Welcome to another plain-jain edition of Staffer's picks. No hilarity this week as I've been rediscovering the joy of all that is Final Fantasy VII and almost forgot to do these...

Bryan McBournie - "Stay What You Are" by Saves the Day, "They're just overall a great punk/emo band--an orgasm in every song. Bring an extra pair of pants."

Jeff Davis - "The Best that I Could Do, 1978-1988" by John Mellencamp, "Good ol' American music. Sometimes a bit too patriotic, but lyrics are just as introspective as Springsteen's at times."

Danielle Spangler - "Turn it Out" by Soulive, "Soulive, too much funk for one person to handle."

Stevedogg Glassbrenner - "Breach" by The Wallflowers, "They can do no wrong (save the debut album)."

Andrew "Shaggy" Kinback - "Infiltrate/Destroy/Rebuild" by CKY, "Saving rock and roll from its own demise. Light this album on fire!"

Brandon Faust - "Hello Nasty" by The Beastie Boys, "They're so funky."

Nick Pietron - "Power Movement Project" by SELF, "Met these guys backstage at JCS. Check them out at funkstarr.com.

John Cordiano - "A Gogo" by John Scofield, "Teamed with MMW.... This album is pretty chill."

Jarrett Hairston - "I Should Be" by Dru Hill, "Dru Hill is back and now it's one group, not 'Sisqo and those other guys.'"

Shaun Corley - "Permanent: best of Joy Division," "Dark, powerful, ugly... beautiful."

Amanda Hoffer - "At Last" by Etta James, "Damn, that's some beautiful stuff."

Sarah Cecil - "Possumbilities" by Possum Pie, "I don't care what people say... bluegrass is good."

Josh Nibert - "GTA: Vice City" sndtrack, (When asked for a comment, he pointed wildly at the television screen and drooled on himself a little more.)

Zac Martin - "A Second Engine" by Time in Malta, "Spastic post-hardcore reminiscent of Glassjaw. Angry music makes me happy!"