In my Internet wanderings, I came across a little online TV show from the Netherlands called (Behind) Closed Doors. It’s from a network called 3VOOR12 and they basically shove bands into an elevator and have them perform.

I love gimmicks/concepts like this. It creates a strange, intimate atmosphere — especially since the performance are usually acoustic.

To have a taste, here’s one of my favorite new bands, Los Campesinos! performing “Don’t Tell Me To Do The Math(s).” If their Welsh accents aren’t enough to make you love them, their giddiness and their guitar-violin-glockenspiel-toy flute set up is.[kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/fZQY9Y5spJM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Also worthy of note — Iron and Wine (aka Sam Beam) performs stuff from his new album.

Let’s finally talk Lost, shall we?

We’re two episodes into the new season and I think it’s going pretty well. The flash-forward trick is exactly what the show needed — after all, how many more “I hate my dad” Jack flashbacks could we bear? His were always the worst, am I right?

I have to admit, the “rescue party” is nothing like I expected it to be. I thought they would be much more malevolent — perhaps Dharma Initiative operatives sent to destroy anyone who would mess with their polar bear experiments. Who knows? In any case, seems like they just want to know what we all want to know — what exactly is Ben up to?

And I really like that they’re constantly kicking the snot out of Ben. I’m a sick bastard.

Guess what? Here are some list-y things about the new Lost cast members, including information you already know and my terse, knee jerk reactions.

Miles
AKA: The tempermental ghost buster (of course, with a soft center)
Played by: Ken Leung
You know him from: Uncle Junior’s sociopathic friend in the mental ward on The Sopranos
Interesting-ness (scale of one to ten): Eight. Miles has an interesting backstory, plus he seems to be the most motivated person on the island to do whatever they have to do.

Charlotte
AKA: Saucy English archaeologist (seemingly a celluloid staple)
Played by: Rebecca Mader
You know her from: Probably nothing, but she has been on Private Practice and she was in The Devil Wears Prada
Interesting-ness (scale of one to ten): Four. So far, Charlotte seems to be a purely functional character — “the archaeologist.” Call me when she gains the power of flight or something.

Lapidus
AKA: Barnacle Bill, the bearded pilot
Played by: Jeff Fahey
You know him from: Any number of awful-sounding thriller movies/TV shows. He was in Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man (the one where the simple handyman turns into a diabolical genius/human computer). You might recognize him when he looks like this.
Interesting-ness (scale of one to ten): Six. He probably would have been five, but he’s got a great beard.

Faraday
AKA: The hyper-sensitive physicist
Played by: Jeremy Davies
You know him from: Saving Private Ryan, Secretary (the Maggie Gyllenhaal one)
Interesting-ness (scale of one to ten): Seven. The nervous line-readings and his general antsiness make me wonder what kind of basketcase he is.

• Variety rounds up the fate of our favorite network shows
• The kids are trying to save Friday Night Lights. Hey, it worked for Jericho.
• On the 4400 save our show front, USA has received 30lbs of sunflower seeds with another 620lbs on the way
• Oprah Winfrey hosts a reunion of the Cosby kids today
• Joss Whedon talks Dollhouse
• Some guys are writing original songs recapping episodes of Lost
• A night out with Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford
• Millionaire Matchmaker, that filler show between airings of Project Runway, goes gay next season
• The cutter from Degrassi got a job with Teen Vogue
• Netflix drops HD-DVD in favor of Blu-Ray
• Not at all TV related, but if you spend your free time reading about TV then this should interest you: Pathetic Geek Stories has returned!