The Guyliner Debate

Category: Lost-inspired apparel

After the Lost panel at this year’s Comic-Con we now know they prefer onyx over cobalt. 

4 facts about Richard Alpert:

1. The real-life Richard Alpert is a psychologist dismissed from Harvard for his research involving psychedelic drugs. He later became a Hindu spiritualist, taking the name Ram Dass. He wrote Be Here Now among other books.
2. Richard Alpert was a colleague of Aldous Huxley who wrote The Island. The utopian island described in Huxley’s book is called “Pala.” The DHARMA Initiative developed the Pala Ferry to transport its workers.
3. Albert Richardson was the name of the first mate on the merchant ship Mary Celeste. The ship was discovered abandoned in the ocean in 1872 with no explanation.
4. Richard is a German name meaning powerful leader.

Cute as a Button

Category: Miscellaneous Lost-inspired items

These buttons created in honor of the 12 main Lost characters are too cute to resist. They were made by a graphic designer who goes by the name of Pink.

Freckles

Category: Lost-inspired home decor

Though complaining about Kate has become a favorite pastime on many Lost podcasts, it’s hard not to love her when you see this pastel portrait by fan Kelly Campbell from Of Nature Designs.

4 facts about Kate:

1. She’s from Sioux City, Iowa.
2. Her name is Greek and means “pure.”
3. The safety deposit box that contained her toy plane was box #815.
4. She’s apparently a fan of Patsy Cline. She plays her songs twice on the island and hears them in four separate flashbacks. Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash.

The Ballad of Jack and Kate

Category: Lost-inspired music

“Be patient Rose, we’ll be ready for the freighter. I’ll propose to Kate, sorry to the Skaters…” —lyrics from The Ballad of Jack and Kate by The Others Lost Band

The Others Lost Band not only earns points for their willingness to take shots at shippers, they also score with brilliant song titles such as Dharmaville Party, The Monster and Never Say Never Dude.

The band has written a song to honor every episode in Lost seasons 4 and 5 and most episodes from season 3. While watching the show, Shannon Purcell, the band’s songwriter takes notes and listens closely for lines that might make a good hook or chorus. He then takes the lyrics to the band (Blake Girndt—multi-instrumentalist/recording engineer, Gabe Sullivan—vocals, Eric Lee—violin and Thomas Foster—Bass) and over the following days they flesh out an arrangement and record the song.

Their CD featuring songs from all the episodes in season 5 was released this past August  and many of the new tunes are so catchy they’re liable to get stuck in your head for hours. Best part: The lyrics come in a nifty little “Faraday journal.”

Click here to watch a music video of their song “Jacob Loves You.” (Yes, it’s one that will almost certainly get stuck in your head.)

The Answer to Everything

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Apart from being the number of rows on Flight 815, the number 42 has shown up time and time again on Lost.

8 facts about the number 42:

1. In the judgment scene depicted in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, there are 42 gods and goddesses of Egypt.
2. There is a 42-letter name ascribed to God in the Talmud.
3. There are 42 generations in the genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew.
4. The Egyptian god Thoth supposedly inscribed the mysteries of the heavens into sacred books which he then hid on earth.  These books detail instructions for achieving immortality and there are 42 of them.
5. It is prophesied that the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth for 42 months in Revelation 13:5.
6. 42 is the number with which God creates the universe according to Kabbalah.
7. 42 is the number of cells in Connect Four.
8. If you type “the answer to life, the universe and everything” into Google minus the quotes, Google will tell you it’s:

The Lost University Alternative

Category: Lost-inspired apparel

Those who can’t hack it at a regular four-year institution usually end up taking classes at a local community college. So, if you’re not sure you have what it takes to succeed at Lost University this semester, perhaps you’re better suited for student life at Oceanic Community College. Apparently it’s not just for slackers.

If you have a family member or friend who claims to be a serious Lost fan but whose eyes glaze over when you begin dissecting the physics of time travel,  this might make the perfect Christmas gift.

Jacob’s Reading List

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

In “The Incident” Jacob was seen reading Everything That Rises Must Converge just before Locke fell out of a window behind him. Roxanna Bikadoroff, the artist who illustrated the cover of the book, was ever so kind and agreed to let these earrings be created with her artwork on the front. Earrings were made by Boombox Bindery.

Flannery O’Connor chose her book’s title based on the work of French philosopher and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Chardin came up with the “Omega Point” theory, which says that the universe is evolving toward ever higher complexity and consciousness and it can only evolve this way if it is being drawn higher by some supreme points. Hence, the Omega Point is something that exists independent of the evolving universe—something that is transcendent. In other words, the universe will eventually be drawn into the Omega Point, whatever that point may be. Chardin believed it was Christ himself.

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Read what Jeff Jensen at Entertainment Weekly said about the Omega Point.

The Black and White Stones

Category: Lost-inspired jewelry

Denise from Denise Jewelry Designs made these earrings as a tribute to the black and white stones Jack found on Adam and Eve in season 1. While the debate over the identities of Adam and Eve continues on podcasts and message boards. (Rose and Bernard? Widmore and Hawking? Aaron and Ji Yeon?)—take a moment to contact Denise and order a pair of your own.

8 black/white moments on Lost:

1. Jacob wears white while his nemesis wears black.
2. Claire has a dream in which Locke has one black eye and one white.
3. When Ben visits Charles Widmore for the first time the left side of his face appears dark and the right side light. However, the right side of Charles Widmore’s face is light while the left side is dark.
4. Locke claims the monster, which is typically a moving plume of black smoke, once appeared to him as a beautiful white light.
5. When Sayid is playing golf in Seychelles, he’s wearing a white glove while his golfing partner (whom he promptly murders) is wearing a black glove.
6. At the end of season 5 finale “The Incident” the Lost text which usually appears white on a black background changed for the first time to black words on a white background.
7. Many characters seen playing either chess or backgammon always use black and white pieces.
8. Locke tells Walt that the game of backgammon is 5000 years old—the oldest game in the world. He says it has “two players…two sides…one is light, one is dark.”