I’m an idiot and didn’t write this until this morning while I have a house full of guests. So I’ll make this quick I suppose.

33. Rogue Wave – Publish My Love (mp3) from Descended Like Vultures (3:43) [Time Remaining: 864:32]

This song was my first introduction to this band I love so dearly today. Upon hearing this song once, though I do not remember where and how, I immediately went out and purchased this album. I listened the shit out of it and made copies for Andy, and forced it on my friend Ryan and anyone else who cared. I went crazy and bought their back catalogue right away, I went to a Guster concert merely to see them open, and later used the band’s song Eyes as my wedding song. This album is one of my all time favorites and this song is perhaps still the highlight.

34. The Anniversary – I Believe That The End of the Reign Of Terror Is Soon Near (mp3) from Devil On Our Side: B-Sides & Rarities (8:34) [Time Remaining: 855:58]

I got into The Anniversary back in college. I wasn’t strictly into emo but I went through a phase were I went to see Get Up Kids shows as well as Dashboard and Saves The Day, in addition to numerous other Vagrant bands I saw live. The Anniversary was the second head liner at two of these shows I attended. They were definitely an excellent and engaging live band and I loved when they rocked out and extended their song Perfectly to end shows. This particular song was actually on a Vagrant sampler I bought several years ago though the band included it on its B-Side anthology last year. It is perhaps fitting that I write about this song the day after we ask what music you like to drive to. This song works great in the car due to its length and multiple pace and tone changes. It is a sprawling opus that allows for shifts in emotion and thought, which works amazingly well for me in the car as I get bored and space out easily. The song’s nature allows for easy mind shifts so you can start on one topic and by the end of the song be somewhere else even crazier than six degrees.

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Tonight we have our second Tympanogram concert experience with a band hailing from our own neck of the woods. We’ll have our info up about that either over the weekend or early next week. For today, as you have surely seen, we’ve talked about music on the television show Chuck but I don’t believe we have mentioned many other shows. Today we are giving mention to a longtime favorite that has a history of excellent music use as well.

I’ve been watching the show Scrubs pretty much since it began. I was in college at the time it premiered so I didn’t watch it regularly at that time but I currently do. I also have all the seasons on dvd for repeat viewings. Music often has great importance as an emotional augmentation for the show, no doubt largely due to its star and his own personal musical tastes that were on display in his movie that all those indie kids out there have seen. While much of the music used in the show is from bands I’m already familiar with, they surprise me at times. Here are two songs the show has used this year.

Grand Archives – Torn Blue Foam Couch (mp3) from Grand Archives

Rogue Wave – Chicago x 12 (mp3) from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate

I can’t explain to others why I like certain types of music, let alone explain or understand its importance to myself. Some music is instantaneously appealing to me and at other times it’s a slow process to appreciate a song or band. Because music is so important to me it was the only detail of my wedding in which I truly had or wanted vital input. I’ve wanted to do yesterday’s break up songs post and today’s for some time. I drafted something for each on my old site but we decided to wait so we could incorporate the symmetry of Friday the 13th and Valentine’s day this year. I usually have trouble at weddings I’ve attended in the past because of the music that is played during down times before dancing begins. Rather than listening to muzak or crappy jazz I gave a list of music I wanted played during our cocktail and dinner hours. I gave a list of 37 songs to choose from for the calmer portion of the evening, as well as 18 songs to be interspersed during the usual dancing favorites. I would start a riot of downloading if I uploaded all of the awesomeness that was my entire playlist so perhaps I’ll hold more of the list for a slow day another time.

This was the first song played as we were greeting arrivals to the reception. Andy loves this song as well but he hadn’t arrived just yet and missed it:

D.J. Shadow ft. Chris James – You Made It (mp3) from The Outsider

These are just two more that were played. I’ve chosen these two as they better fit the theme of love songs rather than many of the others on my list.

Nada Surf – Always Love (mp3) from The Weight is a Gift

Delays – Long Time Coming (mp3) from Faded Seaside Glamour

Skipping into the main music selections.

For the cake cutting:

Feist – Mushaboom (mp3) from Let It Die

Wedding party dance:

Ambulance Ltd – Straight A’s (mp3) from New English EP

Jumping ahead in the timeline of the evening to the last song. I requested the D.J. play this song last as it is a band both my wife and I like quite a lot and this is their best song.

Voxtrot – The Start of Something (mp3) from Raised By Wolves EP

And finally the most important song selection for a wedding. My wife had always thought she would want a wedding song that she could hear on the radio to remember. This was not my line of thinking at the time of my wedding or really in any circumstance. I wanted a unique song that was more important to just us. She came over to my way of thinking when we discussed this song. Not that many people know it and it will never be played on the radio. Just about everyone that has ever heard this song likes it.

Rogue Wave – Eyes (mp3) This song was made before a certain movie added it to the soundtrack. As such I’m not listing that particular soundtrack.