I remember staying up late to watch Space Ghost Coast to Coast on Cartoon Network. I'm surprised my 10 year old brain could understand the absurd. This and early Conan Late Night.
I give money to NPR for this. All Songs Considered does the job of fine combing through all the albums. Also the yearly file dump of SXSW songs helps a lot. Are they promoting industry plants? I don't know. They've turned me onto stuff that would've otherwise flown under my radar.
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again.
George W. Bush