Hey Duluth! You just survived the madness of Grandmas, what better way to relax than some live tunes at the Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe? Loup-Garou will be kicking off their summer Tuesday night at 8pm. John Koepp will be playing an opening set then we plan on getting a bit rowdy. Come for a sandwich, coffee, or some soup and treat yourself to some trumpet and banjo-filled indie-folk!
Duluth Huskies sweep the Mankato Moondogs and are one game out of first place. Meanwhile, the Twins changed their background to a Dove Men ad.
Pogo is an artist who creates music from movies.
Exhibit A:
more videos all over Youtube
download all albums @ www.pogomix.net
Love,
D A N E C D O T E
Heading on a family trip with a four year old and a seven year old. Suggestions for educational or entertaining iPhone apps for the kids would be appreciated.
I like my Infantino baby carrier.
Originally we had gotten an infant sling carrier for Mrs. Goose to carry the baby around in but she didn’t like it, and it was a little too small for me to use, plus it seemed vaguely unsafe so it sat on a shelf and she got a another one that worked well for her and worked with breast feeding and nap time, etc. But we didn’t have one for dad. Then, sure enough, the other carrier WAS unsafe, we got a recall notice in the mail and I wouldn’t have even done it since, by then, he was over a year old and walking and we didn’t really need one, but hey … free stuff.
So this is what they sent me:
Beginning June 24 Shana David will host a weekly happy hour that includes Ellington, Hendrix, Weill, plus Burt Bacharach every hour on the hour. Also sprinkled in are original tunes including the debut of “Bentleyville Magic,” Shana’s entry in the Bentleyville Theme Song contest.
Please leave lots of song requests in the “comments” section, and stop by Zeitgeist Arts between 4:00 and 6:00 Thursday Evening.
Correction to an earlier post:
Music at Chester Creek Cafe tonight (Friday) is 5-8pm. Not at 7pm
Where’s my old-timers disease medication?
New clip from Twin Cities Public Television’s “MN Original.”
Now that it quit raining and we have sun and heat, please help spread the word about dogs in cars. Twice already I’ve seen dogs locked in cars; one with windows barely cracked and another closed tightly. Next time, I’m calling the cops.
And while I’m on the animal rant, what is it with dogs in the backs of pick ups but not in a kennel? It outta be illegal!
A couple rock shows happening at Teatro Zuccone in July:
Teatro Zuccone
July 10
7pm – $5 – All Ages
BNLX (Twin Cities – Electro-Rock duo)
The Surfactants (Twin Cities/Duluth – New-Wave Rock)
Albino Ghost Monkey (Rice Lake – Solo 8bit/chiptunes)
Teatro Zuccone
July 24
7pm – $5 – All Ages
Grey Matador (Twin Cities – Rock)
The Surfactants (Twin Cities/Duluth – New-Wave Rock)
Humanoid (Duluth – Solo Experimental Indie Rock)
Renegade improv comedy follows both shows.
I know Duluth rock legends Low are constantly receiving honors and critical acclaim for their music but it doesn’t get much more impressive than this: Robert Plant (yes, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant) is covering two Low songs from The Great Destroyer (“Silver Rider” and “Monkey”) on his upcoming album to be released in September. So cool, quite an honor!
Source: Billboard.com
Robert Plant Returns To Americana With Band of Joy
In case any of you have been wondering where the heck I disappeared to in the past couple of years (or have been relieved because of it), I’ve been helping develop a 155-acre organic farm in Randall, MN.
By the time our summer/fall season is done, we’ll have planted around a million and a half seeds (phew!) of pretty much everything you can think of. A lot more info is available at our website: farmofplenty.com.
We don’t have a pickup site in Duluth yet because we’re about to burst as it is this year with all the local shares we’ve received thus far, which has been nothing short of awesome. Anyhoo, take care everyone, check out the site if you have time and I hope to see you next time we’re in town!
-Christian McShane
Monday, June 21, at the Duluth Art Institute Depot site. Tour the galleries and the National Geographic “In Focus” exhibit for free at 6:30, then head down to the Zelda theater at 7:30 for a free screening of the 1967 film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
I was having a conversation with a young friend of mine today and I said Duluth is not a progressive city. But you have to look at what you have said. So I retract that and will clarify.
At the forefront of Duluth doing what I would call progressive thinking is the organic farm movement. There are good urban gardeners and also friends of ours that moved out into the country who are now raising and selling their produce. And we have an up-and-coming arts and music scene. Beyond that it slips away.
The question would be: What is a progressive city? Obviously something is lacking for me. I’d like to see a kick the jams hit on making Duluth sustainable. And what does that mean? The first thing to do when there is a big task is do the first thing right. And because I think this town lags in any sort of alternative energy program. This is a purely symbolic gesture with some overtures of functionality.
Let’s put a fund together, I pledge 50 dollars and we research and get the best solar with windturbine street light and put it on Lake and Superior. You make that intersection run under it’s own power and I’ll take off my hat to ya.
What would that do? If you could make it work it would prove you could do it. It would give a visible indication of what you could do. What is hardcore sustainability? Air, water, food. What is citywide sustainability? Much bigger deal, but it would make a progressive community.
