Had a blast talking all things Twin Peaks with the great Ariel LeBeau at GQ:

on benito, and america

According to the new #TwinPeaks book, “A Place Both Wonderful and Strange” by @scottmeslow.bsky.social, this is what Duwayne Dunham tried when editing Part 18. I think he was wanting to stretch the Audrey story into the finale. Definitely for the best it was changed but fascinating nonetheless.

Hell yeah

Hey Peakies, OG and new, if you’re looking for the whole story… look no further. #scottmeslowbksy.social

“Scott Meslow’s history of Twin Peaks and all its offshoots is less an analysis of its meaning than a book about the industry mechanisms that shaped and threatened it, and the people who brought it back to life again and again.”

Dust off that #TwinPeaks bookshelf. Just finished re-reading this extraordinary book by @scottmeslow.bsky.social With a foreword by @harleypeyton.bsky.social, it tells the BTS journey of all three seasons and #FireWalkWithMe. As a hardcore / old school fan, even I gasped a handful of times.

In Minneapolis, there are countless signs every day that the sanctity of our safe, loving places has been ruptured. The Trump administration has not just failed to protect children; it has seen, in their innocence and vulnerability, a fault line that ICE can exploit.

"School bus drivers should not need special training on what they should do if ICE shows up at a stop. Parents should not need to explain the routine presence of masked agents wearing military fatigues and carrying guns." Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/87072...

This can’t go on.

A belated thank you to everyone who read, shared, and sent messages of support about this story. It means more than I can express.

The answer, of course, is 39

A shiny prize to the first person who can guess how many times the great Ron Perlman said “fuck” in our 45 minute conversation

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Thanks so much to everyone who has checked in about what it’s like in Minneapolis right now. This should answer most of your questions:

One year ago today and the loss still feels incalculable

Very excited to share the full lineup of free panels for this year’s Real Twin Peaks event in the Snoqualmie Valley! Hear stories from the cast and crew as well as some wonderful insight from the fan community. Stay tuned for more info on ticketed events at therealtwinpeaks.com

Thrilled to announce I’ll be launching A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE where it all began: in the “real” Twin Peaks! And if you can’t make it to Snoqualmie, stay tuned — more book events to be announced soon!

I’m in Minneapolis and it’s hard to overstate the collective sense of terror and despair across the city today. What can you do about a federal government that will murder its citizens, then lie to justify it, despite the existence of crystal-clear video evidence they are lying? Who will protect us?

“Everything you wanted to know about how [Twin Peaks] was made – and why – is found in these pages.”

Cody gets it

Get ahead of the game, anyone who’s anyone is gonna be talking about twin peaks next year.

Give yourself a present: From today through January 1, Barnes & Noble Premium and Rewards members can get 25 percent off their preorder of A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE: The Extraordinary Untold History of Twin Peaks with coupon code PREORDER25:

We watched it together a couple of times.

Thanks to Publishers Weekly for a really nice first review of A Place Both Wonderful and Strange. Preorder now and get your copy on Feb. 24 (Twin Peaks Day!): www.publishersweekly.com/9798894140391

Mark did a fantastic job with the audiobook — can’t wait for all of you to hear it!

Hard to know what to say about Rob Reiner, but impossible not to feel it deeply. A shocking and unfathomable loss.

A whole NFL playoffs without having to hear that racist chant, I must be dreaming

Can’t wait for this one

This is gold tier Josh, we’ll all reread it in some anthologized Best of Rivera essay collection someday

Honored to be in such great company!

This and much, much more in my Twin Peaks book A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE, dropping in February and available to preorder now: www.runningpress.com/titles/scott...

Okay leave Twin Peaks out of this man

The book won’t actually arrive until February — but if you’re looking for an early gift for the Twin Peaks fan in your life:

A bit of self-promotion: If you’re shopping for a David Lynch or #TwinPeaks fan this holiday season, please consider my books. (A few readers have actually said they’re pretty good!) You can order them for your local bookstore (as well as that other place you all know about).

Maddening how Mr. Robot went from moderately overrated in season 1 to insanely underrated in seasons 2-4

I think she came out lovely 😊 3 more illustrations to go! Pre-orders for the Lynch calendar still going strong: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

Rolling straight from a First Reformed rewatch into a Midnight Mass rewatch and these really are two of the most striking performances of the past decade

I feel very lucky that I got to talk about my Homeland-Security-mass-detention-Asian-American book on The Daily Show

@scottmeslow.bsky.social made an observation I can’t stop thinking about in his Ghost of Yōtei review, how the game won’t let you run into trees. I asked him about it and he said something about how the game is “nature without its wildness” and that’s basically it, to me www.gq.com/story/ghost-...

Playing Ghost of Yōtei (or fiddling while Rome is burning):

OK IT'S HAPPENING! Announcing my 2026 wall calendar, featuring new original illustrations celebrating the works of David Lynch, much missed and forever an inspiration. PRE-ORDERS start today as the art is still in-progress, I expect to print and ship in November! www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

Very excited to formally reveal the cover of my new book — A Place Both Wonderful and Strange: The Extraordinary Untold History of Twin Peaks. The book will be published on February 24, 2026, but you can preorder NOW (and I’d be very grateful if you do!): www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/scott...

Thinking about this bit from Wolf Hall a lot lately

I’m so tired of the sheer contempt of the management class. You can only run a publication like this if you have no respect whatsoever for both your writers and your readers. And at that point, why bother with journalism at all? You can almost definitely squeeze more money out of some other widget

Well, Los Angeles, it's your turn.... (Link is for day one. There are two more days in this event.) www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

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