Exile on Haddon Street

Despite a desultory response fom the OCC massive, here is the first dispatch of CDs gathering dust in my inbox. Anyone else out there who is sufficiently moved to lift a jaded finger and share their iPod playlist with us all - do it now! Go on, do it!

First up, Mr Graham Ward:

Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, Willy Mason. Also the new Queens Of The Stone Age.

Graham is interested to hear from anyone with information about a 12 Step Programme to detox himself from Everything But The Girl.

Meanwhile...in the secluded towers of the Nottingham Evening Post, Mhairi V is on the blag. This time the record company freebie is the new Nick Cave B-sides and rarities compilation, which is unsurprisingly titled 'B sides and Rarities'. Contains an old B-side with the promising title of 'Cocks ' n' Asses'. A triple CD, no less.

Since reading Head On/Repossessed, I've been dabbling with Julian Cope - a man who took to LSD like a duck to water and has emerged decades later as maniac with an irrevocably damaged taste in trousers. Luckily, he has made some terrific records along the way - get Peggy Suicide from Mr Amazon for three quid.

and that's yer lot. Bang me a mail and I'll keep this sorry parade as updated as poss...