In 1991 David Lynch created this public service announcement to draw attention to the city's rat problem (he does love to make ads). The director of photography for the PSA was Frederick Elmes, who also worked with Lynch on Blue Velvet, and together they put the city's rodent problem in simple (and somewhat creepy) black & white terms. The minute long ad focuses on littering New Yorkers, but wouldn't it be great if Lynch came back to create a new one that focused on subway eaters? It could feature Mr. Chompy. more ›

David Lynch is putting down the coffee cup and bringing an art exhibition to New York next week. This is his first solo show in the city since 1989, right before Twin Peaks hit the small screen, and it will be hosted by the Tilton Gallery (Lynch is long time friend's with the owner, Jack). According to Gallerist, the show will feature gold-framed (in the style of Francis Bacon) paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and a 42-second film. The works are all "fairly recent," created between 2009 and 2012. more ›

David Lynch is obsessed with coffee—forget about his 20 cup a day habit (which he had for some time), he also created his own signature blend, called the David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee. We saw one commercial for the caffeinated blends not too long ago, and now he's wrapped shooting on a new one. It's very Lynch... but we're still holding out for a "fish in the percolator" ad. more ›

Enigmatic writer, director, and weather fan David Lynch has long loved music—and smoking. In an interview about his debut album, Lynch mourns the act of smoking. more ›

Would you enter the world of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive? You will soon be able to in Paris, where Lynch is helping open a nightclub inspired by the film's own Club Silencio (in fact, it will have the same name). The director will be hosting nights there, and is designing the interior himself, recently noting, "I enjoy how architecture and design create mood." As long as it's not a One Eyed Jack's kind of mood, that's cool with us. No word on what will be behind the red velvet curtains, but there will be a concert hall, a restaurant, a library and a cinema. (The real venue that Club Silencio was housed in is this theater in LA.) more ›

So, David Lynch has his own (damn good) coffee (and has for a while now)—his house blend is described as "a light roast with crisp and bright notes of creamy cocoa and hazelnuts." Not familiar with his blends? As we learn from this recent and informative 4-minute long ad featuring a Barbie, there's also an espresso and french roast. AdWeek describes the commercial as "four minutes of Lynch flirting with a disembodied Barbie head." more ›

Saturday night Radio City Music Hall housed a lot of big names for a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation (which "provides funds to teach students how to meditate so they can change their world from within"). Lynch hosted the show, and although the evening was billed as Paul McCartney & Friends, USA Today reports that the Beatle didn't show up until three hours into the affair. Once he did, however, he played a lengthy set (watch "Can't Buy Me Love" below). more ›

Drawing on his roots in the fecund 1970s East Village avant-garde film scene, critic J. Hoberman has spent his three decades at the Village Voice introducing readers to the more adventurous cinematic worlds awaiting beyond the realm of Hollywood. He is the author of nine books, most recently The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties, which was described by Slate as "an extraordinary publishing event." To commemorate his thirty years at the Voice, BAMcinématek has invited Hoberman to select films that have sparked some of his most stimulating reviews and articles, as well as a few personal favorites. more ›

EVENT: Tonight, as part of the recurring Upstairs at the Square event, Nellie McKay plays tunes from her latest, Obligatory Villager and host Katherine Lanpher talks with author and filmmaker Antonio Monda. Monda's new book Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion will hit shelves soon -- and tonight he'll relay the discussions he had about religion with folks like Spike Lee and David Lynch. 7pm // Barnes & Noble [33 E 17th St]... more ›

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May 12: Brooklyn Pigfest more ›

Some other repertory selections of note playing around town this weekend include a B Musicals series at Film Forum, midnight screenings of David Lynch's delightfully perplexing at the Sunshine, both on Friday and Saturday nights. A Crave Case will not be included in the price of admission. more ›

The NY Times article about Calvin Klein's perfume division's attempts to gain market share from twenty-somethings with a new perfume made us wonder many things. For starters, why did Calvin Klein Inc. (actual Calvin Klein the human is not involved) allow its marketing and positioning strategy to be exposed to so much ridicule? more ›

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. more ›

Get your creepy crawly on with two potentially frightening movies out this weekend. Yet another '80s horror staple is getting the remake treatment with Dave Meyers' , that it's ill advised to piss off Sean Bean. That Brit is one menacing looking dude on screen. more ›

MOVIE: Beware to those heading over to Pioneer Theater tonight, that Jackass Steve-O will be there promoting his new movie TV: The Movie. "A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials." And we bet he'll totally staple something to his face. more ›

Gothamist is here at Joyce Bakeshop in Prospect Heights, where we’ve secretly replaced Scott Lindenbaum’s 12 oz. Fair Trade Gorilla Coffee with a cup of freshly brewed David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee Organic House Roast. For good measure, we’ve also selected one of each flavor cupcake from the Joyce Bakeshop glass case display, and a toasted hazelnut mini financier to accompany the hot beverage. What we found may surprise you. more ›

Tourist: New York bands go on tour. They keep a diary. We publish it. more ›

Two quite controversial and buzzed about movies hit New York theaters this weekend. So far the critical opinion of raving lunatic Mel Gibson's new foreign language feature, . Now we finally get to see the film they thought was going to be such a public relations nightmare. Leo plays a South African diamond smuggler who teams up with a Sierra Leone farmer (the always excellent Djimon Hounsou) to outwit a syndicate of businessmen. From the trailers it looks pretty heartpounding, and not just because the lovely Jennifer Connelly is also in it. more ›

, the Hitchcock classic starring Jimmy Stewart as a lovelorn, neurotic detective following the mysterious Kim Novak all over San Francisco, you're missing out. It's brilliant, strange and very beautiful—all adjectives Lynch seems to aspire to in his moviemaking. more ›

Even though the weather isn't encouraging you to stay inside, there's still a whole host of new flicks to check out at the theaters. more ›

Comedian Dane Cook has a massive following, from his huge record sales to his zillions of MySpace friends. This weekend we'll see if he can extend the brand loyalty to the cineplex, as his first starring role in ). This flick isn't going to end world hunger or stop nuclear proliferation, but it's moderately amusing and worth $10.75 if you're in the mood for a light comedy. more ›

Thanks to a suggestion by our beloved publisher Gothamist Weather has recently become addicted to the weird daily weather video from PhearCreative. Usually filmed in Tompkins Square Park, the video features an engaging pre-teen girl presenting the weather forecast along with a series of groan-inducing snarky remarks and jokes. The weirdness is with the snark, as it usually contains references to pop culture, drugs or sex. The pop culture remarks would be fine if they referred to things ten-year olds knew about, but having a little kid make sex and drug jokes is more than a little creepy. more ›

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This year more than any we remember from recent past, theater companies are gearing up to bring you Halloween-related shows. It’s appropriate, when you think about it – actors are all about dressing up as people/things other than themselves, so they should lead the way when the rest of the world decides to masquerade. In any case, options abound citywide. Psycho Clan, for instance, has an interactive haunted house program called Nightmare going, which looks pretty freaky just from the website. The 13 rooms are supposed to be “more David Lynch than John Carpenter” and it’s already selling out. more ›

September 12: Save New Orleans Cocktail Hour more ›

Just what the world was waiting for! The NY Times reports that Arianna Huffington is starting a celebrity group blog with people like "Walter Cronkite, David Mamet, Nora Ephron, Warren Beatty, James Fallows, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Diane Keaton, Norman Mailer and Mortimer B. Zuckerman." Huh. Did Huffington read the Businessweek article about blogs changing business and decide, "It's on"? It'll be called Huffington Post, the NY Times article positions it as a competitor to The Drudge Report, but it seems less that than a celebrity vanity project like, oh, we don't know...maybe like an episode of The Love Boat with more street cred and an ability for readers to comments. Huffington says it's "an affirmation of [blogs'/the blogosphere's] success and will only enrich and strengthen its impact on the national conversation," but Sure, it'll be cool to read what Walter Cronkite thinks, but we fear he'll get bogged down with despamming the system. And don't get us started on wondering if certain celebrities are actually posting or making a minion post for them. more ›

Some sort of TV show about September 11 was inevitable (where's that September 11 romantic comedy that was talked about, where two widows meet cute?); a drama , but we can hope it dies at the pilot stage, unless it's pitched by David Lynch. Read the 9/11 Commission Report at the 9/11 Commission website.
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