Fix Your Heart Or Die!

Looking for a different kind of spooky to spice up your Halloween? Look no further than the shattering psychological terror of Perfect Blue! Resident anime aficionado Allen Ortega joins for an extremely in-depth look at the first feature film of Satoshi Kon's tragically-short career.

As with most Lynchian tales, Mima Kirigoe's transition from pop idol to primetime actress is fraught with dreamy dissociation, sexual assault, and several shatterings of her sense of self. Her very own Twin Peaks "Invitation to Love" known as Double Bind serves a televisual mirror, and a portal into darkest depths of...

It's a brand-new FYHOD bonus show! In this non-Lynchian subseries, we proud Uncs bring our Slop to the table for the younger generations, to show them that some classics are GOATed for good reason. We bust down the walls of gatekeeping and invite newcomers to discover things at their own pace, within their own taste.

First on the docket is AKIRA which feels even more cutting-edge and modern than it did back in 1988. This lavishly-animated, action-packed epic packs a transcendent soundtrack, and is loaded to the gills with relatable messages about passing down the power of...

Shy the Fox and Daniel the Sanford are Laura Kate Dale's friends, as they grasp at straws for Lynch-y threads within 3 mathematical episodes of Cartoon Network's smash-hit Adventure Time.

Fox follows the electric roads of David Lynch's Lost Highway all the way to the batteries of a sentient GameBoy in "BMO Noire". Laura visits the Red Room for some golden apples in "Who Would Win". Sanfordalamenti shatters the mirror to overcome his chicken-kissin' doppelgänger in "Football".

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Laura Kate Dale and special guest Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale brought a piping hot new release to the FYHOD table: Jane Schoenbrun's third feature film triumph "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma". This affectionate send-up of horror franchise reboots contains a haunted lake-full of queer themes and bisexual queens, with the heart and humor to match.

Join in for this finger-lickin' good trip to a cursed cabin, as Marcy O'Daniels staves off his Little Death, and Shy Fox straps in for one "Long December".

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We are currently hard at work on the next mainline FYHOD and the season finale of "Fish in the Percolator"! In the meantime, we present to you a special BONUS episode from our alternate-universe archives.

In this other universe, I hosted a show called "The Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad and underrated games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal. In this decade-old...

The FYHOD gang is up to their ears in the dark mysteries of Americana with David Lynch's 1986 masterpiece Blue Velvet. Laura breaks down her grand unifying Lynchian color theories. Fox freaks out over potential direct connections to Twin Peaks. Marcy makes an impassioned plea for emotional and intellectual nuance in the face of challenging material.

MEANWHILE: We investigate a hot scoop from friend of the show Graham Reznick about the burgeoning sport of brain bowling.

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Shy Fox and Dale Cooper wake up on the wrong side of the bed, only to find themselves captivated by Icelandic folk music. Marcy O'Daniels ponders the puppeteering of Bobby Briggs.

MEANWHILE: Will Laura Kate Dale invite Audrey Horne or The Log Lady to her MVP tea party?

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Past and future reality television superstar Jonathan Off Road Rules graces Shy Fox with his presence after 14 hard, Holmes-less months. "Boston's Favorite Son" deploys his definitely real brain-science PhD to administer some much-needed therapy, by way of discussing how Lynchian themes and vibes have permeated every aspect of our culture and reality.

MEANWHILE: A in-studio Danielo Sanfordalamenti becomes the new Dougie Jones, as we dream-cast Jonathan in the new Spider-Man trilogy as redeemed gay icon Bonesaw McGraw.

So get rrrrrrreeeeaaaddddyyyyy to hear about:

-The recursive Twin Peaks to X-Files pipeline

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!

We are currently hard at work on our next batch of Twin Peaks recaps, a new Lynch's Log, and the next mainline FYHOD. In the meantime, we present to you a special BONUS episode from our alternate-universe archives.

In this other universe, I hosted a show called "The Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad and underrated games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal...

The main series of Fix Your Heart Or Die! returns to cover a recent release, and the most Lyncian zombie flick in history: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. This sequel--released perhaps too hot on the heels of hit legacy revival 28 Years Later--covers thematic ground hitherto unexplored by its genre. And so much of that ground just happens to connect to the moon (and by proxy David Lynch)!

So follow Fox, Laura, and Marcy across the narrow strait into the bone zone, to hear all about how the lore of Teletubbies, paedo philanthropists, and Satan himself are...

A super sweaty Chet sends Fox, Laura, and Marcy an "Invitation to Love" in this all-too-dreamy entry of our Twin Peaks recap series! We then give Little Elvis a bath, right before Dr. Jacoby's sleaziness gives us a cold shower.

Is Shy Fox a strong enough psychic sender to help Audrey Horne sweep our episode MVP picks?! Brew a fresh pot of fishy coffee and tune in to find out!!

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It's another entry of our freeform news and miscellaneous thoughts podcast: Under The Sycamore Trees! In this episode, Shy Fox is joined by Danielo Sanfordalamenti to talk about Mark Frost's shocking teases about the possibility of more Twin Peaks in the future, before delivering a galaxy-brained take on why critics are all wrong about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

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https://youtu.be/bmxCRNtjCoI?si=lYAhA5uQspTdobNu

https://twinpeaksblog.com/2026/03/31/real-twin-peaks-2026-conversation-with-twin-peaks-writer-and-producer-harley-peyton/

https://youtu.be/vMVSd_PBseE?si=tD5ASrNY2d95qWgo&t=1887

The spirit of springtime foolery has possessed the FYHOD friends once again! So Fox and Laura have recruited Danielo Sanfordalamenti and Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale to conduct a VERY SERIOUS investigation into the top-secret connections between the Twin Peaks Season 2 finale, and the shockingly-Lynchian 1994 family film The Flintstones.

Will Evil Dale Cooper--disguised as villainous businessman "Cliff Vandercave"--succeed in using the powers of the Black Lodge to change the course of stone-age history forever? Will Fred and Barney survive their fateful encounter with a non-David "Lynch Mob"? And why does the soundtrack to the Super Nintendo game...

Our Twin Peaks recap series takes a good old-fashioned dirt nap, in the 4th entry "Episode 3" AKA "Rest In Pain"! Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels become basic bitches for Bobby Briggs, before the whole town is turned upside down by the funeral of Laura Palmer. These fishy friends then speak some French to the Bookhouse Boys, and express their hearts that yearn for a cushy government-funded retirement in Twin Peaks.

All this and our most SHOCKING episode MVP of the season (jk it's Bobby Briggs duh)!

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What's the opposite of Lynch's Log? GOL S'CHNYL! In this subseries, the FYHOD! gang goes back in time, to look at works that influenced David Lynch, before he transformed pop-culture with Twin Peaks.

It's back to the unfathomable depths of the Ingmar Bergman well, with his follow-up to Persona (1968) known as Hour of the Wolf. This soul-searingly semiautobiographical, misunderstood masterpiece chronicles the struggle of a retired artist against his repressed demons.

Along the way Fox, Marcy, and Laura learn all about the vampiric thrall of The Hat Woman, the questionable morality of murdering...

Our Twin Peaks recap series finally reaches the beyond-iconic Red Room, in the 3rd entry "Episode 2" AKA "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer"! Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels walk like proverbial magicians astride the thin line separating the real from the surreal, as Dale Cooper leads the the way. Along the way they contemplate the plight of Tibet, the true shape of birds, and the terrifying power of a really weird dance.

So pop a piece of your most stylish gum and hum along as we play our own theme music...

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!

We are currently hard at work on our next batch of Twin Peaks recaps, a new Lynch's Log, and the next mainline FYHOD. In the meantime, we present to you a special BONUS episode from our alternate-universe archives.

In this other universe, I hosted a show called "The Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad and underrated games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal...

David Keith Lynch departed this earthly theater of the absurd a year ago today. Fox and Laura celebrate his profound influence on their lives by doing one of his favorite things: reporting on the local weather.

The FYHOD friends then talk at length about how connecting with Lynch's work has kept them insanely sane despite the awfulness of 2025, and how they feel more connected to him--and by proxy the moon--than ever.

Other topics include: Laura's undying fixation on the band My Chemical Romance, as well as Fox's lengthy journey into the sublimely-cryptic video...

Our Twin Peaks recap series continues with the second episode, confusingly titled "Episode 1" AKA "Traces to Nowhere"! Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels discuss several incredibly iconic coffee-based moments, the rich thematic depth of color theory, and the importance of Lynch taking baby-steps while onboarding viewers to his particular brand of bizarreness.

The fishy friends also nominate 3 new character MVPs for this episode, including the most shocking pick you can imagine in the form of a mysterious letter J.

Come hop into the piping-hot coffee pot of contemplation with us, as...

It's the end-of-year installment for our intermittent community podcast! Shy Fox and Marcy O'Daniels dissect some shocking developments in the realm of David Lynch news, before treating themselves to a long, freeform chat about their favorite media of the year.

Is Quentin Tarantino fit to judge whether Lynch disappeared up his own ass, when he can't even see the obvious acting talents of Paul Dano and Matthew Lillard? Has Kyle MacLachlen become David's avatar on this earthly realm ever since his passing? And is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond worthy of a deeper look despite (or perhaps even...

On this sprawling installment of Lynch's Log, Shy "Hulud" Fox finally imbibes the spice so nice they remade it twice, via the 1984 cult-classic Dune! Fox's Fremen friends Laura Kate Dale and Marcy O'Daniels pick apart every piece of this fascinating pop-culture curio, as special guest Danielo Sanfordalamenti plays his sultry Semuta Music in the corner to help them along.

Is there still value to be had in a movie that David Lynch disavows, even after 41 years and 2 more faithful adaptations of the book? Did the spectacular shield special effects predict the mind-boggling graphics of Nintendo 64? And...

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF TWIN PEAKS WITHIN!

FYHOD goes European in this special installment of Fish In The Percolator, wherein the crew follows up their discussion of the Pilot with a look into the enormously-enigmatic "international Pilot". This bizarre alternate cut of the first Twin Peaks entry may exist outside of the series canon, BUT it somehow winds up spoiling key elements of the series as a whole.

If you're watching along with the show for the first time, you may want to avoid this one for obvious reasons. However, if you...

Until now, FYHOD has carried the odd distinction of being a Twin Peaks podcast with no direct discussion of Twin Peaks. But no more! Introducing "Fish In The Percolator", our new sub-series in which the FYHOD crew of Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels journeys episode-by-episode through the show properly, all while offering cutting-edge 2025 insights!

This inaugural entry of FitP covers the first episode of the show, "Pilot" AKA "Northwest Passage". Musician and podcast super-producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti comes along for the ride as we tackle the task of analyzing one of the most totemic...

Shy Fox here with a special report: the official soundtrack to our podcast now has 5 extra tracks AND is available on all major streaming platforms including the reprehensible Spotify! We hope you decide to check it out, especially on Bandcamp where they treat creators right. As a special treat, the album's composer (AKA our beloved super-producer) has recorded this special message all about his process creating it.

One of the most fascinating things about this past year of FYHOD has been working with Daniel Sanford. When I first approached him last year for collaboration, I did...

Just in time for Halloween, the FYHOD gang goes for a deep dive into the modern horror masterpiece "I Saw the TV Glow"!

This 2024 movie explores themes of televisual nostalgia and transgender tribulations in a lovingly-Lynchian way that only a true "Twin Peaks" acolyte like Jane Schoenbrun could muster. The result is an instantly-iconic piece of media that shows even the most stalwart allies whole new dimensions of dysphoria, and how to defeat it from within.

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FYHOD returns for Season 2, with our first investigation into the realm of Lynchian anime!

Hosts Shy Fox and Marcy O'Daniels are joined by old-school anime aficionados Allen Ortega and Conrad Zimmerman to take a weird, wired dive into the sullenly sinister cyber-scapes of 1998's Serial Experiments Lain. This bizarrely prescient cult-classic may be nearly 30 years old, but feels more relevant than ever in our "Present Day, Present Time"!

What would it be like if you always existed online, and could never log off? What would happen if infinite truths had to coexist in...

Season 2 of FYHOD continues with a new Lynch's Log! Hosts Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels take an in-depth look at the incredibly "freakish" normalcy of Lynch's 1980 film The Elephant Man

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What makes this disturbingly straightforward semi-biopic uniquely captivating among the works of David Lynch? And might this movie still be the most uniquely, captivatingly beautiful film in his entire catalog, even 45 years from release?

Listen along as we find ways to relate to the titular "Elephant Man", and fix our hearts in the face of his trials and tribulations!<...

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!

The next season of Fix Your Heart Or Die! is coming next week, with our deep-dive on the fascinatingly-Lynchian anime Serial Experiments Lain!

In the meantime, spooky season is coming up, so we thought we would share another perfectly-themed BONUS EPISODE from our archives.

In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad games, and find out what made them special...

"The Twin Peaks of the quarantine era" CONCLUDES its sophomore season with more mind-bending, self-splitting antics!

How can the two Marks throuple-up so thoroughly, when they don't even love themselves? Does the show's sparing use of physical violence give every punch or gunshot a reality-warping impact? And can Burt G really go to heaven, as Burt Goodman rots rightfully in hell?

MEANWHILE: Beanie Tuesday tortures imprisoned musician Danielo Sanfordalamenti, as Shy Fox teams up with his outie to save the innies of the Micro Niche Podcasting crew!

Over the course...

IT'S A SUMMER SUPERSTAR SLEUTH SHOWDOWN!

Filmmaker and games writer Graham Reznick contacts Laura Kate Dale with an EXCLUSIVE LOOK at how Columbo episode "Last Salute to the Commodore" inspired Twin Peaks!

Can rookie agent Marcy O'Daniels help Laura keep the investigation on-track, even as the mysterious local Lieutenant Vespucci shows up to shove her nose (and pens) into Shy Fox's ironclad case?

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HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!

Super Producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti and I are hard at work on next week's SUPER-SIZED GUEST FEATURE, while also wrapping up the loose story ends of our Severance coverage.

HOWEVER: I hate to skip weeks, especially after taking a holiday break, even though our pace has been INCREDIBLE for a new podcast. That's why I wanted to share a special podcast I made in 2018 that barely anyone ever got a chance to hear.

In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with...

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE!

Super Producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti and I are hard at work on next week's SUPER-SIZED GUEST FEATURE, while also wrapping up the loose story ends of our Severance coverage.

HOWEVER: I hate to skip weeks, especially after taking a holiday break, even though our pace has been INCREDIBLE for a new podcast. That's why I wanted to share a special podcast I made in 2018 that barely anyone ever got a chance to hear.

In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with...

"The Twin Peaks of the quarantine era" continues its sophomore season with more mind-bending, self-splitting antics!

Is Helly's outie one of the most despicable villains in the history of the medium? Why can shows like Severance and Twin Peaks tackle controversial material that would seem tasteless in less-skilled hands?

MEANWHILE: The mysterious "Mr. Tuesday" consults the even-more-enigmatic mastermind "JSS" on the shattered destiny of Jonathan Off Road Rules. Will Fox fulfill their vile plan to deliver him The Box at PAX East in Boston?!

Over the course of 30 years, Z-list...

(WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DEATH STRANDING 2 AND THE LAST OF US PART 2/SEASON 2)

In an ESPECIALLY SPOILER HEAVY EPISODE of our community podcast Under The Sycamore Trees, Daniel "Shy" Fox takes a thoughtfully-simulated walk through the valley of the shadow of Twin Peaks with Laura Kate Dale, as they discuss secret Lynchian connections in the BRAND NEW Hideo Kojima game Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.

How is Laura capable of masterfully dissecting this hundred-hour journey in mere hours before this recording? And where will she find the strength to keep on keepin' on...

(WARNING: This podcast will SPOIL minor "preview-friendly" details for early parts of Death Stranding 2)

In a very special episode of our community podcast Under The Sycamore Trees, Daniel "Shy" Fox is joined by Laura Kate Dale. In the spirit of true video game journalism, Laura is here with the hottest scoop imaginable: the upcoming Hideo Kojima game Death Stranding 2 is one of the most Lynchian works in modern media.

Is there room in the AAA games space for sad dads who process emotions through methods besides violence? And how will Shy deal with...

What's the opposite of Lynch's Log? GOL S'CHNYL! In this subseries, the FYHOD! gang goes back in time, to look at works that influenced David Lynch, before he transformed pop-culture with Twin Peaks.

As we polish off the mind-bending masterpiece that is Ingrid Bergman's 1966 PERSONA, we ponder the profound power of parasocial personae, and the simple strength of silence. Shy Fox leads Laura Kate Dale and Marcy O to the other side of Bergman's cutting-edge smoke-and-mirror effects, to show them the true joy of viewing a decades-old "modern horror" masterpiece through a uniquely 2025 Lynchian lens.

What's the opposite of Lynch's Log? GOL S'CHNYL! In this subseries, the FYHOD! gang goes back in time, to look at works that influenced David Lynch, before he transformed pop-culture with Twin Peaks.

First on the docket is the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film "Persona", which Shy Fox describes in video game terms as "the 8-bit version of Mulholland Drive". Join in as we explore its incredibly potent, prescient messages about the relationship between film as a medium, its creators, and those who seem to simply observe it.

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In the first installment of our new community podcast "Under The Sycamore Trees", Daniel "Shy" Fox is joined by podcast super-producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti and the mysterious figure known only as Marcy O. These veritable Bookhouse Boys of podcasting take a short break from Lynch talk to chat about the technological wonders of the new Nintendo Switch 2, before surging down the pop-culture powerlines to discuss several haunting developments in Twin Peaks community news.

Does the secret of Mario Kart World's success lie in its ability to seamlessly merge the real with the surreal? And can Natasha Lyonne...

"The Twin Peaks of the quarantine era" returned for its long-awaited second season mere months ago, so Shy Fox called an emergency ORTBO with Allen Ortega and Laura Kate Dale, to plumb the Lynchian depths of Woe's Hollow.

So kick back with a bottle of Ether and find out why your Innie once captured a butterfly.

Featuring a SPECIAL EXPERIENTIAL DANCE MUSICAL featuring the song "Hole Like A Head" by @ALLIEGOERTZ's Doppelgänger Gally Arntz, presented live from a secret dimension known only as "The Smoke And Sugar Lounge".

MEANWHILE, IN THE META...

IN CELEBRATION OF SHY FOX'S #BOSTON DEBUT AT #PAXEAST2025 05/10/25: Mysterious Beings From Another Zone known only as Two Daniels introduce the second in their series of #DavidLynch-themed interviews with MTV Icon Jonathan Off Road Rules AKA "Boston's Favorite Son".

How does Jonathan feel about his inability to live a life of peaceful obscurity, cursed forever by the #Lynchian specter of fame, to meet Hollywood Icons like Chris Evans and Eugene Mirman?

FINALLY: Rumors abound that Jonathan will honor the memory of "The Man Who Was The Bat" by bringing "Val Kilmer's Thanksgiving Rockdown"...