[snarks_when_bored]

Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected

But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.

From Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach".

Perhaps the radio roar is the disturbance left behind by the rapid expansion of space. Or perhaps not. Of course, this is not what Arnold was talking about. Follow the link to see the antecedent of his "Its"...

[PowderMonkey]

“You've been up all night listening for his drum Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp "Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp" Don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's Radio” ---Warren Zevon “Mohammed’s Radio”