Paul Lundgren
Cudgel thy brains no more about it
Wise Fool Shakespeare‘s production of Hamlet closes this weekend. Would you like free tickets? Be the first rogue and/or peasant slave to comment on this post and you shall claim this outrageous fortune.
Kayaking the snowy banks of Minnesota’s Blue Earth River
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vogk-yth1Z4
Might as well go ahead and try this at home.
2011 Homegrown Schedule
The schedule for the 13th annual Homegrown Music Festival was released today. It’ll probably change a little before May 1 rolls around, but this will give you a good idea of how the week is laid out.
Colbert takes on Pawlenty’s dramatic ads
At PDD, we compared Pawlenty to Superman, among other things, for his chest-puffed image on his book cover. Stephen Colbert one ups us by comparing him to Brawny Man.
At PDD, we called Pawlenty President of the United States of Apocalypse after viewing his book trailer. Colbert says Pawlenty is “running for President of the next Transformers movie.” That one could probably go either way.
Blue Laws are Stupid, Post #4
The bill to allow retail sales of alcohol on Sundays in Minnesota is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m.
Quoth Sen. Roger Reinert of Duluth:
“Sunday liquor sale laws are remnants of a bygone era that no longer make sense in a 21st Century world.”
Sheryl Crow in Duluth on May 9
Three days after the Elton John concert.
An Evening with Sheryl Crow
Monday, May 9, 8 p.m.
DECC Auditorium
Tickets go on sale March 18 @ 10 a.m.
$45, $55 & $75 (plus fees)
Emily Haavik – “Please Don’t Go”
Mark Lindquist turned me on to this song by UMD student Emily Haavik. When I went to her MySpace to listen, I saw “1 plays” on the song counter. So Mark must have been #1. I’m #2. Check it out. I dig it.
(Note: The original MySpace embed no longer exists; the SoundCloud embed replaced it in an edit to this post.)
Cirrus to be acquired by Chinese Company
Cirrus Industries, parent company of Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, announced today it will be acquired by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. of Zhuhai, China. The transaction is expected to close by midyear.
Cirrus will apparently continue to assemble airplanes in Duluth. Mayor Don Ness issued this statement:
“We anticipate that this merger will give Cirrus the additional financial resources and stability to ensure their recovery and grow operations and employment as the economy rebounds. I appreciate the assurances that Cirrus management has given us that operations will remain in Duluth; obviously that is our primary concern. We look forward to continuing the partnership with Cirrus not only to retain local operations, but also to grow jobs and support the company’s future success.”
Save the deer, shoot a dog
This ranks pretty high on my list of stunning news releases.
Minnesota DNR: Dogs chasing deer an annual problem
In summary: Between Jan. 1 and July 14, it’s legal to shoot and kill a dog that is pursuing a deer.
Holy crap.
Results of Duluth focus group meetings
Here it is, in its 30-page glory:
Citizen’s Perspective, Priorities & Performance
City of Duluth Focus Group Research
Compiled by Zenith Research Group
Pizza Lucé Ides of March 2011
A heads up for those who dig Pizza Lucé’s annual weekend of tribute rock:
Thursday, March 17 | 10pm/21+/free
DJ Tenn
Look Ma, No Head! (performing the Cramps)
Bradical Boombox (performing the Thermals)
Poor Howard (performing 10 Years After)
Friday, March 18 | 10pm/21+/$5
The Keep Aways (performing Hole)
The DTs (performing the Clash)
Philip of Nazareth (performing Descendents)
DJ Path Annu
Saturday, March 19 | 10pm/21+/$5
MATallica (performing Metallica)
The Acceleratii Deluxe (performing the Animals)
American Rebels Delux (performing Pearl Jam’s Ten)
DJ Norby
Beware.
Mike Page, Mike Fitzsimmons and Tom Houle | Duluth graffiti that wouldn’t fade away
I first took notice of this graffiti in the late 1980s. It’s on the side of the old West Duluth Hotel building, which for many years now has been home to the Italian Village, along with various other businesses.
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2011 St. David’s Day Open Reading
As always, it’s free.
Respect Your Old Man Poetry Slam Dinner
This is a fundraiser for Respect Your Mother, a concert held annually in the spring at Leif Erickson Park.
Friday, Feb. 18, 6pm
Norway Hall, 21 Lake Ave., Duluth
Suggested donation $15
Contact Eric Ament at 320-267-1094 to sign up to perform in the slam.
The dinner is chili and porridge with salad, fry bread and chutney.
Superior 2011 Primary Election Results
Superior Mayor
Bruce Hagen — 2,099 | 69%
Kevin Peterson — 710 | 23%
Don Raihala — 120 | 4%
Gilbert Davidson — 113 | 4%
Bruce Hagen and Kevin Peterson advance to the General Election on April 5.
When oven coils ignite …
So, when your oven makes a weird sound and you look inside to find a little flame coming from a hole in the coil, does that mean you should call a repairman or plan on replacing the whole unit?
Anyone qualified to help me mentally prepare for how big of a hit the ol’ credit card is going to take when Daugherty’s opens on Monday, chime in .
Winter Magic — 1992 Super Bowl Halftime Show at the Minneapolis Metrodome
The Black Eyed Peas halftime performance at Super Bowl XLV has been widely panned. Perhaps it just can’t live up to the awesome spectacle that was the 1992 halftime show. (more…)
You could win $100! Yes, it’s time once again to feed the PDD marketing weasel by taking a privacy-invading survey
Every other year or so, Perfect Duluth Day conducts a survey of its readers in an effort to figure out who they are and what their deal is. To make up for the privacy invasion, we offer the chance to win $100 in a drawing, which convinces everyone to proceed without reservation or contempt.
The survey is now closed.
Why do PDD’s powers-that-be ignore their natural Minnesota Lutheran shame and prod you to disclose information that is none of their business? Because that’s how the vicious gears of capitalism work, you silly goose.
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Hey brewers of the Midwest, we like what you are doing. Keep up the good work.
Surly Abrasive Ale
Double Oat IPA
8.8 percent alcohol by volume
On tap at Beaner’s Central and maybe other places
Bell’s Hopslam Ale
American Double/Imperial I.P.A.
10 percent alcohol by volume
Available in bottles at Beaner’s Central, Zeitgeist Arts Cafe and maybe other places
And congratulations to the amazing Dave Hoops and the folks at Fitger’s Brewhouse. Their Bourbon Barrel Edmund Imperial Stout took first place in the Strong Porter/Stout category at the eighth annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer in Chicago in November.
What are you drinkin’?
Derailed train cars fall from bridge by Duluth’s ore docks
A Canadian National train carrying 17 empty cars derailed while approaching a limestone storage area on a trestle bridge near the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Ore Docks this morning.
Two cars fell; one landed upside down, the other landed against a support for the ore docks and sat standing on its end. No one was hurt.
Duluth National Bank
Duluth National Bank, now the West End branch of U.S. Bank, was the subject of a “Where in Duluth?” post a month ago, focusing on its burglar alarm. Note that today’s burglar alarm is apparently not the original. It’s rounded at the top, while the one above is flat at the top.
The photo above appears to be circa 1922, which is when the building was built. The bank was founded in 1910, but was located across the avenue from this location.
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Blue Laws are Stupid, Post #3
The Duluth News Tribune is reporting that State Senator Roger Reinert has introduced legislation that would allow Minnesota liquor stores to open on Sundays.
Story link: “Liquor on Sunday?”
And we haven’t even bitched about blue laws on PDD since September. Too busy drinking to fight for our rights, I guess.
Laura MacArthur Elementary School A/V Cadets, 1979 to 1984
Do the kids pose with Blu-ray players these days?
For those of you without a roster: Sean Bigler (1979); Tony Brown, Tom Bunkers and Steve Elsmore (1980); Scott Rous, Dominic Jakubek, Jim Gannucci and Patric Doherty (1981); Richie Hennes (1982); Patti Puglisi and Amber Netzel (1983); Chris Vaydich, Matt Pfister and Jason Mahle (1984).
Ventura vs. DHS & TSA
Jesse Ventura is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration for violating his rights.
The former governor was patted down by a TSA agent in November and he says his “basic rights to privacy and dignity, and his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures” were violated.
