Was tonight’s “Brooklyn GOP [Blog] Radio” broadcast, hosted by Gene Berardelli and his sidekick Russ Gallo overtaken by events or sudden irresistible urges that were bigger than both of them?

Kidnapped by aliens ?   A mystery ripped from the headlines ?     —    Or just a sordid tale dripping with irony from between the lines of the Village Voice personal ads

After the late news I sat down in front of my Philco cathedral-style computer with my cup of Ovaltine all set to listen to latest of Gene and Russell “On Demand.”  And there was nothing there...   No excuses...  No “Gone Fishin’ sign...  No nuttin...   So I started my quest after a quick gulp of my scalding watery chocolate malt-like essence of itself, which was still so hot that it burned both the tip of my tongue and my alveolar palate. After I had forced the destructive brew down my gullet, probably to do even more damage to my alcohol toughened esophagus than it did to my tongue and the roof of my mouth, I began my search, starting with the “Brooklyn GOP Radio -Official- Show Blog.” I savored the numbness at the front of my mouth while the vacuum tubes inside my chestnut-veneered console chugged in response to my quick-fingered commands on the Olivetti-Underwood keyboard and the slow feed of  information came up on the screen of my Dumont CRT.

The plot thickened [ heavy chords on the accompanying Wurlitzer ] !  The last couple of tweets on Gene Berardelli’s Twitter sidebar indicated that he was all revved up to do this week’s show, a tweet at about 7:04 PM showed that Gene was obviously inspired by Rand Paul’s heroic efforts in the well of the U.S. Senate. His last “Pre...show” message was texted at about 7:55 PM; it was so very hopeful: “Get ready for the PRE-Pre-CPAC Show on @bklyngopradio! Five [sic] minutes to showtime!... @russgallo”

It was much the same at the “Follow Russell on Twitter” sidebar. Russ was also all jazzed about Rand Paul’s heroic turn at Jimmy Stewart’s  “Mr. Smith...” —  Russell’s last was this: “RussGallo Water? #AintNobodyGotTimeForThat, #StandWithRand @BklynGOPRadio goin live in five min: blogtalkradio.com/brooklyngoprad… pic.twitter.com/MtXB5cl35C” also at 7:55PM.

Based on the Brooklyn GOP Radio internet feeds, since that time  —  7:55PM  —   there has been no record of anything happening on Brooklyn GOP Radio on the night of March 6, 2013. I waited and tried again at about 1:00-1:30 AM  — except for the Ovaltine bit, I got the same result.

I can only hope that this is just another of Gene Berardelli’s technical glitches, which are one of the charming features of the show.  However, I am concerned; because as I do this post at about 2:15 AM, I still don’t know what happened to either Gene or Russell last night.  Please keep them in your prayers.