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The Lone Gunmen Predicted 9/11

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction - or is it? In March, 2001 a TV series pilot aired on Fox television that depicted of all things, an airliner being flown into the World Trade Center (albeit with a different set of culprits and motives than the actual event). Keep in mind that this was nearly 6 months before 9/11 occurred. The show was called The Lone Gunmen and was a spin-off of the wildly popular  X-files. In the X-files series, the characters known as the Lone Gunmen served as a sort of 3 man cheap-laffs team. They ran a little read-conspiracy theory newsletter and helped Mulder and Scully out of any number of scrapes.


The DVD cover for the Lone Gunmen


As the X-files was finally winding down in 2001, the producers looked to the Gunmen to provide a spin-off into the next generation of X-files like paranoia. The show looked promising when it was first aired - the pilot followed in the best tradition of the x-files and the characters seemed to be able to stand alone w/o help from Fox Mulder. But then 9/11 happened and the show wasn't picked up for a new season. The show would have likely been cancelled anyway given the low ratings, which was partly due to its time-slot and off-season start. In fact, one has to wonder whether or not 9/11 would have happened at all if this show had been a hit. The initial response to the attacks on 9/11 included quite a number of statements by officials that just such an event could not have been foreseen or otherwise planned for. But as the pilot proved, the main idea of the attack had clearly been foreseen - by Hollywood anyway.


After 9/11, the government did actually enlist creative talent from Hollywood to help envision various types of scenarios not unlike those from the Lone Gunmen

It is fascinating to see the relationships between fiction and non-fiction, between popular culture and historical events. The strange case of The Lone Gunmen stands as one of the more profound examples of that - one that most people aren't even aware of...


This is the opening sequence from the Lone Gunmen pilot episode


Topic Reference Ratings & Reviews How to Watch
 Lone Gunmen - Wikipedia Lone Gunmen on Rotten Tomatoes  From Netflix
 Lone Gunmen - IMDB DVD Verdict  From Amazon



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Freedom - A Raving Playlist

What is Freedom, what does it really mean? Is it the absence of tyranny? Is Freedom the ability to do what you want, go where you want and be yourself? Or is it perhaps the ability to express your opinions and worship how you want to without being forced to think and behave the way someone else wants you to? These are all deep questions - questions that have relatively little to do with this playlist that we happened to name "Freedom." There is one thing that we're certain of though, you can listen to these tunes while you're pondering those great questions and chances are you will determine what Freedom means to you - and after all - that's the only thing that really matters isn't it?

As usual you can find this list on Spotify - and guess what - that's free too (if you don't mind the ads)!

John, when he was Cougar not Mellencamp - sporting some 80's hair

Minutes to Memories is Mellencamp's best song from his best Album - scarecrow

Freedom:
John Mellencamp – Minutes To Memories
Vangelis – Theme From Antarctica
10000 Maniacs – Across The Fields
The Black Crowes – Remedy
Audioslave – Be Yourself
Journey – Be Good To Yourself
The B-52's – Roam
Nirvana – Lithium
Vangelis – Blade Runner (End Titles)
The Black Crowes – Been A Long Time (Waiting on Love)
The Black Crowes – Hard To Handle
Three Dog Night – Never Been To Spain
Matchbox Twenty – 3 am
America – A Horse with No Name
Vangelis – Closing Titles From "Mutiny On The Bounty"
George Harrison – What Is Life - 2001 Digital Remaster
The Black Crowes – She Talks To Angels
Sister Hazel – All For You
The Allman Brothers Band – In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - 1971/Live At The Fillmore East
Nirvana – Something In The Way
Orleans – Dance With Me
Boston – Don't Look Back
3 Doors Down – It's Not My Time
Vangelis – The Tao Of Love
The Cranberries – Linger
Santana – Maria Maria - Radio Mix
The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
Vangelis – Memories Of Green
Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
Vangelis – L'Enfant
The Killers – All These Things That I've Done
Genesis – Land Of Confusion - 2007 Remastered Album Version
The Black Crowes – Jealous Again
Grand Funk Railroad – I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home (Medley)
John Mellencamp – Our Country - Rock Version
Vangelis – La Petite Fille De La Mer
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home - Remastered Version/2010
Spandau Ballet – True
Jack Johnson – Better Together
George Michael – Freedom! '90
The Cranberries – Dreams
Vangelis – Love Theme From " Bladerunner"
U2 – Heartland
John Mellencamp – Authority Song
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Tom Petty – Free Fallin'
Eric Clapton – After Midnight
Dave Matthews Band – Funny the Way It Is
Counting Crows – American Girls
Santana – Samba Pa' Ti
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Learning To Fly
Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
Roxy Music – More Than This
Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Anberlin – Breathe
Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah
Heather Masse – I Don’t Wanna Wake Up Today
INXS – Need You Tonight
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life Again
Neil Young – Rockin' In The Free World
Lenny Kravitz – Supersoulfighter
U2 – Sweetest Thing - The Single Mix
Dave Matthews Band – American Baby
Peter Gabriel – Red Rain - Live In London/2011
Adam Gussow – Freedom For My People - Excerpt
Everclear – Santa Monica
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
David Bowie – Blue Jean
Franz Ferdinand – What She Came For

Well, their songs have little to do with Freedom, but we still like them anyway


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