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7(whirring)
8
93
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11(wind noise)
12
134
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15(engine revving)
16
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19- Sunday, August 215t, 1966.
20
216
2200:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,714
23A perfect day for an execution.
24
257
2600:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,117
27Approximately 122 miles
28southwest of Las Vegas,
29
308
3100:00:41,320 --> 00:00:46,792
32a 1963 Buick LeSabre,
33license plate FUP744,
34
359
3600:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,516
37is hammering along US
38highway 91, Interstate 15.
39
4010
4100:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,109
42- Ed was driving my
43car, a '63 Buick.
44
4511
4600:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,035
47Pat Blackwell was
48in the backseat with
49all his camera stuff.
50
5112
5200:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,670
53I had a typewriter with me
54and it was Ed's typewriter.
55
5613
5700:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,394
58One of the feet was broken
59off of it and I said,
60
6114
6200:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,750
63man, I don't have any
64place to put my feet.
65
6615
6700:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,195
68So I said, I'll buy you
69another typewriter, Ed,
70
7116
7200:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,197
73let's throw this
74thing out the window.
75
7617
7700:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,197
78And he said, toss it.
79
8018
8100:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,392
82- [Darren] At 5:07 PM, the
83passenger window rolls down.
84
8519
8600:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,192
87- We saw a flat place
88up ahead and I said,
89
9020
9100:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,789
92okay, get her up to
9390 miles an hour and
94
9521
9600:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,833
97at the right moment,
98I just tossed it.
99
10022
10100:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,437
102(shattering)
103(engine revving)
104
10523
10600:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,073
107- The wreckage stretches along
108(ding)
109
11024
11100:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,033
112189 feet of asphalt
113and Nevada desert.
114
11525
11600:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,271
117- Either me or Ed said,
118you know we should go back
119
12026
12100:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,789
122and photograph that.
123
12427
12500:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,831
126If there was ever an
127investigation of this,
128
12928
13000:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,918
131was it an accident
132or was it a murder?
133
13429
13500:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,952
136(plinky piano notes)
137
13830
13900:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,873
140It was too directly
141bound to its own anguish
142
14331
14400:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,878
145to be anything other
146than a cry of negation,
147
14832
14900:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,992
150carrying within itself, the
151seeds of its own destruction.
152
15333
15400:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,118
155- Ed Ruscha and Mason
156Williams' Royal Road Test
157
15834
15900:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,675
160is still one of
161my favorite books.
162
16335
16400:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,717
165It looks like a
166technical manual,
167
16836
16900:02:08,920 --> 00:02:11,150
170it's a little yellow,
171spiral bound notebook.
172
17337
17400:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,072
175The kind of thing that
176you might have received
177
17838
17900:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,754
180as an instruction manual
181with any Royal typewriter.
182
18339
18400:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,871
185- Scene of strewn wreckage.
186
18740
18800:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,911
189Figure in foreground
190points to impact area,
191
19241
19300:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,912
194there is no real
195explanation of it,
196
19742
19800:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,628
199you're just kind of confronted
200with the bald facts of it
201
20243
20300:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,470
204and these really stark
205black and white photos.
206
20744
20800:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,079
209The kind of thing that
210you might see if someone
211
21245
21300:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,316
214was investigating a crime scene.
215
21646
21700:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,471
218- [Mason] Carriage assembly.
219
22047
22100:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,513
222- Then you're left trying
223to make sense out of it.
224
22548
22600:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,513
227(eerie piano notes)
228
22949
23000:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,832
231When I found that book,
232
23350
23400:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,353
235it was kind of a
236definitive moment for me.
237
23851
23900:02:48,560 --> 00:02:49,959
240I looked at it and
241I thought, yeah,
242
24352
24400:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,878
245this is the grave
246of typewriting,
247
24853
24900:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,355
250this is the moment when
251it stopped being one thing
252
25354
25400:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,198
255and started being
256something else.
257
25855
25900:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,912
260- [Auctioneer] Here we are
261now, Lot 84, Cormac McCarthy's
262
26356
26400:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,878
265Olivetti manual typewriter,
266
26757
26800:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,190
269on which he has typed all
270but one of all of his novels,
271
27258
27300:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,391
274including three
275not yet published.
276
27759
27800:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,232
279And I can open up.
280
28160
28200:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,954
283It is on the left at
284$45,000, $48,000, $50,000.
285
28661
28700:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,116
288$60,000, 70,000.
289
29062
29100:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,389
292$80,000.
293
29463
29500:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,192
296$85,000.
297
29864
29900:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,958
300(ding)
301$90,000
302
30365
30400:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,388
305$95,000.
306
30766
30800:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,955
309$120,000, you came all this way.
310
31167
31200:03:24,160 --> 00:03:24,956
313$170,000.
314
31568
31600:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,239
317$180,000.
318
31969
32000:03:29,920 --> 00:03:30,830
321$190,000.
322
32370
32400:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,110
325$200,000.
326
32771
32800:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,953
329Wanna say $210,000?
330
33172
33200:03:37,160 --> 00:03:37,956
333$210,000.
334
33573
33600:03:39,120 --> 00:03:39,950
337$210,000.
338
33974
34000:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,916
341Last chance, at end
342selling, $210,000.
343
34475
34500:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,913
346Congratulations,
347sir, Paddle 623.
348
34976
35000:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,799
351(light jazz music)
352
35377
35400:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,590
355- We've become
356a throwaway society.
357
35878
35900:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,239
360Obsolete,
361
36279
36300:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,908
364depends on your point
365of view, I guess.
366
36780
36800:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,475
369We'll take care of it
370for you, have it fixed
371
37281
37300:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,358
374in no time at all, sir.
375
37682
37700:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,676
378(clicking)
379
38083
38100:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,269
382I've been repairing typewriters
383
38484
38500:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,114
386here in Berkeley for 38 years.
387
38885
38900:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,511
390You name it, I've
391probably worked on it.
392
39386
39400:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,995
395The first six or seven
396years I was in this business
397
39887
39900:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,153
400I ate, drank, slept
401Smith Corona typewriters.
402
40388
40400:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,591
405The Standards, the Sterlings,
406the Clippers, the Silents,
407
40889
40900:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,792
410the Super Silents, the
411Galaxies, the Classic 125,
412
41390
41400:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,758
415the Skywriters.
416
41791
41800:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,639
419I like 'em because they've
420got a cool, nice touch on 'em.
421
42292
42300:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,030
424I think that Smith-Corona
425is like a good version
426
42793
42800:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,310
429of a Chevy, it holds up.
430
43194
43200:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,034
433It's not a Benz like
434maybe an Olympia might be,
435
43695
43700:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,389
438but it's a good Chevy.
439
44096
44100:04:49,640 --> 00:04:50,436
442(clicking)
443
44497
44500:04:50,680 --> 00:04:51,999
446Quiet.
447
44898
44900:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,069
450Dependable.
451
45299
45300:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,671
454California Typewriters is a
455small, family-run business.
456
457100
45800:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,031
459It's just the owner Herb,
460his daughters, and me.
461
462101
46300:05:06,280 --> 00:05:08,999
464- You have to push up on here.
465
466102
46700:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,754
468- Herb bought the typewriter
469shop back in the early 80$.
470
471103
47200:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,279
473Just about the time
474that personal computer
475
476104
47700:05:13,480 --> 00:05:14,879
478came on the scene.
479
480105
48100:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,554
482(clicking)
483(dings)
484
485106
48600:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,557
487He's an ex-IBM guy.
488
489107
49000:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,274
491He knows the IBM Selectric
492and the ball machine,
493
494108
49500:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,755
496but he's probably the
497best Selectric guy I know.
498
499109
50000:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,393
501I mean, I've worked on a
502few, but I can't come close
503
504110
50500:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,511
506to his skills on a Selectric.
507
508111
50900:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,790
510(clicking)
511
512112
51300:05:32,400 --> 00:05:33,879
514Herb's got a dream that people
515
516113
51700:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,155
518are gonna come back
519to typewriters.
520
521114
52200:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,077
523- [Carmen] My dad believes
524that there are various people
525
526115
52700:05:39,280 --> 00:05:42,078
528all over the place totally
529excited about typewriters.
530
531116
53200:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,880
533I think he thinks it's somewhat
534of a wave of the future.
535
536117
53700:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,798
538That more people are
539gonna come back to them,
540
541118
54200:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,877
543just for different reasons.
544
545119
54600:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,311
547He's hopeful, for sure.
548
549120
55000:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,398
551And he's willing to
552spend his last dime.
553
554121
55500:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,795
556(grunts)
557
558122
55900:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,191
560(footsteps)
561
562123
56300:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,029
564- I probably have 250 plus
565typewriters in my collection
566
567124
56800:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,356
569and I would say that 90% of them
570
571125
57200:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,790
573are in perfect working order.
574
575126
57600:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,870
577I've tried to foster a
578community of typewriting people
579
580127
58100:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,951
582and it hasn't quite worked.
583
584128
58500:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,116
586I've given typewriters to folks,
587
588129
58900:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,548
590because I have a lot of spares.
591
592130
59300:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,512
594And if somebody says,
595
596131
59700:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,073
598jeez, I'd like to have a
599typewriter to write letters.
600
601132
60200:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,471
603It's on their desk
604within 48 hours,
605
606133
60700:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,035
608with a note from me explaining
609the typewriter to them.
610
611134
61200:06:31,280 --> 00:06:32,759
613I go to their houses later on
614
615135
61600:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,109
617and they have it up
618on a shelf somewhere
619
620136
62100:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,117
622like it's an object of art.
623
624137
62500:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,880
626And I say, get that bad boy
627down, put it on your desk.
628
629138
63000:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,553
631Have it right there
632
633139
63400:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,670
635so you can always type
636something to somebody.
637
638140
63900:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,876
640(clacking)
641
642141
64300:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,071
644I type almost every day.
645
646142
64700:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,111
648There's usually a memo that
649I'm sending to somebody
650
651143
65200:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,393
653or a question or a thank you
654note or an actual response.
655
656144
65700:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,871
658I hate getting email
659thank yous from folks.
660
661145
66200:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,593
663Hey, we had a great
664time last night.
665
666146
66700:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,597
668Or, hey, I really
669appreciated it.
670
671147
67200:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,598
673So, really, you appreciated
674it so much that you
675
676148
67700:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,552
678took seven seconds
679to send me an email.
680
681149
68200:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,115
683Now if they take 70 seconds
684to type me out something
685
686150
68700:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,873
688on a piece of paper
689and send it to me,
690
691151
69200:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,559
693well, I'll keep that forever.
694
695152
69600:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,512
697Otherwise I'll just
698delete that email.
699
700153
70100:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,876
702Look, there's always gonna be
703great watches that are made,
704
705154
70600:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,917
707you'll have to pay
708a premium for them.
709
710155
71100:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,951
712The truth is, no
713good typewriters
714
715156
71600:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,116
717are ever gonna be made again.
718
719157
72000:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,673
721No matter how much of a premium
722
723158
72400:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,751
725you're gonna want
726to pay for 'em.
727
728159
72900:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,916
730There is no factory, there is
731no businessman in the world
732
733160
73400:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,348
735who's going to open
736up a factory and says,
737
738161
73900:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,470
740we
741
742162
74300:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,472
744are going to make
745
746163
74700:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,030
748the finest typewriter that
749will last absolutely forever
750
751164
75200:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,552
753and anybody who is
754willing to pay the $17,000
755
756165
75700:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,432
758for a Hanks Typewriter.
759
760166
76100:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,073
762Well, they're gonna pass
763it down to their gen...
764
765167
76600:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,435
767No, that's not gonna...
768
769168
77000:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,312
771They might do that with a watch.
772
773169
77400:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,272
775You might do that, there'll
776always be a new iPad
777
778170
77900:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,277
780that's coming down the pike,
781
782171
78300:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,277
784there's always gonna be good
785cars and things like that,
786
787172
78800:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,914
789but no one is ever going to
790make the great typewriter
791
792173
79300:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,957
794ever, ever, ever again.
795
796174
79700:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,348
798Boo hoo.
799
800175
80100:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,552
802(downtempo jazz music)
803
804176
80500:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,910
806(scraping)
807
808177
80900:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,636
810- When I was a kid I didn't
811really think about the future.
812
813178
81400:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,638
815We were constantly
816building things.
817
818179
81900:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,434
820We built go carts,
821we built balsa wood gliders,
822
823180
82400:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,234
825we built a five-story
826tree house.
827
828181
82900:08:37,440 --> 00:08:38,839
830And it was the house
831
832182
83300:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,559
834that the neighborhood
835kids came to play.
836
837183
83800:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,671
839My parents didn't
840care what we did,
841
842184
84300:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,030
844they didn't worry about noise
845and we could build things
846
847185
84800:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,673
849in my father's workshop.
850
851186
85200:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,751
853It was a tremendous childhood.
854
855187
85600:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,992
857(downtempo jazz music)
858
859188
86000:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,398
861My name is Martin Howard.
862
863189
86400:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,279
865I've been collecting
86619th century typewriters,
867
868190
86900:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,640
870from the 18805 and
87118905 for 22 years now.
872
873191
87400:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,990
875I didn't want to collect
876Swiss music boxes
877
878192
87900:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,997
880or microscopes, or telescopes,
881
882193
88300:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,919
884I wanted to collect something
885that was sort of off the radar
886
887194
88800:09:14,120 --> 00:09:14,996
889in that regard.
890
891195
89200:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,757
893The quality of how
894things were built
895
896196
89700:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,394
898at that time is spectacular.
899
900197
90100:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,036
902Cast and machine made
903part5 beautifully painted.
904
905198
90600:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,629
907It's the wild west
908of typewriters.
909
910199
91100:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,554
912My collection I call the
913Martin Howard collection.
914
915200
91600:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,032
917They're all typewriters
918of nonstandard design.
919
920201
92100:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,832
922During the 18805 and 18905,
923
924202
92500:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,315
926there were many different
927styles of typewriters,
928
929203
93000:09:42,560 --> 00:09:45,757
931but there were two main
932classes of typewriters.
933
934204
93500:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,633
936One was the keyboard
937typewriter and the other,
938
939205
94000:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,311
941what we call are now
942index typewriters.
943
944206
94500:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,750
946I really love typewriters
947that are the genesis
948
949207
95000:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,110
951of an idea, the
952very beginning form.
953
954208
95500:09:58,360 --> 00:09:59,759
956(click)
957
958209
95900:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,439
960Even if it was a
961failure down the road
962
963210
96400:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,198
965and died out of the
966evolutionary tree,
967
968211
96900:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,551
970that's okay, I like the
971beginning of any idea.
972
973212
97400:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,159
975(ding)
976(whirring)
977
978213
97900:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,078
980(clicking)
981
982214
98300:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,077
984One of the things I love
985finding in my typewriters
986
987215
98800:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,238
989when I'm working on
990them is a dried spider,
991
992216
99300:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,398
994a spider from the
99518805 or the 18905.
996
997217
99800:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,831
999What it tells me is that
1000nobody has raided the tomb
1001
1002218
100300:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,474
1004and I'm the first to crack
1005open this typewriter.
1006
1007219
100800:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,435
1009The only typewriter of
1010great historical note
1011
1012220
101300:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,392
1014that's missing
1015from my collection
1016
1017221
101800:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,160
1019is a Sholes and
1020Glidden typewriter.
1021
1022222
102300:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,674
1024The Sholes and
1025Glidden is the first
1026
1027223
102800:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,074
1029commercially
1030successful typewriter,
1031
1032224
103300:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,470
1034it appeared in 1874.
1035
1036225
103700:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,353
1038It's of the utmost
1039historical importance,
1040
1041226
104200:10:42,560 --> 00:10:48,078
1043and after years of collecting,
1044it still eludes me.
1045
1046227
104700:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,636
1048(metal shifting)
1049(downtempo minimalist music)
1050
1051228
105200:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,316
1053(clinking)
1054
1055229
105600:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,675
1057(shuffling)
1058
1059230
106000:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,598
1061(clank)
1062
1063231
106400:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,558
1065- I feel like I'm just as
1066much a typewriter person
1067
1068232
106900:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,079
1070as anybody who actually likes
1071to see typewriters intact
1072
1073233
107400:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,874
1075it's just that I have a
1076different way of coming at it.
1077
1078234
107900:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,150
1080Some collectors,
1081typewriter enthusiasts,
1082
1083235
108400:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,516
1085don't like that I do this.
1086
1087236
108800:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,188
1089They get riled up as
1090if I'm going to destroy
1091
1092237
109300:12:06,400 --> 00:12:10,359
1094thousands of typewriters and
1095that's not really the case.
1096
1097238
109800:12:10,560 --> 00:12:13,233
1099Most of the ones
1100I take apart are
1101
1102239
110300:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,192
1104in pretty rough shape.
1105
1106240
110700:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,198
1108I don't really hack into
1109them, I'm pretty gentle
1110
1111241
111200:12:18,400 --> 00:12:19,833
1113when I destroy them.
1114
1115242
111600:12:26,520 --> 00:12:27,999
1117I'd always wanted to
1118take a typewriter apart
1119
1120243
112100:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,909
1122since I was 10 or 11.
1123
1124244
112500:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,475
1126My mom had an old
1127Underwood and I'd always
1128
1129245
113000:12:34,680 --> 00:12:36,193
1131sit alongside of
1132it and hit the keys
1133
1134246
113500:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,192
1136and look at all the
1137machinery inside
1138
1139247
114000:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,796
1141and want to kind of be
1142in there and see it,
1143
1144248
114500:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,479
1146from the key getting
1147pushed to the
1148
1149249
115000:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,238
1151type bar hitting the platen.
1152
1153250
115400:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,668
1155Thought it was great.
1156
1157251
115800:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,235
1159Just couldn't get enough of it.
1160
1161252
116200:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,273
1163At the time, this
1164Queen video came out
1165
1166253
116700:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,115
1168with bits and pieces of
1169Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
1170
1171254
117200:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,231
1173That's kinda how the
1174typewriter looked to me,
1175
1176255
117700:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,000
1178it's like those little planes
1179flying through Metropolis.
1180
1181256
118200:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,838
1183When I looked inside, I
1184felt like I was flying
1185
1186257
118700:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,439
1188through the typewriter,
1189
1190258
119100:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,438
1192as if it were this
1193big city machine.
1194
1195259
119600:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,034
1197I've seen Metropolis more
1198times than I can count.
1199
1200260
120100:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,111
1202(grinding and rattling)
1203
1204261
120500:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,072
1206I moved to Oakland
1207three years ago
1208
1209262
121000:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,273
1211after living in the mountains
1212for almost 18 years.
1213
1214263
121500:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,277
1216I was living in the
1217woods, basically,
1218
1219264
122000:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,869
1221making what appeared
1222to be naked robots
1223
1224265
122500:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,593
1226out of machine parts.
1227
1228266
122900:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,910
1230And it didn't really go
1231over very well there.
1232
1233267
123400:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,751
1235I didn't know for
1236sure if it was good
1237
1238268
123900:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,996
1240or if it was worth looking at
1241
1242269
124300:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,151
1244or if it was worth
1245anybody's time.
1246
1247270
124800:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,794
1249So I had to come here to see.
1250
1251271
125200:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,513
1253(clanking)
1254
1255272
125600:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,312
1257A lot of it's my own compulsion,
1258
1259273
126000:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,637
1261my own need to make
1262art and be an artist.
1263
1264274
126500:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,390
1266When I first moved here,
1267I didn't really know anybody.
1268
1269275
127000:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,272
1271I was driving through
1272Berkeley one day
1273
1274276
127500:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,153
1276and I saw this sign with
1277a typewriter logo on it
1278
1279277
128000:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,749
1281that said California Typewriter
1282and I looked in the window.
1283
1284278
128500:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,560
1286Sure enough, there
1287were typewriters.
1288
1289279
129000:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,316
1291I'm always nervous to tell
1292people who like typewriters
1293
1294280
129500:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,355
1296about what I do, 'cause
1297some people don't like it.
1298
1299281
130000:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,239
1301But the Permillions
1302are super friendly and
1303
1304282
130500:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,199
1306they're like the first friends
1307I made when I got here.
1308
1309283
131000:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,190
1311- [Herb] Hey, hey,
1312what's up, Jer?
1313
1314284
131500:14:41,440 --> 00:14:42,555
1316- Hey, Herb.
1317
1318285
131900:14:42,760 --> 00:14:43,636
1320- [Ken] 15 that Jeremy, Herb?
1321
1322286
132300:14:43,840 --> 00:14:44,716
1324Hey, what's up, buddy?
1325
1326287
132700:14:44,920 --> 00:14:45,830
1328How you doin' man?
1329
1330288
133100:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,519
1332- [Jeremy] Alright.
1333
1334289
133500:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,472
1336Occasionally they'll
1337call me and ask me
1338
1339290
134000:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,355
1341if I have a certain part,
1342like a carriage return lever,
1343
1344291
134500:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,755
1346platen knobs, mainsprings.
1347
1348292
134900:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,639
1350- [Jeremy] Really common parts
1351that I have boxes full of.
1352
1353293
135400:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,479
1355- This won't fly, but that's
1356the guy I need right there
1357
1358294
135900:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,875
1360so that one's gonna do
1361it, yeah that'll fit.
1362
1363295
136400:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,036
1365- I usually take 'em
1366all the way apart.
1367
1368296
136900:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,356
1370If I can give him any
1371kind of part that he needs
1372
1373297
137400:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,950
1375to put into a functioning
1376typewriter, I'm happy to do it.
1377
1378298
137900:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,354
1380It's pretty common actually.
1381
1382299
138300:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,909
1384You know, Smith-Coronas?
1385
1386300
138700:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,032
1388Herb has a lot of
1389IBM Selectrics.
1390
1391301
139200:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,835
1393Some of them are just too
1394far gone, too hard to repair.
1395
1396302
139700:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,032
1398So he gives them to me
1399instead of throwing them away.
1400
1401303
140200:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,076
1403Thank you.
1404
1405304
140600:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,395
1407Thanks, Herb.
1408
1409305
141000:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,476
1411- [Herb] Alright, see you later.
1412
1413306
141400:15:31,680 --> 00:15:32,669
1415- Catch you later.
1416
1417307
141800:15:32,880 --> 00:15:33,676
1419(slams)
1420
1421308
142200:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,871
1423(whirring)
1424
1425309
142600:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,519
1427(wipers thunking)
1428
1429310
143000:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,398
1431- I feel like I've
1432been peripatetic
1433since I was an infant.
1434
1435311
143600:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,397
1437(distant thunder)
1438
1439312
144000:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,390
1441I basically grew up in the
1442backseat of a Plymouth.
1443
1444313
144500:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,710
1446I don't like flying.
1447
1448314
144900:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,558
1450I'd rather be in a car.
1451
1452315
145300:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,236
1454But it's really hard to write
1455a play when you're on the move
1456
1457316
145800:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,758
1459because you have
1460to focus, you know.
1461
1462317
146300:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,033
1464I feel my great strength
1465as a writer is being alone.
1466
1467318
146800:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,070
1469Aloneness is a
1470condition of writing.
1471
1472319
147300:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,397
1474You look at all the writers
1475that have come up with something
1476
1477320
147800:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,158
1479worth its own salt, you know,
1480
1481321
148200:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,396
1483and they're utterly alone.
1484
1485322
148600:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,591
1487All of 'em.
1488
1489323
149000:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,872
1491(shuffling paper)
1492
1493324
149400:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,798
1495The plays that really
1496bore me to death
1497
1498325
149900:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,436
1500are the ones in which the
1501writer's thinking all the time.
1502
1503326
150400:16:35,680 --> 00:16:41,755
1505Causing the actors,
1506the characters to
1507speak for the author.
1508
1509327
151000:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,632
1511It's very boring
1512
1513328
151400:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,470
1515compared to a character
1516who speaks for himself.
1517
1518329
151900:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,673
1520There's a certain framework
1521of time that takes shape
1522
1523330
152400:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,632
1525around a play.
1526
1527331
152800:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,637
1529Sometimes you might fly
1530through a three act play.
1531
1532332
153300:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,400
1534You can write it
1535in a week or two.
1536
1537333
153800:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,717
1539And a one act play
1540might take you a year.
1541
1542334
154300:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,751
1544One of the keys to
1545leaving a piece of writing
1546
1547335
154800:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,433
1549and coming back to it
1550
1551336
155200:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,039
1553is to leave it at the
1554point where you know
1555
1556337
155700:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,993
1558it's about to go somewhere.
1559
1560338
156100:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,192
1562Don't come to a dead end
1563and stop and say oh my god,
1564
1565339
156600:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,112
1567you know, and walk away.
1568
1569340
157000:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,197
1571You'll come back, you're
1572gonna be in the same dead end
1573
1574341
157500:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,631
1576as you left it, you know.
1577
1578342
157900:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,479
1580I just never got along
1581with the computer screen.
1582
1583343
158400:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,470
1585And it's somehow removed
1586from the tactile experience.
1587
1588344
158900:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,511
1590When you go to ride a horse,
1591you have to saddle it,
1592
1593345
159400:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,518
1595whenever you use a typewriter,
1596you have to feed it paper.
1597
1598346
159900:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,517
1600There's a percussion about it.
1601
1602347
160300:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,508
1604You can see the ink flying
1605onto the surface of the paper.
1606
1607348
160800:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,314
1609So a letter will go,
1610pam, like that, but
1611
1612349
161300:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,513
1614along with it is the ink and
1615pshh, flying into the paper.
1616
1617350
161800:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,552
1619I'd rather ride a
1620horse than drive a car,
1621
1622351
162300:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,958
1624but that puts you in
1625a very different relationship
1626
1627352
162800:17:56,120 --> 00:17:59,237
1629to the modern world, you know.
1630
1631353
163200:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,631
1633(piano jazz music)
1634
1635354
163600:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,398
1637- [News Anchor] Well,
1638neither rain nor prices
1639
1640355
164100:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,392
1642prove to be obstacles for
1643Apple customers today,
1644
1645356
164600:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,155
1647who wanted to snap up the new
1648iPad on the very first day.
1649
1650357
165100:18:10,400 --> 00:18:11,913
1652- [News Anchor] The rain
1653held off until 3:00 AM
1654
1655358
165600:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,190
1657along San Francisco's
1658Stockton Street.
1659
1660359
166100:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,158
1662One line was for customers
1663who had preordered
1664
1665360
166600:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,870
1667their new iPads online, another
1668was for those who hadn't.
1669
1670361
167100:18:20,080 --> 00:18:21,308
1672- [News Anchor]
1673Throughout the morning,
1674
1675362
167600:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,192
1677we've been seeing this line here
1678
1679363
168000:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,470
1681at the downtown San Francisco
1682Apple Store growing.
1683
1684364
168500:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,319
1686Right now, it stretches
1687about half a block down Ellis
1688
1689365
169000:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,318
1691and continues to grow.
1692
1693366
169400:18:31,520 --> 00:18:32,555
1695- [Carmen] Well,
1696things have been tough,
1697
1698367
169900:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,398
1700up and down all along.
1701
1702368
170300:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,910
1704We've had loans,
1705we've had second mortgages.
1706
1707369
170800:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,634
1709We've had all our
1710credit cards maxed out
1711
1712370
171300:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,593
1714just to keep the
1715business rolling.
1716
1717371
171800:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,598
1719When you like what you do, you
1720can almost get paid peanuts
1721
1722372
172300:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,314
1724and if you can get by
1725on peanuts, it's fine.
1726
1727373
172800:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,595
1729- This is a Hermes,
1730made in Switzerland.
1731
1732374
173300:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,552
1734Early 605.
1735
1736375
173700:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,034
1738My oldest son found it in a
1739
1740376
174100:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,238
1742swap meet somewhere
1743in California.
1744
1745377
174600:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,556
1747And it was in
1748fairly rough shape,
1749
1750378
175100:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,557
1752we had to kind of rebuild it.
1753
1754379
175500:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,194
1756I mean, some people who
1757knew what they were doing
1758
1759380
176000:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,153
1761rebuilt it, you know. (chuckles)
1762
1763381
176400:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,555
1765It's a beautiful typewriter
1766and it feels great.
1767
1768382
176900:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,597
1770And of all the manual
1771typewriters I have,
1772
1773383
177400:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,398
1775it has the greatest feel.
1776
1777384
177800:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,512
1779Just in the keys,
1780there's a little way they
1781
1782385
178300:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,320
1784cup your fingers.
1785
1786386
178700:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,630
1788I mean, this is as
1789good as it gets.
1790
1791387
179200:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,274
1793(quiet rattling)
1794
1795388
179600:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,637
1797There's the whole
1798deal right there.
1799
1800389
180100:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,068
1802So simple
1803
1804390
180500:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,111
1806and complex.
1807
1808391
180900:19:37,360 --> 00:19:41,194
1810(light piano jazz music)
1811(soft clicks)
1812
1813392
181400:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,913
1815(whirring)
1816
1817393
181800:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,149
1819- [Ken] You know, it's
1820almost like you're a kid
1821
1822394
182300:19:44,360 --> 00:19:45,759
1824working on your bicycle.
1825
1826395
182700:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,791
1828You can see what's
1829happening with it.
1830
1831396
183200:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,513
1833The lever goes up,
1834the carriage moves,
1835
1836397
183700:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,631
1838the letter leaves its mark.
1839
1840398
184100:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,359
1842You just can't get that
1843kind of fascination
1844
1845399
184600:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,039
1847out of a piece of
1848electronic equipment.
1849
1850400
185100:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,513
1852- [News Anchor] The
1853magic moment came at 8:00
1854
1855401
185600:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,113
1857when the doors opened.
1858
1859402
186000:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,117
1861(applause)
1862
1863403
186400:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,237
1865- Unfairly well known
1866for standing next to
1867
1868404
186900:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,278
1870new technology and finding
1871a way to incorporate it
1872
1873405
187400:20:19,480 --> 00:20:20,879
1875into what I'm doing.
1876
1877406
187800:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,799
1879I was onstage several
1880years with Steve Jobs,
1881
1882407
188300:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,309
1884introducing Apple
1885software and hardware.
1886
1887408
188800:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,112
1889I mean they would come to
1890my house and show me stuff
1891
1892409
189300:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,673
1894and it would be mind-blowing
1895and I would say,
1896
1897410
189800:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,155
1899oh, I can't wait to use this.
1900
1901411
190200:20:32,360 --> 00:20:35,113
1903For me, I feel like the
1904next step in technology
1905
1906412
190700:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,232
1908is less about what you're using
1909
1910413
191100:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,396
1912and more about how
1913you're using it.
1914
1915414
191600:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,474
1917In between my second
1918and third record,
1919
1920415
192100:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,711
1922I went to the Rock
1923and Roll Hall of Fame.
1924
1925416
192600:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,629
1927And I saw all these great,
1928classic seminal songs
1929
1930417
193100:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,796
1932that were written on
1933hotel paper, or you know,
1934
1935418
193600:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,592
1937whatever paper was around.
1938
1939419
194000:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,677
1941I mean, you can see
1942right into their ideas.
1943
1944420
194500:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,555
1946You can see who scratched
1947out a lot of ideas and
1948
1949421
195000:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,797
1951which ideas came to
1952people really quickly.
1953
1954422
195500:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,513
1956And I thought to myself, wow,
1957
1958423
195900:21:07,720 --> 00:21:08,835
1960I don't have any
1961representation of this.
1962
1963424
196400:21:09,080 --> 00:21:10,638
1965I have hard drives, you know.
1966
1967425
196800:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,398
1969And you think to yourself,
1970you always have it
1971
1972426
197300:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,431
1974it's on a hard drive,
1975but I've never gone back
1976
1977427
197800:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,352
1979to any hard drive
1980that I've saved.
1981
1982428
198300:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,039
1984Ever.
1985
1986429
198700:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,435
1988And said, oh, let me
1989dig this thing up.
1990
1991430
199200:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,714
1993It's sort of like
1994a high concept trash,
1995in a weird way, you know.
1996
1997431
199800:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,512
1999It's like a trash with
2000this weird sort of promise
2001
2002432
200300:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,671
2004that you can still always
2005get it, but you won't.
2006
2007433
200800:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,950
2009And I realized,
2010I have nothing to prove
2011
2012434
201300:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,149
2014that I've written the
2015stuff that I've written.
2016
2017435
201800:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,157
2019There's no...
2020
2021436
202200:21:35,360 --> 00:21:36,634
2023You can't see how I came up
2024with the stuff, there's no...
2025
2026437
202700:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,239
2028You can't touch it, you know.
2029
2030438
203100:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,879
2032So I started saying,
2033
2034439
203500:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,196
2036I just want documentation
2037of my writing.
2038
2039440
204000:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,351
2041Then I remembered seeing
2042
2043441
204400:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,198
2045Don't Look Back,
2046you know that great
2047
2048442
204900:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,669
2050Pennebaker documentary
2051on Bob Dylan.
2052
2053443
205400:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,757
2055And there's this scene where
2056he's just sitting there,
2057
2058444
205900:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,678
2060he's kinda playing
2061the typewriter.
2062
2063445
206400:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,359
2065It's almost as much of
2066a musical instrument
2067
2068446
206900:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,278
2070as the harmonica or
2071the guitar is for him.
2072
2073447
207400:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,755
2075And he's kinda in his own
2076world, and there's the requisite
2077
2078448
207900:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,150
2080ashtray with a whole bunch of
2081smoldering cigarettes in it.
2082
2083449
208400:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,958
2085And I just sort of
2086love the idea of
2087
2088450
208900:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,798
2090even if you're Bob Dylan,
2091you still have to sit
2092
2093451
209400:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,913
2095at this altar to sort
2096of produce something.
2097
2098452
209900:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,831
2100See what that's all about.
2101
2102453
210300:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,797
2104(grinding peeling)
2105
2106454
210700:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,390
2108I got my typewriter at some
2109online office superstore.
2110
2111455
211200:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,670
2113They're like $120 and
2114you get everything in it.
2115
2116456
211700:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,791
2118You plug and play
2119and it's ready to go.
2120
2121457
212200:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,638
2123It just makes me think
2124there's probably like
2125
2126458
212700:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,353
2128four or five of them
2129in the warehouse
2130
2131459
213200:22:27,560 --> 00:22:28,675
2133and every time
2134
2135460
213600:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,279
2137they ship one out, it's like,
2138
2139461
214000:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,198
2141someone at Brother
2142gets pissed off
2143
2144462
214500:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,152
2146that they have to keep the
2147Service Department open
2148
2149463
215000:22:34,360 --> 00:22:35,793
2151for that much longer, 'cause
2152someone else bought one.
2153
2154464
215500:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,996
2156(clicking)
2157
2158465
215900:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,192
2160I instantly started to
2161really come alive on it.
2162
2163466
216400:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,588
2165And I realized the
2166reason that I was able
2167
2168467
216900:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,432
2170to come alive on the typewriter,
2171
2172468
217300:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,234
2174where I wasn't using
2175a computer or even a pen,
2176
2177469
217800:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,271
2179was that you were at
2180sort of a safe distance
2181
2182470
218300:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,072
2184where you can express
2185yourself openly
2186
2187471
218800:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,636
2189without having to edit
2190yourself at the same time.
2191
2192472
219300:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,668
2194And so it became this sort of
2195like confessional for me where
2196
2197473
219800:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,632
2199I would sit and just type.
2200
2201474
220200:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,435
2203And the reason that I was
2204able to go deeper into an idea
2205
2206475
220700:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,073
2208is because I wasn't
2209stopped anywhere
2210
2211476
221200:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,312
2213in that writing by
2214a red squiggly line.
2215
2216477
221700:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,318
2218And what is spell
2219check or grammar check
2220
2221478
222200:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,078
2223if all you're really
2224trying to do is sort of dig
2225
2226479
222700:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,191
2228into this sort of
2229mercurial sort of world
2230
2231480
223200:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,833
2233of what your ideas are.
2234
2235481
223600:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,832
2237So if you're trying to say,
2238
2239482
224000:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,798
2241close your eyes
2242and clone yourself,
2243
2244483
224500:23:22,040 --> 00:23:23,075
2246build your heart and army,
2247
2248484
224900:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,157
2250and you spell army wrong.
2251
2252485
225300:23:25,360 --> 00:23:30,753
2254Well, now you feel sort of
2255obligated to fix the word army,
2256
2257486
225800:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,951
2259and while you're
2260fixing the word army,
2261
2262487
226300:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,749
2264you've now completely lost
2265the tack on being a whacko
2266
2267488
226800:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,598
2269in what you're writing.
2270
2271489
227200:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,872
2273So what I would do is
2274I would sit at my counter
2275
2276490
227700:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,832
2278in my apartment in New York
2279
2280491
228100:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,679
2282and I would type
2283out three pages.
2284
2285492
228600:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,632
2287Sometimes it would
2288be before I went out,
2289
2290493
229100:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,876
2292sometimes it would
2293be after I went out.
2294
2295494
229600:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,868
2297And I never read 'em back
2298until I got to the studio.
2299
2300495
230100:23:55,120 --> 00:23:58,669
2302If this were in Microsoft Word,
2303I'd never see these again.
2304
2305496
230600:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,633
2307some of which made the records.
2308
2309497
231000:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,910
2311Obviously, most of
2312which didn't, but
2313
2314498
231500:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,917
2316you can see me sort of
2317fighting for this song
2318
2319499
232000:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,439
2321called Queen of California.
2322
2323500
232400:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,552
2325(strumming folk chords)
2326
2327501
232800:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,353
2329"When I die,
2330I'm coming back as colors,
2331
2332502
233300:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,879
2334"the Queen of
2335California's on the line.
2336
2337503
233800:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,911
2339"I've got five
2340free days and a..."
2341
2342504
234300:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,593
2344Wait a minute, "I've got five
2345free days before I go away."
2346
2347505
234800:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,074
2349"I hear the Queen of
2350California needs a man
2351
2352506
235300:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,508
2354"to start a new life in the sun.
2355
2356507
235700:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,153
2358"I'm chasing the sun.
2359
2360508
236100:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,072
2362"I gotta find the
2363Queen of California.
2364
2365509
236600:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,679
2367"I hear the Queen of California
2368lives up there in the sun,
2369
2370510
237100:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,359
2372"took a while to get it through.
2373
2374511
237500:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,312
2376"There's nothing she
2377can do to me now."
2378
2379512
238000:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,750
2381It's like, and it's almost
2382kind of artistic, sort of.
2383
2384513
238500:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,996
2386Even when it is spelled
2387completely wrong.
2388
2389514
239000:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,196
2391It's almost what
2392thoughts look like.
2393
2394515
239500:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,391
2396You know, the sort of
2397stop and start of it.
2398
2399516
240000:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,955
2401"Never has a man this
2402alone felt this alive
2403
2404517
240500:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,957
2406"Never has a man so
2407alone felt so alive,"
2408
2409518
241000:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,549
2411it's like trying
2412to get the wording.
2413
2414519
241500:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,159
2416"Never is a phone so dead
2417
2418520
241900:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,952
2420"at the side of my bed
2421
2422521
242300:24:52,160 --> 00:24:53,912
2424"Haven't charged it in 36 hours.
2425
2426522
242700:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,269
2428"Searching for the sun
2429that Neil Young hung
2430
2431523
243200:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,311
2433"after the gold rush in '71."
2434
2435524
243600:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,988
2437A lyric that actually made
2438it into Queen of California.
2439
2440525
244100:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,872
2442"They must have switched
2443it for a different one,
2444
2445526
244600:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,638
2447"'cause it's some new
2448kind of digital light."
2449
2450527
245100:25:03,840 --> 00:25:04,829
2452Well, you know.
2453
2454528
245500:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,109
2456(strumming light melody)
2457
2458529
245900:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,072
2460All stream of consciousness.
2461
2462530
246300:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,475
2464And that's the thing, I can't
2465get to stream of consciousness
2466
2467531
246800:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,955
2469when I'm involved in my
2470own editorial process
2471
2472532
247300:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,469
2474as I'm trying to be a whacko.
2475
2476533
247700:25:15,680 --> 00:25:16,954
2478You know, I'm trying to
2479be an absolute whack job
2480
2481534
248200:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,952
2483when I'm typing, but it's like,
2484
2485535
248600:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,792
2487the typewriter doesn't
2488judge you, it just goes,
2489
2490536
249100:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,553
2492right away, sir.
2493
2494537
249500:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,671
2496Right away sir, however
2497you want it to be.
2498
2499538
250000:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,829
2501- [Ken] They do
2502talk to you, yeah.
2503
2504539
250500:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,996
2506They talk to you.
2507
2508540
250900:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,315
2510I didn't think a machine
2511would talk to you,
2512
2513541
251400:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,556
2515but they actually do.
2516
2517542
251800:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,836
2519(minimalist piano music)
2520
2521543
252200:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,998
2523- One of the odd things about
2524the end of the 19th century
2525
2526544
252700:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,760
2528is you have this 30
2529year period or so,
2530
2531545
253200:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,918
2533where all of the major forms
2534of electromechanical media
2535
2536546
253700:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,111
2538are invented and more or
2539less at the same time,
2540
2541547
254200:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,033
2543we get the final form of the
2544typewriter, motion pictures.
2545
2546548
254700:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,759
2548telegraphy, all this stuff
2549sort of happens at once.
2550
2551549
255200:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,996
2553The other thing that
2554was happening in
2555America at that moment
2556
2557550
255800:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,356
2559was there was this
2560interest in spiritualism,
2561
2562551
256300:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,030
2564and séances, and table
2565tapping, and poltergeists,
2566
2567552
256800:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,071
2569and all of those
2570kinds of things.
2571
2572553
257300:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,755
2574It's a moment in history when
2575death is a lot more present
2576
2577554
257800:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,434
2579than it is now.
2580
2581555
258200:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,518
2583You could send a telegram
2584to someone and, you know,
2585
2586556
258700:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,318
2588it might take a couple
2589of weeks to get to them
2590
2591557
259200:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,750
2593and by the time they receive it,
2594
2595558
259600:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,157
2597either you might be dead
2598or they might be dead.
2599
2600559
260100:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,112
2602It was a pretty natural
2603question to ask,
2604
2605560
260600:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,157
2607well, with all of these
2608new forms of media,
2609
2610561
261100:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,231
2612is there any way that we
2613can receive communications
2614
2615562
261600:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,793
2617from the dead?
2618
2619563
262000:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,474
2621In a weird kind of way,
2622typewriting is haunted.
2623
2624564
262500:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,514
2626There's this sense that the
2627writing somehow comes to you
2628
2629565
263000:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,119
2631through the machine.
2632
2633566
263400:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,830
2635Someone or something gives
2636you something to type
2637
2638567
263900:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,349
2640and the machine
2641kind of mediates it.
2642
2643568
264400:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,919
2645Is the typewriter
2646pulling the strings
2647
2648569
264900:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,634
2650and making the
2651author do the work?
2652
2653570
265400:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,279
2655The typewriter has to be working
2656
2657571
265800:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,636
2659almost before thinking
2660starts happening.
2661
2662572
266300:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,594
2664Once that process gets going,
2665it's like a little machine.
2666
2667573
266800:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,075
2669The writing comes out of it, but
2670
2671574
267200:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,754
2673the question of cause and
2674effect is a lot more tricky
2675
2676575
267700:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,110
2678than you might first imagine.
2679
2680576
268100:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,310
2682- I don't ever feel nervous
2683that the words won't come.
2684
2685577
268600:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,476
2687This, this is beautiful.
2688
2689578
269000:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,159
2691'Cause I don't feel like
2692I'm in control of it
2693
2694579
269500:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,634
2696most of the time.
2697
2698580
269900:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,318
2700(clicking)
2701
2702581
270300:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,353
2704I just trust there will
2705be words that come.
2706
2707582
270800:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,118
2709And thankfully there
2710always have been,
2711
2712583
271300:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,675
2714and I hope that it continues.
2715
2716584
271700:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,676
2718I often think about
2719what I do as counseling,
2720
2721585
272200:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,553
2723because people come to
2724me with some big stuff.
2725
2726586
272700:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,478
2728I write a lot of
2729poems about death
2730
2731587
273200:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,511
2733and about people who've died.
2734
2735588
273600:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,393
2737I wrote a poem for a man
2738who had lost his wife
2739
2740589
274100:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,149
2742three months ago and they'd
2743been married for 43 years.
2744
2745590
274600:28:10,360 --> 00:28:14,353
2747And when he made his request,
2748he could barely talk.
2749
2750591
275100:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,154
2752Somebody's desire
2753for words sometimes
2754
2755592
275600:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,476
2757is a desire for something more.
2758
2759593
276000:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,990
2761(minimalist piano music)
2762
2763594
276400:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,039
2765A man had gone to the
2766Golden Gate Bridge to jump
2767
2768595
276900:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,754
2770and was saved by the police.
2771
2772596
277300:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,311
2774that was about his secret
2775nobody in his life knew.
2776
2777597
277800:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,674
2779I was so grateful to him
2780for unloading it on me.
2781
2782598
278300:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,635
2784If you were to ask
2785me to speak a poem,
2786
2787599
278800:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,398
2789I couldn't do it,
2790but if you put me
2791
2792600
279300:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,397
2794in front of a
2795typewriter, it happens.
2796
2797601
279800:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,670
2799It's like maybe that's one
2800of the reasons I never allow
2801
2802602
280300:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,832
2804anybody else to use
2805this particular machine.
2806
2807603
280800:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,993
2809My typewriter is like the
2810truest love of my life.
2811
2812604
281300:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,952
2814- That is clean.
2815
2816605
281700:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,197
2818- There's something about
2819it that is so built well.
2820
2821606
282200:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,198
2823And if you care for it, it's
2824just gonna keep working.
2825
2826607
282700:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,670
2828I do worry that some day
2829there might not be somebody
2830
2831608
283200:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,108
2833who knows how to fix it.
2834
2835609
283600:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,395
2837(clicking)
2838
2839610
284000:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,832
2841(downtempo festive piano)
2842
2843611
284400:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,793
2845- [Jeremy] Once a month,
2846there's a flea market in Alameda
2847
2848612
284900:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,798
2850at the old naval base.
2851
2852613
285300:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,638
2854People come from all
2855over the Bay Area,
2856
2857614
285800:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,319
2859it's mostly antiques
2860
2861615
286200:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,239
2863and they have a
2864ton of typewriters.
2865
2866616
286700:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,599
2868Herb and I will go,
2869
2870617
287100:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,193
2872and we're both lookin'
2873for the same thing.
2874
2875618
287600:29:42,400 --> 00:29:43,196
2877- How much is your typewriter?
2878
2879619
288000:29:43,400 --> 00:29:44,230
2881- [Seller] $75.
2882
2883620
288400:29:44,440 --> 00:29:45,236
2885- Mm-hmm.
2886
2887621
288800:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,475
2889- She's pretty.
2890
2891622
289200:29:47,720 --> 00:29:48,789
2893- [Herb] Yeah, not bad.
2894
2895623
289600:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,513
2897- How much is it?
2898- $75.
2899
2900624
290100:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,228
2902- Nah, that's too much.
2903- Yes, absolutely.
2904
2905625
290600:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,749
2907- [Jeremy] I'm looking
2908for typewriters that
2909
2910626
291100:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,188
2912I can take apart.
2913
2914627
291500:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,396
2916- I had people
2917stoppin' by the shop,
2918
2919628
292000:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,113
2921they're just hustlers, you know.
2922
2923629
292400:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,475
2925Had a bunch of typewriters
2926and other stuff,
2927
2928630
292900:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,671
2930they had like 15 Selectrics.
2931
2932631
293300:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,438
2934If you need a
2935couple more, just...
2936
2937632
293800:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,392
2939- Alright.
2940
2941633
294200:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,591
2943- Yeah, 'cause I've been
2944turning 'em down, honestly.
2945
2946634
294700:30:10,800 --> 00:30:11,869
2948- [Jeremy] Herb's
2949looking for something
2950
2951635
295200:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,712
2953that he can make a little nicer,
2954
2955636
295600:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,514
2957or something that's
2958already pretty immaculate.
2959
2960637
296100:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,631
2962An L.C. Smith.
2963
2964638
296500:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,432
2966That's sold.
2967
2968639
296900:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,359
2970So we help each other
2971spot all the typewriters.
2972
2973640
297400:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,269
2975Ooh, a Clipper.
2976
2977641
297800:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,473
2979We're both looking for a deal,
2980
2981642
298200:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,472
2983which is harder to
2984get these days because
2985
2986643
298700:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,278
2988there's so many more people
2989interested in typewriters
2990
2991644
299200:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,590
2993than there were
299410, 15 years ago.
2995
2996645
299700:30:36,800 --> 00:30:37,789
2998- Not exactly.
2999
3000646
300100:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,474
3002- [Jeremy] How much?
3003
3004647
300500:30:40,680 --> 00:30:41,749
3006- [Herb] $75 for that Clipper
3007
3008648
300900:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,188
3010and that Underwood was...
3011
3012649
301300:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,316
3014- [Jeremy] How
3015much was that one?
3016
3017650
301800:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,919
3019- [Herb] That was $68.
3020
3021651
302200:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,838
3023- [Jeremy] I don't
3024see many of those.
3025
3026652
302700:30:48,040 --> 00:30:52,192
3028- I got about two or three
3029of 'em already in line.
3030
3031653
303200:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,958
3033- And what are those worth?
3034
3035654
303600:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,839
3037- $200, $300 bucks, somewhere
3038in that neighborhood.
3039
3040655
304100:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,559
3042Catch the right party,
3043
3044656
304500:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,318
3046maybe you could go a
3047little more than that.
3048
3049657
305000:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,635
3051You can put some
3052rubber parts on it
3053
3054658
305500:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,678
3056and a wash job on it and hey.
3057
3058659
305900:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,309
3060Yeah, if I get desperate and
3061can't find anything else,
3062
3063660
306400:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,318
3065I might come back to it.
3066
3067661
306800:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,829
3069Ooh, how much your...
3070- Typewriter?
3071
3072662
307300:31:13,040 --> 00:31:13,950
3074- Yes.
3075- $150.
3076
3077663
307800:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,512
3079- [Herb] Oh, okay.
3080
3081664
308200:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,756
3083Maybe we could negotiate a
3084little bit like that on there?
3085
3086665
308700:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,358
3088and she paid a lot
3089for it out of a job.
3090
3091666
309200:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,357
3093- Hmm.
3094
3095667
309600:31:25,560 --> 00:31:26,959
3097Know anything about
3098whether it works or not?
3099
3100668
310100:31:27,160 --> 00:31:31,199
3102(clicking)
3103(blues music)
3104
3105669
310600:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,436
3107Yeah, definitely
3108needs some attention.
3109
3110670
311100:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,710
3112(chuckles)
3113
3114671
311500:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,791
3116(clicks)
3117
3118672
311900:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,195
3120I'll take it.
3121
3122673
312300:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,557
3124- [Jeremy] That's a good one.
3125
3126674
312700:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,518
3128- Had it been any color but red,
3129
3130675
313100:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,354
3132I'd have passed right by it
3133for $150, I guarantee you that.
3134
3135676
313600:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,039
3137Red is sort of a hot color
3138
3139677
314000:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,392
3141and it's an easy, easy
3142mover so to speak.
3143
3144678
314500:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,358
3146Let's rock and roll.
3147
3148679
314900:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,909
3150(blues music)
3151
3152680
315300:32:11,280 --> 00:32:12,838
3154(appreciative noises)
3155
3156681
315700:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,871
3158- Yeah, it seems
3159a little touchy up there.
3160
3161682
316200:32:15,120 --> 00:32:16,758
3163(clicking)
3164
3165683
316600:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,751
3167- Yeah, no, I feel something
3168for these machines.
3169
3170684
317100:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,155
3172I'll look at 'em and
3173my mind just goes
3174
3175685
317600:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,351
3177where has this machine been at?
3178
3179686
318000:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,836
3181If it could talk, man
3182could it tell some stories.
3183
3184687
318500:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,672
3186You never know where these
3187typewriters come from.
3188
3189688
319000:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,592
3191You know, they come
3192from all over the world.
3193
3194689
319500:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,389
3196One could've been in some famous
3197person's library somewhere
3198
3199690
320000:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,312
3201halfway across the
3202world and now it made it
3203
3204691
320500:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,193
3206to this shop over
3207here in Berkeley.
3208
3209692
321000:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,950
3211- Christopher Latham Sholes
3212is a very interesting man.
3213
3214693
321500:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,435
3216He was an editor, a
3217publisher, and for a while
3218
3219694
322000:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,710
3221he was a state senator.
3222
3223695
322400:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,717
3225He was also a keen inventor.
3226
3227696
322800:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,434
3229And in Milwaukee, a few
3230years after the Civil War,
3231
3232697
323300:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,437
3234he invented his typewriter.
3235
3236698
323700:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,915
3238(oompah music)
3239
3240699
324100:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,031
3242'Scuse me sir, can
3243I ask you a question.
3244
3245700
324600:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,437
3247I'm looking for the location
3248of the historical plaque
3249
3250701
325100:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,074
3252that talks about the
3253invention of the typewriter,
3254
3255702
325600:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,033
3257somewhere nearby I believe.
3258
3259703
326000:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,595
3261(oompah music)
3262
3263704
326400:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,432
3265"At 318 Sate Street,
3266
3267705
326800:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,790
3269"approximately 300
3270feet northeast of here,
3271
3272706
327300:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,309
3274"Christopher Latham
3275Sholes perfected
3276
3277707
327800:33:36,520 --> 00:33:41,469
3279"the first practical
3280typewriter in September 1869
3281
3282708
328300:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,956
3284"in the machine shop
3285of C.S. Kleinsteuber."
3286
3287709
328800:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,471
3289300 feet northeast of here.
3290
3291710
329200:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,358
3293(car engine rumbling)
3294
3295711
329600:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,752
3297(oompah music)
3298
3299712
330000:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,279
330117,18,19,20".
3302
3303713
330400:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,511
3305295, 296, 297, 298, 299...
3306
3307714
330800:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,508
3309(cars whooshing)
3310
3311715
331200:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,477
3313I've come to Milwaukee
3314to get my hands
3315
3316716
331700:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,159
3318on a Sholes and Glidden.
3319
3320717
332100:34:36,360 --> 00:34:37,952
3322(click)
3323
3324718
332500:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,513
3326To be able to get
3327close to the source
3328
3329719
333000:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,751
3331of the very first typewriter
3332
3333720
333400:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,236
3335is something I've dreamed
3336about for a long time.
3337
3338721
333900:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,917
3340Today, perhaps, there are only
3341175 that are known to exist.
3342
3343722
334400:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,075
3345Good morning.
3346
3347723
334800:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,833
3349So nice to meet you.
3350
3351724
335200:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,155
3353- Hi, good to meet you.
3354- It's wonderful.
3355
3356725
335700:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,549
3358Many of those are in museums,
3359
3360726
336100:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,479
3362a few are held in private hands.
3363
3364727
336500:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,559
3366This has been a pilgrimage
3367I've wanted to make for years.
3368
3369728
337000:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,637
3371I would love to be able to have
3372
3373729
337400:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,796
3375one of these typewriters
3376in my own collection.
3377
3378730
337900:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,439
3380- Oh, I want one of those.
3381
3382731
338300:35:10,640 --> 00:35:11,959
3384I want one of those, Al.
3385
3386732
338700:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,553
3388To be able to explore it.
3389
3390733
339100:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,557
3392- This has been in the
3393museum since probably
3394
3395734
339600:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,518
3397just after World War I.
3398
3399735
340000:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,159
3401- [Martin] And really have
3402a sense that my collection
3403
3404736
340500:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,998
3406has become complete
3407at that point,
3408
3409737
341000:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,952
3411even though I don't have
3412all the typewriters.
3413
3414738
341500:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,118
3416But that would really give
3417me a sense of completion.
3418
3419739
342000:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,595
3421(light piano music)
3422
3423740
342400:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,870
3425Many efforts had been
3426made since the 17005,
3427
3428741
342900:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,595
3430by various inventors, to
3431create a typewriting machine.
3432
3433742
343400:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,759
3435But they all ended in failure
3436with very few being produced.
3437
3438743
343900:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,397
3440But Christopher Latham
3441Sholes's place in history
3442
3443744
344400:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,592
3445is marked by what he did in
3446Kleinsteuber's machine shop,
3447
3448745
344900:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,270
3450beginning at 1867 and
3451the six difficult years
3452
3453746
345400:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,596
3455that followed to create
3456the world's first
3457
3458747
345900:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,189
3460commercially
3461successful typewriter.
3462
3463748
346400:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,391
3465The initial efforts used
3466a piano type keyboard.
3467
3468749
346900:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,272
3470What you're really
3471kind of looking at here
3472
3473750
347400:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,632
3475is just a man's ideas in
3476how to get the mechanics
3477
3478751
347900:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,149
3480of the fingers making
3481type to the mechanics
3482
3483752
348400:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,237
3485of getting it on
3486a piece of paper.
3487
3488753
348900:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,277
3490The lower is the back
3491half of the alphabet
3492
3493754
349400:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,715
3495and the upper keys would've
3496been the front half
3497
3498755
349900:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,797
3500of the alphabet.
3501
3502756
350300:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,073
3504Sholes and his team made
3505around 50 to 60 prototypes
3506
3507757
350800:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,878
3509and at the end of
3510those six years,
3511
3512758
351300:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,510
3514he ended up with a
3515working wooden typewriter.
3516
3517759
351800:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,358
3519Is this written by Sholes?
3520
3521760
352200:36:30,520 --> 00:36:31,350
3523- [Scholar] It is from Sholes.
3524
3525761
352600:36:31,560 --> 00:36:32,959
3527- Wow.
3528
3529762
353000:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,913
3531- Typewritten.
3532- Touching history here.
3533
3534763
353500:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,634
3536"I think the machine is now
3537as perfect in its mechanism
3538
3539764
354000:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,552
3541"as I know how to make it.
3542
3543765
354400:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,031
3545"I know of no respect in
3546which I can improve it.
3547
3548766
354900:36:44,240 --> 00:36:47,471
3550"The machine is done and I want
3551some more worlds to conquer.
3552
3553767
355400:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,678
3555"Life will be most flat,
3556stale, and unprofitable
3557
3558768
355900:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,791
3560"without something to invent.
3561
3562769
356300:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,149
3564"Yours, etc.,
3565
3566770
356700:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,078
3568"Sholes."
3569
3570771
357100:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,396
3572The wooden prototype met
3573with rejection right away.
3574
3575772
357600:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,478
3577They took it to half a dozen
3578different manufacturers
3579
3580773
358100:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,319
3582whom all declined to
3583manufacture the typewriter.
3584
3585774
358600:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,988
3587Then someone suggested that
3588they take the typewriter
3589
3590775
359100:37:07,240 --> 00:37:08,878
3592to Remington and Sons.
3593
3594776
359500:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,678
3596Now, Remington and Sons
3597had been making weaponry
3598
3599777
360000:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,156
3601for the Civil War and
3602with the Civil War over,
3603
3604778
360500:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,352
3606they were looking for new
3607things to manufacture.
3608
3609779
361000:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,676
3611Remington and Sons took
3612this wooden prototype
3613
3614780
361500:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,276
3616and they spent the next year
3617turning it into a metal machine
3618
3619781
362000:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,869
3621that was much more
3622reliable, and durable,
3623
3624782
362500:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,355
3626and could be mass
3627produced by them.
3628
3629783
363000:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,591
3631And the first Sholes
3632and Glidden typewriters
3633
3634784
363500:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,394
3636appeared on the market in 1874.
3637
3638785
363900:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,119
3640May I push a key and get a feel?
3641
3642786
364300:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,197
3644I've never done this
3645before, by the way,
3646
3647787
364800:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,032
3649I've never actually pushed
3650a key on a Sholes and Glidden.
3651
3652788
365300:37:39,240 --> 00:37:40,355
3654- Yes, give it a try.
3655
3656789
365700:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,470
3658- That's fine?
3659
3660790
366100:37:41,680 --> 00:37:42,715
3662Gonna push the J there.
3663
3664791
366500:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,593
3666(soft clack)
3667
3668792
366900:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,268
3670That's wonderful.
3671
3672793
367300:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,836
3674$125 was a lot of money to
3675put out for this machine,
3676
3677794
367800:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,753
3679especially as nobody
3680could type and nobody knew
3681
3682795
368300:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,514
3684the benefits of what
3685a typewriter could offer.
3686
3687796
368800:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,153
3689(melancholy horn)
3690
3691797
369200:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,352
3693Of great significance
3694was the appearance
3695
3696798
369700:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,073
3698of the first Qwerty keyboard
3699
3700799
370100:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,317
3702on this Sholes and
3703Glidden typewriter.
3704
3705800
370600:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,033
3707If you look at the keyboard,
3708
3709801
371000:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,674
3711the top row, left to
3712right, says Qwerty.
3713
3714802
371500:38:11,880 --> 00:38:15,555
3716- There is endless debate
3717about how that order
3718
3719803
372000:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,318
3721came into being.
3722
3723804
372400:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,755
3725Some say that all of
3726the letters in the word
3727
3728805
372900:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,669
3730typewriter are on the
3731first line of keys.
3732
3733806
373400:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,075
3735So a salesman who was
3736trying to demonstrate
3737
3738807
373900:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,197
3740the benefits of this
3741wonderful new machine
3742
3743808
374400:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,675
3745to prospective customers
3746could whack out the word
3747
3748809
374900:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,472
3750typewriter very, very quickly.
3751
3752810
375300:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,877
3754Without having to be
3755particularly proficient.
3756
3757811
375800:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,792
3759When the Sholes and
3760Glidden came out,
3761
3762812
376300:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,758
3764it was not well received,
3765people didn't understand
3766
3767813
376800:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,230
3769what a typewriter could offer.
3770
3771814
377200:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,715
3773They only sold 1,000 units.
3774
3775815
377600:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,952
3777Sholes was very disappointed
3778
3779816
378000:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,676
3781and he sold all his remaining
3782shares in the company.
3783
3784817
378500:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,792
3786The Remington Two typewriter,
3787coming out in 1878
3788
3789818
379000:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,788
3791was really the turning point
3792for this revolutionary machine.
3793
3794819
379500:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,037
3796Within a few short years,
3797all hell would break loose.
3798
3799820
380000:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,710
3801By the mid-18905, there
3802were as many as 60
3803
3804821
380500:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,480
3806typewriter manufacturers,
3807not just in America
3808
3809822
381000:39:09,680 --> 00:39:10,795
3811but also in Europe.
3812
3813823
381400:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,150
3815And the sales had taken off.
3816
3817824
381800:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,075
3819- Two Royals,
3820
3821825
382200:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,796
3823The last of 'em.
3824
3825826
382600:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,553
3827Most of the machines that
3828we repair are approximately
3829
3830827
383100:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,398
383240 to 50 years old.
3833
3834828
383500:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,192
3836The companies that
3837made the machines
3838
3839829
384000:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,188
3841and supplied the parts,
3842they are long gone.
3843
3844830
384500:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,868
3846Ames supply company was
3847the last of the companies
3848
3849831
385000:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,959
3851that supplied us with parts
3852for a lot of the typewriters.
3853
3854832
385500:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,196
3856Their primary thing was to
3857take old typewriter platens
3858
3859833
386000:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,834
3861and recover them, resurface 'em.
3862
3863834
386400:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,076
3865We got a letter last week
3866saying that after 110 years
3867
3868835
386900:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,590
3870in operation, Ames
3871Supply Company was
3872going out of business.
3873
3874836
387500:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,392
3876(rattling)
3877
3878837
387900:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,149
3880- My dad, he's very good
3881at solving problems.
3882
3883838
388400:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,157
3885He could look at it,
3886and figure it out,
3887
3888839
388900:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,510
3890and solve it within minutes.
3891
3892840
389300:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,836
3894And that's something you gotta
3895appreciate with my father
3896
3897841
389800:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,833
3899that you just don't
3900find that nowadays.
3901
3902842
390300:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,877
3904It's a lost art.
3905
3906843
390700:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,833
3908- It's not the
3909right consistency.
3910
3911844
391200:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,190
3913That's actually pretty
3914close in diameter on it.
3915
3916845
391700:40:10,400 --> 00:40:11,879
3918- Pops, he loves all this.
3919
3920846
392100:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,150
3922This has been his life
3923ever since I was born
3924
3925847
392600:40:14,360 --> 00:40:15,873
3927and he stayed with it.
3928
3929848
393000:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,877
3931- Yeah, so like 9.5
3932right from the end.
3933
3934849
393500:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,593
3936- He told me if you wanna do
3937something, do it all the way,
3938
3939850
394000:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,552
3941but make sure you enjoy it.
3942
3943851
394400:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,230
3945Like don't halve anything,
3946go 100% and make sure you like
3947
3948852
394900:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,879
3950what you're doing.
3951
3952853
395300:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,479
3954- See if you can slide
3955that one in there,
3956
3957854
395800:40:28,680 --> 00:40:29,749
3959I don't know if
3960it's a lot easier.
3961
3962855
396300:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,995
3964Go ahead and get the copper.
3965
3966856
396700:40:31,240 --> 00:40:32,514
3968- [Son] And he showed me that.
3969
3970857
397100:40:32,720 --> 00:40:36,474
3972- [Ken] Put a
3973little soap on that.
3974
3975858
397600:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,398
3977- [Son] I'm here, tryin'
3978to help my dad out, man.
3979
3980859
398100:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,033
3982- [Ken] You get that?
3983
3984860
398500:40:40,240 --> 00:40:41,275
3986Oh, yeah, that's
3987going on, isn't it.
3988
3989861
399000:40:41,480 --> 00:40:42,469
3991Then grind it.
3992
3993862
399400:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,953
3995(metallic whirring)
3996
3997863
399800:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,231
3999I think what the typewriter
4000symbolizes to me is America.
4001
4002864
400300:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,590
4004I think that might work.
4005
4006865
400700:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,759
4008American hard work, what
4009this country was based on.
4010
4011866
401200:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,918
4013Made by us with our own
4014hands to help us out
4015
4016867
401700:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,112
4018but not to spoil us and
4019not to make us complacent.
4020
4021868
402200:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,039
4023(clicking)
4024
4025869
402600:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,919
4027- I think that much
4028of the joy of life
4029
4030870
403100:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,958
4032can come and should
4033come from work.
4034
4035871
403600:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,797
4037I think we've been sold
4038a certain bill of goods
4039
4040872
404100:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,951
4042about ease and happiness
4043
4044873
404500:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,958
4046being necessarily synonymous.
4047
4048874
404900:41:33,160 --> 00:41:33,956
4050They aren't.
4051
4052875
405300:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,479
4054Something goes out of
4055the human experience,
4056
4057876
405800:41:38,720 --> 00:41:43,953
4059when life is made progressively
4060easier, less complicated.
4061
4062877
406300:41:44,160 --> 00:41:49,359
4064Less demanding of
4065alertness, effort,
4066
4067878
406800:41:49,560 --> 00:41:53,155
4069and appreciation of
4070work when it's done.
4071
4072879
407300:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,917
4074There was once a typewriter
4075that was standing alone
4076
4077880
407800:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,720
4079on a shelf in an old store
4080in White Plains, New York,
4081
4082881
408300:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,950
4084nobody paying much
4085attention to it at all.
4086
4087882
408800:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,634
4089That's the beginning
4090of the story.
4091
4092883
409300:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,196
4094Then along came...
4095
4096884
409700:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,632
4098In 1965, when I was starting
4099to work on my first book,
4100
4101885
410200:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,269
4103feeling that I needed
4104something more substantial
4105
4106886
410700:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,711
4108to work on than a
4109portable typewriter.
4110
4111887
411200:42:19,920 --> 00:42:24,789
4113I went and bought a secondhand,
4114Royal Standard typewriter.
4115
4116888
411700:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,993
4118And I probably paid $25 for it.
4119
4120889
412100:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,077
4122Got it in White Plains, New York
4123
4124890
412500:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,999
4126and I've been using
4127it all these years.
4128
4129891
413000:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,273
4131Almost every day, written
4132everything I have written on it
4133
4134892
413500:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,596
4136and there's nothing
4137wrong with it.
4138
4139893
414000:42:40,800 --> 00:42:45,635
4141It's a magnificent example of
4142superb American manufacturing.
4143
4144894
414500:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,279
4146People tell me that I
4147could do much better,
4148
4149895
415000:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,233
4151I could go faster, and
4152have less to contend with
4153
4154896
415500:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,034
4156if I were to use a
4157computer, a word processor.
4158
4159897
416000:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,753
4161But I don't wanna go faster.
4162
4163898
416400:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,032
4165If anything, I would
4166prefer to go slower.
4167
4168899
416900:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,117
4170To me, it's understandable.
4171
4172900
417300:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,153
4174I press the key, and
4175another key comes up
4176
4177901
417800:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,590
4179and prints a letter
4180on a piece of paper.
4181
4182902
418300:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,552
4184And then you can pull it out,
4185
4186903
418700:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,911
4188it's a piece of paper upon which
4189you have printed something.
4190
4191904
419200:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,032
4193You've made that, it's tangible.
4194
4195905
419600:43:17,280 --> 00:43:18,030
4197It's real.
4198
4199906
420000:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,636
4201I think the tool
4202of the typewriter,
4203
4204907
420500:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,354
4206because it is more difficult,
4207
4208908
420900:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,836
4210produces for me a better result.
4211
4212909
421300:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,789
4214(birds chirping)
4215
4216910
421700:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,713
4218I work virtually
4219all day, every day.
4220
4221911
422200:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,714
4223I come out after breakfast
4224and I work until lunchtime
4225
4226912
422700:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,276
4228and then I go in, get a
4229bite to eat, come back out,
4230
4231913
423200:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,198
4233work for the rest of the day.
4234
4235914
423600:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,836
4237Now I'm not typing, not
4238writing on the typewriter
4239
4240915
424100:43:49,040 --> 00:43:50,632
4242all that time.
4243
4244916
424500:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,592
4246If you were to walk by
4247in the field behind there
4248
4249917
425000:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,199
4251and you looked in the window,
4252
4253918
425400:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,237
4255you'd think, well that
4256guy's just sitting
4257
4258919
425900:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,553
4260in there daydreaming, but an
4261awful lot of the process is
4262
4263920
426400:44:00,760 --> 00:44:01,749
4265just thinking.
4266
4267921
426800:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,511
4269- There are a lot of
4270fractals in nature.
4271
4272922
427300:44:09,720 --> 00:44:12,598
4274Mysterious geometry that
4275exists in everything.
4276
4277923
427800:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,679
4279(clanking)
4280I see the same shapes
4281
4282924
428300:44:16,920 --> 00:44:18,478
4284inside the typewriter.
4285
4286925
428700:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,716
4288I like to pull out the
4289shapes that I feel resemble
4290
4291926
429200:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,956
4293parts of the anatomy.
4294
4295927
429600:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,675
4297Sometimes a part dictates
4298that it be surface anatomy,
4299
4300928
430100:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,997
4302sometimes it's a bone,
4303skeletal anatomy.
4304
4305929
430600:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,158
4307Sometimes it's a
4308little mixture of both.
4309
4310930
431100:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,433
4312When I take the
4313typewriters apart,
4314
4315931
431600:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,870
4317I don't see this
4318unnatural object.
4319
4320932
432100:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,350
4322I see people, I see us in them.
4323
4324933
432500:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,749
4326Very often, near
4327the platen knobs,
4328
4329934
433000:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,353
4331there's a spot where
4332someone's finger
4333
4334935
433500:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,074
4336has rubbed across the carriage.
4337
4338936
433900:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,158
4340And it's this one nice,
4341shiny, polished spot
4342
4343937
434400:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,875
4345with a little bit of dirt
4346and oil from the fingers.
4347
4348938
434900:45:06,040 --> 00:45:08,156
4350I like that kind of
4351
4352939
435300:45:08,360 --> 00:45:09,998
4354thing that's left
4355on the typewriter.
4356
4357940
435800:45:10,200 --> 00:45:14,876
4359I can say that there's
4360probably that person's DNA.
4361
4362941
436300:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,152
4364It's fun to see those
4365traces of people.
4366
4367942
436800:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,715
4369It's such an emotional machine.
4370
4371943
437200:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,434
4373A lot of memories and
4374a lot of real people
4375
4376944
437700:45:25,640 --> 00:45:30,191
4378put themselves on a piece
4379of paper through a machine.
4380
4381945
438200:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,391
4383And I understand all that.
4384
4385946
438600:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,270
4387This is how I choose to
4388appreciate the typewriter,
4389
4390947
439100:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,712
4392by dissecting it and bringing
4393out the little bits and pieces
4394
4395948
439600:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,798
4397that are us in them.
4398
4399949
440000:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,195
4401So my favorite stuff to
4402do is the human figures,
4403
4404950
440500:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,119
4406because I find every
4407curve on the human body
4408
4409951
441000:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,517
4411in here somewhere, in
4412one of these typewriters.
4413
4414952
441500:45:55,720 --> 00:45:59,474
4416And I like to try to
4417put those together.
4418
4419953
442000:45:59,680 --> 00:46:04,231
4421I do that with pins
4422and springs and nuts.
4423
4424954
442500:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,159
4426I don't use anything apart
4427from what's in the typewriter.
4428
4429955
443000:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,232
4431I have learned how
4432to match the parts
4433
4434956
443500:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,396
4436to the corresponding
4437part in the human body,
4438
4439957
444000:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,239
4441just by, you know, play
4442
4443958
444400:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,908
4445and putting the
4446parts together and,
4447
4448959
444900:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,157
4450oh, you look like
4451a leg, or you know.
4452
4453960
445400:46:22,360 --> 00:46:26,638
4455A very childlike way of just
4456having a dialogue with parts.
4457
4458961
445900:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,391
4460(rattling)
4461
4462962
446300:46:34,200 --> 00:46:38,910
4464I grew up in northern Minnesota
4465on the Mesabi Iron Range.
4466
4467963
446800:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,111
4469I lived in a lot of trailers.
4470
4471964
447200:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,237
4473My dad never made
4474a lot of money.
4475
4476965
447700:46:43,480 --> 00:46:47,996
4478He never had any
4479desire to buy a house.
4480
4481966
448200:46:48,240 --> 00:46:51,710
4483I left there probably two
4484days after I graduated.
4485
4486967
448700:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,831
4488I wanted to get out
4489
4490968
449100:46:54,080 --> 00:46:55,354
4492and now I'm in a trailer again.
4493
4494969
449500:46:55,560 --> 00:46:56,709
4496(chucang)
4497
4498970
449900:46:56,920 --> 00:46:58,273
4500It's kinda crazy.
4501
4502971
450300:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,799
4504As a kid, deer were everywhere.
4505
4506972
450700:47:05,000 --> 00:47:06,991
4508There were times when my dad
4509was laid off from the railroad
4510
4511973
451200:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,599
4513and we were eating
4514Campbell's soup,
4515
4516974
451700:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,037
4518peanut butter from
4519the jar, and venison.
4520
4521975
452200:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,591
4523When I moved down to Oakland,
4524
4525976
452600:47:16,800 --> 00:47:19,917
4527one of the first sculptures
4528that I made was the deer.
4529
4530977
453100:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,270
4532I had always told
4533myself I would make one.
4534
4535978
453600:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,318
4537(ambient indie music)
4538
4539979
454000:47:31,240 --> 00:47:33,310
4541I've taken this deer
4542across the Bay Bridge
4543
4544980
454500:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,398
4546about six times back and forth.
4547
4548981
454900:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,717
4550I've shown it at
4551galleries, art exhibitions.
4552
4553982
455400:47:39,960 --> 00:47:44,238
4555I don't like for
4556work to sit around
4557
4558983
455900:47:44,440 --> 00:47:49,389
4560and taunt me with the failure
4561of not being able to sell it.
4562
4563984
456400:47:49,560 --> 00:47:54,190
4565I'm a bit ambivalent about
4566the whole gallery scene.
4567
4568985
456900:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,038
4570Trying to work as an artist
4571and then sell my work
4572
4573986
457400:47:56,240 --> 00:47:59,357
4575through a gallery has been
4576exceedingly difficult.
4577
4578987
457900:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,240
4580It's hard to take a
4581piece that I worked on
4582
4583988
458400:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,675
4585for maybe as much as a year,
4586
4587989
458800:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,598
4589to sell it for not
4590a lot of money,
4591
4592990
459300:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,360
4594and then only get half of
4595that not a lot of money.
4596
4597991
459800:48:11,560 --> 00:48:12,913
4599So just two weeks?
4600
4601992
460200:48:14,040 --> 00:48:15,553
4603Oh okay.
4604
4605993
460600:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,432
4607The best way for me to
4608do this for a living
4609
4610994
461100:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,269
4612is to take on the
4613promotion myself.
4614
4615995
461600:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,630
4617And the internet
4618makes it really easy,
4619
4620996
462100:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,189
4622just takes me a
4623couple hours a day.
4624
4625997
462600:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,198
4627I have just about every
4628social networking profile
4629
4630998
463100:48:29,400 --> 00:48:30,753
4632that you can imagine.
4633
4634999
463500:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,393
4636I try to show a little
4637
46381000
463900:48:32,600 --> 00:48:34,352
4640of what the studio
4641looks like every day
4642
46431001
464400:48:34,560 --> 00:48:37,313
4645with images of my process
4646while I'm working on a piece.
4647
46481002
464900:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,358
4650People can email me directly
4651and I manage to get enough work
4652
46531003
465400:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,353
4655to almost pay the bills.
4656
46571004
465800:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,160
4659(engine rumbling)
4660
46611005
466200:48:48,120 --> 00:48:52,159
4663(guitar strumming)
4664(crowd chatter)
4665
46661006
466700:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,198
4668- [Ken] When I was a kid,
4669about 19, 20 years old
4670
46711007
467200:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,630
4673got a job workin' in Berkeley.
4674
46751008
467600:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,400
4677It's like the whole world
4678opened up to me over here.
4679
46801009
468100:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,830
4682Different kind of people,
4683different kind of cultures.
4684
46851010
468600:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,878
4687I really found myself wanting
4688to go to work every day.
4689
46901011
469100:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,072
4692It lets you see the world
4693without going to see the world.
4694
46951012
469600:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,840
4697You know, the world comes to
4698you in this city over here.
4699
47001013
470100:49:16,040 --> 00:49:17,393
4702The first time I
4703heard a black guy
4704
47051014
470600:49:17,640 --> 00:49:18,959
4707with a British accent
4708it blew me away.
4709
47101015
471100:49:19,160 --> 00:49:20,798
4712(piano tinkling)
4713
47141016
471500:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,472
4716(downtempo jazz music)
4717
47181017
471900:49:38,600 --> 00:49:43,435
4720The store is open five
4721days a week, 12 to 5.
4722
47231018
472400:49:43,640 --> 00:49:47,553
4725Couple years ago, it was
4726only open three days a week.
4727
47281019
472900:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,673
4730It's picking up, but
4731it's just not there yet.
4732
47331020
473400:49:51,920 --> 00:49:53,831
4735It's just enough
4736to keep us going,
4737
47381021
473900:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,237
4740but not enough to keep
4741me going. (chuckles)
4742
47431022
474400:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,910
4745(jazz music)
4746
47471023
474800:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,833
4749I'm just hoping that
4750things'll turn around.
4751
47521024
475300:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,474
4754Herb and I, we have the
4755skills, the experience.
4756
47571025
475800:50:06,680 --> 00:50:08,591
4759We have all the knowledge
4760of doing this, we just need
4761
47621026
476300:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,233
4764customers.
4765
47661027
476700:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,232
4768(clicking)
4769- Wait, wait wait, I wanna.
4770
47711028
477200:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,357
4773(clicking)
4774
47751029
477600:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,437
4777- Linus, you broke, it's ripped.
4778
47791030
478000:50:16,640 --> 00:50:17,470
4781- No I didn't.
4782
47831031
478400:50:17,680 --> 00:50:18,669
4785- Yeah.
4786
47871032
478800:50:18,880 --> 00:50:20,916
4789- It was already ripped.
4790
47911033
479200:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,391
4793- One good thing
4794about them is that
4795
47961034
479700:50:24,600 --> 00:50:28,479
4798you don't have to turn
4799them on or plug them in.
4800
48011035
480200:50:28,680 --> 00:50:33,470
4803I used to have a PC, but I
4804did not like my PC one bit.
4805
48061036
480700:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,478
4808- There is a wonderful
4809way to spend time typing.
4810
48111037
481200:50:38,720 --> 00:50:40,278
4813You get to think about it.
4814
48151038
481600:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,914
4817You get to romantically
4818sit back and ponder
4819
48201039
482100:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,390
4822what your next words
4823are going to be
4824
48251040
482600:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,713
4827and that is a pleasant,
4828tactile action.
4829
48301041
483100:50:49,920 --> 00:50:52,195
4832It actually turns
4833writing or composing
4834
48351042
483600:50:52,440 --> 00:50:57,514
4837into a very specific,
4838physical process
4839
48401043
484100:50:57,720 --> 00:50:59,676
4842that has a soundtrack to it.
4843
48441044
484500:50:59,880 --> 00:51:00,710
4846Listen to this one.
4847
48481045
484900:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,672
4850(chunking)
4851
48521046
485300:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,472
4854See, hear that heavy chunk
4855that you hear right there.
4856
48571047
485800:51:04,680 --> 00:51:05,510
4859Smith Corona, now.
4860
48611048
486200:51:05,720 --> 00:51:06,755
4863(clacking)
4864
48651049
486600:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,513
4867Little muted, a little softer.
4868
48691050
487000:51:08,720 --> 00:51:09,709
4871And now hear the Olympia.
4872
48731051
487400:51:09,960 --> 00:51:11,359
4875(clicking)
4876
48771052
487800:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,028
4879Crisp, a little solid
4880report that comes out.
4881
48821053
488300:51:14,240 --> 00:51:18,279
4884That, to me, is a good,
4885solid work of art.
4886
48871054
488800:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,516
4889(clicking)
4890
48911055
489200:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,199
4893- It's really exciting
4894to come into a shop where
4895
48961056
489700:51:25,400 --> 00:51:27,550
4898you're surrounded by all
4899these great typewriters
4900
49011057
490200:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,638
4903and your mind reels at
4904the different sounds
4905
49061058
490700:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,319
4908that they can make.
4909
49101059
491100:51:35,240 --> 00:51:37,276
4912Certain typewriters,
4913you may discover sounds
4914
49151060
491600:51:37,480 --> 00:51:38,754
4917that you never heard before.
4918
49191061
492000:51:38,960 --> 00:51:40,598
4921(ding)
4922
49231062
492400:51:40,800 --> 00:51:42,233
4925It's hard to find a typewriter
4926with good bell tone.
4927
49281063
492900:51:42,440 --> 00:51:43,759
4930This bell isn't the loudest,
4931
49321064
493300:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,554
4934but it's got the
4935best tone to it.
4936
49371065
493800:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,274
4939This one, the whole case is...
4940
49411066
494200:51:49,480 --> 00:51:52,472
4943It doesn't articulate
4944on a lever.
4945
49461067
494700:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,989
4948On better typewriters,
4949that bell should be loud,
4950
49511068
495200:51:55,200 --> 00:51:56,952
4953it should be clear.
4954
49551069
495600:51:57,160 --> 00:51:58,388
4957Now this one the bell is
4958kind of a more thuddy sound,
4959
49601070
496100:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,955
4962this one, it rings
4963really loudly.
4964
49651071
496600:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,559
4967(chiming)
4968
49691072
497000:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,518
4971This one has the best
4972bell of them all.
4973
49741073
497500:52:04,760 --> 00:52:06,591
4976It's hard to find a typewriter
4977where it's a quality sound
4978
49791074
498000:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,438
4981and it can be consistently made.
4982
49831075
498400:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,318
4985(dinging)
4986
49871076
498800:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,120
4989(sustained chime)
4990
49911077
499200:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,592
4993- We are the Boston
4994Typewriter Orchestra
4995
49961078
499700:52:16,800 --> 00:52:21,316
4998and we perform music
4999on old typewriters.
5000
50011079
500200:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,311
5003Old, discarded typewriters.
5004
50051080
500600:52:23,520 --> 00:52:26,398
5007We're a collective and what
5008a shitty answer that was.
5009
50101081
501100:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,194
5012(rhythmic clacking)
5013
50141082
501500:52:29,400 --> 00:52:30,310
5016(ding)
5017
50181083
501900:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,750
5020(rhythmic clacking)
5021
50221084
502300:52:33,000 --> 00:52:33,955
5024(ding)
5025
50261085
502700:52:34,160 --> 00:52:36,469
5028(rhythmic clacking)
5029
50301086
503100:52:36,680 --> 00:52:37,590
5032(ding)
5033
50341087
503500:52:37,840 --> 00:52:40,957
5036(rhythmic clacking)
5037
50381088
503900:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,879
5040- One of the things we
5041sat down pretty early with
5042
50431089
504400:52:44,080 --> 00:52:47,231
5045in the BTO and decided, was that
5046
50471090
504800:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,635
5049none of us were going to
5050try and quit our day jobs
5051
50521091
505300:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,071
5054to make the BTO work
5055as a legitimate band.
5056
50571092
505800:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,636
5059And that was sort of
5060a really liberating decision.
5061
50621093
506300:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,594
5064You know, make enough money
5065to keep us in typewriters,
5066
50671094
506800:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,075
5069beer, the occasional pizza.
5070
50711095
507200:53:03,320 --> 00:53:07,313
5073(orchestral clicking
5074and dinging)
5075
50761096
507700:53:13,240 --> 00:53:14,389
5078(percussive clacking)
5079
50801097
508100:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,591
5082We don't want to destroy these.
5083
50841098
508500:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,392
5086We are using them
5087as an instrument.
5088
50891099
509000:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,033
5091We are repurposing them,
5092(audience clapping)
5093
50941100
509500:53:20,240 --> 00:53:21,593
5096but our intent is
5097not to destroy it.
5098
50991101
510000:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,479
5101(crowd cheering typocide)
5102
51031102
510400:53:24,720 --> 00:53:28,998
5105I murdered one and I have
5106to find a new typewriter.
5107
51081103
510900:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,668
5110You feel like Pete
5111Townsend, I guess.
5112
51131104
511400:53:31,880 --> 00:53:33,279
5115He destroyed the guitar, like,
5116
51171105
511800:53:33,520 --> 00:53:34,919
5119shit, we'd better
5120get it signed fast
5121
51221106
512300:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,759
5124so I can have another
5125guitar to destroy.
5126
51271107
512800:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,394
5129I mean, I've killed
5130three typewriters now.
5131
51321108
513300:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,670
5134Each one of them has
5135its own personality
5136
51371109
513800:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,359
5139and spirit and soul.
5140
51411110
514200:53:44,560 --> 00:53:45,993
5143- We had the two Smith Coronas
5144
51451111
514600:53:46,240 --> 00:53:47,798
5147that had a really nice
5148case slide on 'em.
5149
51501112
515100:53:48,000 --> 00:53:49,592
5152- Oh god, yeah.
5153
51541113
515500:53:49,800 --> 00:53:52,678
5156- And those two have
5157since become inoperable,
5158
51591114
516000:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,598
5161in pieces.
5162
51631115
516400:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,358
5165And there's an entire song
5166that we can't play now,
5167
51681116
516900:53:56,560 --> 00:53:57,629
5170because we haven't been able
5171
51721117
517300:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,438
5174to restock those two typewriters
5175
51761118
517700:53:59,640 --> 00:54:01,153
5178to that specific mechanics
5179of the case slide.
5180
51811119
518200:54:01,360 --> 00:54:04,716
5183(melodic furious clanging)
5184
51851120
518600:54:18,040 --> 00:54:18,995
5187(ding)
5188
51891121
519000:54:19,200 --> 00:54:19,996
5191(rhythmic clacking)
5192
51931122
519400:54:20,200 --> 00:54:21,918
5195(ding)
5196
51971123
519800:54:22,120 --> 00:54:25,078
5199- We spend a lot of time really
5200crafting all of our songs.
5201
52021124
520300:54:25,320 --> 00:54:26,673
5204- We do some covers.
5205
52061125
520700:54:26,880 --> 00:54:30,156
5208We set up Gil Scott-Heron's
5209
52101126
521100:54:30,360 --> 00:54:32,237
5212The Revolution will
5213not be Televised
5214
52151127
521600:54:32,440 --> 00:54:34,749
5217and it's now the Revolution
5218will be Typewritten.
5219
52201128
522100:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,388
5222And we do a cover of...
5223
52241129
522500:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,750
5226- We're working on a
5227cover of Rain and Blood.
5228
52291130
523000:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,075
5231That's Slayer.
5232
52331131
523400:54:41,280 --> 00:54:42,713
5235(rhythmic clacking)
5236
52371132
523800:54:42,960 --> 00:54:44,234
5239(ding)
5240
52411133
524200:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,230
5243(ticking)
5244
52451134
524600:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,591
5247I was at somebody's
5248house years and years ago
5249
52501135
525100:54:54,800 --> 00:54:58,759
5252and saw, framed on the
5253wall, a thank you note
5254
52551136
525600:54:58,960 --> 00:55:01,349
5257that Noel Coward had
5258written to somebody
5259
52601137
526100:55:01,560 --> 00:55:03,755
5262he had had lunch with.
5263
52641138
526500:55:03,960 --> 00:55:05,757
5266And this was in 1930-something.
5267
52681139
526900:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,758
5270And I thought,
5271
52721140
527300:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,871
5274Okay, Noel Coward actually
5275typed out on his typewriter
5276
52771141
527800:55:11,120 --> 00:55:13,429
5279and sent it to somebody,
5280has then lingered around,
5281
52821142
528300:55:13,640 --> 00:55:14,550
5284and then somebody bought
5285it at some auction
5286
52871143
528800:55:14,760 --> 00:55:16,318
5289or something like that.
5290
52911144
529200:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,317
5293But that piece of
5294paper is still with us.
5295
52961145
529700:55:18,520 --> 00:55:21,318
5298And I think that that
5299is, deep down inside is,
5300
53011146
530200:55:21,520 --> 00:55:23,112
5303the interest that I have in it.
5304
53051147
530600:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,880
5307Anybody with one of these
5308can create a document
5309
53101148
531100:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,878
5312that will physically
5313last forever.
5314
53151149
531600:55:29,080 --> 00:55:30,752
5317And if the idea on
5318it is a good one,
5319
53201150
532100:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,552
5322the idea can last forever, too.
5323
53241151
532500:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,870
5326- Everybody knows the
5327feeling of having lost
5328
53291152
533000:55:35,120 --> 00:55:36,951
5331digital data.
5332
53331153
533400:55:37,160 --> 00:55:40,311
5335Nothing is worse than losing
5336digital data as a writer.
5337
53381154
533900:55:40,560 --> 00:55:42,471
5340I've never lost
5341something I've typed.
5342
53431155
534400:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,433
534510 years from now, is any
5346of the computers gonna read
5347
53481156
534900:55:45,640 --> 00:55:46,675
5350the stuff that we've saved?
5351
53521157
535300:55:46,880 --> 00:55:48,438
5354I have no idea.
5355
53561158
535700:55:48,640 --> 00:55:52,189
5358But this still absolutely
5359human compliant.
5360
53611159
536200:55:52,400 --> 00:55:53,799
5363It's human compatible.
5364
53651160
536600:55:54,000 --> 00:55:55,752
5367You don't have to
5368upgrade to look at it,
5369
53701161
537100:55:55,960 --> 00:55:57,996
5372you just have to make sure
5373it doesn't light on fire.
5374
53751162
537600:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,031
5377That's all you have to do.
5378
53791163
538000:56:00,240 --> 00:56:01,912
5381- I type over everything,
5382I don't bother with white out.
5383
53841164
538500:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,111
5386I don't bother, I don't
5387try to correct it,
5388
53891165
539000:56:04,320 --> 00:56:05,958
5391I don't make multiple drafts.
5392
53931166
539400:56:06,160 --> 00:56:07,434
5395If I make a mistake,
5396I just will maybe
5397
53981167
539900:56:07,640 --> 00:56:08,595
5400(clacking)
5401
54021168
540300:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,558
5404X it out like that.
5405
54061169
540700:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,518
5408- I think there's a
5409great value in mistakes.
5410
54111170
541200:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,955
5413It's their value for history
5414and how things are made.
5415
54161171
541700:56:15,160 --> 00:56:16,832
5418(birds chirping)
5419
54201172
542100:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,270
5422You see the perfect
5423finished text of a speech
5424
54251173
542600:56:19,520 --> 00:56:21,909
5427that a president of the
5428United States makes.
5429
54301174
543100:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,839
5432How much editing did the
5433President do on that?
5434
54351175
543600:56:25,040 --> 00:56:28,828
5437How much of his speech
5438was not written by him?
5439
54401176
544100:56:29,040 --> 00:56:33,158
5442Which words they changed, which
5443sentences they crossed out,
5444
54451177
544600:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,157
5447that's extremely interesting.
5448
54491178
545000:56:35,360 --> 00:56:37,828
5451You see, the process
5452of what it took to get
5453
54541179
545500:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,355
5456to the finished result.
5457
54581180
545900:56:40,560 --> 00:56:42,232
5460With a computer,
5461no manuscript like that
5462
54631181
546400:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,476
5465will be around anymore.
5466
54671182
546800:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,194
5469Future historians are going
5470to have nothing to work with.
5471
54721183
547300:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,472
5474There will be no diaries,
5475there will be no letters.
5476
54771184
547800:56:50,680 --> 00:56:52,636
5479So how will we know
5480
54811185
548200:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,472
5483what they really thought?
5484
54851186
548600:56:56,240 --> 00:56:58,196
5487What the processes were?
5488
54891187
549000:56:58,400 --> 00:57:00,038
5491(gramophone playing)
5492
54931188
549400:57:00,240 --> 00:57:01,912
5495- As the benefits of this
5496revolutionary machine
5497
54981189
549900:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,714
5500became clear, there
5501was a real shortage
5502
55031190
550400:57:04,920 --> 00:57:06,672
5505of trained typists,
5506people did not know
5507
55081191
550900:57:06,880 --> 00:57:08,711
5510how to operate them efficiently.
5511
55121192
551300:57:08,920 --> 00:57:12,959
5514The first typing school ever
5515opened in New York in 1881
5516
55171193
551800:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,556
5519and it was at the YWCA,
5520there were six woman enrolled
5521
55221194
552300:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,274
5524and it was a six month class.
5525
55261195
552700:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,473
5528Every woman who was trained
5529to type got a job immediately.
5530
55311196
553200:57:23,680 --> 00:57:26,911
5533The type writer was what
5534the typist was called,
5535
55361197
553700:57:27,120 --> 00:57:29,554
5538so the woman was
5539the type writer.
5540
55411198
554200:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,792
5543And there was this huge
5544groundswell for the first time
5545
55461199
554700:57:33,000 --> 00:57:36,117
5548of women entering into the
5549man's business environment.
5550
55511200
555200:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,072
5553They were paid less than
5554men, but it was still
5555
55561201
555700:57:38,280 --> 00:57:39,952
5558a larger salary than
5559they had been paid
5560
55611202
556200:57:40,160 --> 00:57:43,550
5563when they worked in factories
5564or as a school teacher.
5565
55661203
556700:57:45,320 --> 00:57:46,673
5568Sholes didn't get
5569any financial gain
5570
55711204
557200:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,472
5573from success when it came,
5574
55751205
557600:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,399
5577but he was very satisfied
5578that his invention
5579
55801206
558100:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,637
5582had provided new
5583opportunities for women.
5584
55851207
558600:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,796
5587He saw it as a means
5588of emancipating women
5589
55901208
559100:57:57,000 --> 00:58:00,151
5592and getting them into the
5593workplace in a new capacity.
5594
55951209
559600:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,233
5597(patriotic music)
5598
55991210
560000:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,078
5601If I could time travel,
5602
56031211
560400:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,953
5605I'd love to go back to
5606Kleinsteuber's machine shop
5607
56081212
560900:58:09,160 --> 00:58:11,469
5610and to see Sholes, I mean
5611to actually see him there,
5612
56131213
561400:58:11,680 --> 00:58:13,477
5615a breathing, living man.
5616
56171214
561800:58:19,960 --> 00:58:21,393
5619If I could've spoken to Sholes,
5620
56211215
562200:58:21,640 --> 00:58:23,073
5623I would've shook his hand,
5624
56251216
562600:58:23,280 --> 00:58:25,714
5627I'd want to feel
5628his palm in my palm.
5629
56301217
563100:58:29,120 --> 00:58:32,590
5632I'd look him in the
5633eyes, see his face alive,
5634
56351218
563600:58:32,800 --> 00:58:34,392
5637not just a photograph.
5638
56391219
564000:58:36,080 --> 00:58:38,958
5641I'm not too sure what I'd say,
5642
56431220
564400:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,270
5645there'd perhaps
5646be tears in my eyes.
5647
56481221
564900:58:41,480 --> 00:58:44,074
5650(patriotic music)
5651
56521222
565300:58:49,760 --> 00:58:53,275
5654I would suggest that we
5655have a beer together.
5656
56571223
565800:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,079
5659I'd want to tell
5660Sholes a bit about
5661
56621224
566300:59:00,280 --> 00:59:01,872
5664what the 20th century was like,
5665
56661225
566700:59:02,040 --> 00:59:02,995
5668I'd wanna tell him a
5669bit about the computer,
5670
56711226
567200:59:03,200 --> 00:59:04,713
5673the personal computer.
5674
56751227
567600:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,399
5677I'd want to tell Sholes
5678
56791228
568000:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,995
5681that the Qwerty
5682keyboard was still there
5683
56841229
568500:59:11,760 --> 00:59:12,829
5686(jazz music)
5687
56881230
568900:59:13,040 --> 00:59:14,155
5690- When typewriter manufacturers
5691
56921231
569300:59:14,400 --> 00:59:16,595
5694were designing the typewriter,
5695
56961232
569700:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,997
5698they wanted to make
5699something sexy.
5700
57011233
570200:59:20,240 --> 00:59:21,912
5703Create something that
5704people could relate to
5705
57061234
570700:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,116
5708and wanna put their fingers on.
5709
57101235
571100:59:24,320 --> 00:59:26,390
5712(clacking)
5713
57141236
571500:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,794
5716I'd dreamed about
5717creating a woman.
5718
57191237
572000:59:31,040 --> 00:59:34,476
5721Like a full scale nude
5722woman for a long time.
5723
57241238
572500:59:35,840 --> 00:59:37,637
5726Something archetypal,
5727
57281239
572900:59:37,880 --> 00:59:39,836
5730something that would show
5731the sensuality, the curves,
5732
57331240
573400:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,918
5735and the lines that I found
5736in the typewriter parts.
5737
57381241
573900:59:43,120 --> 00:59:44,553
5740Yeah, but not unnaturally.
5741
57421242
574300:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,113
5744It's very difficult
5745to put things together
5746
57471243
574800:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,788
5749in a way that
5750emulates real life.
5751
57521244
575300:59:51,720 --> 00:59:53,073
5754Just the right size.
5755
57561245
575700:59:53,280 --> 00:59:54,998
5758It's too sharp.
5759
57601246
576100:59:55,200 --> 00:59:57,714
5762In trying to create her beauty,
5763
57641247
576500:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,195
5766it's helping me bring out
5767the forms in the typewriter
5768
57691248
577001:00:00,400 --> 01:00:05,235
5771that I think are the most
5772beautiful and most sensual.
5773
57741249
577501:00:05,440 --> 01:00:07,590
5776I used a bell and a platen knob
5777
57781250
577901:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,360
5780for the lips, because it has
5781the little vertical lines
5782
57831251
578401:00:10,560 --> 01:00:14,189
5785that look like the
5786cracks in the lips.
5787
57881252
578901:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,595
5790Two of the ribbon spool
5791covers from a Royal
5792
57931253
579401:00:16,840 --> 01:00:18,671
5795get set up as the pelvis.
5796
57971254
579801:00:22,880 --> 01:00:25,235
5799(clunking)
5800
58011255
580201:00:25,440 --> 01:00:29,718
5803One of the sexiest lines is the
5804curve of the pectoral muscle
5805
58061256
580701:00:29,920 --> 01:00:31,638
5808just above the breast,
5809and that exists
5810
58111257
581201:00:31,840 --> 01:00:33,273
5813in a lot of typewriters.
5814
58151258
581601:00:33,520 --> 01:00:36,910
5817Royals have those,
5818Olympia, Underwoods.
5819
58201259
582101:00:37,120 --> 01:00:39,076
5822They're suggesting breasts.
5823
58241260
582501:00:41,560 --> 01:00:44,472
5826When I'm in the
5827thick of creating,
5828
58291261
583001:00:44,680 --> 01:00:48,070
5831my body disappears,
5832physical pain disappears,
5833
58341262
583501:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,350
5836and it's very meditative
5837in that I'm not thinking
5838
58391263
584001:00:50,560 --> 01:00:55,509
5841about the bills I have to pay
5842or what day of the week it is.
5843
58441264
584501:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,439
5846I give that trance state
5847more time in my life
5848
58491265
585001:00:58,640 --> 01:01:00,119
5851than any other time.
5852
58531266
585401:01:00,320 --> 01:01:02,072
5855Any money that I've
5856made doing this,
5857
58581267
585901:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,840
5860that's what that all pays
5861for, is that time for me.
5862
58631268
586401:01:05,040 --> 01:01:06,393
5865Being in that state.
5866
58671269
586801:01:07,840 --> 01:01:10,308
5869- When I hit those trances,
5870
58711270
587201:01:10,560 --> 01:01:12,357
5873it's a very strange combination
5874
58751271
587601:01:12,600 --> 01:01:15,637
5877of laying the pavement
5878and driving on it.
5879
58801272
588101:01:15,840 --> 01:01:18,354
5882- You're seeing a phenomenon,
5883
58841273
588501:01:18,560 --> 01:01:21,632
5886you're seeing this
5887apparition take place.
5888
58891274
589001:01:21,840 --> 01:01:24,912
5891I don't mean to sound
5892hocus pocus about it, but
5893
58941275
589501:01:25,160 --> 01:01:28,277
5896there's something taking
5897place and you're true to that.
5898
58991276
590001:01:28,480 --> 01:01:30,835
5901- And you cannot decide when
5902those moments are gonna be,
5903
59041277
590501:01:31,080 --> 01:01:34,152
5906you just have to be there
5907in case they happen.
5908
59091278
591001:01:34,360 --> 01:01:36,157
5911But you have to keep
5912your heart rate down,
5913
59141279
591501:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,158
5916and focus, and stay
5917in that trance.
5918
59191280
592001:01:39,360 --> 01:01:41,954
5921And just let that one
5922side of your brain create,
5923
59241281
592501:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,720
5926and the other side of your
5927brain send it through.
5928
59291282
593001:01:44,920 --> 01:01:47,150
5931- And sometimes you see
5932it by leaps and bounds
5933
59341283
593501:01:47,360 --> 01:01:49,271
5936and sometimes it's just static.
5937
59381284
593901:01:49,480 --> 01:01:53,837
5940You don't just write
5941it, you see it.
5942
59431285
594401:01:54,040 --> 01:02:00,149
5945- The best creators in the
5946world are fiercely arrogant.
5947
59481286
594901:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,516
5950And it's not the arrogance
5951that you normally think of.
5952
59531287
595401:02:02,720 --> 01:02:04,392
5955It's the arrogance
5956
59571288
595801:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,636
5959in looking at something
5960you haven't created yet
5961
59621289
596301:02:06,840 --> 01:02:08,512
5964and say, yes I have.
5965
59661290
596701:02:08,720 --> 01:02:10,870
5968- Sometimes it leads you
5969somewhere, sometimes it doesn't.
5970
59711291
597201:02:11,120 --> 01:02:12,394
5973You know.
5974
59751292
597601:02:12,600 --> 01:02:15,672
5977But that's the
5978adventure of it all.
5979
59801293
598101:02:15,880 --> 01:02:17,711
5982- You create something
5983so you don't have to live
5984
59851294
598601:02:17,960 --> 01:02:20,838
5987with the reality that you
5988couldn't create something.
5989
59901295
599101:02:21,040 --> 01:02:23,190
5992It's sick, it's a
5993very sick process.
5994
59951296
599601:02:23,400 --> 01:02:26,437
5997I'm going to create something
5998just so I don't have nothing.
5999
60001297
600101:02:26,680 --> 01:02:27,556
6002(ding)
6003
60041298
600501:02:27,800 --> 01:02:29,472
6006Doesn't make any sense.
6007
60081299
600901:02:34,360 --> 01:02:38,194
6010(engine revving)
6011(horn honking)
6012
60131300
601401:02:40,280 --> 01:02:42,714
6015(distant siren)
6016
60171301
601801:02:44,520 --> 01:02:47,239
6019- Herb put the
6020building up for sale.
6021
60221302
602301:02:47,440 --> 01:02:48,873
6024You know, I didn't
6025wanna see him do it,
6026
60271303
602801:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,719
6029I mean, he struggled
6030a lot to keep it goin'.
6031
60321304
603301:02:51,920 --> 01:02:56,232
6034And to see him put it up for
6035sale, I was kinda sad for him.
6036
60371305
603801:02:56,440 --> 01:02:59,159
6039We haven't heard anything
6040since the sign's been put up,
6041
60421306
604301:02:59,360 --> 01:03:01,430
6044but just a couple days
6045ago, got an inquire
6046
60471307
604801:03:01,640 --> 01:03:03,949
6049from a prospective buyer.
6050
60511308
605201:03:04,160 --> 01:03:07,232
6053After they left,
6054I talked to Herb and
6055
60561309
605701:03:07,440 --> 01:03:09,749
6058he seems to think the guys
6059are quite interested in it.
6060
60611310
606201:03:12,520 --> 01:03:14,238
6063If the shop gets sold,
6064
60651311
606601:03:14,440 --> 01:03:17,238
6067then I've gotta find
6068something else to do.
6069
60701312
607101:03:17,480 --> 01:03:18,629
6072So I'm kind of waiting to see
6073
60741313
607501:03:18,800 --> 01:03:20,313
6076what my next move is gonna be.
6077
60781314
607901:03:20,520 --> 01:03:24,149
6080I can't make a move
6081until they make one.
6082
60831315
608401:03:24,400 --> 01:03:25,753
6085- [Candy] Dad mentioned that,
6086
60871316
608801:03:25,960 --> 01:03:27,518
6089he was really concerned
6090about payment.
6091
60921317
609301:03:27,720 --> 01:03:29,358
6094- Oh absolutely, he'd
6095have to give severance.
6096
60971318
609801:03:29,560 --> 01:03:30,959
6099- Oh definitely, you'd
6100have to give him something.
6101
61021319
610301:03:31,200 --> 01:03:32,553
6104Yeah, some kind of
6105package for sure.
6106
61071320
610801:03:32,760 --> 01:03:34,478
6109- Absolutely.
6110- And some kind of time.
6111
61121321
611301:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,830
6114Some kind of warning,
6115I mean not 30 days, 60 days.
6116
61171322
611801:03:37,080 --> 01:03:38,718
6119- Well as long as it comes
6120with a reasonable check,
6121
61221323
612301:03:38,960 --> 01:03:41,190
6124it should help soften that blow.
6125
61261324
612701:03:41,400 --> 01:03:42,435
6128- [Candy] We pay him
6129not enough, probably,
6130
61311325
613201:03:42,640 --> 01:03:44,073
6133for what we get from him.
6134
61351326
613601:03:44,280 --> 01:03:45,872
6137- [Woman] That's
6138right, that's right.
6139
61401327
614101:03:46,080 --> 01:03:47,638
6142- [Candy] For what he
6143takes on and does for us.
6144
61451328
614601:03:47,880 --> 01:03:49,279
6147I think we owe him something,
6148what would you think?
6149
61501329
615101:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,277
6152Fifteen years he's
6153been working for you.
6154
61551330
615601:03:51,480 --> 01:03:52,879
6157And 30 days' notice
6158
61591331
616001:03:53,080 --> 01:03:53,956
6161and no check,
6162I'm not feelin' it.
6163
61641332
616501:03:54,160 --> 01:03:55,878
6166- No way.
6167
61681333
616901:03:56,080 --> 01:03:57,877
6170- I mean, he's gotta go
6171out and find a job now.
6172
61731334
617401:03:58,080 --> 01:03:59,798
6175He's made it possible for dad
6176to not be there all the time
6177
61781335
617901:04:00,000 --> 01:04:01,752
6180and Carmen to not be there
6181all the time, actually.
6182
61831336
618401:04:01,960 --> 01:04:05,589
6185He would drop whatever he's
6186doing to come help Dad.
6187
61881337
618901:04:05,800 --> 01:04:08,075
6190(jazz trumpet)
6191
61921338
619301:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,319
6194- [Ken] Today's
6195Herb's 70th birthday.
6196
61971339
619801:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,351
6199I've fixed up a couple
6200of classic Royals
6201
62021340
620301:04:15,520 --> 01:04:19,479
6204that they're gonna use
6205to have people sign in.
6206
62071341
620801:04:19,680 --> 01:04:21,511
6209Lotta people are
6210from Herb's past.
6211
62121342
621301:04:21,720 --> 01:04:23,312
6214- Hey, remember this
6215move we used to do?
6216
62171343
621801:04:23,520 --> 01:04:25,158
6219(laughing)
6220
62211344
622201:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,874
6223- [Ken] IBM days,
6224his old typewriter days.
6225
62261345
622701:04:28,080 --> 01:04:29,957
6228I think he's gonna
6229have a good time.
6230
62311346
623201:04:30,160 --> 01:04:31,229
6233(click)
6234
62351347
623601:04:31,440 --> 01:04:33,749
6237(crowd chatter and laughter)
6238
62391348
624001:04:33,920 --> 01:04:37,310
6241- [Speaker] Happy to celebrate
624270 years of life, amen.
6243
62441349
624501:04:37,560 --> 01:04:38,595
6246- [Man] Amen.
6247
62481350
624901:04:38,800 --> 01:04:40,233
6250- I wanna share one thing.
6251
62521351
625301:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,675
6254God had given us
6255two commandments,
6256
62571352
625801:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,348
6259one is to love him with
6260everything that we have,
6261
62621353
626301:04:45,560 --> 01:04:47,551
6264and the second is to
6265love our neighbor,
6266
62671354
626801:04:47,760 --> 01:04:51,309
6269which includes
6270family and friends.
6271
62721355
627301:04:51,520 --> 01:04:54,273
6274It's obvious that you
6275love family and friends,
6276
62771356
627801:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,277
6279'cause you're here tonight.
6280
62811357
628201:04:56,480 --> 01:04:58,710
6283And so I wanna give a toast
6284to Herbert Permillion III,
6285
62861358
628701:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,519
6288for touching so many
6289lives, Happy Birthday.
6290
62911359
629201:05:01,720 --> 01:05:02,948
629370 years of life.
6294
62951360
629601:05:03,160 --> 01:05:06,550
6297- Alright, yay.
6298(clapping)
6299
63001361
630101:05:06,760 --> 01:05:10,469
6302(crowd signing Happy Birthday)
6303
63041362
630501:05:12,840 --> 01:05:15,354
6306(downtempo jazz)
6307
63081363
630901:05:18,480 --> 01:05:19,959
6310- I love ya, Herb.
6311
63121364
631301:05:20,160 --> 01:05:24,119
6314(murmuring crowd)
6315(downtempo jazz)
6316
63171365
631801:05:32,240 --> 01:05:34,390
6319- See your man over there.
6320- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
6321
63221366
632301:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,795
6324(chucang)
6325
63261367
632701:05:40,680 --> 01:05:43,399
6328- You know, people do
6329have to go to work.
6330
63311368
633201:05:43,600 --> 01:05:47,229
6333You know, I can't sit here
6334and pet you all afternoon.
6335
63361369
633701:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,079
6338So it's rough right now,
6339yeah, definitely rough.
6340
63411370
634201:05:50,280 --> 01:05:52,430
6343We'll be all right.
6344
63451371
634601:05:52,640 --> 01:05:54,437
6347I like what I do,
6348
63491372
635001:05:54,640 --> 01:05:56,915
6351it's just unfortunate
6352that it's just not enough
6353
63541373
635501:05:57,120 --> 01:06:01,398
6356to where I can make
6357a decent living off of it.
6358
63591374
636001:06:01,640 --> 01:06:02,993
6361I'm a proud man, you know.
6362
63631375
636401:06:03,200 --> 01:06:04,792
6365I like to work for my own,
6366
63671376
636801:06:05,000 --> 01:06:07,195
6369and get my own, and
6370take care of my family.
6371
63721377
637301:06:07,440 --> 01:06:09,874
6374I want my family to be proud
6375of me, that's the main thing.
6376
63771378
637801:06:10,080 --> 01:06:13,436
6379And I know they are,
6380you know, my boys are.
6381
63821379
638301:06:15,280 --> 01:06:17,032
6384You know, I was taught
6385never to give up.
6386
63871380
638801:06:17,280 --> 01:06:21,114
6389I'm never gonna give up, I'll
6390never just throw in the towel.
6391
63921381
639301:06:21,320 --> 01:06:22,435
6394I'm gonna always keep
6395trying, you know.
6396
63971382
639801:06:22,640 --> 01:06:24,358
6399I owe that to my parents.
6400
64011383
640201:06:24,560 --> 01:06:26,312
6403They were hard working people,
6404they came to California
6405
64061384
640701:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,432
6408back in the 405 to work in
6409these shipyards out here.
6410
64111385
641201:06:29,640 --> 01:06:32,598
6413They sacrificed a lot, they
6414did a lot to raise nine kids.
6415
64161386
641701:06:32,840 --> 01:06:36,469
6418So I owe it to them not
6419to slouch off or be a bum.
6420
64211387
642201:06:36,720 --> 01:06:39,792
6423They worked hard and I
6424patterned my life after them.
6425
64261388
642701:06:40,000 --> 01:06:43,197
6428And I want my sons to pattern
6429theirs after me somewhat.
6430
64311389
643201:06:43,400 --> 01:06:45,470
6433So gotta keep going,
6434gotta keep goin.
6435
64361390
643701:06:45,680 --> 01:06:47,796
6438Always gotta keep goin.
6439
64401391
644101:06:48,000 --> 01:06:50,070
6442(clicking)
6443
64441392
644501:06:58,680 --> 01:07:00,716
6446(whirring)
6447(clicking)
6448
64491393
645001:07:00,920 --> 01:07:04,469
6451That thing's gonna probably
6452hit right in the middle.
6453
64541394
645501:07:04,680 --> 01:07:06,477
6456- [Martin] I've been
6457collecting it 25 years now
6458
64591395
646001:07:06,680 --> 01:07:10,275
6461and I realize that I'll
6462never shake this obsession.
6463
64641396
646501:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,471
6466I've come to San Francisco
6467to see a collector
6468
64691397
647001:07:14,680 --> 01:07:16,352
6471who has one of the
6472greatest collections
6473
64741398
647501:07:16,560 --> 01:07:18,471
6476of Sholes and Gliddens.
6477
64781399
647901:07:18,720 --> 01:07:20,631
6480Jim Rauen has amassed
6481what is arguably
6482
64831400
648401:07:20,840 --> 01:07:23,035
6485the biggest collection
6486of these machines.
6487
64881401
648901:07:23,240 --> 01:07:25,754
6490He has 12 of them, wow.
6491
64921402
649301:07:25,960 --> 01:07:27,996
6494I am the kid in the candy store,
6495
64961403
649701:07:28,200 --> 01:07:31,272
6498- I've never really
6499used my typewriters.
6500
65011404
650201:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,351
6503I've just preserved 'em.
6504
65051405
650601:07:33,560 --> 01:07:35,312
6507- [Martin] That's good,
6508that's the important thing.
6509
65101406
651101:07:35,520 --> 01:07:38,318
6512It's much harder now to find
6513a Sholes and Glidden typewriter
6514
65151407
651601:07:38,520 --> 01:07:39,999
6517in the wild.
6518
65191408
652001:07:40,240 --> 01:07:43,357
6521- [Jim] This is Sholes
6522and Glidden 2540.
6523
65241409
652501:07:43,560 --> 01:07:45,198
6526- [Martin] Oh,
6527this is exquisite.
6528
65291410
653001:07:45,400 --> 01:07:47,072
6531I've only been collecting
6532for half the time
6533
65341411
653501:07:47,280 --> 01:07:50,033
6536that Jim has, he started
6537collecting 50 years ago
6538
65391412
654001:07:50,240 --> 01:07:52,276
6541and at that time there
6542were only a handful
6543
65441413
654501:07:52,440 --> 01:07:53,919
6546of typewriter collectors.
6547
65481414
654901:07:54,080 --> 01:07:58,358
6550- 3026, that is
6551a gorgeous machine.
6552
65531415
655401:07:58,560 --> 01:07:59,993
6555You'll love that one.
6556
65571416
655801:08:00,200 --> 01:08:03,476
6559And that should do it
6560except for those two.
6561
65621417
656301:08:03,720 --> 01:08:06,473
6564Oh, boy, I used to
6565have your energy.
6566
65671418
656801:08:08,280 --> 01:08:10,794
6569- I should take off
6570my wedding ring.
6571
65721419
657301:08:11,000 --> 01:08:14,549
6574- [Jim] Is your wife into
6575typewriters at all, Mark?
6576
65771420
657801:08:14,760 --> 01:08:16,591
6579- In a word, no.
6580
65811421
658201:08:18,040 --> 01:08:20,190
6583(grunting)
6584
65851422
658601:08:20,400 --> 01:08:23,278
6587Oh my, those are shiny
6588and beautiful, wow.
6589
65901423
659101:08:23,480 --> 01:08:25,232
6592- I think I've got more
6593Sholes and Gliddens
6594
65951424
659601:08:25,440 --> 01:08:27,590
6597than the Smithsonian does.
6598
65991425
660001:08:27,800 --> 01:08:29,392
6601(ding)
6602
66031426
660401:08:29,600 --> 01:08:31,830
6605- Wow, look at that, eh.
6606
66071427
660801:08:32,080 --> 01:08:35,152
6609It's always a rather personal
6610question to ask a collector
6611
66121428
661301:08:35,360 --> 01:08:38,557
6614if they have a particular
6615machine for sale.
6616
66171429
661801:08:38,800 --> 01:08:40,233
6619Are you still looking
6620for Sholes and Gliddens?
6621
66221430
662301:08:40,440 --> 01:08:42,556
6624I guess certainly if
6625you saw one, you'd...
6626
66271431
662801:08:42,800 --> 01:08:46,679
6629- Well, I don't
6630know now whether...
6631
66321432
663301:08:46,880 --> 01:08:51,590
6634So many things economy-wise
6635have changed for us.
6636
66371433
663801:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,872
6639- [Martin] Difficult times.
6640
66411434
664201:08:55,080 --> 01:08:57,548
6643But as collectors, we
6644all sort of have to put
6645
66461435
664701:08:57,760 --> 01:09:02,197
6648our hat into the ring and
6649make our desires known.
6650
66511436
665201:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,354
6653It's important not
6654to be too meek.
6655
66561437
665701:09:06,560 --> 01:09:08,790
6658I suspect that over the years
6659you've had other collectors
6660
66611438
666201:09:09,040 --> 01:09:11,474
6663who have come to
6664you interested in
6665
66661439
666701:09:11,680 --> 01:09:14,592
6668buying a Sholes and Glidden
6669typewriter from you,
6670
66711440
667201:09:14,800 --> 01:09:15,869
6673has that been the case?
6674
66751441
667601:09:16,080 --> 01:09:17,877
6677- [Jim] Yes.
6678
66791442
668001:09:18,080 --> 01:09:21,595
6681Let me ask you this, what are
6682your thoughts about selling
6683
66841443
668501:09:21,840 --> 01:09:23,592
6686some of your typewriters
6687at this stage.
6688
66891444
669001:09:23,840 --> 01:09:27,389
6691- Right now, I seriously,
6692really don't have any plans
6693
66941445
669501:09:27,640 --> 01:09:29,119
6696for selling them now.
6697
66981446
669901:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,830
6700There's still more
6701research I'd like to do
6702
67031447
670401:09:34,040 --> 01:09:35,678
6705and have the machines for.
6706
67071448
670801:09:35,840 --> 01:09:37,990
6709- I understand that,
6710I understand.
6711
67121449
671301:09:38,200 --> 01:09:41,636
6714- I'd love to see the
6715collection preserved in a museum
6716
67171450
671801:09:41,840 --> 01:09:44,513
6719of some type, mechanical museum,
6720
67211451
672201:09:44,720 --> 01:09:48,508
6723maybe even a typewriter museum.
6724
67251452
672601:09:48,720 --> 01:09:51,553
6727- [Martin] It's very nice, I
6728would come visit that museum.
6729
67301453
673101:09:51,760 --> 01:09:53,478
6732- Oh, love to have you.
6733
67341454
673501:09:57,120 --> 01:09:59,634
6736- [Martin] I dreamed of
6737this moment for a long time,
6738
67391455
674001:09:59,880 --> 01:10:02,633
6741to be sitting and looking at
6742a Sholes and Glidden typewriter
6743
67441456
674501:10:02,880 --> 01:10:04,950
6746and knowing it was mine.
6747
67481457
674901:10:05,160 --> 01:10:07,196
6750(clicking)
6751
67521458
675301:10:07,400 --> 01:10:09,436
6754My hunt will continue.
6755
67561459
675701:10:09,680 --> 01:10:12,069
6758(crowd chatter)
6759
67601460
676101:10:13,840 --> 01:10:15,990
6762I love connecting to the past.
6763
67641461
676501:10:16,200 --> 01:10:18,316
6766Still yet, the past
6767is so elusive.
6768
67691462
677001:10:18,560 --> 01:10:21,358
6771(light piano music)
6772
67731463
677401:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,672
6775My typewriter room has some
6776trappings from my youth.
6777
67781464
677901:10:27,880 --> 01:10:30,917
6780It's got a fire engine that I
6781had when I was six years old
6782
67831465
678401:10:31,160 --> 01:10:33,913
6785and I've got some windup toys
6786my mother used to bring back
6787
67881466
678901:10:34,160 --> 01:10:35,639
6790to us from Germany.
6791
67921467
679301:10:37,040 --> 01:10:39,235
6794(click)
6795
67961468
679701:10:39,440 --> 01:10:42,079
6798I have a twin brother,
6799I'll give you my only twin joke.
6800
68011469
680201:10:42,280 --> 01:10:43,633
6803Now you know what twins are?
6804
68051470
680601:10:43,880 --> 01:10:45,154
6807They're womb-mates.
6808
68091471
681001:10:48,240 --> 01:10:49,912
6811That's my dad and mother.
6812
68131472
681401:10:50,120 --> 01:10:52,190
6815I first experienced
6816collecting from my parents
6817
68181473
681901:10:52,400 --> 01:10:54,311
6820collecting these
6821interesting tools.
6822
68231474
682401:10:54,560 --> 01:10:58,030
6825My dad would restore them,
6826cobbler's tools, cooper's tools,
6827
68281475
682901:10:58,240 --> 01:10:59,673
6830kitchen implements.
6831
68321476
683301:10:59,880 --> 01:11:01,711
6834- It's an electric comb.
6835
68361477
683701:11:01,920 --> 01:11:03,876
6838- [Martin] This is our house,
6839
68401478
684101:11:04,080 --> 01:11:05,479
6842my parents still have that house
6843
68441479
684501:11:05,680 --> 01:11:08,478
6846that we moved into in 1966.
6847
68481480
684901:11:08,680 --> 01:11:11,240
6850There was the Dawn River
6851in the back garden.
6852
68531481
685401:11:11,440 --> 01:11:13,715
6855We'd build boats, we'd get
6856a door and put walls around it
6857
68581482
685901:11:13,920 --> 01:11:15,717
6860and we'd go floating
6861it on the river.
6862
68631483
686401:11:15,920 --> 01:11:18,593
6865We had annual lamb roasts,
6866pretty grand barbecues.
6867
68681484
686901:11:18,800 --> 01:11:20,233
6870It was a real party house.
6871
68721485
687301:11:20,440 --> 01:11:22,556
6874This is a pulley ride
6875down the back garden.
6876
68771486
687801:11:22,760 --> 01:11:25,320
6879She's 85 years old,
6880my dad built a zip line
6881
68821487
688301:11:25,520 --> 01:11:28,751
6884300 feet long from the top
6885right down to the pine trees
6886
68871488
688801:11:28,960 --> 01:11:30,393
6889at the bottom of the hill.
6890
68911489
689201:11:30,640 --> 01:11:32,198
6893And this is
6894a massive teeter totter
6895
68961490
689701:11:32,400 --> 01:11:35,073
6898my dad built with a universal
6899joint in the middle.
6900
69011491
690201:11:35,280 --> 01:11:37,077
6903A sort of carnival ride.
6904
69051492
690601:11:39,920 --> 01:11:41,512
6907We built balsa wood gliders,
6908
69091493
691001:11:41,720 --> 01:11:44,871
6911that's an eight foot
6912wingspan on that one.
6913
69141494
691501:11:46,160 --> 01:11:48,594
6916I am capturing my past.
6917
69181495
691901:11:48,800 --> 01:11:50,438
6920It's there with me,
6921my past, my room,
6922
69231496
692401:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,392
6925my playroom, it's still with me
6926
69271497
692801:11:52,600 --> 01:11:56,229
6929and I'm very happy to have
6930them with me in this room now.
6931
69321498
693301:11:56,440 --> 01:12:00,353
6934(crowd chatter)
6935(light piano music)
6936
69371499
693801:12:04,880 --> 01:12:06,279
6939I love to chase the past
6940
69411500
694201:12:06,480 --> 01:12:08,994
6943and to capture it
6944the best I can.
6945
69461501
694701:12:12,640 --> 01:12:15,757
6948The past is a luxurious pursuit
6949
69501502
695101:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,117
6952which I've luckily
6953been able to indulge,
6954
69551503
695601:12:19,320 --> 01:12:20,435
6957to some extent.
6958
69591504
696001:12:23,280 --> 01:12:26,113
6961(seagulls chirping)
6962
69631505
696401:12:29,960 --> 01:12:32,838
6965(light ambient indie)
6966
69671506
696801:12:57,880 --> 01:12:59,836
6969- I finally sold some work.
6970
69711507
697201:13:01,240 --> 01:13:03,117
6973A tech CEO from Silicon Valley
6974
69751508
697601:13:03,320 --> 01:13:05,834
6977had seen the deer and wanted it.
6978
69791509
698001:13:08,040 --> 01:13:09,837
6981He contacted me and
6982asked me to install it
6983
69841510
698501:13:10,040 --> 01:13:13,999
6986in his apartment in San
6987Francisco while he was away.
6988
69891511
699001:13:16,600 --> 01:13:18,238
6991It was really good timing.
6992
69931512
699401:13:18,440 --> 01:13:22,956
6995Just paying people who
6996I owe money already.
6997
69981513
699901:13:23,160 --> 01:13:24,832
7000And then the money's all
7001gone, but it allows me
7002
70031514
700401:13:25,080 --> 01:13:27,355
7005to move forward a little bit.
7006
70071515
700801:13:29,480 --> 01:13:32,995
7009I was happy someone
7010appreciated it.
7011
70121516
701301:13:33,200 --> 01:13:34,952
7014And that was what I
7015dreamed about when I moved
7016
70171517
701801:13:35,160 --> 01:13:37,833
7019from the mountains to the
7020city, was that at some point,
7021
70221518
702301:13:38,040 --> 01:13:40,270
7024I'd be installing my work
7025in a really nice apartment
7026
70271519
702801:13:40,520 --> 01:13:42,192
7029with a beautiful view
7030
70311520
703201:13:42,400 --> 01:13:46,075
7033and that my work meant
7034something to someone.
7035
70361521
703701:13:46,280 --> 01:13:48,635
7038(clattering)
7039
70401522
704101:13:50,520 --> 01:13:52,476
7042Bruce Sterling,
7043the science fiction author,
7044
70451523
704601:13:52,680 --> 01:13:55,478
7047posted something on
7048Wired.com about my work
7049
70501524
705101:13:55,680 --> 01:13:57,875
7052and then Cory Doctorow
7053started posting stuff of mine
7054
70551525
705601:13:58,120 --> 01:13:59,758
7057on BoingBoing.
7058
70591526
706001:13:59,960 --> 01:14:02,110
7061After that I got picked
7062up by Popular Mechanics,
7063
70641527
706501:14:02,320 --> 01:14:05,357
7066Gizmodo, Engadget,
7067a lot of the tech blogs.
7068
70691528
707001:14:05,560 --> 01:14:07,039
7071(clacking)
7072
70731529
707401:14:07,240 --> 01:14:08,958
7075Things started to
7076pick up very quickly.
7077
70781530
707901:14:09,160 --> 01:14:11,037
7080How many of you recognize
7081this sound, what is it?
7082
70831531
708401:14:11,240 --> 01:14:13,356
7085I started getting calls from
7086people in Silicon Valley.
7087
70881532
708901:14:13,560 --> 01:14:14,913
7090- How many of you actually
7091learned how to type
7092
70931533
709401:14:15,120 --> 01:14:16,678
7095on a typewriter?
7096
70971534
709801:14:16,880 --> 01:14:18,632
7099High tech people
7100creating new technologies
7101
71021535
710301:14:18,840 --> 01:14:21,877
7104who were interested
7105in buying my work.
7106
71071536
710801:14:22,080 --> 01:14:25,914
7109This piece is a portrait
7110bust of Mark Zuckerberg,
7111
71121537
711301:14:26,120 --> 01:14:28,111
7114the head of Facebook.
7115
71161538
711701:14:28,320 --> 01:14:30,390
7118Christmas present for
7119him from a friend.
7120
71211539
712201:14:33,000 --> 01:14:36,515
7123Hopefully it looks
7124a little like him.
7125
71261540
712701:14:36,720 --> 01:14:38,950
7128Mark's eyes are kind
7129of a little wide set.
7130
71311541
713201:14:41,560 --> 01:14:45,235
7133The insides of his eyes are
7134kind of turned up a little bit.
7135
71361542
713701:14:49,720 --> 01:14:52,632
7138Sometimes I'll get anonymous
7139hate mails on my website
7140
71411543
714201:14:52,880 --> 01:14:57,317
7143or comments on
7144Instagram or Facebook,
7145
71461544
714701:14:57,520 --> 01:14:59,715
7148where someone's
7149obviously very upset.
7150
71511545
715201:14:59,920 --> 01:15:02,878
7153And I'm doin' what I do.
7154
71551546
715601:15:03,080 --> 01:15:04,752
7157They'd rather see
7158the typewriter live
7159
71601547
716101:15:04,960 --> 01:15:08,350
7162than have me make my
7163crappy artwork or whatever.
7164
71651548
716601:15:10,120 --> 01:15:12,873
7167They wanna save every typewriter
7168
71691549
717001:15:13,080 --> 01:15:16,959
7171and that's just not
7172possible, it's not practical.
7173
71741550
717501:15:17,200 --> 01:15:18,952
7176And it's not gonna happen.
7177
71781551
717901:15:19,200 --> 01:15:21,953
7180(soft piano music)
7181
71821552
718301:15:26,880 --> 01:15:29,713
7184This is the way
7185that I honor them.
7186
71871553
718801:15:29,960 --> 01:15:32,030
7189I'd much rather see
7190them in this state
7191
71921554
719301:15:32,240 --> 01:15:36,597
7194than sitting on
7195a shelf collecting dust.
7196
71971555
719801:15:40,920 --> 01:15:43,036
7199Technology will change us,
7200
72011556
720201:15:43,240 --> 01:15:46,835
7203we won't be human
7204in the same way.
7205
72061557
720701:15:47,040 --> 01:15:49,235
7208We will be a different
7209kind of human.
7210
72111558
721201:15:50,920 --> 01:15:53,229
7213This piece is called Thea.
7214
72151559
721601:15:53,480 --> 01:15:56,995
7217She's the Greek goddess
7218of sight and light.
7219
72201560
722101:15:57,240 --> 01:15:59,879
7222It's for Oculus VR,
7223a company that makes
7224
72251561
722601:16:00,080 --> 01:16:02,992
7227a virtual reality headset,
7228called the Oculus Rift.
7229
72301562
723101:16:03,240 --> 01:16:04,912
7232That's technology that
7233I've been waiting for
7234
72351563
723601:16:05,160 --> 01:16:07,037
7237since I was a little kid.
7238
72391564
724001:16:09,120 --> 01:16:11,793
7241Along with a flying car
7242and all that other stuff.
7243
72441565
724501:16:14,320 --> 01:16:17,596
7246This is gonna be hanging
7247from cables in their office.
7248
72491566
725001:16:21,200 --> 01:16:22,872
7251In the near future,
7252there's going to be
7253
72541567
725501:16:23,080 --> 01:16:24,991
7256a huge split in society.
7257
72581568
725901:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,031
7260There'll be one group
7261who'll have all the money
7262
72631569
726401:16:27,240 --> 01:16:30,118
7265and power to change their
7266DNA, augment their bodies
7267
72681570
726901:16:30,320 --> 01:16:35,075
7270with technology and become
7271machines that can live forever.
7272
72731571
727401:16:36,960 --> 01:16:38,791
7275And then there will
7276be the other group
7277
72781572
727901:16:39,000 --> 01:16:42,879
7280who will reject all that for
7281a completely analog life.
7282
72831573
728401:16:43,080 --> 01:16:46,072
7285Living in nature with
7286little or no technology
7287
72881574
728901:16:46,280 --> 01:16:48,111
7290and trying to stay human.
7291
72921575
729301:16:48,320 --> 01:16:50,629
7294(train horn)
7295
72961576
729701:16:54,240 --> 01:16:56,913
7298(engine running)
7299
73001577
730101:17:00,800 --> 01:17:03,394
7302- [Ken] When I was a kid, I
7303liked everything in the future,
7304
73051578
730601:17:03,600 --> 01:17:07,036
7307I watched the Jetsons,
7308I liked Johnny Quest,
7309
73101579
731101:17:07,240 --> 01:17:09,276
7312you know, 'cause he had
7313technology, I loved it.
7314
73151580
731601:17:09,520 --> 01:17:11,078
7317I wanted to be Hadji.
7318
73191581
732001:17:13,240 --> 01:17:14,832
7321But I'm an adult
7322now and now I see
7323
73241582
732501:17:15,040 --> 01:17:17,156
7326what it's really doin' to us.
7327
73281583
732901:17:17,400 --> 01:17:18,469
7330You know, we had
7331plants full of workers,
7332
73331584
733401:17:18,680 --> 01:17:20,591
7335now they're full of robots.
7336
73371585
733801:17:22,440 --> 01:17:23,919
7339Sometimes we forget
7340about what happens
7341
73421586
734301:17:24,160 --> 01:17:25,513
7344when we do have
7345these innovations,
7346
73471587
734801:17:25,720 --> 01:17:28,871
7349and the fallout
7350effect from that.
7351
73521588
735301:17:29,120 --> 01:17:34,478
7354- Are you at a loss as
7355a culture if something dies
7356
73571589
735801:17:34,640 --> 01:17:38,110
7359and nobody appreciates
7360the death of it?
7361
73621590
736301:17:38,320 --> 01:17:39,799
7364(soft piano music)
7365
73661591
736701:17:40,000 --> 01:17:41,115
7368Maybe, maybe not.
7369
73701592
737101:17:43,480 --> 01:17:45,516
7372- Just like time traveling,
7373
73741593
737501:17:45,760 --> 01:17:48,069
7376when you're comin' in
7377here looking at one
7378of these machines.
7379
73801594
738101:17:48,280 --> 01:17:52,114
7382They take you back
7383in a place and time.
7384
73851595
738601:17:52,320 --> 01:17:54,117
7387You can visualize what
7388was happening in the '405
7389
73901596
739101:17:54,320 --> 01:17:57,278
7392or World War I or
7393the '605, if you will,
7394
73951597
739601:17:57,520 --> 01:17:59,476
7397just by the typewriters
7398that we work on here
7399
74001598
740101:17:59,680 --> 01:18:01,671
7402and the era that
7403they came out in.
7404
74051599
740601:18:01,880 --> 01:18:04,553
7407(jazz festive music)
7408
74091600
741001:18:04,720 --> 01:18:08,759
7411So I'm prayin' to God that
7412we can keep this thing going.
7413
74141601
741501:18:12,320 --> 01:18:14,117
7416Fingers crossed.
7417
74181602
741901:18:14,320 --> 01:18:16,151
7420Fingers crossed, I hope
7421there's a lot of enthusiasts
7422
74231603
742401:18:16,360 --> 01:18:19,875
7425still out there, you know,
7426that want their machines fixed.
7427
74281604
742901:18:20,080 --> 01:18:22,389
7430Yeah, I can do it,
7431I mean' I'm not braggin',
7432
74331605
743401:18:22,600 --> 01:18:24,795
7435but I'm damn good.
7436
74371606
743801:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,275
7439I am, I am, no brag, just fact.
7440
74411607
744201:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,150
7443- Individually,
7444I think we are a culture,
7445
74461608
744701:18:32,360 --> 01:18:36,353
7448individually, every
7449individual is a culture.
7450
74511609
745201:18:36,600 --> 01:18:38,192
7453But the big picture
7454of the culture
7455
74561610
745701:18:38,440 --> 01:18:40,590
7458doesn't make any sense to me.
7459
74601611
746101:18:40,800 --> 01:18:43,360
7462(festive jazz music)
7463
74641612
746501:18:43,560 --> 01:18:44,470
7466- [Ken] Yeah.
7467
74681613
746901:18:46,600 --> 01:18:50,195
7470Here around Christmastime,
7471we probably do our best work.
7472
74731614
747401:18:52,480 --> 01:18:55,199
7475When they come in the shop,
7476it's very nostalgic to 'em.
7477
74781615
747901:18:55,400 --> 01:18:58,198
7480The typewriter involves
7481a sense of times gone,
7482
74831616
748401:18:58,400 --> 01:19:01,312
7485that I think were
7486a lot less stressful.
7487
74881617
748901:19:08,280 --> 01:19:10,316
7490Alright, stick you
7491on back in here,
7492
74931618
749401:19:10,520 --> 01:19:12,397
7495get you all dolled up.
7496
74971619
749801:19:12,640 --> 01:19:14,232
7499They're time machines.
7500
75011620
750201:19:19,680 --> 01:19:21,113
7503I think there's enough
7504people out there
7505
75061621
750701:19:21,360 --> 01:19:23,112
7508that can keep us afloat.
7509
75101622
751101:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,678
7512But I don't know, I don't know.
7513
75141623
751501:19:28,880 --> 01:19:30,472
7516- I'm not...
7517
75181624
751901:19:30,680 --> 01:19:31,874
7520- You're not gettin' it yet?
7521- Look, are you?
7522
75231625
752401:19:32,120 --> 01:19:34,714
7525Looks kinda somehow uneven.
7526
75271626
752801:19:34,920 --> 01:19:36,319
7529That looks okay, that one maybe
7530should go on the other side.
7531
75321627
753301:19:36,480 --> 01:19:37,629
7534- That's what
7535I'm thinkin', yeah,
7536
75371628
753801:19:37,840 --> 01:19:38,955
7539that can go over there, yeah.
7540
75411629
754201:19:39,160 --> 01:19:40,957
7543- Yeah, put that over there.
7544
75451630
754601:19:41,160 --> 01:19:42,229
7547- [Richard] Typewriters are
7548a so called thing of the past
7549
75501631
755101:19:42,440 --> 01:19:44,271
7552so people sometimes turn to them
7553
75541632
755501:19:44,480 --> 01:19:47,631
7556in an attempt to
7557recapture the past.
7558
75591633
756001:19:47,880 --> 01:19:49,598
7561- [Ken] How we
7562lookin', how we lookin'?
7563
75641634
756501:19:49,800 --> 01:19:51,233
7566- I think it looks good,
7567I think it looks way better.
7568
75691635
757001:19:51,440 --> 01:19:52,589
7571- It's a way to
7572travel back in time
7573
75741636
757501:19:52,800 --> 01:19:55,598
7576to a previous period in history.
7577
75781637
757901:19:55,800 --> 01:19:58,951
7580I've come to see typewriters
7581less as objects of nostalgia
7582
75831638
758401:19:59,160 --> 01:20:00,718
7585than signs of a future,
7586
75871639
758801:20:00,920 --> 01:20:04,595
7589signs of something
7590that's going to happen.
7591
75921640
759301:20:04,800 --> 01:20:07,268
7594There's a slow movement afoot.
7595
75961641
759701:20:07,480 --> 01:20:09,710
7598People realizing that
7599not everything has to be
7600
76011642
760201:20:09,920 --> 01:20:12,275
7603completely efficient,
7604not everything has to be
7605
76061643
760701:20:12,480 --> 01:20:15,870
7608goal oriented, but you can
7609enjoy the process itself.
7610
76111644
761201:20:16,120 --> 01:20:17,917
7613You could compare typing to
7614the slow cooking movement,
7615
76161645
761701:20:18,160 --> 01:20:20,469
7618the point is not to eat as
7619efficiently as possible,
7620
76211646
762201:20:20,680 --> 01:20:22,272
7623the point is to take your time.
7624
76251647
762601:20:22,480 --> 01:20:24,835
7627And efficiency is not
7628the paramount value,
7629
76301648
763101:20:25,040 --> 01:20:27,110
7632the point is to enjoy
7633what you're doing.
7634
76351649
763601:20:27,320 --> 01:20:29,038
7637- Afraid that you can
7638talk to your own friends,
7639
76401650
764101:20:29,240 --> 01:20:30,434
7642but how do we take that
7643video calling experience
7644
76451651
764601:20:30,640 --> 01:20:32,278
7647and really make it social?
7648
76491652
765001:20:32,480 --> 01:20:34,118
7651In fact, you can only
7652video call with people
7653
76541653
765501:20:34,320 --> 01:20:36,072
7656who've already accepted
7657your friend request.
7658
76591654
766001:20:36,280 --> 01:20:37,918
7661- [Richard] Computers,
7662they're great tools,
7663
76641655
766501:20:38,120 --> 01:20:39,951
7666but they're also seductive
7667and they take away
7668
76691656
767001:20:40,160 --> 01:20:41,559
7671some of our power sometimes.
7672
76731657
767401:20:41,760 --> 01:20:42,795
7675- It's gonna be
7676a one-click toggle
7677
76781658
767901:20:43,000 --> 01:20:44,513
7680to change between these modes.
7681
76821659
768301:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,472
7684- [Richard] There's
7685a fine line between
7686
76871660
768801:20:46,680 --> 01:20:50,036
7689having something help you and
7690having you be dependent on it.
7691
76921661
769301:20:50,280 --> 01:20:51,713
7694- [Woman] We have
7695facial detection,
7696
76971662
769801:20:51,920 --> 01:20:53,672
7699which actually tells
7700you if someone's home.
7701
77021663
770301:20:53,880 --> 01:20:55,313
7704- [Woman] You have face alerts,
7705
77061664
770701:20:55,520 --> 01:20:56,669
7708if someone walks
7709into the living room,
7710
77111665
771201:20:56,880 --> 01:20:58,598
7713you can receive a face alert.
7714
77151666
771601:20:58,800 --> 01:21:00,791
7717- I don't wanna find out
7718tomorrow what happened today.
7719
77201667
772101:21:01,040 --> 01:21:02,678
7722I wanna find out within
7723seconds or microseconds,
7724
77251668
772601:21:02,920 --> 01:21:04,558
7727if possible.
7728
77291669
773001:21:04,760 --> 01:21:05,556
7731Social media allows
7732everyone to know everything
7733
77341670
773501:21:05,760 --> 01:21:07,352
7736about everyone.
7737
77381671
773901:21:07,560 --> 01:21:09,118
7740- We added a little
7741accelerometer inside the sensor,
7742
77431672
774401:21:09,320 --> 01:21:10,753
7745you're actually
7746gonna get a vibration
7747
77481673
774901:21:10,960 --> 01:21:12,313
7750to let you know to
7751stand up straight.
7752
77531674
775401:21:12,520 --> 01:21:14,272
7755And it takes all
7756your data points,
7757
77581675
775901:21:14,480 --> 01:21:15,549
7760and then the real secret
7761sauce is where our engineers
7762
77631676
776401:21:15,800 --> 01:21:17,438
7765had made all the algorithms
7766
77671677
776801:21:17,680 --> 01:21:19,318
7769that take all this data
7770and actually turn it into
7771
77721678
777301:21:19,560 --> 01:21:21,278
7774insights and information.
7775
77761679
777701:21:21,520 --> 01:21:22,953
7778- There'll be always those
7779people who are against it,
7780
77811680
778201:21:23,160 --> 01:21:24,593
7783but I think for the most part,
7784
77851681
778601:21:24,800 --> 01:21:26,358
7787people'll start to
7788come around to it.
7789
77901682
779101:21:26,560 --> 01:21:29,757
7792- I was having this
7793rebellious moment,
7794
77951683
779601:21:29,920 --> 01:21:32,150
7797this feeling of being
7798sick of the digital world,
7799
78001684
780101:21:32,400 --> 01:21:37,349
7802how intrusive it is, how pesky
7803it is, how invasive it is.
7804
78051685
780601:21:37,560 --> 01:21:41,348
7807And I went to my typewriter
7808and wrote down a manifesto.
7809
78101686
781101:21:41,560 --> 01:21:45,348
7812(clicking)
7813(motivational music)
7814
78151687
781601:21:57,000 --> 01:22:00,356
7817"We assert our right
7818to resist the Paradigm.
7819
78201688
782101:22:02,200 --> 01:22:05,431
7822"To rebel against the
7823Information Regime.
7824
78251689
782601:22:05,640 --> 01:22:08,029
7827"To escape the Data Stream.
7828
78291690
783001:22:08,240 --> 01:22:11,835
7831"We strike a blow
7832for self-reliance,
7833privacy, coherence
7834
78351691
783601:22:12,040 --> 01:22:16,033
7837"against dependency,
7838surveillance, and
7839disintegration.
7840
78411692
784201:22:20,680 --> 01:22:22,796
7843"We affirm the written
7844word and written thought
7845
78461693
784701:22:23,040 --> 01:22:27,591
7848"against multimedia,
7849multitasking, and the meme.
7850
78511694
785201:22:30,520 --> 01:22:32,397
7853"We choose the real
7854over representation,
7855
78561695
785701:22:32,600 --> 01:22:34,397
7858"the physical over the digital,
7859
78601696
786101:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,750
7862"the durable over
7863the unsustainable.
7864
78651697
786601:22:36,960 --> 01:22:40,396
7867"The self sufficient
7868over the efficient."
7869
78701698
787101:22:40,640 --> 01:22:44,679
7872(clicking)
7873(inspirational music)
7874
78751699
787601:22:57,520 --> 01:22:59,431
7877(whirring)
7878
78791700
788001:23:03,640 --> 01:23:07,076
7881After I wrote it, I put
7882it through the scanner
7883
78841701
788501:23:07,280 --> 01:23:09,475
7886and shared it online.
7887
78881702
788901:23:11,520 --> 01:23:13,192
7890Then I put a little
7891note on my blog saying,
7892
78931703
789401:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,277
7895Psst, visit this website
7896where you can find it
7897
78981704
789901:23:15,480 --> 01:23:17,152
7900and people did.
7901
79021705
790301:23:17,360 --> 01:23:20,079
7904They started copying it,
7905retyping it, sharing it.
7906
79071706
790801:23:20,280 --> 01:23:22,953
7909Here's somebody who
7910translated it into Italian,
7911
79121707
791301:23:23,160 --> 01:23:26,391
7914here's a translation
7915into Serbian.
7916
79171708
791801:23:26,640 --> 01:23:28,870
7919Then in a few weeks, I started
7920getting postcards, letters
7921
79221709
792301:23:29,080 --> 01:23:32,436
7924in my mailbox from the
7925insurgency around the world.
7926
79271710
792801:23:32,640 --> 01:23:34,790
7929The revolution reached
7930the village of Graubunden,
7931
79321711
793301:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,470
7934located in the Southern
7935Valley, agent Neckerman Jr.
7936
79371712
793801:23:38,680 --> 01:23:40,318
7939"Greetings from
7940the insurrection,
7941
79421713
794301:23:40,520 --> 01:23:42,272
7944"we are pleased to inform
7945you that typewriters
7946
79471714
794801:23:42,480 --> 01:23:45,631
7949"are now mandatory in every
7950tower and minaret east of Paris.
7951
79521715
795301:23:45,840 --> 01:23:47,831
7954"Unfortunately it was
7955not a bloodless coup.
7956
79571716
795801:23:48,080 --> 01:23:49,638
7959"Sometimes the unenlightened
7960must be shown the error
7961
79621717
796301:23:49,840 --> 01:23:51,512
7964"of their wicked ways.
7965
79661718
796701:23:51,680 --> 01:23:53,159
7968"We are confident that
7969every public building,
7970
79711719
797201:23:53,360 --> 01:23:55,157
7973"and every hamlet,
7974village, and city,
7975
79761720
797701:23:55,360 --> 01:23:57,476
7978"will soon resonate with the
7979glorious clatter of type bars
7980
79811721
798201:23:57,720 --> 01:23:59,756
7983"falling upon paper.
7984
79851722
798601:23:59,960 --> 01:24:01,473
7987"It is never too late
7988to experience the joys
7989
79901723
799101:24:01,720 --> 01:24:03,631
7992"of our mechanical friends."
7993
79941724
799501:24:05,120 --> 01:24:06,792
7996"Freedom must always be freedom
7997
79981725
799901:24:07,000 --> 01:24:09,195
8000"for those who think
8001differently," Rosa Luxemburg.
8002
80031726
800401:24:11,680 --> 01:24:13,238
8005"Comrade Polt, this month
8006I visited a foreign country
8007
80081727
800901:24:13,480 --> 01:24:15,232
8010"where I hope to make
8011contact with a new cell
8012
80131728
801401:24:15,480 --> 01:24:19,109
8015"of the insurgency, workers
8016of the Typosphere unite."
8017
80181729
801901:24:20,920 --> 01:24:23,514
8020This one came in
8021recently from Alabama.
8022
80231730
802401:24:23,720 --> 01:24:25,517
8025"This dispatch comes from
8026the province known among
8027
80281731
802901:24:25,720 --> 01:24:27,631
8030"the cognoscente
8031as the Magic City.
8032
80331732
803401:24:27,840 --> 01:24:29,671
8035"Natives here express
8036satisfaction at
8037the recent contact
8038
80391733
804001:24:29,880 --> 01:24:31,711
8041"with the glorious
8042revolutionaries
8043
80441734
804501:24:31,960 --> 01:24:33,951
8046"of the London Town Directorate
8047
80481735
804901:24:34,160 --> 01:24:36,355
8050"and hold themselves
8051in readiness for
8052further instructions
8053
80541736
805501:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,118
8056"from the Politburo.
8057
80581737
805901:24:38,320 --> 01:24:40,231
8060"Vive l'insurgencie."
8061
80621738
806301:24:40,440 --> 01:24:41,509
8064Communique ends.
8065
80661739
806701:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,792
8068From Melbourne, Australia.
8069
80701740
807101:24:45,000 --> 01:24:47,070
8072"Typewriter writers
8073of Melbourne, unite.
8074
80751741
807601:24:47,280 --> 01:24:48,793
8077"Bring out your
8078weapons of writing
8079
80801742
808101:24:49,000 --> 01:24:50,558
8082"and write in the
8083streets, in the parks,
8084
80851743
808601:24:50,760 --> 01:24:51,829
8087"at the football.
8088
80891744
809001:24:52,040 --> 01:24:53,758
8091"Write like every word matters.
8092
80931745
809401:24:53,960 --> 01:24:56,679
8095"We watch our movement to
8096grow stronger every day.
8097
80981746
809901:24:56,880 --> 01:24:59,553
8100"The revolution will
8101be typewritten."
8102
81031747
810401:24:59,760 --> 01:25:02,433
8105(soft piano music)
8106
81071748
810801:25:09,640 --> 01:25:11,835
8109- Sometimes I feel
8110homesick for a place
8111
81121749
811301:25:12,080 --> 01:25:14,116
8114I can never really get back to.
8115
81161750
811701:25:17,320 --> 01:25:20,551
8118My father died last June,
8119
81201751
812101:25:20,800 --> 01:25:23,189
8122he was 86.
8123
81241752
812501:25:25,760 --> 01:25:28,194
8126Eventually, the house
8127will have to be sold.
8128
81291753
813001:25:34,760 --> 01:25:37,797
8131The house was the house
8132that people came to to play,
8133
81341754
813501:25:38,000 --> 01:25:39,149
8136it was where my friends came,
8137
81381755
813901:25:39,400 --> 01:25:41,755
8140it was the adventure playground.
8141
81421756
814301:25:46,360 --> 01:25:48,749
8144I can see myself in
814510, 15, 20 years,
8146
81471757
814801:25:48,960 --> 01:25:50,632
8149walking along the river
8150
81511758
815201:25:50,840 --> 01:25:54,674
8153and approaching my parents'
8154house from the valley.
8155
81561759
815701:25:54,920 --> 01:25:57,992
8158I come down here and imagine
8159the pleasures of childhood
8160
81611760
816201:25:58,200 --> 01:25:59,599
8163that were had here.
8164
81651761
816601:26:04,160 --> 01:26:05,593
8167- [Herb] Want something
8168to drink, here?
8169
81701762
817101:26:05,840 --> 01:26:07,558
8172- Yeah, lemonade, medium.
8173- Oh okay.
8174
81751763
817601:26:07,800 --> 01:26:09,119
8177What's up?
8178- Right here good?
8179
81801764
818101:26:09,320 --> 01:26:11,675
8182- [Herb] Yeah, that's fine.
8183
81841765
818501:26:11,840 --> 01:26:13,717
8186(humming)
8187
81881766
818901:26:13,920 --> 01:26:17,310
8190- [Ken] Herb decided not to
8191take the offer on the building.
8192
81931767
819401:26:17,560 --> 01:26:20,313
8195He decided, well let's just
8196not give up hope yet on it,
8197
81981768
819901:26:20,520 --> 01:26:22,351
8200let's see if we can
8201keep this thing going.
8202
82031769
820401:26:25,280 --> 01:26:28,272
8205We realized we needed a website.
8206
82071770
820801:26:28,480 --> 01:26:31,074
8209- The whole typewriter thing
8210seems to be a fad right now,
8211
82121771
821301:26:31,280 --> 01:26:33,748
8214but I think it's more than that.
8215
82161772
821701:26:34,000 --> 01:26:37,072
8218All these kids out there
8219wanting typewriters,
8220
82211773
822201:26:37,280 --> 01:26:39,635
8223the only way they're
8224gonna see that is online.
8225
82261774
822701:26:39,880 --> 01:26:43,634
8228(clacking)
8229(beep)
8230
82311775
823201:26:43,880 --> 01:26:46,155
8233It seems funny that the only
8234way that California Typewriter
8235
82361776
823701:26:46,360 --> 01:26:50,638
8238will be able to survive is
8239by embracing new technology.
8240
82411777
824201:26:50,840 --> 01:26:53,513
8243Using social
8244networking in a website
8245
82461778
824701:26:53,720 --> 01:26:55,711
8248just to tell people
8249that they exist.
8250
82511779
825201:26:55,920 --> 01:26:57,672
8253Here it is, update.
8254- Okay.
8255
82561780
825701:26:57,880 --> 01:27:00,235
8258- It's gonna say
8259update on your main,
8260
82611781
826201:27:00,480 --> 01:27:02,038
8263it's way easier on the app.
8264
82651782
826601:27:02,240 --> 01:27:04,674
8267They can manage their
8268promotion through the web.
8269
82701783
827101:27:04,880 --> 01:27:06,677
8272I just took a great picture of
8273
82741784
827501:27:08,840 --> 01:27:10,432
8276an Instagram post
8277that says something.
8278
82791785
828001:27:10,640 --> 01:27:11,959
8281Yeah, they won't have
8282to wait for anybody
8283
82841786
828501:27:12,200 --> 01:27:14,191
8286to come into their
8287store anymore.
8288
82891787
829001:27:14,400 --> 01:27:17,472
8291Here I'm gonna say this
8292super clean, little beauty.
8293
82941788
829501:27:17,680 --> 01:27:20,035
8296They can arrange repairs
8297and ship typewriters.
8298
82991789
830001:27:20,240 --> 01:27:21,434
8301$440?
8302
83031790
830401:27:21,640 --> 01:27:23,517
8305- [Carmen] Yeah, $440.
8306
83071791
830801:27:23,720 --> 01:27:26,280
8309- [Jeremy] And they can stay
8310in that space, happy there,
8311
83121792
831301:27:26,480 --> 01:27:29,517
8314the whole family keeps
8315working together and
8316
83171793
831801:27:29,760 --> 01:27:31,318
8319it'd be great.
8320
83211794
832201:27:31,520 --> 01:27:33,158
8323- Right now the site
8324just pretty much features
8325
83261795
832701:27:33,360 --> 01:27:35,316
8328profiles of the store and
8329of the employees in it
8330
83311796
833201:27:35,560 --> 01:27:37,596
8333and what we do and how
8334long we've been here.
8335
83361797
833701:27:37,800 --> 01:27:39,313
8338And it features a few machines,
8339
83401798
834101:27:39,560 --> 01:27:41,551
8342but it certainly has to
8343grow bigger than that.
8344
83451799
834601:27:41,760 --> 01:27:43,830
8347One thing about
8348the new technology
8349
83501800
835101:27:44,040 --> 01:27:45,712
8352is that even though
8353we may hate it,
8354
83551801
835601:27:45,920 --> 01:27:46,716
8357we need it.
8358
83591802
836001:27:46,920 --> 01:27:47,716
8361(laughing)
8362
83631803
836401:27:47,920 --> 01:27:50,798
8365(crowd noise)
8366
83671804
836801:27:51,000 --> 01:27:52,638
8369First of all, we wanna
8370thank you guys for comin'.
8371
83721805
837301:27:52,840 --> 01:27:54,751
8374This is our first type in.
8375
83761806
837701:27:54,960 --> 01:27:56,871
8378this place hasn't been bumping
8379like this in a while, so.
8380
83811807
838201:27:57,120 --> 01:27:59,714
8383Welcome and thank
8384you for coming.
8385
83861808
838701:27:59,960 --> 01:28:01,552
8388Yeah, basic service
8389runs about $75
8390
83911809
839201:28:01,760 --> 01:28:03,239
8393and the ribbon's about $15.
8394
83951810
839601:28:03,440 --> 01:28:04,270
8397Give you a name
8398and a phone number
8399
84001811
840101:28:04,480 --> 01:28:06,038
8402to call back at.
8403
84041812
840501:28:06,240 --> 01:28:07,673
8406Okay, great.
8407
84081813
840901:28:07,920 --> 01:28:10,388
8410(clicking)
8411
84121814
841301:28:10,600 --> 01:28:13,512
8414(crowd chatter)
8415
84161815
841701:28:13,760 --> 01:28:14,795
8418- We're all a little weird.
8419
84201816
842101:28:15,000 --> 01:28:16,513
8422When you have an addiction
8423
84241817
842501:28:16,720 --> 01:28:18,312
8426and you find other
8427like-minded people,
8428
84291818
843001:28:18,560 --> 01:28:20,118
8431this whole group of people
8432enabling each other.
8433
84341819
843501:28:20,280 --> 01:28:22,111
8436- I thought it was a
8437good opportunity to come
8438
84391820
844001:28:22,320 --> 01:28:23,753
8441and meet lots of other people
8442who bother with typewriters.
8443
84441821
844501:28:23,960 --> 01:28:26,428
8446- I'm worse than an alcoholic.
8447
84481822
844901:28:26,640 --> 01:28:28,119
8450Somebody come up
8451with a creative way
8452
84531823
845401:28:28,360 --> 01:28:30,191
8455for Typewriters
8456Anonymous and I'm that.
8457
84581824
845901:28:30,360 --> 01:28:32,351
8460- My name's Tony Midley and
8461I have a typewriter problem.
8462
84631825
846401:28:32,560 --> 01:28:34,118
8465- I have a typewriter
8466problem, too, and I love it.
8467
84681826
846901:28:34,320 --> 01:28:35,878
8470- I think there's
8471actually a lot of people
8472
84731827
847401:28:36,120 --> 01:28:37,189
8475who fit the description
8476of high tech people
8477
84781828
847901:28:37,400 --> 01:28:38,833
8480who have kind of had enough
8481
84821829
848301:28:39,080 --> 01:28:40,832
8484and have gone back
8485to the analog world.
8486
84871830
848801:28:41,080 --> 01:28:42,479
8489I actually work for Facebook,
8490which is really interesting
8491
84921831
849301:28:42,680 --> 01:28:43,749
8494to me, because I spend
8495all of my time online,
8496
84971832
849801:28:44,000 --> 01:28:45,672
8499social networking.
8500
85011833
850201:28:45,920 --> 01:28:47,035
8503I think a lot of people
8504wanna get away from that,
8505
85061834
850701:28:47,240 --> 01:28:48,912
8508or withdraw from that.
8509
85101835
851101:28:49,120 --> 01:28:50,394
8512Even young people, and
8513I think that's why they're
8514
85151836
851601:28:50,600 --> 01:28:52,795
8517attracted to
8518technology like this.
8519
85201837
852101:28:53,000 --> 01:28:56,037
8522- There's never going to
8523be a typewriter movement.
8524
85251838
852601:28:56,240 --> 01:28:58,674
8527It's just about,
8528instead of there being
8529
85301839
853101:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,758
8532this one massive
8533way of thinking,
8534
85351840
853601:29:01,960 --> 01:29:04,110
8537there are many, many smaller,
8538
85391841
854001:29:04,320 --> 01:29:07,949
8541more niche sort
8542of ways of being.
8543
85441842
854501:29:08,160 --> 01:29:09,639
8546Which would be
8547great to have again.
8548
85491843
855001:29:09,840 --> 01:29:11,239
8551- I'm Sylvia.
8552- Hi, I'm Mike.
8553
85541844
855501:29:11,440 --> 01:29:13,396
8556- And bringing back this village
8557
85581845
855901:29:13,600 --> 01:29:15,795
8560by way of different
8561neighborhoods.
8562
85631846
856401:29:16,000 --> 01:29:17,797
8565These guys, they're
8566on the typewriter
8567
85681847
856901:29:18,040 --> 01:29:19,837
8570and they're naturalists.
8571
85721848
857301:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,355
8574You're gonna see a group of
8575people grow, and grow, and grow
8576
85771849
857801:29:22,560 --> 01:29:24,039
8579and grow and grow.
8580
85811850
858201:29:24,240 --> 01:29:25,798
8583- Hope we can do it
8584again every year.
8585
85861851
858701:29:26,040 --> 01:29:28,235
8588That's it, alright.
8589
85901852
859101:29:28,440 --> 01:29:30,556
8592(tinkling)
8593
85941853
859501:29:35,000 --> 01:29:37,389
8596(cha-cha music)
8597
85981854
859901:29:39,680 --> 01:29:43,070
8600(dinging)
8601
86021855
860301:29:43,280 --> 01:29:47,876
8604- [Actor] How do you do,
8605are you an actress? (chuckling)
8606
86071856
860801:29:48,080 --> 01:29:50,548
8609- [Actress] You have
8610a fantastic set.
8611
86121857
861301:29:50,760 --> 01:29:52,796
8614- We call her the fate machine.
8615
86161858
861701:29:53,000 --> 01:29:53,830
8618- [Actress] What?
8619
86201859
862101:29:54,040 --> 01:29:54,836
8622- You see,
8623
86241860
862501:29:57,200 --> 01:29:59,589
8626typewriter keys represent
8627the keys of life.
8628
86291861
863001:29:59,800 --> 01:30:01,119
8631(chiming)
8632
86331862
863401:30:01,320 --> 01:30:03,629
8635And we human beings
8636dance on them
8637
86381863
863901:30:03,840 --> 01:30:07,469
8640and then when you dance,
8641as we press down the keys
8642
86431864
864401:30:07,680 --> 01:30:10,877
8645of the machine, the
8646story that's written
8647
86481865
864901:30:12,520 --> 01:30:14,192
8650is the story of our fate.
8651
86521866
865301:30:14,400 --> 01:30:16,550
8654- [Actress] It's very symbolic.
8655
86561867
865701:30:16,800 --> 01:30:17,516
8658- Thank you.
8659
86601868
866101:30:18,800 --> 01:30:20,870
8662(chiming)
8663
86641869
866501:30:22,120 --> 01:30:24,554
8666(engine rattling)
8667
86681870
866901:30:30,720 --> 01:30:32,358
8670- [Jeremy] Typewriter
8671really isn't dead,
8672
86731871
867401:30:32,560 --> 01:30:36,872
8675it's still getting used
8676in India, at least.
8677
86781872
867901:30:37,080 --> 01:30:40,277
8680(upbeat Bollywood music)
8681
86821873
868301:30:48,320 --> 01:30:51,073
8684There are these info
8685slums, places where people
8686
86871874
868801:30:51,280 --> 01:30:53,475
8689type for a living on the street.
8690
86911875
869201:30:53,680 --> 01:30:56,240
8693Not for creative purposes,
8694not for writing poems
8695
86961876
869701:30:56,440 --> 01:30:57,350
8698or for writing novels, but
8699
87001877
870101:30:57,560 --> 01:30:59,118
8702for business purposes.
8703
87041878
870501:30:59,320 --> 01:31:00,878
8706(engine revving)
8707
87081879
870901:31:01,080 --> 01:31:02,718
8710It was recently announced
8711
87121880
871301:31:02,920 --> 01:31:04,148
8714that the last typewriter
8715manufacturing plant
8716
87171881
871801:31:04,360 --> 01:31:05,839
8719was closing down.
8720
87211882
872201:31:06,040 --> 01:31:08,110
8723- The last typewriter
8724manufacturer on earth
8725
87261883
872701:31:08,320 --> 01:31:09,719
8728has shut down.
8729
87301884
873101:31:09,920 --> 01:31:12,115
8732The factory was
8733in Mumbai, India.
8734
87351885
873601:31:12,360 --> 01:31:13,918
8737The company was 60 years old,
8738
87391886
874001:31:14,120 --> 01:31:15,792
8741it opened in the time of Nehru.
8742
87431887
874401:31:16,000 --> 01:31:17,558
8745- [Jeremy] Godrej and
8746Boyce stopped their
8747
87481888
874901:31:17,760 --> 01:31:20,672
8750typewriter manufacturing
8751about three years ago.
8752
87531889
875401:31:20,880 --> 01:31:22,757
8755- [TV Announcer] They sold 105
8756of thousands of typewriters
8757
87581890
875901:31:22,960 --> 01:31:24,996
8760every year, until the
8761typewriter was just killed off
8762
87631891
876401:31:25,200 --> 01:31:26,997
8765by the computer.
8766
87671892
876801:31:27,160 --> 01:31:29,355
8769- [Jeremy] Godrej brought
8770me here to create sculptures
8771
87721893
877301:31:29,560 --> 01:31:31,357
8774from the last 100 typewriters
8775
87761894
877701:31:31,560 --> 01:31:33,994
8778that rolled off
8779their assembly line.
8780
87811895
878201:31:34,200 --> 01:31:35,952
8783I don't know what
8784I'm gonna make yet.
8785
87861896
878701:31:36,160 --> 01:31:40,073
8788(clinking)
8789(murmuring)
8790
87911897
879201:31:44,120 --> 01:31:46,350
8793Godrej wanted the
8794sculpture to be a symbol of
8795
87961898
879701:31:46,600 --> 01:31:48,318
8798their commitment to innovation.
8799
88001899
880101:31:48,560 --> 01:31:51,677
8802To represent their move
8803into the 215t century.
8804
88051900
880601:31:51,880 --> 01:31:55,873
8807(honking)
8808(distant chanting)
8809
88101901
881101:31:58,600 --> 01:32:02,559
8812(light ambient music)
8813(clinking)
8814
88151902
881601:32:06,160 --> 01:32:09,357
8817The lotus, it rises
8818from the filth.
8819
88201903
882101:32:09,560 --> 01:32:12,472
8822From the murky water at
8823he bottom of the pond
8824
88251904
882601:32:12,680 --> 01:32:14,910
8827and blossoms into this pure,
8828
88291905
883001:32:16,680 --> 01:32:19,114
8831uncontaminated, delicate flower.
8832
88331906
883401:32:21,160 --> 01:32:24,835
8835The symbol of enlightenment,
8836rebirth, perfection.
8837
88381907
883901:32:25,040 --> 01:32:28,999
8840Something beautiful growing
8841from the bottom of a dirty pond.
8842
88431908
884401:32:33,800 --> 01:32:36,872
8845There's no such
8846thing as permanence.
8847
88481909
884901:32:37,080 --> 01:32:40,755
8850Things die and they're
8851reborn as something new.
8852
88531910
885401:32:42,200 --> 01:32:44,589
8855I don't wanna look back.
8856
88571911
885801:32:44,800 --> 01:32:47,633
8859The future is the only thing
8860you can do anything about.
8861
88621912
886301:32:47,840 --> 01:32:50,718
8864You can't do anything
8865about the past.
8866
88671913
886801:32:53,760 --> 01:32:55,113
8869A lot of people
8870are really scared
8871
88721914
887301:32:55,320 --> 01:32:56,958
8874about how the
8875future is unfolding
8876
88771915
887801:32:57,160 --> 01:32:58,639
8879and the only way
8880to think about it
8881
88821916
888301:32:58,880 --> 01:33:01,030
8884is to be optimistic.
8885
88861917
888701:33:01,240 --> 01:33:02,753
8888We're gonna do amazing
8889things with technology,
8890
88911918
889201:33:02,960 --> 01:33:03,790
8893we have to.
8894
88951919
889601:33:06,160 --> 01:33:07,991
8897The thing that people
8898who are afraid of change
8899
89001920
890101:33:08,200 --> 01:33:10,077
8902should remember is that
8903people born after you are,
8904
89051921
890601:33:10,280 --> 01:33:12,032
8907living in your time, they
8908don't want what you want.
8909
89101922
891101:33:12,240 --> 01:33:14,515
8912They want what's in their time.
8913
89141923
891501:33:20,920 --> 01:33:24,993
8916(engine running)
8917(light ambient music)
8918
89191924
892001:33:25,240 --> 01:33:27,196
8921We can't stop that
8922habit that people have
8923
89241925
892501:33:27,400 --> 01:33:30,073
8926of taking knowledge and
8927trying to tweak the world
8928
89291926
893001:33:30,280 --> 01:33:34,068
8931around us with it, we're
8932always going to do that.
8933
89341927
893501:33:39,240 --> 01:33:43,028
8936I don't know what the
8937future holds for me.
8938
89391928
894001:33:43,240 --> 01:33:47,199
8941I'm doing what I love and
8942I'm doing what I want.
8943
89441929
894501:33:47,400 --> 01:33:50,153
8946I don't know where I'm gonna
8947be six months from now.
8948
89491930
895001:33:50,360 --> 01:33:52,510
8951(clicking)
8952
89531931
895401:33:56,680 --> 01:33:58,159
8955- [Martin] I remember
8956when I told my wife
8957
89581932
895901:33:58,400 --> 01:34:00,630
8960that I'd had my first
8961typewriter dream.
8962
89631933
896401:34:00,840 --> 01:34:03,638
8965She was quite alarmed.
8966
89671934
896801:34:03,840 --> 01:34:06,912
8969I'm looking in a big
8970glass window of a store,
8971
89721935
897301:34:07,160 --> 01:34:09,116
8974it's nighttime, they're closed.
8975
89761936
897701:34:09,320 --> 01:34:12,198
8978And I look in and I see shelves.
8979
89801937
898101:34:12,360 --> 01:34:15,193
8982And on the shelves are
8983wonderful, early typewriters.
8984
89851938
898601:34:15,400 --> 01:34:19,109
8987Rare ones, unusual ones,
8988ones I've never seen before.
8989
89901939
899101:34:19,320 --> 01:34:21,072
8992And my eyes dance
8993along the shelves,
8994
89951940
899601:34:21,280 --> 01:34:23,271
8997checking out these treasures.
8998
89991941
900001:34:23,480 --> 01:34:25,710
9001But I can't get in,
9002the door's locked.
9003
90041942
900501:34:25,920 --> 01:34:27,672
9006Sometimes I'm
9007actually transported
9008
90091943
901001:34:27,880 --> 01:34:29,836
9011into the store, and I get to get
9012
90131944
901401:34:30,040 --> 01:34:32,031
9015really close to the shelves.
9016
90171945
901801:34:32,240 --> 01:34:33,673
9019I never touched the typewriters,
9020
90211946
902201:34:33,880 --> 01:34:36,348
9023I can never touch
9024them, but I get close.
9025
90261947
902701:34:36,600 --> 01:34:38,511
9028That's as far as it goes.
9029
90301948
903101:34:42,120 --> 01:34:44,634
9032- I have no idea what the
9033life of this typewriter was
9034
90351949
903601:34:44,840 --> 01:34:48,276
9037before I had the privilege
9038of possessing it.
9039
90401950
904101:34:48,480 --> 01:34:51,438
9042Nor do I have any idea
9043what will become of it
9044
90451951
904601:34:51,640 --> 01:34:54,313
9047when my turn is over.
9048
90491952
905001:34:54,520 --> 01:34:56,715
9051I'd like to think it
9052will stay in our family
9053
90541953
905501:34:56,960 --> 01:35:00,316
9056and maybe there will be
9057grandchildren that wanna write.
9058
90591954
906001:35:00,520 --> 01:35:02,875
9061And maybe one or two of them
9062might be peculiar enough
9063
90641955
906501:35:03,080 --> 01:35:06,311
9066to enjoy this as much as
9067their grandfather did.
9068
90691956
907001:35:06,520 --> 01:35:08,476
9071- Hello, hi, my gosh.
9072
90731957
907401:35:08,720 --> 01:35:09,709
9075Alan, I'm Martin, hi.
9076
90771958
907801:35:09,920 --> 01:35:10,989
9079We've met before, I think.
9080
90811959
908201:35:11,200 --> 01:35:12,474
9083- We've talked on the phone.
9084
90851960
908601:35:12,720 --> 01:35:14,073
9087- We have.
9088- But we haven't met.
9089
90901961
909101:35:14,280 --> 01:35:15,793
9092- Well we've got
9093catching up to do.
9094
90951962
909601:35:16,000 --> 01:35:16,796
9097There's typewriters
9098in these hills, eh?
9099
91001963
910101:35:17,000 --> 01:35:18,035
9102Hi.
9103
91041964
910501:35:18,240 --> 01:35:19,275
9106- Canadian boy.
9107- Oh.
9108
91091965
911001:35:19,520 --> 01:35:20,589
9111This year, there's a gathering
9112
91131966
911401:35:20,760 --> 01:35:22,591
9115of antique typewriter collectors
9116
91171967
911801:35:22,800 --> 01:35:24,711
9119in Morgantown, West Virginia
9120at Herman Price's house.
9121
91221968
912301:35:24,920 --> 01:35:26,956
9124- [Man] Have you seen his
9125Manhattan paper table.
9126
91271969
912801:35:27,200 --> 01:35:28,110
9129- No.
9130- It's like the Mona Lisa.
9131
91321970
913301:35:28,360 --> 01:35:29,998
9134- Oh, come, come.
9135
91361971
913701:35:30,240 --> 01:35:33,118
9138Herman Price, his whole
9139basement is a labyrinth
9140
91411972
914201:35:33,320 --> 01:35:36,676
9143of rooms and corridors where
9144typewriters are stacked
9145
91461973
914701:35:36,880 --> 01:35:39,348
9148on shelves from the floor
9149right up to the ceiling.
9150
91511974
915201:35:39,560 --> 01:35:41,357
9153- Anybody come from 2,000 miles?
9154
91551975
915601:35:41,560 --> 01:35:42,390
9157(murmuring assent)
9158
91591976
916001:35:42,600 --> 01:35:44,318
91613,000 miles.
9162
91631977
916401:35:44,520 --> 01:35:46,033
9165(laughing)
9166
91671978
916801:35:46,240 --> 01:35:48,310
91694,000 miles.
9170
91711979
917201:35:48,520 --> 01:35:51,159
9173And the winner is, Marty Rice.
9174
91751980
917601:35:51,360 --> 01:35:52,759
9177Come on up here, Marty.
9178
91791981
918001:35:52,960 --> 01:35:54,916
9181I have a lot of typewriters.
9182
91831982
918401:35:55,120 --> 01:35:56,997
9185It's approximately 700.
9186
91871983
918801:35:57,200 --> 01:36:00,078
9189Marty is from outer space.
9190(laughter)
9191
91921984
919301:36:00,280 --> 01:36:02,475
9194And I've found that collecting
9195the typewriter friends
9196
91971985
919801:36:02,680 --> 01:36:05,148
9199is a lot more fun than
9200collecting typewriters.
9201
92021986
920301:36:05,400 --> 01:36:08,597
9204- This is a white
9205Moll number three.
9206
92071987
920801:36:08,800 --> 01:36:10,358
9209- [Martin] There's
9210a whole range of ages here
9211
92121988
921301:36:10,560 --> 01:36:14,712
9214from 14, the youngest,
9215up to 75 approaching 80.
9216
92171989
921801:36:14,920 --> 01:36:16,911
9219- And it's just a fun machine
9220
92211990
922201:36:17,160 --> 01:36:18,718
9223that makes you
9224smile to look at it.
9225
92261991
922701:36:18,960 --> 01:36:21,269
9228- Mostly men, all men.
9229
92301992
923101:36:21,480 --> 01:36:23,232
9232A bit strange, I don't
9233know why that is.
9234
92351993
923601:36:23,440 --> 01:36:24,759
9237- I take it back
9238with me, the hopper,
9239
92401994
924101:36:25,000 --> 01:36:26,877
9242and I sleep with her tonight.
9243
92441995
924501:36:27,080 --> 01:36:29,036
9246And then I'll take
9247it back tomorrow.
9248
92491996
925001:36:29,240 --> 01:36:32,437
9251- Alright, so this is
9252my Oliver Woodstock,
9253
92541997
925501:36:32,680 --> 01:36:34,033
9256absolutely no relation to...
9257
92581998
925901:36:34,240 --> 01:36:35,753
9260- [Martin] It's
9261just wonderful to
9262
92631999
926401:36:35,960 --> 01:36:37,712
9265share our passion of
9266early typewriters.
9267
92682000
926901:36:37,920 --> 01:36:39,558
9270- Did you have to do much
9271to it or was it like that
9272
92732001
927401:36:39,760 --> 01:36:41,557
9275when you got it?
9276
92772002
927801:36:41,760 --> 01:36:45,230
9279I'll never be able to get
9280all the antique typewriters.
9281
92822003
928301:36:45,480 --> 01:36:46,959
9284It's spectacular.
9285
92862004
928701:36:47,160 --> 01:36:48,149
9288There's always gonna
9289be people out there
9290
92912005
929201:36:48,400 --> 01:36:50,709
9293with bigger collections.
9294
92952006
929601:36:50,920 --> 01:36:53,036
9297- If I had to keep
9298only one typewriter,
9299
93002007
930101:36:53,280 --> 01:36:57,273
9302if I had to get rid of them
9303all and only have one left,
9304
93052008
930601:37:01,920 --> 01:37:07,836
9307There is a version of this
9308Smith Corona, which is the
9309
93102009
931101:37:08,040 --> 01:37:10,235
9312silent Smith Corona.
9313
93142010
931501:37:13,960 --> 01:37:16,235
9316I have an electric
9317version of this,
9318
93192011
932001:37:16,440 --> 01:37:18,635
9321which is kind of like
9322a hybrid model of it,
9323
93242012
932501:37:18,840 --> 01:37:22,116
9326'cause the only thing in it
9327that is electric is the keys.
9328
93292013
933001:37:22,320 --> 01:37:23,196
9331But there is...
9332
93332014
933401:37:23,440 --> 01:37:25,078
9335Let me move this.
9336
93372015
933801:37:25,280 --> 01:37:28,033
9339Smith Corona, Skywriter,
9340definitely on the top five list.
9341
93422016
934301:37:28,240 --> 01:37:30,310
9344If you can only take five
9345typewriters with you,
9346
93472017
934801:37:30,520 --> 01:37:32,238
9349that would be it.
9350
93512018
935201:37:32,440 --> 01:37:37,468
9353Hermes 2000, definitely might
9354wanna take that bad boy.
9355
93562019
935701:37:37,680 --> 01:37:39,432
9358The Olympia's okay,
9359but quite frankly,
9360
93612020
936201:37:39,640 --> 01:37:42,632
9363the rise of the keys
9364is a little too high.
9365
93662021
936701:37:42,840 --> 01:37:46,196
9368Somewhere around whenever
9369they started making this,
9370
93712022
937201:37:46,400 --> 01:37:48,038
9373the Smith Corona Silent
9374and various other models
9375
93762023
937701:37:48,240 --> 01:37:51,789
9378that have the same silhouette,
9379the rise on the keys
9380
93812024
938201:37:52,000 --> 01:37:53,513
9383is just almost perfect.
9384
93852025
938601:37:53,760 --> 01:37:56,274
9387Going from an N to a Y
9388requires almost nothing.
9389
93902026
939101:37:56,480 --> 01:37:59,950
9392The size of the type is not
9393too big and not too small.
9394
93952027
939601:38:00,160 --> 01:38:03,311
9397But listen to the
9398solidity of the action.
9399
94002028
940101:38:03,560 --> 01:38:05,198
9402(clacking)
9403
94042029
940501:38:05,440 --> 01:38:08,557
9406This is a solid,
9407solid piece of machine
9408
94092030
941001:38:08,760 --> 01:38:11,069
9411that's got beautiful
9412highlights like the stripes
9413
94142031
941501:38:11,320 --> 01:38:14,676
9416here and there, the colors are
9417good, I love the green keys.
9418
94192032
942001:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,599
9421I would probably say that
9422this with a good case
9423
94242033
942501:38:17,800 --> 01:38:20,553
9426would be the one
9427typewriter I would take
9428
94292034
943001:38:20,760 --> 01:38:22,716
9431and that's why it's
9432kinda out right now.
9433
94342035
943501:38:22,920 --> 01:38:24,876
9436I rotate this one
9437into use an awful lot.
9438
94392036
944001:38:25,120 --> 01:38:26,872
9441(clack clack)
9442
94432037
944401:38:27,080 --> 01:38:27,910
9445I confess.
9446
94472038
944801:38:28,120 --> 01:38:29,838
9449(clack clack)
9450
94512039
945201:38:30,040 --> 01:38:32,349
9453- I'm not picking the typewriter
9454because I think it's hip.
9455
94562040
945701:38:32,560 --> 01:38:36,348
9458It's the best version of the
9459idea that's ever come around.
9460
94612041
946201:38:36,560 --> 01:38:38,118
9463And for me, I think
9464the best way to live
9465
94662042
946701:38:38,320 --> 01:38:42,677
9468is to incorporate the
9469best of the last 100 years
9470
94712043
947201:38:42,880 --> 01:38:45,075
9473into a hybrid that works.
9474
94752044
947601:38:45,280 --> 01:38:48,955
9477Write a book on a typewriter
9478and promote it on Twitter.
9479
94802045
948101:38:49,160 --> 01:38:51,037
9482Why not use the spectrum.
9483
94842046
948501:38:53,160 --> 01:38:55,390
9486You just have to make sure
9487you get yourself a typewriter
9488
94892047
949001:38:55,600 --> 01:39:00,116
9491on Ebay or some blade runner-y
9492kind of back alley deal
9493
94942048
949501:39:00,320 --> 01:39:05,155
9496and say, well, I'm happy
9497to be typing on it.
9498
94992049
950001:39:05,360 --> 01:39:07,078
9501- [Ken] I think they're here,
9502I think they're coming back
9503
95042050
950501:39:07,280 --> 01:39:10,192
9506and I think they're gonna
9507be around for a while.
9508
95092051
951001:39:10,400 --> 01:39:11,833
9511We have a pretty good
9512supply right now.
9513
95142052
951501:39:12,040 --> 01:39:13,553
9516Herb's always out
9517lookin' for 'em.
9518
95192053
952001:39:13,800 --> 01:39:17,110
9521He's at flea markets,
9522he's at garage sales.
9523
95242054
952501:39:17,320 --> 01:39:19,311
9526There's still a lot
9527of 'em out there.
9528
95292055
953001:39:19,520 --> 01:39:21,715
9531We've got a good supply,
9532but I kinda believe
9533
95342056
953501:39:21,920 --> 01:39:24,798
9536that you can never
9537have too many.
9538
95392057
954001:39:25,000 --> 01:39:28,072
9541You know, you can
9542never have too many.
9543
95442058
954501:39:28,280 --> 01:39:29,679
9546- [TV Host] You know
9547what, I, like you,
9548
95492059
955001:39:29,880 --> 01:39:32,394
9551mourn the loss of
9552the typewriter.
9553
95542060
955501:39:32,600 --> 01:39:35,478
9556And then you come
9557up with an app.
9558
95592061
956001:39:35,680 --> 01:39:37,272
9561- [Tom] I came up with an app.
9562
95632062
956401:39:37,480 --> 01:39:39,675
9565The Hanx Writer, Hanx with an x.
9566
95672063
956801:39:39,880 --> 01:39:41,313
9569And I've gotta tell you, man,
9570
95712064
957201:39:43,360 --> 01:39:44,429
9573of dollars off of this.
9574
95752065
957601:39:44,640 --> 01:39:46,073
9577(chucang)
9578
95792066
958001:39:46,280 --> 01:39:48,475
9581I have figured out
9582how to make a computer
9583
95842067
958501:39:48,680 --> 01:39:51,194
9586work like a typewriter.
9587(laughing)
9588
95892068
959001:39:51,400 --> 01:39:53,231
9591- [Ken] We're havin'
9592people come in the shop
9593
95942069
959501:39:53,440 --> 01:39:55,908
9596and say, I just did a Google
9597search for typewriter repair
9598
95992070
960001:39:56,120 --> 01:39:57,951
9601and you popped up.
9602
96032071
960401:39:58,160 --> 01:39:59,309
9605- In World War II,
9606that used to be
9607
96082072
960901:39:59,520 --> 01:40:01,112
9610the reporter style typewriter.
9611
96122073
961301:40:01,320 --> 01:40:03,788
9614They used to send in reports
9615from the battlefield.
9616
96172074
961801:40:04,000 --> 01:40:05,911
9619So this has been to
9620World War II and back.
9621
96222075
962301:40:06,120 --> 01:40:08,111
9624So that's a lot of
9625sentimental value, I guess.
9626
96272076
962801:40:08,320 --> 01:40:09,833
9629- [Ken] They're comin'
9630from all over the place.
9631
96322077
963301:40:10,040 --> 01:40:12,713
9634From far away as LA,
9635ones from San Diego.
9636
96372078
963801:40:12,920 --> 01:40:15,388
9639It really shows what
9640the website did.
9641
96422079
964301:40:15,600 --> 01:40:17,431
9644- Oh, excuse me.
9645(chucang)
9646
96472080
964801:40:17,640 --> 01:40:20,598
9649- I'm certainly no prophet,
9650I can't see into the future,
9651
96522081
965301:40:20,800 --> 01:40:23,314
9654but we're hanging in there.
9655
96562082
965701:40:23,520 --> 01:40:25,476
9658California Typewriter is here
9659
96602083
966101:40:25,680 --> 01:40:28,274
9662and we still repair typewriters.
9663
96642084
966501:40:28,480 --> 01:40:31,074
9666(soft jazz music)
9667
96682085
966901:40:35,240 --> 01:40:37,470
9670(wind noise)
9671
96722086
967301:40:39,560 --> 01:40:42,120
9674- It was too directly
9675bound to its own anguish
9676
96772087
967801:40:42,320 --> 01:40:45,039
9679to be anything other
9680than a cry of negation,
9681
96822088
968301:40:45,240 --> 01:40:48,710
9684carrying within itself the
9685seeds of its own destruction.
9686
96872089
968801:40:48,920 --> 01:40:52,799
9689That's the last two lines of
9690the Encyclopedia Britannica
9691
96922090
969301:40:53,000 --> 01:40:56,072
9694description of the
9695dada movement of art.
9696
96972091
969801:40:56,320 --> 01:40:59,153
9699You could use that to explain
9700anything in the world.
9701
97022092
970301:40:59,400 --> 01:41:02,472
9704It's the ultimate
9705all-purpose answer.
9706
97072093
970801:41:02,680 --> 01:41:05,877
9709If it takes a hen and
9710a half, a day and a half,
9711
97122094
971301:41:06,080 --> 01:41:09,595
9714to lay an egg and a half,
9715how long does it take
9716
97172095
971801:41:09,800 --> 01:41:12,712
9719a one legged grasshopper
9720to kick the seeds
9721
97222096
972301:41:12,960 --> 01:41:14,359
9724out of a dill pickle?
9725
97262097
972701:41:14,560 --> 01:41:15,959
9728What are you gonna say?
9729
97302098
973101:41:16,120 --> 01:41:17,712
9732Two seconds,
9733two minutes, two days?
9734
97352099
973601:41:17,960 --> 01:41:20,918
9737It's completely boring
9738compared to that question.
9739
97402100
974101:41:21,080 --> 01:41:22,832
9742(jingly whirring)
9743
97442101
974501:41:23,040 --> 01:41:25,838
9746When you explain things,
9747you rob them of their mystery.
9748
97492102
975001:41:26,040 --> 01:41:29,555
9751Questions are far more
9752interesting than answers.
9753
97542103
975501:41:29,760 --> 01:41:32,274
9756There's no meaning
9757to the universe,
9758
97592104
976001:41:32,520 --> 01:41:36,559
9761but you might say our job
9762is to give it meaning.
9763
97642105
976501:41:36,760 --> 01:41:38,990
9766But that's for our amusement.
9767
97682106
976901:41:39,200 --> 01:41:41,555
9770The universe could care less.
9771
97722107
977301:41:41,760 --> 01:41:44,832
9774(light accordion music)
9775
97762108
977701:41:48,680 --> 01:41:50,591
9778(clacking)
9779
97802109
978101:41:56,720 --> 01:41:59,553
9782(smooth jazz music)
9783
97842110
978501:42:19,880 --> 01:42:22,314
9786- I like the feeling of
9787making something with my hands
9788
97892111
979001:42:22,520 --> 01:42:24,750
9791I like working with my
9792hands, I like to paint,
9793
97942112
979501:42:24,960 --> 01:42:26,598
9796I like to build things.
9797
97982113
979901:42:26,800 --> 01:42:31,316
9800And with this machine,
9801I'm working with my hands.
9802
98032114
980401:42:31,520 --> 01:42:33,317
9805- I just feel this
9806incredible tension
9807
98082115
980901:42:33,520 --> 01:42:36,671
9810as I get older between what
9811I would like to see happen
9812
98132116
981401:42:36,920 --> 01:42:40,390
9815and what's just
9816gonna happen anyway.
9817
98182117
981901:42:40,600 --> 01:42:44,036
9820- You know, I'm not gonna
9821bemoan the passing of an era.
9822
98232118
982401:42:44,240 --> 01:42:45,912
9825There's a certain point
9826
98272119
982801:42:46,120 --> 01:42:48,918
9829where everything left me
9830in the dust. (chuckles)
9831
98322120
983301:42:49,120 --> 01:42:51,634
9834And I was happy to
9835be left in the dust.
9836
98372121
983801:42:51,840 --> 01:42:53,831
9839- But all this,
9840it's all going away.
9841
98422122
984301:42:54,040 --> 01:42:57,635
9844The only people that will
9845keep this up is insane people
9846
98472123
984801:42:57,840 --> 01:43:00,195
9849and dilettantes and artists.
9850
98512124
985201:43:00,440 --> 01:43:03,750
9853Mad geniuses like myself and
9854a handful of other people.
9855
98562125
985701:43:03,960 --> 01:43:06,394
9858(jazz music)