Turn of the Century ran for three years from 1996-1999. We created a 30 minute show every week, which is nearly impossible to do. Dame Darcy had a concept for the show when I met her, but no suitable director that fit her style. So when we saw each other in the hallway of Film Video Arts, wearing almost the exact same dresses, we knew something big was going to happen. Up until then I had made dozens of short films, but had never attempted a project of this size. Darcy had been acting in short films, releasing her underground comic book Meat Cake and performing in several kooky musical projects. She and I had almost exactly the same film aesthetic, and boundless energy, so we decided to go for it. The next three years would prove to be a whirlwind of chaos, creativity, insanity and backache.

I purchased a hi-8 video camera that could shoot in sepiatone, and we were off! We were offered editing facilities at a friend's office, Sunbo (Creators of My Pretty Pony), during off hours, and I also edited on my primitive system of VCR to VCR cuts, which was it's own kind of hell.

We shot hundreds of hours of footage, short films, intros in wacky locations, musical performances, and guest star appearances, including a doll-making episode with Courtney Love, a Christmas special with Thurston Moore serenading us, and even a segment with Tiny Tim and Darcy singing together. We had huge, zany parties which were full of way-out guests from the NY underground: Queen Itchie, Bliss Blood, Banjo Pete, Patrick O'Clock, Jasper McVain, Daisy Miller, Li'l Sweetie, Countessa Cinorre, Duchess Daria, Lisa Suckdog, and too many more to mention. We even staged a Victorian Ladies Wrestling Match at my birthday party (pictures available below, right).

The show included staged variety acts shot behind a tiny stage façade, which looked like an Edward Gorey dream theatre. It also included our short films, clips from old silent movies, underground films from Nick Zedd, R. Kern, The Wooster Group, Ned Ambler, and many more. We had craft shows, including the doll-making show, a quilt show, which degenerated into a drunken girlie wrestling match (with siren Debbie Diamond) on top of a quilt. Ghost stories, poetry, live music, viewer hate mail, psychic events, dance numbers and other wackiness were all presented in a
kooky-spooky atmosphere.

The show was eventually awarded as the Ny Press Best Cable Access Show in their Best of NY issue in 1997. What remains of the show is a "Best Of" VHS tape, which will be available in the Blessed Elysium store very soon.