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We’re finally back on Netflix after taking a break for a couple of years, and the first two movies out of the gate both have weirdness to them.
Terminator 2: Has anybody ever noticed that the predicted Judgement Day when the world is destroyed by nuclear war is August 29, 1997? Fucken weird.
You’re Gonna Miss Me: This 2005 documentary about the life of Roky Erickson and about his younger brother Sumner’s struggle to get him the psychiatric care he needs is f-ing brilliant. You get to see a lot of footage of Roky’s decline while under the care of his anti-doctor mother, and then a brief glimpse of the new Roky near the end.
The weirdness is in the Epilogue special features. There is footage from Roky’s re-debut at the 2005 Austin City Limits fest, and Cassidy and I are in several crowd shots. And not in a “I know I was standing right about here” kind of way, but in a “holy shit, that’s me and Cass!” kind of way. We were directly in front of Roky against the front of the stage; I blogged it here.
And then the other weirdness is in the same epilogue. They show Roky getting ice cream at the Amy’s on 6th Street, the same ice cream place where I ran into him in August 2005. I don’t remember cameras being there that night but there is a guy visible very very briefly in the background who kinda sorta might be me.
I’ll be in Austin next week, and I’m going to Amy’s to get the Roky special. I’ll let you know how good it is.


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