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Seattle, a city with a collective identity

constantly in flux, always changing,

but what it's always been and continues to be

is a magnet for creators to come experiment

and to make their own.

Whoa, and weed is legal here.

♪ I took a walk

♪ Through this beautiful world

♪ Felt the cool rain on my shoulder

♪ Found something good

♪ In this beautiful world

♪ I felt the rain getting colder

♪ Sha la la-la-la ♪ Sha la la-la-la-la

♪ Sha la la-la-la ♪ Sha la la-la-la-la la

Seattle has always been a place

where you can go to reinvent yourself.

It's a place that, on the surface,

would seem to require commitment.

Famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly,

and all the way up there

in the far corner of the country,

a place where you could get work in the aircraft industry

or make music or, rather notoriously,

become a serial killer.

Whether outfitting prospectors during the Alaskan gold rush

or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene...

it's always boom or bust.

Now, it's a new kind of boom.

Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Expedia, and Amazon

are the big dogs in town.

A flood of them, tech industry workers,

mostly male,

derisively referred to as tech boys or tech bros,

rapidly changing the DNA of the city,

rewiring it to satisfy their own newly empowered

nerdly appetites.

Meet our new apple martini-drinking overlords.

- Tech boys - Tech boys

Tech boys Tech boys - Tech boys - Tech boys

- Tech boys - Tech boys

With your mustache and your paycheck

And your blue badge And your limp dick

With your mouth full of the party line

And your weekends working overtime

Overtime, overtime, overtime, overtime

Fish and chips is the thing, right?

- That's the thing. - Yeah.

Astra Elane and Dustin Patterson

are members of the local band The Gods Themselves.

They wrote a song about the new kids in town.

Okay.

Pacific Inn Pub is a holdout,

a place that has, so far,

managed to resist the temptation

to appease the invaders.

For lunch, fish and chips.

Tech boys

You know, bitter old... like me, of course,

are gonna complain any time we hear about, you know,

a lot of high-fiving white guys coming to town.

And yet, you've created this sort of iconic hate anthem

Can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people?

Yeah, they have the badges.

Tech boys Neutral-colored clothing.

Tech boys

They're kind of easy to spot. They have a walk.

- They have a walk? - Yeah.

They're just all the same.

There's nothing that really stands out about them.

They're so dull.

Feel that rhythm that algorithm

You gotta feel that rhythm

That algorithm tech boys

You know, dating apps are really big here.

I have a few girlfriends... That's right.

Who have dated a couple of tech boys.

Is their personal hygiene an issue?

Like, the nerdier tech boys will have that smell,

that mildewy smell. Yeah.

You know what I'm talking about?

Wow, you really have a low opinion of these people.

Well, we're generalizing now, Tony.

No, I'm all for that.

Everybody in Seattle is a musician,

a serial killer, or a chef as far as I'm concerned so...

In a lot of ways, I mean, this was always a company town.

You know, Boeing, before Boeing, it was a logging town.

And the new company is tech,

and it is flooding money into the place.

I looked out my hotel window and, I mean,

it's cranes as far as the eye can see.

You realize, like, okay, all those cranes out there,

they're for high-rise condos.

They're for a certain type of person.

They're envisioning a certain type of future for the city

and it's tech people.

Or, you know, somebody who likes to drive around

and pick up hitchhikers and dismember them.

Yeah.

Capitol Hill is Seattle's established gay-borhood

going back to the mid-1960s,

old-school cool, but with every passing day,

change.

The Hill has become the new weekend stomping ground

of breeders from the tech companies,

and the locals are displeased.

John Criscitello, street artist,

is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes

that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood.

Are we talking about an infestation of tech bros?

Is this...

What, ten years ago, would this be a gay neighborhood?

It was sort of unclaimed for artists

and for queer people.

And so what's happening now?

Big tech corporations that have moved into the city

and people needed someplace to live, so a lot of

development companies bought up every corner.

If they keep this sort of facade, they can build taller.

- Ah. - So this was just this

and then they plunked this down in the center of it.

So they're keeping the character of the neighborhood

sort of kind of. They call it facadomy.

I've heard it termed facadomy.

The problem, of course, is that rents double.

- Right. - So you used to be able

to get a studio apartment for $700.

Now, all of a sudden the entry point is $1,500,

which is considerable for artists, anybody.

You know, that's the sort of lament now is,

where are you gonna go? Where are you gonna go?

- Yeah. - Where are you gonna go?

Right.

So all these outsiders coming in

are renting expensive apartments.

What kind of businesses are opening to accommodate

these new arrivals? Well, in this neighborhood,

that construction over on that side is a Whole Foods.

Oh, no, that's a sign of the apocalypse.

- That is the end. - That... that's the official

indicator that this neighborhood is...

That is the end. That's it right there.

Because of the boom

and everything that's been happening,

you do have that kind of have and have nots here.

And I think there's an identity crisis

where people are starting to really question

what is Seattle and who is it?

But historically, you go back to the '90s,

I mean, it was the city of grunge.

And now, I would say it's the city of geeks.

It's... it's... it's boom town right now.

And yeah, this kind of boom does happen in other places,

but then again, it doesn't.

John Cook and Todd Bishop of GeekWire,

an industry-leading news site

that started covering the tech industry

back in 2011.

Lunch is at Revel right down the street from their offices.

The chef is Rachel Yang and the food is Korean.

To eat, cilantro noodles,

yu choy, and thinly sliced flat iron steak...

Kimchi pancakes with braised pork belly

and bean sprouts...

Marinated short rib rice bowl

with house sambal daikon, kimchi, and egg.

And short rib dumplings topped with

pickled shallot and scallion salad.

Of course, I'm hearing from a lot of people

who are bemoaning the loss of the old Seattle...

Right.

This invasion of outsiders.

Certainly the community is going through

a lot of growing pains

and there's an element of the city here

that is rebelling against the progress,

especially as we talk about a company like Amazon

that controls massive amounts

of the downtown real estate footprint now.

And that's what scares a lot of people here,

including myself.

Because I see how the trends of history change,

especially in technology,

that one day Microsoft's hot, the next day Apple's hot,

now Amazon's hot.

They go through these cycles

and they don't always live through them,

and we're left with a city

that's totally transformed because of it.

What percentage of the total dollar-generating space

on the Internet is occupied by porn?

Well, you know,

this is Todd's expertise so I'll defer to him.

Historically the adult industry,

even if it's not completely dominating the economics

all the time, it is the... The leader of technology.

It... it's the first with HD.

It's the first to try out a new wave of 3-D technology.

Virtual reality, augmented reality,

and then you see it over and over again,

the latest is VR now.

Yeah. Do you know the...

Do you know the number one search term on porn websites

for the Seattle area?

Stepmom.

Who wants to... their stepmom?

Jesus.

Jen McEwen and Jesse Adams are two nice people

who've chosen the porn business

as a way to make a living.

They launched MiKandi,

the world's first mobile app store

for masturbators and aficionados

of graphic erotica.

But they are looking ahead,

the next levels of porn...

Personalized, interactive, virtual reality porn.

I'm gonna tease you.

And I can tell you, my friends,

it's chillingly realistic.

Generally speaking, who are your customers

demographically?

Mostly male, but, yeah, it's really from all over the world.

Right.

They're looking for more unique experiences

and I think that's why VR is very important for them.

And just also a lot of people who say

they discovered their sexuality and their identity

through stuff like this.

What the adult industry is really good at

is whatever your specific interest is,

we'll find the exact person for you

or the exact piece of content.

Like... like Amazon does.

- Yeah. - So, Tony, based on

your previous purchases, you know, we can recommend

the following stepmom-related materials.

Yeah.

Do you want to see some VR porn?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

All right.

Okay.

Oh, my God, here we go.

Now, should I look behind me?

'Cause I don't want to get spit roasted here. Okay.

Hey there.

Wow.

Yeah, that's kinda scary.

It's good.

Weed, smoke, ganja, reefer,

call it what you will, it's marijuana.

Oh, I could go on all day.

Long story short, Washington State

legalized weed in 2012,

and I plan to make the most of it

while scrupulously adhering to the lay of the law

like I always do.

The options available in places like this,

Emerald Haze, are mind-boggling.

Well, how can I help you out today?

Well, I... Where to begin?

Where to begin?

There is a dizzying array of products.

You got dozens of strains of bud,

oils to vape, weed-infused edibles,

mints, syrups, ointments,

probably lube. Remind me to ask.

My advice, don't even try to shop stoned.

Decision making was never, in my case, a strong point

while baked.

Which... which... Which is sleepy...

I forget, is it indica or sativa that's peppy

and the other one is sleepy?

The indica will put you "inda" couch.

- On the couch. - It's gonna be

your sleepy body high. Right.

Sativa is gonna be more of your awake alert high

kind of mostly feeling in the head.

Right, like crouched in the bathroom

in the fetal position paranoid or what?

Not like that crazy.

Yeah, no, okay, good.

I think let's do some of both.

- Some of both? - Yeah.

What do you have on offer here?

We do have a deal on our pack of three today...

- Mm-hmm. - From Hollingsworth,

which they had the Blueberry Kush...

- Yes. - The Alaskan Thunder...

and then also a Dutch Treat,

which will be more of a hybrid.

I mean, I have to... Alaskan Thunder...

I mean, you kind have to.

This... this is from our friends at...

Yeah, these are from Hollingsworth,

which is very nice.

Two hours outside of Seattle

lies Hollingsworth Cannabis Company Farm.

The woods are alive with, well, weed.

Rows and rows of weed

carefully grown and tended to by one family,

third generation Seattleites the Hollingsworths.

And at the helm of the company, these guys,

brother and sister duo, Raft and Joy Hollingsworth.

Oh, hi! Didn't see you there.

Wait, hold on. Oh, hi. Didn't see you there.

- Didn't see you there. - Let me say that.

Then you say the rest of the shit.

- No, I can't remember... - Okay, we're gonna do it.

I'm Joy Hollingsworth. I got it.

Oh, hi. Say it, say it.

Let's take a... let's take a closer look, shall we?

While some corporate outfits are rushing to cash in

on the new crop, the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company

is doing it a slower, more personal way.

Solar-powered greenhouses,

hand-trimmed buds, and hand-packed bags

ensure the freshest and highest quality of product.

They're keeping it all in the family.

Raft runs the manufacturing and growing.

Joy does the processing and sales.

Auntie came out of retirement

to assist with the oil cartridges.

Dad puts labels on the packaging,

and mom fills the rolls

and assists in quality control...

That's fine, that's fine.

As I will and have and will again.

Back in the city, Mamnoon Restaurant on Melrose.

Have you been here before?

Absolutely. This is a good spot.

How you doing?

I've been smoking some of your product,

so if I'm a little unfocused...

Before this you did?

- What's that? - Before... Before this, yes.

He said, what, what, what, what?

Mamnoon is a modern take

on traditional Syrian and Lebanese food.

And it's done well.

There's baharat spiced beef and lamb kebabs...

Fried cauliflower with tahini...

A summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes

topped with sizzling brown butter and pine nuts.

That's sweet-and-sour rice wrapped in grape leaves.

This looks so good.

The hummus is great.

This is my favorite cuisine.

So how's business?

It's been an interesting three years,

because I feel like every year

we've been, like, refining the process

and trying to get better.

We're the little guys. Right now

we're mom-and-pop.

Yeah, we're the mom-and-pop, but see, the difference is

Washington State set up the law

to try to help mom-and-pops get started.

How did you convince the family?

- Yeah. - This must have seemed like

a sketchy venture.

- Yes. - It was a gamble.

He said, hey, I got a family meeting.

I need you here tonight.

And we're all sitting there and he puts on

his little PowerPoint on the TV,

and it's about 32 pages, and he tells us,

"Hey, we need to go to Mason County,

grow a ton of weed,"

and we're all like, what are you talking about?

And my mom raises her hand and she goes, "Wait,

I have something really important."

We all look at her and she goes, "I wanna be R&D.

Can I smoke and tell you if the weed is good?"

And then all of a sudden he starts moving.

My business plan ended at "get a license."

To get a license it was to build a fence,

put up some cameras...

- Right. - And get out the way.

Then they'll come, give you a final inspection,

and now you are licensed to grow weed

in the State of Washington.

How many people grow weed, do you think,

in the Seattle, Washington State region?

- Oh, yeah, there's a lot. - There's a lot.

There's over 1,100 producer processers

in Washington State

and about 400 licensed retail stores.

We... everybody's going to win.

There's so many people of all different types that smoke weed.

We did a store visit and we saw people come in and out,

grandmas, moms, professionals.

Like, I'm sure if that store took demographics

of their clientele... Right.

They would have a spectrum

of different type of people.

People like to get high.

What do they want these days?

There's so many choices.

Our biggest seller are the pre-rolls.

People like ready-made cannabis.

They want to buy and get high.

- Loose joints. - Loose joints, most people...

- Really? - They don't... people don't

like to roll their own... They don't know how

to roll joints. No.

People, teach your children well.

I mean, this is a basic life skill.

- What do you smoke? - Well, I like to smoke...

As I... as I said, I like to smoke weed.

Now, the Alaskan Thunder... it was an irresistible package.

- Alaskan Thunder... - Yeah.

That's old-school Hells Angels,

that's their... that's their old-school strain.

- Did you smoke it? - Yeah.

I can't compare and contrast,

because I've been trying them all one after the other.

Right.

I mean, I've been smoking weed since I was 13.

- Right. - You know, all the bad shit

that... that was supposed to happen if you,

you know, smoked too much weed, didn't really happen.

But looking into my own life,

you know, I've seen my ambition,

you know, there were things I was thinking about doing

but, you know, once I start smoking some good weed,

it's like... eh.

Okay, I'm good.

In a nondescript-looking building in Bellevue,

some very smart people are looking into things

like how to stop hurricanes before they happen...

Ending malaria,

and how to make the perfect hamburger.

Nathan Myhrvold is the former Chief Technology Officer

of Microsoft.

A genius, an inventor, and a very wealthy man

who's free to indulge his passions,

most noticeably for cooking and all things food.

Over the last years, he and his team

have published an incredibly lavish

an authoritative series of books,

"Modernist Cuisine,"

dedicated to debunking popular misconceptions

and documenting the results with the best

high-tech photography and graphic art imaginable.

Head chef Francisco Migoya is leading the team

into a new mission now,

demystifying bread for all of us.

People like me,

someone who's cooked his whole life,

I live in terror of... Of bread,

Anything that rises, in fact,

like a horse, senses my fear...

and insecurity, and misbehaves.

I mean, I'm tenuous with any doughs.

You know, I've seen people who work with it all the time.

They're slapping it around like it's nothing.

I'm... like this and it always goes wrong on me.

It's just never... Yeah.

Quite right. Will your work help me in my...

It will help you, Tony.

Bread is actually amazingly robust.

Although we've got lots of recipes,

recipes aren't as important

as understanding sort of the fundamentals

of what's going on.

And once you do,

it's... it's really quite forgiving.

Few things are more mysterious

and unknowable than the bagel.

Can one, perhaps, create the perfect bagel

and with toppings that don't fall off?

As a New Yorker, I'm inclined to say no,

but now I... I'm not sure.

And what is this, bread in a jar?

But... but what?

What... what is going on here?

This is the kind of sick thing we do.

We wondered, could you can bread?

By God, you can.

This is rum babas... Oh, I love them.

Which is a bread in the sense it uses yeast...

- Yes. - And we canned them.

Now, watch what happens when we open it up.

Isn't that awesome?

It's really good.

And how long will this stay in there?

Nine months and it's good.

So I'd have perfectly fresh bread in nine months

if I just pop the top on that thing?

Look, you know, jaded cooks and chefs like me...

They still find there are certain unknowables

or things that cause them to pause in the kitchen

and gaze with wonder at the magic

of something like bread.

Aren't you afraid that in some way

you're doing Satan's work here by quantifying magic?

Food is a very romantic thing.

It's usually experienced at best

in an emotional way.

Absolutely.

By explaining it... Absolutely it's emotional.

Absolutely it can be art.

But knowing how to do it right,

to me, doesn't diminish that.

Hmm.

Across the water from my hotel

in the Puget Sound, just outside the city limits,

the wilderness opens up and it's beautiful.

Lord of fire in the sky Getting level neon devil

Holy, holy in my mind To abide and crucify

With blue, blue sea Far away

On Vashon Island, a clambake with Dungeness crab,

spot prawns, mussels, corn, and potatoes

covered in kelp and steamed together under burlap.

Old-school.

Lord of fire in the sky Getting level..."

- Dig in. - Neon devil Holy, holy in my mind

To abide and crucify With blue, blue sea Far away

Chefs Grant Crilly and Chris Young

worked with Nathan at Modernist Cuisine

before breaking off to do their own thing,

ChefSteps, a high-tech outfit

dedicated to help people cook better

with step-by-step video apps

and interactive content.

Essentially the way we look at it is

our job is to help people cook,

cook a meal for their family, cook a meal for their friends

where they're happy and didn't know they could cook that well.

- Yeah. - 'Cause we're kind of

technologists, too,

we think, you know, there's a roll for technology,

but there's also a roll for... for craft

and tradition.

I think there's an element of uncertainty

and risk that is very exciting to me when I cook.

You know, it's the imperfections in life

that are most interesting.

If everybody knew how to sauce pasta correctly,

I don't know that that would make me happier.

The kitchen is a pretty scary place for a lot of people,

and so if... if you can bring technology

and it takes that fear away because they know that

it's gonna come out well, they're gonna be happy

with the result, that'll get them to cook again.

Coming from the guys who, you know, wrote "Modernist Cuisine,"

we're trying to find that 21st-century blend

between YouTube and Instagram and technology...

- Right. - And tools like that

with the things that are great about cooking,

which is sharing a meal.

I think you're missing a central dynamic here.

I mean, why do people Instagram pictures of food?

To share their wonderful eating experience? No.

It's to make other people feel bad about what they're eating.

It's like, look, I'm eating all these incredible crabs

and you're sitting at home in some, you know,

dirty underwear eating Doritos.

I mean, hopefully.

I mean, Doritos are pretty tasty.

It is probably unfair to suggest

that the Pacific Northwest and Seattle area

could have been home to a disproportionally large number

of serial killers, but I'll do it anyway.

- Shucked Taylor oysters here. - Wonderful. Thank you.

Anything else I can grab you gentlemen?

Oh, I'm good for now.

Good for now? All right, enjoy.

I'm gonna try a Fat Bastard, that sounds interesting.

Fred Moody is a writer and bartender.

Jack Whisner is a transit planner for King County Metro.

And Knute Berger is a journalist and columnist

for "Seattle Weekly."

Old-school Seattle all.

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar in Pioneer Square

is old-school, too.

The Taylor family has been farming more than 12,000 acres

of tidelands in the Puget Sound,

Willapa Bay, and the Hood Canal

for over five generations, since 1890.

With three restaurants in town, they know what they're doing.

Are you gonna eat these whole?

Head, tail, bones and all?

Yes.

Whole, local smelt flash fried

and served with pepperoncini sambal aioli,

local Dungeness crab cooked and chilled

with pickled ginger sauce,

and oysters, lots of oysters.

Seattle has been for... For a very long time

considered one of the more foodie,

for lack of a better word, foodie cities.

- Yeah. - If you ask me why, generally

it's said the sheer abundance of really good ingredients.

Yeah, exactly. I mean, you got the ocean there.

You've got cattle country and orchard country

just over the mountains. Yeah.

They say one of the things that's changed in Seattle

is there's not just the Pike Place Market

but every neighborhood has a market now.

- Has a green market. - Yeah.

So those entrepreneurs have a place to sell.

They can go to all the markets or just some of them,

but it's really fantastic.

So everybody born and bred in Seattle?

I was, yeah.

- Born here? - Yes.

Bellingham, which is...

Oh, sure, serial killer capital of the world.

There's a bar there

where both Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer

had been patrons, yeah.

Bundy was born in Tacoma and that's...

- Right. - There are two, right?

- The Hillside Strangler... - Hillside Strangler also.

- Also the Beltway Sniper. - Right.

The worst one was the Green River Killer.

Yeah.

Why is Seattle, the Pacific Northwest,

such a magnet for serial killers? Any theories?

You know, people come here to hide out.

They... they think, well... they look at the map and it's like...

Got two mountain ranges are just a couple hours away.

Literally, you can hide bodies like a short drive

from wherever you are.

So convenient body dumping?

Body dumping.

I mean, that's gotta be part of it.

You have all that lush greenery.

If you're looking to dump a body, Seattle.

Yeah.

I've always thought the rain was kind of part of it.

You got to that stretch from maybe October

to February, and by the time you're in February,

I mean, you... you want to... you want to become a serial killer.

I mean, you know. That's part of it.

But apparently you can.

Is Seattle a teeming hive of serial killers?

Or am I just an idiot with a morbidly overactive imagination

and an attraction to the dark, ugly side of life?

Meet retired homicide detective Mike Ciesynski

who, for over 12 years,

specialized in cold cases in the region.

We meet at the Shanghai Room in Greenwood

where Fred Moody tends bar.

The North Star Diner next door provides nourishment.

Crab, bacon, and melted cheese is,

when discussing dump sites and ligature marks,

a must.

Why does it seem that there's a disproportionate number

of serial killers in the Seattle and Washington State area?

Do you have a theory on that? Well, I don't think

that most serial killers are... are... went shopping

for areas where they live.

This is just where they ended up.

- Mm-hmm. - When you're a detective

for as long as I've been a detective

and you're around very evil people,

it's a place where I don't want you to have to come and look at

through my eyes.

I mean, I can talk to you about it and all that,

but I hope you never have to see it like I seen it,

'cause, you know, it's not a... It's a different place.

It's a place you don't want to be, and...

How many... how many working serial killers

do you think are out there right now

in the Washington State area?

I would say, I mean, easily right now,

easily over 75 people out here

that are probably serial murderers.

The FBI list it as... - Whoa! 75. - Oh, yeah.

I don't care how nice it is here,

you know, fun Seattle and stuff, you know.

I know how many evil people are running around here.

So...

do you think these guys are holding down regular jobs?

Well, yeah. They can... they can just go on

and have their, you know, regular,

what would seem to us as a regular life.

They could also have wives.

Yeah, I was wondering about that.

I always wonder about the wives.

It's like, don't you notice, you know, the mementos

and the unusual odor coming from the crawl space?

I mean, what... John Wayne Gacy, exactly...

- I mean, what the... - you know, and just

what's with the whole clown outfit?

I mean, first of all, all you gotta do is put on a clown suit

and already you're... You're a suspect.

I have given to you, Jane A torn and tattered love

But do you hear the tolling bells

That ring down from above?

I Thought I'd rule like Charlemagne

But I've become corrupt Now I crawl the promenade

To fill my empty cup And you're free

You're free again One more time

Mark Lanegan is to my mind

one of the greatest living singer-songwriters

making music today.

His songs and lyrics

reflective of a long, hard life

cut me right down to the bone.

His career has spanned two decades

beginning with the Screaming Trees in the '90s

and continuing through numerous

brilliant collaborations

with artists like Queens of the Stone Age,

PJ Harvey, Kurt Cobain, Unkle, Mad Season,

The Gutter Twins, Isobel Campbell,

and Massive Attack.

Maybe you know him from such theme songs as...

this show.

Wow.

Spicy.

Yeah, that's good.

Dinner with Mark and touring guitarist Jeff Fielder

at Ocho in Ballard,

where they serve up generous drinks

and Spanish-influenced tapas.

You grew up around, what, two, two hours outside of Seattle?

Yeah, in Eastern Washington,

which is like the countryside,

ranching, farming community.

You don't live here anymore. You live in L.A. now?

Yeah.

How long since you left?

Oh, it's been 20 years.

Oh, wow.

But I come back here, you know,

a couple times a year. I play shows.

I still have family in... In the city,

and I think of it as home, still.

You know, I always will.

It's just...

It's the home I don't live in anymore.

Will you put on that long white dress

While I burn when there's no more Tomorrows?

Will you walk with me underground

And forget all the sadness And the sorrows?

Ba da da da

Ba da da da da

So how long have you been playing music professionally?

Well, kind of the whole time, you know.

I mean, I played my first gigs when I was 13.

I've been touring with... With Mark

since about 2010.

What was the first band, first time you were ever onstage?

And where was it?

It was in my hometown, I was 15,

and some guys I worked in a restaurant with

had a band. They were older.

And I sang at one pool party that they had.

What was the set list there, covers or?

A lot of Van Halen.

Oh, wow.

Styx.

Oh, brutal.

You have played and played with a lot of different people

from different styles of music.

I think a lot of musicians I know and have met would...

Would have a hard time with that.

You seem to move effortlessly around.

I don't know, I've just been blessed

with a lot of opportunity.

I get to play with a lot of people whose music I really love

so I'm happy.

You know, after having been in my own band for many years,

and suddenly, like, I'm taking jobs

where I'm just playing part of somebody's set,

at first it was a little awkward,

but then I grew to really love doing it

because it was easy and fun

and there was no pressure.

I did that for quite a few years,

and I'm available to do that again

if anybody wants me.

On the marble street A procession spills in

At the White Sea wall Waves crash and crash again

Darkness shining

Then disappearing

Day follows night Night follows day

Good-bye Good-bye to beauty Good-bye

Good-bye to beauty

You... are you at all sentimental

about how Seattle used to be?

You know, I guess it's...

It's like being sentimental about grade school

or, you know, any time of your life

that isn't around anymore.

I miss... I miss some of the guys that were around then

that aren't around anymore, you know,

some of my friends, but, you know, that's life.

Good-bye to beauty

Next to making a proper omelet

or like wiping your own ass,

knowing how to roll a joint

is an essential life skill

for any self-respecting member of society in my view.

Pay attention, people.

Can you stay here next to me?

We'll just keep drivin'

Because of you I see a light

The Buick's a Century A '73 like you

Some strange religion

I get my hands on some money, Mama

And a shot in the night

Stared down the past and just scarred my eyes

I almost called it a day so many times

Never known what it felt like to be alive

Till you been a friend to me

Like nobody else could be Mm

Keep my hands on the wheel now, mama

Gonna honestly try

She looked past the scars and the burned out eyes

You could see I'm no easy ride

She's just the kind who might get you to buy

Some strange religion

This jack of diamonds kicked her heart around

Should-a known they were walking on holy ground

And this life might eventually

Just be the end of me Will I still be with you Mm

Then get in next to me

Just keep drivin'

Because of you I been alive

And the Buick's a Century A '73 like you

Some strange religion

And the Buick's a Century A '73 like you

Some strange religion