news and views
4/20 SMOKE-SCREEN / 6
CU’s crackdown teaches college students the wrong lesson by Stewart Sallo
ADVICE FOR A THIRSTY WORLD / 6
Bottled water may be a bigger threat to Earth than you think by Pamela White
www.spanish-institute.org
CU’S MISGUIDED 4/20 APPROACH / 9
Citizens should be allowed to protest idiotic laws on marijuana by Paul Danish
ON THE COVER: THE MAGIC BULLITT / 12
Can anything end our apathy and political fatigue when it comes to Earth Day?
by Matthew Schniper
buzz
ELECTRONIC COMMUNITY / 27
Art bridges cultural divides at Communikey Festival by David Accomazzo
Overtones: Das Racist breaks ankles with wicked intellectual crossovers / 29
Overtones: Boulder Phil and Takács jam a lot into season finale / 29
Arts & Culture: Boulder music stores gear up for Record Store Day / 33
Panorama: What to do and where to go / 35
Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 41
Screen: The Cabin in the Woods / 42
Cuisine: Eat, drink, shop, walk: Taste of Pearl / 45
Cooking with Cynicism: Butter get busy / 45 Cuisine Review: Royal Clay Oven / 46
departments
Letters: CU should rethink 4/20 crackdown; Thanks for excellent True tribute / 5
The Highroad: Mitt Romney’s gang of highway robbers / 5
In Case You Missed It: Baked with fish sauce; Number 2 / 8
Boulderganic: Green sandwiches and the invasion of the carrots / 17
Adventure: Apryle Craig and Phil Magistro on kayaking to Alaska / 23
Boulder Marketplace: Your community resource / 52
Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 55
staff
Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Joel Dyer
Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland
Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo
Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Elizabeth Miller Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno
Contributing Editor, Pamela White Interns, Blair Madole, Amanda Moutinho, Hadley Vandiver, Steve Weishampel
Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Krystal Baugher, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay
Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Jessie Lucier, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Chris Parker, Adam Perry, Theo Romeo, Alan
Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Tom Winter, Tate Zandstra, Gary Zeidner
SALES
Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jason Wing
Account Executives, David Hasson, Lisa Secco, Brooke Sunness, Jim Williams
PRODUCTION
Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman
Marketing Manager & Heiress, Julia Sallo
Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Francie Swidler
CIRCULATION TEAM
Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe,
Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama
12-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo
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