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To celebrate the anniversary of Twin Peaks first airing on ABC on April 8, 1990, Strange Kids Club will be bringing you content related to the show all month long. For my first article I set out to scour the internet for fun Twin Peaks memes and while I didn’t find nearly as many as […]
In its original airing, Twin Peaks gripped viewers in a way that not many TV series are capable of. How else do you explain the cult success it’s achieved today? Thanks to a well-written “whodunit” hook and unique casting choices, David Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost proved to be masters at creating suspense. At the […]
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It was on this day (April 8, 1990) that David Lynch and Mark Frost’s serial drama about a sleepy town called Twin Peaks first aired on ABC. Lasting two seasons, the series followed FBI Agent Cooper on the trail of a serial murderer whose latest victim, Laura Palmer, brings him to Twin Peaks. As Palmer’s […]
It has been a while since a movie made me want to turn all the lights on before getting a drink of water at night, but The Babadook*, written and directed by Aussie actress-turned-filmmaker Jennifer Kent, definitely fit the bill. If the term “Babadook” sounds like a silly nonsense word that’s because it is (outside […]
Here’s the thing… I’ve never been much a tourist. Whether it be traveling to another state or another country I prefer to explore the more “hidden” parts of a new place, preferably the ones not on any map or tourist guide. That’s why, when I made a trek to London last week – mostly for […]
WHERE: Spoke Art Gallery 816 Sutter St San Francisco, CA 94109 HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00pm to 6:00pm OPENING: Opening Reception Saturday, March 8th At the age of 68 visual artist and director David Lynch has already amassed quite the legacy for himself. Littered with unsettling, sometimes monstrous, and always cerebral subtext, Lynch’s work dances […]
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Well, even weirder than they already were in Season 1. For those that might have missed this show back in 2011, The Heart, She Hollers is a surrealist comedy created by Vernon Chatman (Wonder Showzen), John Lee (Delocated) and Alyson Levy that stars Patton Oswalt as Hurlan Heartshe, mayor of a tiny backwards town called […]
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Le Petit Dragon We all know that Bruce Lee was a badass. Apparently, so are his action figures… at least when inhabited by his ghost! That’s the basic premise of this stop motion short from 2009 by Bruno Collet, in which a pint-sized Bruce Lee toy comes alive and goes all Fist of Fury on […]
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Sweet Revenge This short by Miklós Felvidéki and a small crew of animators reminds me of something I used to see on SNL’s TV Funhouse or late night Comedy Central. A simple story of paypack over a cupcake, Sweet Revenge offers at least a quick chuckle to lighten up your Monday morning. Like so many […]