Boulder County’s True Alternative Voice <FREE> <www.boulderweekly.com> March 2-8, 2006 PUNKS POETS POLITICS JELLO BIAFRA, THURSTON MOORE & ANNE WALDMAN PERFORM FOR CHARITY BY VINCE DARCANGELO Liberty Beat / 5 News / 10 Hygeia / 13 More state control The perils of burning Acupuncture is not the cure for rubber clinic celebrates 5 health care 10 13 anniversary inside Page 21 / Overtones: Hip-hop eye exam buzzhttp://www.boulderweekly.com/buzzlead.html Page 26 / High Decibel: Sex convention blues Page 29 / Getting it on!: Sex holiday in Cambodia ProgressiveProgressive Page 35 / Screen: poeticspoetics Delapa handicaps the Oscars cutsbuzz Can’t-miss events for [ the upcoming week ] buzz Flogging Molly Thursday Greyboy Allstars—Sax legend Karl Denson delivers the funk, jazz and good-time boogaloo with the Greyboy Allstars. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. was no holiday in Cambodia for Khyentse James when on Dec. Friday Art and activism 21, 2005, she drove her motorcycle into a 10-foot ditch at 90 Napalm Death—More than two decades mph, shattering her right leg into nine pieces. Though an experi- since defining the grindcore genre, Napalm enced biker, she was traversing a dangerous, barely accessible Death continues to assault America with its come together to Cambodian jungle in search of rarely seen temples. So remote was brash brand of heavy metal. Bluebird It Theatre, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303- the location that it took eight hours for help to arrive and another eight hours to benefit migrant deliver James to the nearest medical facility—a facility that was unable to treat 322-2308. her injury. It wasn’t until the next morning that she was flown to Bangkok for Saturday surgery. Flogging Molly—Sure, they’re a second-rate More than two months later, James still wears a cast and walks with the assis- Aerosmith to the Dropkick Murphys’ Rolling workers and tance of crutches. But that won’t prevent her from mixing it up on March 9 at the Stones in the realm of Irish rowdy, but Boulder Theater, when three of the biggest names in the realm of art and poli- they’re the best thing going until the Murphys come back to Denver. Ogden tics—Jello Biafra, Thurston Moore and Anne Waldman—come together for A Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-830- Burmese refugees Night of Music and Poetry for Progressive Action. 2525. “Just to have them all together, Jesus,” says James, who is one of three Naropa Sunday by Vince Darcangelo see POETICS Page 22 30 Seconds to Mars—Despite being fronted by a movie star (Jared Leto) and sounding a bit too much like Gravity Kills, 30 Seconds to Mars’ sophomore release, A Beautiful Lie, was one of the more interesting releases of 2005—and it beats the pants off the Bacon Brothers. Gothic Thurston Moore Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, 303-788-0984. Monday Rap sheet: with Patti Smith. I was over at so many young people saying, Rock art—Albums on the Hill branches out Patti’s, and Anne was there. I ‘What does it matter? into the realm of fine art with this exhibition Claim to fame: Influential noise-rock outfit Sonic was really honored to have Nothing’s changing.We’re still of rock photography and gig posters. Youth met her.” in a situation that’s completely Albums Alcove, Albums on the Hill, 1128 13th Prime cuts: Sonic Youth, Goo, The Whitey Album (as disheartening.’ It does matter, St., Boulder, 303-447-0159. Ciccone Youth) Triple Threat because you always have to Also known as:A poet and collector of under- have your voice out there Tuesday ground literary journals, a self-described “archivist of “[Jello and Anne] are both showing your dissent.That Don’t Call Me—Think your job sucks? Check stapled ephemera” assertive readers, and when I alone is reason enough to do out some of the least glamorous gigs por- Boulder Weekly What’s next: Geffen/UMe will reissue two classic read I’m somewhat modest. I’m it. Be a part of that community trayed in the film Don’t Call Me. Boulder Sonic Youth records and Thurston’s only solo record with these two real fire- of dissent.” Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. on March 14, and a new Sonic Youth release is brands… When I saw it was expected later this year Anne and Jello, I was like,‘Man, they’re just gonna tear “It’s always encouraging to me to see high-profile Wednesday it up.They’re very articulate. Maybe I’m out of my work being done, even something like Jon Stewart. I Art exhibits—Experience a threesome of fine Says Thurston… league here.’” find it completely amazing that someone who is so art exhibits through April 17 at the Dairy articulate and uses comedy to take to task the outra- Center. The current exhibit includes photog- geous, unethical world of the current administration. I March 2, 2006 On Anne Waldman Artist as Activist raphy, printmaking and a site-specific instal- lation. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut “I first met Anne when I was doing some things “I think it’s entirely important, even though I get see THURSTON Page21 20 Dilated Peoples Jello Biafra Rap sheet: president since Jimmy Carter when I was still a teenager in Boulder.” Claim to fame: Founder and frontman of the Dead Kennedys Who’s Counting? Prime cuts: In God We Trust, Inc.; Frankenchrist; “Holiday in Cambodia” and “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” “I think preserving our right to vote and having Also known as: Poet, spoken-word artist, target our vote counted is a paramount issue… It’s proba- of the PMRC, 2000 presidential candidate of the bly gotten to the point that Hugo Chavez runs Green Party cleaner elections than we do.” What’s next: Jello is currently in the studio pro- ducing the new record by French punk/electronic Freedom of Speech pioneers, Metal Urbain “My feeling is the best way to counter bad Says Jello… speech is with more speech. I’ve argued this with right-wing feminists in the Green Party who wanted overtones Going Local to have a ban on porn included in the Green Party platform. Granted, there’s a lot of really bad porn http://www.boulderweekly.com/overtones.html “I keep emphasizing to people at my shows that out there, but the only way to show people that even if you’re fed up with the lack of choice of the ain’t cool and that’s not what women are really like two branches of the corporate party—the or what they really want or how they should be RepubliCrats—at the national level, local elections treated is education, not censorship.That never West coast flavor are where it’s at. It’s really important who is on the works.” city council, who is on the school board, who the county commissioners are. Even the state library “Look at the time that old Ku Klux Klan wizard by Chris Clark board has been politicized badly in Colorado. David Duke ran for governor of Louisiana and was Owens appointed a flight attendant who knew noth- ahead for most of the campaign.What did him in, in ing about literature except certain books that Focus the end, was no matter how much he tried to pack- lace a Beat Junkie next to With the release of 20/20, Dilated Peoples on the Family wanted banned, and that’s it.” age himself as a kinder, gentler white supremacist who hated welfare cheats, not black people—you some Evidence and Rakaa on has finally put together a defining work that “Another great one would be if people could know, the code word that Jessie Helms gave us— a stage and you have Dilated will undoubtedly entertain the purists and get organized and vote in a board of regents at CU people said,‘Wait a minute. Look at this book you Peoples. For the last decade the newbies alike. that is willing to abolish the football program to kick wrote. Look what you said about blacks and Jews in this Los Angeles-based hip- But it’s not just studio tracks that charac- there.’ Eventually he got less than 40 percent of the P all the rapists off campus.” hop trio has been terize their quality; vote in the run-off election and was run out of staying atop the west it’s just as much “As much as I liked watching a Coors beer national politics forever instead of being Bush’s vice coast game with about the live show. president or secretary of health or something. baron lose, I’m not exactly jumping up and down at sometimes-humor- On the Bill: After years of heavy how wonderful Ken Salazar supposedly is.As soon You’ve got to let Duke publish that crap in order to ous, sometimes-polit- Dilated Peoples play with Little touring throughout as he gets into office he shepherds through the call him on it later.” Brother and Defari at 9 p.m., nomination of an out-and-out neo-nazi to be attor- ically charged flavor Saturday, March 4, at the Fox the globe, Dilated ney general,‘Mr.Torture’ himself,Alberto Gonzales. Insurrection of the Wallet seldom seen these Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, Peoples have gar- 303-443-3399. There’s just no way you can make an excuse for days. Enjoying two nered much recogni- that.That’s just plain scary.” “I keep telling people at my shows it’s not just a fine MCs and one of Respond: tion because of their matter of insurrection in the street combined with [email protected] the most striking ] high-energy rhyme insurrection in the voting booth.