Videos
Lake Superior’s North Shore Witch Tree
“Manido Gizhigans” to the Ojibwe people, the Spirit Little Cedar Tree (known as the “Witch Tree”) has been keeping a keen eye over the shores of Lake Superior in Grand Portage for an estimated 300-400 years. CBS Minnesota did a “Finding Minnesota” story on the Witch Tree. Travis Novitsky was interviewed for the story and said “You’ve got this tree that’s growing out of the rock for at least 400 or 500 years. And just to stand in the presence of something that’s living, that’s that old, to me is mind-boggling.” Sorry for the brief commercial before the video starts.
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Copyright for the above photo belongs to Travis Novitsky. www.travisnovitsky.com
Video Archive: Mel Sando gets his mojo working
Mel Sando, best known for his days with the Delta Resonators circa 1997-1999, performs the blues classic “Got My Mojo Working” at R.T. Quinlan’s Saloon during an open mic on Sept. 16, 1995.
Cloud Cult – “No Hell” (Homemade Lyric Video)
“No Hell” is the first single from Cloud Cult’s forthcoming album The Seeker, scheduled for release in February. The official music video will be released in December. For now, the band put together this “quick homemade behind-the-scenes lyric video, shot lo-fi on a phone” in the “woods where most of these songs are written.”
The “Portrait of an Artist” Art Opening at the Duluth Art Institute
This is the Oct. 15 art opening of Sarah Brokke’s show, “Portrait of an Artist.”
PDD Video Lab: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween, PDDers. Press play on the video above and select your favorite soundtrack below.
And don’t forget, we’re looking for your Halloween banners. Send them to banners@perfectduluthday.com
Artificial trailer
Some familiar locations in this preview clip by Lance Karasti.
Video Archive: Chainsaw Artist John Gage
Video produced by Margo Devich and Nathan Steigman for UWS Studio 2; shot in Two Harbors on Sept. 17, 1995.
Unnur Andrea – “Walking on Nails”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxcDfpsRBY
Back by popular demand, Unnur Andrea’s video shot at the Duluth Owls Club. It was originally posted on PDD on Jan. 15, 2013, but was mysteriously suspended by YouTube.
Rink Relief: Episode 1
Video by Rawlin Kessler shot at Rip Williams Memorial Rink at Chester Park.
RoofTop Fable featuring the Spin Collective – “Fighting the Current”
Duluth rockers RoofTop Fable team up the Spin Collective fire dancers to create this unique visual experience. “Fighting the Current” is off the band’s debut album, Chapter One, which will be released Nov. 21 at R.T. Quinlan’s, where the band holds a monthly residency rocking the downtown stage every third Saturday of the month. (more…)
Boundary Waters 2015
Video by Jeremy Schendel.
Port City Lights
Short time-lapse video shot from Spirit Mountain by Dennis O’Hara.
Mr. Nice For Mayor
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Mr. Nice Mayoral Campaign Event at Bent Paddle during Bradfest
Continuing his run for mayor, Mr. Nice gives the opening toast for the Bradfest fun run/bar crawl.
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North Shore Fall Colors Fly Over
See the stunning autumn leaf colors on Partridge Ridge in this short aerial fly over. Location of aerial drone fly-over was here: https://goo.gl/maps/
Rachael Kilgour – “If I Am Gonna Fall Apart”
New song by Duluth’s Rachael Kilgour, recorded live on Sept. 10 at the World One Studios in Maryland.
Kilgour has launched a month-long Kickstarter campaign to fund her upcoming album, which will be recorded in Boston. (more…)
Duluth’s Sister Lisa Maurer on CBS News
Sister Lisa Maurer of the St. Scholastica Monastery was featured in a national TV news story on Sept. 29 during the CBS Evening News. The piece will air again on CBS This Morning on Wednesday, Sept. 30, between 7 and 9 a.m. on KDLH-TV Channel 3.
Sister Lisa is a kicking coach with the St. Scholastica Saints football team. A news team from CBS Evening News, including national correspondent Dean Reynolds, came to campus Sept. 10 and 11 to interview Sister Lisa, Coach Kurt Ramler, and football players Michael Mensing and Donovan Blatz. The crew also filmed shots of the St. Scholastica campus, and captured footage during the Saints’ Sept. 12 football game at Public Schools Stadium against MacMurray College.
Last November, Sister Lisa was featured in a New York Times story.
Video Archive: 1995 TV Mashup
In the fall of 1995 I tossed a tape in the VCR and somewhat indiscriminately recorded while I flipped channels over a few different nights. The above video is the result. Most of it is not locally relevant, but there are a few clips from Duluth Public Access Community Television, including two excerpts from Colleen Shannon’s In My Room.
Some of the transitions are edits I made in 2015 for the purpose of cutting this down to under a half hour, but many of them are just what naturally happened in 1995 when I paused the tape, changed channels and resumed recording.
Yes, I know how geeky this is. Yes, I’m proud of myself.
Awkward Duluth School Board Moment #4,536: Gadfly Edition
File under: Tried to be clever; totally fell flat.
Dan Dresser – “Suffer It”
Fun video for Dan Dresser’s new CD, “Suffer It.”
Video by Jason Page, Carl Sauer and Brett Sauey
Low – “What Part of Me” and “No Comprende” live on the Current
Low perform “What Part of Me” and “No Comprende” during the band’s Sept. 18 session in the studios of 89.3 the Current. Click here to listen to the full session.
Temperance River GoPro – Lost & Found in a Beautiful Place
Two summers ago Kyle Puelston lost his GoPro jumping into Temperance River up the North Shore. He figured it was gone forever. Luckily, a year later, Chris Flores and his brother Kyle Puelston found it while snorkeling at the mouth of the river. (more…)
Bird’s Eye View of Leif Erickson Park
Here’s the first installment in the North Shore Series by BlueSky Aerial. I flew around Leif Erickson Park in Duluth and got some really gorgeous video! If you like what you see and/or you want to learn more, don’t be afraid to like and subscribe on YouTube and keep checking in for more footage of the North Shore.