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Yes it's been like, 2 years since I've written on this damned thing.

OK, more like 3.

Whatever.

But hey, as my first blog in 3 years, I have a treat for everyone. I got married in May, and created the best playlist ever played at any wedding in the history of weddings and also the earth. I know, bold statement, right? Well, not when you see this playlist.

The backstory is, my husband and I first met in 1984, and we were engaged in 2008, married in 2009. So the playlist spans decades and is goddamned brilliant. I am not one to brag but in this case? I just can't help it. It's a fabulous playlist, the end.

So here's the playlist that played during the reception. Because I am a generous precious, precious treasure, I will also share with you the shorter playlists from other sections of the ceremony, like when people were filing in and getting seated, and then the playlist for just after the ceremony but before the first dances, etc. and so on. You could say I went a little playlist-happy, and I suppose you'd be right. But it was my wedding, and I love making playlists, and that's the story.

To whit, our reception playlist:

Let's Stay Together - Al Green
One Step Beyond... - Madness
Blue Monday - New Order
Situation - Yaz
Kiss Me - Stephen Tin Tin Duffy
Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys
How to Be a Millionare - ABC
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
Why? - Bronski Beat
Soft Core - Maurice and the Cliches
I Touch Roses - Book of Love
The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite
Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
Uncertain Smile - The The
Whisper to a Scream - Icicle Works
Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears
A Forest - The Cure
People are People - Depeche Mode
Shellshock - New Order
Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants
To Hell With Poverty - Gang of Four
Tesla Girls - O.M.D.
Hard Act To Follow - Split Enz
Friends of Mine - Duran Duran
Don't Tell Me - Blancmange
New Song - Howard Jones
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys
Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Christine - Souxsie and the Banshees
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen
Ahead - Wire
Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen
24 Hour Party People - Happy Monday
The Only One I Know - Charlatans
Very Loud - Shout Out Louds
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock
Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold
Callin' Out - Lyrics Born
Sum of Us - Jurassic 5
This is Not a Love Song - P.I.L.
DARE - Gorillaz
Sit Down - James
She Will Have Her Way - Neil Finn
See the World - Gomez
On - Bloc Party
Sleepdriving - Grand Archives
Weather to Fly - Elbow
To the Sky - Maps
The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy

You're welcome.