August 2009 Posts

A problem that needs addressing

Aug 21, 2009 15 Comments
There’s something that’s confused me a bit about Duluth since I moved here (and I realize I may be the only person who has ever wondered about this).

Just about every town has a “0” point for its street addresses. In Duluth, that would be the corner of Lake and Superior, right? 1 E. Superior, 1 W. Superior, 1 N. Lake, etc. The lower the address number, the closer it is to the zero point. And in general, there are imaginary lines that spread out from that point, dividing addresses into north-south, and east-west.

That all works out well in Duluth on the main grid of streets – downtown, West End, West Duluth, Lakeside… but then it starts to get odd.


History

Free Tix to Singer/Songwriter Competition near Bayfield

Aug 20, 2009 5 Comments

I can’t make it, but If anybody wants them I have 2 tickets to the Singer/Songwriter Competition for Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 7:30pm at Mt. Ashwabay Ski Hill/3 miles south of Bayfield. First person who emails me at:

mark (at) amitycreek.com

with their snail mail address gets ’em. I’ll put them in tomorrow’s mail. Thanks!


Random

Job opportunity: Become the leader of Duluth’s music scene bureaucracy

Aug 20, 2009 18 Comments

HomegrownChicken2The Homegrown Music Festival is looking for a director to follow in the footsteps of Paul Connolly, who has stepped down from the position.

Homegrown is Duluth’s yearly celebration of local music, featuring eight days of concerts with performances by well over 100 bands.

The 12th annual Homegrown will be held May 2 to 9, 2010.

The festival director is responsible for the overall management of Homegrown.

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Music

It’s a twister ma!

Aug 19, 2009 8 Comments

A tornado touched down a few times in Minneapolis. The Electric Fetus was hit.

We saw it coming from our work windows and headed to the basement. It touched down about five blocks from my theater.


Outdoors, Random

And the winner is … (drum roll)

Aug 19, 2009 2 Comments

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And the winner of two tickets to Suzanne Vega at Big Top Chautauqua is Sam Haraldson, whose rendition of the Last Supper managed to capture our hearts and minds here at the PDD Headquarters. We have no idea who any of these people are, or what the story behind the photo is, but we like it. Congratulations, Sam. We hope you enjoy the show.

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Random

How I Spent My Summer Vacation in Minnesota with Daniel Johnston, Laura Ingalls Wilder, my great-great-grandparents and a bunch of short-fiction writers

Aug 18, 2009 11 Comments

There comes a time in every Minnesota man’s summer when he climbs into a rusty conversion van with the love of his life and sets out across the state in search of everything and nothing in particular.

Once the dog and the cooler of beer are secure in back, it’s off we go.

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History, Photos

Event

Aug 18, 2009 No Comments

Aurora Baer tonight at Carmody


Random

New 4 Track Films Production

Aug 18, 2009 1 Comment

We’re going into production on a new 4 Track Film. This one is entitled The Life of Riley and is a romantic comedy. We’re shooting in and around Duluth and a little up the North Shore.

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Random

Duluth on AOL

Aug 17, 2009 13 Comments

The Duluth housing market is being featured on the AOL homepage right now. It’s time to buy a house, according to this headline.


Uncategorized

Victorian Olympiad at Carmody

Aug 17, 2009 No Comments

I say! I say! Compete against other chaps and ladies in the hat-doffing competition, hop-skip-and-jump while holding a drink, and other categories that promise to be an entirely civilized good time!

Competitors should be dressed accordingly, and look to the UK Chaps Olympics to get into training!

Monday, August 24, 7 PM. Toodle pip!


Events, Random

Equal Xchange CD Release

Aug 17, 2009 No Comments

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w/ special guest Mat Milinkovich on drums.


Music, News and Current Affairs, Recommendations

Pubic Option

Aug 17, 2009 30 Comments

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h/t Pam’s House Blend


Politics

Choose your Cruise

Aug 17, 2009 1 Comment

Glass Elevator rocked Homegrown. Aug 29 is the next chance to see the band again along with Uptown Boys and DJ Kevin Craig.


Events, Music, Recommendations

Question of the Day.

Aug 17, 2009 17 Comments

What won’t you buy used? I have a thing against used sheets, something weird about that. Also underwear (of course) and toilet brushes. How about you?


Random

Waiter? There’s a drink in my brain.

Aug 17, 2009 1 Comment

you have a new place to get your drink on when you visit the twin cities.

A legendary north Minneapolis dive bar has risen from the dead.

When one of the Twin Cities’ most notorious bars, Stand Up Frank’s, closed earlier this year, I wouldn’t have believed in a million years it would be reopened and reimagined as something called Donny Dirk’s Zombie Den. Real zombies could dig themselves out of the ground and eat my brains before that would happen, because that would be crazy. Read the rest.


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