The Honor Roll

THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS

PERIODICAL PIECE Inspired by origami and record clubs, The Journal of Popular Noise (popular noise.net) is a “semiannual audio magazine” featuring a trio of exclusive seven-inch singles. In the new issue: the obscure electronica doodlers Teflon Don, Copy, and Pontius Pilots. Also, it’ll look cool on a coffee table—take that, MP3 file!

YACHT FROCK Display your adoration for Linda Ronstadt with this tank top from music-themed T-shirt company Rotter and Friends (rotterand friends.com). Does this mean Williamsburgers will start listening to “Different Drum” now?

REACHING NIRVANA
Featuring Spin contributor
Michael Azerrad’s inter-
views set to impressionis-
tic images of the rocker’s
adolescent haunts and
Ben Gibbard’s spaghetti
Northwestern score, Kurt
Cobain: About a Son
(Shout! Factory) is less
a documentary than a
journey through Cobain’s
memories.

RADIO NOWHERE The Best of LCD (Princeton Architectural Press) has nothing to do with disco punk. Collecting the best of tastemaking New Jersey free-form radio station WFMU’s program guide (named Lowest Common Denominator), this volume features wigged-out comics and surreal humor pieces from the likes of Daniel Clowes, Nick Tosches, and Peter Bagge.

DOPE STUFF The King of Chronic lends his name to a set of $400 Beats by Dr. Dre headphones from AV cable king Monster ( monstercable.com). The oversize cans are suitably bass-heavy with an extrawide headband, making them stable even during vigorous head-nodding.

CLOCK WISE FROM TOP LEF T: HAL HORO WI TZ COURTES Y GIRLIE AC TION; COUR TES Y POPULAR NOISE; COURTES Y MONS TER CABLE; COUR TESY VES TALIFE; COUR TES Y SHOU T! FAC TORY; ERIC NO WELS (LCD BOOK)

BUGGIN’ OUT
Music-loving entomolo-
gists—or Cuteoverload.com
addicts—will drool over
Vestalife’s Ladybug
( vesta-life.com) iPod
speaker dock, shaped like
the only insect that isn’t
even slightly repulsive.