Nirvana Smiley Face Keychain

The lopsided grin with the crossed-out eyes has been shorthand for a particular strain of early-nineties Seattle rock ever since it turned up on a gig flyer, and it lasts because it is so blunt: a circle, a wobbling smile, two little crosses where the eyes should be. Shrunk to keyring size that emblem still reads from across a room, which is exactly the point on a bunch of keys or a rucksack zip. It carries a fair amount of attitude for something small enough to lose down the back of a sofa. It suits the person who still keeps the records, and works just as well as a cheap gift for a teenager who has only just found them. Run off a few and you have something to hand out at a gig, plus a spare for when the first one leaves with a borrowed set of keys.