“Pitchfork interviews Julee Cruise about her new album, The Great Northern Songbook. Family Guy and The Simpsons drop references to the Black Lodge. Moby’s remix of “Laura Palmer’s Theme” enjoys an unlikely return to the Billboard Hot 100. Mark Frost is interviewed by Al Roker in the morning and Stephen Colbert in the evening.”
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“Scully’s presence allowed the show to move beyond its contained environment and to push forward. Does Agent Scully exhibit the value of feminism exhaustively over science fiction? I want to believe.”
“To me, this kind of literature crossed with science, technology and other arts is often more compelling than fiction that is purely plot- and character-driven—just as Stoppard’s plays give you something to chew on later, not just to laugh at in the moment.”
“She had piles of unlabeled VHS tapes that we’d slide into her old VCR and watch until the tape ran dry and the TV screen filled with fuzz. Married With Children. Family Matters. I can’t explain it, but there was peace somewhere in the fuzz…”
“In February, 1999 my dad sat next to me as I was watching the Season Six episodes ‘Monday’ and ‘Agua Mala.’ A bank robbery conducted by a sad couple and an eel-like monster amidst a hurricane, slithering in the flooding light fixture.”
“There’s clapping and nods of agreement about the effect of the transformation. A few women shout ‘You go girl,’ and there are several fist punches in the air. I notice many tearful, contorted faces, which only makes me cry harder.”
It’s been ten years since the Thanksgiving reunion. Blair and Jo meet up in Peekskill to see Tootie’s […]
