Roky Erickson Documentary, Rock to Ban Shock Update

Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDN7jx4Pq3s

The concert featured, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Spoon, Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Tommy Hancock, Black lips, Powell St. John, Sumner Erickson of the Texcentrics.

The Ice Cream Social is co-sponsored this year by the Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas (CAEST). Many artists have been hurt over the years by the labels and biological treatments of the mental health system. Roky Erickson, Townes Van Zandt and Jim Franklin are Austin music legends who suffered from psychiatric electroshock, also known as electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Families Rock Productions is also a co-sponsor.

Links

Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas

http://www.endofshock.com/

Documentary footage by Mary Marvel
This video was edited by Psychetruth.

http://www.youtube.com/psychetruth
http://www.livevideo.com/psychetruth
http://www.myspace.com/psychtruth

Copyright 2008 CAEST. All Rights Reserved.

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[Babyhowdy233]

Howdy!:D

Just want to let everyone know that Roky Erickson has been nominated as BOTH Texas State Artist and Texas State Poet Laureate for 2009-2010! The winner(s)will be announced this Spring. GO ROKY!!!

[Numinous123]

What amazes me is that shock therapy is blatant voodoo medicine, but the doctors use it anyway.

It's like these people are sadistic madmen.

I advise anyone to look up info on the subject. You'll find lots of info backing up what I say.

[DBChirot]

wow thanks for posting this great great news!!!!!!

[vintagezigg]

That's real good news man ! Thanks so much for the update.I will have the honor of seeing him live for the fist time ever in early January. Thanks to psychetruth for the post.

[gamoonbat]

I had two friends undergo shock treatment right after I got out of high school. It is a terrible treatment with very scant benefits and many negative side effects.

[jkoff76]

I'm suffer from a serious medical condition and nothing scared me more when I heard that one of the treatments. It still scares me.

[mountain19]

good thing i found this vid. i had subscribed but no vid.

[ncnikonguy]

voted.....such a worthy cause for such a barbaric treatment

[c16467]

Keep it up Sir!

[LikeYouButDifferent]

first...? nice vid, you have to love a bit of roky.