Hagedorn's ABCs

Abba
Big Star
Costello, Elvis
Drake, Nick
Eleventh Dream Day
Feelies, The
Go-Betweens, The
Hitchcock, Robyn
Ideal
Jazz Butcher, The
Kinks, The
Lemonheads, The
Mann, Aimee
Nirvana
Oasis
Prefab Sprout
Queen
R.E.M.
Smiths, The
Television
U2
Velvet Underground, The
Wire
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Zappa, Frank

There used to be a radio show in Germany named "Von Abba bis Zappa" ... and there you have it. The list *feels* weird, but it's probably pretty representative of my taste.
--
Hagedorn
http://darkstar.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/

"Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock