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Howdy all, it's been a bit on and off over the past month and a bit. I went to uni last month and I've had so much work to do now that I'm in my third of university. Crazy times. Anywho's big up to B to the P Powis and Piers Hewitt for filling in whilst I've been away.

There's three shows I need to fill you in on. Firstly, 12th October when I welcomed Chelmsford-based band Matt Herbert and the Heavy Hitters who have a very unique bluesy and folk sound that they couldn't wait to share with us. We played their new EP Set Your Sails and had a chat with boys about gigging, twelve string guitars (no one plays them anymore apart from Matt of course) and their EP launch gig at the Bassment club. See http://www.myspace.com/mattherbert

My next show was 26th October when I invited down music talent scout James from Crown Music Management, who famously manage the Sugababes, Gabriella Climi and the Raconteurs amongst others. we had a chat about the music industry and he eagerly brought down a stack of new music, all which I'd never even heard of - that's how new they were! All very excited. Some of the tracks were....

Amazing Baby - Pump Yr Brakes

Detroit Social Club - Sunshine People

Golden Silvers - Arrows of Eros

Passion Pit - Sleepy Head

Hockey - Too Fake

Amy Crowther - Round & Round

Dinosaur Pile-up - Rock and Roll

And finally my third show, 2nd November (MY FREAKING BIRTHDAY DONTCHA KNOW), I decided to chronicle the best songs of each year for past 22 years, seeing as it was my 22nd birthday on Sunday. I indulged, it was fab! Here's what I played....

1986 The Smiths - Cemetry Gates

1987 The Cure - Just Like Heaven

1988 Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday

1989 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

1990 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

1991 Stevie Nicks - Desert Angel

1992 L7 - Pretend We're Dead

1993 Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia

1994 PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan

1995 Elastica - Connection

1996 Suede - Beautiful Ones

1997 Veruca Salt - With David Bowie

1998 Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

1999 Muse - Sunburn

2000 Marilyn Manson - Valentines Day

2001 King Adora - Suffocate

2002 Queen Adreena - Pretty Like Drugs

2003 Harry - Imagination

2004 The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism

2005 Goldfrapp - You Never Know

2006 Young Knives - Weekends & Bleak Days (Hot Summer)

2007 Modest Mouse - We've Got Everything

2008 Amanda Palmer - Leeds United

Thats all for now, see you next Sunday!

Alex