Hopman #[nn]

Hallie Lama's Hopman arrives from XTRA with a cover that sets the tone perfectly: a stocky, mustachioed scout leader in a yellow shirt and wide-brimmed hat clutches a drink and shoots a grumpy side-eye at the reader, with a speech bubble declaring "Nu effe niet…" ("Not right now…"). The cover promises "all the prejudices about scouting finally collected" and a "guaranteed no resolution" — deadpan Dutch humor at its finest. With bonus games tucked inside and Lama handling art, inks, and colors, this 2010 album looks like a warmly irreverent celebration of scout-troop absurdity.