This recently unearthed clip from KDLH-TV’s Newschannel 3 This Morning, features the Hospital People performing the song “Crash” in support of their April 2003 Geek Prom gig at the NorShor Threatre.

There is nothing quite like rawking and spaz dancing at 6 a.m. Maybe that’s why the video is so faded.

Video by students at the Bethany Lutheran College Media Arts department in Mankato.

I know there are a lot of music recording folks out there in the PDD community, so I am posting this plea for help.

I participate in a number of drum circles with a dear friend. I had discussed making a CD of some of our sessions for her to send to her sister. My friend has fallen ill, so now time seems to be of the essence.
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Music Resource Center student Curren Effinger wrote, recorded, filmed, and edited this video for his song “Little Drum” this spring with help from students at the UMD Participatory Media Lab.  It was a huge job, but tons of fun and we’re excited to share it with you.

If you think this is a program worth supporting I encourage you to attend one of our upcoming events and to donate online.  We are currently raising funds to purchase instruments and video/recording equipment so that we can more easily make awesome videos like this in the future.  We thank you for your support.

The Music Resource Center-Duluth is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.

The People Say Fox have just released a 7″ single of our song, “The Roseman,” off of our recent release Glowcap. You may have caught the fantastic video by Al Skomars in the Homegrown video festival. Anyway, you can snag a copy at http://siftstatic.storenvy.com/ or at one of our upcoming shows; May 18 @ Beaner’s for Day 3 of Western Thaw, or June 8th @ Beaner’s for Pete Cich’s Birthday bash!

First release is /250 on black 7″ including screen printed covers. The record also comes with a full download of the entire 10-track album, Glowcap.

We have capitulated to the demands of the marketplace! Our new album “Theatre Stardusk” is now available on Bandcamp in any digital format you could hope to have. And we put our other two albums on there, too. If you’ve been holding off buying our new album because it’s only on vinyl, the wait is over. Tell your friends and enemies that the hot new shit is at:

carsampersandtrucks.bandcamp.com/album/theatre-stardusk

The Music Resource Center is a free after school music program for middle and high school students in the Twin Ports. We are currently working to equip our rehearsal and studio spaces with instruments and recording and video production equipment for our students. Please consider donating to this incredible program. Find out how at mrc.dulutharmory.org

The MRC is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.

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Wolf Blood — 11.2 percent
The Blasphemists — 8.4 percent
Bratwurst — 7.4 percent
Big Wave Dave & the Ripples — 3.7 percent
The Boomchucks — 3.7 percent
Various other bands – 65.6 percent

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The slideshow above displays photos tagged with homegrownmusicfestival2013 on Flickr. It will continue to grow as photographers sober up and find time to upload their gems. Share your memories through words in the comments.

Saturday was a full day for pop culture nerds.
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Friday pitcher Chad Lyons arrived at the field 45 minutes early this year, presumably to claim the field for his team in some sort of ceremonial ritual that involved his old high school soccer cleats and a cigarette.

It worked.

Friday took the Homegrown Kickball Classic this year, 7-5.

After a 20-minute search for car-floormat-bases, the game started off with two runs from Friday in the first. Saturday also got one run from Paul Connolly, scoring on a technicality. If you want to know what the technicality was, ask a kickball expert. At some point during this inning, Friday Coach Heiko also cussed out Scott Millis for attempting to play whilst holding his beer.

No one scored in the second or third innings, but there was some arguing and controversy over some stuff.

Friday remained scoreless in the fourth, but Chris LeBlanc scored a run for Saturday, tying up the game at 2-2. Fridayer Ryan Nelson, dressed in lemon-lime attire, then caught a Saturday kick to end the inning.

Friday got going again at the top of the fifth, scoring two runs. One of them was a stolen home from Heather Dean, which was really badass. Saturday was scoreless in the bottom of the inning. The coolest moment was probably when Friday pitcher Chad Lyons accidentally hit Saturdayer Jacob Swanson in the sweatshirt while trying to throw to first. As Jacob walked dejectedly off the field he said, “I shouldn’t have had my hood up.”

Friday strode a safe distance ahead in the sixth with two more runs, securing a 6-2 lead. It was a tough inning for Saturday, with Heather Dean and Ryan Nelson’s double play knocking out two Saturday Crunchy Bunchers.

Saturday began to come back in the seventh, after a scoreless inning from Friday. The guy in the yellow sweater underneath the gray sweatshirt scored for Saturday, along with DJ Delgado.

At the top of the eighth, it was anyone’s game. The score was 6-4. Tensions were high. Pitchers’ eyes were mud-caked. Jello shots were jiggling.

Lane Prekker, Saturday Pitcher

In the top of the inning, Ari Norrgard scored for Friday. Saturday was unable to get anyone home.

Friday stayed at seven during the ninth, so Saturday needed three to tie. Lane Prekker had a two-base kick, lifting spirits. Victory was in reach. Dan Branovan got a run, propelling Saturday to five points. They only needed two to tie.

It was as dramatic as one of those games in Remember the Titans, or Mighty Ducks 2.

Lane Prekker made it home but there was a controversy over whether he was safe or not. The verdict was no. Saturday was still at 7-5. The last play went really fast, and it was kind of anticlimactic, but it landed the third out and, by extension, Friday’s victory.

Ryan Van Slooten, MVP

The honor this year for MVP went to Ryan Van Slooten of the Friday team. His response, along with “It’s been a long year of hard work, improving my game,” was “Wasn’t Kyle co-MVP with me?”

Yes, he was—kind of.

Kyle Maclean got an honorable mention for diving headfirst into home plate.

Least Valuable Player this year was Chris LeBlanc, “for playing atrociously at third base”—and this from his own coach.

Worth noting: There was an argument voiced that Brandon Helberg should be LVP for falling on his face so much when he kicked.

Also worth noting: Saturday had 12 players, and we stopped counting Friday’s roster at 24-ish.

Best individual insult goes to Ryan Nelson, directed at Lane Prekker: “Not bad for the third-best washboard player at the kickball game.”

The two coaches—Heiko Edwardson for Friday and Paul Lundgren for Saturday—shook hands like champs after the game.

Heiko had this to say: “The long winter has ended. Friday’s victory has brought forth a new spring.”

Lundgren had a response, as well.

“We always seem to be outnumbered when we play at Observation Park on crappy days,” he remarked. “I think it’s because our bands are playing later and they’re afraid they’ll catch cold.”

*If you notice any errors or have additional names of players to add to this article, please let us know. Nicely. Or not nicely. Whatever. It was really cold and muddy. We did our best, okay?

Changes for tonight!

9:15: Exiles @ Sacred Heart

9:30: Fever Dream @ Pizza Lucé

9:30: The Surfactants @ R.T. Quinlan’s

I am so excited to record my new album, but I need your support. If you could take a second and check out my Kickstarter page, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!

Ryan Van Slooten’s Kickstarter Page

MRC students produced two videos this spring with help from the UMD Participatory Media Lab. Hannah McDaniel, a senior at Harbor City International School, recorded, filmed and produced this video for her song “Welcome Guest.”

The MRC kicked off a month-long fundraiser last night at our HGMF MRC Showcase. The goal is lofty: $10, 000 for new instruments and recording equipment. Please consider donating to this incredible program here.

The Music Resource Center, Duluth is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.

I’m looking to hang a poster to promote music gigs, and I’m working on a list of places to hit. Where do you notice posters hanging in town? In short, where are you standing when you notice posters?

Zombies! Fast Cars! Cowboys! Cheese sauce!

We will be archiving the 2013 Homegrown Music Video Fest videos on this page as they continue to get sent to us. It was another standing room only premiere this year at the Zinema. There will be encore screenings Wednesday at Zinema, and Sunday at Sara’s Table / Chester Creek Cafe.

Once again it’s a Homegrown Music Festival extravaganza on KUMD  all week long. We’ll have Live from Studio A sessions with Homegrown bands every week day, plus a two-hour edition of the Local Wednesday from 5-7pm featuring performances from Toby Thomas Churchill, Tim Kaiser, and more.

And, as if that wasn’t enough, Low is scheduled to be the guest this Thursday on the World Cafe in the 3pm hour.

Live from Studio A schedule

Monday: 1pm Cars and Trucks [LISTEN], 2pm Branditos
Tuesday: 1pm Markus J. Dandy and the Complete Lack Thereof, 2:15pm Frances & Luke
Wednesday: 1pm Adam Sippola
Thursday: 11am Todd Eckart, 2pm Next of Kin
Friday: 2:30pm Father Hennepin

The URL for PDD’s Homegrown Chicken App is calendar.perfectduluthday.com/homegrown, if you want to check out the Homegrown schedule on the fly from your mobile device.

The official Homegrown website should have everything else you need, and of course, there are Field Guides all over town and a speadsheet of the schedule. The only change to the schedule we’ve heard so far is that 3-2-1 will not play tonight due to illness.

Homegrown’s Twitter handle is @dhgmf and the hashtag for this year is #hgmf13. The hashtag on Instagram is also #hgmf13. Obviously there is a Facebook page, too.

Flickr tag for photos: homegrownmusicfestival2013

Homegrown banners are in effect across the top of PDD. You can continue to submit them throughout the week to banners @ perfectduluthday.com. (Yes, Homegrown banners will also be in PDD’s new banner competition for the $100 prize.)

Game on.

The “official” twitter hashtag of this years Homegrown Music Fest is #hgmf13.  So tweet away!

Homegrown Twitter Feed