I’m pretty new to this record and there’s a myth out there about the 7”. The myth is that there’s the A-side - the single everyone hears and loves and then the B-side is where you find the weird shit. You never know what you’re going to get. Will it be a remix of the A-side? An acoustic version or instrumental? Will it be a cover of some other band’s song that this band happens to love so much that they just had to record it?

It’s like a gotcha ball and that is exciting. I don’t even pay attention to what’s on the B-side because I want it to be a surprise.

Surprises can suck sometimes, though, like when the B-side is just another studio track of a different song from the same album.

Bro, I already own the album and now I have another record that has two songs from the album I already own. The only special thing about this is the cover art (This Addiction was Alkaline Trio’s 7th album and featured a cover with a ton of pills so this 7 and two pills couldn’t possibly be more perfect).

*sigh*

Oh well. I still liked throwing the band more of my money. They deserve all the success they can get and, honestly, that’s why I save and buy new records whenever I can.

Oh well. At least 45s are more affordable than LPs.

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You know what sucks?

Moving.

I hate it and I have to do it ALL the time. In my over 40 years on this earth, I have moved my earthly possessions - whole house, not just a suitcase - something like 16 times. That’s once every 2.5 years (ish).

And when you have to move all your shit around, you get to be a stickler for the weight of your house - particularly if your work is footing the bill and set a limit on weight.

This is one of the (many) reasons it took so long to get into records and this right here? This is my biggest regret because this Past Live set (great name, btw) came out when I was living in a tiny house with another impending move. I knew I wanted this set but what to do? Buy the records to play on the turntable I didn’t own and store them in the space I didn’t have?

No. I bought the Blu-rays.

And NOW this is the only one of the set that made up live shows of their pre-Is This Thing Cursed? albums in their entireties.

Is it great? You’re goddamn right. But it is IMPOSSIBLE to find them at decent prices. I lucked into finding this one on the band’s website and snatched it up but this is just ONE. There are way more out there just waiting for me like shivering, hungry children on the street and I can’t rescue them.

Yet.

Also, here in Europe, Alkaline Trio records are a tough find so try as I might, I think I might have to resort to buying them used and coughing up more money than I ever have on records.

If there was ever a band to justify it, though…

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