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Mike Miley

@mikemiley.bsky.social

Books: DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE (2025) | TRUTH & CONSEQUENCES: GAME SHOWS IN FICTION & FILM (2019), CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE ERICKSON (2021) www.mikemiley.com

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Mike Miley on David Lynch

David Lynch’s American Dreamscape author @mikemiley.bsky.social on Writers on Film

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06.12.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been told this one from back in February fits snugly into any regulation-size stocking.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-lyn...

03.12.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a really fun time talking with @www.johnbleasdale.com. If you're not already a regular listener, let this one form your new habit.

03.12.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Writers on Film
@mikemiley.bsky.social talks David Lynch

podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...

03.12.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I've been getting a lot of emails offering to have thousands of people read the book and write online reviews.

03.12.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't wait for the emergence of Haunted Americana as a field of study where people will say "ACTUALLY it's always been haunted" and us fans can say "yes, we know. That's why we like it."

20.11.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely.

15.11.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

HA HA HA YES

23.10.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is my fave too!

16.10.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Miley discusses his new book on David Lynch.

Particularly interested in the idea of Lynch's influence on "Laura Palmer Pop", i.e. Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo...

newbooksnetwork.com/david-lynchs...

05.10.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RIP Penelope Milford

15.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finishing up Mike Miley's David Lynch’s American Dreamscape : Music, Literature, Cinema (2025) when the conclusion hit me kinda hard - he compares Lynch to DFW and Lana Del Rey.

LDR has never really done it for me but he makes an interesting case w/sincerity-in-irony for all 3 artists.

09.10.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! I'm glad to hear that resonated with you.

11.10.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
September Books Notes on new studies of David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick and biographies of Jane Birkin and Terrence Malick.

Back in @criterion.bsky.social with a write-up on the LRB piece about David Lynch's American Dreamscape. Thanks, @dwhdaily.bsky.social!
www.criterion.com/current/post...

29.09.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The narrative is elsewhere. Buried as the conspiracy of the real. ⚫️^o^

Ebooks of Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 dropped a few days ago. Physical release Oct 16.

Preorder here: bloomsbury.com/uk/twin-peaks-…

Or even better: Please ask your local indie bookstore to stock Timecodes Series titles.

21.09.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Very bummed to be missing this.

18.09.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't seen that anywhere. It was my understanding that most of the stuff was shot a their house on Taft St.

15.09.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Katie on Haynes is required reading.

12.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my--totally using this for my RHPS trivia game next month!

07.09.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Heathers (1989) VHS trailer
YouTube video by New World Pictures Podcast Heathers (1989) VHS trailer

For your timeline pleasure, here's a VHS trailer for New World's HEATHERS:

youtu.be/9FZYzcWIR20

#FilmSky

06.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes Amazon-backed firm Showrunner, led by Edward Saatchi, is using the film as a test case for how Hollywood can overhaul production. The results won't be commercialized β€” the tech giant hasn't obtained r...

It is the eagerest hope of many, many good citizens of the town that George Amberson Showrunner gets his comeuppance. I hope he gets it three times filled, and running over. I also hope that those who longed for it are there to see it.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

05.09.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruby Hamilton Β· Things go kerflooey: David Lynch’s Gee-Wizardry For years, his biography on press releases was just four words long: β€˜Eagle scout, Missoula, Montana.’ David Lynch...

David Lynch's American Dreamscape in the London Review of Books:
@lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

03.09.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bought 3 of these during the last sale (Sirk, De Palma, Jarmusch) and have worn at least two of them every week since. If you don't buy them now, you're just losing money.

31.08.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's make some *good* news! Here's what's ahead this fall on Watch With Jen pod. As always, guests & themes are subject to change & I'll have more announcements soon but this is a wonderful lineup & I'm honored to share it with you!

28.08.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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How β€˜Pump Up the Volume’ Predicted a Gatekeeper-Free Future This weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the release of Allan Moyle’s Pump Up the Volume, and in all the obvious ways, it shows that age: the music, the clothes, the cars, the references. More…

Happy 35th to β€˜Pump Up the Volume.' An old piece about its prescience:

22.08.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Truth and Consequences Although nearly every other television form or genre has undergone a massive critical and popular reassessment or resurgence in the past twenty years, the game show’s reputation has remained both rema...

My first book is 50% off through Friday!
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Trut...

13.08.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TWIN PEAKS CONVERSATIONS bonus podcast premieres tonight w/ <i>David Lynch's American Dreamscape</i> author Mike Miley (YouTube & extended PATREON) Early this year when I stumbled across a YouTube trailer for an upcoming book titled David Lynch's American Dreamscape , full of clips that...

I went deep on David Lynch's American Dreamscape with Lost in the Movies. Joel's a really insightful reader and asked me some great questions.
www.lostinthemovies.com/2025/08/twin...

12.08.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ep. 81: Mike Miley & David Lynch’s American Dreamscape β€” Aca-Media

New episode! David Lipson chats with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his new book DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE, his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, and being a high school teacher publishing academic
books. aca-media.org/episode81

11.08.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Listen to me talk with David at @aca-media.bsky.social about my nontraditional academic path and David Lynch!

11.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People Are Like Radios :: Mike Miley on David Lynch’s American Dreamscape

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/08/p...

Comparing and contrasting his oeuvre Miley demonstrates the strange and powerful way Lynch tapped into the human experience and the broader American pop landscape.

08.08.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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