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What is a Harold Smith Stay In?

Ben Horne said, “We are all Icelanders now.” I would like to change that just a bit. “We are all Harold Smith-ers now.” But we don’t have to reside to being “A lonely soul.” (Sorry my French isn’t any better than Andy’s.)

This Saturday April 4th at 2:00 Eastern Time at the Blue Rose Magazine’s Facebook page will be the “Harold Smith Stay In/Play In” event. So exactly what does that mean? Well you go to the facebook page, like it and then exactly at 2:00 EST this Saturday a free show streams to your device. You will be able to watch it live and send comments and questions to the guests. Each of the guests will also be home FaceTiming your host, Scott Ryan (me). You will be able to see us and send comments. (Don’t worry, we can’t see you, so you can stay in your comfy clothes like you have been for the last 2 weeks.)

The show will begin at 2:00 with a comedy skit staring a Twin Peaks Season 3 cast member and myself, then we will have opening credits with a famous announcer. Then we kick off the show with the first actor to commit to this idea: Charlotte Stewart (Betty Briggs, Mary X).

I am still booking guests but the rest of the announced guests are Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey), Kimmy Robertson (Lucy), John Pirruccello (Chad), James Marshall (James), and David Patrick Kelly (Jerry Horne). David Patrick Kelly will also be performing a song live. And I may just have a surprise or two to magically appear on your Cream Corn plate.

So where did this idea come from? I was supposed to host a panel at Graceland on April 4th with some of the cast of Twin Peaks. It was rightly rescheduled to October due to the global pandemic. I was bummed about not getting to host the panel and see all my Twin Peaks friends. Then I thought, why can’t we all gather anyway? I started making calls and sending emails and everyone was excited to participate. In fact, there is a chance this show will run longer than the Oscars. But I promise it will be more entertaining.

So join us for a free online event to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Twin Peaks. We will laugh, we will be silly and take your questions. It’s a really rough time for artists right now. As an author, I don’t get let go or government assistance, people just stop buying things. The actors are in the same boat. Support art where you can because it is artists that are entertaining you on Netflix, books and music. No one is getting paid to do this event. It is free and just for you.

I really hope to see you there. If you have questions on how to do it, all you have to do is go to the Facebook page and it will be there at 2:00. I set up an event so you can have a reminder.

If you are feeling generous, be sure to check out some of the books and magazines the Blue Rose has to offer at our website: bluerosemag.com

Thanks and I hope to see you all again yrev soon.

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New Book: The Women of David Lynch

Pre-order The Women of David Lynch: A Collection Of Essays

The Blue Rose Magazine produced a special issue in 2018 called The Women of Lynch; this book is not that. The book, The Women of David Lynch: A Collection Of Essays, was born out of the idea, but it is much bigger. In the magazine, the concept was to review 40 female characters Lynch created/co-created. This new book, brought to you by Scott Ryan (The Blue Rose Magazine) and David Bushman (Twin Peaks: FAQ), is a broader concept. Twelve essays written by female writers with only one direction: write anything you want about David Lynch. The results are amazing, diverse and woefully overdue. This is the first essay book to have all female writers tackle the subject of Lynch.

David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his work, due largely to frequent depictions of violence against women. Yet others see in Lynch’s work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts jump at every opportunity to work with him. “He is the master of the juxtaposition of the creepy and the sweet, the sexual and the chaste,” wrote W’s Lynn Hirschberg. “And at the heart of this tense, intriguing friction, you will always find Lynch’s women.” The Women of David Lynch is a deep, provocative dive into this paradox, featuring twelve essays, thought pieces and impressionistic interpretations of Lynch’s depiction of women on screen by an eclectic array of accomplished female critics, scholars, performers, and writers, each tackling this vexing conundrum in her own unique way. The book also contains an interview with actress Mädchen Amick (Shelly Johnson in Twin Peaks) where she gives first hand knowledge on what it is like to be a woman of Lynch. This book will be released on June 11th but is open for pre-ordering now.

This book contains these new essays:

x. An Introduction by Philippa Snow

1. The Uncanny Electricity of David Lynch’s Women by Leigh Kellmann Kolb

2. Women’s Films: Melodrama and Women’s Trauma in the Films of David Lynch by Lindsay Hallam

3. A Colorless Sky: On the Whiteness of Twin Peaks by Melanie McFarland

4. Welcome to the Bipolar Silencio Club! by Hannah Klein

5. Warding off the Darkness with Coffee and Pie by Mallory O’Meara

6. “This is where we talk, Shelly.” An Interview with Mädchen Amick by Lindsey Bowden

7. The Triple Goddess by Lauren Fox

8. Isabella Rossellini: The Shocking “Real” in Blue Velvet by Kathleen Fleming

9.  Tea And Sympathy: Mrs. Kendal and The Elephant Man by Rebecca Paller

10. Jade: Ornamental Gem or Protective Talisman? A Character Study by Marisa C. Hayes

11. “Mary X Marks The Spot.” An Interview with Charlotte Stewart by Lisa Hession

12. Impressions of Lynch: Journaling a Requiem by Mya McBriar

Pre-order this book now from FMP. The book is released June 11, 2019.

The Women of David Lynch: A Collection Of Essays

Order The Women of David Lynch: A Collection Of Essays

Edited by David Bushman

Concept by Scott Ryan

Front Cover by Blake Morrow

Art by Wayne Barnes & Hannah Fortune