I stumbled upon this little gem last week in the blogs. Oh. My. God. Washed Out is basically some dude from South Carolina who makes these beautiful electronic tracks in his bedroom. The sounds are so soft and lush, it feels like a mind massage. It’s a very interesting hybrid of delicate lo-fi, dreamy otherwordly vocals and 80′s electronica. The closet comparison I can think of is “West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys or “I’m Not In Love” by 10cc. This music makes me such a nostalgic little bitch for California. All I wanna do is swim in the ocean, lay on the beach and run around with my best friends. City life can get you down, I suppose.

I watched the season finale of True Blood and found myself, as usual, underwhelmed. I started watching the show this summer out of this bizarre desire to be a part of the conversation at the water coolers. It’s become such a cultural phenomenon and I wanted to experience it for myself. I can’t really pinpoint my major gripe with this show. What I do know is that I’m happy the show is embracing more of its inherent campiness. The acting and the accents are so god-awful but they understand that now. They may have always known, always had a certain level of self-awareness, but now it seeps through every storyline and that makes it so much more fun.

Speaking of things that are in on the joke, I saw Sorority Row opening day this weekend and was pleasantly surprised! Taking a cue from the shitty slasher flicks of the 80′s (Slumber Party Massacre anyone?) Sorority Row continues this trend of the horror film that’s comprised of 50% thrills and 50% gags. How else can you expect the casting of Audrina “it hurts to talk” Patridge, Rumer Willis and that chick from Real World? Believe me, this movie gets it. The characters are morally bankrupt which makes it that much more entertaining. They sleep with their shrinks for OxyContin prescriptions, are shamelessly cruel to each other faces and with the exception o the 2 or 3 girls that survive , the characters seem to have little remorse over accidentally murdering their friend. Not like I’m judging them. It is Audrina, after all.