Today at the shop: I caught Wren bravely attempting to pronounce balalaika. What she said was “balalaka.” She said it with confidence. Which somehow made it both worse and better at the same time. What started as “How do you say this?” immediately spiraled into uncontrollable laughter, wild guesses, and at least one pronunciation that should probably be illegal in three countries. This is what happens when curious people, weird instruments, and record shops collide — and honestly, we wouldn’t ha