Monday, July 13, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
LAFAYETTE LIVES!!
Halleloojahs, Halleloojahs! Thanks, Alan Ball, for sparing one of the most wonderful characters on television...and throwing us book fans a huge curveball!!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Over the hills and far away
Hey, folks! Guess what I bought? No, I already have 7 Shamwows...so instead of getting another one of those, I bought True Blood: Music From The Hbo® Original Series on iTunes! To celebrate, I’m going to criticize and mock the selections that were included on the album, and force my picks down your throat instead. Hooray!
In all seriousness, there was so much wonderful, scene-defining music included on this series that it would have been impossible to fit all of it on to even a three-CD set. I am enjoying my copy right now as we speak, but I thought I’d give some love to the overlooked selections from this season. Let’s just call it True Blood: Music From The Hbo® Original Series, Vol 2: AnnaJoy Strikes Back.
1. Cat Power, “Half of You”
When Bill and Sookie finally got down to bumping uglies on Bill’s sweet-ass shag throw rug, a little mood music was in order - I mean, we can’t have S-bomb giving up her v-card to the sounds of creaking floorboards and the hot-water heater turning on in the middle of the night. Since people seem to prefer their huge life events playing out to the sounds of Cat Power (see also: Juno), “Half of You” set the perfect tone for this sweet love scene.
2. Heaven 17, “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
Pam and Eric demand only the finest lightweight Europop covers of classic rock hits for the Fangtasia jukebox.
Note: this video is totally fucking whack, unless you’re on mushrooms or have been huffing glue...in which case it’s incredible.
3. Johnny McGovern a.k.a. The Gay Pimp, “Soccer Practice”
Hey dude/hey dude/I was/thinking/that you could take off all of your clothes and dance around my living room with only a Laura Bush mask on in exchange for drugs. Wot u sez, Jason Stackhouse? You need some tunes before you can do something that dirrrrrtayee? Well, here ya go:
Bonus: This video can often be seen while sucking down a 2am post-dancing hot dog at Hot Rod’s, in between Christina Aguilera and Cher megamixes. Yeah, a hot-dog restaurant next to a gay bar...no double entendres intended there.
4. Eagles of Death Metal, “I Want You So Hard”
If there’s anything I love more than a good song, it’s a good band name – and Eagles of Deah Metal, u haz it. It makes me picture Don Henley and Glenn Frey in Dethklok-esque black metal situations (with Alexander Skarsgard playing Skwisgaar Skwigelf, of course). Uh, what? Oh yeah, this was in the closing credits after Longshadow lunges at Sookie blah blah blah.
5. Lynard Skynard, “That Smell”
So this is a show set in the deep South, and there’s only one Skynard song? Really?! Hopefully they’re saving “Freebird” and “Gimme Three Steps”...and “Tuesday’s Gone” and “Simple Kind of Man” for season two. Either way, Sam (or Dean, if you like) got all sniff-happy in a post-mortem Dawn’s bed to this classic.
6. Johnny Cash, “The Fourth Man”
Hell yeah, it’s about time we got some Man in Black up in this bitch! Johnny Cash is so awesome that he even makes bible stories totally interesting and ass-kicking...and apparently, Jason Stackhouse took this song to heart that night in the car with Amy – if his current involvement with the Fellowship of the Sun is any indicator...
Bonus: the backup singers sound like they're drunk.
7. Blood What True, “Say What It Do”
Okay, I can’t figure this out. Maybe it’s one of those weird viral True Blood things, but I cannot find ANY information on this group/rapper whatsoever. Their myspace is hilariously lo-fi, though – they only have 10 friends. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.
Either way, who gives a shit? This song is kind of the jam...and it was apparently Lafayette’s jam when he was attempting to, as Tara put it, cut a rug with “the straightest man at this party”.
8. Dixie Chicks, “Lullaby”
I know I’m a cynical, sarcastic bastard that can snark just about anything, but even I have my limits – and frankly, Bill promising to protect Sookie, then sweetly putting his arm over her in bed while this song is playing is it. It’s just too precious for me to crap on.
I will, however, apologize for the creepy video of the Dixie Chicks and their family photos. WTFosaur.
9. The Bangles, “Eternal Flame”
Vampire Eddie should have called up Vampire Bill earlier in the show and taught him a thing or two about romancin’ your loved one - because this 80's slow jam has WIN written all over it, right next to SCORE and slightly below AWESOME. I mean, it worked on Lafayette, right? Well, that and the fact that Eddie was supplying him with v-juice. But I like to think that, ultimately, it was the mighty power of Susanna Hoffs that snagged him.
10. Joan Baez, “Plaisir D’Amour”
Jason may not enjoy this “hippie shit” that girlfriend Amy Burley prefers to drown out the sounds of a screaming, silver-covered vampire in the back of the truck – but the lilting voice of Joan Baez is just sweet and dreamy enough to wash away any reservations one may have about possible vampire homicide.
Fun fact: “Plaisir D’Amour” is an old French standard that was later re-recorded in English – by Elvis Presley, as “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You”. But, you know, UB40 really made it their own.
11. Rufus Thomas, “Walking the Dog”
Naked shapeshifter on your bed? Oh noes! This terrifying happening calls for the musical punctuation of a blues great:
12. Reverend Horton Heat, “Wiggle Stick”
Ah, the old Rev – for now and always until the end of time, he will be making sexin’ music for the greasy-pompadoured, baby-banged, heavily-tattooed rockabilly masses. I guess that wascally Jason Stackhouse had a touch of the old Rev in him that night he plowed the super-classy Randi Sue next to a dumpster outside of Merlotte’s – or maybe it was just drugs. No, it was the Rev.
Okay, I’m pretty sure it was drugs.
Well, folks, there you have it! Actually, there are a lot more, but I’m bored with this post and want to go to Taco Bell. Anyway, you know what the beauty party of all this is? ALL these songs are available for download on iTunes, so you can make your VERY OWN TB extended mix album! But you should never download this stuff on Limewire for free and do it all on yer own. That would be wrong, people.
And hey, did I forget a good one? Let me know in the comments!
Until next time, friends! <3
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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