Videos
Minnesotans are ill-tempered tweeters
The above video shows the mood of the United States over a two-day period as interpreted by various words used on Twitter. Green indicates a good mood, red indicates a foul mood, and pale yellow indicates the middle area. The size of the states scale up and down according to how many tweets were posted at that particular time.
As you can see, Minnesota rarely makes it out of the red. There are a few times when it sneaks into the yellow, but for the most part, we are a grumpy people, at least according to our Twitter activity and this study.
Speaking of which, here’s the official website. You’ll notice that the poster version of the data shows Minnesota tinged with a bit of green in the very early morning, indicating that on certain days, at around 6am, we apparently can drum up a tiny amount of positive spirit on the internet.
Spirit Mountain’s Timber Twister Alpine Roller Coaster
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7dyNgWMihk
Video by Dan Hartman.
RunCenter: Goucher and Flanagan in a verbal sparring match
Duluth native Kara Goucher and her Olympic teammate Shalane Flanagan are friends and training partners … or are they?
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Seagulls on Wisconsin Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNV_axc-jxo
Minnesota Skipping Club
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0weT2E9oc
Maria Bamford grew up in Duluth, “where we got a library shaped like an ore boat and cinnamon rolls the size of your head”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivSf0-QQfw
New clip from Twin Cities Public Television’s “MN Original.”
Duluth’s Lingering Shame: Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Lynching
Below is the complete text of a story from the June 7, 2000 issue of Duluth’s Ripsaw newspaper.
Duluth’s Lingering Shame
Eighty years ago Duluthians carried out one of the most horrific acts this region has ever seen. How did it happen? Have we changed?
By Heidi Bakk-Hansen
They’re selling postcards of the hanging
They’re painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
— From Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row”
On June 15, 1920, a mob of 10,000 lynched Isaac McGhie, Elias Clayton and Elmer Jackson at the corner of First Street and Second Avenue East in Duluth. (more…)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty on the Daily Show talking about his undersized schtick
This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.
Karl Spring interviews Alex Giuliani at Clyde Iron Works Restaurant
This video has been removed from YouTube.
Fred Tyson Doing What He Wants to Do on Madeline Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkp7YhhBvSM
Good luck on the Howard Stern Show, Freddy.
Clouds Over Rice’s Point
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSxOF5nypg
Time-lapse video of clouds drifting over Rice’s Point in Duluth during a roughly one-hour period.
“Notice that each dies a swift death as it reaches Lake Superior,” the videographer notes on YouTube. “No convection, no cloud. That water is cold in May!”
For the kiddos!
I just wanted to share with you all a book my wife and I published called Elephant and Hare. She wrote the story based a Maasai folk tale her grandmother told her when she was a little girl growing up in Kenya. I drew the pictures.
It went on sale this morning at our website: LetsGoSafariKids.com
Cheers!
=Hans Johnson (former Duluthian)
The Hold Steady in Hayward July 2
We’re so excited, we’re doing back flips here! Of course, this is leading to serious injuries and skyrocketing group insurance rates, but here’s the skinny:
Community radio station WOJB is presenting The Hold Steady with special guests The Whigs from Athens GA and Milwaukee’s best kept secret, Jaill in concert July 2 at the Lac Courte Oreilles Convention Center, four miles east of Hayward at the junction of County Highways B & K.
And only 20 bucks in advance! Tickets are available at www.wojb.org or by Visa/MC over the phone at 800-776-3689.
Roscoe’s Pioneer Bar
This post originally contained a video about Roscoe’s Pioneer Bar on Blip.TV. The video was eventually removed from the source.
Fiber Optics: The Final Frontier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389qaOnhm7k
Some of the Google Fiber videos from a few months ago never made it to PDD. Since there seems to be renewed interest in the subject following the release of Google Goes to Twin Ports, it seems like a good time to highlight some of the good work put out by a wide variety of people. The director of the above video is 14 years old. (more…)
Duluth Google Fiber Movie!
Thoughts?
Island powered by renewable energy
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baeGMF-z0fM
Don Ness interviews Skeeter Moore in 1986
Regretfully, this video has been removed from YouTube.
Equal Xchange — Stage Presents
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mekr86GOj8I
Directed by Edgewood Smith
Another selection from the 2010 Homegrown Music Video Festival.
Deer break into the Stout Ale House in Menomonie, Wis. — patrons were ironically watching Milwaukee Bucks game
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15n8PPNVglQ
Above is surveillance video from May 2. Watch as two bucks smash through the doors.
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Homegrown Kickball Classic 2010
Ryan from theduluthscene.org presents an 8-second montage from the infamous Friday Rawkers vs. Saturday Rollers Kickball game.
Playback issues? Turn off HD playback.
The Bitter Spills — “The Old Clyde Road”
Here’s another video from Monday night’s Homegrown Music Video Festival, in case you weren’t there. It’s Josh Carlon’s fantastic animated video for “The Old Clyde Road” by The Bitter Spills.
UMD Students Engage Chancellor Martin About Race Relations
At Monday’s race relations rally, my friend, local videographer, solar power activist and occasional political candidate Jay Cole of Youth Video Quest captured video of the remarkable and very emotional exchange between UMD students and Chancellor Martin.
The conversation will no doubt continue here and elsewhere. It must.
Related: Minnesota Public Radio has apparently been hosting an ongoing dialog about race relations and on Friday May 7th, 2010 they will have an online chat about race relations including a discussion about Duluth both on and off the UMD campus. As far as I know, any reasonable person can participate in the chat. Here is the link they sent me: How do we talk about race relations?
The Boomchucks – “Good News / Bad News”
Directed by Rich Narum. Digital animation by Saša Kološnjaj.