It used to be that every elementary school classroom had a standalone record player with its own speakers. Still, they needed to be plugged in. Not the Turntable01, which is truly portable, has its own amp and speakers, and powers up for 25 minutes of playtime after the user cranks it for a few minutes. That should be good enough to get through side one of Spiderland with only a little sweat.

Jymy Parhiala designed Turntable01 at Lund University as part of a project to embrace "cyclical living strategies," but we're hoping it becomes widely available at some point. Perhaps before our next soul 45 picnic?