He's Aidan...She's Lindsay
Together we are The Bicks, and we're here to take you through all our pop culture favourites. Join us as we train our literary lenses on the stories that shape us.
The Bicks Pod
A bickering husband and wife duo discuss their faves.
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Sunday Nov 13, 2016
Sunday Nov 13, 2016
In which we discuss the much-loved third episode of Twin Peaks--or, as it's affectionately known, the Red Room Dream Episode. We talk about dreams, dream logic, and the role that dreams play in not only this episode but in the lives of the people involved in this ever-growing investigation. Also: Bobby and Mike go hiking! Ben and Jerry take a boat ride! Nadine has a fit! Audrey dances!
Today we're joined by our friend Alexis, an avid Peaks Freak from Portland, Oregon, who adds some delightful insight into one of her favourite episodes.Links: Just who or what was that thing in the forest? Speculation hereFor anyone interested, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is available online and in PDF form at Glastonberry Grove
Monday Nov 07, 2016
Monday Nov 07, 2016
Wherein we discuss Episode 2 of Twin Peaks ("Traces to Nowhere") and get to know the people of Twin Peaks a little better. There are interrogations, and we talk about the various representations of families in this town. Also: Shelly does the laundry! Sheriff Truman eats a donut! Cooper drinks coffee! And who put the fish in the percolator?
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Omg gravity boots...I was right. Why were these a thing? Leave a comment if you have any answers. I can't figure this out.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
***SPOILER ALERT*** In which we discuss our reactions to the first substantial new piece of Twin Peaks lore to hit the world in twenty years--Mark Frost's novel "The Secret History of Twin Peaks." There are definitely spoilers up ahead for all parts of the book and many parts of the series. You've been warned...
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Wherein we introduce ourselves and our love for the world of Twin Peaks.
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Wherein we discuss the pilot episode of Twin Peaks. Here we meet the cast of characters who populate this quirky Pacific Northwest town where everything is not as it seems. We learn about their connections to each other and the murder of homecoming queen, Laura Palmer. (We also screw up and use the word "Lynchian" to describe not just thematic elements but directorial elements, which may not fall under the purview of the generally accepted definition of "Lynchian" but we correct ourselves eventually. And I think we also say that Washington abuts Montana, not Idaho. Oops. #UnitedStatesGeographyFail)
But we also talk about some of the running themes that will come up again and again in future episodes, the mundane/macabre events that serve as guideposts for the way this town seems to operate, and have a nice chat about everyone's favourite FBI Agent, Dale Cooper. Suffice it to say, there's a lot to talk about in this very special two hour episode of Bickering Peaks.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wherein we discuss the pilot episode of Twin Peaks. Here we meet the cast of characters who populate this quirky Pacific Northwest town where everything is not as it seems. We learn about their connections to each other and the murder of homecoming queen, Laura Palmer. (We also screw up and use the word "Lynchian" to describe not just thematic elements but directorial elements, which may not fall under the purview of the generally accepted definition of "Lynchian" but we correct ourselves eventually. And I think we also say that Washington abuts Montana, not Idaho. Oops. #UnitedStatesGeographyFail) But we also talk about some of the running themes that will come up again and again in future episodes, the mundane/macabre events that serve as guideposts for the way this town seems to operate, and have a nice chat about everyone's favourite FBI Agent, Dale Cooper. Suffice it to say, there's a lot to talk about in this very special two hour episode of Bickering Peaks.
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What is a saddle shoe?
David Foster Wallace essay
Notes: - In the supplementary audiobook "'Diane...' The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper", Coop is revealed to have been in Seattle before the events of the series begins, which is where he is handed the Palmer case
Lindsay is a writer and junior high school English teacher based in Edmonton, Alberta. In addition to loving Twin Peaks and Shakespeare, she is a big fan of her husband, Aidan, her three cats (Neko, Cooper, and Audrey), teaching, reading and writing, and traveling.
And coffee...you can't forget coffee.
Aidan is a writer and communications professional also based in Edmonton, Alberta. His work has been featured in several different publications, periodicals, and books. When he isn't writing or podcasting, he can usually be found attending to his second love: gaming, with a cat or two at his side.
We met when we were 18. We supported each other through university. We moved in together at and then we got married. We live in the coolest neighbourhood in Edmonton. And we record our podcast in our home office overlooking the North Saskatchewan River Valley.
Our podcast came to life in late 2016 as Bickering Peaks: A Twin Peaks Podcast. In those early days, we spent our time rewatching Twin Peaks and analysing the series in Season One of the podcast.
In Season Two of our show, we applied that same rigour to Twin Peaks: The Return.
Season Three saw us tackle the larger question of series co-creators' David Lynch's and Mark Frost's creative oeuvre.
We decided to take our podcast into vastly different territory for Season Four when we dove headfirst into the works of William Shakespeare.
Our slightly truncated Season Five boldly went where no Bicks have gone before...and we promise we will finish our look at the Star Trek universe soon.
Season Six is our soft reboot — a return to form and hopefully a more regular release schedule. We hope you'll continue to follow along as we tackle the pop culture stuff that strikes our fancy.
You can contact us at thebickspod[at]gmail[dot]com.