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Good luck with your move Kris. I relocated from Southern California to Denver in mid '94 and stayed until late '95. At that time, I was really bummed at the music scene there. It was very insular and very 'bar-rock', from my impression. There was an indie/alt/experimental scene there, but trying to network, make friends and get rolling with a band was an exercise in futility. Alas, it just wasn't for me (and my wife). When my mother in law became ill, we returned to SoCal where we've stayed since. That whole area was just on the cusp of exploding, though, when we left. We could definitely 'feel' the city burgeoning under it's somewhat country/mountain/backwoods roots and the true metropolis it was becoming. The whole lower downtown (LoDo) area was in it's genesis of redevelopment and I understand it has really been fully exploited at this time. I haven't been back, but intend to go visit sometime in the next couple of years. The Rocky Mountains are stunning, and for an L.A. area boy, to get away to that kind of beauty and wilderness in a 1/2 hour drive was quite something. The weather patterns were, for me, awesome. Seasons? What the hell are seasons? From the land of Disneyland weather, what a change! I loved it. As for the other posts regarding your move, I will only say this. Golden is light years away from Aurora. I lived on the cusp of East Denver and Aurora (a suburb to the east of town). It is often referred to as Whore-ora. My cute little duplex sat about 100 yards from Colfax Avenue, where one could find a wealth of 'no-tell' motels with hourly rates, strip clubs, hookers, junkies and homeless. Golden, on the other hand, is pretty quiet and nice, although a little quaint and backwoodsy. You can definitely feel the money that the brewery has brought to the town, and the Coors plant looms over the city from some vantage points. My favorite place there was Golden Bowl. My god...what a step back in time. A bowling alley almost completely still made of wood (chairs/walls), manual scoring, and a shoe clerk who looked straight out of a David Lynch movie. Bizarre. Anyway, best of luck. Sorry for the long winded post. I hope the music scene rocks for you! If you like Baseball, Beer and outdoor sports, you will absolutely LOVE it...god knows everybody else there did. Rich www.asopaque.com -----Original Message----- From: Bill Fox [mailto:billyfox@soundscapes.us] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 5:33 AM To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: Denver area looping folks Kristian Day wrote: >I will be moving early June to the Denver area, actually my apartment is in Golden. I'm interested to know what the looping, experimental music scene is like there, or maybe just some cool ppl to meet when I get there. > >Kris > > Hi Kris, Look up Mike Metlay (Recording magazine). He can clue you in to what's going on in the area. He's on the beyond_em yahoo list if you want to make immediate contact. My best friend moved to Aurora last year. He and his wife love it out there. But then, they came from Cleveland so there was room for improvement.... ;-) Cheers, Bill __________ NOD32 1.578 (20031212) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com