We're so close!

How awesome is this - we need EXACTLY 108 more downloads to hit 10,000 downloads for the month of September! Unfortunately this is the last day of the month! So tell a friend, tell anyone! Help us reach our goal!

-Namaste

Don't mistake rebuttal for support

Its a famous, iconic line from the show - "Don't mistake coincidence for fate." But do we all interpret it the same way? Clearly not. We discussed it in the episode, and now we want to hear your thoughts! Amanda thinks that Eko is on the side of coincidence, and Locke is still a firm believer in faith. Josh thinks that Locke has shifted gears to thinking of the more rational coincidence, and the priest in Eko makes him a strong believer in fate.

What do YOU think?

The Great Claire Debate

So, by now you've surely noticed that both Josh and I aren't the biggest Claire fans of all time, so if you're a Claire fan, THIS is your chance to stick up for your favorite Lostie. We want you to make us love her - whether its by citing memorable scenes, or just reminding us how darn cute she is sometimes! I can't wait to hear what you guys have to say!

New Episode!

Here it is, the much anticipated 23rd Kate! We experienced some technical difficulties in this episode, but we also had some GREAT discussions that we hope the listeners will get involved with. Just so everyone knows, when you hear "Namaste! .....byyyyyye," the episode is honest-to-goodness over...don't listen to the last ten minutes of nothing x.x

The 23rd Kate

Also, be sure to check out both of the posts above (as promised!) to get in on our discussions from this episode!

Heroes is a Lost Flashfoward!!

If you saw the Heroes season 2 premiere you saw something very important. Apparently, after getting off the island Jack changes his name, learns he can fly, runs for congress, wins in an unethical manner, and then gives up everything to save the World from his exploding brother. What we saw in Through the Looking Glass clearly takes place after these events, but perhaps before the events seen in the Heroes season 2 premiere.

Very interesting. And more to come, I'm surprised Lost producers allowed this kind of a spoiler to be given out.

Happy Birthday, Lost!

Thats right! Everyone's favorite show turns three years old at 8/7 central this evening! =D I'd like to take this opportunity to start a YKYWTMLW....Leave your best ones in the comments. And don't forget, its even more fun if its something that you actually do, but you can post any ideas OR go way out there into "scary obsessive behavior"....I'm sure someone out there actually exhibits it! I'll update the list periodically with everyone else's suggestions. I'll put an asterisk next to the ones that apply to me, so you can let me know if you exhibit any of MY obsessive behaviors!!

You Know You Watch Too Much Lost When....

• You host a weekly Lost podcast ;) *
• You have a Lost blog *
  
• You own a piece of Lost merchandise other than the DVDs *
• You have a show-related screen name *
• You have a Lost wallpaper on your desktop *
  
• You made that wallpaper *
• You have the Swan computer screen saver, and you set it to come up every 104 minutes *
  
• You get really excited when you meet someone who has the exact same name as a character, even minor flashback characters who were only in two or three episodes *
• Anytime you remember something, you tell someone you were having a flashback*
• You can't help crying during certain episodes *
• You give everyone you know spontaneous, semi-offensive nicknames *
• You're too lazy to give nicknames, but you do call everyone "Brotha'"
  
• You've had a Lost-related dream *
  
• That dream involved romantic activity with a certain castaway (or two) *
  
• You try to get all of your non-lost friends to love the show as much as you do! *
• You succeed in doing so!
  
• You don't worry about turbulence on planes, because hey! Maybe if you crash, you'll land on Lost island!
• You DO worry about turbulence on planes, because you may have watched that crash sequence from the Pilot one too many times *
• You name a (virtual) pet after your favorite Lostie *
• You name a child after your favorite Lostie
  
• You've learned at least one Korean word from watching the show *
• You buy clothes because they resemble things that your favorite character has worn *
• You have certain episodes memorized, and struggle to not recite them line by line when you watch *
• You quote the show on every possible occasion *
  
• You burst into tears when you hear Wonderwall *
  
• You burst into tears when you hear Good Vibrations, and then have to explain to all the non-watchers why such a happy song makes you cry *
• You periodically wrap your fingers in masking tape and write four letter words on them *
  
• You take notice of the numbers any time they appear in your every day life *
• You get really excited when you see a street with a Lost-related name *
• You decide that you should probably move onto that street ASAP *
• You cover your walls with Lost media*
  
• You have photoshopped a picture of your favorite Lostie to include yourself *
  
• You freak out and give yourself whiplash when you walk into a grocery store and hear the button timer beeping! *
• You refer to the Lost set in Hawaii as your "Mecca" and are determined to make a pilgrimage to it someday *
• You listened to the entirety of The Lost Lowdown's season three finale podcast *
  
• You write Lost songs and/or poetry *
  
• You re-write pre-existing songs, poems and etcetera to make them Lost related *
• You watch other projects that the Lost actors have done, and become very confused...("Why is Charlie running around with all those people who are slightly shorter than him?" "Why is Boone making out with that guy?" "Why is Jodie Foster trying to kill Sayid?" "Jack never mentioned coaching a football team..." "Wait...was that Jin that I saw for three seconds in that cafe in Crash?!" "Why the hell is Michael half naked, dressed like a woman, and hanging out with Leo DiCaprio? No wonder Susan didn't want him to have custody...") ***
• You saw Daniel Dae Kim in Crash, but thought you were going crazy because you were in Lost withdrawal, and fell off of your couch with excitement when you saw his name in the credits *
  
• You've been at a party with friends and thought, "What am I doing here? I could be at home watching Lost right now!!" ***
• You raise your standards to include that you will no longer date anyone who doesn't watch Lost
• You start all of your stories with random short sentences, such as "his fingers swell," and then proceed from there
  
• You NEVER go swimming unless you're shirtless, but still wearing your jeans
  
• You seem to have trouble counting higher than five, but you have no problem remembering the numbers in sequence
• You have actually played the lottery with the numbers
• You have actually played the lottery with the numbers on multiple occasions
• You decide that your step sibling is actually pretty cute
• You avoid all SUVs, medians, and combinations of the two at all costs
• You keep looking for the Oceanic terminal when you visit the airport, and are mystified when you can't seem to find it...
• When you walk past pet stores, you get the urge to go in and paint numbers on the bunnies
  
• You smuggle insane amounts of tarps, fireworks, and a suitcase containing 200 knives onto every plane you fly on, because you know its better to be safe than sorry

• You laughed at all of these, and you're going to put some of your own in the comments!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOST!!!!

Three years ago today(September 22) a strange new show aired on ABC. No one knew it then, but in time that show would become a force on network TV, and be obsessively followed by fans. FANS LIKE US!!

Here's Josh's Top 6 Things to do to celebrate the birthday of Lost.

4)Speak using only Lost episode titles. For example, "The Hunting Party Abandoned Everyman for Himself"

8)Annoyingly point out sightings of the numbers to anyone you see. "Look!! 42nd Street!! 42!!!"

15)Jump into the closest body of water with your jeans on, and your shirt off.

16)Watch every single Lost episode back to back. Since there are far more episodes that there are hours in the day, watch them on fast forward. Trust me, crazy Jack looks hilarious on fast forward. When you're done with that, listen to The Lost Flashbacks Podcast, and Email us at lostflashbacks@gmail.com

23)Give clever Sawyerish nicknames to everyone you speak to. Remember, they must be funny, and offensive.

42)Quote your favorite Lost character when appropriate. For example, if it's Locke, say, "Don't tell me what I can't do ever!!"

Don't forget to look below this post, and Download Episode 16 of the Lost Flashbacks. Count the amount of times I call Goodwin, "Ethan", it will make you question my sanity.

Thanks to everyone who responded to the crossword blog - its nice to know there are readers out there! Here is this week's episode:

TLF 17 - The Other 48 Collisions

Hope you guys enjoy it, and don't forget to leave us all of your thoughts in a comment or an email!

A little (read: big) teaser for the show tomorrow ;)

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I know we're in the off-season, but Wednesdays still equal Lost for me because of the show =D Here's a little preview of what we'll be discussing tomorrow - and maybe some incentives to come and join us?

-I will be unveiling my very own personal crackpot theory. Oh yeah, its out there...but its pretty interesting as far as I'm concerned...and you know you wanna hear about it!

-One thing that I'd really like to discuss is Locke's crossword puzzle from 2.08 Collision. Unfortunately, I think it might come off a little awkward on air. But wait, I have this blog! So I'll just post my findings here.

So we all see that Locke is working on number 42 (=O!), and that they clue says "Enkidu's friend." Hopefully you also saw that the answer to this clue was Gilgamesh, as Locke was just filling it in when we saw the shot. I don't know about the rest of the world, but I knew little to nothing about that story, so here is what Wikipedia has to say:

Enkidu
Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh

I would love to hear theories on how anyone can relate that to Lost...could Locke (or anyone else) represent Enkidu? Gilgamesh?

In other news, there are several other clues listed, and we also see many of the answers that Locke has already filled out. The hints are:

Down
36. Macbeth...place
37. Belgian Port
38. Robbed
40. WWII movie feature : hyph. wd.
42. Enkidu's friend
43. Less brazen

And under the Across column, we can see "...African." I'm assuming that the first clue reads "Macbeth's place," and I'm assuming that that is Inverness. The Belgian port is Ghent, "robbed" is "ransacked," but I have no idea what "WWII movie feature : hyph. wd." or "less brazen" could be. There are two definitions of brazen, the literal and the figurative, so I suppose either could be applicable, but without seeing how many letters or anything I can't even make a guess.

As I said, we also see many of the answers that Locke has filled in, but some of them don't even make sense. I'll list all of the ones that I caught:

• Age - there have been many theories about the Other's aging process after we saw Richard Alpert in 2.20....could this be an early hint?
• Covet - Self explanatory, but interesting nonetheless.
• Edgar - Marvin Candle's new alias in the Orchid film was Edgar Hallowax...hmm...or maybe a reference to Edgar Allan Poe? Something about Locke has always reminded me of his writing...
  
• Log - the inhabitants of the Pearl filled out Log books that were sent by pneumatic tube to a field in the middle of the island, though those who filled them out were told that they would be sent to another location for review.
• Iona - An island in the Hebrides
  
• Tense - well there's certainly some tension between a couple of the characters on the show...Jack/Locke, anyone? And there are many more such relationships just around the corner.
• Group - Well we've had a group of Losties, and now we're adding a group of tailies to make one big fantastic group....and lets not forget the group of Others that we have yet to be introduced to at this point.
  
• Cicero - very interesting
• Brr - a polar bear reference? Maybe a nod to Penny's friends in the Arctic?

Someone much smarter than me has already gone onto Lostpedia and created an article for this crossword where you can see all of the other answers. There is a very interesting point about what would happen if Locke had the incorrect answer to 42 down, and the answer was actually "scripture." You can also see screenshots there, but here's mine, complete with with upped saturation and contrast :



So thats all the teaser you get! If you have anything to add about things I've mentioned, or anything else in either episode, JOIN US LIVE tomorrow at 9 p.m. EST. The talkcast ID is 35516. Also, there are two new ways that you can support the podcast. You can go to our article on Digg and Digg the cast - because we would really digg you for doing it <3333 Also, if you're a livejournal user, you can join my Lost haiku community - doesn't that sound like fun! If you're there, you might as well visit my graphics journal, too, because I love the attention =p

If you can't make it to the recording, don't forget to download the episode on Friday, and email us all of your thoughts and theories at lostflashbacks@gmail.com

Until tomorrow, Losties....Namaste!

More Cool Stuff from the Emmy's!

This is totally non-Lost related, but is related to the last post.

I want to mention two awards given at the Creative Arts portion of the emmy's.

1) Battlestar Galatica, the only show I beleive to be currently better than Lost won for best special effects!! Ronald D. Moore can now rest easy knowing the coolest science fiction scene in 30 years(the Galactica falling through the atmosphere and then jumping away at the last moment) is appreciated.

2)The winner for Outstanding Orignal Music and Lyrics. Now before I say what won, I want to add that I've never really liked the Emmy's, and Tony Bennet winning like 20 of then is one reason why. They always seem like they are given out by people in thier 60s. With that said, I have to admit that this surprised me, and made me very happy.

The winner is, "DICK IN A BOX" from SNL!!. That's right, Justin Timberlake singing about a dick in a box won for most OUTSTANDING original music and lyrics. If you have no idea what this is, please go to Youtube.com and search for "Dick in a Box", and I garantee you'll laugh hysterically.

Now that I've made Amanda mad by typing the word dick several times on the Blog, I can depart with a job well done.

Holla for the Emmys...and this week's episode!

So the blog is back! Thanks to everyone who commented, it was much appreciated. I figured there was no better way to bring the blog back than with the most exciting Lost news in awhile...thats right. Terry O'Quinn finally won the well-deserved Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series =D But the Emmys weren't JUST about Lost for us. I really enjoyed the opening, and the bit with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert....even though I was super confused when Steve Carrell won o.o;

Okay, so it was pretty much just about Lost for us....

Josh's favorite part of the show?

Terry O'Quinn's win, OF COURSE!

Amanda's favorite part of the show?















Terry O'Quinn's shirt :

Congrats to Terry for his win, and everyone on Lost that was nominated!

Here's this week's episode, by the by - 2.05 ...And Found, and 2.06 Abandoned

PS - This is the post

THIS is the post that you can reply to if you read the blog =)