeastern New Mexico affected by a missing mother World.” and the massive die-off of monarch butterflies in the winter of 2002. $10 -$18. 7:30pm. 724 -4771. alibi.com/e/163871. SATURDAY SEP 19 STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo Stand-up Comedy Thursdays . Mike Gardner, Rich Estrada and Mikey Mayes WORDS perform. $10. 7:30pm. 771 -5680. alibi.com/e/161211. PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE The Desert and the Blade: A Novel of WAREHOUSE 21 , Santa Fe Almost Adults: 5 Short Plays the Change . A discussion with the author. 4pm. 294 -2026. about Sex, Love and Immaturity . LGBTQ-themed comedies alibi.com/e/163942. and dramas explore the journeys of the young (and not so RIO GRANDE NATURE CENTER The OxBow Poems: Slow Walks young) on the difficult road to maturity. $6 -$20. 7:30pm. on the Rio Grande . Author James Burbank presents (310) 499 -3391. alibi.com/e/160404. images, poetry and prose from his book. The presentation SONG & DANCE is followed by a Q&A period and a book signing. $3 per MARIA BENITEZ CABARET @ THE LODGE , Santa Fe car. 10 -11:30am. 344 -7240. alibi.com/e/162810. Generaciones Flamencas . Renowned guest artist La Tania, ART Entreflamenco’s Estefania Ramirez and additional CIVIC PLAZA 24 Hours of Art . Hundreds of artists of all flamenco artists. $25 -$45. 8pm. 209 -1302. vocations will be represented in the 24 programmed alibi.com/e/163364. hours. Includes live music, dancing, art, food and a beer NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Edison Quintana . garden. 3 -10pm. 270 -5401. alibi.com/e/163036. One of the greatest Uruguayan pianists of all time. Part of NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Art Event & Musical the Chispa: Music from the Americas Concert Series. $12. Evening . Art by Patrick Nagatani along with objects d’art 7:30pm. 246 -2261. alibi.com/e/161954. collections from various distinguished artisans. Plus music FILM from New Mexico Taiko, pianist Scott Nagatani and KIMO THEATRE Iron Man 2 (2010) . Tony Stark aka Iron Man singer/dancer/actress Keiko Kawashima. Presented by NM faces pressure to share his technology with the military but Japanese American Citizens League. 5:30 -9pm. is unwilling to let go of his invention. Part of the Marvel 883 -5320. alibi.com/e/159479. Comic Heroes Series. $6 -$8. 7 -9pm. 768 -3544. NEW MEXICO ART LEAGUE Biologique Reception . An art alibi.com/e/162544. exhibition inspired by nature. Runs through 10/9. 5-7:30pm. 293 -5034. alibi.com/e/161247. TAG STUDIO GALLERY Paul Sanchez Demo . The event features FRIDAY SEP 18 the artist’s works in watercolor, acrylic and sculpture. ART 2-5pm. 280 -8659 or 228 -8116. alibi.com/e/163595. STAGE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Mural Discovery Tour . Reflect on nine of the IPCC’s murals and uncover new and ADOBE THEATER A Crack in the Wall . $15 -$17. 7:30pm. See unexpected layers of meaning in each. $3 -$6. 1 -2pm. 9/18 listing. 843 -7270. alibi.com/e/144087. BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE The WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL “Resilience” Mural Show . $8 -$10. 8 -10pm. See 9/18 listing. Dedication Party & Film Screening . Celebrate the FOUL PLAY CAFE , Sheraton Uptown Elaine Whales and the completion of phase 1 of Albuquerque’s largest mural Mummy of King Khufu . $58. 7 -10pm. See 9/18 listing. with food trucks, music, and the premiere of the mural MAX’S MAGIC THEATRE The Comedy, Magic & Mentalism of documentary. 6 -8pm. 242 -9267. alibi.com/e/163362. Max Krause . Max’s show consists of original effects and See preview box. routines to create a family-friendly experience you won’t STAGE soon forget. $15 -$20. 6 -7:15pm. 255 -2303. ADOBE THEATER A Crack in the Wall . A drama about two alibi.com/e/162799. families, one Jewish and one Catholic, in German-occupied NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Our Lady of Poland, in the weeks prior to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of Mariposas . $10 -$18. 7:30pm. See 9/17 listing. April 1943. $15 -$17. 7:30pm. 898 -9222. WAREHOUSE 21 , Santa Fe Almost Adults: 5 Short Plays alibi.com/e/163943. about Sex, Love and Immaturity . $6 -$20. 7:30pm. See BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE The 9/17 listing. Show . Using audience suggestions and any absurd ideas SONG & DANCE that cross their minds, improvisers create scenarios and ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Art in the songs that are hilarious and preposterous. $8 -$10. Afternoon: Jazz Brasileiro . The collaboration between 8-10pm. 804 -5685. alibi.com/e/163220. Also, Comedy? guitarist Tony Cesarano and vocalist Debo Orlofsky Albuquerque’s DIY comedy troupe provides improv, sketch highlights exquisitely crafted guitar lines and gorgeously and music. $8. 9:30pm. 404 -1578. alibi.com/e/135353. haunting melodies. 2 -5pm. 243 -7255. FOUL PLAY CAFE , Sheraton Uptown Elaine Whales and the alibi.com/e/162345. Mummy of King Khufu . American reporter Elaine Whales is INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Traditional Native covering the unveiling of the newly-discovered mummy of American Dance . Since time immemorial, Pueblo King Knum-Khufu. She finds herself with the story of a communities have celebrated seasonal cycles through lifetime. $58. 7 -10pm. 377 -9593. alibi.com/e/161646. prayer, song and dance. A showcase of dance groups from NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Our Lady of 19 Pueblos. $4 -$6. 11am -2pm. 843 -7270. Mariposas . $10 -$18. 7:30pm. See 9/17 listing. alibi.com/e/159043. WAREHOUSE 21 , Santa Fe Almost Adults: 5 Short Plays MARIA BENITEZ CABARET @ THE LODGE , Santa Fe about Sex, Love and Immaturity . $6 -$20. 7:30pm. See Generaciones Flamencas . $25 -$45. 8pm. See 9/17 9/17 listing. listing. SONG & DANCE LEARN HILAND THEATER Roots of Rhythm . A new dance collaboration INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Real or Fake? Native with world renowned dancers and choreographers. $10. American Jewelry Workshop . A workshop with Native SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [21 ] American art expert Ira Wilson. Gain basic identification FILM skills and learn what questions to ask when shopping for STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER Ted 2 . Newlywed couple Ted and Native American jewelry. Noon -1pm. 843 -7270. Tami-Lynn want to have a baby but the bear must prove he alibi.com/e/162596. is a person. $2 -$3. 8 -10pm. alibi.com/e/161970. FILM VARIOUS LOCATIONS ¡Cine Magnífico! Film Festival . Opening night reception celebrating Cuban culture WEDNESDAY SEP 23 starts at 6pm at the NHCC and features tapas, a cash STAGE bar and salsa music courtesy of En-Joy. At 7pm the opening night film, Conducta/Behavior will be screened. MAX’S MAGIC THEATRE The Comedy, Magic & Mentalism of Director Ernesto Daranas will be on hand for a post-film Max Krause . Family-friendly magic and fun. $15 -$20. 7-8:15pm. 255 -2303. alibi.com/e/163196. Q&A. See 9/18 listing. See “Reel World.” SONG & DANCE MARIA BENITEZ CABARET @ THE LODGE , Santa Fe SUNDAY SEP 20 Generaciones Flamencas . $25 -$45. 8pm. See 9/17 listing. ART FILM ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Community Days: Inspiring Change . The Museum will be transformed CCA CINEMATHEQUE , Santa Fe Sam Scarpino and “The into a space for civic engagement. Visitors will have Horror of Dracula” . Infectious disease biologist Sam opportunities to envision, discuss and take actions Scarpino, an SFI Omidyar Fellow, will use this film as a towards the betterment of the community. Included with backdrop to examine the history of fear surrounding regular admission. Noon -4pm. 243 -7255. vaccination. $10. 7pm. (505) 982 -1338. a alibi.com/e/161966. alibi.com/e/163793. PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS , Santa Fe Empire and Liberty: The Civil War in the West . A panel discussion about the EVENT | PREVIEW Civil War with historians, authors, museum curators, editors

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SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [23 ] FOOD | FlAsh in The pAn RESTAURANT REVIEW BY TY BANNERMAN The Correct Answer is Green The Caffeine Dispensary Acquiring my drug of choice at Blunt Bros. Coffee On New Mexico’s chiles and preparing for winter I am an addict. I have an actual physical dependency on a recreational drug and if I miss it for so much as a day, my body goes R

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R corner of Washington and Central, in the A-frame building that once C housed Pinky’s Hot Dogs and La Hacienda Express before that. These days, the place has a new coat of paint and a brand new sign, though the drive-through speaker still doesn’t work. Instead, you’ve got to pull up to the window and talk to your dealer the old fashioned way. He’ll even turn down his tunes to hear you better. Let’s be clear about something. This isn’t a Starbucks and if you’re Alcaldes are hardly the first New Mexico chile to be expecting the kind of snappy service you get at the nation’s largest BY ARI LEVAUX coffee chain, you’re going to be disappointed. Instead, expect a bit of successfully grown out of state. The Anaheim pepper came small talk and then a wait while one of the Brothers (none of whom into being when seeds of another NM-style chile, the New are named Blunt and some of whom might actually be Sisters) puts he New Mexican diet revolves around two colors of chile. Mexico No. 9, were abducted from Hatch in 1894 and brought your order together. With just a little patience on your part, though, Red chile is the fully ripened form of the pod, and is to Southern California where they flourished. Today, Anaheim you’ll soon be treated to some excellent brew that will put the T usually dried and made into a sauce. Green, or unripe peppers are grown almost everywhere. Wherever they are corporate stuff to shame. chile, is typically fire-roasted and added to food in either grown, roasted Anaheims will legitimately invoke the spirit of As the sign says, there are no drips allowed at Blunt Bros, and that extends to the coffee, all of which is an espresso drink of some sort or whole or chopped form. Ordering in a New Mexican the high desert to bless your kitchen. restaurant inevitably requires answering the question, “red or other. There’s a Magic mocha (the magic comes from Ghirardelli Other peppers can be roasted as well. Jalapeños, poblanos chocolate), a Chronic cappuccino (cappucino with a flavor shot) and a green?” Diners who can’t make up their minds can choose and even bell peppers will undergo a similar, magical caffeinated sugar bomb called Corey’s Coo Coo Nut (a mocha with “Christmas,” which means both, but I face no such dilemma. transformation. Cherry bombs and Hungarian wax peppers, macadamia nut and coconut flavoring.) If you prefer your stimulants The correct answer is green. which can be roasted while red and yellow, respectively, are to arrive in more muted flavors, a variety of Fogs await your selection, When a green chile is roasted, it transforms into a god good too, as are roasted sweet peppers. But the NM styles are including the classic London Fog, with Earl Grey tea and steamed milk with sugar, a Celtic Fog which subs Irish breakfast tea, and a Navajo among foods. The skin burns and blisters as the pod collapses the best. into a smoldering pocket of pungent flavor, with an aroma that Fog, which uses an herbal tea popular in the Nation which tastes a bit I found a Montana farmer with a barrel-type chile roaster like wood but is probably really good for you. colonizes your soul. like they use down south; he uses it to roast Anaheims. These There are some non-caffeinated options as well. My daughter has When I returned home to Montana after six years in New spinning mesh drums can roast green chile by the bushel, and chosen Blunted hot chocolate, which is made with steamed milk and Mexico, I did so with a certain amount of anxiety over the they provide New Mexican farmers markets with a unique Ghirardelli, as her particular favorite, even when the outside impending winter. I wasn’t concerned about the cold, dark brand of aromatherapy in late summer. But if you don’t have temperature is bumping up into the 90s. My son prefers a strawberry- banana smoothie, made with real fruit, because he is a sugar fiend. days as much as the question of how I would get enough green access to one of these, chile can be roasted on the grill. The chile into my freezer to survive winter in style. Of course, there’s always the option to take a bag of fresh roasted broiler, however, is not ideal, because they should be licked by coffee home. The Brothers’ beans are heavy and earthy and a fine People eat spicy foods for many reasons. A recent study fire in order to achieve maximum flavor. addition to your lineup of local java. correlated chile consumption with longer life, but it isn’t clear Roasting on the grill, be it gas or charcoal, requires And the best part of all this? You don’t even need a doctor’s that this fact, per se, is motivating anyone’s quest for fire. vigilance and a good set of metal tongs, as the chiles must be signature. a Some eat it to prove their toughness. Some do it for the turned often to avoid burning. At first they will swell, as their endorphin rush. Some eat spicy foods because their meal feels water content heats. The moisture will then vacate the pods— naked without it. I enjoy a certain amount of spice, but that’s sometimes with a little pop, sometimes with a hiss—at which only one dimension of the chile pepper experience—especially point they will collapse. those with as much flavor as a roasted green chile. Eating chile When they are browned and blistered all around with no purely for the heat is like drinking wine just to get drunk, and remaining patches of tight skin, transfer them to an unscented, in both cases, you might regret it in the morning. I prefer a food-grade plastic bag to “sweat,” for at least 10 minutes. This medium-hot green chile so that I can consume more of that makes the chile easier to peel. intoxicating flavor without paying the price. Sweating is a ubiquitous part of roasting chile, but I’ve Hatch, NM is considered by many to be the Mecca of green often wondered if doing so exposes people to toxins from the chile, to the point where the pepper is frequently referred to as heated plastic. I contacted Paul Bosland, director of the New Hatch chile in places outside New Mexico. But contrary to Mexico Chile Institute at New Mexico State University in Las legend, there is nothing magical about chile from Hatch. Cruces, and asked him about this. He referred my question to There is, however, a lot of chile, both green and red, from the two colleagues, none of whom knew of any issues related to Hatch area. It’s a great place to grow chile profitably, thanks to sweating green chile in plastic. a favorable mix of a long growing season, rich Rio Grande soil Chiles are often peeled before freezing, but I freeze mine and cheap labor courtesy of the nearby border. It’s also true with the skins on which adds a layer of protection against that some of the more popular New Mexico green chile freezer burn. Plus, those skins contain much of that roasted PHOTOS BY ERIC WILLIAMS • ERICWPHOTO.COM varieties, like the Big Jim or Joe Parker, were bred with flavor. Southern New Mexico in mind. But that doesn’t make it the If I’m using thawed roasted chile as a condiment, first I re- best chile. roast them—ideally on a grill but in this case the broiler is Blunt Bros. Coffee Giant, fleshy pods like Big Jims are great for stuffing in OK—in order to get those peels smoldering again. This 4400 Central SE recipes like chiles rellenos, but my favorite green chile is the reactivates the chiles’ freshly-roasted flavor, and fills the house 695-2767 relatively petite, thin-walled Alcalde, an heirloom variety with that special smell. bluntbroscoffee.com from northern New Mexico. It’s got the flavor that makes me Rich foods bring out the best in roasted chile. Lay one on a Hours: 7am to 4pm, Monday through Friday wilt, and made me dread leaving New Mexico. So ahead of my cheeseburger. Chop one into a bowl of stew. Scramble one into 8am to 2pm, Saturday and Sunday move north, I mailed Alcalde seeds to farmers in Montana eggs. Hold one in your hand and take little bites while you eat Vibe: Chronic who’d agreed to grow them for me. Now, as my freezer is filling whatever is for dinner. Use chiles that are as hot as you wish. Extras: Walk-up window with quart bags of roasted Alcalde chile, I’m calling the As long as you don’t eat my green chile, everything will be The Alibi recommends: Corey’s Coo Coo Nut, take-home coffee operation a success. cool. a [24 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2015 SUNDAY SEP 20 Food CORRALES GROWERS’ MARKET Locally-grown produce, fresh bread, preserves and more. (500 Jones, Corrales). Calendar 9am -noon. alibi.com/e/162249. 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ABQ FOOD FRIDAYS Enjoy fine food, drinks and music in a TASTY WEDNESDAY: SWEET & SPICY PECANS The chefs fun and unique atmosphere. Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza add sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger, (1 Civic Plaza). 4 -8pm. 768 -4575. mustard and pepper to come up with a great snack! alibi.com/e/144543. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm (4803 Rio CHILE COOK OFF Sign up early. Bring a chile dish of your Grande NW). 10am -4pm. 344 -9297. choosing—red or green. Prizes and entertainment will be alibi.com/e/163761. a a part of this fall event. North Valley Senior Center (3825 Fourth Street NW). 10:30am -noon. alibi.com/e/152803. EVENT | PREVIEW CHILE Y CHOCOLATE This elegant evening event will include tastings and chef demonstrations with live music, all under the stars on a crisp, fall night. Gutierrez-Hubbell House (6029 Isleta SW). FREE. 6:30 -9pm. 244 -0507. alibi.com/e/162901. LOS POBLANOS FARM TOUR Enjoy a morning tour of the working organic lavender farm and kitchen gardens with the farmers. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). $0 -$10. 10 -11am. 344 -9297. alibi.com/e/163103. SATURDAY SEP 19 ABQ UPTOWN GROWERS’ MARKETS Locally grown produce and locally made crafts. All produce is picked within 24 hours of being available. ABQ Uptown (2200 Louisiana NE). 7am -noon. alibi.com/e/162850. AUTUMN INDIAN POP-UP DINNER Celebrate autumn with Chef Shibana Singh at the Bollywood-inspired Indian Pop-Up Dinner with food, dancing, henna artistry, raffles MORGUEFILE.COM and more. Kalm Yoga (8338 Comanche NE). $45 -$55. 6-9pm. alibi.com/e/161963. Chef Showdown BUCKET COMPOSTING WITH THE BOKASHI METHOD Turn One room is filled with nine chefs who find food scraps into plant-ready nutrients. Highland Senior themselves Center (131 Monroe NE). FREE. 10:30am -12:30pm. surrounded by an 929 -0414. alibi.com/e/160912. audience of people to WEDNESDAY CHINESE MOON FESTIVAL AFTERNOON TEA A three-course impress—it’s survival SEPTEMBER 23 “high tea” highlighting Chinese moon festival snacks. Try of the tastiest with Builders Source a Chinese Chicken Salad in Waffle Cone, Lotus Seed their minds focusing Appliance Gallery Moon Cake and more. Fragrant Leaf Tea Boutique back and forth 308 Menaul NE (3207 Silver SE). $33 with reservations. 1 -2:30pm. between the alibi.com/e/161971 255 -0522. alibi.com/e/162713. distraction of a 5:30 to 7:30pm COOKING CLASSES Eat, play and learn at this fun and ticking timer and a exciting hands-on cooking class. Cinnamon Sugar & mystery basket full of Spice Cafe (5809 Juan Tabo NE). $59. 5 -8pm. ingredients that will 492 -2119. alibi.com/e/158669. shape the scope of their creativity and their DOWNTOWN GROWERS’ MARKET Featuring fresh produce, fate. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, get yourself to local goods, kids’ activities and live music. Robinson Builders Source Appliance Gallery (308 Park (Eighth Street & Central). FREE. 7am -noon. Menaul NE) as they hold their charity event 252 -2959. alibi.com/e/134058. Duke It Out! from 5:30-7:30pm. Get ready to LOS RANCHOS GROWERS’ AND ARTS/CRAFTS MARKETS be at the edge of your seat, gasping in Local food, arts and crafts. Fall veggies/salmon/beef, anticipation as you watch talented chefs guest chef Kenny the Fishhugger and Lapdog Rescue create entrées and desserts that will make Adoption Day in the barn and on the green. Los your stomach growl and your heart race when Ranchos Growers’ Market (6718 Rio Grande NW). FREE. the judges take their bites and determine a 8am -noon. alibi.com/e/162838. winner. Tickets are only $50 and benefit SOUTH VALLEY GROWERS’ MARKET Produce from local children in need of a good home through El growers, live music and crafts in a bucolic semi-rural Ranchito de los Ninos. So head over to setting. Cristo Del Valle Presbyterian Church elranchitonm.org for more information on how (3907 Isleta SW). 8am -noon. 877 -4044. to purchase a seat. (Desiree Garcia) a alibi.com/e/164267.

SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [25 ] [26 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 FILM | revIew REEL WORLD BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Grandma Lily Tomlin is a tough old bird in emotional comedy about the choices we make in life

Magnificent cinema ¡Cine Magnifico!, Albuquerque’s annual Latino film festival returns Sept. 18 through 20, bringing with it 23 features, documentaries and shorts from throughout the Hispanic world. Among the highlights of this year’s third annual outing is the showcase film La Isla Mínima/Marshland . The drama is described as a political thriller about a remote town in the deep south of Spain in which a pair of ideologically different homicide detectives struggles to solve a series of brutal murders of adolescent girls. The diverse schedule also includes kids’ entertainment like La Fórmula del Dr. Fuentes/ Dr. Fuentes’ Formula , a family film based off a 1992 book about a scientist who discovers a “Who wants to go to Sonic?” chemical formula to make himself young again. around the subject of Elle’s daughter (and Among the documentaries is American BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Grandma DREAMers , which tells the story behind a group Sage’s mom), Judy. Judy (Marcia Gay Harden) of six undocumented youth who risk their Written and directed by Paul Weitz is a tightly wound, overachieving corporate ack in 1999 brothers Paul and Chris Weitz freedom when they walk 3,000 miles to the Starring Lily Tomlin, Julie Garner, Marica Gay Harden type who inherited her mother’s short fuse. nation’s capital to organize for immigrant rights. wrote and directed a little film called Rated R Both Elle and Sage are scared of talking to Dramas, comedies, romances, thrillers and American Pie . That raunchy comedy hit B Opens Friday 9/18 her—and by extension admitting their long documentaries for the 2015 outing have been made over $100 million and inspired five list of failures. At the end of their rope, gathered from Venezuela, Spain, Guatemala, sequels. The duo went on to write and direct Mexico, the US, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Garner, The Perks of Being a Wallflower ). Turns however, they relent and show up at Judy’s comedies both bad ( American Dreamz ) and Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Uruguay out Sage is pregnant and has decided to get an office. This takes the film into its final round good ( About a Boy ), before branching off and abortion. In fact, she’s made an appointment and more—leaving hardly a Spanish-speaking of revelations and character confrontations. nation in the world unrepresented. Most trying their hand at adapting tween lit for later on that afternoon. The only problem The plotline of Grandma is simple and screenings take place at the National Hispanic franchises (Chris did The Golden Compass and is she’s broke and terrified to talk to her linear. It’s basically two women riding around Cultural Center (1701 Fourth SW) and at Guild Twilight Saga: New Moon , while Paul tackled mother about it. Elle, who’s been feuding with in an old car trying to drum up 500 bucks Cinema (3405 Central NE) with a couple free Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant ). Now, screenings at UNM’s College of Fine Arts. The her uptight and judgmental daughter for years, before the end of the business day. Weitz’ as apparent penance, the brothers have each entire thing gets underway Friday with an can sympathize. Unfortunately, Elle’s flat dialogue is occasionally a bit too pat, but the retreated to the low-budget indie world. In busted as well. And in some misguided act of Opening Night Fiesta. At 6pm there will be a biting sense of humor is right on target. The reception celebrating Cuban culture featuring 2011, Chris contributed the simple immigrant corporate rebellion, she cut up her credit cards characters have their cliché moments (the tapas, a cash bar and salsa music courtesy of drama A Better Life . This year Paul gives it a go and turned them into wind chimes. So, angry lesbian, the pregnant teen, the uptight En-Joy. At 7pm the opening night film, with the microcosmic dramedy Grandma . welcoming the distraction, and adopting it as corporate lawyer), and yet the well-paced Conducta/Behavior will be screened. Cuban Despite the ... let’s call them eclectic director Ernesto Daranas will be on hand for a some kind of feminist mission, Elle leads her script treats them all like actual human resumes of the Weitz boys, they’re both smart post-film Q&A. Throughout the weekend there granddaughter on a quest across Los Angeles beings—allowing them to be right and wrong, fellas. Paul, for example, is wise enough to trying to raise $500 by 6pm. are free screenings, paid screenings and special smart and stupid, wise and oblivious, loving discounted screenings, so be sure to check the start Grandma with an ace in the hole. That The quest starts at the house of Sage’s and hurtful all at the same time. It’s this still, website (cinemagnifico.com) for a complete list hole card is septuagenarian actress and boyfriend, but he quickly proves himself an deep pond of emotion that lifts the film above of films, times and prices. comedienne Lily Tomlin. She plays Elle Reid, unhelpful jerk-off—particularly after Grandma the standard, quirky indie comedy it could a feminist, lesbian, poet, occasional beats him with a hockey stick. Elle, who’s easily have been. academician and full-time cranky rather famous for burning bridges, flips At the end of the day (literally, in this Sci-fi filmmaking misanthrope. She starts the film off by This year the 48 Hour Film Project is turning its through her mental Rolodex looking for old case), it’s all Tomlin’s movie. She’s perfect in breaking up with her much younger girlfriend attention to science fiction. On Oct. 16 teams of friends who might be good for a few bucks. But the role: Spiky, rude, raw, ruthlessly funny. (the ubiquitous but always welcome Judy everybody’s either tapped out or harboring filmmakers will be given just two days to write, Tomlin is a counterculture comedy icon who’s shoot, edit and premiere a short film based on a Greer of “Arrested Development,” “Married,” some old grudges against Elle. Over the course rarely gotten her due. Despite amazing random sci-fi theme (aliens? time travel? Jurassic World and Ant-Man ). Though she of the day, Elle and Sage’s quest becomes less performances in film such as Nashville, The spacecraft?). Albuquerque is one of only three seems cold and unfazed by the event, Elle is about the acquisition of some fast bucks and Late Show, All of Me and I Heart Huckabee s, cities trying out this new 48 Hour genre fest. privately nursing some very old wounds. Seems Completed films will be shown to the public more about the detritus their dysfunctional she’s never won an Oscar. It’s possible her longtime partner of 28 years passed away sometime in October, and the winning short will family has left behind. After a particularly Grandma is too modest a movie to really some time ago of an unspecified illness, and soul-searching visit to a former (and be screened as part of Filmapalooza 2016. You attract Academy attention. But it’s a worthy have until Monday, Sept. 21, to register your Elle still isn’t over it—not that she’d let uncharacteristically male) lover (Sam Elliot), effort on her part. We should all be so lucky to team under the early bird registration terms anyone know. Elle figures it’s finally time to confront the have a dame like Lily Tomlin as our cranky, ($150 per team). To sign up your secret cabal of Relief (of a sort) arrives in the form of Elle’s elephant in the living room. mad scientist movie makers, go to scrappy, deep-down loyal grandmother. a sweet-faced teenage granddaughter Sage (Julia All day Elle and Sage have been dancing 48hourfilm.com/albuquerque-nm/scifi. a

SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [27 ] TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX Late Again “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS Colbert gets a touch of his own flavor in BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY there. His post-monologue sketch seems to want to concentrate on up-to-the-minute here’s a“ certain level of trepidation a ” politics. Although Colbert has dropped his reviewer feels when approaching a new “fake conservative pundit” personality, he’s still Tlate-night talk show. Mostly because, well, trading on most of the same jokes and feigns there’s not much to talk about. As innovative the same jovial egotism. Mostly, he seems to be and original as each successive host dreams of having fun. His style is to crack as many jokes being, the shows themselves are hidebound and as possible with the guests. In this regard, he hamstrung by a formula that’s been kicking feels like a throwback to the Golden Era of around the airwaves since the ’50s. Watching Johnny Carson—who, on his worst night, each new iteration of “The Tonight Show,” looked like he was amused to death. Out the “Late Night,” “The Late Show,” etc., you gate “The Late Show” is loaded with laughs. realize there’s not an awful lot one host can Which bodes well. really add to the genre—other than a It’s also incredibly familiar, right down to trademark bit (David Letterman’s Stupid Pet the set dressing. Colbert has pimped the Tricks or James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke or theater with a multilevel, church-like interior. Conan O’Brien’s In The Year 2000). What, for For the most part, though, it’s the same brick- example, will comedian Stephen Colbert be lined warehouse with the wooden desk and the bringing to Letterman’s old post at CBS’ “The fake picture window overlooking the simulated Late Show”? Manhattan skyline as every other late-night Colbert has some big shoes to fill. Not only talk show. The pacing is also visibly rickety— is he in the unenviable position of following up which can, for the next couple of months, be on Letterman’s longtime gig (22 years at CBS), chalked up to new show jitters. Colbert’s but he’s got to compete with the huge success opening night interview with George Clooney he had on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert was awkward (and as Colbert later admitted, Report.” His first week at “The Late Show” was heavily edited). His conversation with Joe alternately funny, rocky, filled with potential Biden resulted in some unexpectedly honest and bogged down by convention. talk about the Vice President’s dead son. And When you break it down, the formula for his back-and-forth with Uber creator Travis late night is more or less set in stone. The host Kalanick was missing several interruptions by mounts the stage to thunderous applause. He angry New York cab drivers in the audience. delivers some topical jokes in the form of a Colbert knows what he’s doing. He’s a monologue. He retreats to a desk to offer a smart, funny, entertaining guy. But it’s going to longer scripted bit, wherein he frequently take him some time to get used to this bigger, points to his band leader. The host then brighter stage. Hopefully in the process, he’ll welcomes two guests, engages in genial chatter give late night TV something it desperately and allows them to plug their latest projects. In needs—a kick in the ass. a the last 10 minutes, a musical guest sits in with the band. Colbert, like all his other network “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” airs Monday brethren, follows this formula to a T. through Friday on KRQE-13 at 10:35pm.

SATURDAY 19 in Times Square with no memory and her body entirely tattooed with clues. THE WEEK IN “Neanderthal Apocalypse” (History 2pm) How does this mysterious woman Trust me, Syfy is very jealous of that title. connect to an international FBI case, and why has someone gone to such SLOTH “Doctor Who” (BBC America 7pm) I’m cartoonishly elaborate lengths to still waiting to love Peter Capaldi— create a mystery? which I will as soon as he gets a well- written episode. And, much as I like THURSDAY 17 Jenna Coleman, I’m pretty much over TUESDAY 22 Clara as a companion. Discuss. “Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood” “The Muppets” (KOAT-7 7pm) The (KOB-4 7pm) If you’re the kind of Muppets return in a mockumentary- person who thinks ventriloquists are SUNDAY 20 style series à la “The Office.” funny, here’s a Jeff Dunham special. “The 67th Annual Primetime Emmy “Scream Queens” (KASA-2 7pm) A Country singer Brad Paisley and former Awards” (KASA-2 7pm) This year’s university is stalked by a serial killer UFC champion Chuck Liddell stop by. last-chance nominees include “Parks in this Scream -esque horror series For some reason. and Recreation,” “Mad Men,” “The starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma “Mat Franco’s Got Magic” (KOB-4 8pm) Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show Roberts, Lea Michele and Oliver Famous Rhode Island magician (um, With Jon Stewart.” Hudson. In case you couldn’t tell, it’s OK) and “America’s Got Talent” season produced by Ryan Murphy (“Glee,” 9 winner (sure, why not?) Mat Franco “American Horror Story”). scores a TV special. MONDAY 21 “Limitless” (KRQE-13 9pm) This sci-fi “The 5th Annual Streamy Awards” (VH1 “Life in Pieces” (KRQE-13 7:30pm) From series is a spin-off of Bradley 8pm) The year’s best online videos are Cooper’s mildly successful 2011 sci- the looks of this multigenerational fi film about a struggling writer who honored in a ceremony that should dramedy, Dianne Wiest and James probably have been aired on YouTube. becomes a financial wizard after Brolin have replaced Bonnie Bedelia taking an experimental pill that and Craig T. Nelson in “Parenthood.” allows him to use “100 percent of his FRIDAY 18 “Minority Report” (KASA-2 8pm) This brain.” (That old trope!) It starts by spin-off of the Steven Spielberg future having Cooper hand off his powers to “ABC Fall Preview Special” (KOAT-7 cop thriller follows a police detective a less expensive actor. Also, since 7:30pm) Ken Jeong hosts this look at and a precognitive psychic as they this is TV, it’s now a crime-solving the new ABC fall shows, including “Dr. series. Ken” starring Ken Jeong. solve crimes before they happen. I’m pretty confident this sci-fi variation on “We Have Issues” (E! 11:30pm) If the straight cop/brilliant crimesolver WEDNESDAY 23 there’s one thing E! needs, it’s more formula (see for reference: “Elementary,” “comedy infotainment.” Here, “Monk” “The Mentalist,” et al.) has “Rosewood” (KASA-2 7pm) Hunky comedians discuss the biggest pop missed the entire message of the film. Morris Chestnut is a brilliant, private, culture news of the week. Like every criminal pathologist-for-hire. (I’m other show on E! “Blindspot” (KOB-4 9pm) In NBC’s heavily hyped crime series, a woman wakes up sure that’s a thing.) a

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BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY awry, causing an array of characters (Mohanlal, Siddique The Gift of style and temporal flair, turning this Cold War team-up and Vijayaraghavan, to name just the single-named) to Actor Joel Edgerton ( Warrior, The Great Gatsby ) turns writer- between American and Russian spies into a witty buddy cop OPENING THIS WEEK become involved. In Malayalam with English subtitles. 129 director to deliver this mystery-thriller. Jason Bateman and drama. Whereas the Mission: Impossible films want you to minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 9/18 at Movies West) Rebecca Hall play a married couple whose lives are “thrown watch them from the edge of your seat, this one wants you Best of Enemies into a harrowing tailspin” when an old high school to sit back and absorb the mid-century cool. Reviewed in Liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials acquaintance of the husband’s shows up. Edgerton takes v24 i33. 116 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown) changed the face of television, politics and punditry when When will futuristic dystopian leaders learn? Never mess the plum role of the unwanted house guest who starts last-place network ABC started airing a series of debates with teenagers; they’ll bring you down every time. (See for delivering an increasingly extravagant string of Minions between the two intellectual rivals in the summer of 1968. reference: the Divergent series, the Hunger Games series, et housewarming gifts—all of them hinting at a nasty secret The lovable yellow sidekicks from the Despicable Me films As the two went toe-to-toe during the Democratic and al.). Despite its strict adherence to the tropes of the genre, from the past. The film clearly references such late- finally get their own spin-off. History tells us that the Minions Republican national conventions, ratings soared, and a new the second installment of the Maze Runner series makes for ’80s/early-’90s yuppies-in-peril films as Fatal Attraction and have been around since the dawn of time, looking for era of public discourse was born. Directors Robert Gordon some exciting post-apocalyptic entertainment. It’s mostly a Single White Female , but Edgerton manages to keep things evildoers to whom they can pledge their slavish devotion. (Johnny Cash’s America ) and Morgan Neville ( Twenty Feet bunch of personality-deficient kids running from evil adults creepy and surprising throughout. 108 minutes. R. (Century This hectic, anarchy-driven toon takes us to swingin’ ’60s from Stardom ) direct this provocative documentary, which— and the occasional zombie horde, but the pace is breathless Rio) London where a trio of semi-moronic Minions try to help the for all its historical context—could not be more timely. 87 and the production design is impeccably bleak. This one world’s first female supervillain (voiced by Sandra Bullock) minutes. R. (Opens Sunday 9/20 at Guild Cinema) plays mighty fast and loose with James Dashner’s original Hitman: Agent 47 steal the Crown Jewels. The plot is terribly inconsequential— novels (which don’t make a whole lot of sense anyway), so The 2007 action-movie adaptation of the Hitman but it’s hard to deny the silly fun to be had along the way. 91 Black Mass it’s hard to tell how hardcore YA lit fans will react. But the videogame series starring Timothy Olyphant wasn’t very minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio) Johnny Depp finally puts his penchant for dressing up in odd mediocre script and gripping action is probably enough to popular. But Hollywood’s reboot machine isn’t even slowed costumes and playing with makeup to some serious carry audiences into a third film. 131 minutes. PG-13. down by failure these days. So here’s a reboot/sequel Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation purpose in this hard-hitting biopic about notorious South (Opens Thursday 9/11 at Century 14 Downtown, Rio starring Rupert Friend (who played Mr. Wickham in the 2005 For a series as star-packed in front of and behind the Boston mobster Whitey Bulger. Depp is striking and scary, Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, Icon Cinemas film version of Pride and Prejudice ) as a mysterious, camera as these movies have been, the individual films sure but he’s surrounded by other great actors as well: Joel Albuquerque) gentically enineered killer. It will be less popular than the are forgettable. As usual, this fifth installment features jaw- Edgerton as a conflicted FBI agent, Benedict Cumberbatch original. 97 minutes. R. (Century Rio) dropping stunt work ... and some kind of storyline in which as a state senator. It’s not the greatest Mob movie ever Psycho (1960) IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team (Simon made—it may not even be as good as Depp’s Donnie Well, you can’t do better than Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 killer Inside Out Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames) are tasked with Brasco —but it’s a bracing return-to-form for Depp. 122 classic. Anthony Perkins is often imitated, never equalled as Pixar mixes up another can’t-miss instaclassic. This stopping an international villain who’s framed them for minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 9/17 at Century 14 Downtown, the confused young slasher Norman Bates. If all you can stunningly original, digitally animated toon takes us inside something-or-other. Tom Cruise buddy Christopher Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, Icon Cinemas remember is the immortal shower scene with Janet Leigh, the mind of an 11-year-old girl and introduces us to the McQuarrie ( Valkyrie, Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow ) writes Albuquerque) then you should give this one a second look; it’s got plenty anthropomorphized feelings at work inside her head. Chief and directs. Reviewed in v24 i32. 131 minutes. PG-13. (Rio more jolts in store. 109 minutes. Unrated. (Sunday 9/20 at among them is Joy (perfect Amy Poehler), who’s stuck Rancho Premiere Cinema, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Captive Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio) working with a bunch of negative Nellies (Sadness, Anger, Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio) Christian filmmakers have finally salted away enough money Fear and Disgust). But when Joy and Sadness get lost in the to talk big-name Hollywood stars into selling their wares. Searching for Nepal recesses of the young girl’s mind, the film warps from an No Escape Here, a hostage (Kate Mara, “House of Cards”) uses Rick UNM 4 Nepal hosts a special fundraiser screening of this inventive workplace comedy to a wildly imaginative, Willy Who’s ready for Owen Wilson, action star? The same ones Warren’s best-selling book of devotional Bible quotes The documentary exploring the emotional and cultural journey of Wonka -esque fantasy. It seems silly to say that a film about who rushed to see him in 2001’s Behind Enemy Lines , I Purpose Driven Life to convince her desperate captor (David a former Peace Corps volunteer seeking his adopted family emotions is emotional, but trust me when I say this film has suppose. Here, the Wes Anderson fave and his wife (Lake Oyelowo, Selma ) to put his life on the path to redemption. in Nepal following the country’s Maoist civil war. 90 minutes. all the feels ! Reviewed in v24 i26. 94 minutes. PG. (Rio Bell from “Children’s Hospital”) move to a new home in The Purpose Driven Life , on sale now in the Christian section Unrated. (Opens Sunday 9/20 at Guild Cinema) Rancho Premiere Cinema, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, the family gets caught up in a of a Barnes & Noble near you! This preachy thriller is military coup, and is forced to race across the bullet-riddled directed by eightysomething Jerry Jameson, who was the Stray Dog Jurassic World country to safety. 101 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Premiere supervising editor on 30 episodes of “The Andy Griffith From the director of Winter’s Bone comes this documentary I’m not upset that Hollywood has decided to make a third Cinema, Century Rio) Show,” 90 episodes of “Gomer Pyle: USMC” and 40 about Ron “Stray Dog” Hall, a Vietnam vet and motorcycle Jurassic Park sequel. Because, you know, money . I am, episodes of “Mayberry R.F.D.” 97 minutes. PG-13. (Opens enthusiast, who owns and operates an RV park in southern however, ticked off that the fictional executives at InGen The Perfect Guy Thursday 9/17 at Century Rio) Missouri. Every year he joins thousands of bikers on a cross- thought they could get away with this. Did someone at the A successful lobbyist (Sanaa Lathan, The Best Man ) meets country ride to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC for a corporation send out a memo saying, “Hey, everybody. a charming IT expert (Michael Ealy, Think Like a Man ) who ¡Cine Magnífico! series of veteran rituals. Over the course of Debra Granik’s Remember that dinosaur theme park we were trying to appears to fit the title description. After the two jump into This festival, co-founded by the National Hispanic Cultural film, the focus shifts from the deeply personal to the broadly open? You know, the one where the tourists kept getting bed for some sexual satisfaction, however, he turns violent, Center’s Cervantes Institute, concentrates on films made in cultural. 98 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Sunday 9/20 at Guild eaten over and over and over again? Well, we’re pretty sure jealous and vengeful. Basically, this bad romance thriller is a or about Latin America. Among the 23 features, Cinema) we’ve got all the kinks worked out. Fourth time’s the charm!” Lifetime network movie in the theater. 100 minutes. PG-13. documentaries and shorts screening throughout the I mean, come on. ... Ah, well, at least we’ve got Chris Pratt. (Century Rio, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Century 14 weekend at Guild Cinema and the National Hispanic He’s cool. 124 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Downtown) Cultural Center’s Bank of America Theater are selections Cinema, Century 14 Downtown) from the US, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Cuba, Venezuela and STILL PLAYING Pixels more. For a complete listing of films and times, go to Last Tango in Paris When space aliens misinterpret video game signals from cinemagnifico.com. All films are in Spanish or Portuguese 90 Minutes in Heaven Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider star in Bernardo Earth as a challenge to war, a group of former arcade nerds with English subtitles. (Opens Saturday 9/19 at Guild Hayden Christensen ( Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Bertolucci’s controversial erotic tale from 1972. Brando is a (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad) are Cinema) Clones ), Kate Bosworth ( Blue Crush ) and Dwight Yoakam middle-aged American living in Paris and haunted by his recruited by the government to fight off the likes of Donkey (you know, the country singer) star in this (allegedly true) wife’s suicide. Schneider is the 20-year-old Parisian beauty Kong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. The story (based on a Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone story of a Baptist minister who is pronounced dead after an he hooks up with for mindless carnal delights. 129 minutes. short film) is loaded with nostalgic potential ... all of which “Neon Genesis Evangelion” guru Hideaki Anno returns to auto accident, but believes he spent an hour and a half (Guild Cinema) is squashed by bored-to-be-here Adam Sandler and his create this feature film adaptation of the classic Japanese strolling around Heaven before springing back to life. pals. 106 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho anime series. The sober sci-fi story concerns a future Earth Weirdly, this heavily Christian drama (aimed clearly at Learning to Drive Premiere Cinema) invaded by monstrous “Angels.” The only hope for mankind Heaven Is for Real audiences) is written and directed by A “fiery” Manhattan author (Patricia Clarkson) whose lies in a group of special teenagers chosen to pilot gigantic indie oddball Michael Polish ( Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork, The husband has just left her connects with a soft-spoken Indian Sinister 2 robotic weapons known as “EVAs.” The epic, battle-heavy Astronaut Farmer ). 121 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Rio taxi driver (Ben Kingsley) on the verge of an arranged Movie-loving demon with a goofy name Bughuul is back story is quite faithful to the original, but the animation and Rancho Premiere Cinema) marriage. She hires him to teach her how to drive. As haunting another rural family in this sequel to the 2012 sound are a major step up in quality. 98 minutes. PG-13. expected, the unusual, cross-cultural friendship awakens horror hit Sinister . Ethan Hawke is out. Shannyn Sossamon (Opens Thursday 9/17 at SUB Theater) Ant-Man their “joy, humor and love in starting life anew.” Spanish (A Knight’s Tale ) is in, doing parent duty. This unimaginative The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe offering is smaller than director Isabel Coixet ( My Life Without Me, Map of the rehash is little more than a collection of jump-scares. 97 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance its fellow superhero movies in a number of ways. Paul Rudd Sounds of Tokyo ) helms this harmless charmer. R. (Century minutes. R. (Century Rio) The “rebuild” of Hideaki Anno’s seminal sci-fi anime “Neon is fine and dandy as a cat burglar recruited by an aging 14 Downtown) Genesis Evangelion” continues. The second chapter of this scientist (Michael Douglas) to don a powerful shrinking suit Southpaw apocalyptic animated saga finds Earth under constant and fight the bad guys. The size-changing special effects are Listen to Me Marlon Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams star in this gritty attack by the towering alien race known as Angels. a blast, but the film is neither fish nor fowl. There’s not Late acting icon Marlon Brando relates the story of his life sports drama about a boxer trying to get his life back on Desperate to stem the tide of invasion, the United Nations’ enough humor to make it a comedy, and too little action to and career in his own words, thanks to hundreds of audio track after losing his wife to a tragic accident and his paramilitary task force NERV continues to recruit new pilots compete with the big boys of summer. It’s perfectly tapes rescued from his estate. Around these insightful daughter to child protective services. Antoine Fuqua for their cyborg war machines. A absolute must for mecha entertaining in moments, but this one needed a lot more flashbacks, director Stevan Riley creates a beautiful, (Training Day, Shooter, The Equalizer ) directs. Gyllenhaal fans. 108 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Friday 9/17 at SUB style and spark to avoid the “generic Marvel movie” pit it evocative, appropriately oddball portrait of the Hollywood gives it his all, but his greatest opponent is sports movie Theater) occasionally stumbles into. Reviewed in v24 i30. 117 legend. Reviewed in v24 i34. 95 minutes. Unrated. (Guild cliché. 123 minutes. R. (Century Rio) minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio) Cinema) Grandma Straight Outta Compton Reviewed this issue. 78 minutes. R. (Opens Friday 9/18 at Bhale Bhale Magadivoi The Man from U.N.C.L.E. F. Gary Gray ( The Italian Job, The Negotiator ) directs this Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio) In this Indian romantic comedy, a forgetful scientist (Nani) Henry Cavill ( Man of Steel ) and Armie Hammer ( The Lone dutiful biopic relating the origin story of controversial, falls in love with a gal (Lavenya Tripathi) but must content Ranger ) take over for Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in Loham: The Yellow Metal with a romantic rival. In Telegu with English subtitles. 140 this remake of the mid-’60s spy-fi TV series. Writer-director minutes. Unrated. (Movies West) Film Capsules continues on page 32 In this Indian action thriller, a gold-smuggling deal goes Guy Ritchie ( Snatch, Sherlock Holmes ) gives the film plenty SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [31 ] FILM | CAPSULES FILM | TIMES wEEk oF FrI., SEPT. 18-ThUrS., SEPT. 24

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groundbreaking LA rap group NWA. O’Shea Jackson Jr. Psycho (1960) Sun 2:00, 7:00; Wed 2:00, 7:00 HIGH RIDGE is particularly convincing as the young Ice Cube—not The Perfect Guy Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:55, 10:25; 12910 Indian School NE • 275-0038 Mon-Thu 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:55 too surprising, considering he’s Cube’s son. The film has Grandma Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35; Mon-Thu generated some serious buzz; too bad it’s so by-the- Please check alibi.com/filmtimes for films and times. 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25 numbers. 147 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Premiere Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Fri-Sun 11:40am, 1:00, Cinema, Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Icon ICON CINEMAS ALBUQUERQUE 2:45, 4:10, 5:55, 7:20, 9:00, 10:25; Mon-Thu 11:40am, 13120-A Central Ave. SE • 814-7469 Cinemas Albuquerque) 1:00, 2:45, 4:10, 5:55, 7:20 Black Mass Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35; Mon-Thu 1:50, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Fri-Thu 12:10, 12:40, 1:30, Trainwreck 4:45, 7:40 3:05, 3:35, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:20, 8:55, 9:25, 10:15 Red-hot sketch comedian Amy Schumer writes and Learning to Drive Fri-Sun 11:50am, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40; Black Mass Fri-Thu 11:40a m, 12:35, 2:25, 3:20, 5:05, 6:05, stars in this surprisingly deep comedy for director Judd Mon-Thu 11:50am, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10 7:50, 8:50, 10:30 Apatow ( The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up ). It’s just The Visit Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20; Mon-Thu The Perfect Guy Fri-Thu 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 as raunchy as you’re imagining, but Schumer 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45 The Visit Fri-Thu 11:35am, 1:50, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 9:20, contributes a lot of realistic drama as a commitment- The Transporter Refueled Fri-Sun 9:25; Mon-Thu 7:00 10:45 phobic party girl who finds herself attracted to a A Walk in the Woods Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45; Mon- Inside Out Fri-Thu 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:05 nice-guy sports physician (Bill Hader). The film ignores Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:05 Straight Outta Compton Fri-Thu 12:25, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 all the usual plot tropes of romantic comedies that Jurassic World Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30; Mon-Thu Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Fri-Thu 11:20am, 2:05, keep the main characters apart. Here, it’s just the 1:40, 4:40, 7:35 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 people, their emotions and their histories that make Straight Outta Compton Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:55, 7:15, 10:40; things complicated. Ass-smackingly funny and Mon-Thu 12:35, 3:55, 7:15 MOVIES 8 unexpectedly grown up. Reviewed in v24 i29. 125 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45; 4591 San Mateo NE • 1 (800) Fandango, express # 1194 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown) Sun 10:45; Mon-Thu 1:35, 4:55, 7:50 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Fri-Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, The Transporter Refueled 7:30, 10:30; Mon-Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 9:40 After beginning life as a series of BMW commercials, Trainwreck Fri-Sun 1:45, 5:00, 8:00, 10:50; Mon-Thu 1:45, Fantastic Four Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Luc Besson’s Transporter raced through three action 5:00, 8:00 Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D Fri-Thu 1:20, 4:50, 8:20 movies and a French-Canadian TV series. Now it reboots Minions Fri-Sun 11:45am, 2:10, 4:35, 7:00; Mon-Thu Avengers: Age of Ultron Fri-Thu 11:30am, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Terminator Genisys Fri-Thu 12:20, 3:30, 7:20, 10:20 its way back to theaters with Ed Skrein (who?) replacing 11:45am, 2:10, 4:35 Max Fri-Thu 11:50am, 3:20, 7:00, 9:50 Jason Statham as the fast-driving, tie-wearing San Andreas Fri-Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 mercenary. This time around he’s stuck between a CENTURY RIO San Andreas 3D Fri-Thu 11:40am, 2:40, 5:40, 8:40 femme-fatale and a sinister Russian kingpin. 96 I-25 & Jefferson • 1 (800) 326-3264 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Psycho (1960) Sun 2:00, 7:00; Wed 2:00, 7:00 14 Downtown, Century Rio) MOVIES WEST Grandma Fri-Sat 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 12:01; 9201 Coors NW • 1 (800) Fandango, express # 1247 Sun-Thu 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos Black Mass Fri-Sat 11:05am, 12:40, 2:15, 3:50, 5:25, Fantastic Four Fri-Thu 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Evidently popular in Latin America, the Mexican series 7:00, 8:35, 10:10, 11:45; Sun-Thu 11:05am, 12:40, 2:15, Loham: The Yellow Metal Fri 7:00; Sat-Mon 3:00 “Huevo Cartoon” gets the big-screen CGI treatment. In 3:50, 5:25, 7:00, 8:35, 10:10 Bhale Bhale Magadivoi Fri-Thu 11:50am, 3:00: Sat-Mon it, a literal and figurative “chicken” (voiced by Bruno Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Fri-Sat 11:30am, 12:40, 11:50, 7:00; Tue-Thu 11:40, 3:00, 7:00 Bichir) joins forces with his farmyard friends (most of 1:45, 2:50, 4:00, 5:05, 6:10, 7:20, 8:25, 9:30, 10:40 Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D Fri-Thu 2:30, 6:15, 9:40 whom are eggs—presumably because they’re easier to 11:40; Sun-Thu 11:30am, 12:40, 1:45, 2:50, 4:00, 5:05, Avengers: Age of Ultron Fri-Thu 12:40, 4:10, 7:40 draw) to save his home. In order to accomplish that, our 6:10, 7:20, 8:25, 9:30 Terminator Genisys 3D Fri-Thu 3:10, 9:10 timid hero must transform himself into a scrappy Captive Fri-Thu 11:00am, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Terminator Genisys Fri-Thu 12:10, 6:10 rooster. ... Yeah, this appears to be a kids’ cartoon The Visit Fri-Sat 11:25am, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 5:00, 6:20, Max Fri-Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 about cockfighting. The title means “The Rooster with 7:45, 9:05, 10:30, 11:50; Sun-Thu 11:25am, 12:50, 2:15, San Andreas 3D Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Many Eggs” or, colloquially speaking, “The Cock with Big 3:35, 5:00, 6:20, 7:45, 9:05, 10:30 San Andreas Fri-Thu 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Testicles.” In Spanish with English subtitles. 98 minutes. The Perfect Guy Fri-Sat 11:00am, 12:25, 1:50, 3:15, 4:40, PG-13. (Century Rio) 6:05, 7:30, 8:55, 10:20, 11:45; Sun-Thu 11:00am, 12:25, RIO RANCHO PREMIERE CINEMA 1:50, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30, 8:55, 10:20 1000 Premiere Parkway • 994-3300 The Visit 90 Minutes in Heaven Fri-Thu 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Fri-Thu 11:10am, 12:30, Writer-director M Night Shyamalan ( The Sixth Sense, Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos Fri-Thu 11:15am, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 2:20, 3:40, 5:30, 6:50, 8:45, 10:00 The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening ) dials Black Mass Fri-Thu 11:40am, 2:40, 5:50, 9:00 back the preposterous plot twists for this simple, low- A Walk in the Woods Fri-Thu 11:10am, 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 90 Minutes in Heaven Fri-Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 budget, “found footage” shocker. A pair of tweens (Olivia The Visit Fri-Thu 11:30am, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) are shipped off to the rural The Transporter Refueled Fri-Thu 11:45am, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 A Walk in the Woods Fri-Thu 11:00am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 farm of the grandparents they’ve never met. The Transporter Refueled Fri-Thu 7:35, 10:15 Unfortunately, Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop War Room Fri-Thu 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 No Escape Fri-Thu 11:15am, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:35 Inside Out Fri-Thu 11:15am, 1:55, 4:40 (Peter McRobbie) seem a little ... weird. This winking, Hitman: Agent 47 Fri-Sat 4:05, 10:20; Sun 10:20; Mon-Tue War Room Fri-Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 modern riff on “Hansel & Gretel” is a fun, PG-13 horror- 4:05, 10:20; Wed 10:20; Thu 4:05, 10:20 Jurassic World Fri-Thu 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 comedy that works far better than expected. Reviewed Sinister 2 Fri-Thu 3:45, 9:45 No Escape Fri-Thu 11:30am, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 in v24 i37. 94 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Straight Outta Compton Fri-Thu 11:35am, 3:15, 6:50, 9:50 Straight Outta Compton Fri-Thu 12:25, 3:50, 7:15, 10:40 Cinema, Century Rio, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, The Gift Fri-Thu 12:45, 6:45 Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Fri-Thu 11:45am, 2:55, Century 14 Downtown) Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation Fri-Thu 12:30, 3:50, 6:05, 9:15 Pixels Fri-Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 7:10, 10:30 Ant-Man Fri-Thu 11:05am, 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 A Walk in the Woods Southpaw Fri-Thu 12:35, 7:10 Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star in this innocuous Pixels Fri-Thu 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 10:25 adaptation of Bill Bryson’s equally innocuous nonfiction Ant-Man Fri-Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 SUB THEATER book. Redford is the conservative, stay-at-home type of Minions Fri-Thu 11:05am, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-5608 guy. Nolte is the troubled ne’er-do-well. Together these two mismatched old pals reunite and vow to hike the Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Fri-Sat 7:00; Sun 1:00 COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Fri-Sat 9:00; Sun entire Appalachian Trail. 104 minutes. R. (Century 14 Cottonwood Mall • 897-6858 3:00 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) The Sound of Music Thu 7:00 Please check alibi.com/filmtimes for films and times. War Room From the writer-director of such Christian films as UNM MIDWEEK MOVIES GUILD CINEMA UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-4706 Facing the Giants, Fireproof and Courageous comes 3405 Central NE • 255-1848 this drama about a “seemingly perfect” African- Ted 2 Tue 8:00; Wed 4:00, 7:00; Thu 3:30 American family who try to fix their problems (hubby Listen to Me Marlon Fri 3:30, 8:30 grapples with “temptation”—maybe from Ashley Last Tango in Paris Fri 5:45 ¡Cine Magnífico! Sat Check website or call for films and WINROCK STADIUM 16 IMAX & RPX Madison?) with the help of an older, wiser, Bible- 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE • 881-2220 endorsing woman. Spoiler alert: All they need is prayer. times 120 minutes. PG. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Searching for Nepal Sun 1:00 Please check alibi.com/filmtimes for films and times. a Cinema) a

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And like tasty analogies planted firmly and fruitfully in now, try it out/ Straight people don’t know, with southern-style roots rock and a bluesy many a cultural phenomena originating on the mind, check out Duke City Sound Stage what you’re about/ They put you down and presentation, Counting Crows had something Left Coast—like skateboarding, dude—this (2013 Ridgecrest SE) on Sunday Sept. 20. A shut you out/ You gave to me a new belief/ going on back then and probably still does. subgenre of rocanrol spread like a thirsty weed concert by Springfield, Mo. post-rock And soon the world will love you sweet leaf.” You can find out for yourself by paying through the rest of the west. Here in Burque, experimentalists Longweirdword will gleefully – “Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath, from the between $45-85 for an evening that involves Leeches of Lore grew out of the desert with a elucidate the link between psyched out album Master of Reality . recovering the satellites in this desert life. fecund ferocity that is radically rambunctious tuneage, smoked out mental states and proper wording for otherwise indescribable While our totally far-out yet highly Citizen Cope and Hollis Brown begin the yet scathingly sublime. They’ll be performing a experiences. A trio comprised of Timothy informative cannabis issue is smoking the evening’s descent into the decent at 6:30 pm. two-night record release party at Sister (407 Labrie (drums/vocals), Paul Spencer Nix competition at news outlets throughout land I Central NW) on Friday, Sept. 18, and (guitar/vocals) and Trae Coker (guitar/vocals), thought it would be a damn good idea to bind Saturday, Sept. 19. Each night features the spirit of that issue to this week’s music Friday these midwestern mind-melters bring the When I’ve got the munchies, nothing does me different sets exploring the musical mystery column. Apparently, metal-heads dig the herb power and gravitas of songs like “The Which a better solid than an order of sopaipillas from and maniacal methodology of Steve as much as hippies. Who knew? Anywho, be Than Which There is No Whicher” to the Los Cuates in Sandia Park (12540 N. Hammond, Andy Lutz and Noah Wolters. On your own master of various realities; give the fore with a focus on jangly, ambient strings, Highway 14). That makes for a luxuriously Friday Leeches will appear with a big band bong a rest, stash your medicinal access card restless rhythms and searchingly plaintive fattening feast on the edge of the forest. Now (the Leeches of Lorchestra) augmenting their for later and go to show. Sweet leaf may not be vocalizations. Deja Vu Again , Ghost I’m told this location of the fabled Nuevo bizarre metallic vision. The next evening, the able to hear but one sincerely hopes you can. Movement and Rhythm Punch open. This Mexicano cuisine outlet has live music on offer band performs Motel of Infinity in its entirety. If all-ages introduction to perceptive portals too. What could be better, I ask, dear readers? you haven’t had the chance to listen to this begins at 7pm. For only $5 bucks it’ll be a Thursday Well on Friday, Sept. 18, it gets awesome when quintessential example of the aforementioned When the 1990s isn’t busy being a blur of bad- helluva a way to test out those fancy flavors local rock roustabouts Badd Fish also make musical style, then check out opening track found in freakville. ass concert memories and foreign landscapes the menu. 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Since it’s practically impossible to speak The other night as I was nodding off after that is danceable and densely articulated; it’s Chacon , DJ Rygar and Toshi Kasai guest and to all of them with the glory each deserves, I sampling something called “Citrus Kush” I smokin’ homegrown flava hotter than the ghost dance on Saturday. Showtime for this highly suggest you load up by perusing our began spontaneously singing “Mr. Jones” by Christmas-style enchilada. Serio . Badd Fish 21+ trip to a desert-like realm where big, green fantastic music calendar. Whatever strain you Counting Crows . It turns out this wasn’t a takes the stage from 7pm until 10pm. The gig’s plants blossom beneath an inordinately bright choose, the scene around here makes it THC-fueled anomalous event, because—guess free and meant for all ages, but please moon is at 8pm both nights. possible to blaze away for days at at time. 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contains Picciotto’s musings on the world we I occupation as an artist, her personal life as a live in and how difficult it can be to lead the seeker and the domestic life she shares with life one desires. Picciotto and Hacke visit a her partner, Picciotto made the decision to dizzying number of cities and places in a short cast off the weight of possessions, the anchor period of time, and in navigating each, of a “home” and embrace the elements of her Picciotto realizes that her economic and life that really matter. Without the economic spiritual difficulties were not uniquely tied to and psychic drain of a domicile in Berlin, how her long time home in Berlin. There are pros can things be made more simple, more and cons to Vienna, Copenhagen, Athens, Los fulfilling? Angeles; after a stay in NYC they fly to Danielle de Picciotto is a prolific Tulum, Mexico where they inadvertently piss multimedia artist who often works in of tourists while trying to film around the collaboration with her husband Alexander pyramids there. Hacke, whom she sometimes refers to as a Nowhere is perfect, but knowing that they “famous rockstar.” He’s the bass player for the are always going to be moving on to another industrial punk band Einstürzende Neubauten. place seems to increase her ability to enjoy the They write film scores and soundtracks good things about a particular abode and avoid independently and together and Picciotto is a getting hung up on the inevitable bad aspects. prolific documentary film maker. Her first Take the Meet Factory, an artist’s colony in memoir, The Beauty of Transgression, records Prague, situated between some train tracks and her experience in Berlin’s unique underground a highway. There, Picciotto and her husband art and music scene during the ‘80s and ‘90s. created an installation on the theme of how In a Wire magazine interview, Danielle de time relates to happiness and were able to Picciotto says she decided to start writing enjoy the amenities of their living quarters memoirs because she “was forgetting things while knowing the heart attack-inducing train that she’d never thought she’d forget.” We Are horn and noise was only temporary, not a Gypsies Now is a graphic memoir that permanent, source of dread. One “advantage” chronicles the years 2011-2012, when she and to being a nomad is that nothing is ever the her husband decided to hit the road for what same. was to be an 18 month stint, an adventure that Fundamentally, Picciotto answers her own turned into five solid years as “nomads.” question: one doesn’t find happiness in any A good bit of Picciotto’s drawings and one place. There are beautiful and giving anecdotes capture the frustration and fun of people found in equal amounts to the touring as a musician. Her band, Hitman’s corruption and usury available everywhere. Heel, opened for the legendary Einstürzende Leaving a home in Berlin doesn’t leave Danielle de Picciotto playing with Hitman’s Heel, 2011. Neubauten during their “30 years EN” tour, Picciotto and Hacke with any less of and We Are Gypsies Now incidentally provides themselves or their art. The world is a glimpse into the world of this renowned sophisticated yet crude and sinking into a experimental rock band. They stay at the best morass of shit that grows wider every day. hotels. They despise bootleggers but have Being a full-time artist is something that learned to pick their battles. Like any Picciotto knows is tenuous. Navigating the successful band, EN attracts their own world in that capacity is not an easy particular kind of groupie and Picciotto’s proposition, but it’s no harder a task as a depictions of these backstage scenes captures nomad. In fact it may be simpler. Picciotto the catty bullshit that is a part of rock and roll. told the Alibi that the search for a permanent Picciotto is not a part of these rituals, but is an home is “difficult because gentrification is acute observer. Getting the stink eye from conquering almost all the cities and making these groupies makes her think it’s them more and more expensive.” Small towns “embarrassing when women act this way. The often can’t sustain artists. The wealth of musicians notice of course and laugh about individuals and creative types—patrons and them. When are women going to learn to clients that exist in any and every city—is support each other?” As for her own band’s what sustains artists. “Now it feels as if we performance on tour, she humbly admits that have multiple new homes,” she says. Without things often go wrong, occasionally due to a the restrictions that come with a house and drunk Aussie drummer who will live forever in home, Picciotto and Hacke have found a her illustrated diary as a werewolf with great greater flexibility to perform, create and bushy eyebrows. think—not to mention benefiting from the One of the strongest images in the book variety of inspiration found in new places that Aussie Werewolf drummer stealing wine depicts an anxiety-driven dream in which become available by simply being “unstuck.” a [36 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [37 ] [38 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo DJ Devin • house, dance • Chris de Jesus • 9pm • $0 -$10 Music TIWA RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Bad Katz Trio +1 • 10pm TLUR PA LOUNGE , Sandia Resort and Casino JDS • Calendar 9pm -1am TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Brahma • country • 9:30pm VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Larry Freedman • THURSDAY SEP 17 solo piano • 7pm • FREE BEN MICHAEL’S Gerald Lujan Latin Jam Session • 7pm • SATURDAY SEP 19 FREE BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • THE BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB , Rio Rancho Chris 9pm -1am Ravin Showcase • blues • 7pm • FREE • ALL -AGES! 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Bass player Leeper plays the away from Germany, where Picciotto has daylights out of his washtub bass while Dicharry plays trombone, washboard, lived most of her life. Songs like “Es Gibt electric spoons Kein Zurück” and to a lesser degree, “I Have and so many Love” are reminiscent of the German other creative WEDNESDAY industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten; the instruments you SEPTEMBER 23 track “In Transit” is a combination of won’t be able to keep up. And Ben Low Spirits experimental music with spoken word, 2823 Second Street NW something Picciotto does in a deliberate but Miller—as the creative genius alibi.com/e/163198 pleasing way. Whether speaking or singing, 9pm Picciotto’s vocals are beautifully enmeshed of the band— sings lead vocals in this sometimes harsh yet pretty music. A and writes most of good headphone album. the unit’s honestly plaintive and powerful songs. Tickets cost ten bucks for this 21+ trip towards gritty, mud-stomping tuneage from the heart of the country. (Judy Steele) a Dawn & Hawkes Goatheads • blues jam • 7pm • FREE Yours and Mine Music Calendar continued from page 31 MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras Merican Slang • funk • 6pm • FREE (Self-Released) Q BAR Piano Bar with John Cousins • 5pm Dawn & Hawkes bring RIO BRAVO BREWERY Murata • classic rock, contemporary • THE UNDERGROUND AT EVANGELO’S , Santa Fe Lord of 1pm War • space metal, deathcore • Wrvth • 9pm • $10 the easy listening side of SISTER Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab) • Deradoorian • Americana to your ears Reignbeau • 8pm • $10 on this well-produced album of pretty much TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Small Measures • WEDNESDAY SEP 23 flawless playing and singing. There are a lot electro-acoustic • 7:30pm • $7 • ALL -AGES! 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Bones • classic rock, R&B • 7pm • FREE • ALL -AGES! imagination to be desired and the phrasing BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE Totem • Xerephine • Treaphort • Zoe CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY , Corrales Lightning Hall • folk- does sometimes gets repetitive, I must say Clare • 9pm • FREE blues • 6:15pm • FREE Yours and Mine will appeal to quite a few LIZARD TAIL BREWING Open Mic Jam Night • 7pm DIRTY BOURBON Live Band Karaoke • 6pm • FREE fans of Americana and alt-country. Dawn & TRACTOR BREWING TAPROOM Virginia Creepers • jam • DUKE CITY SOUND STAGE Lord of War • space metal, Hawkes write nice tunes and the band’s got 7:30pm • FREE deathcore • Wrvth • 7pm • $8 talent, I just wish there were some IBIZA AT HOTEL ANDALUZ Alex Maryol • blues, rock • 6pm • imperfections in there somewhere—and TUESDAY SEP 22 FREE maybe a bit of loathing or discontent. LAUNCHPAD Chelsea Wolfe • singer-songwriter • Wovenhand • BEN MICHAEL’S Joe Daddy Blues Jam Session • 7pm • FREE 9:30pm • $13 THE BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB , Rio Rancho Blue LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER , Santa Fe Justin Noah Wall Collar Jazz Group • 7pm • FREE • ALL -AGES! Townes Earle • singer-songwriter • 7:30pm • $22 -$42 • My Father’s BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE Reverend Mitton • Donovan • Teddy No ALL -AGES! Father Name • Deep Roots • 9pm • FREE LOW SPIRITS Ben Miller Band • rock, bluegrass, blues • CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY , Corrales Murata • classic 9pm • $10 • See preview box. (Self-Released) rock, contemporary • 6pm • FREE MARBLE BREWERY Wagogo • folk, island, world • 6pm • FREE FAT SQUIRREL PUB & GRILLE , Rio Rancho Geeks Who MARBLE BREWERY WESTSIDE TAP ROOM Paul Salazar • This is some pretty weird Drink • 6:30pm • FREE stuff. The second track pop, rock • 3pm • FREE HYATT REGENCY TAMAYA RESORT , Santa Ana Pueblo MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras Stingrays • 6pm • FREE sounds like a recording of Wayne Wesley Johnson • solo guitarist • 5:30pm • FREE • Q BAR Piano Bar with John Cousins • 5pm Cookie Monster burping, the third track is an ALL -AGES! RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 6:30pm • FREE inane Casio melody underneath recordings IMBIBE College Night with DJ Automatic & Drummer Camilo SKYLIGHT , Santa Fe Flash Forward • 80s, 90s, disco • 8pm of hundreds of people saying “grandma”, Quinones • 9:30pm • FREE TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Whiskey & Women • 9:30pm a “nana”, “bupee”, “papa”, “Morris” or MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid Cactus Slim & the whatever name can be used for “grandparent.” Ok, all five songs are like this. Noah Wall made this recording specifically for his abstract animated short film. It’s also called My Father’s Father , which, according alibi.com to Wall, is “directly inspired by Drums West , an early short by Jim Henson that visualizes has more! the drumming of Chico Hamilton.” I’m down. Venue details, The whole package (film and music) is pretty maps, web links, neat, but the soundtrack itself is probably not going to bear repeated listening by a social media links very wide audience. a and extra info in our expanded event listings.

[40 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI [41 ] [42 ] WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 17-23 , 2015 Free Will Astrology | Horoscopes by rob brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I won’t go so far as to say On the other hand, the rooster is also your affliction that you are surrounded by unhinged maniacs whose animal. Don’t be like him. I would hate for you to imitate incoherence is matched only by their self-delusion. That the way he handles himself in a fight, which is to keep would probably be too extreme. But I do suspect that at fussing and squabbling far beyond the point when he least some of the characters in the game you’re playing should let it all go. In conclusion, Libra, act like a rooster are not operating at their full potential. For now, it’s but also don’t act like a rooster. Give up the protracted best not to confront them and demand that they act struggle so you can devote yourself to the more with more grace. The wiser strategy might be to avoid pertinent task, which is to celebrate the return of the being swept up in their agitation as you take good care primal heat and light. of yourself. If you are patient and stay centered, I bet you will eventually get a chance to work your magic. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Since you seem to enjoy making life so complicated and intense for yourself, you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Many of the heroes in may be glad to learn that the current astrological omens fairy tales survive and thrive because of the magical favor that development. My reading of the astrological gifts they are given. Benefactors show up, often omens suggests that you’re about to dive deep into rich unexpectedly, to provide them with marvels—a mysteries that could drive you half-crazy. I suspect that spinning wheel that can weave a cloak of invisibility, you will be agitated and animated by your encounters perhaps, or winged shoes that give them the power of with ecstatic torment and difficult bliss. Bon voyage! flight, or a charmed cauldron that brews a healing Have fun! Soon I expect to see miniature violet bonfires potion. But there is an important caveat. The heroes gleaming in your bedroom eyes, unnamable emotions rarely receive their boons out of sheer luck. They have rippling through your unfathomable face and previously performed kind deeds or unselfish acts in unprecedented words of wild wisdom spilling from your order to earn the right to be blessed. According to my smart mouth. analysis, Taurus, the coming weeks will be prime time for you to make yourself worthy of gifts you will need SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Adamites were later on. devotees of an ancient Christian sect that practiced sacred nudism. One of their central premises: How GEMINI (May 21-June 20): We humans need could anyone possibly know God while wearing nourishing stories almost as much as we require healthy clothes? I am not necessarily recommending that you food, clean air, pure water and authentic love. And yet make their practice a permanent part of your spiritual many of us get far less than our minimum daily repertoire, but I think you might find value in it during requirement of nourishing stories. Instead, we are the coming weeks. Your erotic and transcendent barraged with nihilistic narratives that wallow in misery yearnings will be rising to a crescendo at the same time. and woe. If we want a break from that onslaught, our You will have the chance to explore states where main other choices are sentimental fantasies and horniness and holiness overlap. Lusty prayers? empty-hearted trivia. That’s the bad news. But here’s Reverent sex? Ecstatic illumination? the good news: Now is a favorable time for you to seek remedies for this problem. That’s why I’m urging you to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One of your key hunt down redemptive chronicles that furnish your soul themes in the coming weeks is “grace.” I suggest that with gritty delight. Find parables and sagas and tales you cultivate it, seek it out, expect it and treasure it. To that fire up your creative imagination and embolden prepare for this fun work, study all of the meanings of your lust for life. “grace” below. At least two of them, and possibly all, should and can be an active part of your life: 1) elegance CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now is an excellent time to or beauty of form, movement or proportion; seemingly close the gap between the Real You and the image of effortless charm or fluidity; 2) favor or goodwill; a yourself that you display to the world. I know of two disposition to be generous or helpful; 3) mercy, ways to accomplish this. You can tinker with the Real forgiveness, charity; 4) a temporary exemption or You so that it’s more like the image you display. Or else immunity; a reprieve; 5) a sense of fitness or propriety; you can change the image you display so that it is a 6) a prayer of blessing or thanks said before a meal; 7) more accurate rendition of the Real You. Both an unmerited divine gift offered out of love. strategies may be effective. However you go about it, Cancerian, I suggest you make it your goal to shrink the AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Be good, but not amount of pretending you do. necessarily well-behaved. Be extra exuberant and free, but not irresponsible. Be lavish and ardent and even LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Born under the sign of Leo, rowdy, but not decadent. Why? What’s the occasion? Marcel Duchamp was an influential artist whose early Well, you have more-or-less finished paying off one of work prefigured surrealism. In 1917, he submitted an your karmic debts. You have conquered or at least unusual piece to a group exhibition in New York. It was outwitted a twist from your past that had been sapping a plain old porcelain urinal, but he titled it Fountain , and your mojo. As a reward for doing your duty with such insisted it was a genuine work of art. In that spirit, I am diligence, you have earned a respite from some of the putting my seal of approval on the messy melodrama more boring aspects of reality. And so now you have a you are in the process of managing. Henceforth, this mandate to gather up the intelligent pleasure you melodrama shall also be known as a work of art and its missed when you were acting like a beast of burden. title will be “Purification.” (Or would you prefer “Expurgation” or “Redemption”?) If you finish the job PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I am the least difficult of with the panache you have at your disposal, it will men. All I want is boundless love.” That’s the mantra forevermore qualify as a soul-jiggling masterpiece. that Frank O’Hara intoned in his poem “Meditations in an Emergency,” and now I’m inviting you to adopt a VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some people express pride modified version of it. Here’s how I would change it for in gross ways. When you hear their overbearing brags, your use in the coming months: “I am the least difficult you know it’s a sign that they are not really confident in of passion artists. All I want is to give and receive themselves. They overdo the vanity because they’re boundless, healthy, interesting love.” To be frank, I don’t trying to compensate for their feelings of inadequacy. think O’Hara’s simple and innocent declaration will work In the coming weeks, I expect you to express a more for you. You really do need to add my recommended lovable kind of self-glorification. It won’t be inflated or nuances in order to ripen your soul’s code and be arrogant, but will instead be measured and reasonable. aligned with cosmic rhythms. a If you swagger a bit, you will do it with humor and style, not narcissism and superiority. Thank you in advance for your service to humanity. The world needs more of HOMEWORK: WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE METHOD FOR this benign kind of egotism. OVERCOMING THE INERTIA OF THE PAST? FREEWILLASTROLOGY.COM LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The rooster is your power animal. Be like him. Scrutinize the horizon for the Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsnys metaphorical dawn that is coming and be ready to expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by herald its appearance with a triumphant wake-up call. phone at (877) 873-4888 or (900) 950-7700. 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