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OZZIE'S DREAM UNLIKELY TO BE INCLUDED: Word reaches us (thanks, Ms Bamboo) of the next work from Nick Hornby. 31 Songs is a collection of personal essays about - yes - thirty-one different tunes that have an Arsenal like importance in Hornby's life, and as such forms the musical flipside to Fever Pitch. Even if you didn't have faith in Hornby's ability to write passionately about a subject he loves without making the reader feel like they're watching the sort of masto-fest usually best left in private, the whole affair comes with an illustrating CD with - yes - thirty-one songs on it. It's all due in February.