Ryan Hicks

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Trans rights are human rights, and if you don’t believe that…

So refreshing to finally hear a politician say it out loud: "no one ever asks if cops turn a profit"

David Lynch: "You're operating with a limited mind and don't realize it" "If you have a golf ball-size consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf ball-size understanding. When you look out, a golf ball-size awareness. When you wake up in the morning, a golf ball-size wakefulness. But if you could expand that consciousness, you read the book with more understanding. You look out with more awareness. You wake up with more wakefulness." Lynch explains what lies beneath: "There's an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness inside each one of us. It's right at the source and base of mind, right at the source of thought. It's also at the source of all matter. Modern physics calls it the unified field. All matter, everything that is a thing emerges from this field." He describes what the field contains: "This field has qualities like bliss, intelligence, creativity, universal love, energy, peace. It's not the intellectual understanding of this field, but the experiencing of it that does everything. You dive within, transcend, experience this field of pure consciousness, and you unfold it. It grows. The final outcome of this growth of consciousness is called enlightenment. And a side effect of enlivening this consciousness is that negativity starts to recede." Lynch shares what happened when he started meditating: "When I started, I was filled with anxieties. Filled with fears. Kind of a depression. And anger. I took this anger out on my first wife. After two weeks of meditation, she comes to me and says, 'What's going on?' I was quiet for a moment because it could have been any number of things she might have been referring to. I said, 'What do you mean?' She said, 'This anger, where did it go?' I didn't even realize it had lifted." He explains why negativity kills creativity: "Anger, depression, sorrow, these are beautiful things in a story. But they're like poison to the filmmaker. Poison to the painter. Poison to creativity. They're like a vice grip. If you're super depressed, you can hardly get out of bed, let alone think of ideas or have creativity flowing." Lynch describes what grows when you expand consciousness: "It's money in the bank to get that beautiful consciousness growing. Creativity flows. The ability to catch ideas at a deeper level. Intuition grows. This field is a field of pure knowing. You dive in there, and you just know how to go. You know how to solve problems. It's like an ocean of solutions." He shares the ultimate benefit: "The ultimate thing for me is the enjoyment of the doing. The enjoyment of life grows huge. I love making films now more than ever before. Ideas flow more. Everybody has more fun on the set. People look like friends, not like enemies. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing." Lynch addresses the myth that you need anger to create: "People say, 'You gotta have anger. You gotta have an edge to create.' No, you gotta have energy. You gotta have clarity to create. You gotta be able to catch ideas. You gotta be strong enough to fight unbelievable pressure and stress. And this gives you more and more ability. It just looks beautiful. It's way, way, way better." On the nature of true happiness: "They say true happiness isn't out there. True happiness lies within. I always wondered, where is this 'within'? And they don't say where it is. They don't even say how to get to it. But it's there. And when you're in it, you know you're in it. It's familiar. It's you. Right away, a happiness, but it's not a goofball happiness. It's a thick beauty. A thick beauty to appreciate life and living. And suffering starts to go."

Bucha endured 33 days of Russian occupation. Terror, torture, 33 days of total evil. More than 600 Ukrainian men and women were killed. Very often, the images from Bucha are compared to the horrific scenes of World War II. But there is a major difference – and today it does not reflect well on current world leaders. Because Nazism was punished for its crimes, not granted partial sanctions relief. No crisis or destabilization in the world can justify this. We must not forget or dismiss everything Ukraine has endured during this time. The catastrophe of every city and village into which Russia has brought its war and death. Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka. Mariupol, Yahidne, Avdiivka. Olenivka, Vuhledar, Chasiv Yar – and many others. From the first Bucha Summit until today, this list has only grown. This means one thing: we need far more determination, far more pressure on Putin and Russia, and far more real actions and steps that bring the victory of peace and justice closer. I said this while addressing the participants of the 2026 Bucha Summit.

When the whole world learned about Bucha. About Ukrainians butchered in the streets of Bucha by Russian occupiers. About our people tortured in basements. About those shot on the roads. About adults and children whose bodies were found in graves in Bucha. Everyone saw the horror that Russia and its aggression bring. They saw what Ukraine is really defending itself against. Today, on the fourth anniversary of Bucha’s liberation from Russian occupiers, we honored the memory of Ukrainians who were killed and tortured there. We remember and will never forget what the enemy did. Every Russian murderer, executioner, and terrorist must be held accountable for every crime against our people. Blessed be the memory of everyone whose lives were taken by Russia – to all who were killed in Bucha and across Ukraine at the hands of Russian occupiers.

I can’t wait to return to @thelancaster next Sat, April 4th for a solo acoustic show. I love the pub and can’t wait to play songs from my catalog and covers I love. It will be great to bring some summer sunshine songs and have a great night out. See you there!

Happy 3rd anniversary to my Experience album! It was a labour of love. Many thanks to producer and collaborator @jonathaninc and the incredible @tristandrums for bringing the music to life. Here is a clip from an upcoming live version of my song “Am I Going To Die?”

@FrshBakedDisney Agreed. It’s an established world that existed in the time of the OT so it would be no problem to pivot if needed. I applaud them for the vision and also applaud them if they shift down the road if it makes sense to storytelling. I guess they already are and more could happen.

On the one hand...what a terrible decision to ignore the original trilogy. But on the other hand...I don't think I'd want a desert themed land. All sun. No trees. No shade. Dirt and rock everywhere. Batuu is actually a fairly nice blend of environments. It just needed the OT.

Tons of respect for @ogafroman ! First, I’m sorry this happened, but seeing how you took your bad times and made something good out of that, while upholding freedom of speech, is incredible. Wishing you and your family some peace and quiet times ahead.

We had an amazing band rehearsal last and we are pumped to play tonight @bobbysplacemoosejaw Ryan Hicks Band live tonight in Moose Jaw playing some of my songs and covers we love like this. See you tonight #moosejaw #livemusic #livemusicrocks #supportlivemusicvenues

That one time THE PRICE IS RIGHT had the greatest Showcase Showdown of all time (1983) 😅🔥 wait for it

youtube.com/watch?v=qSZXRF… My band and I can’t wait to return to @bobbysplacemoosejaw March 7th to play for you! We had a blast last time and can’t wait to play songs you will love like this @travelingwilburys cover. See you soon Moose Jaw!

No more wisdom rock

RYAN HICKS BAND- SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (LIVE) youtu.be/r1qJSXcwqKY?si… via @YouTube Here is my band covering the #rollingstones #sympathyforthedevil live. You can catch us live in Moose Jaw, SK this Sat, March 7th when we return to @bobbysplacemoosejaw . Hope to see you there!

New live video out tomorrow (Monday, March 2) on my @YouTube channel. Here is my band covering the #rollingstones classic #sympathyforthedevil live. You can catch us live in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan this Sat, March 7th when we return to @bobbysplacemoosejaw . Hope to see you there

New live performance video coming soon! Catch our band playing at Bobby's Place in Moose Jaw this Saturday, March 7th! youtu.be/r1qJSXcwqKY?si…

TWIN PEAKS (1990) Opening David Lynch & Mark Frost

throwback to this video for today

On February 24, 1989, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived at the wonderful town of TWIN PEAKS to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. The events that he would live there from that moment would mark the course of his life forever. #TwinPeaksDay