This year marks the 25th anniversary of when I first discovered David Lynch and Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks.” The Twin Peaks Blog is my attempt to document my continued experience with a show that has consumed my life for 25 years. My mother still jokes this is “just a phase that will pass,” and yet I’m starting a blog in 2018.
While a high school senior living in Columbus, Ohio, I first made the journey to Twin Peaks via my local library in fall 1993.
I borrowed the soundtrack to David Lynch’s “Wild At Heart” on vinyl from the library in late summer that year. Unsure what to expect, I fell in love with Angelo Badalamenti’s otherworldly tones and quickly sought out other music by him. Enter Twin Peaks.
The vinyl album I borrowed was magnificent – an iconic image of an empty road at the foot of snow capped mountains inviting me into a mystery. The back of the album contained images of characters from a series I had never seen (I missed the original broadcast on ABC in 1990/91). Songs like “Laura Palmer’s Theme,” “Into the Night,” or the “Love Theme To Twin Peaks” were on constant rotation.
It wasn’t until October 1993 that I discovered the Pilot episode and the first season on VHS at my library in Grove City, Ohio. I played hooky one day just to watch it. The rest is history.
For a more complete history of my journey, Twin_Petes profiled me for his incredible project, Une Me Solitaire: Fans in a Living Novel.
I obsess over the details, regularly get lost in the woods, find the music too dreamy, and consume lots of coffee, doughnuts and cherry pie. If you’re like me, then I hope this blog, “…fills your heart with wonder and the wisdom that you have known a singular joy.”
I’d love to connect with you on social media – @SamHowzit on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can also send email to TheTwinPeaksBlog@gmail.com
