Videos
My Favorite Minnesota: Duluth Nightlife
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A very flattering portrayal of Duluth “night life” from Explore Minnesota.
Scenes from Fall Fest
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the PDD Canopy of Joy yesterday. It was a good day at Chester Bowl. Sunshine. Pan flute. Cheese curds. Matching puppies.
Trampled by Turtles on MTV?
It just might happen if the band gets enough votes in MTV’s online contest.
I just love seeing that iconic MTV logo up in the corner, makes me smile, but then again I’m a child of the 1980s and maybe it means something different to me than others.
United States Steel Duluth Works
It’s amusing to me that the soundtrack to this slideshow is by Dokken. You might think that’s a poor choice, but I remember 20 years ago the only Duluth kids into Dokken were from Morgan Park, so it makes sense.
Also, tragically, the one sentence of text in the video contains multiple errors, but oh well. (more…)
The infamous ”Winnebago Man” has Duluth ties
Jack Rebney of the movie Winnebago Man apparently worked in Duluth back in the day.
[This post originally contained a video clip from Daily Motion that is no longer available.]
WDSE-WRPT shows its shorts! (films, that is) and the music of James Moors
Public TV, WDSE-WRPT, invites you to celebrate smart, original films; and the music of James Moors at its free outdoor local film event, Movies in the Park – Shorts!, Friday, Sept. 3 at 7pm in Leif Erickson Park. (more…)
WOJB Fall Concert Series Kick-off: Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Friday, Sept. 10, 7:30 pm at the Park Theater, Highway 63 in downtown Hayward. (more…)
Seven reasons why gay marriage should be banned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfFa44p96o
Sex Change World Premiere
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcFcY71Kjgc[/youtube]
Check out the trailer for this world-premiere comedy written by local playwright Andy Bennett. The show opens this Thursday, Aug. 5, and runs through the Aug. 21.
Also check out the Gender Bender Karaoke Contest following our closing night show, talk-backs with the artists after Thursday night, and Renegade Improv every night after the shows at 10:30.
Charlie Parr live on the Mississippi
Charlie Parr performs “Mastodon” live on the Mississippi river for MPLS.TV’s weekly live performance series, “City of Music.”
Minnesotans are ill-tempered tweeters
The above video shows the mood of the United States over a two-day period as interpreted by various words used on Twitter. Green indicates a good mood, red indicates a foul mood, and pale yellow indicates the middle area. The size of the states scale up and down according to how many tweets were posted at that particular time.
As you can see, Minnesota rarely makes it out of the red. There are a few times when it sneaks into the yellow, but for the most part, we are a grumpy people, at least according to our Twitter activity and this study.
Speaking of which, here’s the official website. You’ll notice that the poster version of the data shows Minnesota tinged with a bit of green in the very early morning, indicating that on certain days, at around 6am, we apparently can drum up a tiny amount of positive spirit on the internet.
Spirit Mountain’s Timber Twister Alpine Roller Coaster
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7dyNgWMihk
Video by Dan Hartman.
RunCenter: Goucher and Flanagan in a verbal sparring match
Duluth native Kara Goucher and her Olympic teammate Shalane Flanagan are friends and training partners … or are they?
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Seagulls on Wisconsin Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNV_axc-jxo
Minnesota Skipping Club
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0weT2E9oc
Maria Bamford grew up in Duluth, “where we got a library shaped like an ore boat and cinnamon rolls the size of your head”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivSf0-QQfw
New clip from Twin Cities Public Television’s “MN Original.”
Duluth’s Lingering Shame: Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Lynching
Below is the complete text of a story from the June 7, 2000 issue of Duluth’s Ripsaw newspaper.
Duluth’s Lingering Shame
Eighty years ago Duluthians carried out one of the most horrific acts this region has ever seen. How did it happen? Have we changed?
By Heidi Bakk-Hansen
They’re selling postcards of the hanging
They’re painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
— From Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row”
On June 15, 1920, a mob of 10,000 lynched Isaac McGhie, Elias Clayton and Elmer Jackson at the corner of First Street and Second Avenue East in Duluth. (more…)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty on the Daily Show talking about his undersized schtick
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Karl Spring interviews Alex Giuliani at Clyde Iron Works Restaurant
This video has been removed from YouTube.
Fred Tyson Doing What He Wants to Do on Madeline Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkp7YhhBvSM
Good luck on the Howard Stern Show, Freddy.
Clouds Over Rice’s Point
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSxOF5nypg
Time-lapse video of clouds drifting over Rice’s Point in Duluth during a roughly one-hour period.
“Notice that each dies a swift death as it reaches Lake Superior,” the videographer notes on YouTube. “No convection, no cloud. That water is cold in May!”
For the kiddos!
I just wanted to share with you all a book my wife and I published called Elephant and Hare. She wrote the story based a Maasai folk tale her grandmother told her when she was a little girl growing up in Kenya. I drew the pictures.
It went on sale this morning at our website: LetsGoSafariKids.com
Cheers!
=Hans Johnson (former Duluthian)