Your Progressive Rock as a movie!

 

There is a film, that I seriously doubt that anyone here will catch it ... and learn from it ... it is a sort of "documentary" and it is called "The Trip" and it is about Ken Kesey and his trip in the 60's ... and this WAS what the whole "psychedelic" thing was about ... that we forgot, and instead got into the sex or dope ... and forgot the rest.

 

There is a magic moment in that film towards the end, that says it all ... a few words from Ken about the whole trip from California to NY and everything that it entailed ... that comment isself, is the meat of the sandwich and what the whole thing is about. And that is EXACTLY what we have forgotten, and will not admit, or accept. And we forget about that every single day of our lives ... to the point where we don't care and sometimes think that getting stoned or drunk or whatever is a better way to experience something that ... we might be missing out on, even when we might not be missing out on it!

 

A lot of the 60's was about ... you missing out on being "there" and being told that you were not cool, because you did not do this or experience that or such ... and that is just ... "advertising" ... and not the real thing. But it's hard to talk about that or tell you about a "movie" that is so real, that it is scary ... and the whole thing about the Ken Kesey film, pretty much tells you where folks went wrong ... and where the music, or the arts go wrong ... when they do not have the internal constitution, and you point the finger elsewhere ... and nowhere was this more visible in a sublt detail in the earlier part of the film ... and it was about Nurse Ratchet ... when he commented that everyone thought she was evil and a bad person ... and he goes ... she's not! ... she's trapped ... the system gave her a job ... she has no choice in the matter! ... and it's exactly the same thing in those days ... when it came to dope, sex, music and so many other things, no different than today ... you always fall ... to what your friends do and tell you and we all share the "same mistakes" ... and some of us learn from them, and over come them ... and some of us? ... we look for excuses!

 

And no one will EVER be able to write about that "deception" ... even though some have tried! The world/image of advertising, stars, media and all that, has forever killed the ability for any of us to ever come together and understand what ... it is all about ... there simply is too much out there taking you away from your "father" (as a famous man used to say), for us to be able to connect inside ever again!

 

I have my hopes and wishes that art and music are very important part of these things, but ... everyone is more interested in Harry Potter, Avengers and Batman ... so ... end of story ... good luck enjoying and living your life Nurse Ratchet ... specially with people thinking that you are the evil one!

Damn. That has just hit my head a couple of minutes ago. "Eraserhead" for me too.

 

Richard ... that was Sunshine Acid ... not anything else ... this was a naughty drug reference on my part! That trip in th emovie was stupid compared to the real thing! It was not very good at all ... and there were light shows at the Filmore that were far better than 2001 (the film) ever had! That is the reason why I say ... don't get fooled again ... by advertising and a movie, comparing things to the real thing!

 

Facts, Richard ... facts!!! 

If you liked that, you should check out Being John Malkovich and Adaptation (both also by Charlie Kaufman). 

Myself, I would say Primer, definitely progressive storytelling...

A 19 year old f**king an 80 year old.