David Lynch and Marek Zebrowski's 2015 Polish Night Music is one of the most atmospheric albums I know of. Right from the start, I feel like I'm skirting the alleys of Łódź, passing dilapidated apartment buildings and ornate Gothic churches, only to be sucked into an ominous, failing machine.
Abstract, yes, but I have Lynch himself to thank for those images. Łódź served as one of the filming locations for Inland Empire, and his lifelong obsession with industrial sounds and scenescapes is omnipotent in much of his work.
Watch:
I figured this would be a good time to compile a bunch of trailers released for David Lynch's films, starting with 1990's Wild At Heart.
This film is so iconic, but it also skirts a line between deadly serious (Sailor beating a man's head open on the courthouse stairs) and completely hysterical (Thrash Metal band Powermad adding accompaniment to Sailor serenading Lula in the middle of a mosh pit).
Read:
Continuing with the Lynch-centric theme, I spent some time digging through my old issues of Wrapped in Plastic and found an article from the first issue I ever purchased - issue 17. The article in question was an interview with Twin Peaks writer Harley Peyton on the set of his film Keys to Tulsa.
As usual, WIP braintrust Craig Miller and John Thorne conduct a fantastic interview, which becomes all the more entertaining as Eric Stoltz and James Spader drift in and out of it. In particular, I either had no idea or had just plain forgotten that Peyton wrote the screenplay for the cinematic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero (a film I have yet to see, given how much I love the book).
It's been a very long time since I've seen Keys to Tulsa, may have to seek that out sometime soon...
Playlist:
The Police - Synchronicity
Phil Manzanera - Listen Now
Midlake - The Courage of Others
Deftones - private music
YUNGBLUD - Idols
Drug Church - Prude
Fever Ray - Eponymous
David Lynch & Marek Zebrowski - Polish Night Music
Underworld - Lovely Broken Thing
Underworld - I'm a Big Sister, and I'm a Girl, and I'm a Princess, and This is My Horse
Underworld - 1992 - 2002 (Disc 2)
Zeni Geva and Steve Albini - All Right You Little Bastards
The Trapezoid & Six Ex - Cannibal Children of the West (single)
Shellac - To All Trains
David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time
Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch - Twin Peaks Season 2 OST
Myrkur - M
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Seven of Pentacles
• XIX: The Sun
* King of Swords
"The solution to the problem taking up most of your time is practice."
I had the idea to start adding quotation marks to the pulls that come off sounding like I'm offering them to someone else. I guess the idea is I'm placing the quotes there so it's obvious (to me?) that this is the cards talking to me. Or something like that. I don't know.
Anyway, pretty direct message on this one. I'm not entirely sure what it applies to, other than writing, which I've not been doing. So a nod to get back on that train, or something else?
