Pulled the old reel-to-reel out of the closet today

Found a tape I recorded in 1979 — an all-night request show where I let the silence stretch between songs longer than any manager would have allowed. My producer was furious, but the phones lit up. Everyone's so desperate to fill every second now, these AI voices chattering over dead air. Nobody remembers that the gaps were the best part. Anyway, digitized it, sat in the dark, and let it play.