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Almost famous

I've never wanted to be famous. I think I would prefer to have a brush with fame, a glancing blow of notoriety, be a footnote in history. Perhaps I could have been the kitman for the 1966 England World Cup Squad. Making sure Geoff Hurst's shirt was clean for the final and perhaps subtlety influencing team selection by sitting behind Alf Ramsey in the dugout. I don't ever want to win the World Series of Poker, I'd prefer to come second. Take the pay day and slink into the sunset and never play poker again. Or how about an associate, a confidant of Bowie and Iggy Pop in West Berlin in the late 70s. A friend from down the bierkeller. Maybe I would go round to Bowie's and play scrabble, perhaps add handclaps and percussion to some of the album tracks on Lust For Life or Heroes. Maybe go and get some milk for Iggy's cornflakes after an all night recording session, as he was wrestling to finish the chorus to The Passenger. Bowie could put a subtle, obtuse hint in the

Albums of the year

My favourite albums released in 2008 are as follows: 1. Foals - Antidotes 2. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 3. Portishead - Third 4. Glasvegas - Glasvegas 5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig!!! 6. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling 7. dEUS - Vantage Point 8. Blood Red Shoes - Box of Secrets 9. REM - Accelerate 10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 11. The Faint - Fasciination 12. TV On The Radio - Dear Science 13. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing 14. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid 15. Lykke Li - Youth Novels 16. Hercules and the Love Affair - Hercules and the Love Affair 17. Mystery Jets - 21 18. Ladytron - Velocifero 19. Miss Kittin - Batbox 20. The Cure - 4:13 Dream 21. Ratatat - LP3 22. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Enderlast 23. Neon Neon - Stainless Style 24. Spiritulized - Songs in A&E 25. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night Lest we forget: 2007 1. Calvin Harris - I Created Disco 2. Justice - Cross 3. Grinderman - Grinderman 2006 1. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Show Yo