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‘Lost’ Dead Chars Won’t Be Shut Up

Posted on: May 16th, 2010 by wmapother 1 Comment

During the Entertainment Weekly shoot, we were asked some questions about our deaths on the show.  For those who just can’t get enough during this final week, the link (thank you, Roberta) to the video is here.

Lost in the NYT

Posted on: May 16th, 2010 by wmapother 5 Comments

The New York Times has a large piece on ‘Lost’ and the show runners here with all sorts of accompanying articles and photo galleries.  The photo to the right is of Damon and Carlton and for a larger version of it, in which you can see the headshots of the actors on that R.I.P. wall, including yours truly near the bottom left, click here.

Not to Be Negative, But..

Posted on: May 12th, 2010 by wmapother 11 Comments

A few nights ago Entertainment Weekly threw a party for their Lost-centric issue.  Whilst there I encountered the mild-mannered Damon Lindelof, Lost’s co-creator, enjoying a cocktail, a well-deserved post-series rest and not bothering anyone.   [Just to clarify, this is he —>  ]

Sadly for him, however, he soon found himself Ethanized.  I somehow found an excuse — I swear, it seemed perfectly reasonable at the time (I think) — to inflict upon him an impassioned and (probably) dramatized introduction to John Keats‘ theory of negative capability, of which I have been immoderately fond since I was a wee college lad.

Today I emailed Damon the wikipedia link and he tweeted about it.  As is customary for Damon, he was kind enough to omit all the gesticulation and listen-to-this-ness.   [ And this is Keats —>  ]

By the way, if you find me blogging about tweeting ever again, please Ethanize me, I beg you.

Lost: The (Nearly) Final Celebration

Posted on: May 11th, 2010 by wmapother 4 Comments

This Thursday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, ABC is hosting a Lost party/charity event, ‘Lost: The Final Celebration.’  Composer Michael Giacchino will perform some of his music, the penultimate episode will be screened (shhh), and then they’ll be a deconstruction, er, party afterwards.

My date will be my fabulous and glamorous agent Suzanne.  Asking her to join me is just a small token of my gratitude, considering it is only through her ingenious efforts that I’m a part of this whole crazy Lost world to begin with.  Thank you, Suz, again and again.

Info is here and tickets (if any are left) are here.

Note:  The photo is, of course, from season one, right before Charlie brutally murdered the  unarmed, just-stabbed-in-the-leg-offscreen-and-therefore-considerably-weakened obstetric surgeon Ethan.

But don’t weep for me, Argentina, Romania, Thailand or Zimbabwe.  After I die, I’ll be back for eight more episodes.  But Charlie won’t.  And let that be a lesson to you young heroin addicts out there.

St. Louis Shout-Out

Posted on: May 11th, 2010 by wmapother 1 Comment

Are you ever surprised how your friends turn out later in life?  People you thought might sputter soar and potential scientists are asking, “Fries with that?”?  I had a friend in college who couldn’t let two sentences go by without finding a way to make me crumple with laughter.  Now he’s running a successful electrical contracting company, and, as far as I know, not eletrocuting anyone.

Furthermore, he’s somehow kept alive his college band, The Boorays, and they’ll be rocking in St. Louis at Off Broadway on May 22.  If you’re anywhere within 500 miles and not chained to a bed by Kathy Bates, I highly, highly suggest you check out the show.

The show and ticket link is here, the listing in St. Louis today is here, and two sites for the band are here (MySpace) and here (Brickhouse).