Frontier psychiatrist- The avalanchesSo the brilliant folks over at youtube have no clue what this video is about..
I think everyone should watch; the avalanches are an incredible very strange little band.
I would post this somewhere else, but i'm a new member and this section of the forum seems to be the least moderated.
Of course this song is referencing the crazy methods of the revolutionary "frontier psychiatrists" working in the 60's to help patients struggling with various psychological conditions before LSD and other substances were outlawed.
Also anyone else know some more bands with really strange and psychedelic related themes?
I stumble down a wooded path. A wooded path of my youth. Here spirits dance, but spirits scream. Misery and beauty entwine here- much like the suffering and the creation of the universe. My eyes glimmer black; dark circles in a darker night. Plants reach out to hold my hand- or perhaps devour me where I stand. I was afraid, it was a fight. I stumbled, stumbled on through the night. I met many a creatures- wolves and bears- ghosts and ghouls- I made love to my god, I surrendered my soul- with every step of my foot, every electrical charge of my brain, every memory of the past, every stare at the stars. I came to know twofold mysteries that night. The illusion of reality and the reality of illusion. It came to my senses then the nonsense of my knowledge. I knew at once I knew nothing. I knew at once I knew everything- for I knew then there was nothing to know.