if anyone remembers pigman shouting “pins and needles, pins and needles” in the “great” film PCU back in the 90’s, you may remember it was because he found a movie that had both michael caine and gene hackman in it. it was the conclusion to his college thesis [i’m not going to explain how…just watch the old filthy movie yourself if you care.] i mention this because i had a “pins and needles” moment myself last night. here on my computer i found the molding together of two great forces.

now me calling either of these two things “great” is certainly my opinion and it is subject to debate. when i had reported to my brother that i loved the latest musical offering from one of them he told me it meant nothing to him...i had drank the kool-aid after their first album and he needed a more un-bias opinion. be that as it may…below i give to you 3 minutes and 50 seconds of peer joy.

interestingly enough this comes from a group of Second Life folks. If you don’t know anything about Second Life, you should. it is a “world” that more and more people are spending time in that will cause our culture to ask a whole new set of questions. actually, it already has , but economics seems like one of the smallest issues to me.

it's interesting that a group of people who have felt drawn to create an alternate persona in a virtual world are gathering around ideas like redemption. What are they looking for on the SL grid ? It may just be the exact same things we’re all looking for in our "first life." maybe no matter where you go, you can’t get away from brokenness and the need for healing and restoration…even if you create yourself and your world, from the ground up.

Comments (6)

Eric Kuiper said:

... while i don't have a SL avatar myself, i do know from the time i have spent with high school and college students [which is what i do for a living] that SL is much bigger than a bunch of 40 year olds wasting time on-line. if that is all it is, why is IBM, Google and numerous other large first world companies setting up shop on the SL grid? i think SL is a bit larger of a deal than you are giving it credit for.

July 22, 2008

Unai said:

... Lol they don't consider it a second life, most of them are older than 40 and have one or two kids, they have enough with their "first" life. And they use to talk about things like who is Jacob or who is Kate going to end up with, they are not in SL seeking for redemption, or asking themselves such big philosophic questions :D

July 22, 2008

Eric Kuiper said:

... unai, sorry if that isn't clear in the post. i understand that these films are not made about SL. what is interesting to me is that people who have created a second life are using that second life to talk about things like redemption.

July 22, 2008

Unai said:

... I think that your article is a little bit confusing. They are a group that meet every week to discuss about Lost,these videos they are making it has nothing to do with SL.

July 22, 2008

Eric Kuiper said:

... the footage at the end was taken from a promo that was done for british tv - apparently it can be found on one of the season dvd collections. if you want more info on the group, dig around on the links in the post - they are a group of 'second life' players who are into the show.

July 03, 2008

Matt Browning said:

... WOW! I loved that. So what's up with the bit at the end with them all dancing? Where did that footage come from? I'm not sure I totally get what this group is that is making these videos...

July 03, 2008

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