The Individual is Cosmic

There's a pretty decent FM station in LA called Indie 103 that falls somewhere between college and mainstream radio. It's a commercial station, but they actually program interesting music, like Spoon and other indie artists who have a wide enough audience to appeal to corporate sponsors, plus classic punk and alternative staples that have never really had a place on American airwaves, like the Smiths or the Stooges. Anyway, one Indie 103 feature that I look forward to on my morning drive is the daily weather with David Lynch. That's right, David Lynch. He phones in every morning shortly before 10 a.m. to give the weather report and a thought for the day, and then abruptly hangs up.

It's not as weird or arty as you might expect, either. It's pretty matter-of-fact. And David Lynch isn't a meteorologist. He doesn't predict what to expect over the weekend or on my evening commute. He literally just tells me exactly what I can see for myself by looking outside at precisely that moment... which I'm doing because I'm driving to work. But it's David Lynch! Of course I want David Lynch to narrate my drive to work!

In closing, he offers a random thought for the day, like "a green man in an orange chair" or "the individual is cosmic." It's like a little David Lynch fortune cookie every morning. I love it.

Click on the thumbnail below for a video feed of the David Lynch weather report, straight from the David Lynch website, where you can also order David Lynch's signature brand coffee. No Twin Peaks viewing party would be complete without it.

Oh Diane, I almost forgot. Got to find out what kind of trees these are. They're really something.