Videos Posts

Torment – “I Am the Problem”

Duluth band Torment performs “I Am the Problem” on New Year’s Eve at Pizza Lucé. The song is from the band’s new EP, The Pain. The video was shot and edited by Kayden Emantsal and Lane Peterson.

Kyle Orla – “Worried Blues”

Duluth’s Kyle Orla performs “Worried Blues” at the edge of Lake Superior on the last “warm” day in December 2024.

“Opiate War,” Container Music Publishing

“Opiate War”
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Boxcar – “Here I Am”

The third video release from Duluth band Boxcar‘s new album, Black Noon, is directed by Lance Lindahl and edited by Adam Jones, with photography directed by Austin Hilgenberg.

JamesG’s Best Heely Tricks of 2024

Former Duluthian James Geisler, also known as the hip-hop artist JamesG, has released the 2024 montage of his best wheeled-sneaker stunts. In the past year he’s grown his TikTok fanbase from 94,000 to 109,000.

Coast Guard vs. Illegal Fishing Shelter

The Duluth-based YouTube channel Vibe with Mike has the story. Spoiler alert: Coast Guard wins.

Perfect Duluth Day’s Best Videos of 2024

Best Videos 2024 Collage

As always, there were a lot to choose from, but here is our handful of picks for the top videos that appeared on PDD in 2024. Lots of music videos, videos about music, some history, a cartoon, and pizza rolls!

The Real Bob Dylan: An Intimate Look with Louie Kemp

Recorded in 2019 at the Duluth Armory, this previously unreleased PBS North interview with Bob Dylan’s lifelong friend Louis Kemp offers insights into the life of the famous musician born in Duluth.

Jessie’s Duluth Drone Adventure

In this recent installment of “Jessie’s Drone Adventures,” Arizona-based video storyteller Jessie Nino dips into a little Duluth harbor history before heading up the shore to Palisade Head.

Video Archive: Monnie Goldfine on Spirit Mountain

The Spirit Mountain Recreation Area opened for skiing 50 years ago today — Dec. 20, 1974. To mark the occasion, Perfect Duluth Day dusts off a relic from the video archive featuring Duluth businessman Manley “Monnie” Goldfine presenting the concept for developing Spirit Mountain to the Twin Ports Press Club. The date of the presentation is not known, but the year is most likely 1972.

A Complete Unknown: Director James Mangold on Bob Dylan

JP Olsen of WDSE 103.3 FM “The North” interviews James Mangold, director of A Complete Unknown, a biographical drama exploring the early life of Bob Dylan. Mangold delves into the creative process, revealing how Timothée Chalamet embodied the spirit of Dylan, and discusses the enduring power of Dylan’s music and its affect on a new generation.

Duluth on Chalamet’s lips

Duluth keeps getting mentioned in the publicity tour for the Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown. At the 6:53 mark in the clip above Timothée Chalamet says, regarding singing live-to-camera in the film, “The worst thing we could have done with a Bob Dylan biopic is sanitize it, to make it sound clean … This is a man from iron ore country, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Hibbing, Duluth.” Not that Minneapolis is so dirty, but OK.

Finding Minnesota: Enger Tower

WCCO-TV‘s John Lauritsen talks with Duluth historian Tony Dierckins about Enger Tower.

EmbalmingEva – “Unclean”

West Duluth is ground zero for the latest EmbalmingEva music video, shot at the Jade Fountain and under the bright lights of the Korner Store.

The Slice: Utility Box Art in Duluth

The Utility Cabinet Artwork Program is a Duluth Public Arts Commission project that seeks to beautify the city’s utility boxes.

In its series The Slice, PBS North presents short “slices of life” that capture the events and experiences that bring people together and speak to what it means to live up north.