Efterklang - Doppelganger
Posted by Greg at 10:49, 26 Oct 2008Description:
Chill out on this fine Sunday with some Efterklang. Video by Matt - somebody give this kid a gig, amazing
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2 May 2004
2 hours 54 min
Haunting, dream-like and inspiring, and it has a real bittersweet edge to it -- almost sad, as if remembering something lost. The jellyfish did it for me, very relaxing: the Japanese believe watching jellyfish is good psychotherapy. Watching videos like this is food for the soul, wonderful stuff, and the sparse piano score is hauntingly beautiful as well. Perfect to watch when feeling a bit insomniac -- it doesn't put you to sleep, but rather it gets you in tune and ready for REM. I'll be dreaming of jellyfish, tall grass, and geese flirting with water tonight.
"Read like a butterfly, write like a bee." - Philip Pullman
12 April 2007
28 min 10 sec
For me, the bittersweet quality of the video comes from the fact that, although jellyfish are amazing creatures, right now there's a worrying explosion of jellyfish populations in the sea, competing for resources with other creatures and creating imbalance in the normal ecosystems.
Also, jellyfish look like these delicate peaceful creatures, but some species have enough venom to kill 20 men. They are very paradoxical beings.
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It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
2 May 2004
2 hours 54 min
That's why I like to watch jellyfish with thick glass separating them from me. ;-)
Reminds me of a Billy Connolly story. Holidaying in Queensland, he goes to the beach for a swim and sees warning signs -- Beware: Box Jellyfish. "What the fook is a 'box jellyfish'?" Billy worries, "Do they jump out of a box?"