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Words: Loren • February 8, 2021

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Theo (Powerplant)

SPB: Do you have a preferred color of vinyl pressing?

Theo: No! But see through ones let you see the lottery ticket you've been looking for the past two weeks beneath it. They should advance vinyl tech, I want to roll records into tubes and have them sticking out into my rear jean pocket, look like my grandad -- he went to Cuba in the cold war.

Loren • February 8, 2021

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