CWs: death, food, sex mention
“Where we’re from, the birds sing a pretty song, and there’s always music in the air” - The Little Man From Another Place, Twin Peaks 1x03, “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer”
I learned of David Lynch’s passing, sadly, on 16 Jan 2025. Although he was a complicated figure, as many people are wont to be, it will be a great loss, not only for culture in general, but for myself more personally. I remember years ago, one of my friends spoke fondly of Twin Peaks, with random snatches of information about Agent Cooper and other strangeness within. I had heard of the show, naturally, but had never watched it. I remember the Fire Walk with Me theme being on Pure Moods back in the day (ha!), but I really had zero context for it. It was a weird pop culture artifact that had somehow passed me by, probably largely since it had come out in 1990-91, when I was around 6-7, and it was something I just never followed up on, although I love just about everything weird and strange. My spouse recently showed me a bizarro Sesame Street parody of Twin Peaks with Cookie Monster called “Twin Beaks,” which was pretty amusing, but undoubtedly everything would go over the children’s heads, unless their parents had them watching some weird stuff! Hollywood and the fandom in general have been mourning for the last few days, and understandably so.