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As part of our month of celebrating Twin Peaks this February, I caught up with Scott Ryan, Managing Editor of The Blue Rose Magazine, the only in print magazine dedicated to Twin Peaks and the work of its creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost. LS: The Blue Rose had a pretty great 2018, what were …
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I met Courtenay Stallings and her husband Bob at the 2017 Twin Peaks Festival in Washington. Her kindness and her passion for Twin Peaks and David Lynch's other work is clearly evident in talking with her and experiencing Twin Peaks' physical setting with her in Washington. What makes Courtenay unique as a fan, is that …
Podcasts made up a huge part of many fans’ experiences of Twin Peaks: The Return last summer. In our latest feature, Pod People, we talk to the people behind the microphones of our favourite podcasts to find out what they’ve been up to and where they’re going next. Ben Durant and Bryon Kozaczka have been unwrapping multiple …
It was my great pleasure to catch up with Courtenay Stallings of The Blue Rose Magazine to chat about their upcoming Women of Lynch issue. You'll find all the exciting details here, and be sure to pre-order your copy of special edition magazine over at www.bluerosemag.com today and take a sneak preview of the making of the …
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I had the chance to bring back some memories with John Thorne recently when we looked back at Parts 1 through 4. We talked about expectations (or lack thereof), speculated about some of the lingering mysteries, and John reminisced about the opportunity of a lifetime: attending the Hollywood premiere of Twin Peaks: The Return on …
I didn’t even meet Ben and Bryon, the intrepid Twin Peaks Unwrapped hosts, when they were seated at a sound board recording their podcast just a few feet from me way back in 2016. After our hearts were temporarily stopped in the spring of 2015 (when David Lynch pulled out of the project), and following …
On Sunday April 28th, 1990, the pilot episode of Twin Peaks aired. ABC's promotional campaign hyped the mystery, the murder, the town and the appeal of filmmaker David Lynch entering the realm of television. The marketing paid off: the two hour Sunday night movie was viewed by 34.6 million people earning a 21.7 rating. The …
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We met Mya McBriar during my previous column, and she explained how growing up in the woods of Northwest New Jersey shaped her viewing of Twin Peaks. From the original series to Fire Walk With Me, her surroundings affected her Twin Peaks viewing experience and her viewing experiences deeply affected her life. Today, Mya describes …
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We are part of a cult, ladies & gentlemen. Not the David Koresh, Kool-Aid drinking kind. We are the fun loving, coffee drinking, pie eating, thumbs up giving, and dance of the dream man dancing kind. We are part of a community of creative, imaginative, and gifted individuals. Twin Peaks has brought us together and allowed …
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With Twin Peaks: The Return now concluded, fans all over the world are sharing their own personal theories as to what it all means. The conversations are all over social media, message boards and on web sites like the one you're reading now. These large scale conversations weren't possible the way they are today after …
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