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I just got back from visiting family in Seattle last week and every time I go out there, I’m reminded of how beautiful Washington is. It has everything to offer from mountains, oceans, forests, lakes, islands, and everything else in between, and I love exploring all the different parts when I’m out there. This visit we traveled around the San Juan islands for a couple days while camping out, but my favorite part of the trip was the last day. We drove east of Seattle for about two hours into some mountains and floated down a river there on tubes and paddleboards. It’s so relaxing to just float down a crystal clear river surrounded by mountains while cracking a few cold ones.
Whenever I’m out in the great Pacific Northwest, I’m always reminded of one thing: Twin Peaks. It’s probably my favorite show of all time and it was actually filmed in a small town, Snoqualmie, about half an hour from Seattle. I figured today would be a good day to write about the nerdiest thing I own, this cassette, “Diane…”: The Twin Peak Tapes of Agent Cooper performed by Kyle MacLachlan. If you haven’t already seen the show, the main character, Special Agent Dale Cooper, carries a tape recorder around with him and leaves messages on it to someone named Diane. This tape is literally just those audio messages playing in sequential order, plus a couple extra parts that aren’t in the show. It’s basically Dale Cooper ASMR. I honestly have probably only played it a handful of times cause I don’t know how often I feel like just sitting around listening to Dale Cooper talk about solving a murder and other random stuff, but when you want to, this tape is the perfect thing. It’s kind of like listening to one of those old radio drama shows they used to air back in the day. It does include the incredible opening theme for the show plus the song that plays in the Red Room, both composed by Angelo Badalamenti, so there is some good music to listen to on there. Anyways, I love Twin Peaks and Dale Cooper is the embodiment of all that is good and right in the world. Listen to this if you need more Twin Peaks content in your life.