Luke Simcoe aeditor@ gmail.com Arts & Entertainment “LOST” Returns to TV By Garth McLennan ‘eek January 21 will mark the debut of LOST season four, one of the most highly anticipated shows this year. The show, created by Jeffrey Lieber, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, premiered in September 2004 and since then has become one of the most successful television shows on television today. It is packed with mystery and intrigue, action and adventure, and excellent characters. In all three of its previous seasons, LOST has ranked number one in its time period in the coveted adult 18-49 age group. There is no show out there quite like LOST. The basic premise of the show is that a group of survivors of a plane crash live together on a tropical island. The island is the least of their worries however, as they have to find a way to coexist with one another and unravel the perplexing mysteries hidden throughout puzzling island. The series is a_ suspenseful show’s entire main cast is very well done, and there are no weak or unlikable characters. JJ Abrams, the executive producer and genius behind LOST who also was the mind that created the recent blockbuster movie Cloverfield, has come up with such a compelling plot that waiting for the next episode is harder to do than for any other show on TV. If there is any weak point to LOST, it is that the confounding and mystifying questions are rarely answered, although I guess that could be seen as a positive as well. All of the previous three seasons of LOST have been released on DVD and are all extremely well done. The first and third seasons in particular are the best. After just a few episodes, the show becomes so addicting that you’ll find yourself watching four or five episodes in a row, but its well worth it. So grab some popcorn, get some friends over and strap yourself in, because the new season of LOST is definitively drama/adventure. It regularly comes up with tough mysteries and phenomenally interesting character development. The something you won’t want to miss. Receos i in 1974, On The Beach is described by one reviewer as “mesmerizing, influenced this album, along with the two others (Time Fades Away and Tonight’s The Night) that make up the fabled Ditch Trilogy, was for Young a period of tragedy and loneliness. original Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry, his breakup with actress give On The Beach its harrowing appeal. At the time of its release, On The Beach was not a commercial success. Over the years, however, it has managed to achieve both a cult following of sorts among Young’s fans and a high degree of critical acclaim despite its rough and seemingly careless production style. The album as a whole is a broken day/Though your confidence may be shattered/ harrowing, lucid and bleary.” The surrounding circumstances of Neil Young’s life that “All the bushleague batters/Are left to die on Although not directly referred to, the deaths of Carrie Snodgress, combined with a subsequent descent into alcohol and drug abuse, seem to amalgamation of electric rock, blues, folk which we can all immediately identify. Tt - ‘perhaps : i back to Harvest with its use of banjo and dobro, is a twangy mixture of country and bluegrass. In his usual high range, Young sings, “All the sailors with their seasick mamas/ Hear the sirens on the shore/Singin’ songs | for pimps with tailors/ Who charge ten dollars at the door. You can really learn a lot that way/It will change you in the middle of the It doesn’t matter.” Although certainly cryptic, these lines seem to be suggestive of how relationships can suddenly turn sour, leaving one crushed and wanting for courage. Young ends the song with the words, the diamond/In the stands the home crowd scatters/For the turnstiles/For the turnstiles/For the turnstiles.” The imagery of fans exiting a baseball park to leave the players behind in obscurity succinctly captures the theme of loneliness that runs through On The Beach. The listener is left with the sense that most of, if not all, the songs on the album are teflective of some deeply personal experience for Neil Young. At the same time, when he sings of “seasick mamas” and abandoned ball players, the very abstract nature of these images seems to carry with them a poetic description of the human condition—images, however specific and off-center (kind of like Neil Young), with 12 The Online Learning Challenge Lig rezBLigiad 2 an online ovent Audienee merbers ane student logins compete 17 4 SEfids of GnBllenged 6 win prizes. You can play, It's easy! + D cnet longo Drizes .Gin us slarling February 4, 2CO8 It's worth it!