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W .COM Get next-day concert reviews, event slide shows and biting local commentary atwestword.com CLI CK P I CK LETTER S WESTWORD WINS, JULY 22 PRIZE PA TR OL Congratulations to Jay Vollmar and Alan Pren-dergast on the alt-weekly awards. Great job. And I contend that DaveHerrera and the Jam band favorites and Colorado natives the String Cheese Incident camped out at Red Rocks last weekend. A photo essay is posted atwestword.com/slideshow. TOP 5 ONLINE FROM WESTWORD.COM 1. 50 most memorable people from Global Dance Festival westword.com/slideshow 2. Robert Walters killed Brittney Brashers, faked crash after topless photo shoot, says affidavit latestwordblog.com 3. That’s unlikely: Top five overreaching health claims about food cafesocietyblog.com 4. Crips burned down the Holly in Bloods territory, but can peace emerge from the ashes in northeast Park Hill? westword.com/news 5. Spicy soup and some of the best dumplings in Denver are on the menu at Lao Wang Noodle House westword.com/restaurants CAFE SOCIETY “How much is too much to pay for a street food lunch?” Thursday, July 22, in Street Food BL OGS Backbeat crew got jobbed on Best Music Blog. Backbeat does more for its hometown scene than any music blog I’ve ever seen. Keep up the great work, and thanks for making Thursday a day I look forward to every week. Chase Squires Denver “BYE, BIENNIAL,” PATRICIA CALHOUN, JULY 15 MURPHY’S LAW Objectophiliais as impressive as it gets. I don’t know Lauri Lynnxe Murphy,but I sure wish I did. Great job. Sheila Wright Denver I was very sorry to read that Lauri Lynnxe Murphy is leaving town — especially when the arts in this town are so exciting, in part because of Murphy. Thanks to Patricia Cal-houn for giving her a fitting sendoff. Jaymie O’Neal Denver “TALKING TRASH,” COLIN ST. JOHN, JULY 15 LATEST WORD “Walter Bond allegedly torched sheep-skin factory for animal rights cause (and wants to do it again)” Monday, July 26, in “Colorado Crimes” BACKBEAT ONLINE “Mark Farina gets funky at the Fox Theatre with DJ Rootz and Pillowfight” Monday, July 26, in Last Night Download Westword’s FREE iPhone app and access all the best from westword.com rolled up into one sweet app. Find nearby restaurant listings and reviews, plus music events, slide shows and more. WA TCHING THE WA S T E LINE Niles A., whose letter was published in the last issue, needs to be put in a trash compac-tor and fl attened! This fi rm is fantastic and attempting to do positive things on a myriad of environmental and social fronts. This is the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Best New Green Business; the Chamber is hardly a Marxist organization. They are not remotely Socialists, and John-Paul’s opin-ion on waste management’senvironmental worth and history is correct upon further investigation. Best of luck to this fi rm and its mission. Matt McConaty Denver Weweredismayed to learn of a statement by one of our team members regarding the “hundred ways to die” in a recycling facility. Although, as the reporter said, the statement was a “quip,” it was a poor choice of words, and we apologize for it. Waste Farmers values the working re-lationship with Alpine Waste & Recycling, and stands byour letter sent to the Colorado Public Department of Health on February 26 in support of its efforts: “Throughout mytime in business I have found Alpine Waste & Recycling to consis-tently be a benefi cial strategic partner. Alpine has never deviated from their willingness to work with mycompany when the opportu-nity has presented itself for partnerships, and always fairly and ethically. In particular, John Griffi th has never hesitated to offer ad-vice or lend a helping hand as our company has developed, though at times, wecompete for business in the collection of organics. Their ethical approach to business and com-mitment to fairness is a wonderful model for small businesses across all industries.” John-Paul Maxfield, president Waste Farmers CHEF AND TELL, LORI MIDSON, JULY 15 A FRESH ST AR T I usually enjoy the Chef and Tell column — but please, for all that is good and tasty (and fresh, and local, and seasonal, and delicious, and risky, and blah blah blah blah insert trite adjective here), stop the six-words-to-describe-your-food question. I totally get it. Ifyou are a hip Denver chef, you cook fresh, tasty food rather than stale, repulsive food-like substances. Since Denver obviously has a deep bench when it comes to culinary talent, maybe you could dispense with the obvious question that produces nearly identical answers over and over and come up with a new stock ques-tion. A question designed to give an answer that would actually be worth the read and be specifi c enough to make me want to try the chef’sundoubtedly fresh, tasty and seasonal food for myself. Amelia Power Denver Westword wants to hear from you, whether you have a complaint or compliment. You can comment at the end of any story at westword.com. If you’d like to submit a let-ter for possible print publication, here are the rules: Letters dealing with recent sto-ries get top priority; shorter letters (under 250 words) are more likely to be published; we reserve the right to edit for libel, length and clarity; and although we’ll occasionally withhold an author’s name, your submitted letter must include your name, town, tele-phone number or e-mail address. Write to: Westword Letters, P.O. Box 5970 Denver, CO 80217 or e-mail: editorial@westword.com 9 “I totally get it. If you are a hip Denver chef, you cook fresh, tasty food rather than stale, repulsive food-like substances.” westword.com | WORST-CASE SCENARIO | CONTENTS | LETTERS | ¡ASK A MEXICAN! | OFF LIMITS | CITY LIMITS | NIGHT+DAY | MOVIES | THEATER | ART | CAFE | BACKBEAT | WESTWORD JULY29-AUGUST4, 2010
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WESTWORD WINS, JULY 22 P R I Z E P A T R O L Congratulations to Jay Vollmar and Alan Prendergast on the alt-weekly awards. Great job.
And I contend that Dave Herrera and the Backbeat crew got jobbed on Best Music Blog.
Backbeat does more for its hometown scene than any music blog I’ve ever seen. Keep up the great work, and thanks for making Thursday a day I look forward to every week.
Chase Squires Denver “BYE, BIENNIAL,” PATRICIA CALHOUN, JULY 15 M U R P H Y ’ S L AW Objectophilia is as impressive as it gets. I don’t know Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, but I sure wish I did. Great job.
Sheila Wright Denver I was very sorry to read that Lauri Lynnxe Murphy is leaving town — especially when the arts in this town are so exciting, in part because of Murphy. Thanks to Patricia Calhoun for giving her a fi tting sendoff.
Jaymie O’Neal Denver “TALKING TRASH,” COLIN ST. JOHN, JULY 15 WA T C H I N G T H E W A S T E L I N E Niles A., whose letter was published in the last issue, needs to be put in a trash compactor and fl attened! This fi rm is fantastic and attempting to do positive things on a myriad of environmental and social fronts. This is the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Best New Green Business; the Chamber is hardly a Marxist organization. They are not remotely Socialists, and John-Paul’s opinion on waste management’s environmental worth and history is correct upon further investigation.
Best of luck to this fi rm and its mission.
Matt McConaty Denver We were dismayed to learn of a statement by one of our team members regarding the “hundred ways to die” in a recycling facility.
Although, as the reporter said, the statement was a “quip,” it was a poor choice of words, and we apologize for it.
Waste Farmers values the working relationship with Alpine Waste & Recycling, and stands by our letter sent to the Colorado Public Department of Health on February 26 in support of its efforts: “Throughout my time in business I have found Alpine Waste & Recycling to consistently be a benefi cial strategic partner. Alpine has never deviated from their willingness to work with my company when the opportunity has presented itself for partnerships, and always fairly and ethically. In particular, John Griffi th has never hesitated to offer advice or lend a helping hand as our company has developed, though at times, we compete for business in the collection of organics.
Their ethical approach to business and commitment to fairness is a wonderful model for small businesses across all industries.” John-Paul Maxfi eld, president Waste Farmers CHEF AND TELL, LORI MIDSON, JULY 15 A F R E S H S T A R T I usually enjoy the Chef and Tell column — but please, for all that is good and tasty (and fresh, and local, and seasonal, and delicious, and risky, and blah blah blah blah insert trite adjective here), stop the six-words-todescribe- your-food question. I totally get it.
If you are a hip Denver chef, you cook fresh, tasty food rather than stale, repulsive foodlike substances.
Since Denver obviously has a deep bench when it comes to culinary talent, maybe you could dispense with the obvious question that produces nearly identical answers over and over and come up with a new stock question.
A question designed to give an answer that would actually be worth the read and be specifi c enough to make me want to try the chef’s undoubtedly fresh, tasty and seasonal food for myself.
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