Music
Video Archive: The Hospital People
This recently unearthed clip from KDLH-TV’s Newschannel 3 This Morning, features the Hospital People performing the song “Crash” in support of their April 2003 Geek Prom gig at the NorShor Threatre.
There is nothing quite like rawking and spaz dancing at 6 a.m. Maybe that’s why the video is so faded.
Trampled by Turtles – “Midnight on the Interstate”
Video by students at the Bethany Lutheran College Media Arts department in Mankato.
Looking for help mixing a CD
I know there are a lot of music recording folks out there in the PDD community, so I am posting this plea for help.
I participate in a number of drum circles with a dear friend. I had discussed making a CD of some of our sessions for her to send to her sister. My friend has fallen ill, so now time seems to be of the essence.
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Curren Effinger — “Little Drum”
Music Resource Center student Curren Effinger wrote, recorded, filmed, and edited this video for his song “Little Drum” this spring with help from students at the UMD Participatory Media Lab. It was a huge job, but tons of fun and we’re excited to share it with you.
If you think this is a program worth supporting I encourage you to attend one of our upcoming events and to donate online. We are currently raising funds to purchase instruments and video/recording equipment so that we can more easily make awesome videos like this in the future. We thank you for your support.
The Music Resource Center-Duluth is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.
The People Say Fox – The Roseman 7″
The People Say Fox have just released a 7″ single of our song, “The Roseman,” off of our recent release Glowcap. You may have caught the fantastic video by Al Skomars in the Homegrown video festival. Anyway, you can snag a copy at https://siftstatic.storenvy.com/ or at one of our upcoming shows; May 18 @ Beaner’s for Day 3 of Western Thaw, or June 8th @ Beaner’s for Pete Cich’s Birthday bash!
First release is /250 on black 7″ including screen printed covers. The record also comes with a full download of the entire 10-track album, Glowcap.
Cars & Trucks’ “Theatre Stardusk” now available digitally
We have capitulated to the demands of the marketplace! Our new album “Theatre Stardusk” is now available on Bandcamp in any digital format you could hope to have. And we put our other two albums on there, too. If you’ve been holding off buying our new album because it’s only on vinyl, the wait is over. Tell your friends and enemies that the hot new shit is at:
carsampersandtrucks.bandcamp.com/album/theatre-stardusk
Music Resource Center needs your support
The Music Resource Center is a free after school music program for middle and high school students in the Twin Ports. We are currently working to equip our rehearsal and studio spaces with instruments and recording and video production equipment for our students. Please consider donating to this incredible program. Find out how at mrc.dulutharmory.org
The MRC is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.
Who won Homegrown 2013?
This poll is now closed. The results were:
Wolf Blood – 11.2 percent
The Blasphemists – 8.4 percent
Bratwurst – 7.4 percent
Big Wave Dave & the Ripples – 3.7 percent
The Boomchucks – 3.7 percent
Various other bands – 65.6 percent
Homegrown 2013 Photo Retrospective
View the full set of 123 images from Homegrown 2013 on Flickr. (more…)
Bond, Comics, Kayaks and Bags of Books
Saturday was a full day for pop culture nerds.
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Homegrown Kickball Classic 2013: ‘I can’t see the base because it is covered in mud, like my eyes.’
Friday pitcher Chad Lyons arrived at the field 45 minutes early, presumably to claim the field for his team in some sort of ceremonial ritual that involved his old high-school soccer cleats and a cigarette.
It worked. Friday took the 2013 Homegrown Kickball Classic, 7-5.
Rainy conditions throughout the week forced the game to be played away from its usual location, Chester Bowl. After a 20-minute search for car-floormat-bases, the action was underway at Observation Park.
(more…)Last Minute Homegrown Schedule Changes
Changes for tonight!
9:15: Exiles @ Sacred Heart
9:30: Fever Dream @ Pizza Lucé
9:30: The Surfactants @ R.T. Quinlan’s
Ryan Van Slooten Kickstarter
I am so excited to record my new album, but I need your support. If you could take a second and check out my Kickstarter page, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!
Music Resource Center students produce music videos
MRC students produced two videos this spring with help from the UMD Participatory Media Lab. Hannah McDaniel, a senior at Harbor City International School, recorded, filmed and produced this video for her song “Welcome Guest.”
The MRC kicked off a month-long fundraiser last night at our HGMF MRC Showcase. The goal is lofty: $10, 000 for new instruments and recording equipment. Please consider donating to this incredible program here.
The Music Resource Center, Duluth is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.
Hanging Posters
I’m looking to hang a poster to promote music gigs, and I’m working on a list of places to hit. Where do you notice posters hanging in town? In short, where are you standing when you notice posters?
Homegrown Video Fest 2013
Zombies! Fast Cars! Cowboys! Cheese sauce!
We will be archiving the 2013 Homegrown Music Video Fest videos on this page as they continue to get sent to us. It was another standing room only premiere this year at the Zinema. There will be encore screenings Wednesday at Zinema, and Sunday at Sara’s Table / Chester Creek Cafe.
Homegrown Music Festival 2013: The Chicken App for your mobile phone, other schedule formats and social media crap
The URL for PDD’s Homegrown Chicken App is calendar.perfectduluthday.com/homegrown, if you want to check out the Homegrown schedule on the fly from your mobile device. (more…)
Homegrown Music Fest 2013 – Live Tweets #hgmf13
The “official” Twitter hashtag of this year’s Homegrown Music Festival is #hgmf13. So tweet away!
Homegrown Banjo Breakdown
If you hang out on PDD or Facebook or the corner of Lake Avenue and Superior Street long enough, you’ll hear a Duluth musician complain about how many banjos there are in the local music scene. Personally, I’ve heard Duluth referred to as “the banjo capital of the world,” and I’ve heard people say — not even jokingly — that it’s almost impossible to spend a night in the local music venues without hearing a banjo. On one hand, I understand what they are saying, but on the other hand, it seems like tremendous hyperbole.
The purpose of this post is to try and figure out, as accurately as possible, the percentage of bands playing Homegrown that feature a banjo, and to discuss whether or not that percentage is an excessive amount of banjos. (more…)
Pollard pulls in two 2013 Best of the Twin Cities Arts & Entertainment awards
Duluth got two nods from City Pages in its Best of the Twin Cities issue, and musician Eric Pollard was part of both. He’s the drummer for Retribution Gospel Choir and front man of Actual Wolf, bands that won for Best Live Artist and Best Songwriter, respectively.
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Cloud Cult on Minnesota Original
The Cloud Cult movie No One Said it Would be Easy screens tonight at Zinema 2, and the band will play the Twin Ports Bridge Festival in Duluth on July 6.
Fever Dream – “Think I’m in Love with You”
Presenting the fifth music video from Marc Gartman’s Fever Dream.