Main Page > Episode 01 Comprehensive Clip Index   Original Airdate: Saturday January 7 2006 at Midnight Run time: 28:00 minutes Source dates: January 1 - 13 2005 Highlights: Intimate new year's day in-store performance by The Melvins at Electric Heavyland; video editing weirdness at home; kitty cuteness; various building materials salvage jobs; a trip to the northern Oregon coast to celebrate Bruce Gray's birthday; urban wildlife Details (all addresses are Seattle USA unless otherwise noted):   (1) JAN 1 2005 unadvertised new year's day in-store peformance by The Melvins at Electric Heavyland, 252 NE 45th St (2) Ursula of Sparkle Girl sits in on bass, sets tone for improvised tune (3) Buzz Osborne sings, making it up as he goes along (4) Nardwuar the Human Serviette surfs the crowd as Melvins cover Dead Kennedys' "I am the Owl" (5) Harm the frankenbunny falls over at the Buckaroo Tavern, 4201 Fremont Ave N (6) Jesse Paul Miller attempts to balance a pen on his finger (7) outputting accelerated video loop of masked Jesse Paul Miller from Sony VAIO through VCR to TV monitor in home studio (8) accelerated loop of Nardwuar (9) accelerated close-up loop of Harm the bunny (10) shaking Harm to flap ears with video sound playing in background (11) accelerated loop close-up of Harm's flapping ears (12) accelerated loop of Jesse describing letter O with his finger (13) generic craft rabbit on turntable, "the devil's not on the good side of the lord" (14) Jesse as seen through a water glass (15) Robert Zverina as seen through water glass (by JPM) (16) JAN 2 Miso Maria Consuela Cabeza enjoys a roll in the sun (17) Miso supervises Sarah Kavage's La Brat silkscreening operation (18) laptop screener of adjusting contrast on digital photo of Sarah Kavage painting "Cellular" (19) Adria Garcia holepunching to create art for upcoming exhibition at Priceless Works Gallery (20) JAN 3 pedestrian as seen from high above on Aurora Bridge, Hwy 99 (21) broken cassette tape blows in wind, catches shimmery sunshine glints (22) Henry, store cat #2, shakes it at the RE Store, 1440 NW 52nd St (23) Oscar, store cat #1, defends her territory undera clawfoot bathtub (24) repeat of 23--oops! (25) Oscar and Henry face off (26) draining a waterpipe prior to large brass valve salvage, North Recovery Facility, NRF, 1155 N 130th St (27) Taylor lays down a salvaged stainless steel sink (28) using Channel Locks to loosen mop sink faucet (29) big flags hide large crimes (30) welcome to the 21st century--a meterreader departs on his Segway (31) vertical blinds sway in an abandoned room with broken windows, NRF (32) high tech racing bike keeps pace with traffic down 15th Ave in Ballard (33) JAN 5 Joel Blaschke drives RE Store truck #1 "Whitey," keeps pace with  truck #2, Possum (34) analog fuel pump gauge runs the numbers at Olsen Fuel, Leary Avenue (35) bike on Montlake Blvd rolls across Rte 520 (36) Rte 520 scuffed roadside concrete barrier scrolls by to NPR prison discussion (37) bicyclist carries seat down steps to board awaiting cross-lake bus (38) typically slow morning traffic, eastbound 520 (39) ticking timer in pre-demolition east side house salvage (40) Joel hammers flat bar to pry up oak flooring (41) scavenged crystal star dangles and spins from truck sun visor (42) Joel knocks hollow glass block free... (43) ...the next one is not so easy (44) it looks destructive, but smashing one column of glass blocks is necessary to set the rest free (45) Oscar demurely crunchs dry catfood at the RE Store (46) more closeup kitty crunchin' (47) JAN 6 lacking adequate trees, flocking birds roost atop ominous cell relay tower (48) self-portrait as base trim removal specialist, waterfront estate, Edmonds, WA (49) view from the back porch, freight train, Puget Sound, hazy Olympic Mountains (50) Marty Brennan runs Sawzall to extricate built-in plywood bookcase (51) denailing salvaged oak flooring by knocking nails back through then hooking free with hammer claw (52) another tense confrontation between Henry and Oscar (53) creating a "black buck" at Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC) Lower Level bar, 1621 12th Ave (54) demonstrating the water resistant properties of Sharpie chisel tip marker (55) SHURGARD beeping parking garage security gate (56) Jed Murdock recounts security camera prevalence in London, from which he has just returned, while driving north on I-5 in rain to see final theater screening of Team America (57) front row screener of Team America opening credits (58) Team America theme--fuck yeah! (59) eerie Panama Canal flood scene was filmed well before Asian tsunami, which occured just days before this screening, everyone in theater got real quiet (60) slinging hash at midnight in Beth's Cafe, 7311 Aurora Ave N (61) JAN 7 much dropped old touchtone phone on its last rings, THIS PHONE IS TAPPED sticker tells the sad post-PATRIOT ACT truth (62) driving down I-5 south in truck lent by Bruce, typical Nisqually Valley fog and rain soup (63) filling up when regular unleaded gasoline cost $1.85 per gallon (64) 1989 toyota pickup truck analog speedo-/odo-/tripodometer (65) Highway 101 Astoria-Megler Bridge steel superstructure crossing Columbia River border from WA to OR (66) same bridge, looking straight up, windshield wipers squeak (67) ascending to tall part where ships go under, what looms in the distance soon enough swallows you (68) the bridge is 4.1 miles long, with these cantilevered steel trusses close to the Oregon side (69) our next door neighbors rent out their Oregon beachhouse for $75/night, high above the rocky shore, Connie and Sarah relax to nighttime jazz (70) Sarah reads dire predictions from an antique volume of curious lore (71) Trent the archaeologist unearths an historic beer (72) Bruce Gray shares a birthday with Elvis Presley and David Bowie, which we celebrate here with cake at midnight on the 7th (73) JAN 8 Eddie the sheepdog barks for the same reason most dogs do (74) the foamy sea recedes, rocks bang slightly (75) gull on the wing (76) Sadie Gray Walker at 18 months old (77) driving north on Oregon 101 to Ecola State Park and Indian Head Beach, dark to light (78) same trip, sarah in profile goes from light to dark (79) remember trees? they were tall and green... (80) manipulating station wagon steering wheel with left hand down winding forest road (81) behind us, an almost identical Subaru wagon, the unofficial official car of the Pacific Northwest (82) the stacks at Inidan Head Beach, Pacific's peaceful waves (83) a toddler in ladybug boots walks as if drunk (84) sunlight plays on fresh water running to ocean (85) Bruce and Connie each give Sadie a hand to give her a leg up (86) edge of the continent, nowhere to go but back (87) sand shapes water as water shapes sand (88) even in this short clip you'll notice the rivulet has a pulse (89) sheepish Ed lopes on by (90) tideline running legshadow (91) Sarah wishes to share something she sees seaside (92) the very essence of earth life (93) Sadie beside cold fresh flowing water--very healthy exposure! (94) Trent is a fondu master, the boiling cheese bubbles (95) JAN 9 northbound on the Astoria-Megler Bridge under improved weather conditions (96) a seagull flashes by against blue sky (97) rolling across an imaginary line from Oregon to Washington (98) camera looks up as truck slows down approaching T intersection at WA end of bridge (99) northbound I-5, this loose steel trashcan could have blown out of the trailer at any moment (100) every day it's the same, cars crowd the highways (101) only in Seattle do you find a convention center built directly above an interstate (102) Miso is curious about an uncommon Seattle snow accumulation (103) JAN 11 Ballard train tacks between unconnected segments of Burke-Gilman Trail, someone runs this locomotive periodically to keep the rails open, problem would be solved if cars were not allowed (104) popping up the cab of RE Store truck "Whitey" for weekly Tuesday "truck love" engine check (105) an exceptionally chilly morning requires plastic Swiss Army Card to be enlisted as ice scraper (106) frosty shavings and irregular channels in windshield frost (107) frozen water revealed to adhere to both sides of the glass (108) unbolting locker connectors in brick church basement (109) Ben Levien rides a dolly into the light down a steep sidewalk, gets ejected at the end (110) Ballard Neighbors for Peace poster is blowin' in the wind (111) plumbing the depths of the mysteriously malodorous fridge, Sarah concludes it was the garlic (112) JAN 12 the birdflock returns with its high wire act, have their young forsaken trees? (113) the birds fly away like confetti, redistribute and return almost immediately (114) a crow enters the scene, caw easily heard above the multitude of chirps (115) Henry hones his killer instinct on a feather tied to a ribbon (116) RE Store truck "Possum" heads out heroically to another day of salvage (117) Ben Levien uses Channel Lock end nips to pull staples through reclaimed oak flooring (118) overhead tunnel lights, I-90 west (119) Westlake Avenue is home to one of the longest parking lots in Seattle (120) Miso shows off in the crotch of a tree (121) Ben raises Whitey's squeaky liftgate as Taylor looks on impassively (122) Joel gets the forks under a pallet of cedar siding brought to the backlot by Possum (123) a cracked non-loflow toilet meets its ultimate end in a trash bin (124) hurry up and wait (125) a hurled brick finishes off the toilet (126) short flight of perforated 7-petaled flying disc (127) finishing off a bottle of Bourbon at Bruce's (128) Bruce gets Sadie ready for bed (129) a simple yet charming rolling wood raccoon toy (130) hand-me-down silver rattle from Bruce's infancy (131) pink stuffed robotic exercise role model for your child (132) "let me see you wave your arms... let's get physical, physical..." (133) "are you ready for a Care Bear workout?" mouth closeup (134) Eddie dog growls unwilling to let go (135) pink Care Bear robot shrouded in asswipe atop toilet seat (136) now the bear has a newspaper over it--"bears just wanna have fun..." (137) Olivia Newton Bear on her back reflected in vanity mirror (138) closeup of Care Bear gabber mic check (139) racing home in the dark, the rubber highway hum (140) JAN 13 Taylor hauling tools up the steps of future Green Tortoise Hotel, 1st and Pike (141) walkthrough of framing after plaster and lath has been removed, that clawfoot tub (plus four others) will be carried down the steps (142) Joel manages to handtruck a sink down the steps by himself (143) Marty and Pat Finn ease a steam radiator out of its home of the past 100 years (144) pedestrian view of world famous Pike Place (145) the only Subway Seattle boasts makes sandwiches, but people do still walk from here to there (146) a sprinkler keeps white Ford pickup moist as part of some finish coat process, NW 50th St and 15th Ave (147) Taylor and Joel carefully place corrugated glass partition from dentist office on Whitey liftgate (148) loading the cast glass onto truckbed (149) latex John Kerry mask emerges from styrofoam peanuts in which it was packed for journey from Edina, MN, where it had served as part of my politically aware 8-year-old nephew's Halloween costume (149) a shrewd collector paws the goods before purchasing two crates of my adolescent comic collection for the scandalously meager sum of $25--"this should be some fun" (150) string tacked to header of doorway provides ample solo play opportunities for Miso