David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks sparked numerous articles leading up the North American debut on April 8, 1990. One example is Toronto Star’s supplemental to the Saturday Star called Starweek. The April 7-14, 1990 issue featured a story by Jim Bawden offering readers a first look at the wonderful and strange new show.
In the fall of 1990, Julee Cruise went on a brief tour throughout North America following the continued success of Twin Peaks and her 1989 album “Floating Into The Night.” While researching topics for the Julee In June takeover of Twin Peaks Blog, I discovered she played at a former concert venue called The Spectrum in Toronto,…
“GET ME SPECIAL AGENT CHESTER DESMOND IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA!” It’s a classic line spoken by then Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole early in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. For the longest time, I wondered about the image Cole was standing in front of at his FBI Field Office in Portland, Oregon. Good news –…
In Twin Peaks episode 2.009, Vivian Smythe (a.k.a. M.T. Wentz) said to her daughter Norma Jennings, “That’s not true. The menus are very presentable.” I love a good challenge. @TwinPeaksArchive gave me a heads up that the Showtime Store released a new poster that appeared to be an image from Double R Diner Menu used…