Five-and-a-half years ago, when the Double Diamond was first supposed to turn off the lights, I was in a fighting mood. The Double D was still my regular late-night refuge, and the thought of it going ...

It almost seems like Aspen’s music venues have become an endangered species. The Grottos, Hannibal Brown’s and the Howling Wolf are long gone. Now the Double Diamond, the city’s last late-night music ...