Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race 2005: Video Footage Log

Video Footage Log Excerpts

The Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race 2005 video listed in this log is for the two disk DVD set now available at the Port Townsend and Jefferson Country Libraries.

Video Blogger: Jack Olmsted
Interviewer, Video Logger: Katy Morse (Kinetic Katy)
Photographer: Joan Fabian

Watch Video Clips That Appear On The DVD 2-Disc Set

Disk Number 1

1) Louis Espinoza sings Puttin’ on the Ritz

2) Downtown PT-Wannabe Parade—K-Kops, Judges, and sculptors singing “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

3) Wannabe Parade in action- Brake Test at Legion Hall

4) Kinetic Katy interviews judges, K-Kops, sculptors and innocent by-standers.

5) Kinetic salute with visiting dignitaries from Corvallis, Oregon

6) Out on the pier- watching sculptures in the water

7) John Lizwacko at the Starting Line

8) BBC camera crew and crowd before the race begins

9) Judges watch the teams sing their songs: Oregon Groan, Honor Roll, Shimon’s Boat, Anemone of the State, Frank-n-Grier, Kinetic Half-Baked Kookie, Frogosaurus Rex, Kinetic Choo-Choo, Magic Bus, Wet Paint, Atomic Scorpion, Das Boat, and Procratination

10) Racers do Sobriety Dance to Puttin’ on the Ritz

Continued

Kinetic Race runs shorter course, still long on fun

peninsuladailynews.com - Kinetic Race runs shorter course, still long on fun: "They got stuck in traffic, stuck in the mud and broke a lever during the pre-race trials.
And one of the pilots threw his back out when he sat down on the beach to put his socks on.

But other than that, how did they like the race?

``It was wonderful,'' said Allen Brown. ``It was a joy.''

Brown, along with Dave Neiman and Dave Maxfield, is a member of the Frogasaurus Rex team, who took the ``Unluckiest'' award at Sunday's Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race. But neither the luck nor the windy weather discouraged neither the racers or the people who came to watch the race.

``It's so out there, it's insane,'' said Reggie Yates. ``Even with this weather, you known it's going to be a fun race.''

Yates and a film crew from Britain were in town to tape the race for a show for BBC's children's show called ``Only in America.''

They focused on the youngsters in the race, which features homemade vehicles completing a course that covers land and water, sand and mud. " (more)


by JENNIFER JACKSON

Current Studio // The Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race Video

A 7 and a half minute movie created with a couple of 2005 PT KSR clips is now on Current TV's website.

If enough people give this kinetic flick "green lights," it could appear on the national TV network reaching 20 million homes.

Current TV In The News

Al Gore hopes to 'democratize' TV with new channel

Former vice president Al Gore predicted on Friday his new Current TV cable channel, featuring news videos made by regular people, would more than double its reach to 50 million homes within five years.

Gore said at a news conference that he sees his Current TV channel as "a chance to democratize the medium of television" by blending new Internet technology with old-fashioned television.

PTLeader: Kinetic weather forces kourse korrection

The Port Townsend Leader OnLine:

Ray Grier, making his 22nd appearance in the 23 years of local kinetic mediocrity, gets a hand in the knee-deep Dismal Bog. – Photo by Barney Burke

"For the first time in its 23-year history, a kourse korrection was required at the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race.

The white kaps in the bay were so foreboding Sunday morning that a konference of kourse and city officials was kwickly konvened. All konkurred to move the water segment of the kourse to the protected area at the Fort Worden State Park pier, next to the kwicksand kourse.

The stiff, chilly winds failed to deter anyone from the pre-race ceremonies, not even the BBC crew filming the event for its children's TV series, "Only in America."

After surviving the beach and water at Fort Worden, the 16 entrants endured an especially windy and More-Dismal-Than-Usual Bog churned up at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

A stalwart krowd cheered and hooted as some teams slogged through the mud the hard way while others bribed their way down the sidelines. "Look the other way everyone, the judges are cheating!" Efra announced as Supreme Kourt reversed its motion and was lifted out of what had appeared to be a permanent restraining order of knee-deep mud." (more)

The Port Townsend Leader: Wet Paint in the mud

The team Wet Paint had little difficulty in the Dismal Bog, where many a Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Races kontraption was konfounded. Photos by Barney Burke (Front Page The Port Townsend Leader Online 10/04/05)

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Kinetic Katie Interviews Reggie Yates, CBBC, & A By Stander

Kinetic Katie reporting from the PT Fair Gounds Mud Bog finally ambushes Reggie Yates, TV Presenter and actor for the new CBBC show "Only In America", in the muck for a micro interview. Katie invites an innocent by stander to talk into "the sock" and describe the “Strange Brew” sculpture spinning its wheels in the mud. The “Strange Brew” is sponsored by the Water Street Brewing Company.

A Message From Hobart R. Brown & Baron Rick Fergison

Hobart & Baron said...

FOR THE GLORY !!!!Greatings from Hobart And Baron Rick! We will be thinking of you here down under here in Austraula. Hobart is doing GREAT!! The KSR in Freemantel will have over 80,000 people. We loved your blogs. Hope to have one set up for us here soon. Best of luck to all!!! Hobart R. Brown & Baron Rick Fergison (comment Sep 13 2005)

The insanity began 36 years ago in California, where Hobart Brown, a sculptor from Ferndale, gave his son's broken tricycle a makeover that transformed it into a 6-foot-tall work of art that he decided to ride. The ride became a race in which winning is losing, cheating is encouraged, crazy is sane, average is prized and a vehicle breakdown will earn you bragging rights.

The race is now an annual event not only in Baltimore but also in Poland, Australia and throughout the United States.

Although the race is more light-hearted than competitive with its silly awards that range from "best breakdown" to "best bribe," Brown, 71, takes seriously the top prize, the "mediocre award" - given to the team whose vehicle finishes in the dead center."People think that being mediocre is not good and that being the best is better. But the best is too extreme. After all, average human beings keep the world running," he said. "Think about it: Isn't the best part of the watermelon its center?" (more)

By Ann McArthur
The Baltimore Sun
Originally published April 28, 2005

Kinetic Katie Reporting From Fort Worden

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Where do the Peace buttons come from?

Forest demos the swing bike.

Kinetic Katie's Muddy Cruddy Award

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Welkome To The 23nd Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race

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In 1983, the Greater Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race was held, making the Port Townsend the second (third) oldest race on the ever growing Kinetic Racing circuit.

The Port Townsend race still holds to the original values and spirit of the first race held in Ferndale. Relying on grass roots support, the Port Townsend race is one of the few remaining kinetic races that are not owned by a corporation.

It is an independent race, with the volunteer organizers priding themselves on keeping the grass roots "kinetic spirit" alive. - Seattlest

PT Kinetic Skulpture Race Intereviews - Unplugged

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Hmmm. Let this be a lesson to all you wanna-a-be "johhny on the spot" roving reporters - double check your connections. Although, my ears were on (digital headphones connected to the Sony WCS-999, three channel receiver) and the audio sounded fine, when my only camcorder battery became drained, it was discovered that the cool Sony wireless receiver was NOT plugged into the camera...therefore, when the camera got out of its built-in microphone ranage, the conversations were not recorded on the tape. Big bummer.

Well, today hopefully we will capture what people have to say during the big race.

Krazy race in Port Townsend today

peninsuladailynews.com - Krazy race in Port Townsend today: "PORT TOWNSEND -- The human genius of oodball vessel design once again rules Port Townsend land and water this weekend.
The Kinetic Skulpture Race is on today.

A annual celebration of artistic and innovative engineering continues to attract thousands of residents and visitors fond of unabashed thrills, blatant goofiness and endless imagination.

The main event has already been preceded by a Saturday Kinetic Parade, a flotation test -- and a Koronation Kostume Ball, attended by scores of racers, sculptures and wanna-be participants.

The pre-race activity begins at 10:30 a.m. today after crews line up their amphibious Kinetic Skulpture creations at the City Hall, corner of Water and Madison streets." (more)

Singing Puttin on the Ritz #2

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Assembly of Racers , Skulptures & Wanna-Be Parade Participants 10:30 am Parade- U.S. Bank to Monroe St. - Noon

Puttin' on the Ritz

Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air

High hats and narrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime
For a wonderful time

Now, if you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a daycoat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat
Perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz

Dressed up like a million dollar trooper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
Super-duper

Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or "umberellas"
In their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz

------ short instrumental break ------

Tips his hat just like an English chappie
To a lady with a wealthy pappy
Very snappy

You'll declare it's simply topping
To be there and hear them swapping
Smart tidbits
Puttin' on the Ritz

Assembly of Racers, Skulptures & Wanna-Be Parade Participants

Port Townsend Sign #1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Today is the day of the Race. City Sign welcoming people to town.