Videos
Maria Bamford is officially a freak
Former Duluthian Maria Bamford and her series of Target ads made AdWeek’s 30 freakiest ads of 2010. (more…)
Low – “Witches”
Live from the Larimer Lounge in Denver, Colo., Dec. 18, 2010. Video by Manuel Aragon.
Reshaping Live Electronica
Calling all computer-music fans! Dig this! 3 Reaktor ensembles running simultaneously through Live6. The main keyboard (with cleverly placed stickers) houses a dominant ‘effect’ range (left 8 white keys) and a dominant ‘loop’ range (right 8 white keys). The other two midi boards are used for volume, some delay effects, reverb (and it’s decay), and misc. VST’s. I created the loops in Live6 prior to loading them into this set to record. Enjoy!
PS: I apologize for the sound getting a bit nasty in there. it was recorded from an iPhone, hanging on a ceiling fan.
TCF Bank Stadium Snow Removal
Video of TCF Bank Stadium snow cleanup via the Minnesota Gophers Facebook page, which notes it took “15,000 man hours.”
Metrodome Roof Collapse Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyLX2hY7E0
Kind of like the Vikings’ 2010 season collapsed, right?. (more…)
Cloud Cult & Caroline Smith
Two new music videos shot in Duluth by North Shore Sessions:
Cloud Cult – Bobby’s Spacesuit (acoustic)
Caroline Smith Duo – Eagle’s Nest / Callio
A snowy drive on Seven Bridges Road
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIqBhId29Y
Shot by Greg Connor on Thanksgiving Day.
Funny Duluth Video
Dann gets a suit at Mainstream Fashions for Men.
Minnesota Night Sky Time-lapse Video
Shot last month in central St. Louis County by Brian Peterson.
New video about CHUM in Duluth
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9xnlyBHcc
Video Archive: Duluth’s Lake Place Park — “the park in the sky” — under construction
From KBJR-TV, Oct. 25, 1990.
[Note: This video was removed by the YouTube user.]
You’ll notice the headlines from 20 years ago seem to mirror those of today. Before Barbara Reyelts’ piece on Lake Place Park, which starts 2 minutes into the video, you’ll see the president refusing to raise taxes, gas prices rising and ramp closures on local freeways.
Among the commercials at the end of the video is one for the late Senator Paul Wellstone, who back then was campaigning to replace Rudy Boschwitz.
Video Archive: Dennis Anderson knocks down a few Grain Belts and shows off the film equipment
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ZXpJEO18g&feature=related
This video appears to be from the early 1970s. Watch the high-pressure air send Denny’s hairpiece flying! (Plus bonus footage: A Jack McKenna forecast.)
Buck battle in St. Paul
Shot by Craig Kuberski on Monday through his basement window.
Dios Mio – “Shit Life”
Featuring the infamous “Pervertible” van, before it was fully perverted.
Livin’ the dream, baby.
Duluth mentioned in film Trumbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCA179Pqsn8
Dalton Trumbo was one of the “Hollywood Ten.” Duluth is mentioned in passing in the documentary Trumbo. And judging from his description of the weather he must have been here.
Mad Monster Party
Just in time for the Elections Halloween, I stumbled across Mad Monster Party. I’ve seen a lot of Rankin/Bass stuff, but have never even heard of this one. This is a making of, split into two parts. (more…)
The Danielson family’s 400-foot zip line
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMQ6k_PW10
Right here in Duluth, Minnesota.
You might recognize Darren Danielson as co-host of WDSE-TV’s Almanac North program.
R.I.P. Cathy Curley, feminist pioneer
“Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be in your revolution.” — Emma Goldman
I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the untimely death last night of Cathy Curley – founder of Safe Haven, the Lake Superior Regional Justice Center, domestic violence prevention and intervention pioneer, community activist, mother, friend, mentor, lover of life.
William Canning — traveling evangelist known in Duluth for his strange gyrations in Canal Park
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIG1t0ETbog
Apparently, according to the video description on YouTube, some guy named Jon was vacationing in Duluth in the 1990s and came across a fellow “making some very strange moves” that were “too good to pass up,” so he videotaped it. Earlier this summer, he uploaded it to YouTube.
As it turns out, I have the scoop on who the “man dancing in Canal Park” is.
(more…)
North Shore Sessions: Russian Bride, Jeremy Messersmith
Here are a couple recent live music sessions featuring Minnesota artists recorded in the Duluth area — Russian Bride and Jeremy Messersmith:
Thome at the Plate
I guess this one is right up there with “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?” and “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio.”
26-hour Renegade Improv Marathon starts this weekend!
This is our official trailer for this weekend’s 26-hour Renegade Improv Marathon. (more…)