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Black River Revue – “Spare Change”
Duluth band Black River Revue performs for The White Wall Sessions in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jesse Ventura – “The Body Rules”
Jesse premieres his music video for “The Body Rules” in 1984. Obnoxious autoplay on the embedded video, so click the Read More button to see the video. (more…)
Video: Charlie Parr Live at the Paramount Theatre in Austin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6kFgXnT4ew
KSMQ, the public television station for southern Minnesota and northern Iowa, captured Duluth musician Charlie Parr performing a concert in his hometown of Austin, Minn. last month. Next Thursday Parr performs in Duluth with Alan Sparhawk at Sacred Heart Music Center.
Walking the dog in Duluth, Cali style
Video by John Jenkins.
The Daily Show’s take on Pointergate
This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.
Dad’s Acid – “We Fucking Love You”
New video by Duluth band Dad’s Acid, featuring TV Land footage of all the heroes and villains of Gotham.
Downtown Sounds
A Duluth skateboarding video shot and edited by Cody Paulson, featuring Colton Maddy and Stephen Pestalozzi.
Duluth Lights
Time lapse video by Skyler Brewster.
Duluth view of Oct. 23 partial solar eclipse
Patrick Smith created this video using YouTube Slideshow Creator.
Jake Specht skateboards across Duluth
Footage shot Oct. 19 by Jesse Covington. Music by Atmosphere – “Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now.”
Stoney Point Surf
Video by Kyle James.
Video Archive: Low – “Fear”
Ten years ago Starfire posted this video he made for the Low song “Fear,” from the 1994 album I Could Live in Hope. The video was produced as part of the Crash Ballet Contest put on by Coudal Partners, a design, advertising and interactive studio in Chicago. Participants were asked to edit original NASA footage to music. Starfire’s video was named a runner up in the contest.
Landscape footage of Jay Cooke and Amnicon Falls state parks
Video and music by Dave Dueck.
Charlie Parr music in “Town of the Living Dead” TV show trailer
The song “Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down” by Duluth musician Charlie Parr is prominently featured in this trailer for the new TV series Town of the Living Dead, which premieres Oct. 7 on the Syfy cable network.
Brule River by air and underwater
Go Pro video with P2 Drone by Sam Alvar of Seaquest Productions.
Wood Blind’s Veikko Lepisto, back in the day
Duluth band Wood Blind plays Sept. 25 at Beaner’s during the week-long “One Week Live” celebration. We dug into the shallow end of the PDD archives and dusted off this Royal Crown Revue video circa 1997, which features Wood Blind bassist Veikko Lepisto doing his thing with the old crew.
Lepisto was born in Duluth and studied bass with Billy Barnard at UMD. He lived in Los Angeles during most of his music career, but has been back in Duluth for over a year.
The Kid and Nic Show – “Little Darlin”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYhoAoJSTUg
A little doo wop on Duluth’s hillside, performed by the Kid and Nic Show.
Rail sessions across Duluth
Featuring Cody Nehniba, Wilson Robinson, Tyler Murto, Kyle Juntunen and Isiah England.
Diving at Lester River and Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum
Video by Nathan Myers.
Preston Gunderson with Jillian Rae – “Night”
Video by Peter Jamus and David Kasyanyuk
Shot at East Medicine Lake, Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles — all near Minneapolis
Actors: Laura Blak and Vinny Balbo
Preston Gunderson is a singer/songwriter from the Iron Range. His album While I was Gone cracked the top 200 on the iTunes pop charts, and his EP The Recluse peaked at no. 25 on the iTunes Singer Songwriter Music Chart. He was a casting finalist on NBCs The Voice, but did not appear on the TV show. He was also named the 2014 Bob Dylan Singer-Songwriter Grand Champion during Dylan Days.
Jillian Rae is known in Duluth for her days lending fiddle skills to the band Two Many Banjos. She performs solo shows and in a number of bands in Minnesota.
Duluth Trip
Video by Jon Atwell.
Gems of Itasca: The Bovey Edition
Bovey is an historical jewel on the Iron Range, known for its rich mining history in the early 1900s. It’s also the home of the world-famous 1918 photograph Grace. (more…)