“I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.” — David Lynch Daniel Elkin: I knew my early 1980s North Dallas suburbia like Jeffrey Beaumont knew his Lumberton in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Raised middle-class and white, there among so much concrete and small trees with […]
Fossil Records: Peter Ivers’ Terminal Love
Sometimes, for whatever reason, great art slips past audiences and remains woefully underappreciated. Which is why we’ve created an essay series called Fossil Records, devoted to helping people discover work that never got its due. A frequent point of similarity with lost albums and artists is being a little too forward thinking, but few artists have been […]
Completing the Mystery: A Discussion on the Twin Peaks Experience Today
All week, Loser City is running Twin Peaks and David Lynch themed content in honor of the release of the new Twin Peaks boxed set, which came out on Tuesday. Today we close out the week with a group discussion from Loser City’s batch of newbie Twin Peaks viewers about whether Twin Peaks still holds up today to the uninitiated. Julie Muncy: […]
Dreams of Schlock: The Music of Twin Peaks
All week, Loser City is running Twin Peaks and David Lynch themed content in honor of the release of the new Twin Peaks boxed set, which came out yesterday, July 29th. Today, Joshua Palmer examines the music of Twin Peaks and its enduring influence on the contemporary dream-pop scene as well as its bold embrace of schlock within the context of […]
One Angry Dog and 200 Solemn Faces: Revisiting David Lynch’s Forgotten Comics Career
All week, Loser City is running Twin Peaks and David Lynch themed content in honor of the release of the new Twin Peaks boxed set, which came out today, July 29th. On the comics front, we’ve decided to revisit The Angriest Dog in the World, the strip David Lynch did for the LA Reader from 1983 to 1992. Back in 1973 David […]
Poem for David Lynch’s Hair Dashed Off While Binge Watching the First Season of Twin Peaks
Poem for David Lynch’s Hair Dashed Off While Binge Watching the First Season of Twin Peaks by Daniel Elkin Harry, I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange. Cascade a waterfall by the Mill there on top of his […]
Video of the Week: Pretty Little Demons “Unknown Species”
All week, Loser City is running Twin Peaks and David Lynch themed content in honor of the release of the new Twin Peaks boxed set, which comes out tomorrow, July 29th. Which is why this week’s Video of the Week comes from Pretty Little Demons, who enlisted David Lynch’s granddaughter Syd to help with make-up and even got […]
What It’s Like to Pop Your Cult Classic Cherry In the Age of the Internet, or, Here’s What I Learned Watching Twin Peaks For The First Time
This weekend, at the expense of sleep, exercise, and pretty much any exposure to the sun, I inducted myself into the very strange club of people who have seen Twin Peaks. I watched every episode in a row. If it weren’t for the fact that I no longer live in Austin, I would have undoubtedly […]