New music last week from Briggite Calls Me Baby. New album Irreversible is out March 11th, pre-order HERE. I'm assuming it's not a revisionist soundtrack for Gaspar Nöe's film of the same name.
Read:
Seven days of David Lynch 2026 may be over, but my deep-dive into the man's work continues apace. My dalliance with Chris Rodley's Lynch on Lynch has turned into a full-on reread. First time since Mr. Brown gave me the book in the late 90s. I found this particular passage in the chapter on Lost Highway and thought it something good to hang onto, for inspiration in my own artistic process. Rodley has just brought up the CIBY2000 publicity for the film and mentioned how their description of Lost Highway as a, "psychogenic fugue" is right on the money. He and Lynch discuss this for a bit, then, when Rodley asks if Lynch or co-writer Barry Gifford had read up on the term while making the film, Lynch says the following:
"No, no, no, no. Certain things happen, ideas come along and they string themselves together and they form a whole and then a theme, or something becomes apparent - if you wanna look for it. But if you're true to these ideas you don't need to know. If you start off with a theme and say, "We're gonna amplify this theme," and then write a story about something, that to me is completely backwards. Then you've gotta force things to fit. The other way, you don't know what it is. It just comes together and then later you find out. But meanwhile you're falling in love with it. You just know somewhere that it's right for you."
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| Photo from the Idan Wizen gallery site. Visit HERE. |
I have a feeling I'll be hanging out with David for quite a while this year. Talk about raw inspiration and a reminder of the magnitude and effect of Love in the world.
Watch:
Two Fridays ago, right before I went careening off the David Lynch deep end, K and I finally watched Emerald Fennell's 2023 film Saltburn. I instantly fell in love with this one, and, while gauging others' reactions proves the film is quite polarizing, I'd recommend it, especially for anyone who's a Bret Easton Ellis fan.
I loved both Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi's performances in this film, and am now pretty psyched to see Fennell's upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation. There's not much in the way of subtext here, but there are a few surprises. Also, this film has one of my favorite final scenes in recent memory - it literally had me smiling for about a week after my viewing.
Playlist:
David Lynch & Alan Splet - Eraserhead OST
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Slumber Party (single)
Briugitte Calls Me Baby - Impressively Average (single)
David Lynch - The Air is on Fire
David Lynch and Chrystabell - Cellphane Memories
David Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti and Thought Gang - Thought Gang
Fantömas - Suspended Animation
David Lynch - The Big Dream
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)
USSA - The Spoils
David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Music Archive
Gylt - In 1,000 Agonies, I Exist
Blut Aus Nord - Etheral Horizons
Slaughterhouse - Sick and Tired EP
Saigon Blue Rain - Oko
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Six of Cups
• Nine of Swords
• XIV: Temerance (Art)
Emotions will heat up and hold me hostage if I do not practice my art.
This is a reminder that some of the wilder emotional swings I'm experiencing these last few days are a result of not having done enough writing of late. Everything inside me suffers when I lapse from my craft. I become quick to anger, feel mostly useless and experience lethargy. Push forward!
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