The October 2010 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. On the cover, you’ll see a pretty much life-sized image of Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch, a real dandy of a hi-fi product that costs just $300 and seems to captivate everyone who comes into contact with it. The normally unflappable Kal Rubinson ends his review (page 118) by advising, “Get a Squeezebox Touch right now. You’ll never look back.” Even our cover photographer, Eric Swanson, fell in love with the little thing. He bought his sample. We chose the Mobile Fidelity version of Beck’s <i>Sea Change</i> for the cover art because it connects with Robert Baird’s feature piece on outstanding reissues (page 111), and because the colors are pretty. The colors featured on the Squeezebox Touch’s display dictated those used by our graphic designer, Natalie Baca, in her cover treatment.

When I initially read about the Triple Decker Record <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/40051-jack-white-invents-a-new-type-of-vinyl-… Pitchfork.com</a>, I thought to myself, “Maaaaan, that’s stupid.”

<i>Grinderman 2</i>, by <a href="http://www.grinderman.com/">Grinderman</a&gt; (don’t click that link), is October 2010’s “Recording of the Month,” and it’s available today. Go out and buy it, before it buys you. Bwhahahahahahahaha.

<a href="http://stereogum.com/507781/neil-young-angry-world-video-stereogum-prem…; premiered the video for Neil Young’s “Angry World” from his upcoming solo album, <i>Le Noise</i>.