Sex and Candy: Life, Death, and Dating on "True Blood"

I too loved the Sex and candy entrance ! from Televisionary blog

"And then there she was/Like double cherry pie..."

I had the opportunity to watch the first four episodes of Season Two of True Blood a few weeks back but I've been rewatching the episodes as they're airing on HBO so that I don't forget any of the plot twists.

I don't know about you but I thought that last night's episode of True Blood ("Scratches"), written by Raelle Tucker and directed by Scott Winant, was the best of the season so far.

It's a good thing I did tune in again as it contained one of my favorite scenes of the first four episodes, the sultry entrance of Jessica (the intoxicating Deborah Ann Woll) at Merlotte's to the delicious tune of Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy," one of the most seductive and memorable sequences to unfold on the series to date.

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New Sookieverse Short Story by Charlaine Harris 7/7/2009

ANTHOLOGIES: Strange Brew
Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, P.N. Elrod, Rachel Caine

From Publishers Weekly Anthologist Elrod (My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding) taps into the urban fantasy craze with a mixed bag of wizardry, mystery and glamour. The best include Patricia Briggs's wistful Seeing Eye, wherein blind witch Wendy Moira Keller helps werewolf Tom Franklin search for his missing brother, and Jim Butcher's funny Last Call, which finds wizard Harry Dresden hot on the tail of Meditrina Bassarid, a wicked wine-loving maenad who wreaks havoc in a Chicago bar. In Rachel Caine's romantic Death Warmed Over, Holly Anne Caldwell, a resurrection witch, falls in love with Andrew Toland, a corpse from 1875, while Elrod's Hecate's Golden Eye tells of a 1937 hunt for a curious family gem. In Charlaine Harris’ “Bacon,” a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. Though not particularly groundbreaking, these tales will easily keep paranormal mystery fans entertained.

TV Guide Magazine: True Blood Cover Shoot with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer

Join True Blood stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten and Rutina Wesley on their cover shoot for TV Guide Magazine! Exclusive interviews about the new season and behind the scenes footage!

'True Blood' actor ( Sam Trammell) has W.Va. ties

CHARLESTON, W.Va.--Modern gothic literature played out on television and the silver screen often includes a familiar scenario where the heroine is torn between a vampire and a human. Or a werewolf. Or a shape-shifter.

On HBO's True Blood, former Charleston resident Sam Trammell plays Sam Merlotte, a shape-shifting bar owner who often turns into a collie dog. And Trammell is fairly certain who has the upper hand in the romance department.

"Of course the heroine should choose the shape-shifter, for sure," Trammell said in a recent telephone interview.

"I'm not dead," Trammell added with a laugh, "which is an advantage, you know. I'm not cold to the touch. So I'd have to say I think I'm a better match for Sookie."

Sookie, of course, is waitress Sookie Stackhouse, the central character in Charlaine Harris' novels set in Bon Temps, La. Sookie, played by Golden Globe-winner Anna Paquin, is dating vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and also is loved by Sam.

Trammell, who grew up in Charleston, is in Los Angeles while the show shoots its last couple episodes for the second season, which now airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.

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True Blood Episode 2x04 "Shake and Fingerpop" Promo

How Baby Vampires Pick Up Guys On True Blood

Ep 3 review from Io9

This week, we watched with big watery eyes as the baby vampire Jessica met a boy and batted her long eyelashes alluringly, at his pulsating jugular. True Blood recap, with spoilers, below.

True Blood tied up a few (but not many) loose ends this week, by freeing our boy Lafayette (more on Sookie and Bill's half-hearted kindness towards the bleeding prostitute later) and made Tara a bit more aware of what a tool Eggs is, guitar playing and weepy emotional talks aside.

Sookie was attacked by some horned beast and almost died — again — and Eric got his sexy back. A good episode all in all, but the best moment came from side characters Hoyt and Jessica.

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True Blood in Fangoria magazine

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Hole to feed by Depeche Mode

Hole to feed by Depeche Mode LYRICS

Thanks, gaby0189

True Blood Playlist - Episode 2.03 'Scratches '

Playlist: True Blood - Episode 2.03
1. "Spell of Wheels" - Peter Case - Sam is angry when Daphne comes up short
2. "Me Cai" - Pacifika - MaryAnn cooking in prep for party
3. "Shooting the Rapids" - Stock music from 5 Alarm - Terry drives off angry
4. "Willin' to Crawl" - Johnny Neel - Tara and Eggs talk at beginning of party
5. "What's a Man to Do" - The Mule Newman Band - Sam warns Tara via phone message
6. "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground - Jessica walks into Merlottes, talks with Hoyt
7. "When the Fire Starts to Burn" - Stock music from Black Toast Music - Jessica reveals to Hoyt she's a vampire
8. "Ice Ages" - DJ Acucrack - Sookie negotiates with Eric
9. "Power (Voodoo Version) - King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan - Andy shows up at MaryAnn's party
10. "Destiny Complete" - The Angel - Tara notices what's going on at the party
11. "Scratches" - Debbie Davies - Closing credits

thanks film.com

True Blood Ep 3 Scratches review and Brian & Andy from Blood Work

Please join me tonight Loving True Blood in Dallas at Blogtalk Radio

Let's recap and discuss Sunday night's episode.I will have on 3 special guests.

We are joined tonight by the creators of the True Blood video review blog (vlog) called Blood Work, Brian Juergens and Andy Swist.

Their blog can be found here Campblood.org.

Also thanks to Amy or greyskylady from True Blood IMDb who will be tonight's episode fan reviewer.

Our brand new amazing chat room opens at 8:45 show at 9:00 pm cst.
We can't wait to hear from you !

Call-in #(646) 929-0825

You can find Camp Blood here: Campblood.org
You can find Andy Swist's website here: andyswist.com

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True Blood: Fans of Fangs

From Tulsa World

It seems as if the whole world's been bitten. From Buffy to Bella to Sookie Stackhouse, vampire stories have never been hotter. Why are vampire stories so in demand? Maybe it's the notion of never dying, or it's the idea of regular folks opening their eyes to a secret coven among them. Nevertheless, vamps haven't finished leaving their marks anytime soon.

On the small screen
From a plucky cheerleader to a sultry cocktail waitress, TV heroines can't stop swooning over vampires.

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True Blood Recipes: Sarah Newlin's Slice of Heaven Banana pudding

From True Blood Episode 3 'Scratches'

"Sarah's pudding is a little slice of heaven," says the Rev Steve Newlin. "I'm going to get the whipped cream," Sarah responds. Steve says "Sarah doesn't just whip out her pudding for anybody,"

Banana Pudding
. 1 cup Sugar
. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
. 1/2 teaspoon salt
. 2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
. 1 tablespoon butter (not margarine)
. 4 egg yolks (large eggs or better)
. box of Vanilla wafers
. 4-5 ripe bananas
. Whipped Cream
Line the bottom of a 9" x 9" baking dish with a layer of vanilla wafers.
Peel the bananas and slice. Combine the sugar, flour and salt in a bowl, and stir well to mix. Set aside.
In a heavy saucepan, beat the egg yolks well (just use a fork or whisk, but beat them well). Over medium heat, add the flour mixture to the egg yolks, alternately with the milk and vanilla, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil and, when the mixture begins to thicken, add the butter, continuing to stir. Keep boiling and stirring until mixture reaches a pudding consistency. Remove from heat.
Place a layer of banana slices in the baking dish on top of the vanilla wafers. Pour, spreading as necessary, half of the pudding over the banana layer. Put down another layer of vanilla wafers, another layer of banana slices, and cover with the remaining pudding.
You can keep out a few wafers and crush them up and sprinkle on top. Top with whipped cream or cool whip.

**Note many Southern Banana pudding recipe call for a meringue topping but Sarah prefers whipped cream.

Sink your teeth into resurgence of vampire lore

From the Boston Herald

What in the name of Vlad Dracul is going on?

Suddenly, it’s vampires 24/7. First, Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling “Twilight” series is an instant 2008 blockbuster with two sequels already announced (the first follow-up, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” opens Nov. 20).

Then, “True Blood” (2008), featuring Anna Paquin as vampire-loving waitress Sookie Stackhouse, becomes a ratings magnet on HBO. Then Guillermo del Toro co-writes and publishes “The Strain,” a novel about vampires ravaging New York City.

It’s popcorn, garlic and holy water at the arthouse, too, where the Swedish supernatural thriller “Let the Right One In” was a 2008 sleeper hit (an inevitable American version is in the works). On July 10, “Blood: The Last Vampire” arrives in area theaters. A live-action version of a 48-minute 2000 Japanese anime, the film tells the “Blade”-like tale of a “halfling” girl sent to root out a vampire demon at a military school. This summer, we’ll also see “Thirst” (July 31), a South Korean drama about a priest who becomes a vampire after a botched medical procedure; it’s from the renegade auteur Chan-wook Park.

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'True Blood': Eric: 'Perhaps I will grow on you'; Sookie: 'I'd prefer cancer'

From EW

This week's True Blood picked up exactly where last week's left off: Sookie, Bill, and Jessica in car, squabbling. Then: Sookie leaves car, is chased by what Eric will later refer to as "this bull-man," is attacked and left with supernatually poisonous, bleeding scars on her back. That shut up Jessica for a few minutes, didn't it? ("Petulant, dangerous, afraid," Bill describes Jessica, as who among us is not?)

Loved Dr. Ludwig and her grumpy ministrations. Loved Sookie going to Fangtasia, reading Ginger's mind, and finding Lafayette. (In fact, it was good in general to have a Sookie-centric episode this week, wasn't it?)

Did not understand why Sookie now owes Eric a favor for helping save her and Lafayette. I mean, going to Dallas to hunt wayard vampires? Who does Eric think Sookie is, Buffy Summers? All suggestions/obvious reasons I'm missing in this regard are most welcome. (Seems like she should have prevailed favor-free, given the righteousness of her argument plus the back-up strength of Bill, who really should have stepped up and supported her, but was curiously, wimpily passive in this scene with Eric. What's up with that?) But, but: best exchange of the night: Eric to Sookie, "Perhaps I will grow on you." Sookie to Eric, "I'd prefer cancer."

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Satisfaction by Benny Benassi

Satisfaction by Benny Benassi Lyrics

Thanks , Tru3Silva

True Blood S02E01 – “Nothin But The Blood” Music Review By Boadicea

Thanks to the amazing Boadicea for agreeing to do these little music highlight posts for us ...

True Blood S02E01 – “Nothin But The Blood”

Music Review

By Boadicea

The geniuses behind the music selection of True Blood began the season on a high note (yes … pun intended). It’s going to be a bloody season, a very bloody season with the first episode properly named “Nothin But The Blood”.

We’re reminded of our first impression last year of True Blood with its theme song, ‘Bad Things’ by Jace Everett. “…You came in, the air went out. And all those shadows, there, filled up with doubt. I don’t know who you think you are, but before the night is through … I wanna do bad things with you. I wanna do real bad things with you. I don’t know what you’ve done to me, but I know this much is true … I wanna do bad things with you. I wanna do real bad things with you.”

Then there is always the beautifully haunting music by Nathan Barr – composer and performing artist of “Bill’s Entrance”, “Bill & Sookie’s Love Theme”, “Bill & Sookie Come Together”, “Take Me Home” with Lisbeth Scott, and many more of the original background scores. Who wouldn’t want an entire cd of nothing but Nathan Barr’s music. (ME .. ME ..*hint*hint*)
Amongst each episode’s bloodlust and sexual lust, a particular song will stand out.

Episode 2.01 “Nothin’ But The Blood”: The most subliminal song was “The Golden State” by John Doe (featuring Kathleen Edwards). The lyrics refer closely to Bill & Sookie’s struggling relationship; the developing relationship of Tara & Eggs; Sam & Maryanne’s past relationship; and, all the bloody creatures and happenings in Bon Temps:

You are the hole in my head I am the pain in your neck
You are the lump in my throat I am the aching in your heart
We are tangled We are stolen
We are living where things are hidden
You are something in my eye
And I am the shiver down your spine
You are on the lick of my lips
And I am on the tip of your tongue
We are tangled
We are stolen
We are buried up to our necks in sand We are luck
We are fate
We are the feeling you get in the golden state
We are love
We are hate
We are the feeling I get when you walk away….
Walk away
Well you are the dream in my nightmare I am that falling sensation
You are not needles and pills I am your hangover morning
We are tangled We are stolen
We are living where things are hidden
You are the hole in my head
You are the pain in your neck
You are the lump in my throat I am the aching in your heart

And we’re still wondering … who’s going to do what bad things to whom, when and how much?
This song and others can be listened to: http://www.imeem.com/boadicea

Live chat: 'True Blood' star Anna Paquin on Tuesday

From LaTimes.com

We're chatting live with past Oscar champ ("The Piano") and current Emmy contender ("True Blood") Anna Paquin on Tuesday at 4 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT. Here's your big chance to ask her your most interesting and exciting questions.

I'm dying to ask what I've written about at length here at Gold Derby in the past: Do you think you can survive the curse against vampires at the Emmys?

What do Hollywood award voters have against the walking dead anyway?

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