Stephen Mejias

<i>Photo: Jayme Thornton</i>

The people behind <a href="http://atochadesign.com/index.html">Atocha Design</a> want you to get your records off the floor. Hmm, have they been snooping around my apartment? Have they seen the ever-expanding mess of vinyl propped up against footstools and bookshelves? I want to get my records off the floor, too. (Help.)

<i>A gang of Giyas prepare to stick it to a Steinway.</i>

Now look at this and drool. You want it, you need it, you gotta have it: Sub Pop's deluxe edition of Nirvana's <i>Bleach</i>, available <a href="http://www.subpop.com/releases/nirvana/full_lengths/bleach_deluxe_editi… 3</a>.

Hey. If you like Cold Cave, I think you'll like Bal Pare. It's pretty safe to judge a 7" by its cover, which is what I did when I saw this one winking at me from the racks at Other Music. How could it not be good, all masked and silvery and naked like that?

<i>The Vivian Girls (from left): Ali Koehler, Cassie Ramone, and Kickball Katy. Photo: Arnaud Bianquis.</i>

Look at this thing. It’s a <a href="http://www.verityaudio.com/en/index.php/products/finn">Verity Audio Finn</a> in seductive Norwegian Birch. Don’t you want to just squeeze it? Don’t you want to just bring it home with you?