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The Lost Storm Has Passed
The storm of activity due to the coverage of Lost at Club 939 is over. As of 9pm, there were over 200 visitors according to Sitemeter, coming from these main sources:
Thanks to Ryan Ozawa/pzarquon for breaking this post to Lost fan sites.
Here are some other related posts.
And who was lost at 939? Could it be this Nikki or that Nikki? Then again, the film could’ve all been erased due to an airport x-ray scan…
Technorati Tags: Club 939, Lost, television
Getting Hits from Lost Filming at Club 939
Saw some strange activity today when checking Pulpconnection stats. Had about 30 visits this morning alone when usually 30 hits is typical for the entire day. Looking further, a few Lost spoiler sites have picked up my coverage of Lost filming at Club 939 causing this spike of traffic.
So far, there have been 107 hits coming from Lost Spoilers and the Fuselage.
Here Comes the Kahala Apple Store
Grand opening of the Apple Store at Kahala Mall is set for Saturday, February 10. The store opens at 10am, and the first 1000 people get free t-shirts. There’ll also be a drawing to win a MacBook, Nano, and an iPod Hi-Fi sound system.
Are you going?
Technorati Tags: Apple
Pau Listmania: Songs for SuperBowl XLI
Got a lot of entries for the Listmania: Songs for SuperBowl XLI.
- The Saints Are Coming – U2 and Green Day
- Come to Me (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) – Diddy
- One More Time – Daft Punk
- Feel It – Black Eyed Peas
- Wherever I May Roam – Metallica
- The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani
- We Will Rock You – Queen
- We are the Champions – Queen
- SuperBowl Shuffle – Chicago Bears (not available on iTunes)
- Dirt Off Your Shoulder – Jay Z with Linkin Park
- Numb/Encore – Jay Z with Linkin Park
- Remember the Name – Fort Minor
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- Firestarter – Prodigy
- Breathe – Prodigy
- Buttons – Pussycat Dolls
- Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy
- Possum Kingdom – Toadies
- Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
- Lazy Eye – Silversun Pickups
- SexyBack – Justin Timberlake
- Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado
- Ready To Go – Republica
- I Like It – Narcotic Thrust
- Signs – Snoop Dogg
- Move It Like This – K7
- Good Vibrations – Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
- 3-2-1 Pump! – Redhead Kingpin & The F.B.I.
- My Style – Black Eyed Peas
- Sunday Morning – Jake Shimabukuro (sub for SuperBowl Shuffle)
- For My Bears – Code Red (sub for SuperBowl Shuffle)
Since it’s one nomination per person, not all of these will be available on the exclusive Pulpconnection Songs for SuperBowl XLI iMix on iTunes. The winner of the SuperBowl Sunday Giveaway to be announced soon…
Overdose of New Music
Over the past week, I picked up quite a lot of music. Here’s a glimpse.
Norah Jones • Not Too Late
That voice. Just listen to the ease and calm of that voice of Norah Jones. For Hawaii residents, look out at that dismal, blustery weather, brew up the good stuff, play the tracks from Not Too Late, and be glad you’re indoors.
No wonder this CD is the best seller for on-line retailers like Amazon and the iTunes Store. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
2007 Grammy Nominees
A compliation of solid picks. Not necessarily the popular mainstream stuff you hear on the radio, but a good mix of music. And you can’t beat the $9.99 price tag for 23 tracks.
I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Sarah Brightman • Diva: The Singles Collection
A collection of her popular hits. Not quite what I was looking for though. I prefer her upbeat and techno style like with Harem or Free.
Give it 3 out of 5 stars.
Ultra Dance, Vol. 8
Disappointing. I didn’t like this collection. The Ultra series has been good to me before so I figured this one would be good too. Some gems in the 2 CD set but overall, I didn’t like the syncopating style of the music.
I’d recommend Thrivemix, Vol. 1: Mixed by Mike Rizzo and St. John
Technorati Tags: music, norah jones
Inside the Filming of Lost at Club 939
The ABC hit, Lost, recently filmed on site at Club 939, and it went something like this. Sorry, no secrets or spoilers, just a behind-the-scenes view of the making of a television show.
In search for a local strip club for a future episode, the location crew of Lost visited several establishments before ending up at Hawaii’s Premier Gentlemen’s Club. Liking what they saw, several site surveys followed with progressively more senior staff getting involved and the executive producers giving the final go ahead.
Not to interfere with 939’s daily business, the Lost setup crew started their work after closing at 2am and finished by 6am when shooting was scheduled to begin. To support this on-location filming, there were many trailers for wardrobe, equipment, makeup, and even their own catering service.
Club 939 employees were allowed to try out at a casting call for extras. About ten members were selected for roles as dancers, bartenders, DJs, and club patrons (check out that tie).
After 4 hours of shooting scenes over and over at different angles, the day was finally done. In total though, this shoot will probably equal a few seconds of airtime on the show. But now, members of 939 can be considered official members of the Lost crew.
This episode will air near the end of March, and Club 939 will be having a viewing party. Keep watching Lost and look for upcoming talent from Club 939.
View the Lost at Club 939 pictures.
Technorati Tags: Club 939, Hawaii, Lost, television
Starbucks and Apple Finally Together?
Looks like the Starbucks/Apple relationship will be getting serious in ’07. While a rumor in 2006, this recently announced venture will let you buy downloadable music at Starbucks stores sometime this year and load them directly to your music player (most likely an iPod).
Starbucks already has an exclusive Starbucks Entertainment section on the iTunes Store. This partnership will transform this on-line arrangement into a physical one at the brick-and-mortar Starbucks stores. I wonder if I’d be able to buy a Cinnamon Dolce Latte with an iTunes gift card?
Ho’ing for Blogging Cash
Since bloggers are attention whores, I’m taking it a step further by actually trying to make some money blogging. Being a six-figure blogger would be ultra cool, but a few bucks here and there for new toys, kicks, or to pay for that caffeine addiction is fine.
Been looking around a bit at various advertisers and affiliate programs out there – there are a lot. I also want to match up ads with Pulpconnection material.
Google AdSense. Of course, you can start off with Google’s AdSense. It’s easy to do and use on your site.
BlogKits. I had signed up with BlogKits but haven’t used their ads since I switched to the new Blogger. I don’t like the look of their ads, but I’m sure I can customize it if I spend the time. Something I have to do…
Amazon Associates. Amazon has their Associates program where referred purchases earn revenue, not pay per click. I signed up but haven’t fully explored the program yet.
LinkShare. My latest venture is signing up with LinkShare. Why LinkShare? Mainly because they provide the affiliate program for Apple and the iTunes Store. Seeing how I refer to music using links to the iTunes Store and have mentioned some iMixes in the past, why not be an iTunes Affiliate? At the very least, this one should be fun, and look LinkShare has an affiliate program with FootLocker.
Technorati Tags: AdSense, Apple, blog, BlogKits, iTunes Store