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KBJR Topline News and Cheers at the Western Tavern in 1993
Embedded above is the complete Topline News broadcast from May 20, 1993. You’ll notice it’s pretty short; that’s because from 1992 to 1998 KBJR experimented with an abbreviated 10 p.m. news program that ran about six minutes, not counting commercials, followed by a re-run of Roseanne with sports scores at bottom screen. (more…)
Video Archive: David Lee Roth 1987 Duluth Concert Promo
There’s already a post on PDD about the two Van Halen shows in Duluth, so here’s some love for ol’ Diamond Dave … or as the TV spot says “Dynamite.”
Video Archive: Christopher Halverson – “Hollywood”
The intro song is Syd Straw’s “Future 40s (String of Pearls).” Then Halverson kicks into his original “Hollywood,” which was a mainstay over the years in his sets with bands such as the Mighty Shock Tower, Sloe Loris, Verona, A Band Called Truman, etc.
This one is from deep in the archives — recorded by UWS Studio II at R.T. Quinlan’s on Sept. 16, 1995. Produced by Brandon Leno. Edited by Brandon Leno and Margo Abramson. The one and only Eric Swanson was on the sound board. Production assistance by Renee Hudacek, Melissa Long, Paul Lundgren, Dinelli Seneviratne and Nathan Steigman.
Grandma’s Marathon 2013 Double: Embrace the Suck
Eric Strand embarks on his second annual 52.4-mile journey from the finish line to the starting line to the finish line of Grandma’s Marathon.
Video Archive: Duluth Kiss Concert
Yes, it’s the TV ad promoting the Kiss concert at the DECC Arena in 1990, a topic also covered in a post from six years ago.
Video Archive: Locker Room gets Blastered
The Third Base Bar on Tower Avenue in Superior used to be the Locker Room Lounge and Grill. Here is pro wrestling’s Gary “The Blaster” Lindgren extolling the virtues of the Locker Room, circa 1989.
Video Archive: Ball Scuffing
Aug. 5, 1987: Paul Guggenheimer mans the KBJR-TV sports desk to deliver the news that Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Niekro has been suspended for possession of an emery board and sandpaper. Plus, highlights of a Twins/Angels game; the downside is the Twins lose, the upside is they went on to win the World Series that year. (more…)
Dan Spooner of the Hill City Squad
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Video by Hunter Gulan
The Lark of Duluth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oQmMYkjxH4
Former Perfect Duluth Day intern Jamie Merideth shot and edited this video about the replica of the Lark of Duluth, “The World’s First Airliner,” being built at Sky Harbor.
There will be a Centennial event at Sky Harbor this summer from July 12-14.
Wild Turkeys in the Snow
Wrenshall’s Mark “Sparky” Stensaas has had up to 19 wild turkeys at his feeder. He tells the full story on his Photonaturalist blog.
Minnesota Aurora
Timelapse video and photography by Mark Ellis. Shot April 14 in northern Minnesota.
Cloud Cult on Minnesota Original
The Cloud Cult movie No One Said it Would be Easy screens tonight at Zinema 2, and the band will play the Twin Ports Bridge Festival in Duluth on July 6.
Tremont Hotel
Poem by Sheila Packa; video by Kathy McTavish.
Sounds of Summer
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“Cabin Doors”
Video by Brian Dehler
Shot in Ely
Smashing ice at the Duluth Curling Club
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If the spring weather has you frustrated, perhaps you’ll find this video cathartic.
“The Main” Trailer
In 1982 Bob Jansen was fired from his job as a college professor for being gay. After suing the institution that fired him, he took his settlement money to open the first openly gay bar in the Duluth/Superior region: The Main Club. The Main follows Jansen’s history and the history of the bar while exploring social trends that may threaten the continued existence of historically significant queer spaces like the Main Club.
Directed by Julie Casper Roth.
Low – “Just Make it Stop”
Video by Phil Harder.
Spring and plants and snails will come. Just wait.
Cooking on the Car returns
Duluth’s finest cooking show continues as Dan Dresser and Jason Wussow make beer cheese soup and black bean dip on the manifold of their car on the way to Washburn using techniques they’ve honed on their many road trips around the country. (more…)
Minnesota All Hockey Hair Team 2013
Yes, this weekend marked the crowning moment in Minnesota high school hockey — the opportunity to rank the best flow from the state tourney. Duluth and Hermantown were well represented on 2013 All Hockey Hair Team. (more…)
Minnesota Point in Solarized Mode
If you miss those summer days strolling the end of Minnesota Point while under the influence of psychedelic drugs, perhaps this video will help.
Rachael Kilgour – “In America”
Duluth’s Rachael Kilgour released a new three-song digital EP (Whistleblower’s Manifesto: Songs for a New Revolution) and music video last week — and also was profiled in City Pages.
The video was produced by Trent Waterman and Adeline Wright.
In Winter Trailers
You’ll see a lot of recognizable scenes in these trailers for In Winter, which is currently in production. It’s the next in the series of 10 million movies shot in Duluth. (more…)