Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman)
Slacklining and Swimming at Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBVwXht9zQ
Duluth’s megalithic ruins. I’d taken a spot of footage late last winter, and I’ve been looking forward to a summer shoot just like this to complete a video exploration of the Cribs, aka Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum. Sure enough these kind party people let me video their fun-loving attempts to best a wiggly slackline here on the late summer date of Sept. 9.
The water was very cold, it must be said, but I seem to have experienced a bodywide mutagenic change that can take it. I look forward to a shoot next summer with warm, crystal clear water; maybe I can get video even farther down in and around this quintessentially Duluth structure.
The Perilous Inlet 1 & 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqlQXrBMkcM
[Part two of this video series is no longer available.]
(Regular readers may recognize the first couple of minutes of part 2 as I already released those, teaser-style, not too long ago. Now the gruesome conclusion may be shown.)
Welcome to Washburn, Wisconsin!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnUb12y-_uE&feature=youtu.be
Swimming Lake Superior 7-28
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDor-E0GIpo
“‘Things that lived under the sea…had cities on the seabottom, an’ the island was heaved up from thar. An’ some of the things was alive in the buildins when it come up…humans got a relation to ’em, see? Everything alive come aout o’ the water once an’ only needs a little change to go back.’…. ‘Dreams of a phosphorescent palace with gardens of strange leprous corals and grotesque brachiate efflorescences, fathoms below… I must swim out to that brooding reef and dive down through black abysses. And there I shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever.'” – H.P. Lovecraft, “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”
Swimming Lake Superior July 21st
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvCWLdZWO0Y
Warm as amniotic brine.
Exploring Lake Superior by Submarine
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-q0T5FyxAc
Jim and Allen Richardson of Gonzo Science explore Lake Superior in a two-man sub.
Duluth Solstice Flood Footage
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOTzK8iVdU
Lake Superior Rock Study
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDsBCWEFTJA
The north face of Richardson Island through winter and back again.
Lake Recreation
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkIo2pDLx-g
Training Day
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtne7avwhyM
Allen R. Defends Gonzo Science HQ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtd-vUHtMA
More brother-on-brother nerf violence as Allen defends against attack inside Gonzo Science headquarters. Both men use a full-auto Stampede ECS. In addition Jim deploys an impenetrable “Captain America” shield.
The Assassination of Allen R.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFteX9hv5aw
Brother on brother nerf violence as Jim attempts to assassinate Allen inside Gonzo Science headquarters. Both men use a full-auto Stampede ECS. In addition Jim deploys an impenetrable “Captain America” shield.
Mellow Iceberg Rides
The scene down at the lake these days.
A Floating Rock in Lake Superior
I wish I’d gotten more footage for an even better view of this typically quirky Duluth sight. But I had to wade in to get this and I froze my ass off doing it, so this is what you get.
Marooned in Pack Ice Off Deception Island
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78f79YdXh0
Barack Obama vs. Dennis Kucinich and Michael Moore on Libya
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vetZKGrDYeI
This dramatizes the pie fight on the left that erupted over Libya.
If you view it on its YouTube page here, the brief title sequence plays too but you get the idea.
Hey Frank Miller: Batman is the 99 percent
Warning: political, intemperate. (more…)
Two Views of Chester Creek
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg85Bg5sVYU
Underwater Lake Superior, Warm as Bathwater in Duluth, MN 9-10-11
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57cp6zAIVqs
If you’re allergic to pretty underwater light on rocks, self-indulgent swim videos featuring the bottom of Lake Superior, or lots of footage of my neck, then do NOT watch this.
Underwater Lake Superior, Washburn WI
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSWJtWXE7g
No jokes, toys, or mad scientists in this one; just non-fiction underwater footage taken near scenic Washburn WI.