THE BLOG HAS MOVED

Thanks everyone for supporting the blog.

I've updated the site and moved the blog to wordpress at www.lukebracken.com/wordpress.

Hope to see you there!

Bisco 4/18/08 in Philly

Had a great time at the Disco Biscuits show at the Electric Factory in Philly on Saturday. As Philly natives themselves they always bring their A game when they play the Factory.

Some Like it Hoth

Is the title of tonight's Lost episode on ABC at 9pm. Not sure what that can mean since The Empire Strikes Back where Luke fights on the ice-planet Hoth was released in 1980 and our Losties currently reside in 1977. We shall see.

When last left our survivors, Dharmas and smoke monsters the year is 1977 and child Ben Linus has been shot and left for dead by Sayid (who is now on the run) while Kate and Sawyer/La Fluer give him up to Richard Alpert and the healing powers of the Island. From last week's episode we know little Ben survives this deadly wound due to the mystical powers from within the Temple and grows up big and strong and evil. Our Losties in 1977 however need to explain themselves to the Dharma folk as their kidnapping of a dying child isn't going to fly very far.

Tonight will bring us back to Dharmaville for a much anticipated Miles-centric episode. Miles is one of my favorite characters on the show and since he has been on 2 seasons without a background story he is for sure one of the most mysterious. When we met Miles Straum last year he has come to the Island via frieghter trip>helicopter crash and was part of the science/mercenary team sent to capture and retrieve Ben. He clearly has his own agenda now after staying on the Island when the O6 left and traveling every which way with the survivors as the Island hic-upped through a time warp. There have been hints that Miles was born on the Island and may in fact be the son of Marvin Candle/Halliwax/Peirre Chang/Dharma Station Video guy. Oh and also Miles can talk to dead people, somehow. Tonight's episode should hopefully explain some of that since with a handful of episodes left this may be the first and only Miles episode we get.

Good news on the Lost ratings frontier. With every new episode this year, Lost hits a new all time lowest viewers rating from Neilson. Turns out while Lost is losing TV viewers by the millions every week, Lost is officially the #1 watched/downloaded show on the internet. It's about time the rating counters caught up with modern day TV watching since with the invention of DVR and online viewing, the commercial-filled live TV is going extinct. Also, its been reported that no matter how low Lost's ratings get, the sixth and finale season has been inked and will be aired in its entirety next year.

Recent Designering

I've been busy designing recently and I thought I'd post some of my recent updates to LukeBracken.com and some things yet to be uploaded to the site. I've been working with great agencies like TMD Worldwide, 354 Media and Health Central to develope the following pieces...

Harry The K

Yesterday was a sad day for Philadelphia and the Baseball world. Hall of Fame Philadelphia broadcaster Harry Kalas died at the age of 73. He was found passed out in the press booth in Washington DC and died soon after in a DC hospital at 1:20PM. I grew up listen to Harry much like any other Phillies fan of the last 36 years and will miss him dearly. I feel honored that I was able to attend the last home game he ever broadcasted in Philadelphia and got to see him throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Phillies received their 2009 World Series championship rings. He was loved and adored by all Philadelphians and will never be replaced. RIP Harry.

Obamas got a pooch!

Lotus at the Bowery Ballroom

Hit up the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on Friday to see Lotus perform. Great show, great venue, great night. Check out some of the show here.