Playlists -- Girl's Names: Part 2

Now for Part 2 of our 2-part Playlists series, "Girl's Names." (See Part 1 here.)

The Lineup:

1. "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs (Official -- You know half the song lyrics if you know the title.)

2. "Annie Oakley" by Miniature Tigers (last.fm and Real Annie Oakley shooting -- True story - I used to love Annie Oakley when I was little. That's why this liberal vegetarian knows things about "Little Sure Shot," I'm not a secret gun enthusiast. Another True Story - Related video to that one? "Hotties Shooting Guns." Yay Feminism!)

3. "Dammit Anna" by The Morning Benders (Official)

4. "Vivian, Don't" by The Spinto Band (Live -- Yes, Vivian is a popular name.)

5. "Mariella" by Kate Nash (Sound Only with Kate Nash Photo Slide show)

Video. "Luna" by Malajube (Official -- Luna girl has some nice hooded knitwear! Chlorine and knits don't mix. What happened to the sweater? I'm concerned.)

Skarsgard Fix -- He's a Hustler.

Thanks to Eric Northman.net for posting this Access Hollywood article (and photos!). The distracting videos are also awesome, mainly when Mr. Skarsgard talks about Eric and Lafayette, "A Love Story with Two Hustlers." Love it.

And because, couldn't you use some? A few photo tributes. Set to U2 (with only minimal weirdness at beginning...) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Let's look at pretty things.

Playlists -- Girl's Names: Part 1

There's a reason it's a classic. And there's a reason this is a 2-part series... and that would be that I love Interpol and Malajube's music videos and could not choose between the two. Moving on... Whether it's love or the aftermath, every girl has a song with her name in it. She can only hope it's something along the lines of Mobius Band's "Hallie" and not Nerf Herder's "Annalee." Although they're both pretty catchy. Maybe she'll take the "streetwalker shoes" over nothing at all.

The Lineup:

1. "Hallie" by Mobius Band (Live)

2. "Ann Disaster" by Ben Kweller (Live - Solo, last.fm)

3. "Mary" by The Maccabees (Live)

4. "Vivian" by Nerf Herder (Live)

5. "Emily Kane" by Art Brut (Official)

Video. "Stella Was a Diver" by Interpol (Live)

Episode 9 -- It's Not Eric! Family Times.

There's no Eric in our extra previews this week's True Blood, called "I Will Rise Up." But it seems like there's a whole lot of family drama going on. And who are our resident family people? Ones with Mama issues. That's Tara and Hoyt. Can't they ever catch a break?

A & Me -- True Blood Swag!

This section is basically an excuse for me to say something relating directly to myself and indirectly to one of my blog topics. I call it, "A & Me" because it's quite exciting to me and may be to those A & E lovers out there, but probably not. It's at least as exciting as one can express these things via blocks of text. Maybe this would be more appropriate, :D Emoticons, what would we do without you?

Guess what I got in the mail yesterday?

True Blood Swag Bag!

That's right, my prize from the Songs for Sookie Contest! (See Part 1, Part 2 there, Parts 3 and 4 coming soon.)

True Blood Season 2 Notebook (left)
Back of True Blood Tee (right)
Front of True Blood Tee (bottom)

But wait! There's more!

A new tie-in copy of Living Dead in Dallas

And a Tru Blood Postcard

And because Sookie Stackhouse is awesome...

... she signed my copy of Living Dead in Dallas!

"Real vampires don't sparkle. Ever."

That's right, no Cullens over Northmans here!

It seems my permanent attachment to my iPod and obsessive True Blood watching and Sookie Stackhouse Novel-reading has finally paid off. In a way that feeds the addiction...

Thank you, @SookieBonTemps! Great contest!

Playlists -- It's Brit, not Bret.

Music has to fit your mood, right? Or at least the mood you'd like to be in. As I'm packing away my things for school (or pretending to), I need a little upbeat tune to help me out. (I was thinking, help me whistle while I work, but that sounded a little too Disney.) Anyway, I've found some pop/rock songs from Britain work well for me. Why? Who knows? And "It's Brit, not Bret." because I'm American and do not confuse girls with my New Zealand accent. It's Brit.

The Lineup:

1. "First Love" by The Maccabees (Official)

2. "Death to Los Campesinos!" by Los Campesinos! (Recording)

3. "Eddie's Gun" by The Kooks (Official)

4. "A Love to Die For" by The Rifles (Sound Only - with annoying beginning ad)

5. "News and Tributes" by The Futureheads (Sound Only)

Video. "Thank You Very Much" by Kaiser Chiefs (Live)

Skarsgard Fix -- TMZ Special

I know these are old, but they always make me laugh. They're also good if you need a Skarsgard fix with shades and smiles. I think it's pretty awesome how they call him "Crazy Named Guy" because they can't wrap their heads around Skarsgard. As if it isn't phonetic. This just wracks up the TMZ=Stupid, Alexander Skarsgard=Awesome points. At least they wise up in the end and say it right the first time. Or is it Saarsgard? Or Skarskard? Why do I know that name?