See Hear Podcast Episode 16 - You're Gonna Miss Me: The Roky Erickson Story

It’s taken a little longer than anticipated, but still within the
confines of April, we bring you episode 16 of See Hear Podcast. On
this episode, Bernie, Tim and Maurice cover the first of our
listener requests for 2015 (Wendi was at a Wolf Cop fan
convention).  James Curley requested we discuss the 2005
released documentary “You’re Gonna Miss Me: The Roky Erickson
Story”. Roky was most famously the amazing lead singer for The 13th
Floor Elevators.  He spent time in and out of institutions
with dangerous people. He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, but
was treated poorly at the hands of the doctors in the Austin State
Hospital and Rusk Institution receiving EST for a misdiagnosed
condition. The film is a fly on the wall account of his life, and
documents the custody battle between his brother Sumner and their
mother to look after him following his departure from the
hospitals. He is definitely a damaged soul, but his family is full
of delicate individuals. In the end, though, the film contains hope
and is not as bleak in the end as it could have been. We had a
really interesting discussion about mental health, musical
brilliance, and fragility. Please join us. Once again, our thanks
to James for suggesting this film. If you dig what we do, could you
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