Consider the sheer luck of finding a cassette that captured everyday radio from 1987. I'm shocked that such a mundane recording survived decades in someone's attic or basement. Those ads for rotary phones or defunct fast-food chains must sound like artifacts from another planet. And the DJ casually mentioning a snowstorm that nobody remembers, it's like hearing history through static. That random tape did what algorithms strive for, but with all the imperfections that make it human. It's just wild to think that this accidental time capsule was once someone's throwaway recording.