Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman)
The Perilous Inlet
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7rTiTQI5N0
Three years in the making, the completed 14-minute masterpiece.
I suggest watching it with the sound off since we could not eliminate the camera noise without losing the underwater noises.
The perilous inlet is a death trap for ships and subs, yet life continues. Starring Playmobil toys, G.I. Joes, and introducing Lake Superior as itself.
We’ve released this in segments over time, so if you’re sick of it do NOT watch this final edit. Featuring the Playmobil ship vs. the giant alligator, the Playmobil sub vs. the giant squid, and the GI Joes vs. frozen existential horror, now with more death.
The Subjectivity Spill
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmA5JB-ZLhM
The UMD Anomalies Dept. dispatched two Morphogenetic Field Technicians to Professor Marrow’s hillside home, surveying the contamination from a novel form of radiation.
Lake Superior Security Force: Ice Rescue
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUjP6DEmoY
Mary Bue – “Apple in the Ocean”
Mary Bue music video directed by Jim and Allen Richardson.
Late Summer Swim at the Cutest Little Beach in WI
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872Wf6FV240
Things I saw.
Slacklining and Swimming at Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBVwXht9zQ
Duluth’s megalithic ruins. I’d taken a spot of footage late last winter, and I’ve been looking forward to a summer shoot just like this to complete a video exploration of the Cribs, aka Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum. Sure enough these kind party people let me video their fun-loving attempts to best a wiggly slackline here on the late summer date of Sept. 9.
The water was very cold, it must be said, but I seem to have experienced a bodywide mutagenic change that can take it. I look forward to a shoot next summer with warm, crystal clear water; maybe I can get video even farther down in and around this quintessentially Duluth structure.
The Perilous Inlet 1 & 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqlQXrBMkcM
[Part two of this video series is no longer available.]
(Regular readers may recognize the first couple of minutes of part 2 as I already released those, teaser-style, not too long ago. Now the gruesome conclusion may be shown.)
Welcome to Washburn, Wisconsin!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnUb12y-_uE&feature=youtu.be
Swimming Lake Superior 7-28
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDor-E0GIpo
“‘Things that lived under the sea…had cities on the seabottom, an’ the island was heaved up from thar. An’ some of the things was alive in the buildins when it come up…humans got a relation to ’em, see? Everything alive come aout o’ the water once an’ only needs a little change to go back.’…. ‘Dreams of a phosphorescent palace with gardens of strange leprous corals and grotesque brachiate efflorescences, fathoms below… I must swim out to that brooding reef and dive down through black abysses. And there I shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever.'” – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”
Swimming Lake Superior July 21st
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvCWLdZWO0Y
Warm as amniotic brine.
Exploring Lake Superior by Submarine
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-q0T5FyxAc
Jim and Allen Richardson of Gonzo Science explore Lake Superior in a two-man sub.
Duluth Solstice Flood Footage
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOTzK8iVdU
Lake Superior Rock Study
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDsBCWEFTJA
The north face of Richardson Island through winter and back again.
Lake Recreation
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkIo2pDLx-g
Training Day
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtne7avwhyM
Allen R. Defends Gonzo Science HQ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtd-vUHtMA
More brother-on-brother nerf violence as Allen defends against attack inside Gonzo Science headquarters. Both men use a full-auto Stampede ECS. In addition Jim deploys an impenetrable “Captain America” shield.
The Assassination of Allen R.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFteX9hv5aw
Brother on brother nerf violence as Jim attempts to assassinate Allen inside Gonzo Science headquarters. Both men use a full-auto Stampede ECS. In addition Jim deploys an impenetrable “Captain America” shield.
Mellow Iceberg Rides
The scene down at the lake these days.
A Floating Rock in Lake Superior
I wish I’d gotten more footage for an even better view of this typically quirky Duluth sight. But I had to wade in to get this and I froze my ass off doing it, so this is what you get.
Marooned in Pack Ice Off Deception Island
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78f79YdXh0