Still mourning the loss of LOST? Here are some more photos from the series finale screening at The Bell House.
LOST 4EVA, Y’ALL!
Dharma beer
Folks waiting for the show to begin, watching the series recap. Notice the hula-ed out stage.
Previously on Lost kicked out the jams inspired by our favorite castaways.
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Some fan videos that have helped me cope with the end of LOST:
A summary of all the questions that were left unanswered:
The meaning of LOST under 3 minutes:
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Last week I headed over to Music Hall of Williamsburg to catch what turned out to be a truly awesome show — British headliners Mumford & Sons and Aussie openers The Middle East.
The room was already packed when The Middle East took the stage. Comprised of seven band members, this band is capable of such a huge, lush sound that is grand and quite beautiful. Their recorded stuff really does not do their live show justice. I was blown away by how absolutely lovely the songs sounded and the term “next big thing” instantly popped into my head as they played one gorgeous song after another.
Punctuated with the sounds of horns, accordions, keyboards, guitars, and drums the tunes soared through the air — songs like “Blood” and “I could see how folks who love bands like Arcade Fire or Polyphonic Spree would have a lot to like in this band. Truly music that deserves a big open field and thousands of people swaying to and fro. Don’t be surprised if you’re looking back on this post in about two years and exclaiming, “Dagnabbit! She was right!”
Headliners Mumford and Sons were a bit late getting to the stage (taking some extra time to get an old timey haircut perhaps?), but proved to be well worth the wait. With solid, jamming tunes, and introspective lyrics, the quartet was impressive.
Some hilarious inter-song banter by singer Marcus Mumford feeling like a fat Englishman while spending the earlier part of the day roaming around the natural habitat of Williamsburg hipsters wearing skinny jeans and Ray Ban sunglasses.
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Last night I gathered with a few hundred other folks at the Bell House in Brooklyn to watch the series finale of LOST. While dressed in leis and sipping on Dharma Initiative beers, with a recreation of an exploded Oceanic 815 hanging over head, the crowd laughed, cheered, and wept together, but I think each person was still in their own world. After an entire night of tossing and turning in my sleep, I still haven’t truly been able to work out “what it all means.” But as far as epic ending tv series episodes go, I thought the finale was pretty satisfying.
That said, I still can’t believe it has all come to an end.
For anyone who does NOT watch LOST, I apologize in advance. For pretty much the whole of the next week or two I’m going to be sprouting out random thoughts about LOST, continuing to work out what the ending means to me.
I didn’t think it would be this way, but I’m in shock…LOST has ended, the secrets have/have not been revealed, and that freaking creepy Crystal Castles The Ring-like ad (which pretty much turned me off of buying that album altogether) that played twice during Jimmy Kimmel Live will haunt my dreams for a long time.
What did it all mean for you? Are you sad now that it’s over?
More photos from last night:
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Out of all the annoying programs and commercials that play in the back of NYC cabs, probably the worst offender is that show, “Talk Stoop.”
The woman who does the interviews is pretty much the worst interviewer ever. She always asks the most assinine questions and really, I’m not sure why she gets to host the program. (She must have something big on an NBC honcho or something.)
This past weekend I caught Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz on the show. And by caught I mean “watched on mute.” I don’t know why Mr. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is doing cab tv, but I found it endlessly funny.
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The last year’s worth of bad news about Iceland (bankruptcy, volcanic ash, etc.) has saddened me quite a bit. When I visited the country in 2006 for the Iceland Airwaves festival I fell in love with the uniqueness of the landscape (from glaciers to geo-thermal heated pools) and the quirkiness of its people.
I never get so excited about dispensing travel advice about places I’ve been as I do about Iceland. It’s truly a magical place that seems like the spot where civilization ends and the wild, beautiful wilderness begins.
I hope the country can quickly rise back on its feet after all these catastrophic events have dissipated. Here’s to wishing the best to Iceland.
My Icelandic viking figurine guards the contents of my freezer. (After William Eggleston)
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As you may already know, art world superstar Marina Abramovic has been sitting in the atrium of the MoMA for the last couple months as part of the live performance portion of her giant retrospective, The Artist Is Present, at the museum. As the instructions on the wall explain, the artist invites visitors to come sit across from her at a table in the center of the room for as long as you like.
Recently, while clicking through photos of all the plebs who have hunkered down to stare back Abramovic, one face was pretty familiar — last week Michael C. Hall’s wife and Dexter co-star, Jennifer Carpenter, was snapped in the chair.
Photo by Marco Anelli
That said, she’s not the only famous face to stop by: Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Stone, James Franco, and Alan Rickman are among the glitterati to sit down.
Most people choose to sit free of emotion looking at her, others end up crumbling to bits — like all these weepies on Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry.
Here’s some video of the start of the staring on opening night:
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! You know what that means, time to talk about some awesome Asians!
Michelle Phan is a Vietnamese-American vlogger who found fame via her YouTube makeup tutorials and was recently hired by Lancome as their video makeup artist where she produces videos for them on a regular basis.
Here’s just one of her videos about how to do makeup if you wear glasses:
The other night I was watching the Oprah episode about the world’s most talented kids. I missed the Justin Bieber segment, but caught the amazing little Filipina singer named Charice. She too rose to fame via YouTube popularity, which landed her spots on Korean TV, and then later Ellen DeGeneres and the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Her debut self-titled album on Warner Brothers dropped this week. Check out her single, “Pyramid”:
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There were tons of cop cars and a search boat last night.
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The elusive Jeff Mangum (of Neutral Milk Hotel fame) played to a silent, spellbound room at the Chris Knox benefit show at Le Poisson Rouge tonight in NYC. He did five songs: “Oh Comely,” “A Baby for Pree,” “Two Headed Boy Pt. 2,” “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.” ENCORE: “Engine”
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