In the coffee shop, Keith saw a guy who was much older than him explaining to a younger guy who still seemed older than him why double albums on vinyl were pressed with Side 1 backing Side 4 and Side 2 backing Side 3. “It was for stacking turntables,” the old man said. The younger older man furrowed his brow. “You’d put the records on top of each other in reverse order. Side 1 would play and then when it was done the tone arm would retract and then Side 2 would fall down. The only way for that to happen was to number it like I said.” Keith, stopping in on his way to the hospital to see why he hadn’t had any energy for weeks, stood quickly. “Oh! hang Smiley and his afflicted cow!” he muttered good-naturedly under his breath, and departed, leaving his latte mostly full.
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