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Courtesy Aurora History Museum |
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Brave Bull Buffet, 1965
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Cottonwood Motel, 1908
Cottonwood Motel on East Colfax Avenue in A-Town (Original Aurora), 1908 - courtesy Aurora History Museum
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Every Which Way But Loose at Zanza Bar
Scene at the Zanza Bar on Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado from the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose".
Friday, May 27, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Colfax Throwbax: The Aladdin Theater
Truly a $10 Broadway Show for only 50 cents! Denver's most distinctively beautiful theater, now a Walgreen's.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Fitzsimons Army Hospital Theater
Colfax in Aurora hosted some big name stars in this theater on the Fitzsimons Army Hospital campus...Bob Hope was a regular!
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Retro Colfax: Riviera Motel
Very cool postcard from the Riviera Motel, 1960s. This was around the time Frank Sinatra stayed there on his way through town.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Freddie's Lounge
Found an old t-shirt from Freddie's Lounge, a great live music joint once at 6300 West Colfax Avenue.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
#GhostSignsOfColfax - Rockybilt Hamburgers
#GhostSignsOfColfax Rockybilt Hamburgers (photos by Corky Scholl)
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Aurora Community Church, 1925
Aurora Community Church, East Colfax Avenue and Fulton Street, 1925. (courtesy Aurora History Museum)
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Voorhies Memorial Seal Pond, 1958
The Voorhies Memorial Seal Pond was designed by sculptor Robert Garrison in 1922 as part of the Voorhies Memorial.
John E. Voorhies was a banker who made his wealth in the early mining
days. He funded the memorial which was located across from his home at
1425 Cleveland. The structure was designed by William Ellsworth and
Arthur Addison Fisher to resemble the Water Gateway at the 1893
Columbian Exposition.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Bob Dylan recorded at the Motel DeVille on Colfax?!

Bob Dylan spent a lot of time on Colfax, even beyond the days of one of his very first early gigs, ever, at the Satire Lounge when he was only 19. I came across this bootleg today, recorded with Robbie Robertson at the Motel DeVille at 3:00am on March 13, 1966. (650 West Colfax Ave., Room 102).

Bob Dylan - Motel de Ville
Room 102
Denver, CO
1966-03-13
3 AM
01 Most Probably van Gogh #1 00:56
02 Most Probably van Gogh #2 04:25
03 Most Probably van Gogh #3 00:33
04 Most Probably van Gogh #4 01:03
05 Most Probably van Gogh #5 02:21
06 Most Probably van Gogh #6 02:19
07 Most Probably van Gogh #7 00:48
08 Don't Tell Him #1 01:08
09 Don't Tell Him #2 03:15
10 If You Want My Love 04:53
11 Just Like a Woman #1 00:21
12 Just Like a Woman #2 05:10
13 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands #1 02:06
14 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands #2 01:23
15 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands #3 05:25
16 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands #4 02:05
17 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands #5 02:33
40:52
Rooms reserved for Ashes & Sand, Inc
Room 102: Bob Dylan
Room 104: Robbie Robertson [Jaime Royal Klegerman]
Room 108: Robert Shelton [Robert Shapiro]
Bob Dylan: vocals, acoustic guitar
Robbie Robertson [Jaime Royal Klegerman]: acoustic guitar
taper: Robert Shelton
lineage: Reel-to-reel (3 3/4 ips, 1 7/8) >
3-inch reels
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Niagara House of Denver
Niagara House Motel, East Colfax (matchbook and scan courtesy of Tim Anderson)
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
Hotel Tours and State Capitol
The elegant Hotel Tours by the Colorado State Capitol, 1900s. Stately rooms going for 75 cents and up! (Image courtesy the Colfax Museum)
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
DAVA Monster!
DAVA Monster in the Courtyard (Photo by Jonny B.) |
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Denver's Centennial Pioneer Village
To commemorate Denver's Centennial (1859-1959) this Pioneer Village was
erected and depicts a striking contrast against Denver's City and County
Building.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Slayer coming to The Fillmore October 10th, 2016
Special Guests ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL
Fillmore Auditorium
October 10
Showtime 7:30 pm / Doors 6:30 pm
SLAYER, ANTHRAX AND DEATH ANGEL
FORM MIGHTY TRIUMVIRATE
FOR FALL 2016 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Slayer,
with Special Guest Anthrax and Death Angel, will join forces this fall
for a seven week North American beat down. The dates start in Cleveland
on September 9 and will hit both major and secondary markets across the
continent. The Slayer Fan Club Presale starts Tuesday, May 10, and the
general on-sale begins this Friday, May 13 at 10:00AM local time. For
all ticket purchasing and VIP packages details, log onto http://slatanicwehrmacht.com
Said
Slayer's Kerry King, "It’s always super fun for us to tour with
Anthrax. Frank is one of my best friends in the biz!! Put that
together with Death Angel, and fans will probably see the best package
this year. See you there!”
Fans will hear their favorite Slayer songs from the band's 30-year plus discography, as well as a few of the newer songs from Repentless, named "The Metal Album of the Year" by Guitar World.
Slayer and Anthrax stormed through Europe together last fall, amassing
a string of sensational live reviews, so North American fans, this will
be a night of metal music that should not be missed.
"We
are very excited to tour again with our fellow Kings Slayer on a
thrash/metal extravaganza," said Anthrax's Charlie Benante. "Two of the
Big Four - now that's a night of metal for all the Kings and Queens!"
Added
Mark Osegueda from Death Angel, "We are thrilled and honored to be part
of this amazing North American touring package. Slayer/Anthrax/Death
Angel - it just looks, sounds and feels right. This will be Death
Angel's first-ever tour with Slayer, something we've hungered for our
entire career. And we will bring that hunger to the stage every night,
so get there early because this will be a show not to be missed; from
the first note of the night until the very last! Metal is alive, hungry,
thriving, and coming for you!”
ABOUT SLAYER: (www.slayer.net)
For
more than three decades, Slayer's onslaught has proven the band to be
the supreme thrash-metal band on the planet, the band that other heavy
acts are measured against and aspire to. The two-time Grammy-winners
have also accumulated an abundance of certified Gold Albums along with
"Best..." awards from media outlets all over the world, including Kerrang!, SPIN, Metal Hammer, Revolver, and Esquire.
Throughout Slayer's history, the band has never faltered in unleashing
its extreme and focused sonic assault, and, unlike many of its
contemporaries who "commercialized" their sound, Slayer has remained
crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the mainstream.
Slayer's founding member, guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed in 2013, and
Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has been filling in for him since. Paul
Bostaph, who was Slayer's drummer from '94 - '01, has rejoined
bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King, and is back behind
the kit.
In September 2015, Slayer released Repentless,
the band's 12th studio album, the first without Hanneman and first with
producer Terry Date, to widespread rave reviews and the highest chart
debut of the band's career. The band also teamed up with director BJ
McDonnell for two high-concept and brutal music videos for the album's "Repentless" and then for "You Against You."
ABOUT ANTHRAX: (www.anthrax.com)
In
2016, Anthrax is celebrating its 35th anniversary as a band with the
release of one of the year's most-anticipated metal/thrash albums, For All Kings.
The
eleven-song crusher that the band's drummer Charlie Benante has
described as "aggressive and super-thrashy," was written by Benante,
bassist Frank Bello and rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, the dynamic
triumvirate whose unique composition chemistry is, in part, what sets
Anthrax's music apart from other bands' in the same genre. Add to that
Joey Belladonna's breathtaking vocals and the searing guitar leads by
newest member Jonathan Donais, and it's no wonder the band has been so
excited about its 11th studio album. The track “Breathing
Lightening,” currently a Top 40 track at rock radio, with its
made-for-radio, classic Joey Belladonna melodic, hooky vocals, is
Anthrax at its best. Check the song out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKh2Hb7mcU0
Over
its 35-year career, Anthrax has been a pioneering band with its unique
style, sound and heavy brand of thrash metal, and, as Metallica's Kirk
Hammett put it, "one can hear their influence on any number of up and
coming bands." The band has sold in excess of 10-million
units, received multiple Gold and Platinum certifications, six Grammy
nominations and a host of other accolades from the media, industry and
fans. From the race and genre barriers Anthrax helped break down in
1988 when they collaborated with Public Enemy on "Bring The Noise," to
becoming a card-carrying member of The Big Four - with Metallica, Slayer
and Megadeth - as one of the four bands that defined the speed/thrash
metal genre, to being the first metal band to have its music heard on
Mars when NASA played "Got The Time" to wake up the Mars Rover, Anthrax
continues to demonstrate it's just all about the music.
ABOUT DEATH ANGEL: (www.deathangel.us)
Three
decades into their celebrated career, Death Angel remain as hungry as
ever. As a result, uncompromising urgency and unpredictability define
the Bay Area thrash quintet’s eighth full-length album, The Evil Divide [Nuclear
Blast]. The group—Mark Osegueda [vocals], Rob Cavestany [lead
guitar], Ted Aguilar [guitar], Will Carroll [drums], and Damien
Sisson [bass]—satiate the appetite for buzzsaw speed riffs, double bass
mayhem, and scorching vocals over the course of ten new anthems. The Evil Divide stands out as the culmination of thirty-plus years of music for Death Angel It kicked off with legendary debut, The Ultra-Violence, in 1987. The classic Frolic Through The Park began
to cement their legacy and even earned the distinction of landing on
Loudwire’s list of the “Top Ten Thrash Albums NOT Released by The Big
4.” The group broke up following 1990’s Act III only to reunite in 2004 on Art of Dying for the next generation.
Death Angel will release their eighth studio album, The Evil Divide,
worldwide on May 27, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was
recorded once again at AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida with
producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, Deicide), who previously worked on
2010's Relentless Retribution and 2013's The Dream Calls For Blood.
Mastering duties were handled by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New
York City. Artwork was created by tattoo artist Bob Tyrrell.
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MAY 13 @ 10:00 AM
at the Fillmore Auditorium Box Office, online at www.ticketmaster.com or call 800 – 745 – 3000.
Tickets are $35.00 GA ADV and $40.00 GA DOS plus applicable service charges.
The
Fillmore box office is open Monday - Friday from 12:00 Noon - 6:00pm
& Saturdays from 10:00am - 2:00pm. On days of Fillmore shows, the
box office is open from 12:00 Noon – 9:00pm. The box office accepts cash, MasterCard, Visa and American Express – No checks! Service charges may apply.
THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM IS LOCATED AT 1510 CLARKSON ST. AT COLFAX.
Ages 16+
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Media Contacts:
Slayer and Anthrax:
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Death Angel:
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Sunday, May 8, 2016
DAVA Annual Fundraiser on May 11th
Downtown
Aurora Visual Arts Celebrates Students
at their Annual Fundraiser
arts
education programming
DAVA is hosting its
annual spring fundraiser on Wednesday,
May 11, 2016 from 6:00 p.m.-8:00
p.m. at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. A cocktail hour will be
followed by dinner and a program where the theme is Pathways to the Future. DAVA students will present their own
self-produced short films, model paper fashions that they created, and receive
awards. The Museum’s Gems and Minerals Exhibit will be open to guests.
DAVA recently completed
the renovation and expansion of their facility. With 8300 square feet of
dedicated arts education capacity, DAVA will be celebrating the accomplishments
of youth and the possibilities this highly functioning arts building brings to
the kids in our community.
About Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
Founded in 1993, Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA) has been building community through the arts for over two decades. By providing a safe learning environment for youth ages three to 17, DAVA programs reinforce 21st century life skills, build self-esteem, and connect youth to the community.
DAVA represents a unique combination of arts education and youth development, demonstrating how quality arts programming during after-school hours form a critical framework for long-term youth success. Each year, DAVA programs impact approximately 1,400 young people and support the programming of partner organizations. DAVA is as an anchor in the Aurora community, contributing to the development of a creative workforce and preparing young people for lifelong success. Visit davarts.org for more information.
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Denver Tramway stop in Civic Center Park, 1920s
View of a waiting shelter at a Denver Tramway street car stop in Civic
Center Park at Colfax Avenue and Broadway in the Civic Center
neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, 1920s. Flowers are near the wood
building. (courtesy Denver Library Western History Collection)
Friday, May 6, 2016
Colfax and Broadway, 1904
Colfax Avenue has a girlfriend...her name is Broadway! Colfax and Broadway, 1904. (courtesy Denver Public Library)
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Colorado Cafe
View of the Colorado Cafe at 601 East Colfax Avenue (corner Pearl
Street) in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, 1990.
Features include moss rock cladding. Signs read: "All You Can Eat
Pancakes" and "Steak & Eggs $3.39". (Photo by Roger Whitacre)
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
#SeenOnColfax: Actor James Stewart
Actor James Stewart was in town for the filming of "The Glenn Miller Story" in Denver in 1953, which required some streets to be blocked off and locals hired as extras. This
scene is downtown Denver at what is now Civic Center Park area. Denver
Post file photo (courtesy Bob Coen).
Monday, May 2, 2016
Sunday, May 1, 2016
The Huddle Inn
The Huddle Inn at 7036 East Colfax Avenue in the Montclair
neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, in 1976. The one story brick building
has a stucco finish on the sides. Large front display windows have been
covered in wood panels. The building has glass brick transom windows. A
large electric and neon sign is attached to the roof and points into the
front door, it has a large martini glass on it and reads "Huddle Inn
Food Mixed Drinks." The building was built around 1940. (Courtesy Tom Noel Photo Collection)
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