Quotes

"What's the value of the grain of sand at the heart of a pearl?"
- Richard Adams
--Shardik

"Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks
Running a book on which of them is going to last the week.
One of them calls to me,
And he says, 'I know you.
You gave me this tattoo back in '82.
You were a spoiled child then with a record to plug,
And I was a shaven headed seaside thug.
Things haven't really changed that much,
One of us is still getting paid too much.'"
- Elvis Costello
--"When I Was Cruel No. 2"

Picks

Albums:

Okkervil River - The Stage Names
****This album saved my life for a couple of hours this weekend.
Centro-matic - Operation Motorcide

Books:

Phillip Pullman - The Golden Compass
John Le Carre - The Call for the Dead

Lost Flashbacks Guide Part 1

I am a "Lost" fan. One of the things I do, besides reading the boards and rewatching the episodes for hidden clues, is I started compiling a list of all the flashbacks. Whose flashback it is and a phrase to identify the general gist of the flashback. As the seasons went from 1 to 3, the short phrases became slightly longer and more imaginative. I had a couple of requests from someone to post these, along with other "Lost" ephemera. So here is the Lost Flashbacks(except for the last episode of season 3 which was a flash forward...oops spoiler) Guide for seasons 1-3.
Posted by request for Candace.

Season 1

Pilot (plane flashbacks)
- 3 Kate (capture)
- 4 Locke (trip)
- 5 Jack (boy) (savior)
- 6 Sun (escape)
- 7 Charlie (band)
- 8 Sawyer (con)
- 9 Sayid (Nadia)
-10 Claire (psychic)
-11 Jack (father)
-12 Kate (bank)
-13 Boone (incest)
-14 Michael (son)
-15 Charlie (addict)
-16 Sawyer (killer)
-17 Jin (duty)
-18 Hurley (numbers)
-19 Locke (father)
-20 Jack (marriage)
-21 Sayid (bomber)
-22 Kate (boyfriend)
-23 Lost dance mix
-24 Extended “Where’s the rest of the ladder” house remix

Season 2

- 1 Jack (wife’s healing)
- 2 Michael (custody)
- 3 Locke (real Helen)
- 4 Hurley (prairie school freakout)
- 5 Jin/Sun (meeting)
- 6 Shannon (Boone’s betrayal)
- 7 The tail ends
- 8 Ana Lucia (overreact much?)
- 9 Kate (Hello, father)
-10 Eko (Fearless Vampire Killer)
-11 Jack (wife’s cheating)
-12 Charlie (bastard brother)
-13 Sawyer (ghost con)
-14 Sayid (torture school)
-15 Claire (pretty vacant)
-16 Sun (Daddy who?)
-17 Locke (weakened son)
-18 Hurley (Dave’s not here)
-19 Rose/Bernard (Healed! Healed!)
-20 Ana Lucia (Bang Bang)
-21 Eko (psychic miracle?)
-22 Michael (Traitor Bastard!)
-23 Desmond (lost past)

Season 3

- 1 Jack (Who is he?)
- 2 Sun/Jin (Sun’s that fine!)
- 3 Locke (Hitchkhike again!)
- 4 Sawyer (Where’s my money?)
- 5 Eko (Get the shots!)
- 6 Kate (What’s that drink?)
- 7 Juliet (Babylon by Bus)
- 8 Desmond (Time travel, brother?)
- 9 Jack (Red Dragon Tattoo)
-10 Hurley (Mr. Cluck’s Wild Ride)
-11 Sayid (he’s the one)
-12 Claire (I’m your father)
-13 Locke (streak-free shine)
-14 Nikki/Paulo (who the hell are…)
-15 Kate (Girls rule, ok?)
-16 Juliet (Calamity’s got cancer?)
-17 Desmond (he’s my brother)
-18 Sun (Who’s your daddy?)
-19 Locke (Seward, Sawyer, seaweed)
-20 Ben (Daddy issues, again?)
-21 Charlie (Look Back in Anger)
-22 Jack (What What What?)

Bricks and Mortar

An attempt to repay debts

These are a few artists that I always thought received short shrift. I don't think any of these acts have received their due and deserve fame and fortune beyond your wildest dreams. I can honestly say I've never heard a bad song by any of these four. Their albums have given me countless hours of pleasure and this is my all-too ineffectual attempt to say thanks.

Centro-matic

Will Johnson is one of those rare, prolific songwriters. The type whose songcraft quality doesn't diminsh due to the volume of his output. He doesn't put out as much as Pollard, but he has two solo records and there are three South San Gabriel records in addition to all the marvelous Centro-matic records. Get them all.

www.centro-matic.com


Tommy Keene

Tommy Keene is a Pop Zeus. A number of his albums are out of print and that is a crime. Geffen Records, I'm looking at you especially.

www.tommykeene.com


Buffalo Tom

Buffalo Tom are arguably the best live band ever. They have a new album, for which their fans have been eagerly waiting nine years, coming out July 10th.

www.buffalotom.com


Chris Knight

Chris Knight is a country artist, real country. His songs should be played everywhere coast to coast.

www.chrisknight.net

Self Portrait

This week's picks

Albums:
McClusky - McClusky Do Dallas
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Movies:
Slither

Books:
Nick Hornby - A Long Way Down
Jonathan Lethem - Fortress of Solitude

Runner-up

Funky Country

The dot is moving
Away from me across the sky.
I cursed its following me
But now I’m sad to see it go.

It sounds crazy
But I never even realized
That I was holding my breath waiting
For a voice saying, “On With The Show.”

Play some funky country.
Play some just for me.
You know it doesn’t sell,
That’s plain for all to see.
But still play some funky country
And play it really well.

Another sonic burst
Should slake my unruly thirst.

It’s been a long time since the strings came in.
I got your new album you sound different from then.
I’m not finding fault. I like it. I like it. It’s good.
It just didn’t sound like I expected it would.

Play some true punk rock
Play it for the kids
Don’t play that numbered shit
They can’t slam dance to that
And they’ll want some skulls to crack
Before they end up on the skids.

And become another Dead Kennedys fan
That gets lost to Steely Dan.

I Have Made You Presents

So alien have I been cleansed,
Sight was the last to go.
Blurred dancers caper to
The click of insistent typists

Working late to provide alibi.
Hearing was the penultimate casualty,
Hums come from machinery once
Providing syllables of elocutionary grace.

Stepping backwards for once on time,
Breath had been the latest victim.
Expanding lungs triple in size,
Still dots warn of approaching night.

From here my offense begins,
Taste was the first taint removed.
Dullness in what were once delights
Abounds in all I consume.

All my faculties useless
When not in your presence.
You exude a glow
As of vague phosphorescence.
Of my heart and soul
I have made you presents.

maiden voyage

pri·mae·val [prahy-mee-vuhl]

- adjective
having existed from the beginning; in an original stage or state.