August 2010
The status quo for Texas Rangers, one of three Major League franchises to have never played in a World Series, when the team is sold at bankruptcy auction. Acclaimed actress Patricia Neal, 84. A small piece of literary history, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s house, Undershaw, in which he wrote many Sherlock Holmes stories, is set to be turned into apartments. The piece of literary history that should have been lost, J.D. Salinger’s toilet, now on sale on eBay for $1 million. Musician Wyclef Jean’s political career, when he is formally declared unsuitable as a presidential candidate in Haiti’s election. Vincent Van Gogh’s Vase with Flowers, stolen from a Cairo art museum. 100 meter race, by Usain Bolt, in Stockholm, only the second time in his professional career.
9.01.2010
8.03.2010
Lost Last Month
July 2010
$550 million, a record fine paid by Goldman Sachs to settle civil fraud charges. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, 80. 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, by the Netherlands to Spain. Future divinations from Paul the Octopus, when he retires after correctly predicting the winner of Germany's seven World Cup matches, as well as the final. Mel Gibson's career and any further chances with sane women, after vulgar phone conversations with his ex-girlfriend are leaked to the press. Hometown love, after Ohioan and NBA free agent LeBron James opts to "take his talents to South Beach" and signs with the Miami Heat. The footloose criminal career of Colton Harris-Moore aka the "Barefoot Bandit", when he is arrested in the Bahamas while trying to escape police in a stolen plane. Peace in the sleepy town of Rhinebeck, when it is announced former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will wed there by month's end. The irrelevance of the movie Salt, released at the same time a network of Russian sleeper agents are found living in America.
$550 million, a record fine paid by Goldman Sachs to settle civil fraud charges. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, 80. 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, by the Netherlands to Spain. Future divinations from Paul the Octopus, when he retires after correctly predicting the winner of Germany's seven World Cup matches, as well as the final. Mel Gibson's career and any further chances with sane women, after vulgar phone conversations with his ex-girlfriend are leaked to the press. Hometown love, after Ohioan and NBA free agent LeBron James opts to "take his talents to South Beach" and signs with the Miami Heat. The footloose criminal career of Colton Harris-Moore aka the "Barefoot Bandit", when he is arrested in the Bahamas while trying to escape police in a stolen plane. Peace in the sleepy town of Rhinebeck, when it is announced former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will wed there by month's end. The irrelevance of the movie Salt, released at the same time a network of Russian sleeper agents are found living in America.
7.01.2010
Lost Last Month
June 2010
The Gore marriage, when Al and Tipper announce their separation following rumors of Al's infidelities. Helen Thomas's reputation, after she resigns from the White House Press Corps following her comment that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine." The social lives of six men, upon entering a sealed facility in Moscow where they will spend 18 months in isolation as part of the MARS-500 project simulating manned flights to Mars. Some mysteries of the young life of James Joyce, after the earliest surviving complete census of Ireland is made public online. Class in advertising, when British Airways publishes a photograph showing Osama Bin Laden to be a first class frequent flier. Some of the mystery of Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba, after her suspected killer, Joran Van Der Sloot, is arrested for the murder of a young Peruvian woman. The longest match in tennis history, by Frenchman Nicolas Mahut to American John Isner, 70-68 in the fifth. Writer and Nobel Prize Laureate Jose Saramago, 87. General McChrystal's job as Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, following critical remarks about the administration appearing in Rolling Stone. A chance to actually hear the commentators, after FIFA decides not to ban the vuvuzela for the duration of the 2010 World Cup.
The Gore marriage, when Al and Tipper announce their separation following rumors of Al's infidelities. Helen Thomas's reputation, after she resigns from the White House Press Corps following her comment that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine." The social lives of six men, upon entering a sealed facility in Moscow where they will spend 18 months in isolation as part of the MARS-500 project simulating manned flights to Mars. Some mysteries of the young life of James Joyce, after the earliest surviving complete census of Ireland is made public online. Class in advertising, when British Airways publishes a photograph showing Osama Bin Laden to be a first class frequent flier. Some of the mystery of Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba, after her suspected killer, Joran Van Der Sloot, is arrested for the murder of a young Peruvian woman. The longest match in tennis history, by Frenchman Nicolas Mahut to American John Isner, 70-68 in the fifth. Writer and Nobel Prize Laureate Jose Saramago, 87. General McChrystal's job as Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, following critical remarks about the administration appearing in Rolling Stone. A chance to actually hear the commentators, after FIFA decides not to ban the vuvuzela for the duration of the 2010 World Cup.
6.28.2010
Farewell to a Kink
Peter Quaife, original bassist for The Kinks, has passed away, reports Pitchfork. Listen to two of the classic tracks he played on below:
6.07.2010
Lost Last Month
May 2010
Some sense of security among New Yorkers, after a car bomb is discovered and disarmed in Times Square. Singer, actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne, 92. Peace in Greece, as thousands gather to protest the government. The fate of the beleaguered Gulf Coast, as oil continues to gush from the busted Deepwater Horizon rig. Faith in the President, as the media compares his time on the golf course with his time working on the spill. The first floor of the Grand Ole Opry, after the rising Cumberland River floods Nashville. Injustice, when a Chinese man is freed from prison after ten years because the man he had been convicted of killing is found alive. A grave oversight, when Poland disinters Copernicus from his unmarked resting place and reburies him with honors. The notion that it's difficult to rob museums, after yet another art heist, this time five paintings worth over $100 million stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Some sense of security among New Yorkers, after a car bomb is discovered and disarmed in Times Square. Singer, actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne, 92. Peace in Greece, as thousands gather to protest the government. The fate of the beleaguered Gulf Coast, as oil continues to gush from the busted Deepwater Horizon rig. Faith in the President, as the media compares his time on the golf course with his time working on the spill. The first floor of the Grand Ole Opry, after the rising Cumberland River floods Nashville. Injustice, when a Chinese man is freed from prison after ten years because the man he had been convicted of killing is found alive. A grave oversight, when Poland disinters Copernicus from his unmarked resting place and reburies him with honors. The notion that it's difficult to rob museums, after yet another art heist, this time five paintings worth over $100 million stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
6.01.2010
Our summer issue (plus ice cream cones)
The redesigned, summer issue of LOST will be up on Monday--it's on a "lost wilderness" theme. But in the meantime, follow us at Facebook and watch our new photo series unfold--a summer tribute to fallen cones.
4.27.2010
Images of the Future that Never Was
The website Paleofuture.com offers a fascinating look at what past eras predicted for our future --and how wrong it was. There are plenty of charming images of flying machines, lunar colonies, and refrigerators of the future:
If you're looking to read more about these type of hopeful predictions that never came to fruition, then check out the book Where's My Jetpack? by Daniel H. Wilson too.
via Very Short List
If you're looking to read more about these type of hopeful predictions that never came to fruition, then check out the book Where's My Jetpack? by Daniel H. Wilson too.
via Very Short List
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