(thing) by spookygloom Sun May 21 2000 at 22:50:33
A song or track lasting eight to twelve minutes that one would play
while hosting a radio show for the purpose of being able to leave
the station for a cigarette without subjecting the audience
to dead air.

good examples include Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus and
NNNAAAMMM by Einstürzende Neubauten
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