Saturday was spent in various states of recovery and included a trip to Taco Delite prior to gussying up for the wedding. It was hot as balls outside and in the church, but overall a lovely ceremony in spite of the reverend repeating that marriage is only for a man and a woman and that if you are single you suck. Well, anyway, the bride looked beautiful.
We bailed on the reception (it's complicated) and went to the Angelika to see War, Inc. It's so nice to have a theater that isn't afraid of to show the potentially unpopular. Here in the OK, your choices usually range from five or six screens of the latest blockbuster. Yay. Right, so, the movie was meh. Until I was reviewing the credits and noticed that it was co-authored by Mark Leyner. If you've never read Mark Leyner, you probably should. Just a little. Start with the short stories like Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog. It's hard to concisely describe the reading experience. Oddly enough, it was the namesake of this post that turned me on to this guy. RIP.
Speaking of which, songs not to play at a reception:
Song for the Dumped - Ben Folds Five
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Single Again - Fiery Furnaces
Love The One You're With - CSNY
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Single Again - Fiery Furnaces
Love The One You're With - CSNY
Songs I would play that everyone would hate:
Two of Us - Beatles
Our Way to Fall - Yo la Tengo
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Our Way to Fall - Yo la Tengo
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
What would/did you play? You know, just in case I plan someone's wedding.
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I would only allow, Kool & the Gang - Celebration.
It is time to get funky!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ
Ten years ago this Friday, they played "I Got a Girl" by Tripping Daisy at our wedding reception (because exactly 3 years prior, our first date was to a Tripping Daisy show at a club in Tulsa).
"Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star. If I ever decide to jump into that pit of darkness called marriage.
'The Luckiest' - Ben Folds would definitely have to be in there somewhere. And maybe 'Magnolia Wind' - Guy Clark.
Although, I have heard "Love the One You're With" at a wedding. Classy.
Mrs.5K and I played the first Dengue Fever record at our reception. And Eliades Ochoa. Must have been some other stuff, too.
I'm banning any and all Mariah Carey and Shania Twain from my upcoming reception.
Things I will play:
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" by Stevie Wonder
"My Best Friend" - Queen
"TNT" - ACDC (duuuh... Todd & Tara)
A cover of "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel that we ♥
And the obligatory "Bust a Move" because it's fiancé's fav old school rap song
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