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The other day I played one of my "Jedi Mind Tricks" albums on iTunes (yes this happened in 2016, because reasons) and as each song played it disappeared from the album list. Apparently the songs were being repopulated in another album under "Army of the Pharaohs" because either iTunes (or I?) had decided to rename the artist at some point.

Probably related, possibly dated: you might want your albums from "The Dwarves" and "Dwarves" (don't judge me man) to be listed together because they are the same band and it's not my fault ITMS has it wrong but if you rename one, good old iCloud will happily download a new copy of the one you renamed.

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>"The Dwarves" and "Dwarves" (don't judge me man)

Hey I enjoyed these guys, never heard them before; thanks.

The Dwarves. I just. I. Who. Why?

I honestly never thought I would talk to someone who would actually own and listen to their albums. Why would you do that? Are you a masochist? The 'music' is just awful, the shows are (at least they used to be) amazing.

But the 'music' is just so bad. Why do you do that to yourself?

> Why would you do that?

Nostalgia?

> Are you a masochist?

I hope not.

> The 'music' is just awful,

Some is sure but on the whole melodic/surf punk is far from the worst genre, I've heard a lot worse and I only listen to certain tracks.

Also I gave explicit instructions not to judge me, man :)

Isn't that basically all punk, though? Inasmuch as punk still exists, that is. If you just buy the albums, you're simultaneously engaging in self-abuse and subsidizing the people smart enough to go to the shows, where actual enjoyment is to be had. And, to the extent you let on that this is what you do, you're identifying yourself as an oblivious trend-follower who confuses the trappings of someone else's broken idea of "cool" with anything that actually matters - the musical-taste equivalent of The Office's Michael Scott.

Or have I missed something here?

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