Seedlings … and local Morning TV Shows.
WDIO-WIRT was good enough to do this morning show interview with a couple of organizers for this event that I am helping with on Saturday. We’re giving out seedlings for dads, among other things. That’s why I mention it. The event itself is called “MN Father’s Forever” and it is designed to help promote connections between dads and their kids, especially for dads who have been around the block a few times, so to speak. Sometimes dads get so far behind on child support or they have trouble navigating the custody and family court system and they just give up. So we’re working with those guys, too. We want to help them get re-connected. I wrote some details for the event here on our Facebook event page.
Report on the Tax Day Anti-War Protest
by Adam Ritscher
“Bring our war dollars home!” was the message of the more than 120 protesters who participated in the Northland Anti-War Coalition’s April 15 Tax Day protest. The event was held to highlight the fact that hundreds of billions of dollars of our tax dollars are being wasted every year on the unjust wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. At the same time this is going on federal, state and local governments are being forced to cut social programs due to budget shortfalls. The NAWC protest called for our tax dollars to be spent on human needs, rather than war.
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Historic Photos of Duluth
LakesnWoods.com: A Guide to Minnesota Communities
Old time post cards and photos of Duluth. Cool site!
1st Annual Unofficial Homegrown Basement Show and BBQ
Saturday May 8th
Following the kickball game (2:30pm)
BYOB and BYOBBQ
Where you ask? Ask your local elitist cliff dweller!
P.O.W. David Wheat’s return to Duluth
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U60XKjmiQw0&feature=player_embedded
A tip of the hat to Andrew Krueger at the News Tribune Attic for spotting this Feb. 7, 1973, WDIO-TV broadcast on YouTube. Nice to have you back in the attic, Andrew.
David Wheat, many of you may remember, was a prison mate of John McCain’s in North Vietnam and campaigned for him in 2008.
This video includes cameos by pre-toupée Dennis Anderson and Mayor Ben Boo, among others. An hilarious ad for “Pringle’s Newfangled Potato Chips” is at the end.
It’s like Homegrown has already started
Tonight
Homegrown Incubation Party at Hell Burgers
Kathy McTavish at Chester Creek Cafe
Teague Alexy at Carmody
The Good Colonels and Fearless Moral Inventory at Beaner’s
Usual Boomchucks and Fractals madness
Friday
Shana David is the Runaways
Ween covers at the Looch
Charity Hout at Carmody
Mynx reunion at Grandma’s Sports Garden
Etc.
Saturday
This will be a great start:
And then there’s:
The Freakin’ Gallery Hop
A Goddam Polka Jamboree at the Superior Moose Club
Mark Anderson Trio at Carmody
Bunch o’ Rappers at the Looch
North Shore Trio at Sir Ben’s
550 M.S., Little Black Books and Boomchucks at Quinlan’s
And so on.
Anyone around here see this last night?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vaRHF30xQ
Video from an Iowa sheriff’s deputy’s dashboard camera, about 10 p.m. Wednesday.
What are the FIVE performers you are most excited to see at Homegrown?
They don’t have to be in any order … just list the five performers you are most excited to see!
I’ll go first:
1. Iron Range Outlaw Brigade
2. The Tisdales
3. Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses
4. Filthy Hippy Cock (the name just intrigues the hell outta me! )
5. Eric Rhame
What about YOU?
For Really Fast Sermons
The First Presbyterian Church is located in Duluth on the corner of 3rd Ave E & 2nd St.
Homegrown Memories
Here is a cover of “16 Tons” played by Father Hennepin with Al Sparhawk adding in a great Marc Ribot-style guitar solo.
Tim Nelson also makes a guest appearance, banging on what I think was a piece of Al’s washing machine. The song was from a demo tape recorded shortly after Homegrown II, where Al joined Father Hennepin on stage for some Father Hennepin classics as well as a couple of countrified Low songs.
Speaking of old Father Hennepin recordings… does anyone have a live recording of their version of “Waitress in the Sky”?
Bone Appetit! Bone Appetit! Bone Appetit!
Leaving behind thousands of ringing ears, hundreds of broken hearts, and three or four pairs of ripped leather pants, Bone Appetit is ready for their big finale. For over 10 years Duluth’s favorite sons have continually demonstrated that they’re not the best band in town–just the greatest. Join Hotrod, Richie Gunns, Double Barrel, Sudden Death, and Jizzy Young for one last rock n’ roll joyride full of booze, swagger, high-fives, and songs that will leave you knocked up and thrown in jail.
So grab a beer (it’s on you) and push your way to the front, for this really *is* the end, my lovely, lovely, lovely friend…
Bone Appetit
10/31/99 – 5/7/10
Joining us on the bill: Bradical Boombox, Hotel Coral Essex, and Cars & “Fucking” Trucks.
Just fucking be there, OK??
Not a fan of KUMD?
Well, I am. They gave me a chance to sit around with my better half for two hours a week listening to music and talking smack on air. Don’t care for their programming? Listen to The Funhouse tonight — Wednesday — from 7:00 to 9:00 and we promise to either change your mind or put you off KUMD permanently.
Plus, this week is the Funhouse Fun Drive with sponsorship gifts including CDs and the ever-coveted 10 screening pass for the Zinema 2, so you Current Lickers have the chance to put your money where your mouth is.
xoxo
Duluth Party
Heads up. June 11 & 12. Yonder Mountain String Band is playing at Big Top Chautauqua that weekend, so expect more shenanigans than normal. Advance crew heads out Wednesday. Too Many Gartbands plays Tommy’s Friday AND Saturday night.
I need a ride into town Friday and Saturday night.
Live 2 Play silent auction carryover — Homegrown tickets and CDs
Last Saturday’s Live 2 Play concert featured a silent auction that raised a couple thousand bucks for youth music and hockey programs. One item from the silent auction is still up for bid …
* Two weeklong passes to the Homegrown Music Festival and two Homegrown CD compilations.
This package has a $66 value. Bidding reached $30 on Saturday, and then someone bid $100. No one bid after that, but the person who bid $100 never showed up to claim the items. Since this person also scribbled an unreadable name on the sheet and a number to a phone that no one answers, it seems only appropriate to reopen the bidding.
The starting bid is $30, the second-highest from Saturday. Do I hear $35? $35 anyone? C’mon folks, it’s a good cause, do I hear $35? This silent auction ends today at 4 p.m. Use the comments to this post to place your bid.
Breaking Glass releases new video
“Ease Back” is the first single from Breaking Glass’s inaugural Shatterproof CD. These up and coming rockers from Esko play a variety of original and classic rock tunes. This music video was produced by FitzPhoto as part of a prize package from winning the 2009 Duluth-area Battle of the Bands contest, put on by Junior Achievement.
Breaking Glass will be performing at the Battle of the Bands Kickoff Party on Saturday, April 17, at Hell Burgers in Canal Park. Showtime is 8 p.m.
The band will also be opening the Battle of the Bands with a special performance at the DECC on Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m., followed by the battle, featuring 12 area high school garage bands.
Bedrock Bar / Tom’s Junkyard / Roby’s Bar & Lounge / Slippery Saloon / The Amber Flow — Timeline of a West End Bar
The post “Minnow Swallowing Contest in Duluth” led to a discussion about where the Amber Flow Bar was located. The answer quickly emerged … 2023 W. Superior St.
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Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy @ Rex Bar w/ the Evening Rig
Minneapolis’ Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy to perform at Rex Bar Friday, April 16, w/ special guests the Evening Rig
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It’s a whole new ballgame in Minneapolis
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Haf70090_M&feature=player_embedded
Time-lapse video by MPR’s Laura Gill
Hip Hop Helps Homeless
News release from the College of St. Scholastica:
On April 23, Hip Hop and Human Dignity students at the College of St. Scholastica will throw Hip Hop Helps, a party to benefit Life House, a Duluth organization that serves homeless teenagers.
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Your Old Socks Could Be Recycled As These Cute Mice
The darn!sock mice are reproducing rapidly this spring. Please save your old wooly winter socks. See this previous PDD post for more details.
photo by Matthew Beier
Public Input Needed for Bicycle Routes
If you ride your bicycle in Duluth, here is your chance to help improve the existing bike route network! On March 8, the Duluth City Council unanimously approved a Complete Streets resolution that would help instruct city engineers on how to design roadways for all users, instead of just for automobiles.
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The Vagina Monologues at UMD
Friday and Saturday, April 16 & 17 – 7pm
$5 for students, $8 for non-students
Proceeds benefit the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault. (pavsa.org)
Presented by V-Day UMD, UMD Women’s Resource & Action Center, UMD Kirby Program Board
The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women’s stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery. Performed by UMD students.