In homes across the United States in spring 1990, Julee Cruise’s voice floated through the air each week when ABC Television aired David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks aired on Thursday nights. The show rocketed her to stardom and newspapers were clamoring to talk with this angelic performer. On June 1, 1990, Boston Globe…
My favorite Julee Cruise song is “Questions in a World of Blue” from David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The song would later appear on Cruise’s 1993 album, “The Voice of Love.” There is something hauntingly beautiful about this song, and Julee’s heartfelt performance makes me emotional every time I hear…
As part of the “Julee in June” take over of Twin Peaks Blog, here is a closer look at the press kit for her second album, “The Voice of Love.” Warner Brothers Records sent this kit to media in August 1993 in advance of the album’s official release on October 12. The kit contained a…
As part of the “Julee in June” take over on Twin Peaks Blog, I asked author Scott Ryan for his top five songs by Julee Cruise. Ryan, who served as author and editor of Blue Rose Magazine, has penned “Always Music in the Air: The Sounds of Twin Peaks,” the definitive book examining all 290 music cues…
When Twin Peaks first aired in spring 1990, audiences had never seen (or heard) anything quite like it on network television. Immediately, people were drawn into the music of this wonderful and strange world. As part of the Julee in June take over of Twin Peaks Blog, here is an interview by Kent and Keith Zimmerman…
The angelic voice of Julee Cruise and David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show go hand in hand. When someone mentions my favorite television series, I can’t help but hear her voice backed by Angelo Badalamenti’s music. In honor of the show’s 35th Anniversary, Twin Peaks Blog is featuring a “Julee in June”…
During the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington, I stayed at the iconic Salish Lodge & Spa in Snoqualmie, Washington. Upon check-in, they provided me a copy of the their “Welcome To the Real Twin Peaks Driving Tour Map.” While you can find hundreds of film locations documented on Twin Peaks Blog,…
For the second season of Twin Peaks, ABC Television commissioned additional publicity photos such as these images of Joan Chen and Michael Ontkean. Based on research, it appears the image was captured on the Blue Pine Lodge set in Van Nuys, California around the time episode 2.004 was shot in August 1990.
In my travels, I often wear Twin Peaks-themed t-shirts as they spark instant conversations with fellow fans of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. During a recent visit to Universal Epic Universe, the new theme park that recently opened in Central Florida, I met artist Haleigh Mooney who commented on my Fright Rags…
Long before Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington appeared in Twin Peaks, this 268-foot waterfall was a top tourist destination in Washington state for decades. I recently acquired a early 1900s postcard of the falls at sunrise that was printed before the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge was constructed in 1916.