No, David Lynch, I Won't Buy Your $20 Coffee
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I have long been a fan of the freaky genius that is David Lynch. Even when I have no idea what his movie's about (Mulholland Drive) or think that one is about something, but have no way of corroborating if I'm right (Inland Empire), I love the sheer, unabashed weirdness that pops out of his enormous head.Now, Mr. Lynch wants to sell me coffee. I guess he's been selling it for five years, but he sent out a Twitter message this morning that it's now for sale through Amazon and at the L.A. book shop, Book Soup. Well, I love coffee! I love coffee even more than I love David Lynch, if that's possible! Unfortunately, though, his "David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee" retails for $16.27 for a 12 oz. canister (or 8 oz. for $11.95). Unless he can assure me that Laura Dern picked the beans with her own hands, and that drinking a cup will allow me to watch sitcoms starring people with huge rabbit heads, at that price I think I'll pass.
To be fair, all the proceeds go to Lynch's scholarship fund at the American Film Institute. And you do get a dandy little container with Lynch's face on it, which I guess would be good for putting pencils in or something. But even over at Amazon, where you can buy the coffee through their grocery division, the stuff is $20 for a pound of beans. That's a little spendy, even if I do get a free pencil cup out of the deal.
Lynch is always interesting, though -- he's a proponent of Transcendental Meditation, and started a foundation to offer it to children suffering from ADHD and other forms of stress. And the director offers a daily L.A. weather report on his website. So really ... why not sell coffee?
The coffee's ad line reads "It's all about the beans ... and I'm just full of beans." Indeed he is.
Check out a short video of Lynch talking about his coffee, after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-15-2009 @ 6:40PM
Wil said...
Errr... David Lynch has been selling this coffee for a looong time. At least 5 years or so.
Get with the times.
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7-15-2009 @ 10:21PM
Billy Soistmann said...
I consider that daily weather report to be one of the top reasons to move to LA.
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7-16-2009 @ 8:23AM
laughingcrow said...
i doubt that mr lynch or anybody else cares whether or not you buy his coffee, dawn.
why focus on this at all if you can't say something nice?
lynch is doing great things in the world. this article is small minded.
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7-16-2009 @ 2:57PM
reallyreal? said...
i think she's right on the money... emphasize money... money is emphasized. P.S. sure he cares whether she or anyone buys it, that's why he's pushing them beans. P.P.S. He is a brilliant man and doing great things for people, but he is also a salesman for sure.
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7-16-2009 @ 4:34PM
Nick said...
If it helps, it's reaaaallly good coffee. I got a free cup at Inland Empire a few years back and it's very, very good. It wasn't as expensive then but I still didn't buy any. I would if it were in stores though, it's very awesome.
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7-20-2009 @ 10:25PM
Guy Jones said...
If this coffee is made from the spice of Arrakis, has life-extending properties and bestows the prescience needed to fold space-time, I will buy it for sure...
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7-29-2009 @ 1:30PM
djkorova1 said...
You say you love David Lynch and coffee. But you won't buy it just because it's expensive...?
Would you rather give your money to some giant corporation or David Lynch?
I guess you can choose to buy cheap shit instead, just because its cheap but I wouldn't write an article to tell the world about it.
And you're film critic who again, is "a fan of David Lynch" but you "have no idea" what Mulholland Drive was about?
What a worthless article. Thanks Dawn!
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