Homegrown 2010 Photo Retrospective
View the full set of 787 images from Homegrown 2010 on Flickr. (more…)
Duluth Salad Bars in 2010
So since everyone did me right on the cake question on my birthday, now I want to know: Other than Old Country Buffet, is there a restaurant in town that has a salad bar? I can’t think of one off the top of my head.
Duluth Party Bus Recommendations
I am hoping all you wonderful Perfect Duluth Day readers can help me plan the best bachelorette party for my friend! I am in need of suggestions for party bus rentals. The party will be in early June, so I need to get one booked soon. Have you had any wonderful experiences with any local party bus drivers/services?
Homegrown 2010 on KUMD
Once again KUMD 103.3 will feature Homegrown artists Live from Studio A all week long. If you miss a session they’ll be archived at kumd.org.
Monday: North Shore Trio (will be archived shortly)
Tuesday: Shaunna Heckman 2:30pm
Wednesday: Kip Jones 2pm
Thursday: The Bitter Spills 2pm
Friday: TBA
Mark Lindquist has also kindly allowed us to offer an mp3 download of an unreleased Little Black Books track, “True Religion,” on our website during the week of Homegrown.
Happy Homegrown, y’all!
MNTV Short Film Series Call for Entries
Hey all you filmmakers hanging out at Homegrown: It’s time to submit your short films to MNTV 2010! Last year Brian Barber’s excellent Homegrown animation was selected — keep ’em coming! If your film is selected, it will be broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television (TPT-TV) and streamed online, and you’ll be paid $500 in licensing fees.
If you have a film that’s 30 minutes or shorter, please download the submission guidelines and application form at ifpmn.org/mntv. Deadline for submission: June 10, 2010.
Questions? Contact Lu Lippold, llippold @ ifpmn.org, 651-644-1912 x106.
Opening night of Homegrown and people are already breaking out their two-sided, laminated cheat sheets
Anyone interested in stalking Jess Hall this weekend? Here’s where to find her.
Last Chance Bikers: Show Us Your Routes!
Monday, May 3, and Tuesday, May 4, are your last opportunities to show us how bicycling can be improved in your area! Fit City Duluth and the Metropolitan Interstate Council are working together to learn about the habits of bikers in Duluth. At these meetings you will be asked where you currently bike, where you would bike if it was easier, where bike racks should go, and other biking issues, and you will learn why this information is important for Duluth.
Food will be provided! Both meetings start at 6pm:
- May 3 – Central Hillside Community Center (12 E 4th St)
- May 4 – Portman Community Center (4601 McCulloch St)
Boo
I was going to crop this, but then I had a idea: Person who can name the most folks gets a free 2009 Homegrown t-shirt. [photo credit: Starfire] (more…)
2010 Homegrown Tags (UPDATED)
Once again, Homegrown has begun, and once again, all you numbskulls will be out there flashing your fancy digicams and/or tapping at your mobile devices, cataloging all the craziness as it happens. And as always, it’s important to properly tag your stuff so that everyone else knows that it exists.
Keeping with the tradition of years past, let’s all use the following tags:
Homegrown Twitter hashtag: #HG10 #HGMF10
Homegrown Flickr tag: homegrownmusicfestival2010
I would also recommend tagging your Flickr photos with HG10 since it’s easy to do and it doesn’t hurt to apply an additional layer of taggish re-enforcement.
I’ll post here again tomorrow with the ever-growing Flickr slideshow of everyone’s shots. Here are links to slideshows from previous years, to get you excited: 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
Happy Homegrown! Raise your glass, submit your banner photos, stick your tongue out, tell Gomez what to do.
In honor of the Homegrown Music Festival, Perfect Duluth Day is again featuring a week of photo banners related to Duluth’s annual celebration of rawk and/or roll devil music. (What that means is, the images you see at the top of this page — from May 2 to 9 — will be photos from Homegrown.)
If you want to submit a banner, it’s not too late. We can add new ones throughout the week. Just follow the same guidelines generally used to submit a banner.
Good Ol’ Random History
I stopped by Amazing Alonzo the other day and picked this beauty up for a cheap 6 bucks. Packed full of weird facts and stories of history dating back to Moses. Topics range from how we used to treat the mentally ill, crime and punishment (including mass executions of heretics and misconceptions of the guillotine), cocaine cough drops, and did you know that the French had a fascination with enemas well through the 19th century?! Seriously good read. Pretty certain they don’t have another copy, but search for it.
Rubber Chicken Radio Hour is on the air!
Featuring Rockin’ Johnny Rocker, Morning Drive Homicide Detective
Father Stu, Naked City Hall and more general silliness.
Broadcast live from the Shack in Superior on KUWS 91.3FM.
Friday, May 7 at 7pm
Celebrity Guest: Matt Perrine from the Budgeteer News
Musical Guest: River (Ryan Jordan and Paul Vogel)
Be a part of the live studio audience for just $5.
(218) 213-2780, RubberChickenTheater.com.
Hippie Dick is a genius
Musical weaponry and optical gear by Dick Rosvall, on display at Respect Your Mother EarthFest.
A Homegrown Story
I always get a kick out of some of the band names in Duluth’s huge music family. After looking at this year’s lineup, came up with this little tale, using every single name listed for Fri./Sat. and pitting them against each other:
It was the battle of Rawk vs. Roll. Electric vs. Acoustic. And it all started at a park in Duluth one day in early May, Circa A.M.
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Join students from five colleges in solidarity with UMD students at Monday march/rally
Racism in Minnesota? Really? In the wake of a Facebook scandal that has rocked the UMD community, students and community members will join together on Monday, May 3, as a united community standing together against all forms of racism. UMD students will make a 4-mile march beginning at 10 a.m. at the Washington Center and ending at Kirby Plaza, UMD.
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Children of Euler, Eine Kleine Chinmuzik, Black Rites, Brother’s Band @ the Hammock (Duluth, MN)
Friday, April 30, 8:30pm
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@The Hammock
Duluth
Children of Euler (Mpls. Calc. Metal)
Eine Kleine Chinmuzik (Milwaukee PopPunk)
Black Rites (Pete of TFB/Dbl.Bird & Trevor of Tenement)
Brother’s Band (Duluth Psych. Doom)
Amazing career opportunity that will make someone wealthy and self-actualized
Seriously though, Perfect Duluth Day is indeed looking for a Part-time Media Sales Representative. Apply now to sell 2.5-inch squares.
(Comments to this post are closed to avoid some clown attempting to interview for the position that way.)
Dancing Boyz of Minnesota
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyeXrpYA9-k
Music by Duluth native Bo Conrad and the Bo Conrad Spit Band
Local Talent Supporting Local Community
Sunday, May 2, University of Minnesota Duluth students and faculty will be giving from the arts. Starting at 7 PM, live vocal and instrumental performances will be filling the beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center to benefit the many important programs of CHUM (Churches United in Ministry) and Sacred Heart. Accompanying the jazz and classical stylings of some of UMD’s most talented musicians will be a silent auction of original art pieces as well as a dessert and beverage bar bringing together some of the most delicious gifts the Duluth community has to offer.
Showing your support is as simple as showing up, but any monetary donations will also be greatly appreciated. So at 7 PM, May 2, bring all your friends and family to 201 W. Fourth St. and feel free to dance!
Cookie Temptations anyone?
Has anyone been to or ordered cookies from Cookie Temptations in Woodland? All the cookies are handmade from a secret recipe and can be ordered individually or in a bouquet. What do you think of it?
A Winter Downpour this Sunday!
We’re a new band debuting at Homegrown’s New Band Night this Sunday at Pizza Lucé. This is a free, all ages show… we hope to see you there. A Winter Downpour is a new band featuring two ex-members of Portrait of a Drowned Man and a couple of newcomers.
Sun. May 2nd – Pizza Lucé
09pm | DJ Peach
10pm | High Volt Rustler
11pm | A Winter Downpour
12am | Poor Howard
The Birds, by Aristophanes by way of Van Halen
The 1980s is the updated feathers-and-glitter setting for Aristophanes’ political satire, spoken and sung by Emily Parr’s Harbor City School theater students. It’s Thurs-Sunday, April 29-May 2, 7 pm through Saturday, and 2 pm on Sunday. Don’t miss it–it’s at 322 Michigan St. in the Harbor City School Theater. The entrance is in the skywalk.