PDDTV Posts

Nerd Nite MN Episode 1 – Scooby Doo!

Luke Moravec takes a look at the history of the Hanna Barbera gang of sleuths. Recorded at Nerd Nite 19 on Oct. 30, 2012, at Teatro Zuccone in Duluth.

Don Ness Gregnam Style

This was part of Rubber Chicken Theater‘s holiday sketch comedy revue A Flood of Christmas Cheer, which was performed in December. The sketch parodied the “Gangnam Style” Korean pop song and viral music video that has inspired uncountable memes. The premise of the Rubber Chicken bit was that cast member Greg J. Anderson’s new dance was sweeping the Twin Ports and this video was his proof. Even Duluth Mayor Don Ness was doing it!

Perfect Duluth Day’s Best Videos of 2012

Best Videos of 2012

Here it is: the best way to waste time in front of a computer during the New Year’s holiday — PDD’s compilation of the Best Videos of 2012.

Mont du Laps, Episode 2

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This video is a collaboration between Mont du Lac Recreation, Jambox Shred Gear and videographer Hunter Gulan, featuring riding by Dan Spooner, Kai Sandal, Paul Lavold, James Olson, Jackson Brown and Danny Kiolbasa.

Duck Duck Punch — “RGB”

Duck Duck Punch has a new video, a new album and a gig coming up in Duluth — where the band was formed.

Cloud Cult – All the Things We Couldn’t See

Cloud Cult has a new album, Love, coming out on March 5. The track “All the Things We Couldn’t See” is already available to those who preorder the album at cloudcult.com.

The video was produced by Jeff D. Johnson with help filming from Cody York.

Fractal Power at Schooners

Set the Wayback Machine for May 14, 2004, at Schooners Nightclub in the old Canal Park Inn. (The bar closed later that year and the hotel was demolished in 2006 to make way for the new Canal Park Lodge.)

The Murder of Crows at Sacred Heart

Gaelynn Lea and Alan Sparhawk performing an online concert, captured by Lakefront Films. Sound by Jake Larson and Eric Swanson.

Ol’ Yeller – “One Up”

Song from the new album Levels. Video shot in the Lake Vermilion area.

Low’s 2005 performance of “California” on Last Call with Carson Daly

This video was posted on PDD back in 2005 as a QuickTime Movie, but now it has been converted for YouTube, so here it is again. And here’s a link to Chris Godsey’s coverage of it all on mnartists.org.

Sparky vs. Coyote

Wrenshall’s Mark “Sparky” Stensaas is in Yellowstone. Things got interesting while he was photographing this coyote. He tells the full story on his Photonaturalist blog.

David Cowardin says: “No”

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Recorded live at Beaner’s Central last week.

Video Archive: Louis Jenkins reading in 1976

These clips are from the short film From the Museroom: A Sampler of Minnesota Poets, shot in 1976 during a Poetry Collective benefit at the Firehouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Above: “Violence on Television.” Below: “Dream of Wealth.”

Urban Climbing in Duluth

Whoopie Wall, First Steet Boulder and Ely’s Peak.

Teague Alexy – “All the Way Long Gone”

New video, directed by Joshua Priestley, from Teague Alexy’s album This Dance.