This week, I decide to take a break and just inform you on some upcoming soundtrack releases that hold my interest.


Okay, so I can't say I'm a big fan of The OC since I only finished season 1, and I'm not sure if I should catch up when I already know Marissa is six feet under. However, I am a big fan of the show's soundtrack.

Obviously, I watch it just to check out new good indie songs (beside Mischa Barton). It has introduced me to so many new great artists. So you know how I feel when I found out there's gonna be a mix 6 called 'Covering Our Tracks', due out Dec 5.

The concept is having indie artists covering indie tracks new and old. Check out the kickass tracklist below:

Music from the OC: Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks

Goldspot - "Float On" (Modest Mouse)
Rock Kills Kid - "I Turn My Camera On" (Spoon)
Lady Sovereign - "Pretty Vacant" (Sex Pistols)
Mates of State - "California" (Phantom Planet)
Pinback - "Wasted" (Black Flag)
John Paul White - "Can't Get It out of My Head" (ELO)
Rogue Wave - "Debaser" (Pixies)
Syd Matters - "Hello Sunshine" (Super Furry Animals)
Tally Hall - "Smile Like You Mean It" (The Killers)
The M's - "Come Into Our Room" (Clinic)
Band of Horses - "The End's Not Near" (The New Year)
Chris Holmes - "Into Dust" (Mazzy Star)

Simply, this show can do no wrong when it comes to delivering great music.

Awwwww.

Sarah McLachlan has written a new track for the movie 'Charlotte's Web' called 'Ordinary Miracle', which you can listen to a sneak peek if you . Based on the 30 seconds, the song sounds pretty good. Don't even front about it, you know you'll walk into the theaters for this family flick this Christmas.

It's scary when you realize that Dakota Fanning's like the hardest-working actress in the industry right now!
To end this round of news,
F.U.

J.J. Abrams!

A cliffhanger like that and you leave us pondering til February next year? You son of a b1tch! Aarghh!

It's nice to see the cast all smiling together, wearing all bright colorful t-shirts for the photoshoot. Of course they are, since it's unlikely they'll be wearing those for the show.

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Statement made: I'm obsessed with LOST.

It's the best show on TV right now, and probably the best of this decade. My time for tv is very restricted these days, and there are only 4 shows that I choose to allow myself to catch up weekly, which is Lost, the first one came to mind, along with The Simpsons, Family Guy Desperate Housewives.

Never have I've watched such a brilliant tv series that has a good combination of drama, suspense, mystery, thriller, excellent, well-rounded cast, thought-provoking, brainteasing plot, psychological metaphors, great dialogue, breathtaking locations, and.

..hot chicks.

Evangeline Lily's not the only reason I watch the show, you know. There are always so much going on in one episode, the intriguing flashbacks, the little clues given here and there that keeps you guessing, drawing up theories and anticipating for the next episode. This show's drving everybody crazy, and still you can't help but glueing your eyes on the screen everytime it comes on the screen.

Still going strong in its season 3, a lot of the mysteries start unveiling (though not quickly enough), and here are a 'few' things we'll learn so far after 5 episodes.
[spoiler warning], skip this part if you haven't watched them yet


Jack, Sawyer and Kate were captured by the others, and Ben (the prisoner in the hatch back in season 2) is the leader. They're much more civilized and modern than we thought they'd be.

Elizabeth Michell, playing the role of 'Juliet', has these icy, mystically beautiful glares. There seems to be a chemistry between her and Jack.
Kate finally proclaimed her love for Sawyer.

And we finally saw her bare back.
Sun did have an affair while she was still in Korea. Her baby might not be Jin's.

And she unintentionally killed one of the others.
Desmond is still alive and kicking, and he seems to have a way with premonitions.
Ekko, otherwise, is dead.

Apparently, the main reason Jack was brought there is because Ben have a tumor on his spine, and needs help from him. However, Juliet's at odds with him, and she secretly told Jack through a video tape she made (in a very clever way, emulating Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues ) that she needs him to help the surgery look like an 'accident', for some of them want a change. The matter is who will Jack choose to believe?

Who is lying and who is telling the truth? This is the turning point so far.
Those buzzing black clouds can kill.

Juliet's really hot. I wonder if she is the same woman shown waken up by the phone at the very last minute of season 2 finale?

I think that's all.

Take it to the music. I think the ghostly scores composed by Michael Giacchino plays a big part in the atmosphere of the show. Lost's got the ability to send chills down my spines every single time I watch it, without any gruesome, disturbing horror or scary stuff.

There are countless time I find myself with mouth wide open, awestricken by the surprising turns of events. That happened like, 10 minutes ago, after I just finished episode 5.
Despite having very few songs featured in the soundtrack (since Lost's not the kind of show that can help promote new artists or The Fray, or Snow Patrol by playing their songs in episodes), but when they do, they choose the good ones.

One of them is Damien Rice's 'Cannonball', back in season 1.
Also noticeable is the use of '60s popular songs to create an eerie, nostalgic atmosphere at the right moments. For example, the sounds of Skeeter Davis's 'The End Of The World' from the radio of Kate's car in 'What Kate Did'.

Mama Cass Elliot's 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music' played loud when we were first introduced to the inside of the hatch in season 2 premiere. The same with Petula Clark's 'Downtown' for the opening of season 3 (the song just recently got a lovely cover version for charity by Emma Bunton, anyway, guess she can cling on the hype). And you can hear Brenda Lee's 'I Wonder' in the funeral scene in this week's episode.

So check out all of the songs aforementioned, and the 16-second opening theme/ closing theme, to relive your lost moments, and be sure to tune in next week with me and be brainwashed by the pure brilliance that is LOST.

Sorry for the long delay for this conclusion part focusing on the soundtrack of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This was in the draft for quite a long time, for this required some insightful pictures and videos searching.

It's good to finally publish it. As you can see above, that's Buffy looking back at Sunnydale in the series finale 'Chosen', when she's not the only vampire slayer on Earth no more.

The opening theme.

It's amazing how it has no lyrics, just some good old kicking guitar riffs with thumping drumbeats, and still it managed to get stuck in your head for seven straight years of the show on air. If you're feeling nostalgic, hear it again. I offer both the original version played by Nerf Herder and the cool sorta remake played the Breeders for the Radio Sunnydale cd.

You can even check out the last few minutes of the final episode, thanks to the wonder that is Youtube.


Now, let's move on to the spin-off, Angel, lasting for 5 seasons. Overall, Angel is almost as equally great as Buffy, but then things started to go downhill since season 4 with some f**ked-up twists (like when Cordy slept with Angel's son Connor and got pregnant, and the whole worshipping-that-black-lady-whose-name-I-forgot after that). Season 5 saw a decrease in standard quality, but it managed to end with a bang, though it was canceled abruptly so the ending was cliffhanging.

Below is a picture of Angel's last battle ever...

The now-defunct WB, however, did release a score cd, featuring an extended mix of the opening theme by Darling Violetta. It sounds very mystically sweet and epic! A must-have for Angel fans, if you haven't heard it.

Also included in the cd is a song featured in the episode when Fred's soul was terminated and Illyria was reborn into her body. Sad, sad country pop song, with quite touching lyrics, and what's good is that it's slow and moody, but not cheesy at all. Great choice for that moment.

Below are two more clips, one is a promo for Angel's series finale 'Not Fade Away', and one is a thank-you clip from The WB to the fans.




Although Tru Calling has nothing to do with the Buffyverse, it featured the acting talents of the bedazzling Eliza Dushku (aka 'Faith' in Buffy, so I just felt the need to type some more about this short-lived show.

Just concentrate on her face on that pic, the armpit area looks rather unpleasant. So basically, in the show, Eliza played a female protagonist named Tru Davies (cool name) who works in a morgue and has the ability to hear the calling of dead corpses and rewind the day before, and her mission is to find the victim, and try her best to alter their fate, so that they're still alive the day after. There are times she succeeds, there are times she doesn't.

Season 1 ends with the death of her boyfriend because of her meddling with time. Just when 6 episodes of season 2 were ordered and in post-production, Fox canceled the show. Later, the unaired episode made it to dvd.

Since I watched those, it's a pity that the show didn't have the chance to continue just as the show started to evolve into what could be more interesting, with an arch-nemesis (played by Jason Priestley) whose job is to keep her from alternating reality.
So overall, it's a decent show, good enough to keep me watching every week, but it faded too soon, in my opinion.
Here's the theme song, 'Somebody Help Me' by Full Blown Rose, a Evanescence-esque band who got the same marketing tricks like them (having a song in the soundtrack of Elektra, but the film flopped, so they never really made it to the spotlight).

It's a catchy, dark, gothic rock song, recommended for Evanescence fans.
*Off-topic: I just want to take a moment to mention that the site was feature on VH1's Best Week Ever blog in a , and it also reached its highest peak ever, thanks to the Pipettes. I owe them so much.

I just add this thing called 'Lyrical Brilliance' on the sidebar where I extract those little great, inspiring sparks in song lyrics once in a while, to reflect a state of mind I'm in then. Or just another excuse for me to post cryptic nonsense. Have fun guessing which song I snippeted.

The Halloween mix will surface on Dec 31 instead, since my host Filexoom's experiencing some problems.

Please notice that all the mp3s posted here are for evaluation purposes only, and will be deleted after a period of time.

If you love what you hear, support the artists, go and purchase their cds.

If you've got a new band or a new song you think I'd love to hear, email me at zeonmusic (at) gmail dot com.

If you'd like to send me a cd for reviewing purpose, please first acknowledge that I don't live in the States (though most readers here come from the US).

When you're okay with that, look above for the email address.

If you're a copyright owner and would like me to take any of your songs down, please email, I'd be happy to do that as soon as possible. Please don't sue me.