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God Bless You Internet

When Rod Brady was 10 years old he recorded an episode of the Doctor Demento Show off the radio (do you call an instance of a recurring radio show an episode?). One song in particular, "Existential Blues", from that show stood out and he included it mixes he'd make for friends throughout the years. Over the years it was remembered occasionally, but most of the old tape mixes had long since been lost or their quality eroded. Until I came across a link to this site that has archived 95.3% of the 20 year history of the show. A quick google search revealed when the song was played (December 29, 1985) and voila, from the ether, the song has been returned.

Let's not point out that the song is available on at least one Rhino Dr. Demento compilation. The fact of the matter is, how fucking cool is it that you can do what I just did, and that I do it on an almost a daily basis for equally obscure facts so much so that I take it for granted. So today, I say, God Bless You Internet.