After putting a flying dog on the cover of ‘Raditude,’ Weezer are one-upping themselves for their upcoming eighth LP, ‘Hurley.’ This time ’round, they’re forsaking an airborne animal for a celebrity: actor Jorge Garcia, aka Hurley from Lost.’ As Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo tells Spinner, the album’s name came easily once they settled on the photo.
“We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase that summed up the whole aesthetic behind the album: ‘Heavy Mental,’ ‘Smaller Than Life,’” Cuomo says. “I was coming up with all kinds of stuff, but ultimately, we just went with some random word that doesn’t really have anything to do with anything. I just loved this photo of Jorge Garcia — it just had this amazing vibe. We didn’t want to do a fourth self-titled record and we knew people would refer to it as ‘the Hurley record’ even if left it without that title, so we just called it ‘Hurley.’ No words are on the cover because all we wanted was his amazing face.”
Unfortunately for ‘Lost’ fanatics, the album doesn’t feature any songs inspired by the hit show. In fact, Cuomo didn’t even watch it until meeting Garcia (he’s still watching the series, so don’t spoil the finale for him). “I only made it through season two, so I was really nervous hanging out with Hurley/Jorge recently, because I didn’t want to hear something about how it all resolves, or overhear anyone else talking about it,” he says. “I really like the show though.”
Jorge Garcia during the 50th Monte-Carlo TV Festival at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte-Carlo, Monaco on June 9, 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom.
“It will address some of the issues, like the food drops, and it will deal with what happened on the island after Hurley took over and how he handled things,” Garcia reveals of the DVD bonus feature he shot. “It will give you a taste of what took place after Hurley took over as the new number one. There’s a little epilogue thing going on with the DVD.”
Inside sources also told me that Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) will be shown in the bonus material. “We’ll find out what happens to Walt,” says the insider. But when asked who else he worked with, Jorge replied coyly: “There are other people in it, but I’m not going to tell you who.”
Last night SL-LOST.com was invited to the exclusive opening of the Vilcek Foundation’s LOST exhibition that highlights the international artists and filmmakers of the show. Among the attendees were Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Jorge Garcia and Zuleikha Robinson. SL-LOST’s Mo Shafeek and Amanda Lum spoke briefly with Jorge:
This unique exhibition also features iconic original props from the show, such us ‘Jughead’, the donkey wheel, a Dharma van or a piece of Black Rock. Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge the photos.
If you live in NYC we strongly suggest you check out this exhibition! Visit Vilcek.org for more details.
[Video: Mo Shafeek & Amanda Lum / Photos: Anthony Behar & Mo Shafeek]
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