I’m reluctant to keep posting these what-song-was-on-TV updates, since it’s only interesting when a cool song gets picked up by a shitty show/commercial, but Veronica Mars fans crave attention, and it gives me an excuse to write about Britt Daniel.

In last night’s Mars episode, after being dumped by her boyfriend, Veronica needed some sulking music, and turned to Air, one of my favorite bands (this blog name comes from “Radio #1″). A reader wrote in with the details:

She went in her room alone to sulk, complete with a camera shot of her looking through her cds, grabbing The Virgin Suicides soundtrack, putting it on, and blaring it loudly as she laid down in bed all sad like. Maybe you should take all this information and make a grid.

This is the Spoon part: In next week’s episode, Britt Daniel makes an appearance in a karaoke bar with a swanky rendition of Elvis Costello’s “Veronica.” Now THAT I’d like to hear.

On The O.C. front, tonight you’ll see Seth Cohen taking a puff of Kaitlin’s wacky tobacky. He gets high and misses his college interview. I hope this is not, as the promos suggest, a lesson-learning Very Special Episode.

Stereogum’s main query: Will Cohen drop Death Cab for the Dead? Phish? Trey & Dave?

Let’s hear your O.C. Mix CD suggestions for this new, incense-burning, hippie Seth Cohen.

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Comments (45)
  1. michael  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Vietnam – Princess

    “I wish you could see this song I’m listening to right now” -Drugs, Outside Providence

  2. JayFlyer  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Blind Melon – 2 x 4

  3. some guy  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    If smoking requires a change in music, I only have one question: when did indie kids stop smoking?

  4. ryan  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    “If smoking requires a change in music, I only have one question: when did indie kids stop smoking?”

    Way to ruin the fun with your whole “thinking” and “logic” thing, Mr. Defensive of Pot Guy.

  5. rohan  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    oc wacky weed mix:

    animal collective – purple bottle
    comets on fire – wiskey river
    times new viking – skull vs. wizard
    broken social scene – windsurfing nation
    liars – let’s not wrestle mr. heart attack
    serena maneesh – candlelighted
    my bloody valentine – when you sleep
    boris – ??
    !!! – there’s no fucking rules dude
    boredoms – bo go
    lightning bolt – hello morning/assassins
    black dice – big drop

  6. kg  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    veronica mars has featured spoon songs before. and i demand a spoiler alert there next time, stereo.

  7. drake  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    I don’t know that you’d really need a spoiler for something that’s in a press release (Merge Records.)

    Considering dios (malos) was a favorite of Josh Schwartz in the past, and they’ve yet to play anything from their latest album, I predict we’ll hear a little doobie music from those cali potheads.

  8. kg  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    dang, i misplaced my…press releases.

  9. Ty  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    They have enough dandy warhols on the OC to inspire any mention of a “Insert drug here” Mix.

  10. Julio Enriquez  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Vietnam, God, why didn’t I think of that, those guys look like they are straight from the battlefield….

    I think some Crucial Conflict “Smoking on Hay”
    would suffice….

  11. Jackie  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    well it’s about time seth got fucked up! let’s hope he moves on to crystal meth!

  12. Jack  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    well it’s about time seth got fucked up! let’s hope he moves on to crystal meth!

  13. Grafa  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    ….afroman, because i got high. because…you know, its about pot… and smoking it.

    all stoners i know are really into that 311 shit.

  14. maya lucia  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    what?

    he wasn’t smoking before?!?

    & here i thought he was cool all along….

    what a nerd!

  15. douglas reinhardt  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    i say the generic choice will probably be my morning jacket

  16. scott  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006
  17. mysticonnie  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Last night’s ep wasn’t the first time Veronica Mars played Air… “Run” was used earlier this season. And speaking of UPN shows nobody watches, I remember when they played Shins on Buffy (New Slang) – way before Garden State.

  18. melina  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    excellent mix rohan…my bloody valentine!

  19. maya lucia  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    the OC has officially JUMPED THE SHARK!

  20. Jeff  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    how about…Dios malos – Feels good being somebody

  21. Arya  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Hey, did you know Lewis Taylor is going to be on Conan O’Brien on Friday night? Did you see the article in the New York Times about him ? I played “Shame Pt 2″ on my radio show Monday night, and namechecked Stereogum. Word.

  22. M.  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    I’m pushing for the undervalued gem “Sex Weed” by R. Kelly, over and over and over again.

    Why am I so excited about Seth blazing it that I’m mass texting? Oh yeah, I’m a loser. Forgot for a second.

    PS. Fuck your shark, we’re way beyond that at this point. Besides, the expression is now “jump the couch” or “hump my tunnel.”

  23. rimbaud  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Spoon – The Way We Get By

  24. jack  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    ZEPPELIN IV

    THAT’S ALL YOU NEED.

  25. Sergio  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    He sure knows how to work that volume button though!

  26. andrew  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Here’s my OC Mix Tape:

    1. Shut Up About the OC, What is This, TV Guide? by Me
    2. Break CD in Half – Also by Me.

  27. alexis  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    dammit you just ruined the whole episode…and I’ve been waiting with baited breath all week…and andrew i hear that!!!! (yes I know I am an OC fanatic…and proud)

  28. indie29  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    seth cohen? a joint?- in the same sentence??? Yeah…like THAT would happen

  29. ghostface  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Devendra Banhart’s new CD

  30. mond  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Afroman “Because I Got High”

  31. weree  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    today’s episode was depressing. i feel bad for the cohenster.

  32. satisfied75  |   Posted on Jan 26th, 2006

    Cohen then discovers nitrous, denounces Death Cab, downloads 10 gigs of phish and panic shows and moves to Humboldt County, CA. The HC

  33. erin  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    ooo, ditto on the spoiler alert. but also, re: veronica mars, that episode featured some classic old 97’s (TWO songs no less).

  34. cb  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    Anything by Frankel or Scrabbel!

  35. pastahero  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    Isn’t “Veronica” about an old lady? Why not just play Ash’s “Girl from Mars”? Just as groan-worthy, but at least about a girl.

  36. Nate  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    Who says Seth has to give up his hipster ways?? I think he’ll just switch over to All Devendra Banhart, All The Time!

  37. Justin  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of OZ brah!

    It’s the only thing I listen to / watch while stoned. They’re like, made for eachother, or something…

  38. scottt  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    wow. who cares?

  39. brian  |   Posted on Jan 27th, 2006

    veronica mars has featured some of the most perfectly timed songs on tv. did anyone see the first episode this season? “ashes” by embrace played over the final minutes was amazing. don’t diss this show; it’s phenomenal.

  40. Mitch  |   Posted on Jan 28th, 2006

    yeah except iirc she played the soundtrack, not the score… still it has a couple of air tracks on it.

  41. Seppo  |   Posted on Jan 29th, 2006

    Someone must be an Old 97s fan at Mars investigations. Not one, but two songs on this weeks ep… including one with Exene Cervenka on backup vocals.

  42. Ned Hepburn  |   Posted on Jan 29th, 2006

    dude, he BETTER get stoned and listen to Velvet Underground like the rest of us yuppie hipsters. don’t be a dick, Seth. know yr fuckin roots.

  43. DJ  |   Posted on Jan 31st, 2006

    check out this dude’s blog:
    http://sillypipedreams.blogspot.com
    on mondays he posts songs from episodes from the OC and Veronica Mars and other shows. i prefer the grey’s anatomy songs, but the OC has some good songs now and then.

  44. jim  |   Posted on Feb 1st, 2006

    dark side of the moon is a good album
    so are the early phish albums

  45. jenn  |   Posted on Feb 2nd, 2006

    i totally missed this episode!!!!
    does anyone happen to have a picture of seth stoned?
    please, hahaa. i want to see that so bad.
    what a rad guy

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