I was asked the other day if I had to choose, would I choose to lose sight or hearing. A cheery conversation for a sunny Saturday afternoon I know! The general consensus was that you could feel music and therefore to lose hearing would be better than to lose sight. To me the question of losing music or literature was a tricky one. Those of you who know me, know how much I love to read - although I am not getting much time to do so at the moment. You will also know that music is a passion of mine.

Music has the power to change your emotions in an instant. It can take you back and forwards in time, put you in different places with different people. Certain songs that last all your life...'Louis Louis' by The Kingsmen for example, will always remind me of dancing round the kitchen with dad as he cooked fried egg sandwiches on a Sunday morning. Ian Dury's 'Hit me with your rhythm stick' of Mum, Dad and Dan trying to drag me out of my room to pogo with them one weekend afternoon. 'Come on Eileen' will always be Romford Ritzy and my best friend at school Jo, wherever we happened to be, if that came on we would find eachother. 'This Charming Man', driving in Brad's car, 'Champagne Supernova', my bedroom in my third year at Uni.

It can make you laugh, cry or want to stab someone but it will always invoke a reaction.

I have invested in a few new CD's lately, they all seem to come out in the same couple of weeks which is frustrating when you cant afford to buy so many in one go - which to choose?! For those who haven't, the new album from The Magic Numbers is pretty fine...a great summer record, kind of like The Kings of Leon with lyrics you can decipher :)

Got: Coldplay, White Stripes, BSP, Kaisers, The Magic Numbers
Need: Turin Brakes, Audioslave, Oasis, Gorillaz, Nine Black Alps, Foo Fighters (to name a few)
Swap: Swap? Is that not illegal? ;)

Apart from the Shins as recommended by Jules...what else do I need?