Lost Season 6 Official Cast Photos

This is it, The Blot’s final post of 2009! There are three things The Blot is really looking forward to in 2010: 1) My Wedding; 2) The 2010 BCS Championship featuring the Texas Longhorns and the Alabama Crimson Tide; and 3) Lost’s 6th and Final Season. Therefore, I thought it only appropriate we end 2009 on one of the aforementioned topics: LOST!


I can’t even describe how excited I am for Lost to start, and I know many of you feel the same way. To whet your appetite just a little more before the show’s season premiere airs on ABC on Tuesday, February 2nd from 8-10c here are the official Lost Season 6 cast photos. Now if you’re afraid of any and all Lost: The Final Season spoilers you might not want to look at the last few pictures as there are some surprise inclusions and omissions, but other than that no actual storylines are spoiled per se. Enjoy the basic cast photos below and please have a happy and healthy (and safe) New Year!

Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shephard &
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke

Josh Holloway as James “Sawyer” Ford &
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen

Michael Emerson as Ben Linus &
Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah

Jorge Garcia as Hugo “Hurley” Reyes &
Ken Leung as Miles Straume

Daniel Dae Kim as Jin Kwon &
Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon

Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert &
Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus

Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton &
Zuleikha Robinson as Ilana

The sixth and final season of Lost starts on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 9/8c. The show’s 2 hour premiere will be proceeded by a one hour recap special airing that same night at 8/7c.

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Official Artwork by Shepard Fairey (OBEY Giant)

OBEY Giant’s Shepard Fairey was selected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to create the official artwork for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. (link) The artwork, “which brings together traditional GRAMMY iconography with Fairey's unique approach to design, will be used as the official artwork for the world's premier music event and will grace the cover of the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards program book, telecast tickets, promotional poster, and 2010 GRAMMY Nominees CD.” (link)


"Shepard Fairey is as much a music fan as he is an artist, and his piece captures the tradition and timelessness of the GRAMMYs, while bringing a fresh and contemporary perspective to represent our 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "The Academy is always looking for ways to engage the creative community, and commissioning the official GRAMMY show art is always a great opportunity to recognize how all creativity intersects."

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Jan. 31, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, and will be broadcast live on the CBS at 8/7c.

The Blot vs. OBEY Giant

As long time readers of The Blot Says… know, The Blot’s a huge OBEY Giant / Shepard Fairey fan. You may have also noticed I haven’t really blogged much about Obey the past eight months. While I’ve wanted to a few times, I couldn’t bring myself to do it over the serious mixed feelings I now have towards Mr. Fairey. I know this is old news (Shepard admitted his wrongdoings on October 16, 2009), but I wanted to address it before I started blogging about upcoming Obey releases again and I didn’t want anyone to think I was glossing over the issue or condoning it.


You see, the attorney in me just couldn’t get over the fact that not only did Shepard lie about the source material for his Obama HOPE image, but he also destroyed evidence to cover up those lies. (link) Fairey has had a long history of incorporating others’ work into his art, so the misappropriation of the AP photo didn’t bother me all that much. But for Fairey to lie about his actions and then actively try and conceal the truth by submitting false images and deleting other images takes his deceit to a whole other level.


And that’s where I’m torn. As an art fan I still like Fairey’s work, but I have serious misgivings about the way he creates that very art which I admire. It’s a quandary I’ve struggled with the past year, but as we approach the dawn of 2010 I’ve decided it is time to forgive and forget. Therefore, I will resume blogging about Obey Giant / Shepard Fairey as of today. While I’m not sure a post like this was really needed, I think it’s helped me feel comfortable talking about the Obey Giant brand again.

What’s really been strange in all this is the realization that Fairey’s missteps have not deterred musicians and large organizations from continuing to commission work from Shep for posters, album covers and logos (see my very next post). Fairey has become a very controversial artist and his unique style is very recognizable. You would have thought his legal woes would be a deterrent, but in this day and age I guess not.