Saturday, January 18, 2025

RIP David Lynch

Over thirty years ago, this high school senior came home from work on a Wednesday night and flipped on the 19" Emerson color TV set in his room.  As the tube glowed to life on that TV, received as a 15th birthday present to replace the small hand-me-down black and white one, something new appeared.  Ethereal keyboard music slowly played and something definitely changed.  This was different.

Before we really knew what we had, it was gone.  It would be a few years later when the show was syndicated on cable that it would be captured to watch and rewatch.  Even those days were long ago.

This Twin Peaks world, surrealist and quirky, caught something no one quite captured before.  Others would try.  None quite had the Norman Rockwell on acid vibe of Twin Peaks.

The sleeper was a common thread in David Lynch's works, which Twin Peaks opened.  With his passing, this weekend will probably be a bit of a Lynch marathon.  Nothing will make sense and maybe, just maybe, the sleeper will awaken.