Paul Lundgren
Perfect Album of 2013: Ryan Van Slooten’s Victory March
With at least 50 albums released by Duluth-area musicians in 2013 — including Low, Retribution Gospel Choir, Trampled by Turtles and Charlie Parr — Ryan Van Slooten’s third solo work had to be considered a long shot in a poll to choose the best local album of the year.
Well, Van Slooten can begin his Victory March; the upset is complete.
Poll: Best Album of 2013 (Final Ballot)
According to previous PDD polls, the top three Duluth-related albums of 2013 are: Christoph Bruhn’s Weekends on the Frontier, Southwire’s self-titled debut and Ryan Van Slooten’s Victory March. The voting so far has been close, so we’ve set up this final showdown. Follow the text links above to listen to the albums on Bandcamp, then make your choice below.
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This poll is now closed. The results were:
Ryan Van Slooten’s Victory March – 45 percent
Southwire’s self-titled debut – 31.9 percent
Christoph Bruhn’s Weekends on the Frontier – 23.1 percent
The 4ontheFloor – Enough
Shot at Target Field and featuring Miss Sarah Krueger.
This clip is from next week’s episode of MNOriginal, which airs Monday night at 7 p.m. in the Duluth market on the Minnesota Channel 8.1. Also in the episode: Artaria String Quartet preserves and performs classical chamber repertoire, Robert Bly shares three of his poems and Judy Onofrio creates sculptures from animal bones.
Poll: Best Album of 2013 (The Final Six)
The people have spoken, and now it’s time for them to speak again. According to our previous poll, the top six Duluth-related albums of 2013 are: Cars & Trucks’ Theatre Stardusk, Christoph Bruhn’s Weekends on the Frontier, Tim Kaiser’s Microphone Obscura, Low’s The Invisible Way, Southwire’s self-titled debut and Ryan Van Slooten’s Victory March. Now it’s time to pick the winner, so again we ask …
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This poll is now closed. Christoph Bruhn, Southwire and Ryan Van Slooten have advanced to the final poll.
If there really was a lull in the flowing of the poppy juice, it did not occur until long after the hour set by law
From the Jan. 1, 1914, Duluth News Tribune
Revelers laugh at law calling for early close
In two hotels the price brings liquid refreshment after hours with no questions asked and no evidence of police as delirium marks new year.
“Five dollars for a table and a bottle of wine,” the going quotation at Holland – “It’s after hours; can’t be served,” greeted with wild laughter. (more…)
Poll: Best Local Album of 2013
Among the roughly four-dozen albums released by Duluth-area musicians in the past 12 months, 19 received mention in our call for nominations for Best Local Album of 2013. So now we attempt to identify the strongest in the field and ask you, dear reader …
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This poll is now closed. These six albums advance to the final poll.
Cars & Trucks – Theatre Stardusk
Christoph Bruhn – Weekends on the Frontier
Tim Kaiser – Microphone Obscura
Low – The Invisible Way
Southwire – Southwire
Ryan Van Slooten – Victory March
2013: The Year in Duluth Gig Posters
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The Boomchucks – “When I’m Missing You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMuDZuQqR-U
New video for a song from their 2010 self-titled album.
Life of a Sailor: The Winter
Tip Telep’s video of life aboard the Interlake Steamship Co.’s flagship merchant vessel Paul R. Tregurtha — the longest ship on the Great Lakes. Music: “Whole Wide World” by Big Tree.
Favorite Duluth Albums of 2013
Oh, isn’t it just so typical to ask a question like this at the end of the year? Well, with something like four-dozen albums released by local musicians in 2013 it’s hard to keep up. Someone has to inform the general public of what’s essential. And that someone is you. Let your preferences be known in the comments.
And yes, this is leading into a poll.
All your band wants for Christmas is a Homegrown gig
Band registration for the 2014 Homegrown Music Festival opens Christmas Day. Performers interested in playing the festival, which runs April 27 to May 4, must complete the online registration before Jan. 31.
This year’s Homegrown Winter Fiasco will take place Jan. 17 and will feature nine Homegrown artists playing at three Duluth music venues. The Winter Fiasco is a pre-festival showcase celebrating Homegrown volunteer sign-up and band registration. The Winter Fiasco shows are all free events and will feature volunteer sign-up stations and festival staff on site to answer Homegrown inquiries.
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The attitude 100 years ago
Just a cheesy Dutch Boy Paint greeting card from 1913. The company printed cards with various city names, so Duluth was nothing special. Folks were in for everything back then.
Red Eye Ski Club Duluth Promo
The Red Eye Ski Club of Eau Claire has another trip to Duluth and Lutsen planned. John Ewald was in town earlier this month to shoot this promo video. The song is “Dissolve Me” by Alt-J.
Elim Lutheran Church 1983 Directory
Here it is in all its splendor, recovered from the More Than Memories Antique Emporium in West Duluth.
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Northern Minnesota Nocturnal Offerings
Video by Mark Ellis; music by Dan Schwartz.
A G2-class geomagnetic storm broke out on Dec. 7, with Northern Lights spilling over the Canadian border into Minnesota and other states.
Duluth in a Day
Road trip video by Mariah Harrison; music by Little May.
Timothy Martin & the New Norm – “Canada”
Low cover by Timothy Martin Nelson in honor of tonight’s Duluth Does Low show.
Song engineered and mixed by Tom Fabjance at Playpen Studio. The New Norm features Russell Sackett on bass and backing vocals, Walter Wedin on drums, Peter Knutson on lead guitar, and T. Bruce Bowers on space fiddle.
Is there a term for those jagged ice formations on Duluth streets?
It’s probably the worst on Grand Avenue in West Duluth, but above is a shot on Fourth Street in the Central Hillside. You know what it is and obviously it pisses you off, but what is it called? Duluth has probably never experienced it before to an extent worth coming up with a name for it.
A news release today from the city of Duluth refers to it as “caked-on ice.” Is that good enough, or does someone have a better term?
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Fresh Duluth
This 2008 Pro Video documentary, produced and directed by Tom Livingston and Jack Lind, disappeared from the internet for a while, but now it is back.
Winter Waterspouts Over Lake Superior
Video by Jordan Deters
Hartley Arch
So what is going to be the established tradition for the Hartley arch? Is it a place to stop and smooch, or take a hit from your flask? I say both.
PDD Calendar mobile version … you know, for your phone, so you can read it better
Perhaps it’s strange to pick a day when most events are cancelled to make this announcement, but … well, we do things when we get around to them so here it goes: The PDD Calendar now has a mobile version. We actually launched it on Sunday, so maybe you’ve already noticed.
If you view the calendar on a phone, you should automatically see the mobile version. (more…)