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>>>>> ST's ALPHABETICON - N <<<<<

Previously in the Alphabeticon: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, singles

This isn't my whole record collection, okay? It's just a bit of it. I remembered the other day that I have a load of Aerosmith singles that I must have stashed away somewhere.... "Janey's Got A Gun", "Dude Looks Like A Lady" and the like... I definitely have them somewhere, but quite where they are, I have no idea. Still, those are my self-imposed rules. I'm not trying to look cool or anything. This is just an honest list of the CDs that I have stacked up on one set of shelves in one room in my house.

Anyway. On we go.

This won't take long.

Seriously.

323. New Order - (the best)

I didn't even know that I had this. Thanks to a very generous friend, I think I own every note ever recorded by New Order, live or otherwise.... which I suppose renders this album rather redundant. Still. Here it is. I'm not a massive fan, I have to say, but I really adore "Republic" and I think that "Regret" is a fantastic record. The rest? Well, it's not exactly Joy Division, is it? (John Barnes rap excepted).

324. Nirvana - Nevermind
325. Nirvana - In Utero
326. Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
327. Nirvana - Nirvana

I turned down the chance to see Nirvana live..... well, it seemed like a good idea at the time, and when that Reading festival turned out to be muddy, I felt a bit smug. It was the one where Cobain was wheeled onto the stage in a wheelchair. It was a great gig. An epic gig. Oh well. I quite like Nirvana. I know that people say that they were the greatest band of their generation and that they changed everything.... well, I don't know about that... but I quite like them. Is that damning with faint praise? Possibly. I remember the first time I heard "smells like teenspirit" on the radio; it was a time when I hated almost every record that was in the charts and was into a lot of fairly ropey heavy metal. I heard this and it just made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It sounded brilliant the first time I heard it, and it still sounds fresh today. I subsequently saw them on "The Word", a show where Cobain introduced the song by saying that "Courtney Love is the best fuck in the world". Well, I don't know about that either, but I do know that they sounded amazing. I'm not sure that they are everything that people say they are, but they were clearly a really excellent band. Who could ask for more than that? A good band then. Have you ever seen the "Classic Album" programme where Butch Vig and the like talk us through the recording of "Nevermind"? Fascinating. Cobain's guitar was always out of tune, apparently. Is it really better to brun out than to fade away though? Really? I don't think so.

Missing in iTunes: Nas (feat. Kelis), The New Pornographers, Nightmares on Wax, Nine Black Alps, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Noah and the Whale, Nouvelle Vague....

Next week: "O". I warn you now... this isn't terribly fruitful territory either. It includes "Be Here Now", for starters....

Shuffleathon 2007 Update

Do I have to come over there?

Shuffler	Posted	Received
1. Tina	yes	review
2. Sarah	yes
3. Cody Bones	yes	review
4. Mark	yes	review
5. Michael	yes	review
6. Hen	yes	yes
7. Cat	yes	review
8. bedshaped	yes	review
9. Pynchon	yes	review
10. J	yes	review
11. The Great Grape Ape	yes	review
12. Ian	yes	review
13. Martin
14. Monogodo	yes	yes
15. Threelight	yes	review
16. Paul	yes	review
17. Charlie	yes	review
18. LB	yes	yes
19. Katyola	yes	review
20. Lisa	yes	review
21. Graham	yes?
22. Del	yes	review
23. Spins	yes
24. Ben	yes	yes
25. Dragon	yes	yes
26. Adem	yes	review
27. Mike	yes	review
28. JoeInVegas	yes	yes
29. Wombat	yes
30. Max Bob	yes	review
31. Stevious	yes	review
32. Asta	yes	review
33. Alan	yes	review
34. Russ L	yes	review
35. E.	yes
36. Mike T-D	yes	yes
37. JamieS	yes
38. Briskate	yes	review
38. Me	yes	review

From an original concept stolen from the lovely YokoSpungeon....

Can we get this finished soon? Please?