Paul Lundgren Posts

Duluth Albums from the 1900s

Perfect Duluth Day’s attempt to chronical the works of local musicians begins with this list of 20th century recordings.

Trampled by Turtles — Making of Stars and Satellites Part 1 – “Alone”

Drunken Photos from the 1990s

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I’m not sure if “Drunken Photos from the 1990s” is meant to be a series or not, but I happened to come across two images in my attic that fit the category and raised some questions I thought the Internet could answer.

SOPA/PIPA Info

Welcome back to your regularly scheduled Perfect Duluth Day programming. For roughly 24 hours, PDD was blacked out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act in the U.S. Senate, co-sponsored by senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar.

Now that the silence is over, rant and rave all you want in the comments.

Here are some news links:

Fox 21: “Websites Black-Out in Protest of Possible Internet Censorship
MPR: Delegation responds to Internet piracy bills
AP: Wikipedia editors question site’s SOPA blackout

What Canal Park Brewing Company will look like

Canal Park Brewing Co. is expected to open this summer. Construction is underway and Wagner Zaun Architecture’s designs look like this.

So, how windy was it last night in Duluth?

I parked my vehicle on Third Street, opened the door, and the wind ripped it right off.

Paul Broman and Danecdote – “Let’s Make Babies”

[This post originally contained an embedded audio file from Soundcloud that is no longer available at its source.]

New song from a pair of Duluthians.

“Isn’t today just the perfect Duluth day?”

Ain’t they all, Mr. Mayor?

PDD Background Color Change

As most of you have probably noticed, Perfect Duluth Day has changed its background colors. The changeover started several days ago, and there have been some issues with the old colors popping up in a few spots …

… but we think we’ve taken care of all of those issues now. Please let us know if you see the old colors popping up anywhere.

Also, let us know if you love or hate the change. If you love the change it will make us feel good. If you hate the change we will get all defensive and accuse you of having poor taste.

A Few of Duluth’s 1911 Achievements

To read the story, click here for the PDF.

R.I.P. Mike Colalillo

Minnesota’s only living Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Duluth’s Mike Colalillo, died last night.

Drunk in the Midwest

From the Star Tribune: “Why are we more boozy?

“Many residents in the Upper Midwest are descendants of northern Europeans, and that’s an area of heavy alcohol consumption,” said Peter Nathan, a professor at the University of Iowa who has been studying alcohol use patterns and effects for more than 40 years. “The long, cold winters keep people inside more than in other parts of the country, so that contributes, as well.”

Tycoons Alehouse open Dec. 31 … and other restaurant notes

  • The sign is up at Tycoons Alehouse and Eatery and a New Year’s Eve opening is planned with Cry on Cue playing.

Duluth’s Ellis Harbor

Here’s an interesting read from the Sept. 25, 1921 Duluth News Tribune.

Winter Video Project

Twin-Cities based Seven & Sixty Productions is working on a video featuring contributed footage that captures “what is truly unique about winter in Minnesota.” If you like shooting snowflakes and pond hockey and whatnot and want to contribute, read the guidelines.

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!