Paul Lundgren Posts

Deer break into the Stout Ale House in Menomonie, Wis. — patrons were ironically watching Milwaukee Bucks game

Above is surveillance video from May 2. Watch as two bucks smash through the doors.

A Homegrown Tradition: Getting your picture taken with people while enthusiastically giving them thumbs up

2010 Edition — starring Barrett Chase


Sunday — Rich Narum and Emily Norton

Bone Appetit! Bone Appetit! Bone Appetit! Last show ever! Last show ever! Last show ever!

LastBow

Snowgroan

Best Homegrown weather since 2002!

What in the world happened to the Quizzard last night? Oh hell no!

Homegrown Schedule Changes

If you’re using the Homegrown Music Festival Field Guide to chart your course, please note the following changes:

Wednesday, May 5 – Although it’s referred to as “Lakewalk Night,” you might not want to use the Lakewalk to get from the Canal Park venues to Fitger’s or vice versa. The part of the Lakewalk between Endion Depot and Fitger’s will be closed to allow workers to repave it. The Homegrown steering committee didn’t see that coming.

Thursday, May 6 – The Fractals are not playing at the Brewhouse at 11 p.m. The What Four will be playing. These bands were switched after the schedule was printed.

Friday, May 7 – Dead Man Winter had to cancel its gig. Consequently, the Keep Aways will be playing at 10 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. at Twins Bar.

Jeffrey James O’Laughlin and Ashley Northey have switched slots for Friday night. So O’Laughlin will be playing at Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake at 11 p.m. and Northey will be playing at Carmody Irish Pub at 10:15. Also, Northey has been playing with a band lately, and that band has a name now — the Sweet Virginias.

As referenced above, the What Four is not playing at Roscoe’s Pioneer Bar at 11 p.m. on Friday. The Fractals have moved to that slot.

The updated schedule is on the Homegrown site.

Opening night of Homegrown and people are already breaking out their two-sided, laminated cheat sheets

Anyone interested in stalking Jess Hall this weekend? Here’s where to find her.

Happy Homegrown! Raise your glass, submit your banner photos, stick your tongue out, tell Gomez what to do.

In honor of the Homegrown Music Festival, Perfect Duluth Day is again featuring a week of photo banners related to Duluth’s annual celebration of rawk and/or roll devil music. (What that means is, the images you see at the top of this page — from May 2 to 9 — will be photos from Homegrown.)

If you want to submit a banner, it’s not too late. We can add new ones throughout the week. Just follow the same guidelines generally used to submit a banner.

Hippie Dick is a genius

Musical weaponry and optical gear by Dick Rosvall, on display at Respect Your Mother EarthFest.

Amazing career opportunity that will make someone wealthy and self-actualized

Seriously though, Perfect Duluth Day is indeed looking for a Part-time Media Sales Representative. Apply now to sell 2.5-inch squares.

(Comments to this post are closed to avoid some clown attempting to interview for the position that way.)

Where in Duluth?

Teague Alexy is just trying to get a good clean high off a dirt cheap bottle of wine

In addition the Homegrown gig next Tuesday, May 3, at Carmody Irish Pub, you can also catch Teague Alexy …

Thursday, 4/29, regular ol’ gig at Carmody Irish Pub
Friday, 4/30, performing on Almanac North on WDSE-TV
Saturday, 5/1, Respect Your Mother EarthFest at Leif Erikson Park

Council says yes to purchase of NorShor

Predictably, it was a 6-3 vote. The easy part is over. Now the work begins. This ought to be interesting.

Challenge #1: Actually close the sale.

Challenge #2: If the strip club agrees to move out, will it open somewhere else? Wherever “somewhere else” might be, that’ll be a fun little controversy.

Challenges #3 through #209: Figure out how to fix the place up, get someone running it who can make it work, and everything that comes up along the way.

Chicken Spur

I first became aware two years ago that people refer to the Spur convenience store at the foot of the Blatnik Bridge in Superior as the “Chicken Spur.”

I found that out in the comments of a somewhat-related PDD post: “I’m old and I don’t understand anything, part one.”

Literary events at St. Scholastica

Margaret Hasse and Norita Dittberner-Jax
Saturday, April 24 – 7:30 p.m.
Somer’s Lounge, College of St. Scholastica

Marilynne Robinson
Saturday, May 1 – 7 p.m.
Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica

Both events are free.