Monday, August 8, 2011

True Blood: A Taste Of Houston in Bon Temps by jefwithonef Houston Press


Johnny Bush, ladies and gentlemen. Even your resident goth music expert has heard of the man. Johnny Bush has been a staunch supporter of the Houston hardcore country sound, imparting his style and wisdom to people still on a regular tour schedule and with new albums. He's played with Ray Price and was the drummer for Willie Nelson. Nelson's financial backing helped him record The Sound of a Heartache in 1967, and he would go on to release a string of hit country records.

Bush's career stalled and took a turn for the worse. Much like another Texas resident, Meat Loaf, he suddenly developed severe vocal problems that robbed him of much of his range. RCA released him from his recording contract in 1974, and the honky-tonk heavyweight turned to drugs.

In 1978 he was finally diagnosed with the real problem, a rare neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia that causes sudden, involuntary movements in the vocal cords. By 1985 he regained much of his range, and launched a comeback the next year that has kept him working to this day.

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Talk Blood Radio S4 Ep Episode 7 " Cold Grey Light Of Dawn” the podcast up!

Listen to our great discussion of True Blood  Season 4  Episode 7 "Cold Grey Light of Dawn"

My co-host last night were Mark Blankenship from Huffington Post and The Critical Condition blog and Jefwithonef from Houston Post and our wonderful episode sponsor the wonderful Terry from Honeycat Cosmetics.

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Also below if the chatroom text ! See how much fun everyone has and join us next week live!

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Ginger rides Pam's coffin

This really was a fun moment ...


True Blood Recipes: Jason offers to make Hoyt his great Sloppy Joes - let's make some for dinner

Last night Jason offered to make Hoyt his excellent Sloppy Joes - I would imagine his recipe to be similar to this

Ingredients

1 pound extra-lean ground beef
1 2/3 cups onion, chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, finely minced
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
½ cup bottled chili sauce
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon black pepper
4-6 drops hot red pepper sauce
6 whole-wheat or mixed whole-grain hamburger buns

Directions
1. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add turkey, onion and garlic and cook until meat is browned and onion is tender.
3. Stir in tomato sauce and all remaining ingredients.
4. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for five minutes.
5. Serve on whole-wheat hamburger buns.

Louisiana Sloppy Joes
This is a little different ...with a southern flair.
A fantastic Sloppy Joe dish, which is even better when made a couple days in advance, and refrigerated to blend flavors!

Ingredients :
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 (19 oz.) can Progresso Hearty Tomato Soup
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can condensed chicken gumbo soup
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons dried Cajun seasoning
12 hamburger buns

Directions :
1. In skillet, cook ground beef, celery, bell pepper, and onion over medium high heat for 5-7 minutes, or until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain.
2. Return to skillet and reduce heat to medium.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients, except hamburger buns.
4. Cook additional 15-20 minutes, or until mixture is bubbly and vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
5. Serve immediately on hamburger buns

True Blood Season 4 Ep 07 subtitles ! What did they say last night ???

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'True Blood' recap: Out of the darkness and into the light LA Times

What a way to end an episode -- vampire Jessica opening the front doors of Bill's mansion, allowing the blinding bright light of the mid-day sun to come streaming in over the threshold, just seconds before the screen goes black. Sunday's "True Blood" installment, "Cold Grey Light of Dawn," was undeniably one of the best of the season so far, with Jessica's life (or is that undeath?) hanging in the balance as Jason raced to save her from the spell cast by the returned necromancer Antonia and her coven, which includes a heartbroken and mighty angry Tara.

The spell, the same one Antonia successfully invoked centuries earlier, is, of course, designed to draw all vampires in the immediate area out into the open to meet the true death. Bill -- having learned from his now-deceased sheriff (and Antonia's rapist turned supplicant) that the witch had returned by taking possession of Marnie's body -- predicted that she would attempt to cast the spell and instructed his subjects to either leave the state or to voluntarily bind themselves in silver before going to ground for the night.

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True Blood Season 4 Crossword Puzzle - Episode 6 "I Wish I Was the Moon"

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'Dark Shadows' is still in her blood

Kathryn Leigh Scott, who starred in the ABC vampire soap opera, has filmed an appearance in Tim Burton's film version starring Johnny Depp.

 Kathryn Leigh Scott describes her cameo in Tim Burton's feature version of the cult-favorite, 1966-71 ABC daytime soap-vampire romance "Dark Shadows" as the film's "ah-ha" moment.

Scott starred in four roles on the influential soap — the precursor of such popular vampire TV series as "True Blood" and the "Twilight" books and movies. She played the waitress from the wrong side of the tracks Maggie Evans, who falls in love with a tortured vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), as well as Josette du Pres, Lady Kitty Hampshire and Rachel Drummond.

Scott recently returned from London where she, Frid, Lara Parker (who played the vengeful witch Angelique) and David Selby (the ghost Quentin Collins) spent three days filming their cameos for the 2012 release.

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'True Blood' Recap: Marnie's Power Increase Means Mortal Trouble for the Vampires

"Cold GreyLight of Dawn" finds everyone reacting to close calls, largely at the hand of Marnie/Antonia's (Arnie? Mantonia?) increasing power. Both the witches and the vampires independently claim their humanity as the one thing that can save them, whether it's motivated by love or revenge — but if everyone has humanity on their side, who wins? The answer isn't immediately clear in this episode, but here's what we did find out:
Vampires and Witches:Marnie/Antonia manipulates Sheriff Louis into doing her bidding: killing Bill's undercover witch, Katy, after using her to secure an exit from Bill's compound for Marnie, and then telling King Bill, "It is Antonia Gavilán and I am returned." Louis' mission doesn't end well for him, as Bill kills the still-possessed vampire after getting the one-word answer as to how Antonia has returned: "Resurrection."

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Stephen Moyer on Jimmy Fallon Thursday night



Stephen Moyer is scheduled to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in New York City on Thursday, August 11, 2011.

The show airs weeknights at 11:35AM CST

Inside the Episode: 4.07 “Cold Grey Light Of Dawn”


Preview for True Blood Episode 4.08 – ‘Spellbound’


Episode 4.07 recap – “Cold Grey Light of Dawn”