October 31, 2006

Split Face

From the bedeviled camera of Max Sparber:

A female monster with half a face attempts to sate her inhuman hunger on the Jucy Lucy, the legendary hamburger of Matt's Bar is south Minneapolis. Make up based on a design by Dick Smith from his book "Dick Smith's Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up."

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October 30, 2006

Howard Dean @ U of M

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Howard Dean visited the University of Minnesota campus on October 19, 2006. Here's the entire speech.

Arianne Huffington takes Dean to task.

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October 27, 2006

Happy Vlogoween

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Happy Vlogoween! We hope to see you at the MNspeak pub crawl.

We've got a bunch of videos from y'all waiting in the wings. If you've sent in videos, don't worry - they will served. Oh yes, they will be served.

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October 25, 2006

Twin Cities' First Snowfall

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Postcard from the Frozen North says: The first snowstorm of the season is a big deal, especially if you're in second grade. It rarely amounts to much, except for the promise of winter fun to come.

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October 24, 2006

KSTP Dildo Cameo

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I really don't know what to say...

Very special thanks to Taylor for sending this our way.

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October 23, 2006

Chainsaw Sculpting

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Aleshia from digImashaghen writes:

On September 29 - October 1, 2006, Hackensack Minnesota hosted the second annual National Chainsaw Sculpting Invitational as part of it's "Fall Has It All" festivities. Ross Olsen from Flying Squirrel Studio in Hackensack and AJ Lutter from "Come See What I Saw" in Brainerd organized this event with the Hackensack Chamber of Commerce.

Carvers in the competition included Dayton Scoggins (Mississippi, 05 winner), Brad Sharp (California, 06 winner), Justin Howland (Wisconsin), Angie Polglaze (Australia), Jeff Klatt (Iowa), Luke Harris (Illinois), Mark Colp (California), Ken Tynan (Iowa), Michael Bihlmaier (Illinois), and Al Luer (Wisconson).

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October 20, 2006

Keith Ellison Interview

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Amanda Congdon interviews U.S. Congressional candidate Keith Ellison. She asks him about the beautiful chaos we call the blogosphere. Watch for screenshots from your local favorites - Minnesota Democrats Exposed and MN Publius.

Perhaps more significantly, Amanda asks Keith about what book he'd be sworn in on if elected to congress.

(Disclaimer, etc: I produced the online video ad discussed in this interview for the Ellison campaign. Also, they discussed the environment but loud plane noise made that portion of the interview diffucult to hear.)

NEXT WEEK we have some funny, funny videos sent in by y'all. Keep 'em coming and have a great weekend.

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October 19, 2006

The Green Greaser

Nate runs his RV on vegetable oil procured from Chinese and Japanese restaurants, including Midori's Floating World Cafe in South Minneapolis. From Amanda Across America.

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October 18, 2006

Amanda Interviews Chuck

Please excuse the narcissism. Amanda Congdon was in Minneapolis last week as part of her Amanda Across America vlog trip and simply insisted on interviewing me about Minnesota Stories, Blogumentary, and assorted geek video topics. How could I refuse?

Coming soon: Additional interview about the differences between filmmaking and videoblogging.

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October 17, 2006

Hair Death

On MySpace, she's Velvet Rat. Her blog explains this video:

Monday, May 15, 2006
12:15 PM - Death
Current mood: Ready to KILL KILL KILL!!!

I'm going to fuck cancer up the ass! So fuck you cancer, get ready to die!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
9:26 AM - Thee Tumor in Me Gut
Current mood: awake

I had a CT Scan last week and my two-inch tumor has shrunk to half it's size. The evil chemo appears to be working!

I am now halfway through my treatment. 3 more to go, I should be finished on August 11, just on time to attend my little brother's wedding in Kalamazoo on August 26. It will indeed be a great celebration.

Having cancer has been a blessing to me. I've gotten my shit together, snapped out of my depression, quit smoking "cigarettes", stopped drinking, eat a vegan diet, and appreciate all my lovely friends and family, who have supported me so well through this experience.

If facing death is what it takes to finally live, I'd do it all over again.

Uzza bless you!

Saturday, October 14, 2006
2:53 PM - Farewell Old Enemy
Current mood: calm

At this moment I am cancer free!

I want to thank all the wonderful friends out there who have helped me through this rough time! Uzza bless them...

Now I must get my band back together and start writing again.

333

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October 16, 2006

Queen of Duct Tape

Last weekend was the always-lovely St. Paul Art Crawl. Here's an interview with a couple artists from YouTuber Schnebley Styles, aka "Mr. Steve". He writes:

The St. Paul Art Crawl happens every April and October in St. Paul, MN. This video features two unique artists.

Carly Stipe makes purses and other items out of duct tape. She has been featured on public television and has won awards.

Boris Morrari is an old world woodworker who makes beautiful pieces such as chess tables and statues.

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October 13, 2006

MSP: Joynoëlle

Fashion designer Joy Teiken shows us her Minneapolis show room and takes us through the creative process of making a jacket for her clothing line, Joynoëlle.

I'm happy to announce that you can now see "Minnesota Stories-style" videos on the newly-relaunched mspmag.com. See for yourself in their multimedia section.

Don't worry, we're not getting taken over the The Man (or The Woman). Minnesota Stories is people-powered, just like soylent green. Send in your videos!

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October 12, 2006

Michele Bachmann on Global Warming

What's her stance? Hmm. I'll give you one guess. Via MNspeak and Wonkette.

MORE BACHMANN VIDEO: Michele Bachmann Movies

Sorry we've been light in videos this week. Every ounce of my video mojo has been poured into Amanda Across America (watch for a Keith Ellison interview and more next week) and the BRAND SPANKING NEW JUST LAUNCHED web site for Mpls St Paul magazine, mspmag.com. Woot!

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October 09, 2006

Happy Leif Ericson Day

Forget Columbus -- today is Leif Ericson Day! Here we are at the Leif Ericson monument on St. Paul's capitol grounds, dedicated on this day in 1949.

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October 07, 2006

World Can't Wait Protest

Here's a short clip from the World Can't Wait protest in Minneapolis on October 5, 2006. Looks like a big turnout. I couldn't locate any local news coverage.

From YouTube user phreakmac.

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October 05, 2006

Investigative Report: Mark Kennedy Ad

Thought I forgot, did you? No, just very busy - mostly editing the fine videos you should watch at AmandaAcrossAmerica.

Here is a rather long look at how easy and legal it is to find and watch campaign videos on the web site of Mark Kennedy's ad maestro, Scott Howell. Here's the backstory if that makes no sense to you. Incidentally, most of the videos and web pages referenced in this video have since been taken down, though only today I discovered another video publicly available and easily findable on archive.org. That particular video poops out after a few seconds, but it sure makes me feel like clearing some brush.

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October 03, 2006

Wad at the Ball game.

Take wad the crabby sheep out to the ball game and what do you get? Not your typical Minnesota Twins video.

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October 02, 2006

Twin Cities Marathon Course

From YouTube user implaxis: This is most of the course for the Twin Cities Marathon. I wasn't able to get all of it this first time through because my cam battery died right about Mile 19.

Here are a few seconds of the marathon winner near the finish line.

COMPLETELY UNRELATED VIDEO:
Smackem Yackem, brilliant and entertaining bubble gum from Jennifer Proctor and Aaron Valdez down in Iowa City. I'll be heading down there in a couple week to talk vlog and screen Blogumengtary.

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