That's the end of the film. Now here's the meaning of life. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat...

from Kurt Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle':

"In the beginning God created Earth and he looked upon it in his cosmic loneliness. And God said: 'Let us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what we have done.' And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close as mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. 'What is the purpose of all this?', he asked politely. 'Everything must have a purpose?' asked God. 'Certainly' said man. 'Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this' said God. And he went away."

Today's picks:
The Chap - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley
Computerization - MyBody [free at Cllct.Family]
The Ting Tings - Be the One
Orouni - A Greased and Golden Palm
Tiger Force - Syntax Error

On a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are we about the season final of Lost? Around 9.4

* Cocoon - Take Off
'My friends all died in a plane crash
Well there is a God but he wants cash'

* Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down (Locke)
'Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in the voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John go do my will!" '

* The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit (Sayid)
'On the lam from the law, on the steps of the capitol
You shot a plainclothes cop on the ten o'clock
And I saw momentarily
They flashed a photograph, it couldn't be you
You'd been abused so horribly
But you were there in some anonymous room
And I recall that fall I was working for the government
And in a bathroom stall off the National Mall
How we kissed so sweetly
How could I refuse a favor or two?'

* Low - Walk Into the Sea
'And time is just a hunger
It bleeds us out to nothing
And when it finally takes us over I hope we’ll float away together
Yeah, time’s the great destroyer
Leaves every child a bastard
When it finally takes us over I hope we’ll float away together'

* Irving - If You Say Jump, I Will Say No (Hugo)
'Touch something to make you know that this is real
do you think it's that girl I used to love?
I never neeeded her then, how come I'm only needing her now?
But I know now that I am not my brain
And I can listen to the thoughts
And know that we are not the same'

* Sea Wolf - The Garden That You Planted (Sun)
'Cause everything around here's changed

But the garden that you planted remains'

* Sambassadeur - Kate (well, Kate)
'Underneath the surface, love's as cold and blue
And you're saying this town is not made for you
Starts getting closer, going through the night
No one can reach us when we're out of sight
Time's running faster, please let us through
Going in any direction will do
...
Tides don't last forever, don't you know?'

* The Automatic - Monster ("Smokey")
'What's that coming over the head, is it a monster?'

* Driveshaft - You All Everybody! (Charlie)

* Previously On Lost - Be My Constant (Desmond)

Feel free to share your thoughts on the grand finale!