Part 2 of the Lexicon Music feature is about your opinion on the New Moon Soundtrack!

Ok Twilight fans here is your chance to share your opinion on which song from Stephenie’s playlist you think should be included in the New Moon soundtrack. In case anyone has forgotten the playlist (I know how silly that sounds) go here. In this one instance I am going to be completely biased in my choice. I think that Be My Escape by Reliant K is the perfect choice. Now before I receive a ridiculous amount of hate mail let me explain my choice. This song reminds me a lot of what Bella’s struggle in New Moon is about and there is one particular scene that the song reminds me of. Motorcycles, need I say more? Just so you can all see my opinion is based on a bit more than bias here are the reasons why including lyrical support:

1. Be My Escape as a song represents what Jacob is to Bella. In a sense he saves her from herself.

Cause I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even though, there’s no way in knowing where to go, promise I’m going because
I gotta get outta here
Cause I’m afraid that this complacency is something I can’t shake
I gotta get outta here
And I’m begging You, I’m begging You, I’m begging You to be my escape.

2. As far as Bella goes she gets that she has become a shell of herself without Edward but finding a way out of the loss she feels isn’t easy and wouldn’t be accomplished without an escape (enter Jacob).

I’m giving up on doing this alone now
Cause I’ve failed and I’m ready to be shown how
He’s told me the way and I’m trying to get there

3. Lastly the song reminds you of what Bella needs an escape from, Edward.

But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair (this is by far one of my favorite lines)

Now not to neglect some other amazing music here are my other choices.

Memory by Sugarcult (acoustic version) This is listed as a Bella song on the playlist.

So get back, back, back to where we lasted.
Just like I imagine.
I could never feel this way.
So get back, back, back to the disaster.
My heart’s beating faster.
Holding on to feel the same.

Hate Me by Blue October This is possibly the most perfect Edward song ever. I was a fan of Blue October prior to them being introduced to the Twilight world and didn’t realize just how complimentary their lyrics are.

Hate me so you can finally see what’s good for you (need we post any more?)

My Immortal by Evanescence I think this is the first song most people associated with Bella and Edward’s relationship and it relates well to the situation in New Moon.

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I’m bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

So Twilighters we have created a poll using Stephenie’s playlist for New Moon and let’s face it we like nothing more than having our opinion heard.  Choose the song you think should be on the New Moon Soundtrack. (Please note we have no say in the soundtrack this is just for fun!!) You can also discuss the The New Moon Soundtrack here.

The Lexicon has been nominated in several categories over at the Dazzle Awards. Click the button and go vote!

Voting just opened today, so hop on over.

Starting on Saturdays the Lexicon will be featuring interviews and polls based on Twilight related music.  To give you an idea of what you can expect we will be giving you a double feature this week! Check back in a bit for the second part of our feature.

We have a fantastic interview from MuteMath who contributed the song Spotlight to the Twilight Soundtrack.  The Deluxe soundtrack has the Son Lux Remix version of Spotlight.

You create music in a unique way. How do you come up with the various ways to create sound?Thanks. It’s simple, we try to use technology, both new and out of date to try to find new sounds, samplers, synths, birds, vampires…the list goes on.

How did Mutemath come to be and what does the name mean?

The name came about after me filling pages of a notebook with possible names. At first we called ourselves “Math” when it was just Paul and me. We settled on MuteMath because we thought it looked good in print.

You can find the rest of the interveiw HERE.  Below are the links for MuteMath.  I highly suggest checking out there site which has several songs for you to listen to.  Trust me it is worth the listen espcially Notice and Control.

http://www.mutemath.com/ www.myspace.com/mutemath www.youtube.com/mutemath

Stephenie has updated her site that further clarifies the information put up yesterday by the Project Book Babe website. There are still tickets available for the event. Even if you can’t attend, please consider supporting this cause by buying a Book Babe Tee from Twilight Teez or making a donation on their site. Faith is good people and could use the help!

If you win the lunch date with her its not any place in the world. It’s in Phoenix. She has photos of the marked up manuscripts that she is offering, the Japanese book editions, a rare Twilight Saga messenger bag , and more. Note, as was speculated earlier in our blog comments, if you win the Forever Dawn epilogue it comes with a confidentiality agreement which in all likelihood means that you can’t scan it and put it online.

Stephenie also discusses the history of the E-prom dress that will be an epic battle among at the very least Kara of Twilight Moms, Dano of the Lexicon, and Pel. Pel now has minions who have photoshopped her into the dress (take that Kara! :P) “My Eclipse Prom dress — This is the story behind my rather over-the-top dress: the idea for the Eclipse Prom began with a fan suggestion that I do one of my events with a formal dress requirement, to give us all a chance to dress up. I loved the idea, so we created the Eclipse Prom. In order to encourage people to come all fancy without worrying about being overdressed, I promised that my dress would out-formal every other dress in attendance. I made this promise rashly, as it’s harder to find ball gowns than one might think. After much searching, I saw this gorgeous red satin wedding dress in the window of a couture bridal shop. Yes, it’s actually a wedding dress. I bought it in a panicked rush a day before leaving the country for some events. I had the shop take about eight feet of train off, and make me the little jacket with the extra fabric. And, though it was close in a few cases, I think I made good on my rash promise.”

We have two new Breaking Dawn chapter summaries from Book II for you today.  First up is Chapter 10: Why Didn’t I Just Walk Away? Oh Right, Because I’m an Idiot along with the discussion questions over on the message boards.  Special thanks to love2dream for her help with this one. Chapter 11: The Two Thing at the Very Top of My Things-I-Never-Want-To-Do List was prepared for us by Goodnight Elizabeth.  Again, visit the message boards for the discussion questions. Just FYI, both chapter titles were too long to fit in the subject line on the boards.  No need to PM us about the missing titles.  We anticipate that it may happen again.

Rob sat down with Moviefone and debunked the lunatic rumors running around about him and body odor.

If you want another hilarious account of how out-of-hand this has all gotten Pattinson Anonymous (TY to G) has a step-by-step analysis.

We’ve been avoiding reporting on this crap despite the myriad of alerts in our inbox about it, because that’s what it is: crap on a slow news week.  We’re covering it now because Rob is actually talking about it.

Here’s our take. Literally hundreds of people visited the set last year and had their photo taken with Rob at various locations around Portland. In a fandom where people notice everything, not a single person reported Rob smelling bad.  Surely, if Edward Cullen had a bad case of body odor it would have been talked about widely last year. Heck, there would have been a revolt. People were ready to fry Rob over anything, any little excuse would have done it. If anything, people were talking about how good Rob smelled. The only odor we recall anyone talking about was one person who met him after he had a cigarette mentioned the lingering scent of cigarette smoke.

According to MTV you can get How To Be starring Robert Pattinson right in your home because the “IFC Festival Direct will be showing the film on demand beginning April 29.”.

What’s more, Rob has three tracks on the album which is including full lyric sheets and never seen before pictures. For 250 lucky fans it gets even better:

“But perhaps the best news of all for Edward Cullen fans is that 250 people who preorder the CD directly from Dreamboat Records before April 28 will be selected at random to receive a booklet poster personally signed by Pattinson.”

See the whole story on MTV.

Support SSIF: A Twilight Symposium and LIFE, Inc. at our Barnes & Noble Bookfair

To all Twilight Fans and everyone you know:
LIFE, Inc. has been helping to promote literacy through our productions of literary symposiums and events.  Now it’s your turn to help share your love of reading and The Twilight novels just by making a purchase attributed to LIFE, Inc. at ANY Barnes & Noble Booksellers the weekend of April 3, 4, 5, 2009.

All purchases will help support future LIFE, Inc. events such as SSIF at Forks High School in WA.  All you need to do is tell the cashier the bookfair number 503375 or provide the voucher, below, upon checkout.  Whether you purchase a latte and a sandwich in our Café, your new favorite DVD, or your third copy of The Twilight Director’s Notebook, a portion of the proceeds will go to help support future LIFE, Inc. events.

If you have a book club or meetup group, and would like to host an event at Barnes & Noble the weekend of April 3-5, 2009, please send an email to [email protected].  We will reply promptly.

Please pass this along to your friends, family and fellow Twilight fans.  Anyone can help by making purchases during our Bookfair.  This is an event they won’t want to miss.

Support SSIF and LIFE, Inc. at our Barnes & Noble Bookfair.

Shop at any Barnes & Noble Booksellers during our Bookfair days, and a portion of your sale will be donated to SSIF & LIFE, Inc. to help us continue our literacy endeavors.

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday,
April 3, 4, 5, 2009
You may go to any Barnes & Noble to show your support by using the SSIF/LIFE Bookfair number 503375, or providing the voucherd the PDF

Anyone can help! Forward this email, and ask all your friends, family, co-workers, etc. to come in and help us by making any purchase! All book, magazine, CD, DVD, journal, kit, game, gift item, café gift, and Café consumables purchased at Barnes & Noble Cafés purchased during the Bookfair and using the Bookfair number will count towards our donation.*

For more details on the Bookfair and how you can help, read below or see our bookfair page on our SSIF website.<

Host store:
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Palmdale, CA
661-272-9958
BN.com
Here’s how you can help…
1.          Go to any Barnes & Noble and shop for any product you wish to buy, including books, CDs, DVDs, gift product, magazines, and café items.* When you go to the cash registers, give the cashier your SSIF Voucher or the LIFE Bookfair number 503375, and make your purchase. You must have the voucher or LIFE Bookfair number to have your purchase count towards the LIFE Bookfair. Feel free to use your Barnes & Noble Membership card or Educator Discount card to save on your purchase. Don’t forget to use the voucher/Bookfair number at the Barnes & Noble Café, too! Every purchase counts!

2.         Call our designated Barnes & Noble host store at 661/272-9958 to make a purchase over the phone. To get your list of product ready for the phone order, you may go to your local Barnes & Noble and make a list of titles and ISBNs (the 10- or 13- digit book number unique to each book) or UPCs (product number unique to CDs and DVDs) you wish to purchase, OR you can browse online at BN.com for your list of titles. Then call the store and have them place your order. You may use you Barnes & Noble Membership card to save on your purchase. Give the bookseller your billing and shipping addresses, and make your purchase over the phone using your credit card or Barnes & Noble gift card. (You must have the gift card or credit card available and have the security code and billing zip code.) Orders will be shipped directly to you. In addition, if your order is over $25, shipping is free!

Please note that only sales made through a participating Barnes & Noble will count towards our Bookfair. Online purchases are NOT eligible for the Bookfair.

Any questions? Please email [email protected] , and we will promptly reply. Thank you for your support.

*Gift card and Membership card, as well as magazine subscriptions
and textbooks, activation purchases are not eligible for the Bookfair.
Thank You for Your Support!

DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER AND PAY NOW FOR SSIF. YOU COULD WIN AN IPOD NANO!!

SEE YOU IN FORKS

Add this to the “now we’ve heard everything” pile… It seems some 13-year-old boy decided to bite classmates and is blaming it on Twilight.  In our opinion, Twilight is no more likely to have you chow down on classmates than Harry Potter is likely to have you jump off a building on a broom stick.

We’re really hoping that as Dr. Phil says that “common sense hasn’t taken a holiday” and that obviously there’s a lot more going on here than than movie mind control. The last thing we need is a warning of “don’t try this at home” stamped on the DVD’s a la McDonald’s coffee which amazingly is hot and hurts if you spill it on yourself.

Pocket Edward where are you?????

Alas it is a sad day in the Twilight World. We have been contacted by Lauren, the owner of Pocket Edward and the blogger of Lauren’s Bite. It seems that Pocket Edward has been snatched!