simpsonize yourself!

Burger King has launched another fun website today with SimpsonizeMe.com, a promotion for (what else?) The Simpsons Movie. All you have to do is upload a photo, and it will instantly turn you into a Simpsons character.

I have yet to find a picture it will accept of me. I guess I suck too much to be a Simpson.

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That'll get their attention.

A guy auditioning for "Survivor" in Bakersfield, CA gutted and ate a snake in front of the producers. CAUTION (or COOL!): video of event on link.

Jojo and Reagan section in the house

The Blues Brothers tried to get on the big screen, but never made it...



Optimus Jojo should have been "fan of the day", but instead, it went to a 7-year-old...Jojo just wasn't cute enough...

blog recommendation

Ken Levine was an Orioles announcer for about two minutes in the 80's, and he is an Emmy Award winning writer as well. His blog is a nice quick read, with tremendous insights into the worlds of sports reporting and Hollywood.

I really like this bit about stand up comics becoming game show hosts. (CAUTION: bad language.)

ch-ch-changes

We have debuted our own show blog on the Mix 1065 site. Most of the show stuff will be posted there. And my personal blog (this one) has changed to jojogirard.blogspot.com.

10 simple ways to save yourself from messing up your life

1. Stop taking so much notice of how you feel. How you feel is how you feel. It’ll pass soon. What you’re thinking is what you’re thinking. It’ll go too. Tell yourself that whatever you feel, you feel; whatever you think, you think. Since you can’t stop yourself thinking, or prevent emotions from arising in your mind, it makes no sense to be proud or ashamed of either. You didn’t cause them. Only your actions are directly under your control. They’re the only proper cause of pleasure or shame.
2. Let go of worrying. It often makes things worse. The more you think about something bad, the more likely it is to happen. When you’re hair-trigger primed to notice the first sign of trouble, you’ll surely find something close enough to convince yourself it’s come.
3. Ease up on the internal life commentary. If you want to be happy, stop telling yourself you’re miserable. People are always telling themselves how they feel, what they’re thinking, what others feel about them, what this or that event really means. Most of it’s imagination. The rest is equal parts lies and misunderstandings. You have only the most limited understanding of what others feel about you. Usually they’re no better informed on the subject; and they care about it far less than you do. You have no way of knowing what this or that event really means. Whatever you tell yourself will be make-believe.
4. Take no notice of your inner critic. Judging yourself is pointless. Judging others is half-witted. Whatever you achieve, someone else will always do better. However bad you are, others are worse. Since you can tell neither what’s best nor what’s worst, how can you place yourself correctly between them? Judging others is foolish since you cannot know all the facts, cannot create a reliable or objective scale, have no means of knowing whether your criteria match anyone else’s, and cannot have more than a limited and extremely partial view of the other person. Who cares about your opinion anyway?
5. Give up on feeling guilty. Guilt changes nothing. It may make you feel you’re accepting responsibility, but it can’t produce anything new in your life. If you feel guilty about something you’ve done, either do something to put it right or accept you screwed up and try not to do so again. Then let it go. If you’re feeling guilty about what someone else did, see a psychiatrist. That’s insane.
6. Stop being concerned what the rest of the world says about you. Nasty people can’t make you mad. Nice people can’t make you happy. Events or people are simply events or people. They can’t make you anything. You have to do that for yourself. Whatever emotions arise in you as a result of external events, they’re powerless until you pick them up and decide to act on them. Besides, most people are far too busy thinking about themselves (and worry what you are are thinking and saying about them) to be concerned about you.
7. Stop keeping score. Numbers are just numbers. They don’t have mystical powers. Because something is expressed as a number, a ratio or any other numerical pattern doesn’t mean it’s true. Plenty of lovingly calculated business indicators are irrelevant, gibberish, nonsensical, or just plain wrong. If you don’t understand it, or it’s telling you something bizarre, ignore it. There’s nothing scientific about relying on false data. Nor anything useful about charting your life by numbers that were silly in the first place.
8. Don’t be concerned that your life and career aren’t working out the way you planned. The closer you stick to any plan, the quicker you’ll go wrong. The world changes constantly. However carefully you analyzed the situation when you made the plan, if it’s more than a few days old, things will already be different. After a month, they’ll be very different. After a year, virtually nothing will be the same as it was when you started. Planning is only useful as a discipline to force people to think carefully about what they know and what they don’t. Once you start, throw the plan away and keep your eyes on reality.
9. Don’t let others use you to avoid being responsible for their own decisions. To hold yourself responsible for someone else’s success and happiness demeans them and proves you’ve lost the plot. It’s their life. They have to live it. You can’t do it for them; nor can you stop them from messing it up if they’re determined to do so. The job of a supervisor is to help and supervise. Only control-freaks and some others with a less serious mental disability fail to understand this.
10. Don’t worry about about your personality. You don’t really have one. Personality, like ego, is a concept invented by your mind. It doesn’t exist in the real world. Personality is a word for the general impression that you give through your words and actions. If your personality isn’t likeable today, don’t worry. You can always change it, so long as you allow yourself to do so. What fixes someone’s personality in one place is a determined effort on their part—usually through continually telling themselves they’re this or that kind of person and acting on what they say. If you don’t like the way you are, make yourself different. You’re the only person who’s standing in your way.

(courtesy of wiki's lifehack page)

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what's the longest you've waited in line for something?

WIth all the hype surrounding the so-far poorly operating iPhone, I'm curious, what's the longest you've waited in line for something? I once stayed up all night for Doobie Brothers tickets, and I can admit this now, the wait in line turned out to be more entertaining than the damn concert (the Doobies having sold thier soul to Michael mcDonald shortly before the tour).

who has the free time...

...to brilliantly edit a piece like this in their free time...

kwik-e-mart comes to maryland

Only 13 &-Elevens have been converted into kwik-e-marts around the country, and one of them is in Bladensburg! Aren't we lucky...here's a kwik tour...

Is it really him?

Click here to feel old.

she's back...and then gone again

Viral videos littlest star, Pearl McKay, returns in this violent turn with Will Farrell. Turn it down, the language is strong and definitely NSFW.

love is work and work is love

So says an author who is quoted in this first video chunk from the documentary in progress called, "My Heart Is An Idiot". You can be a part of the documentary's editing process, the director gives you the details at the beginning of this video:

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Kelly Clarkson needs a comeback before her album is even out...sad

I like Kelly Clarkson. We met her once before her concert with Clay Aiken, and she surprised me with how candid she could be about her blossoming her career. I suggested to her that she really needed to do an album in the vein of rootsy blues veteran Bonnie Raitt and she seemed truly interested in the suggestion. (FYI -- the duet she did with Jeff Beck on the Idol Gives Back special is EXACTLY what I'm talking about).

The stories of her recent troubles seem puzzling to me considering her apparent desire to succeed. This story gives quite a bit on insight into her predicament, and the fact that critics have been writing off her new album before it's even released.

Lesson learned -- always trust the money man until you get four or five top 100 albums under your belt. It's called the Bon Jovi strategy: After four albums they began experimenting, and could get away with it because they'd always follow it up with a pop sounding hit. Do you seriously think the country album they've done will do well? If it does, great, but if it doesn't, they still have millions in the bank.
Justin Timberlake is on the right track with this strategy.

driving that train, high on cocaine

Cocaine and driving never mix. Especially when you lead the cops into a cornfield to try and elude them.

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5th grade meanderings

I was at my daughter’s 5^th grade “Certification” ceremony yesterday. Before the ceremony started, they were showing power point slide shows the kids had done for a media class. The title of the project was “All About Me” and the kids listed stuff they liked and wanted to be.

Most contained the typical stuff like “I like soccer”, “I want to be a vet” “I enjoy macaroni and cheese”, but everyone once in a while a little treat would show up on the screen for you. One kid said “I want to get rid of my sister”, while another had this one desire, “Just once,” it read, “I would like to beat my brother at something.”

While many of the kids professed a desire to be rich, one youngster was more specific: “I want one trillion dollars” he proclaimed. I was thankful that the next slide didn’t say, “No, seriously. One trillion dollars in small bills placed in a small bag outside my room before midnight and I’ll let my sister live.”

what IS a slattern anyway?

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The best thing about this list of the "Top 10 Unintentionally Funny TV Intros" is that it compiles the opening credits to just about every guilty-pleasure '80s series that I can think of. Go there now to bask in the greatness of Head of the Class, Charles in Charge, My Two Dads and more.

I just love the whole "My Two Dads" discussion on the site. I never knew her Mom was a slattern.

want to slow dance?

I know these goofy magazine lists are meant to cause discussion, but who ever came up with this list of the best slow dance songs was smoking some serious crack.

"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"? A Pavement song?

What's your favorite slow dance song?

I always loved the awkwardness of slow dancing to "Stairway To Heaven" and "Come Sail Away". What do you do with your date when the song starts rocking out? Do you continue to clutch her and sway faster, or do you break apart and rock out?

another feel good story from Britain

Paul Potts was a cell phone salesman in his native Wales before he let loose with this performance on "Britain's Got Talent". He went on to win the whole thing.

if only the sopranos had used this version of the song...maybe the ending would have been better

another cute foreign girl singing

only this time the puzzle blocks hypnotize me...I kind of know how they did the special effects in this video, but the logic of keeping track of which block was which had to be maddening...

It's good thing I don't like to work around the house, because I'm sure in the long run I would create one of these home improvement nightmares. (via boingboing)

Here is one of the photos...I'll let you find out what's going on here on your own...

a new way off the view

When Barbara doesn't like you any more, she gets rid of you...


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this kid made me cry

This is the video of the little girl who blew warmth into Simon's cold heart on the British TV show, "Britain's Got Talent"...I noticed that the British version of this show seems to be produced much better...

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Is 7/7/07 the most popular wedding day ever? This Time Magazine article comes as no surprise to anyone who's perused a wedding bulletin board lately.

It's certainly more popular than 6/6/06 was...

how long have you kept a movie before returning it?

I don't have a problem with this, but my kids have had "Over The Hedge" sitting in front of the TV for six months now. I guess the desire to watch it isn't that strong.

backwards and forwards

This video was taped backwards, causing some odd effects, not to mention headaches for the singer, who had to learn his lines backward...

don't stop believin'...hold on to that feeling...of anger and dissatisfaction...

Last night's finale of "The Sopranos" may go down in TV history as the biggest collective "Aw Crap*!" ever. Whether you thought the final black screen was fine art, or a big giant load of turd, rest assured, you checked your TV and wondered what the hell just happened before making your decision.

And what is up with the fascination in Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"? The song was used in "Family Guy", "Laguna Beach" and was the theme for at least two sports teams making title runs in the last four years. Is it some sort of symbol of our lost youth? An ode to not giving up? Or just lack of imagination amongst the hack writers of Hollywood? I'm going with number three.

Speaking of holding on to beliefs well past their expiration date: check out this NY Post story about the fans of one Clay Aiken. I'm surprised there was still a shred of doubt hanging in the air. I'm truly shocked.

what's that substance?

On the inside handle of Sarah's studio door was this mystery substance? Can you tell us what it is? Keep it clean, it's not THAT.

I always wondered what they were singing in that song...

When I was younger, my brother thought the Eagles' "Take It To The Limit" was "Ticket To the Olympics", and until recently I thought they were singing "strumming my face with his fingers" in "Killing me Softly". Ever get the lyrics of a pop song wrong...Think about it and let me know, in the meantime, enjoy Pearl Jam...

friends shouldn't let friends tan

sometimes the bleeps are funnier than the swear words

The Question Song

Tom Wilson, who played Biff the bully in "Back To The Future", sings a song covering every question you need answered about his role in the movie...

Larry, wake up, you're on TV!!!!

ever wonder what the mark up is on food?

The New Yorker has this great article on what things cost, and what businesses have the greatest profit margin. Who knew the mark up on crystal meth was so high? No pun intended.

Is this Johnny Depp?

I thought Johnny Depp was supposed to be hot. This isn't a very flattering cookie of Johnny. Then again, the whole idea of having a cookie of a movie character is scary to begin with.

a pause for something beautiful

Anchorman v. 300

Freaks and Geeks

The freaks of "Freaks and Geeks" (FYI--the best TV show maybe ever made) seems to have moved on to bigger and better things. Seth Rogen will be featured in "Knocked Up" which comes out this week, Jason Segal is a writer and one "How I Met Your Mother", Linda Cardellini and Busy Phillips are on ER, James Franco has been in "Spiderman 2".But whatever became of the geeks? John Francis Daley was "Weir" in the original, and gets his first starring role in the upcoming movie 5-25-77. Surprisingly, he plays a geek.

He's dead on this time...

I've never been a huge Michael Moore fan. His documentaries, while entertaining, fall flat in the fact department a lot of times.

However, I have personal experience that the health care industry in America is crap and is getting crappier, so I'm looking forward to seeing his new film, "Sicko".

This may wind up being the scariest movie you see this year...

What are the seven wonders of Baltimore?

We've all heard of the seven wonders of the world, but I was wondering, what are the seven wonders of Baltimore? Marty Bass? Shot Tower? Traffic on the Inner Loop in the morning? Reagan Warfield's intelligence?

Let us know...

Let's count it down...in movie quotes...

OUCH! in Spanish even

What's Your Pirate Name?

My pirate name is:

Bloody Harry Flint

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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LOCKE CALLS IN!

If you missed it this morning, we were wrapping up our show by talking about LOST when Terry O'Quinn, who plays Locke, called in. He lives here when he's not taping, as his wife is from Reisterstown. We chatted for a bit, and I'll rerun it tomorrow (Friday) around 7:30am. He is limited by how much he can reveal, but it was cool to talk to him none the less...

LOST chat

Even with the spoiler, that was a great last episode...Hurley's rundown with the van, Sayid killing a guy with his bare feet, Locke's desire to be Gilligan, Penny on the telly, Naomi's unclear intentions, Ben's royal ass whupping, and Charlie's controversial death...

Let's start with the Hobbit...Why didn't Desmond open the door and save him? They had more than enough time to then swim to the surface before the entire hatch flooded, didn't they? Unless they felt they had to play out the scenario to save Claire and "the baby".

Screen saves from darkufo reveal little, other than "flash forward" being an anagram for the name of the funeral home where the mystery man was being viewed. Is it Michael in the coffin?

The flash forward seemed very much like a look ahead a la Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" rather than a definite this is what is. Whatever the device, it's clear the time frame of this show is forever out of linear (like it ever was linear).

Walt's return was odd, considering he had grown a foot since last time we saw him. Perhaps they will explain this by saying he came from the future.

Mikhail's second resurrection leads me to believe that like Locke, he can heal himself like the cheerleader in "Heroes". But why can't he grow a new eye?

Ben and Locke's fixation on staying on the island still puzzles me. It's clear that they feel powerful on the island, but is it because they felt like "losers" in the "real world".

Ben is running very short on soldiers. The "10 best" were killed at the camp, and I'm kind of wondering if Richard is all he has left.

I don't need no hateration

When I was asked by Channel 2 to provide commentary for LOST, one of the producers told me my main job would be to scour the internet and find out what people were talking about when it came to the show.

To that end I stumbled into a lot of chatter about theories and spoilers and what might happen. I followed some of those leads, and would use this information to tease what may be coming up on the next week's show.

This led me to the information of a possible "flash-forward" scenario in the finale. I mentioned that it might happen. This pissed many of you off for revealing a key plot point. Had I known that this would be the main reveal of the show, I would've kept it to myslef, but it was vague information, and I went with it. I apologize to those who felt I spoiled the final episode for them.

IDOL final results are in, and the winner is...Melinda???

THE FINALS

BLAKE opens by reprising his odd version of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name"…I don't like any better this time than I did last name, but I write it off to me being old…There you go, kids, here's your next American Idol…

Randy agrees with me and says while the beatboxing was hot, the singing wasn't all that…Paula says something about mimes and rainbows, and Simon said the performance was sizzling and he is the best performer.

SCORE: 11

JORDIN counters with a rousing rendition of Christina Aguilera's "Fighter"…While I want jordin to win, I can't help but think how non-descript this performance is compared to Blake's…Yes, the girl can sing, but she really needs some showmanship right now and I ain't seeing it…

SCORE: 9

I agree with Simon – Blake wins round one, by a nose…

We get some quick flashback in which Blake's dad tries to get us to believe some cockamamie story about Blake beatboxing since he was five or something…Right…And I was doing radio shows in my basement at six…

BLAKE comes back with Maroon 5's "And She Will be Loved"…Blake's fashion statement is the sweater vest, which looks painfully hot in the spring LA heat…He handles it okay, but it comes off as as rest period before the big finale later…

The judges are nonplussed, and all give him a kind of ho-hum review…

SCORE: 7

JORDIN reprises her song from country week, Martina McBride's "Broken Wing"…Again, she sings fine, but I want to see some passion…Some Irish step dancing…Some clogging…

Oh well, even Mariah never clogged, maybe I'm expecting too much…She looks great in her little denim outfit, which kicks the sweater vest's ass…

SCORE: 10

Round two goes to Jordin in my mind, but it's close going into the money round…

Stand by, kiddies, here comes the creepy Idol songs they make them sing…Look for a lot of lyrics about hopes and dreams and overcoming obstacles and flying over rainbows with care bears and how proud your daddy is and what not…

They announce the winners of the songwriting contest and intro Blake singing their song , "This Is My Now'. What? You have to be kidding with that title…

And the lameness of the song is hurting Blakey boy to start, although it kicks in finally and sounds a lot like the song Taylor sang last year, "Do I Make You Proud"…God, it's at this point I start to hate myself for watching this show…Can't they come up with better songs than this crap?
BLACHHH!!!!!

Randy starts in by knocking the song, too…Paula dances around the song's crappiness as well…Simon finds the whole thing to be odd, with the dancing around in the middle…A whole lot of feh!

SCORE: 4

Does Jordin have to sing that same crap? Or did they find a different piece of crap to sing?

Oh God, they are…Although it's really better suited to her, she still looks embarrassed to be singing it…These poor kids busted their ass to get here, and then they have to sing this crap…Jordin loses it and cries at the end, but don't be fooled that she's overcome with emotion, it's really because they made her sing this treacle…

Randy tells her she's the best singer, Paula says something about kitties, and Simon announces that he didn't think she belonged in the finals, but admits he was wrong…

SCORE: 13

Based on the point system, Melinda still wins over Blake 170-166, and she isn't in the competition any more!!!

Here's the season totals:

MELINDA 170

BLAKE 166

JORDIN 159

LAKISHA 113

CHRIS 98

PHIL 85

GENA GLOCKSEN 59

SANJAYA 58

HALEY THE SLATTERN 48

CHRIS SLIGH 28

STEPHANIE EDWARDS 13

BRANDON ROGERS 5

SABRINA 2

JARED 0

ANTONELLA -6 (she was there tonight!!!)

SUNDANCE -9

the race that made Baltimore famous...

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Season Finale sneak peek (via darkufo)

LOST season three in review

This recap of this season of LOST is hilarious.

Screen saves from the season finale

Can you figure out what's going to happen next week based on these photos? I'll leave the interpretation to you.

LOST and post modern philosophy

Is it possible to figure out what's happening on LOST by being aware of some last century's top philosophers? Drink some gingko bilboa and pop a smart pill, and drink this down.

I know some spoilers for nest week's season finale. Let me know how much you want to know and I'll tell you.

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LOST preview and spoilers for tonight

Tonight's show will settle a couple of things, and then set the table for a wild season finale, which will feature the foreshadowed battle between Ben's "Others" and the beach "Losties".

We will clearly know which side Jack and Juliet are on. I will just say this -- "Bad Ass" Jack is back.

Sayid is determined to get the satellite phone to work, but he has some issues he has to deal with to do that, and Charlie is the guy who jumps up to help him.

Are Desmond's visions of Charlie dying real? Will they play out exactly as Desmond sees them? Tonight deals with that subject, and next week will crystallize it.

There is another hatch, and it figures into tonight's show.

Ben will show his true colors as to how he uses "Jacob" to get things done at their camp.

Bernard returns tonight, but I am sad to tell you it looks like he is being set up to get killed on next week's culmination.

The "other" Carl has a pivotal role.

Please comment on tonight's show here following it, as I won't be able to post until after work tomorrow.

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IDOL scoring

ROUND ONE: JUDGES’ CHOICE

JORDIN SPARKS JUMPS OUT OF THE BOX WITH “Wishing On A Star’ by Rose Royce, chosen for her by Simon. For the little Simon knows about contemporary music, he sure knows his old school soul, as this song is perfect for J-Sparks. She rocks it, and rocks a cute little baby doll dress as well.

Randy should be shocked with 50 volts every time he says “in it to win it.” Puh-leese. Simon, oddly enough, doesn’t like the arrangement, costing Jordin valuable points.

SCORE: 2

BLAKE gets Paula to choose for him. If when I was twenty someone had told me I’d be watching a TV show where a guy in a sweater vest would be singing “Roxanne” by the Police, I would’ve never believed them. Yet here I am, hating every minute of it. Boring.

Randy blesses Blake with a check it out, Paula likes it, Simon, not so much.

SCORE: 4

Randy chooses a stale Whitney song for MELLY D. I will say this, they’ve really worked on Melinda’s look, and she continues to look better every week. This song sucks to me, although Melinda gives it her all, growling at one point.

Randy is all high and mighty over his choice, and hands her three check it outs, plus the hot and check it out from his fax to the gov, wow! Paula gives her a best, and Simon gives her a best.

SCORE: 17

Simon accuses Ryan of being drunk….

ROUND TWO: PRODUCER’S CHOICE

JORDIN gets “She Works Hard For The Money”, which makes me wonder about the producers, choosing a song about hookers for a 17 year old.

Randy likes it, Paula concurs, Simon agrees enough to get the points.

SCORE: 9

BLAKE is forced to sing Maroon 5’s “This Love”. What’s with the goofy dance steps? This song actually fits Blake well, at least until he gets the hiccups halfway through. Oh, I’m sorry that’s called “beat boxing”.

Randy thinks that’s a good vibe for him. Paula say something about elements, and Simon says it was better than the first song.

SCORE: 8

MELINDA gets “Nutbush City Limits’ by Tina Turner. This is a great choice for Melly, but although she rocks it well, there’s not enough movement for me, she’s a little too stationary.

Randy likes it, Paula asks her if she had fun, Melinda looks sedated in her response. Simon completes the positive spin.

SCORE: 8

ROUND THREE: CONTESTANT’S CHOICE

JORDIN goes with “I Who Have Nothing” from back on 60’s week. I’m not a big fan of trying to relive past glory. Yawn.

Randy disagrees, he loved it. Paula loved it. Simon at least disses her for the old school crap-ola.

SCORE: 7

BLAKE is shown doing “I Like Big Butts” with Sir Mix A Lot before doing a Robin Thicke song. It costs him serious credibility. I like this song. This is the groove Blake is good at. Don’t ruin it, Blake, don’t beat box…Don’t…Oops..He couldn’t resist, could he? Damn you, Blake Lewis.

Randy called it alright. Paula opens her mouth but nothing comes out. Simon like it.

SCORE: 9

MELINDA is last but not least. She’s racked up some serious points so far. She gets a street named after her, and then belts out “I Am Woman”. Ladies and gentlemen, Melinda has made her statement. It should be her and Jordin for the title next week. This is the most personality I’ve seen her show, ever. Good time to throw it down.

Randy thinks it’s hot. Paula blah blah and Simon loved the strip tease. He agrees with me: she should be in the final.

SCORE: 11

Blake go home and let the ladies duke it out next week, please don’t vote for Mr. Annoying Noise. Please.

LOST easter eggs for the week

Lots of talk about the person observed in the room when Locke and Ben paid a visit to "Jacob". He seemed to look like Sayid's friend in the CIA from the first season. I personally don't see it.

This web page offers the most complete look at some of the hidden items from this week's episode.

LOST poll

Is Locke dead?

I say he is because death seems to follow resolution of your flashback issues on the show, however, in the Micheal Emerson interview below, he drops the hint that maybe Mr. Locke will recover. What do you think?

Let me know in the comments.

The real Ben revealed

Michael Emerson has something interesting things to say about being on LOST, and he drops a couple of clues about how well Locke will be doing following the shooting.

LOST (spoilers, so if you're here before th show don't read!!!!!)

Well, kids, a lot will be revealed tonight...Let me know after the show what you think...

...about Locke's sudden macho butt whupping capabilities...
...about Ben's dad's lowly place in the order of things...
...about what Jack knows about the Others...
...who was in charge of the uprising? Ben or Richard?

Big ending tonight, and I think we finally meet "Jacob"...

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caged heat 3: that's hot

saddest songs ever

Spinner offers this list of the saddest songs ever. They even have streaming so you can listen to the songs and feel really depressed.

They missed two, however, "Rainy Night In Georgia" by Brook Benton. I used to throw day long pity parties listening to this in college, and "Sad Lisa" by Cat Stevens.

What's the saddest song you ever heard? And Blake beatboxing doesn't count.

IDOL scores for May 9

Here we go back to my youth with BeeGee night…I got my platform shoes on with me plaid elephant bell bottoms, let’s go to the disco!

ROUND ONE

MELINDA steps up first with “Love You Inside and Out”. Barry Gibb doesn’t think it’s a good choice, and neither does the panel. They think it’s lackluster and dull, but only Simon comes up with the right words to say it. Randy hides behind cryptic rhymes and Paula babbles on about “unicorns and rainbows” or something.

SCORE: 3

BLAKE THROWS “You Should Be Dancin’” at us, after he kisses Barry’s ass. And is it me or does Barry Gibb now sound like Sean Connery. What in God’s name is he wearing? This guy looks like a reject from a bad Beatles cover band. Okay, the beatboxing thing just annoys the crap out of me now.

Randy finally agrees with me, he calls it “like a bad discotheque in a foreign country”, I think the Emperor’s new clothes are off.

SCORE: 4 (thanks to randy’s muttering two ‘check it outs’)

KIKI is going with the classic, “Staying Alive”, (by the way, the best version ever of this song is Donny Osmond singing with Dweezil Zappa on guitar from Dweezil’s ’91 album, Confessions. KIKI looks relaxed and is rolling out a soulful reading of this song. It sounds unique, but what will the cranky judges think?

Ewww, Randy says “it was weird for him”, costing her two points. Simon calls it scary. Are they watching the same show I am?

SCORE: 1

JORDIN, the clear frontrunner in the judge’s eyes, is next. Tell me the comp isn’t hers barring a major screw up…
Hard to believe she’s only a year older than my oldest girl. Those wacky kids grow up so fast!
Jordin goes with some pre-disco BeeGees, “To Love Somebody” and she nails it. Her new flat hair look and the print dress make her look much older.

Randy’s not happy with it, but says it’s the best so far. Paula concurs, and Simon triples the “best” theme. Major points for the J-Sparks.

SCORE: 12

ROUND TWO

MELLY D is back with “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”, Barry is concerned because she took the line out about being a loser. She thinks it’s bad karma to say “Loser” on IDOL. While Mel looks good in a shimmery grey dress, it’s all a bit loungy for me.

Randy says it’s better. Paula says she wants to be surprised, and wasn’t. Simon mocks Paula and then says the second half saved her and put her through to the semi-finals.

SCORE: 7

BLAKE continues his Barry Gibb ass-kissing by doing an obscure BeeGees song “Danger Zone” (no, not that one). Rockin’ the sweater vest, Blake is back into what he does best, grooving that Jason Mraz/Jamiroquai lite soul. It’s good.

Randy pops three check it outs, but is annoyed by the beatboxing. Paula sees only young man meat and compliments him. She will invite him back to her place later. Simon rips him, calling the song choice “weird and bizarre”.

SCORE: 2

KIKI is back trying, ironically, to stay alive after getting hosed by the panel in the first round. She goes with “Run To Me”, which is one of my favorite BeeGee tunes. You go, girl! She once again, does what KIKI does best, and belts it out with a soulful, gospel feel. Simon will call it yelling, probably.

Randy says it was better, Paula says she’s still a champ. Simon says KIKI and Blake’s asses are on the line.

SCORE: 3

JORDIN would have to become completely unhinged to not get through to next week. She goes with the Gibb song he wrote for Barbra Streisand, “Woman In Love”. Given that Jordin is better looking and less histrionic than Babs, this is a no brainer. She takes no chances and just sings it at the mic with no movement.

Randy gives her two check it outs, and then inexplicably kisses Barry Gibb’s butt. Paula stumbles through a “I don’t like it”. Simon calls it “pageanty”.

SCORE: 1

I agree with Simon, Blake and Kiki are on the chopping block. I have my fingers crossed for a Blake toss off.

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A LOST idea, via popcandy

Now that Sawyer has killed umm...Sawyer, he can get off the island. The producers said all the people on the island are "lost" in their lives and have something they need to solve. By Sawyer killing the guy who has ruined his life he has finished what he set out to do and completed the task for which he was in Australlia. I'm now sure that somehow Sawyere will beable to get off the island.

Also what is Rouseau going to blow up?!?! I predict we'll find out in the finale when you tries to rescue her daughter.

-Is it just me or are John Locke's boobs getting bigger? Did the island get him pregnant?
-I loved how Cooper's southern accent became more and more pronounced as he started to reveal everything he had done. It did, right? Maybe I was hearing things.
-"We should tell her." It sounds like Jack and Juliet had their own little plan the whole time. Although, the evidence that Sawyer's bringing back to camp might throw a monkey wrench into whatever they had planned for Ben.
-Kate is a freaking idiot. Whether or not Jack and Juliet are to be trusted, it was stupid of her to just march up to them and start blabbing about Naomi.
-I like every scene that Alpert dude is in.
-Crazy French Lady + Dynamite = Trouble
-It'll be interesting to see how Cooper's death will affect both Locke and Sawyer. Will Locke be more of a badass now and become one with the island (whatever that means)? How will Sawyer act now that he's finally achieved his lifelong ambition?

A new game for your Wii: Full Metal Jacket

Remember him?

Sundance Head signs record deal with Universal. The fallen "Idol" will make an album for one of the four major record conglomerates.

The power of IDOL

Anyone who doubts the power of Idol to sell records should take pause at today's iTunes top 100, which features 7 songs by Bon Jovi, including "Livin' On A Prayer," "Wanted Dead Or Alive," and "This Ain't A Love Song," plus "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi solo. In addition, Carrie Underwood has 3 slots, Kelly Clarkson 2, Daughtry 2, Katharine McPhee 1, and Josh Groban 1 from the Idol Gives Back Album.

The future of LOST

From throwing things comes this coop on the future of LOST...

ABC has officially announced a rather odd-ball pickup for Lost. Key terms:

• Show to run three more seasons (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010) and then conclude.
• Each season to run 16 episodes, rather than the normal 22-24 episodes most shows do in a season.
• Each 16 episode "season" will run uninterrupted, followed by a hiatus of some length. (Likely, new episodes January-May non-stop, similar to what we've seen the second half of this season.)
• No word on cast status, but Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse both get hearty paydays and development deals.

The finite calendar (even if it's a kind of long one) will be helpful in moving things along. This'll take the show to 120 episodes. At three days on the Island per episode, that (interestingly) is right around a year of "Island Time." I somehow expect that's not a coincidence.

LOST notes

Great show! The producers have long said that the people who gave up on the show would come to regret it, and I think they were right.

* What is it Juliet so longs to tell Kate? Is Jack in on the whole scope of the Dharma Initiative and what the Others are doing there? It sure seems like it.

* Ben manipulates people to do his dirty work. Locke manipulates Sawyer to do his dirty work. Is Locke really infiltrating the Others, or does he want to be like them?

* What did Ben mean, "He's not who we thought he is"?

* I love the creepy Richard character (who is clearly with whatever 'organization' is overseeing the place) with his little man purse filled with files on people. Who's files was locke burning at the beginning of the show, Sawyer's or his own? Wouldn't Richard have copies of the files?

* The parachute girl's story seems true, but what does Penny and her rich dad know about the experiment, and did Penny know what they would find?

* Mikhail and Rousseau are clearly NOT Others and seem to be running some sort of underground plans against them. What is Rousseau going to do with the dynamite? Is Locke on their side now?

* Sawyer's story turned out to be very sad. I feel for the guy now.

* What about the coming attempt by the Others to take the women? How will Jack and Juliet fit into Sawyer's upcoming attempt to block it? A rift is building between Jack and Sawyer for sure.

* Any predictions for the called for deaths of four more characters? Here's my list of who will die before the season ends:

Charlie, Juliet, parachute girl (Naomi) and Mr. Friendly

LOST preview for tonight

This TV Guide reporter lucked into getting an advance copy of "The Brig," tonight's Locke-centric episode of Lost (10 pm/ET on ABC), and, having watched it, what can I say? It's one of the series' best. And I'm not just talking this season. Written by series masterminds Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, it is, by turns, twisted, spine-chilling and emotionally stirring. Make that gut wrenching. It grabs hold and doesn't let go, even after the last frame has smashed to black.

If you've watched the sneak-peek clip on this sight, you already know that Locke — MIA from the canvas since early April, when he discovered his loser Pop was in the island's magic box — shows up while Sawyer's taking a leak to reveal he's kidnapped Ben. Oh, and he'd like Sawyer to kill him, thank you very much. But this being Lost, that's only the beginning of the story. What follows is a literal and metaphorical journey that's bound to irrevocably change two of the drama's most complicated and best-loved characters. Which, if we're lucky, will only lead to more stand-out episodes like this one.

Here's what else to look out for:

Big blanks get filled. Much the way that last season's Michael-centric episode "Three Minutes" shed light on what the grieving father had been up to since taking off to find Walt, "The Brig" fills in the blanks where Locke's recent time with the Others is concerned. Among the questions answered: What was Cooper's reaction to seeing his son? What was Ben's motive for leading Locke to his father? Why on earth would the Others let Locke stick around after he blew up their sub? And just how far will Locke go to learn the island's secrets? (You remember the lengths Michael was willing to go to to get his son back, right?)

The Black Rock is back! The 19th-century wooden ship, first (and last) shown beached in the jungle during Season 1, is the backdrop for a chunk of tonight's action. Locke's prisoner is being held in the ship's titular brig. And somebody else shows up to pilfer some of its dynamite. Let's hope this somebody is more careful with it than our dearly-departed Dr. Artz.

Josh Holloway and Terry O'Quinn knock this episode out of the park. But Holloway claims shooting its emotionally-draining scenes took a toll. "Dude, it was intense filming that s---," he says. "It wore me out." Still, the two actors — who are good buds off-screen — relished the rare opportunity to work together. Will they do more of it in the future? Holloway's not saying, though he does let this slip: "What happens with them, it f--ks Sawyer up pretty bad. It makes him colder and more distant." That can't be good news for his relationship with Kate.

No. Way! This week's installment includes the reveal of Lost's biggest character cross yet. Bigger-than-Claire-and-Jack-sharing-the-same-father big. And this jaw-dropper was set up way back in Season 1.

The hits keep coming. Naomi the Parachutist (played by Marsha Thomason) — who revealed last week that as far as the "outside" world is concerned, Flight 815's passengers died (!) when the plane crashed — isn't done dropping bombshells. Cindy the Flight Attendant isn't done with the Others. And Richard (the intriguing Nestor Carbonell) is just getting started pulling strings. But you'll see what I mean by that next week.

predictions?

I think Chris Richardson and LaKisha will get the heave ho tomorrow. What do you think?

IDOL FANTASY SCORES FOR 5/1

It’s Bon Jovi night, and I’ve been waiting for this for a long time…

PHIL kicks it off with “Blaze Of Glory” from the movie “Young Guns”, which I will admit I saw. Emilio Estevez as Billy The Kid, maybe?

I give Phil props, he has gotten better every week. He doesn’t look like he could be a pop star, but who in this comp, outside of Jordin and the pretty boys could? He fits right in with this joint. BAM!

He knocks it out of the park, and the judges respond accordingly, after Randy name drops that he recorded that song…Paula gives him a “best” shot…

SCORE: 8

JORDIN goes with “Livin’ On A Prayer”, and immediately bonds with Jon by telling him her Mom’s a big fan…Jordin, leave the brown nosing to Blake, you just made jon feel like an old man…

This has got to be a tough song to sing, but Jordin’s little black dress is smokin’ and girl brings the rock growl to it. She’s got the vibe and the vocals are shaky at times, but I like the whole ‘tude.

Old school Paula would have been up and dancing, but sedated Paula stays seated.

Judges? What say you?

Randy is vague, Paula is too, not a good sign. Simon says she looks like she’s from the Addams Family. Wha? Ryan counters with a Herman Munster punch. Oh the wit is stellar. Jordin is gracious. Don’t hold the fingers up, girlfriend, you need points…

SCORE: 0 (OUCH!)

LAKISHA aka Kiki, comes out dropping a little personality, talking about givin’ us a little sumpin sumpin. You go, girl!

Kiki is rockin’ the black as well, and she looks great, singing the lesser known, “This Is Not A Love Song”. And sadly, she sounds a little flat. But she brings it home after a shaky start.

Randy thought she recovered enough to say she’s back. Paula blah blah blah, and Simon kisses her.

SCORE: 8

BLAKEY McBLAKE BLAKE is told this song is risky because everyone knows it and doesn’t want it messed with…And staying with the black theme, Blake has gone goth and dyed his hair black. Ewww, beatboxing in a Bon Jovi song? Strangely wrong, and the sad thing is when he did sing, it sounded pretty good. I don’t know what to say about this. The kid’s got cajones.

Randy loves it, Paula is standing and seal clapping, and Simon is with me, torn between the syle and the substance, but applauds the effort. Huge scoring for the B-man. Ryan treats him like a trained monkey, “Put a record on for me”.

SCORE: 16

Ryan disses CHRIS R by calling him Justin Timberlake, and Chris then fumbles a simple viewer question. Chris looks scared as he takes on “Wanted Dead or Alive”. With the shadow of Daughtry and Jon Bon Jovi looming over him, Chris comes out looking to slay. The start is solid, but can he kick when he needs to? Sort of, but oh boy, what’s with the white belt? That’ll cost him. Not inspiring on a night when his head is on the chopping block.

Randy gives Chris two check it outs, Paula says he did his thing, and Simon is not hopeful Chris will ever be seen again.

SCORE: 4

Only MELINDA remains, what rock gem will Melly D pull out of the Bon Jovi grab bag? Do you like my new nickname for her, Melly D? Okay, come up with your own, smartass.

Jon says he can teach her how to rock on “Have A Nice Day” by comparing it to a gospel song. He also teaches her the Ozzy sign and how to smoke a bong.

Melly busts out with a rock tank top and gives the song an odd twist. Mel’s uninspired but powers through a professional reading of it. Ahhh…..

Randy is tepid but complimentary. Paula says some crap about a rock star, and Simon, dumbfounded by Bon Jovi’s catalog says what amounts to “whatever”.

SCORE: 8

George and Laura Bush pop up for a cameo. In the future, our leaders will be elected on reality TV.

SEASON TOTALS (including tonight)

MELINDA 115

BLAKE 121

JORDIN 109

LAKISHA 104

CHRIS 98

PHIL 85

GENA GLOCKSEN 59

SANJAYA 58

HALEY THE SLATTERN 48

CHRIS SLIGH 28

STEPHANIE EDWARDS 13

BRANDON ROGERS 5

SABRINA 2

JARED 0

ANTONELLA -6 (she was there tonight!!!)

SUNDANCE -9

LOST stuff

The writers destroy my theory again, this time for good:

I took the purgatory Q to the one and only Damon Lindelof (who is still da bomb in my book, in case you were wondering), and he shot back the following: The following two facts are true. I swear it. A. They're not in purgatory. B. They're not dead. If we did such a thing after repeatedly stating otherwise, we'd be tarred and feathered!

(courtesy of Kristen at E!)

So my new feeling is that the LOSTIES were definitely rounded up and brought there to be used for their abhorent behavior, or have said behavior corrected.

Wizard magazine also got this quote:

Wizard: What can you guys tell us about how your shows will wrap up this season? Lindelof: For us, I will say the construct of Season 3 started with our heroes victimized by this - at the time - unseen, malicious and malevolent force on the island of these "Other" people. By the end of the season, you will know a lot more about them and what they're doing there and why they've been preying on our guys. There is going to be an epic confrontation between the two groups - for lack of a better word, a war - and that's where we are heading to in our season finale. Hopefully, people will be more satisfied than they were in previous seasons - there are going to be a lot of answers along the way to the mysteries that people really care about.

Is he talking about WAR, good God y'all, what is it good for? High May ratings! Say it again!

Will Sawyer kill Cooper (or whatever his name is this week)? What say you.

Rosie, I love you, but STFU

Rosie O'Donnell opened her mouth and spouted things about 911 she knew nothing about.
Please advance to 1:00 left on the clip to hear Rosie utter these words about building 7 at the WTC..."I do believe it was the first time in history that fire melted steel..."



Well, it happened again, read this account of an Oakland, California traffic mishap:

Witnesses reported flames rising up to 200 feet into the air. Heat exceeded 2,750 degrees and caused the steel beams holding up the interchange from eastbound I-80 to eastbound Interstate 580 above to buckle and bolts holding the structure together to melt, leading to the collapse, California Department of Transportation director Will Kempton said.

Now, look at this picture:



It sure looks like the steel melted to me.

Alec Baldwin on the View

Great only for Alec's opening line: "I got a bouquet of flowers from Don Imus."

Lighten up, Alec

Apparently, Alec Baldwin was so upset over this video on Will Farrell's site, he fired his agent because his agency couldn't get Farrell to take it down. Lighten up, Alec.

best of popcandy LOST discussions

1. gamer9898 wrote:

With all that happened in this rather packed episode, I believe the most important thing said throughout the entire episode was desmonds line to charlie "by my last count you have killed more of them than they have of you". This lends support to any number of theories from desmond being an other to the others being the real good guys as ben told michael on the docks at then end of season 2. I think that line could go down as extremely telling in the next 4 weeks

2. shoebad wrote:

quick and to the point..

1) why didn't juliet (and the others) know about sun's history -her affair- yet knows about everyone else? (actually.. now that i think about it, juliet probably played dumb..)

2) surprised to see mikhail not take off swiftly with the phone when jin went after him the second time around.. one thought- he had quickly made a phone call/signal before the group caught up with him.

3) the explosion of "strong swimmers" on the island makes me wonder about kate (and sawyer), juliet (and goodwin), and even rose (and bernard).

4) and has anyone noticed that on the island day quickly becomes night and night quickly becomes day?? this weird scenario happened several times with the most recent being sun and juliet's trek to the staff station and coming out in broad daylight -not dawn.

5) lastly, with mikhail coming back to life and implying the portuguese woman will recover in a day says something about the healing nature of the island AND about the characters that got hurt/died in the past seasons.

3. okgirl_ok wrote:

Wait, I've been thinking about this. let's not sell Juliet short on her deception abilities. She totally lied to Sun about the father. Why wouldn't she? She left a message to Ben that said the same news she'd given Sun, but if that was true, she's not getting off that island, baby. She'd want to tell Sun the same thing so her story would be able to corroborate. BUT, if she found out that Sun got pregnant OFF the island and LIED about it, then her experience about Claire would tell her- since the baby survived - she can settle her deal with Ben and get her butt gone. She's just making it look like she's fixing the problem and setting herself up to "Save" Sun from the island's conception-death problem.

Forger those others and that they still won't be able to get pregnant, she's every woman for herself. Plus the double bonus of getting to make Sun very happy about Jun being the father.

Why would Juliet say anything other than that Sun got pregnant on the island? She needs to prove that hero factor to everyone - otherwise, she's stuck there, baby.

4. psychoitaliano wrote:

Alright, here we go with a theory: The Losties were not on the correct plane. Those particular people were directed to the plane they were on for a purpose. They are all connected, that's why they are all on the plane together. The people on the island were not told ahead of time what was happening because it is still an experiment to see how these people would react to one another.

5. empirekiller wrote:

I thought of this theory a couple of weeks agao, and tonight's episode brought it to mind again.

What if the "power" the island has to heal is the same "power" that kills pregnant women? Think about it this way... What is cancer, in its simplest terms? It is a quickly growing mass of cells that is foreign to the body.

What is pregnancy, in its most simple terms? It is a quickly growing mass of cells that is foreign to the body.

The "power" that keeps cancer from forming cannot keep a pregnancy from happening, because it is introduced from outside the woman's body, whereas cancer happens completely within the body. So since the "growth" cannot be prevented, the "power" winds up killing the host (woman).

This leads to aonther thought. People are healed through regeneration (again rapidly growing cells) and the mens' "little soldiers" are 5 times higher. Again, rapidly reproducing cells.

OK, so this is a lot more confusing than I first thought, but I do believe that it is somehow all related. (But my head hurts now.)


7. mikepcfl wrote:

Some people have skirted around it, but not come out and said it. If The Others or Dharma faked the plane wreckage to convince the world all the passengers of 815 were dead, they can never let anyone off the island. There is no way they would let Jack leave and there is no way that Michael and Walt made it home.

8. glennotronic wrote:

I think of Suns father looking at her & saying " We don't live in a world where no one asks questions. " In deed my friend & the proof is on this board .

Well I guess Hurley has taken Lockes "Why am I doing this stupid suspicious stuff award"

1) shooting the flare of in the air
2) asking trivial questions when the other three ,Charlie, Desmond, & Gin are trying to save the tree girl
3) telling Patchy everything the tree girl had on her

Might be nothing but when they first found the bag in the tree last week . Someone asked What is this ? Hurley confidently said it's a satelite phone. This week he referred to it as some computer phone-thing-a-ma-jiggy . It would suck if he were bad . He does have the best lines .

9. borderpoet wrote:

OK...stick with me here, but it seems that a few of you have either forgotten (or never saw) some of the JPEGs of documents and newspapers that were hidden all over those websites we were all scouring a year or two back. Several of them are of particular interest as we consider why Oceanic 815 could have been "found" with no survivors:

1) One JPEG, a National Air Safety Commission "Brief of Incident" from Washington, DC, says the following at the report's conclusion: "An Oceanic Airlines Boeing 777-200LR departed Sydney Australia (SYD) at 2:55 pm on September 22, 2004, enroute to Los Angeles, CA. The flight was a scheduled passenger flight (Flight #815) with 352 passengers and a crew of 2. Air Traffic Control reported Flight 815 disappearing from radar, and radio contact was lost with the aircraft approx 6 hours after departure. No trace was found of the aircraft or crew after intense search and rescue efforts. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean with complete loss of aircraft, passengers and crew."

2) Another JPEG, allegedly a memo from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, dated as 'Completed Nov 17 2004,' is addressed to a Mr. Doug Lavin, the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration, and has as its subject line "Notification of cease of investigation of OA Flight 815." It has four numbered sections. Here they are: "1. This is in response to the referenced letter from the Department of Defense requiring immediate suspension and discontinuation of all investigations into the crash of US bound Oceanic Flight 815. As stated in reference, due to ongoing classified practices occurring in the suspected crash location, the DOD has denied access citing 'National Security.' At this time, we have suspended all investigations. 2. Defense contractor, HANSO, currently working in the restricted area will continue the investigation and forward all unclassified information to FAA. Before departing Fiji, any and all documents pertaining to the investigation will be handed over to the aforesaid contractor. 3. As of now, the cause of the failure leading to the crash of 815 is unknown. Mechanical records do not indicate any known problems with the aircraft. The 815 airplane had less than 23,000 miles flying time, the other under 42,000 hours. A weather anomaly in the area when radio and radar contact were lost is the most likely cause of complications leading to the event. 4. In view of the circumstances listed above, we consider that no further investigative action be required by FAA, excepting further information from the DOD. The cause of the incident of OA 815 should be determined as unknown and all case files closed and sealed."

3) Two other JPEGs--to thicken the plot a bit--were of articles that supposedly appeared on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald on the November 18, 2005, and November 23, 2005, issues respectively. The first, entitled "Oceanic curse strikes again?" speaks of fishermen "in the vicinity of Funafuti, the the Tuvalu islands north of Fiji" who "reported witnessing an Oceanic jumbo jet in apparent trouble and crashing into the ocean. Witnesses say the jet was an Oceanic airliner and flying too low and was in obvious trouble." The article goes on to say that Oceanic and the Sydney air control both say that all aircraft are accounted for and none are missing. The second article speaks of rescuers actually finding wreckage at the site despite official claims that no planes were missing, but the wreckage appears to be that of Oceanic N518OA, a B747 that had been reported missing in November 2000. The article then goes on to say, "Our reporter indicates that there is a possibility that the wreckage found may be that of the aircraft lost in 2000, and that the aircraft seen going down on Tuesday may in fact be a different aircraft, however the wreckage found includes several small floating pieces of debris that could not possibly be from a five year old crash."

At any rate, it would seem that in light of these documents that people shouldn't necessarily head back to the purgatory theory. What is more likely is that the Hanso Foundation and the Department of Defense are indeed involved in a cover-up, one that isn't entirely working.

10. Nexus-6 wrote:

borderpoet had the right idea - look at the documents on the LOST sites that were put up when all this started. The memo from the Department of Defense to the Federal Aviation Administration shows HANSO was the one and only organization allowed to continue the search for wreckage or survivors. They could have put out any cover story they wanted to.
The whole thing about the US government being somehow involved in the cover up makes perfect sense when it comes to parachute girl. She was in military style jump suit and helmet and probably flying in a military -supplied chopper.
My theory - parachute girl was part of a mission to reach the island and contact the Others after communications went down (the satelite dish).
Just look at Patchy's expression when he runs through the jungle and reaches the group. He is totally shocked to see the guys - he expected parachute girl and assumed she had set off the flair.

And the theory of the week:

Matrix_Theory wrote:

This is going to be long, so I apologize ahead of time; but this will be worth reading. I have migrated away from my previous ‘bio-dome’ theory, over to a new one that I’m developing. I think that what we will eventually find this all to be will be very much like the Matrix. I know this theory has been bounded about previously, but I want to get away from people thinking that it’s exactly like the Matrix, and know that what I’m saying is just that it’s similar. Hear me out. Back when Rose and Bernard went to the faith healer in an attempt to heal her cancer, he told them about certain places on Earth with unimaginable healing power, but that his little area was just not strong enough to heal her. I think we were being misdirected by the writers, to subscribe to the whole ‘bio-dome’ idea, where the Hanso foundation may have found the be-all-end-all place on Earth with a wealth of this mysterious, electromagnetic healing power; and for the sake of “saving humanity” they set up the Dharma Initiative on this island for research and development. They also misdirected us to believe that it may be somewhere near the North / South Pole, or underwater even, with an elaborate entry and exit process, somehow protected from its original surrounding elements and tempered for human existence. But now, I am almost certain that the island is not a physical place, but a virtual reality “program” developed by the Dharma Initiative, and that the island’s inhabitants are actually “jacked in”, if you will. The Juliette back-story, where we learn about her submarine trip to the island... I believe that trip to have been completely staged. And equally suspicious, was Desmond’s arrival, where he simply started gaining consciousness on the beach without any recollection of how he got there. I would bet anything that we find out that those facades, and Lock blowing up the sub, have absolutely nothing to do with getting to and leaving the “island” except for the fact that that is what Ben and the others (I’ll get back to them in a minute) want Juliette and the 815’ers to believe. It has become increasingly clear that the Hanso/Dharma mission statement of “saving humanity” is meant to be taken in more of a spiritual and emotional way, rather than in a physical way like healing diseases, yadda, yadda. I think this “program” was specifically designed to do just that - help to heal people in a spiritual and emotional way, and if you think about it, it is doing exactly that. Then, much like the purgatory theories, once you resolve your issues, you “die” - but all you’re really doing is exiting the program - and I am certain that Boone, Shanon, Ecko, Anna Lucia, etc. are still alive in the “real world”. This also explains how Mikhail was able to “die” and get jacked back in and how, now that Charlie has conquered his demons, the “program” is trying to “kill” him. I think that the whole “Catch-22” reference is pointing out the fact that, once you’re in the program, you have to “die” to “live” (or more to the point, get back to the real world). I think that Penny’s dad, having Hanso affiliations, knew about the program, and what it was intended to be able to do, and saw the perfect opportunity to have the love of his daughter’s life loaded in, and made into a better person, more suited for his daughter. Now back to the others. I think that a select few of them are in on the fact that it’s a program and not reality, allowing them strength and abilities at the maximum of their human capacity (much like the agents in the Matrix); their purpose being to manage the test subjects, and the program itself, from within. Our beloved 815’ers were methodically selected and subliminally herded, if you will, on to flight 815 for the sole reason of being able to stage the crash so no one would question their disappearances, and allow Hanso/Dharma the spiritually deficient test subjects they needed for their program; which is why parachute-girl heard on the news in the real world that the wreckage of 815 was found and that there was no survivors. This all also lends credence to the fact that Aaron was the first baby ever born (in reality) while the mother’s consciousness was inside “the program”, and he was subsequently able to be jacked in and exist in the program with her. On the other hand, when the conception occurs in the “program”, the baby can’t ever be born, because there is no tangible “real life” being created that can then get jacked in and continue on in the program; so the mother “dies” to enable her exit from the program. I have so many other supporting facts, but I’m tired of typing. Peace.

LOST sneak peek for next week

Spiderman 3

Stereogum has some downloads from the new Spidey 3 movie soundtrack. I love the title of the Flaming Lips' song "The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to Be In Love".

LOST again

While last night's show was compelling to the end, it once again posed more questions than answers. This means the questions that need to be answered now total 1,679, while questions that have been answered total 4. Bad ratio.

What's with all the bad feelings toward fishermen in South Korea? My dad liked to fish on occasion, does that mean I'm persona non grata in Seoul because I'm the "son of a fisherman"? Can any Korean readers explain?

Mikhail is still alive? Man, they have great special effects on that island, because I'm pretty sure I saw blood come out of his ears when he got fried by the fence. So does this mean Miss Klugh is still alive? Ethan? He'd be pretty dirty since they buried him. How about Ana Lucia and Hurley's girlfriend (what was her name, I forget)? Is Eko coming back to whup some booty with his Jesus stick?

I'm taking Juliet's comment on the tape to Ben "I haven't got Austen's sample yet" to mean Kate is indeed impregnated with the seed of Sawyer. And Juliet herself may be with child, seeing how they made a big deal of her being in bed with the big, virile Other guy.

"I hate you, Ben" says Juliet into the recorder. So she's an Other spy, but does her hate of ben mean she's batting for the Losties team now?

Desmond's comment to Charlie "you've killed more of them than they have of you," echoed past comments by me, and it was the first time the show's writers have acknowledged that fact. I'm telling you now, by the end of this show, the Others will be the good guys.

If you listened this morning, you heard a listener claim that the parachute girl (Naomi) mumbled "I am not alone" in Portuguese to Mikhail. Who's with her? More hot looking lady parachutists speaking romantic languages? The invading hordes from the northern hinterlands? Haircutters to restyle Charlie's coif?
(Anyone else catch that he has a new hairstyle?)

Hurley finds out the rest of the world thinks everyone died on Flight 815. Or is he dead? Or is the hwole thing a schizo hallucination of Hurley's while he sits catatonic in the mental hospital? Anything's possible at this point, and that's why I, a man of faith, will watch this bizarre show until the bitter end.

Your thoughts?