Videos
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.
Documentary Film Passing Through
Passing Through is a documentary about a man from Northern Minnesota who has struggled with the HIV/AIDS virus for 20 years. I finished the film in 2007 as a senior in the video production program at UW-Superior. The film won the jury award in the student category at the Wisconsin Film Festival in ’08. Since then I haven’t been sure what to do with it, so last night I uploaded it to Vimeo for the public to view. If you have 20 minutes please check it out.
[The video embedded in this post has been removed from Vimeo.]
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.
Zoo Animal, Half Hearts, Ariane & Honeyvein: Pizza Luce, April 8
Who: Zoo Animal, The Half Hearts, Ariane Norrgard & Honeyvein
Where: Pizza Luce Duluth
When: April 8, 9:30P.M., $5
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Duluth Skateboard Video
A montage from one of Duluth’s local riders, Anthony Walsh.
Coming soon.
Spring is just around the corner. Maybe two corners.
Two Many Banjos, Old City Hall
Two songs shot in Duluth’s old City Hall, including the first Skywalk built in Duluth. Other new videos up at northshoresessions.com.
Duluth, Time Lapse
I don’t think I’ve seen this here yet, but it was on MPR’s Bob Collins’ Newscut blog today, scroll down past the more newsy stuff for the write-up.
Art Jam 2011
It may not be the solution to the education budget … but it’ll keep your kids busy for at least ten minutes during Winter Break.
Art Jam is a youth art contest for kids ages 7 through 12 in the Twin Ports. Have you seen the commercial yet? If not, it’s probably because you don’t watch enough cartoons.
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Low – “Belarus”
This video was shot at various familiar locations in and around Duluth.
By the way, in addition to being a country, Belarus is also the name of a manufacturer of upright pianos.
The Camel Incident in Madison
A crew from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was at the Capital in Madison on Monday to shoot some sort of a bit that involved a camel. As handlers started to walk the camel around a barricade, well, things got ugly. Jack Craver of the weekly Isthmus newspaper caught it on video.
The camel was not injured. Firefighters on the scene helped untangle things.
Lake Superior Waves Video
I’m new to the area, so I was really excited to see the waves and film some this morning. To all locals: what’s the biggest waves you’ve seen?
Hockey Day Minnesota: Portman Bruins vs. Glen Avon Red Army
[This post originally featured video from nhl.com that has since been removed.]
Telly for Duluth Google Fiber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ppS9xr6VLs
Duluth references in Lucy
“Amanda drove and let Jenny doze in the front seat while Lucy slept in back. They woke just south of Duluth. They spent the night in a little town called Superior. In the morning they stopped at the grocery store in Duluth to stock up for the week.” — (Chapter 17)
“The road they traveled from Duluth had stretched out ruler-straight for miles, cutting farm fields in half, as pastures fell away toward island lakes. Dark clouds gathered in the western sky as they entered the great expanses of forest in Wisconsin.” –(Chapter 21)
from LUCY (A Novel) by Laurence Gonzales (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HS6XyFCKfE
Andrew Archer — Robot Boy!
While this is interesting in general, what makes it PDD material is Dougherty’s reference to Robot Boy from Duluth at about 6:12.
Mmmmmm. Monorail.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ[/youtube]
Personally, one of my favorite episodes.
Who was that guy?
I’m trying to find footage of Equal Xchange from last year’s Homegrown. It was at the Rex Bar and some dude with dreads was walking around with a shoulder-mounted camcorder. Does anyone know who this person is? I was playing bass and would like it for my archives.
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…)