With a week to go, what do you get the music fan on your list?

Here’s what I’m hoping to find under the tree.  Not that I’m hinting or anything…   
    
Bob Marley headphones
Everyone from Dr. Dre on down seems to get into the celebrity-endorsed headphone game. The new Positive Vibration headphones from the House of Marley sound good and are reasonably priced. They also come in a variety of colour schemes including Rasta.  (thehouseofmarley.com)

Deluxe edition of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack 
Yes, there is life beyond Nine Inch Nails. After winning an Oscar for the soundtrack for The Social Network, Trent Reznor and partner Atticus Ross wrote the music for the Hollywood version of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novel. You can spend as little as $12 for a download or $300 for this deluxe edition featuring CDs, vinyl and autographs in an ornate box.  Yes, I said $300. (nullco.com/GDT/)

Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt
It looks like a regular T-shirt with a guitar on the front. 

The difference is that you can actually play this guitar. Each button on the neck corresponds to a major chord so anyone can play it. It even comes with an amp that you clip to your belt. Endless fun for about $20. (thinkgeek.com)

Giant Boombox Dock for iPod/iPhone  
Remember the ’80s when everyone carried around cassette players the size of suitcases that weighed as much as a small child?  Now you can relive those backaches with an i-dock that needs 6D batteries. And it’s just $200.  (ihomeaudio.com/iP4GZC)

Ramones Throbbleheads
They’re just like bobbleheads except cooler.  Start with the Ramones and move on to other figures from the golden age of punk. You can’t go wrong for $11 each. (aggronautix.com)

Drummer T-Shirts
If you don’t count all those accordion lessons I took as a kid, my instrument is the drums. 

A site called Drumbum offers all kinds of gifts for drummers and other musicians. I’m hoping for the More Cowbell T-shirt. And just $20, too. (store.drumbum.com)

Pod Power
If you’re into music, chances are you have all kinds of electronic gear with those this bulky power bricks that are tough to plug into standard power strips.  Why did it take so long to invent something as simple and as useful as this?  For $35, I’ll take half a dozen.  (quirky.com

– Alan is the host of the radio show The Secret History of Rock.  Reach him at alan@alancross.ca

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