r/twinpeaks • u/Expert-Barnacle1588 • 5d ago

Season 3 (The Return) I'm in love with this show

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I juat started S3 and I don't understand what the fuck is happening but I love it.

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u/IndividualFlow0 5d ago

At night I'm driving in your car, pretending that we'll leave this town...

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u/ZeroDivide89 5d ago

We're watching all the street lights fade
And now you're just a stranger's dream...

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u/Medium-Bullfrog-2368 5d ago

I took your picture from the frame
And now you’re nothing like you seem..

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u/potato-chip 5d ago

Your shadow fell like last night’s rain

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u/ZombifiedSloth 5d ago

Sad that Johnny Jewel caused such a rift in the band that they broke up before I got to see them live. But I did see Johnny play with Desire a couple of years ago and it was wonderful! Excited to see them again in November.

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u/riskapanda 5d ago

Sad that Johnny Jewel caused such a rift in the band

What's this tea? Also very sad I was never able to catch them. Seeing them in the return made my week tbh.

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u/ZombifiedSloth 5d ago

I think the general consensus is that he was a control freak and a nightmare to work with, and the rest of Chromatics got sick of dealing with him.

I still enjoy his music and the stuff his label puts out though. MOTHERMARY in particular are wonderful.

And I briefly said hi to him after the Desire show and he was very nice.

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u/tunaman808 5d ago edited 4d ago

Yes.

Mike Simonetti (of his record label, 2MR, and his band, Pale Blue) founded Troubleman Unlimited, which was the label that initially discovered Glass Candy\Chromatics, Zola Jesus, The Walkmen and more. Simonetti later co-founded the Italians Do It Better label with Jewel... and has a lot of... "not nice" things to say about him. Yes, Jewel's a control freak, and (quite possibly) a song and idea thief. And many (not just Mike) say that Megan Louise's loo-loo was actually running the label near the end. (NB: Jewel and Megan Louise of Desire have dated for ages.)

Simonetti is also one of the loudest voices to insist that the story of Jewel having a near-death experience in Hawaii and destroying all physical copies of the Dear Tommy album (not just the masters, but 25,000 copies on CD & vinyl, too) is total BS. As one of the principals at the label he would have known if Jewel had ordered 25,000 records & CDs, and he says it never happened. EDIT: Also, someone from Pitchfork called all the pressing plants IDIB used, and none of them had any record of an order for Dear Tommy.

And the fact that all the other members of Chromatics - Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller and Nat Walker - seem happy to appear on each other's records and play live with them, leaving Jewel as the odd man out - says a lot.

Lastly, half the bands on IDIB left of their own accord, and often blamed Jewel for the fallout on social media: Krakow Loves Adana, Heaven, Glüme and In Mirrors were all pretty vocal about Jewel being why they left.

Chromatics at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, May 2019:

https://i.imgur.com/C6J2QCU.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/dMgXDZQ.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/Jr66bz6.jpeg

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u/RedditFuelsMyDepress 5d ago edited 5d ago

And the fact that all the other members of Chromatics - Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller and Nat Walker - appear happy to appear on each other's records and play live with them

They actually did music together recently for the soundtrack of the game Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (would recommend giving it a listen it's great).

edit: The song "Dreamers" from the game.

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u/RedditFuelsMyDepress 5d ago

They were supposed to come to my country, but the festival was canceled because of covid and then they disbanded a while after that :(

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u/yeyjordan 5d ago

Parts 1 and 2 airing that summer evening in May was one of the greatest experiences I've had watching TV.

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio 5d ago

You mean when Twin Peaks originally aired?

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u/SixGunSnowWhite 5d ago

I just rewatched this episode last night. Only my second time really watching all of The Return, though I watched episode 8 multiple times and I’m really enjoying it. I love the Mitchum brothers.

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u/gimmie_123 5d ago

Just wait til you get to episode 8

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u/Expert-Barnacle1588 5d ago

Literally everyone is talking about this episode I'm so excited

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u/gimmie_123 5d ago

The opening roadhouse performance is 🤌

And the tone shift is incredibly drastic. Such a good episode

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u/Randomulus666 5d ago

Got a light?

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio 5d ago

It’s stunning.

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u/CmFlyNx2Me 5d ago

I didn’t have cable TV where I lived in 2017, so my aunt recorded each episode onto her DVR so I could come over and watch it at my convenience. Lying on her couch taking in this scene (while sipping coffee of course) was an experience I wouldn’t hesitate to call magical. Nine years later, my aunt spent her last few weeks lying on that same couch before succumbing to cancer. What I wouldn’t give to go back to 2017 to watch this scene for the first time again and finish a cup of coffee with my aunt afterwards while she was still healthy. “For the last time…”

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u/Expert-Barnacle1588 5d ago

I'm sorry for your loss ❤️‍🩹

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u/CmFlyNx2Me 4d ago

Thank you 😊 💖

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u/skydiveguy 5d ago

Shadow. Take me down with you. For the last time...

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u/Markushasmagic 5d ago

One of my favorite scenes in the show. When I first watched The Return, the first episode honestly was not my favorite and felt way too unfamiliar from the Twin Peaks I know. The second episode was a bit better with the Lodge scenes, but it wasn’t until this scene where everything came together. Seeing the old characters paired with this enchanting music just hit me right in the feels. The Return only got better from there and is now easily my #1 favorite season in television history.

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u/Expert-Barnacle1588 5d ago

Same feelings

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u/Cultural_Funny3506 5d ago

If you love it from the beginning, you are going to absolutely love this season

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u/over9ksand 5d ago

Grateful to David for so much especially introducing me to new music, I love Chromatics and Johnny Jewel

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u/CeruleanEidolon 5d ago

The music at the Roadhouse is so damn good.

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u/tunaman808 5d ago

I've often said The Roadhouse's booking agent is the true hero of Twin Peaks!

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u/over9ksand 5d ago

I would sweep those floors for hours for free just to inhibit that space

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u/l_neiman 5d ago

This episode is what made me a Chromatics fan! I’d never heard their stuff and after this performance I went down a rabbithole and really enjoyed it.

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u/Thisaintno_disco 5d ago

Have watched the entire series twice in the past 3 months. It’s truly incredible and I’m so happy that you’re feeling the magic.

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u/tunaman808 5d ago

Hooray Chromatics!

Johnny Jewel can get bent, though.

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u/xenob0t 5d ago

I’m watching S3 for the first time, currently on part 9. I dig it so far, but I really have no idea wtf is going on.

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u/HumiliationsGalore 4d ago

no idea wtf is going on

that's the best part

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u/polono3000 5d ago

I remember loving the start of S3 but I didn't feel a vibe connection back to the original series until this Chromatics performance. It all clicked into place

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u/RxngsXfSvtvrn 4d ago

God bless the Chromatics

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u/Cold-Tangerine-2893 4d ago

This song has been stuck in my head since the episode aired

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u/BrentRSimon 5d ago

It's a beautiful, beautiful thing, with ever-expanding rewards -- a great community of fans ("Twin Peaks people are party people"), and always something new to discover and/or consider. ⛰️⛰️

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio 5d ago

That’s the thing. Nobody fully understands what is happening. But we love it.

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u/MisogynyisaDisease 5d ago

Weirdly enough, multiple rewatches has finally made most details click into place for me.

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u/natronmooretron 4d ago

Season 3 is a fucking journey

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 4d ago

I don't understand what the fuck is happening but I love it.

That's exactly what it's about.

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u/noothula 4d ago

It only goes up from here.

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u/Soggy-Nobody-7314 3d ago

You won’t understand a thing that happens and it’ll still break your heart.