Container Music Publishing
Three Songs by Container (Rich Mattson for Attention)
Eminent Minnesota musician Rich Mattson plays bass and drums on these tracks. They were recorded at his Sparta Sound studio somewhere in the pine trees of northern Minnesota. They are works in progress, with plans for an album in 2027. The videos are comprised of still images.
Sincerely,
Container (more…)
Three Versions of “Opiate War”
Oh, Duluth.
It began with watching addicts scream in the alley. Then it got electric. Then it got louder.
I’m not sure where it’s going, but I know how it ends. (more…)
“Opiate War” by ©ontainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y985ejC9_Lw
When you live downtown, you see some things. I’m just a guy with windows. (more…)
The Buckthorn Crusader of Lakeview Park
The eastern stretches of Lakeview Park with an abundant mature buckthorn jungle.
After an hour or two of relentlessly battling buckthorn, you may sit to rest and close your eyes for a moment. If you do this, you’re likely to see pokey spear-like shapes in your closed-eye vision.
In my eight-year quest to de-buckthorn a particular unknown Duluth park, I have come to know this particular plant quite well. And in my obsessive need to destroy it, I believe it has come to know me. I even joined a city-organized and backed volunteer group dedicated to destroying every last seed and stem of non-native explosive-growth monster plants. (more…)