MTV's "5 Dollar Cover" is being filmed in Seattle right now, directed by Lynn Shelton, whose "Humpday" I am trying to watch this weekend. As previously blogged, the show is a telenovela starring local musicians. Which ones? Well, the Maldives, Thee Satisfaction, Thee Emergency, Harvey Danger, Champagne Champagne, Tea Cozies, the Lights, Weekend, the Moondoggies, and others.

Apparently the scope of MTV's "5 Dollar Cover" looks something like this diagram, which The Seattle Times is pretty sure was created by someone working here.

It's unclear what the diagram means, but while inaccuracies are apparent -- Thee Satisfaction features Cat and Stasia, not Kat and Stasia, for example -- it's a super-cute woven web of Seattle bands and affiliates.

The filming schedule includes places like "Mark Gajadhar's studio" (he's the drummer in Past Lives, and half of Weekend), "Sean Nelson's apartment" (Harvey Danger singer, music writer), and "Moondoggies car." It also includes Chop Suey (8/10; Thee Emergency performance), the KEXP studio (8/15; Tea Cozies performance), Easy Street Records (8/22; Moondoggies' performance), Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant (8/23; Thee Satisfaction performance), and the Wild Rose (8/25; the Lights performance). Looks like shooting ends the beginning of September in Missoula with the Moondoggies.