Google biking. Very rad.

MARCH 10, 2010 — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken has joined The Google Twin Ports Fiber Initiative by resurrecting his Duluth Answer Man clips.

Duluth’s campaign combines a fun and creative grassroots campaign with a very serious effort to build a strong business case for bringing Google Fiber to the Twin Ports.

The Duluth Answer Man campaign was produced in the mid 80s by the Duluth Convention and Visitors Bureau, known today as Visit Duluth. The series ran in the Twin Cites market as the summer tourism campaign for Duluth.

The ski hill at Chester Bowl is scheduled to stay open through this weekend, but it looks like Mother Nature may not be patient and cooperative. Already this weekend, the creek started flooding the bottom of the hill. So if you’re interested in taking or watching a waterskiing run at the Bowl, today might be your day. The lift is open from 4:30 – 8:30 tonight (Monday 3/8). The next scheduled day the lift is open will be Thursday, but that’s a long way away. Lift tickets are $5 at the concession stand. While you’re there, pick up a nifty Chester Bowl Hoodie or long-sleeve T-shirt at the concession stand.

Taviette Film Productions: Trailer 2009

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Duluth native Nathan Ness appears in the new film The Process, which premieres March 20 at the Suburban World Theatre in Minneapolis.

Taviette Film Productions

“Thieves Like Us” is a feature-length action comedy (Jackie Chan style) made for about $3,200. There are two screenings at the Duluth Playground — March 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm.

The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Jarrod Crooks, and actor/producer Daniel Quaile of St. Paul-based Film Under 5, a production company with the goal of showing “that if you get creative, write a good story, and work your butt off, you can make a feature film for under $5,000.”

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Enjoy High Volt Rustler as they perform “Spinning” live in studio at KUMD in Duluth, Minnesota. For more videos by this artist and hundreds more, visit theduluthscene.org

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This YouTube video has gotten a decent amount of traffic recently. Check out the icy hills of Duluth from the saddle of a fixed-gear bicycle.

Rick Boo is totally comfortable with this song. It is not sitting well with him.

Below is video footage from last Wednesday’s “Paul Lundgren Happy Hour” at Teatro Zuccone. As a primer for the video, you might want to read my latest column.

Props to Dean Vogtman and Dan Fitzpatrick, videographers extraordinaire.

Click here for info about next week’s Happy Hour.

Previously unseen amateur video of Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

You know you’ve always wanted to see somebody go off those jumps at Chester Bowl, now you can.
Just in time for the Olympics, learn about Duluth’s world-class ski jumping history, and support both Chester Bowl and WDSE public television at the same time. Come take in a movie and hear some stories from Chester’s ski jumping legends. Kid-friendly early and late showings, conveniently overlapping the Paul Lundgren Happy Hour right upstairs.

The Ski Flyers: a Jumping Tradition, including additional archival footage of ski jumpers
Wed Feb 10, 5:30 and 7:00 pm Zinema2
Tickets: $3 for 5:30 show, $5 for 7:00 show. Seating is limited; advance tickets and more info are available at this link. Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

How about the iDon’t care.

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CBS News’ Bill Geist travels to Embarrass, Minnesota.

I was watching Paddle to the Sea (1966) by Bill Mason. The National Film Board of Canada just released 17 movies in HD on the Web. Very cool.

Prince doing a traditional fight song. nuff said.

The promo that was filmed here for Jerry Seinfeld’s new show, The Marriage Ref.

Despite being re-cut CBS ruled the spot, featuring a couple cubical clowns breaking wind, broke the barrier of good taste.

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Very new Duluthian high school indie rock band Excuse Me Princess has released a video for their song entitled “Some Time to Kill”! It’s pretty radical, I’d say.

The video for Retribution Gospel Choir’s single “Hide It Away” on their upcoming album release “2″ came out recently and it clearly shows them burying a treasure on Park Point. I task you, people of Duluth to search out and find (or discredit the existence of) said treasure!

The video can be found along with more Low and Retribution Gospel Choir information at the “Black Eyed Snakes” blog:

http://www.walloftvs.org/music/theblackeyedsnakes/2010/01/14/low-show-cancellation-retribution-tour-hide-it-away-video-ballet/

Minnesota State of Mind
This Jay-Z parody was created by three 17-year-olds from St. Cloud: Matt Aalbers, Jordan Neu and Jack Ashcroft. They’re making a cameo at First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2009 night on Jan. 15.

Duluth’s Jason Wussow and Dan Dresser are featured in this “On the Road” segment from KSTP-TV.

Here’s a really cool video showing one R&D company’s view of the future of e-readers. Having been in the publication design biz for years, I loved seeing somebody take the idea of an electronic magazine beyond the blog or web site format. Some of the stuff they do in here is really cool, and features the photography and art beautifully.

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Somewhat related, I saw a few posts today speculating about the fabled Apple Tablet, what it will actually be, and whether it will be a disappointment or not. I was saving up for an iPod touch, but I think I’ll wait to see what shakes out from Steve Job’s announcement in a few weeks.

It’s like watching TV, only smaller, choppier and more frequently produced by amateurs — here it is …

Perfect Duluth Day’s Best Videos of 2009

If that’s not enough for you, dig into the archives and check out the best videos of 2008, 2007 and 2006.

Most of the videos from 2005 and prior are not available in an embeddable format, but the ones that are (along with other vintage stuff) can be found on the Best Archival Videos page.

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anyone feel like throwing snowballs around 1 at lake and superior today?? just don’t bring any guns.

Merry Christmas!

Harkening back to akjuneau’s post from when the album was first released, here’s Bob Dylan’s video single from his recent “Christmas in the Heart” album. What’s your take on the visuals as well as the audio? Will you be popping this in the rotation during your family mixer?