Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast

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"Diane...": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper Jun 30, 2022

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Your host John takes a quick detour into the 1990 “Diane…” audiotape collecting any number of internal thoughts of Agent Cooper and connective tissue for the plot leading into Season 2 of Twin Peaks. The insights into Albert and Audrey make this a worthy listen, and the rest of the recording is a good time too.

00:00 Intro
02:46 Production Details
06:08 Scott Frost
07:42 Public reception
10:58 How do we understand Cooper?
12:19 Origin of the dictaphone
13:10 How Dale gets the case
14:10 Why Cooper might not like Sam Stanley
16:45 Comedic moments
18:10 Suspension of Disbelief
19:49 Connecting Twin Peaks and dreams
21:12 Location of Jacques’ cabin
22:15 The dark and light sides of Twin Peaks
25:20 A visit from Laura?
26:02 Harry Truman and Josie Packard
27:10 Albert Rosenfield
28:22 Audrey Horne
31:08 The Laura Palmer case

Articles discussed in this episode:
“Diane…” Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Twin Peaks Tapes

Sound Peaks — “Diane…”: The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper

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Season 2 ep. 1 "May the Giant Be With You" Jun 23, 2022

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Go deep into the production history of Twin Peaks Episode 8 as it kicks the supernatural mythology of Twin Peaks into gear, then stay for an exploration of the Giant and his clues, what happens when music is in the air, and what happens when you wear Laura’s stuff. All this, plus visions from Maddy and the Major, Audrey’s predicament, a thesis statement from Jacoby, and nightmare-creating memories from Ronette.

0:00:00 Intro
0:03:52 Production History
0:25:55 Log Lady Intro
0:34:56 How the Giant contributes to our understanding
0:39:25 In-between spaces
0:42:50 Repetition of phrases
0:44:18 Elderly Room Service Waiter
0:49:57 The Giant arrives
1:08:24 Cooper focused on clues
1:13:45 Deputy Andy
1:18:22 James Hurley
1:20:27 Dr. Jacoby’s questioning
1:25:35 Laying the whole thing out
1:31:40 The Giant returns
1:39:12 That gold ball of light
1:44:32 Major Briggs’ vision
1:49:30 Bobby Briggs and Shelly Johnson
1:52:47 The symbols in food
1:58:30 When there’s music in the air
2:00:14 Maddy Ferguson’s vision
2:02:30 Leland Palmer
2:09:05 The Horne brothers
2:13:08 Hayward Supper Club
2:18:51 Effects of the Mill fire
2:21:50 Philip Gerard
2:25:25 Big Ed doesn’t believe in fate
2:30:00 Audrey Horne, Prudence, and Ben
2:34:24 Maddy Ferguson
2:36:20 Donna Hayward and Laura’s sunglasses
2:47:40 Harriet Hayward’s poem
2:52:50 Ronette Pulaski
2:57:40 Ronette’s nightmare

Articles discussed in this episode:
A Journey to the Underworld of Twin Peaks

Reincarnation & The Return Part 3: Ding. Dong. Cooper’s Dead

NEON PEAKS

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The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer Apr 21, 2022

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Please be advised: The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer deals with issues of sexual abuse, violence and drug abuse.

We begin with a personal message from field agent Elle, then John proceeds into the book’s production history, Jennifer Lynch’s writing angles, Sheryl Lee’s relationship with this book, and how the book has been received over the years.
Then John looks into the different shown sides of Laura, how BOB and her fight against him is portrayed, and masking memories, before exploring members of Laura’s support system like Donna, Bobby and Johnny Horne. Then it’s time to look at Laura’s dreams and poems, the Log Lady, and how the book reframes and sets up the whodunnit in the television series.
This one gets personal, and we do our best treating this book with proper gravity and respect.

0:00:00 a message from Elle
0:06:28 intro
0:10:40 production history
0:14:25 precedents set for Twin Peaks books
0:18:48 Jennifer Lynch’s involvement
0:23:00 advantages to the diary format
0:26:09 reactions to the diary over time
0:31:04 Sheryl Lee’s involvement
0:36:34 different sides of Laura Palmer
0:50:18 BOB
0:58:58 masking memories vs battle with the devil
1:04:35 the diary
1:09:33 Leland & Sarah
1:18:50 Donna & Maddy
1:32:38 Bobby Briggs
1:48:52 Leo, Jacques & Ronette
1:59:38 Johnny Horne
2:09:52 Meals on Wheels & Harold
2:14:35 Dr. Jacoby
2:20:00 James Hurley
2:22:58 Jupiter & Troy
2:41:19 Laura’s dreams & poetry
2:49:19 the Log Lady
2:53:48 the whodunnit

Articles discussed this episode:

Bobby Briggs & Laura Palmer: A Love Story:

Sheryl Lee Voices Trauma in The Secret History of Laura Palmer Audiobook (and it gets in your head no matter how you look away)

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It's a Mailbag Episode Coop! Mar 24, 2022

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While preparing for next time’s look into the Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, your host John takes some time to discuss email and notable moments in social media for the first Blue Rose Task Force mailbag episode.

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S1E8: The Last Evening Mar 10, 2022

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We’ll hand you a cliffhanger on your way in, because this week’s podcast is on f-i-r-e.
Learn how the cliffhangers were hidden from the network as long as possible! Explore co-creator Mark Frost’s filming techniques! How do disguises affect the disguised? Is intrapersonal alchemy already a thing in the show? All this, plus tracing how money is at the root of the evil, and observing how recordings behave and reveal their listeners.

This episode references the following articles:

Run Silent, Run Drapes: What Nadine’s Story Teaches Us About Trauma Loops, Trauma Healing and Trauma Recovery

Twin Peaks and Alchemy

Reincarnation & The Return, Part 3: Ding Dong Cooper’s Dead

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S1E7 "Realization Time" Mar 03, 2022

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Audrey and Cooper’s parallel paths to One Eyed Jack’s are getting the spoiler-filled deep-dive treatment as the podcast digs into Twin Peaks Episode 6.
Your host John looks at Caleb Deschanel’s contributions to Twin Peaks, the episode’s omnipresent voyeurism, and all the boundary crossings—whether from public to secret, legal to illegal, or signing on the line from unofficial to official. This week also covers disguises, recordings of the dead, and waking up to truth. What happens when characters hastily go to the heart of the beast to achieve their goals?

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S1E6 “Cooper’s Dreams” Feb 24, 2022

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This week’s spoiler-filled deep-dive has tea at the Log Lady’s cabin as it goes into Episode 5. Your host John looks into director Lesli Linka Glatter, everything we know about the Log Lady, and what Margaret can tell us about living where the barrier between worlds is thin. You’ll also get various perspectives on the last night of Laura Palmer, and extensive studies into the complicated natures of Audrey Horne and Bobby Briggs in an episode where they both shine. Go ahead and pull up a chair—the fish aren’t running.

Articles discussed this episode:
Gratitude, Respect, and Compassion in Twin Peaks
Bobby Briggs & Laura Palmer: A Love Story

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S1E5 “The One Armed Man” Feb 17, 2022

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The deep-diving spoiler-filled journey through Twin Peaks finds it way to Philip Gerard’s first physical appearance. Your host John looks into how director Tim Hunter and writer Robert Engels came to Twin Peaks, what Lynch might be saying with the Log Lady Intro, and just how many doublings line Episode 4.
How does a darker Twin Peaks reveal itself? What does it mean to be a strong sender? What can explain Philip Gerard’s disconnection from MIKE? Why are Hank and Audrey paralleling each other? And why is a straight line not always the shortest distance between two points?

The following article was discussed in today’s episode:
Drawing in Twin Peaks

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S1E4 “Rest In Pain” Feb 10, 2022

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Our deep-diving spoiler-filled trek through Twin Peaks has arrived at Laura Palmer’s funeral and Episode 3, the fourth overall episode of Twin Peaks.
You host John explores Harley Peyton and Tina Rathborne’s meditation on death, Cooper’s definition of dreams, Albert’s battle against the town of Twin Peaks, and the ramifications of its residents acknowledging the strangeness in the woods.
What kind of town IS Twin Peaks? And how does it allow a dead girl to seemingly invoke Maddy Ferguson, or change Bobby Briggs until he can’t whistle past any more secrets?

This episode discusses the following articles:

Bobby Briggs and Laura Palmer: A Love Story

The Complicated Relationship Between Bobby Briggs and Major Briggs

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S1E3 "Zen or The Skill to Catch A Killer" Feb 03, 2022

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Cooper’s Red Room dream gets the deep-diving spoiler-filled treatment this week as Blue Rose Task Force explores Episode 2, the third overall installment of Twin Peaks.
Your host John digs into how and when David Lynch returned to the director’s chair then uses all aspects of Twin Peaks from 1990 to 2017 to analyze the iconic episode.
Audrey and Johnny match up with Kubrick again, music is in the air AND the Palmer house, throwing rocks explains the reality of the town, and a lot of people ask questions with no answers given. Do the answers come in the form of a dream?
And what is Lodge Laura? What is she really?

The following article is discussed this episode:

Reincarnation and the Return: Part 1

Understanding Season 3: The Fireman “Brings Back Some Memories”

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