OK I admit it, I was a bit later than usual in regards to
hearing about this Eric's Trip Documentary that Rick White has put together
, wait; I hate the phrase "put together"
it's not an IKEA bookcase it's a movie dammit, so let's start that over again.
OK I admit it, I was
a bit later than usual in hearing about the Eric's Trip documentary, yes there is a documentary that Rick
White has painstakingly collected; organized, and digitized hours upon hours of
VHS tape, super8 films, photos and audio, so that in the end we have the ERIC'S TRIP MOVIE.
I love history
when it comes to music, I have a thing about finding those old grainy shots of bands
that no one else has, and in my opinion this documentary is not just about a band,
it's not just about the music, it's about a time when mystery still played a
part in music, you didn't get a video of a band playing some cover song up on YouTube
within' minutes of them leaving the stage, you had to wait for some bootleg
tape or album to come along to experience that.
Watching these
very intimate moments between the band members breaks down the Eric's Trip
story just enough to let us feel like we were there, but the story that still
has enough mystery to it so we can feel like fans.
Rick points out in
his notes on the films website "Most
all the footage was collected from VHS tapes which aren't very HD compared to
modern video of course. I don't recommend blowing it up to full screen. The
original footage is in 4:3 aspect at 640x480 pixels, and it varies in quality
quite a bit. The photos are cleaned up, the music is all remastered and full
stereo, and this final edit is just under two hours long. No permissions were
gotten for any of the footage i've used that wasn't originally my own, and i
really hope all will understand that this movie was made with no intention of
profit to be made, and that the footage is very important to this documentative
project."
If you are a fan of
Eric's Trip and have not seen this yet than stop everything and give yourself a
few hours to immerse yourself into their story,their dreamy punk story, and if you have never heard of
Eric's Trip then this is a perfect
chance to dig them as a whole.
Below is a teaser
for the film, but to watch the complete documentary you have to go to its
website HERE and watch it.
Joe Cornelisse-SMM
